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Nature wears many faces, some that are surprisingly like our own, if not in appearance then in mood and attitude. Showing an animal in the context of its environment tells more of a story than a tightly composed "trophy shot." I view animals as abstractions, a shape or form to relate with other elements of a scene. Strong light, mood, and creative composition—as with landscape photography—are essential to transforming even ordinary wildlife subjects into something unexpected and visually compelling. 

     
sunrise chesapeake bay double crested cormorants smith island snow geese bombay hook national wildlife refuge delaware sunset white-tailed deer big meadows lightning shenandoah national park virginia
     
     
bald eagles moon blackwater national wildlife refuge maryland great blue heron sunset blackwater national wildlife refuge maryland great egret sunrise chincoteague national wildlife refuge virginia
     
     
double crested cormorant sunrise chesapeake bay virginia coots potomac river virginia bull elk rocky mountain national park colorado
     
     
great blue heron chincoteague national wildlife refuge virginia horshoe crabs spawn delaware bay new jersey
     
     
white tailed deer fawn shenandoah national park virginia red-winged blackbird huntley meadows virginia snow geese bombay hook national wildlife refuge delaware
     
     
snowy owl flight flying quebec canada canada geese sunrise mist blackwater national wildlife refuge maryland bull elk snow snowstorm yellowstone national park wyoming winter
     
     
red-winged blackbird winter huntley meadows virginia sunrise great egret chincoteague national wildlife refuge virginia great blue heron great falls park virginia potomac river
     
     
puffins atlantic machias seal island white-tailed deer doe fawn big meadows shenandoah national park virginia praying mantis close-up macro
     
     
brown pelican chicks smith island chesapeake bay coyote winter yellowstone national park wyoming starfish olympic national park washington pacific ocean
     
     
terns chesapeake bay eastern neck national wildlife refuge maryland snowy egret chesapeake bay maryland bison buffalo winter yellowstone national park wyoming
     
     
bull elk bugling yellowstone national park wyoming winter river otter mason neck potomac river virginia brown pelican feeding chick chesapeake bay virginia
     
     
bighorn ram winter yellowstone national park wyoming great blue heron blackwater national wildlife refuge maryland bison winter yellowstone national park wyoming
     
 

 

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