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This page updated on 3/12/08
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My Photos On Magazine Covers
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 JUST MALLARDS! Here's my tribute to the Mallard Duck -- three galleries below for your enjoyment. Mallard Portraits and Behavior
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DABBLING DUCKS
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This gallery will
take you to the world of diving ducks, mergansers and stiff-tailed ducks
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The above link will
take you to my gallery of images of Canada Geese, as well as both Tundra
and Trumpeter Swans. |
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I'm very excited about my photo exhibition at the Jaques Art Center in Aitkin, MN. Named after famed artists Francis Lee Jaques and his wife, Florence Page Jaques, the gallery is located in Aitkin, MN. My photography will be on display until April 19th, and I share the space with photographers Michael Paulbeck and Ralph LaPlant. Click HERE to see the images that are on display! |
With all the time I've spent hanging around at Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory in Duluth (a great place, by the way, for viewing the raptor migration September through November), and roaming around Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota, I've gathered a lot of hawk, falcon, osprey and eagle photos. This gallery will give you a feel for these dynamic birds. |
Few things enrich our lives more than the grace and beauty of birds. Here's a gallery of "perching birds" -- wrens, finches, warblers, woodpeckers and the like. I hope this gallery brings you some of the same joy these marvelous creatures bring to our every day lives! |
Whether found on the shores, wading in a marsh, or flying over a lake, all the birds in this gallery are associated with water -- herons, gulls, cranes, shorebirds and the like. Enjoy your visit!
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OWLS I've had the opportunity now to photograph several species of owls, many of them in action hunting scenes. I hope you enjoy these images!
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I've been photographing white-tailed deer now for about three years. Nearly all of these photos are of wild deer in unfenced woodlands. A few are shots of opportunity -- deer I've seen while photographing something else. None are of captive animals. Here's an updated gallery of these remarkable animals in winter, spring, summer and fall. Enjoy! |
Feeling a bit like Spiderman, I spent part of summer 2006 climbing around on rooftops taking photos of the peregrine falcons that nested on the side of the Greysolon Plaza in Downtown Duluth. The pair managed to fledge four offspring -- two males and two females.
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The peregrine falcon pair in the galleries to the right have returned to the Greysolon Plaza in Downtown Duluth. The photos in the above gallery are of the capture and banding of the 2007 hatchlings. You can follow the progress of these young peregrines at the Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory website.
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 Flowers and Insects What's there to say? They are everywhere, they are beautiful, and we're lucky to have them! |
Click HERE to go to the story about, and photo gallery of, the White Barred Owl of Hunter's Park, Duluth, MN!  Only two of these rare creatures have ever been seen! |
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I am fortunate to live and work in a beautiful and wild city. All of the wildlife photos in this new gallery were shot in Duluth, or in the St. Louis River Estuary (meaning a few might be from neighboring Wisconsin).
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My heart was lost early in life to the magic of Canoe Country!
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Camera, Lens & Computer Program Reviews! Photography Tips! Want to learn more about digital photography, digital editing, what equipment or computer programs work and don't work? Confused about PPI, DPI, Resolution and the rest? Then Click HERE for my Digital Photography News and Views section. |
Absolutely delicious screensavers to comfort your weary eyes! Owls, Canoe Country, and MORE. Free trial versions!
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there
are no images of captive animals (other than of my dog!) on this website. Wildlife photography, in my opinion, besides producing beautiful images, serves vital purposes. It portrays animals in their natural setting performing natural behaviors, which educates the public. And by extension, showing these creatures in the places they live doing the things they naturally do, real wildlife photography encourages conservation of the habitats in which they thrive. There is no guarantee that rental animals are behaving in a natural manner, even when placed in a natural setting. While a stunning photo of a rent-a-wolf or some other animal may encourage the viewer to support conservation, there is also the risk that by making these photos so common (there are literally tens of thousands of images out there of wolves, mountain lions, and other animals whose habitat has shrunk) people may assume that because the images are numerous, the animals and their habitats are numerous and secure. Nothing is further from the truth. If you are about to purchase a photo for your wall, or for your magazine, you owe it to yourself to find out if the animal was captive and the scene staged. I believe the portrayal of captive animals as wild animals is no different than passing off a work of fiction as non-fiction.
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Please note! There are no free images available on this site. All images are protected by copyright and remain the legal property of the photographer. None of the material on this site should be considered public domain. Many of these images are invisibly watermarked and this website logs all unauthorized attempts to remove images without permission. Any attempt to download images without the permission of the owner is considered theft and will be vigorously pursued as such.
The images on display on this site are, however, available by license to
genuine commercial users, and as prints to consumers. Commercial
interests should contact me
HERE. Individuals
interested in fine art prints should read
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