A camera trap placed inside of a large muskox carcass was used to take this shot of a pack of 10 wolves, the members of which returned to feed for over a month. This location became the de facto rendezvous site for the pack in the months to come.
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An elephant that died of natural causes became a big opportunity for a young lion. A lion's daily meat requirement can reach 5 kg for adult females and 7 kg for males, but the animals can eat much more when more food is available.
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With a very complicated setup, I was able to trigger 2 sets of flashes during a single exposure of only 1/25 second. This photo is the result of three days shooting, trying to get a single picture with an intense atmosphere, of a Brown inca hummingbird (Coeligena wilsoni).
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The Everglades is defined by a wet season and dry season. Climate change has made these seasonal fluctuations less predictable and less stable. During the dry season when rain is scarce, mammals and birds alike begin nesting. This winter when three inches of rain fell over two da...
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A grey heron walks through the pool on a perfectly clear and windless night, the Big Dipper visible in the sky above. Seventy-four days spent in the wildlife blind combined with years of experiments and preparation went in to making this image.
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After the sunset, an elephant slowly emerged from the thick foliage towards the open swamp. Although I have been observing him regularly for almost a decade, I have never seen him in such a beautiful garden set by nature herself. Elephants are called Gardeners of the Forest as th...
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A harp seal pup peers through the sea looking and waiting for its mother to return to the nursery. Harp Seals are born on the sea ice in late February and nursed for 12-15 days before their mother abandons them to mate and migrate back to the Arctic. Pups require stable ice to su...
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A Puma kitten jumping on his mother's neck from behind to practice his skills as a future hunter of Guanaco by jumping on his prey from behind in a similar way. I have spent weeks following a female puma and her four kittens near Torres Del Paine. The puma of Patagonia have made...
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The Polar Foxes change color to blend in with their environment through seasons. They are nearly extinct in Norway and climate change makes them even more vulnerable, as their camouflage fails to work when snow is late.
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Hummingbirds are very territorial and sometimes aggressive. For years, I have been photographing them around the feeders and their favorite flowers in order to get action shots in a different way. After a few days at this location I managed to gain their trust and get very close...
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A couple of sea lions dance above a herd of sardines that seem to copy their movement, drawing two mirror waves. While the sea lions dance for fun, the sardines are trying to avoid predators.
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It was one of the most spectacular lightning storms I have ever seen. I was very lucky to be in a magnificent unique natural setting of dramatic clouds, twinkling stars, sturdy giraffes, and incredible lightning.
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A female crimson sunbird refreshing herself with the water stored in the petal of an ornamental banana flower in a very unusual pose for a bird.
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The cormorant wasn’t among my favourite birds. I came to realize that they are pretty birds, especially when wearing their nuptial plumage, with beautiful green eyes and shiny, dark green feathers. Sometimes they came very close, so I decided to take a portrait. I managed to capt...
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A lesser horseshoe bat hunts over meadows on a clear night. Bats came in for a lot of blame during the global pandemic but in reality it’s humans that are pushing bats to the brink. Habitats have been decimated by farming and development, leaving bats like the lesser horseshoe ba...
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Two Tigers roaring and fighting at around 15 feet from a vehicle. Not something that is for the faint hearted. I was just lucky that I could manage to keep them in the frame. This image almost makes it seem as if a single tiger has 4 forearms and thats what made me give the name...
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Polar Bears in courtship, during a whiteout in Svalbard. The wind was so strong and the snow was blown so strongly, I almost couldn't point my camera steadily to frame the bears. We were lost in this whiteout for hours, with no point of reference around us. The white Polar Bears...
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Great White Egret perches on a rotting stump in a majestic Bald Cypress & Tupelo Gum forest, draped in Spanish Moss in the swamps of a South Louisiana Fall.
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An estimated 200 endangered Florida panthers remain in the wild, constrained to wilderness areas within the Everglades. As Florida's population booms, the habitat for these wide-ranging cats is further fragmented, imperiling the next generation of panthers. Protecting these cats...
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A simple brief of the Bandhavgarh FD asking me to train their staff about camera trap and document Tiger images for their upcoming coffee table book got me thinking. In order to bring out perspectives which had to be very much from the core of the Park unlike touristy images of T...
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A pup bites at a feather in held by its big sister while another pup nuzzles the pack’s aging matriarch, White Scarf (far right). After a challenging hunt, White Scarf made sure the pups ate first and later disappeared out on the tundra and was never seen again. As the pack mourn...
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India has an estimated nearly 15,000 leopards, most of which are found outside protected areas. These nocturnal creatures are masters of stealth and often live amongst human dominated lands. After tracking leopards in urban area for many years, I setup camera traps hoping to capt...
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When I was diving at Hornby Island, I saw this young sea lion playing with a starfish. As I watched her, she swam over to me to show me her beautiful toy. I was able to capture the image just as she was presenting the starfish to me. Sadly, Steller sea lions are listed as Near Th...
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