Category Archives: Animals

Flamingo as Sculpture

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Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.  2015 Years and years ago, I watched a French film called Camille Claudel. I can remember the name because the French pronounce Camille “kam-EE”. (Things like that stick in my mind.) That and the fact that … Continue reading

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Contemplation

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Santa Barbara, California 2015 A Silverback Gorilla ponders. The gorilla had moved into the shade. The camera’s meter which is set to render everything as middle gray increased the exposure time. ( I was using shutter priority.) This resulted in a slightly … Continue reading

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The Eyes Have It

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Santa Barbara, California U.S.A 2015 My friend, Judi, and I drove up the coast to Santa Barbara yesterday. Our plan was to spend the several hours photographing the animals and birds at the zoo.  The zoo is small; it is designed … Continue reading

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Communication

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California, U.S.A. 2015 Here’s another attempt to get my ultimate art shot of horses. All of the horses were curious about me. Most likely they thought I’d brought them a treat or at the very least would give them a … Continue reading

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Horse Deconstructed

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California, U.S.A. 2015 I was inspired by my daughter to try to shoot some art shots of horses. She had seen some beautiful shots on Pinterest.  Some photographers had noticed beauty in the lines of a horse’s neck, or muzzle or … Continue reading

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Mid-Air

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Mongolia 2014 His horse in a full gallop, his eagle’s wings outspread, a smile on his face, this hunter is a happy man.  

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Arabian Foal

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California, U.S.A. 2015 A foal lies in deep bedding, his mother only inches away. I went to the ranch yesterday and they had put him and his mother in a pasture. He began to gallop at full speed, his long, slender legs … Continue reading

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Fortunate

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California, U.S.A. 2015 A competitor in a dressage show grooms her horse. As she passes him he drops his head to gently bump her with his muzzle. A friend of hers told me that the girl spends hours with her … Continue reading

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Devotion

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California, U.S.A. 2015 I wanted the dog to turn his head toward me. He did look in my direction for a brief second, but then ignored me to stare, statue-like,  toward the barn. I got the feeling that somehow I … Continue reading

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The Steppes of Asia

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Western Mongolia 2014 A Kazakh man sits astride a Bactrian camel. Can Genghis Khan be far behind?

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