My Favorite Photos

Kodiak Red Fox peers out

A Kodiak Red Fox peers out of the underbrush and up at me as I was sitting, hoping it would appear. The gaze of her yellow eyes was piercing.

Wild Mustang Chasing Wild Horse Mare Outer Banks

A wild horse stallion chases a wild mustang mare as another mare gallops nearby. In Shackleford Banks, Outer Banks, North Carolina.

Wild horse stallion and mares galloping through water

Two wild horse mares and a stallion send water splashing as they gallop through the shallow water in Shackelford Banks North Carolina, in the Outer Banks.

Charging brown bear with eyes on his salmon

A charging brown bear has his eyes focused intently on a salmon right in front of his nose. In Geographic Bay in Katmai, Alaska.

Sunrise and waves on the Inn at Newport Ranch coastline

A beautiful sunrise cuts through the fogbank along the coastline at the Inn at Newport Ranch on the Mendocino Coast in California. The sea stack in the distance are covered in brown pelicans and cormorants.

Houmas House Reflections

Plantation country around New Orleans offers a peek into a period in American history that was both glamorous (rich plantations and massive estates) and reprehensible (slavery). We had an opportunity to spend the night at one very beautiful plantation, the Houmas House Historic Plantation. Walking around the estate grounds at night, we came across this amazing reflection of the mansion. The seats from a wedding earlier in the afternoon sat empty and the grounds were quiet. Not even a light breeze stirred the trees or water.

Black oystercatcher on a stormy day

A black oystercatcher searching for food on the rocky coastline of Mendocino, California. It was a stormy day and the little bird just scurried about as the waves crashed around it.

A bald eagle splashes water as it takes flight in Kodiak

A bald eagle takes flight in Kodiak on Kodiak Island as its talons splash the water beneath its wings.

Shady Grove Farm and Wellness Center Yoga Pose

Silhouette of a yoga instructor striking a pose at Shady Grove Farm and Wellness in the Adirondacks of New York.

Man and reflection on a beach in Sale Morocco

A man, wrapping himself in a towel, and his reflection on the water still on a beach in Sale, Morocco.

American Oystercatcher Taking Flight Outer Banks

An American Oystercatcher takes flight in the Outer Banks of North Carolina near Beaufort. g

A city of dead at sunset

Sunset in Salé, Morocco, casts a warm glow over the Sheikh Zayed Mosque and the Cimetière Bab Maalka -- the old cemetery Sale Beach, Morocco, casts a warm glow over the beautiful Sheikh Zayed Mosque and the Cimetière Bab Maalka -- the old cemetery of the Sale medina.

Annies Bench view at Inn at Newport Ranch

Waves crash on the rocks in the cove as a couple looks on the ocean scene from Annies Bench at the Inn at Newport Ranch in Mendocino, California. Seals dot the beach in the distance.

Masai warrior sitting in shadows and light

A Maasai warrior listens to his friend speak while sitting inside his dung hut. Light streams in from a small hole in the wall providing the only lillumination of the scene.

Woman in the Glockenspiel at Christmas Garden Berlin

A woman dressed in white walks through the swinging strings of illuminated bells in the Glockenspiel illumination at the 2019 Christmas Garden in Berlin, Germany.

Polaris Tug Shipwreck at Sunset

The Polaris tug boat shipwreck near the city of Rodeo in the East Bay of California. Sunset lights up the boat as mist and clouds shroud the distant shore and blue sky.

A tunnel of colorful ggalmond blossoms

Looking down a row of almond trees in full bloom. Pink and white almond blossoms form a colorful canopy against a bright blue sky in Modesto, California

A juvenile ermine licking lips on Kodiak Island

A juvenile ermine pokes its head out of the rocks and licks its lips on Kodiak Island in Alaska. The ermine, also known as a short-tailed weasel weighs under 8 ounces, but are considered one of the best predators pound-for-pound as they are capable of killing animals, such as rabbits, which are twice their size.

Crocodile Attacks a Wildebeest during the Great Migration

A giant crocodile attacks a wildebeest during the Great Migration in Kenya.

Hot Air Balloon over Sunflowers in Yolo County

A hot air balloon from Yolo Ballooning Adventures glides of the bright yellow sunflower fields at Turkovich Family Winery in Yolo County, California.

Male lion drags zebra kill

A male lion drags a zebra carcass and kicks up dust in Amboseli park in Kenya.