Wildlife Photography features selected images of animals, birds, and natural subjects photographed in wild, managed, and educational settings. The work emphasizes observation, light, form, habitat, and the visual character of wildlife.
Eyes of the Jungle
A close wildlife portrait of a jaguar at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, framed by soft shadow and dense environmental texture. The image emphasizes the animal’s watchful presence, patterned coat, and quiet intensity without obscuring its zoo setting.
Resting Ember
A wildlife portrait featuring a tiger photographed at San Francisco Zoo, California. The image emphasizes atmosphere, expression, and environmental mood while remaining transparent regarding the photographed setting.
Forest Motion
A wildlife portrait featuring a gray wolf photographed at Denali National Park, Alaska. The image emphasizes atmosphere, expression, and environmental mood while remaining transparent regarding the photographed setting.
The Bear’s Question
A close, expressive portrait of a brown bear at the Oakland Zoo, photographed from a low angle with soft surrounding foliage. The image carries the strongest homepage potential in this batch because of its direct expression, warmth, and immediate visual presence.
Voice of the Wild
A wildlife portrait featuring a brown bear photographed at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, Washington. The image emphasizes atmosphere, expression, and environmental mood while remaining transparent regarding the photographed setting.
Into the Water
A wildlife portrait featuring a grizzly bear photographed at Redoubt Bay, Alaska. The image emphasizes atmosphere, expression, and environmental mood while remaining transparent regarding the photographed setting.
Emerald Coil
A wildlife portrait featuring a green tree python photographed at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, Washington. The image emphasizes atmosphere, expression, and environmental mood while remaining transparent regarding the photographed setting.
Golden Perch
A wildlife portrait featuring a yellow songbird photographed at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, Washington. The image emphasizes atmosphere, expression, and environmental mood while remaining transparent regarding the photographed setting.
Wings on Jenny Lake
A quiet wildlife moment along Jenny Lake, where mallard ducks move through clear mountain water beneath the soft greens of the shoreline. The image adds a gentler avian study to the Wildlife collection while preserving a clear connection to the Grand Teton landscape work.
Hovering Light
A hummingbird holds position in midair, its wings softly blurred while its eye and body remain sharply defined. Photographed during the Oliver Klink workshop near Santa Cruz, this image strengthens the avian side of the Wildlife collection and connects directly to the long-running hummingbird series.
Sagebrush Monarch
A bull moose moves through the sagebrush habitat of Grand Teton National Park, its broad antlers and heavy profile giving the scene a quiet sense of scale. The image fits the Wildlife collection as a natural-environment portrait rather than a close study.
Beyond This Sign
A raptor rests atop a refuge closure sign at Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, creating a clean, graphic wildlife image with a quiet conservation message. The monochrome treatment emphasizes the sign text, perch, and bird silhouette without competing color.
Red-winged Blackbird
A wildlife portrait featuring a red-winged blackbird photographed at Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge. The image emphasizes atmosphere, expression, and environmental mood while remaining transparent regarding the photographed setting.
Soft Watch
A close portrait of a barn owl at Lindsay Wildlife Museum, showing the bird’s pale heart-shaped face and soft feather pattern against a muted background. The image is presented with clear captive/conservation context while maintaining a refined wildlife portrait feel.
Wings of Light
A wild hummingbird photographed near Santa Cruz during the Oliver Klink workshop series, suspended in warm light with softly blurred wings. The image strengthens the Birds in Flight and Hummingbird Series portions of the Wildlife collection.
Eagle’s Gaze
A close portrait of a bald eagle at Lindsay Wildlife Museum, emphasizing the bird’s bright eye, pale head, and powerful beak against a dark background. The image adds a strong raptor study to the Wildlife collection with accurate conservation-setting context.
Green Flight
A green macaw flies against open blue sky during a Zoo to You animal encounter in Paso Robles. The image supports the new Birds in Flight category and adds bright movement and color to the Wildlife collection while preserving accurate captive/ambassador-animal context.
Quiet Strength
A contemplative gorilla portrait from Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, framed through soft foreground layers and subdued light. The image emphasizes expression, posture, and quiet strength while keeping the zoological context transparent.