God's Creatures

Animals,insects, and birds are some of one of my favorite photography subjects but they are also most challenging because they don't always cooperate. I have been fortunate to see many wild animals on my trips over the years but have not always had my camera at hand. I have probably seen fifteen bears in the wild but have yet to get a picture and I really regret not getting a picture of a white fallow deer I spotted one early morning many moons ago. Although, a lot of great animal pictures have gotten away I have taken a few good ones, as well, and here are a few of God's creatures that did not escape my camera.

The Majestic Elk

Snail on a Fern

Puffin

Jellyfish

Seagulls in Flight

Elephant Seals

Bear in Yosemite

Bambi's Children

Wooly Mammoth

Wild Turkey

Flying Solo

My First Love

Over the years I have come to appreciate and love equally, the mountains, oceans, desert, forest, and rolling hills...but...my first love is the mountains. I still remember, as if it were yesterday, my first trip to the snow covered High Sierras. I was simply awestruck and mesmerized by the thirteen and fourteen thousand foot glaciated peaks that stood above me. As a young ten year old I had never seen anything like Mount Whitney, the Palisades and Banner and Ritter peaks. It was simply awesome... During my lifetime I have been graced to have visited every major mountain range in the Western United States from the Canadian Rockies to Mount Ranier and I never get tired of seeing what I consider one of God's greatest acts of majesty. The pics provided here were taken near Tioga Pass and Little Lakes Valley. I hope you enjoy the spendor of God's hand-work....

Tioga Lake