Saturday, April 26, 2014

Safari

Panthera leo. The buck stops here.

Anodorrhynchus hyacinthinus. Hyacinth macaw. Gentle giant.

Phoenicopterus ruber. American flamingo. One-legged stance. Arcuate bill for scooping.

Giraffa camelopardalis. Uganda giraffe family. Endangered.

Acionyx jubatus. African cheetah. 0-70 mph in 4 sec.

Friday, January 3, 2014

Botanicals

Peeping cactii

Encounters with thornier humans...sadly

Christmas berries. Toxic!

Random visuals

Ornament vision

Carnivorous pumpkin

The cop and the fireman

Guardians of liberty

Color splash

Bird of paradise - Strelitzia 

Hibiscus through a pancake lens

Mystic blues

Radiant reds

Mellow yellows

Ephemeral impressions

 Lit by a setting sun

No footprints in these sands of time

West coast sunset

Airwaves

The Eurasian Owl, fast, stealth, night-visioned. The massive eyes are stopped down to a small aperture in broad daylight. 

Yellow beaked eagle. Hi-res color vision assists predation.

California pelicans - Bi-plane take-off, dive to snatch ocean fish, maintain flight formation.


Hummingbird. Aspirational.


Carribean flamingos. Eat shrimp, blush, turn pink.