Category Archives: Snapshot

The story or technical details behind a single image (or two)…

In tiny Ura village, located in the cultural heartland of Bumthang, a Lama bestows a protective blessing on Bev. Hidden high in the Himalayas, between northern India and Tibet, is Bhutan, a peaceful, idyllic country whose mantra is national happiness. Cliffside monasteries, medieval fortresses, lavish temples and Swiss Tudor farmhouses dot rural landscapes of terraced rice […]

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These photos were submitted by Merle Wasson taken on our Fly-in Safari tour in northern Namibia. Merle has traveled to all continents with a camera.  His photographs have appeared in Sierra magazine, several national calendars, National Park publications, postcards, and numerous publications on wildlife and wildflowers. To see more of his work, please see the […]

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I’ve had an appreciation for wildlife since the days when Marlin Perkins gave us a play-by-play from the helicopter of just what ole’ Jim was up to down on the ground.  Usually, Jim was locked in battle with some aggitated creature like a crazed emu trying to “Jackie Chan” him in the face. Since those days, wildlife imagery has grown technically better with […]

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Cheetahs, the world’s fastest animal, can run at speeds of 70 mph. These images were submitted by Ted M. from Santa Maria, CA.  Photo tour was in Namibia, Africa.   And here’s a couple more he recently submitted from the same tour in Namibia… springboks and wild horses found in the southern region of the […]

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  Nature’s Art    30mm, f/2.8, 15 second exposure, ISO 400 Last year, on March 21, 2009 we took a chilly ride up a ski lift to the Abisko Mountain Station in Sweden’s far north. Ranked as one of the top ten places in the world to see the Northern Lights, this arctic hotspot certainly […]

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