Capturing a wild animal on film at the defining moment is one of the greatest challenges to a wildlife photographer.
Most of these images were shot in the wild with a 35mm Nikon N90S camera. I nearly stepped on the white-tailed fawn. With no land predators, adult penguins in Antarctic waddled within ten feet of me.
Maybe because they cannot speak a human tongue or save themselves from habitat destruction and other unnatural activities, I hold a rare place in my heart for wild creatures.
This global gallery will continually grow. I look forward to any feedback.
This endangered MORELET'S CROCODILE lives in a lagoon of the New River in the Orange Walk District of BELIZE. One evening my host, Mark Howell of Lamanai Outpost Lodge, another fellow, and I donned headlights and searched for these reptiles from an airboat.
To the tune of Simon Says, I waded in the water after Mark and felt the snout of this same croc brush my pants leg. Later, I held it.
To read more, click
http://www.gallagherstravels.com, click (Destinations:Belize)and "A Trip to the Jungle."
This endangered MORELET'S CROCODILE lives in a lagoon of the New River in the Orange Walk District of BELIZE. One evening my host, Mark Howell of Lamanai Outpost Lodge, another fellow, and I donned headlights and searched for these reptiles from an airboat.
To the tune of Simon Says, I waded in the water after Mark and felt the snout of this same croc brush my pants leg. Later, I held it.
To read more, click
http://www.gallagherstravels.com, click (Destinations:Belize)and "A Trip to the Jungle."
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