Bobcat, Point Reyes National Seashore
On the Hunt
Here’s a bobcat that I photographed recently at sunset at Point Reyes National Seashore. A bobcat at sunset with a clean foreground and background is what I always hope for.
Category: Bobcat
Male Bobcat, Point Reyes National Seashore
Me? Gopher Tartare, of course.
I was out at Point Reyes yesterday. Saw three bobcats. This is the only one I got some decent shots of. Saw a couple of coyotes as well and they also were not in a cooperative mood. Some smaller, less competitive bull elephant seals are again hanging out at Drakes Beach as they started doing a few years back. Didn’t see many fenced-in elk at Tomales Point which is consistent with NPS’s policy of letting them die during drought years rather than providing them with food. 244 elk died at Tomales Point in the past two years under NPS’s “let nature take its course” policy animal enclosure policy. Thank God the rest of the zoos in the world give food and water to the animals they have locked up.
Bobcat, Point Reyes National Seashore
Last Light
Bobcat, Point Reyes National Seashore
I was looking for a photo I took about 10 years ago and stumbled upon this one. I don’t think I ever did anything with it before, but I like it. It was taken with a Canon 7D body on a 500mm lens with a 1.4 teleconverter at 1/40 sec. and ISO 1600. A trip down memory lane.
Bobcat in Late Afternoon Sun
Easy-Going Cat
Here’s a bobcat I photographed in the late afternoon. He was very patient with me. My kind of cat.
Bobcat, Point Reyes National Seashore
A Bobcat Daydreams
Here’s a bobcat I saw a few days ago at Point Reyes. The sun was shining in his eyes, so he kept them closed most of the time.
Some of My Favorite Images from 2018
Back in late 2007 a photographer by the name of Jim Goldstein invited other photographers to do blogs showing their 10 best photographs of that year and to send him a link to their blogs which he would then add to a list of the blogs of all who were participating. It was a great service to all who appreciated good photography. It gave me a handy list of photographers (mostly nature photographers) so I could easily look at what they were doing and how my work compared to theirs. I participated a couple of times, but somehow forgot about it. I saw a notice about it recently and decided to participate again.
2018 for me was highlighted by a trip to Tanzania hosted by the African Wildlife Foundation (Craig Sholley) and Nature’s Best Photography (Jeff Vanuga). They hired Thomson Safaris to deliver all the necessary services such as camps, food, drivers etc. All three were superb. I also made my regular trips to Point Reyes National Seashore, which is a short drive from my home.
Jim Goldstein used to ask that you list your 10 “best” photos. The limit of 10 was not strictly followed by most and Jim seems to have de-emphasized it nowadays. Picking what you think are your “best” photos is not easy. So, below is a list of “some” of my “favorite” photos of 2018 in no particular order.
Finally, Jim’s list of links won’t be out until about the second week in January and when it comes out I’ll insert a link here. here it is: https://www.jmg-galleries.com/blog/2019/01/08/photos-2018-jmggalleries-blog-readers/
For now, you can go to his blog touting the 2018 round and linking to all the previous rounds all the way back to 2007 by clicking here. Thanks Jim!
Coyote, Point Reyes National Seashore
Leopard, Serengeti National Park
Bobcat with Damaged Eye, Point Reyes National Seashore
Wildebeest Crossing Mara River, Serengeti National Park
Two Cheetahs Rest, Serengeti National Park
Mother Elephants and Calves, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Bobcat, Point Reyes National Seashore
Bobcat, Point Reyes National Seashore
Male African Lion, Serengeti National Park
Coyote, Point Reyes National Seashore
Elephants, Tarangire National Park
Coyote, Point Reyes National Seashore
Male Lion, Serengeti National Park
Coyote, Point Reyes National Seashore
Badger, Point Reyes National Seashore
