"The Nature Photography Division is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict observations from all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archaeology, in such a fashion that a well-informed person will be able to identify the subject matter and certify as to its honest presentation.
You can see the mouse's tail sticking out of the coyote's mouth. Shot by the Trans-Canada Highway in Jasper
A strange-looking flower growing wild near the church at the Aredana Gorge. I'm not fond of it as a pictorial but it shows the stem well for Nature.
This canyon is in Prarie Creek Redwoods State Park. I combined two images at different exposures to deal with the wide range of zones. The picture got nothing in pictorial but another judge gave it first place in Nature
We spent the night at Gornergrat. This was one of the shots we took in the evening. No manipulation.
This is not a legitimate Nature picture because I removed the other bison in the background. But it was accepted in Pictorial in a salon
Jean and I went down to Point Piedras Blancas to photograph elephant seals mating. This is my favorite shot.
One of my few underwater pictures that has won anything.
I told Joe Lange, the leader of our Yellowstone trip, tht I'd never seen a Pronghorn, and so he found this one for me. We walked up so close to it that a ranger came by and told us we were much too close.
This is a geological formation caused by lava flowing over wetlands The craters are caused by steam explosions penetrating the lave. It seems to be unique or almost unique to the Lake Myvatn area in Icland
I was practicing with my new D70 and started up the Bird Island Trail when I saw this Harbor seal posing in front of a flock of Brandt's cormorants. Notice the cormorant flapping its wings in the water on the right.
Found on a tree stump a five minute walk from my house, on the way to downtown Danville.
This guy hangs out among the docks at the Monterey marina. It was hard to get a shot without a reflection of a boat in it. I was about 20 feet from it.
I was sitting in the dentist's chair getting my teeth cleaned when these deer appeared outside the picture window. Since I always carry a digitialo camera, I leaned down in the chair (so as not to disturb them) and made several shots.
