Predatorial Pursuit
stephenoachs
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Hello fellow wildlife photographers! My name is Stephen Oachs and I am a nature photographer based in Campbell California.
I am new to dgrin so for my introductory forum post I thought I'd share with you 3 of my more recent wildlife favorites. This is good too because it puts me in the wildlife mood as I'm about to leave for a month on the road...First Tahoe, then Grand Tetons, then Yellowstone and over to Oregon to conduct our Oregon Columbia Gorge workshop.
Without further ado...
American Cuisine - I captured this eagle fishing in a cove off the Kenai Peninsula, in Alaska. It was the last day of an 8 day trip and up to this point I had nothing of any quality. Then, our of nowhere came this eagle and luckily I had my gear setup and just as I raised my lens I locked on and captured him in the lift off. While I worked hard to photograph eagles on this trip, I consider this some last minute luck.
Predatorial Pursuit - This is my newest wildlife fine art print. I unveiled this image at the Aperture Academy's open house in March. I captured this image after many, many days in extremely cold conditions north of Toronto Ontario (Canada). Now, I know "Predatorial" is not a word but I am an artist after all and so in art there is no right or wrong and when we were standing around looking at the first prints trying to choose a name we wanted a photo title/name that echo'd the fierce look on this owls face.
Rocky - This was one of those "do I shoot him, or run!". These little guys can be fiercy vicious but ironically it's one of my best selling wildlife images. I guess that cute little face overpowers the razor like claws... :huh
Looking forward to participating in this community! :thumb
I am new to dgrin so for my introductory forum post I thought I'd share with you 3 of my more recent wildlife favorites. This is good too because it puts me in the wildlife mood as I'm about to leave for a month on the road...First Tahoe, then Grand Tetons, then Yellowstone and over to Oregon to conduct our Oregon Columbia Gorge workshop.
Without further ado...
American Cuisine - I captured this eagle fishing in a cove off the Kenai Peninsula, in Alaska. It was the last day of an 8 day trip and up to this point I had nothing of any quality. Then, our of nowhere came this eagle and luckily I had my gear setup and just as I raised my lens I locked on and captured him in the lift off. While I worked hard to photograph eagles on this trip, I consider this some last minute luck.
Predatorial Pursuit - This is my newest wildlife fine art print. I unveiled this image at the Aperture Academy's open house in March. I captured this image after many, many days in extremely cold conditions north of Toronto Ontario (Canada). Now, I know "Predatorial" is not a word but I am an artist after all and so in art there is no right or wrong and when we were standing around looking at the first prints trying to choose a name we wanted a photo title/name that echo'd the fierce look on this owls face.
Rocky - This was one of those "do I shoot him, or run!". These little guys can be fiercy vicious but ironically it's one of my best selling wildlife images. I guess that cute little face overpowers the razor like claws... :huh
Looking forward to participating in this community! :thumb
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