Damselfly in Flight!

My sweet Maria and I went out into the hot field, beside some lagoons, and took images of bees and damselflies. So much fun, and hope to better next time. I did get a neat shot of 2 bees., i will post tomorrow.


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Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/1250s f/4.0 at 360.0mm iso2000

best regards.

raymond

There is always something out there!!

Out with sweet Maria on a training program, helping her get used to setting up a camera... and some fun near a swamp with the goldenrod and a few yellow jackets!

Love the challenge, so long as there is a little success!

Yellow Jacket Bee and a little friend.
Raymond's Ontario Nature Photography

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Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/6400s f/7.1 at 400.0mm iso2000

Resplendent Quetzal in Costa Rica

One of the most incredible birds worldwide, the male Quetzal is truly a work of natures beauty. Having such a chance to photograph such colours and feathers was quite an experience!

Costa Rica will always be on of my favourite travel destination., I am now planning a tour for January. What a place for a winter break from the snow and cold!

Thanks for looking!

I was never happy with this image, and the original edit, so I took another crack at it last night, for fun. Maybe a little better, but regardless, I will give this shoot another try next spring!

Tree Swallow in Flight
Raymond's Ontario Nature Photography

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Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/5000s f/4.0 at 400.0mm iso640

London Ontario Air show

London Ontario Air show

This pond is one of my favorite places on earth!!

real nature, real colors, 100% natural.

Common Tern in for a Drink
Long Island - NY

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Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/2000s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso1000

Four Common terns chasing the fifth, for a meal. A nesting colony near NYC proves to be very productive this time of year!

Five Hungry Terns
Long Island - NY

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Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/1250s f/5.6 at 200.0mm iso320

Another road trip to Long Island this summer, and great results .. so much fun too! Birds in flight everywhere you look, it is overwhelming. Really, I just get worn out so quickly, it takes a lot of energy to keep up with all this, and come home with a few images to process.

This is such a superb bird!

Black_Skimmer in Flight
Long Island - NY

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Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/4000s f/4.0 at 400.0mm iso500

Maria Barlow - Fog show at Algonquin!
Algonquin Provincial Park

Long drive yesterday, 2:30 pm, off to Huntsville for dinner, then a quick run into Algonquin until almost midnight, as we came home with this shot. About 5 am I was back home, and toast! 24 hour days are fun, along with too much coffee!

Maria basically took this shot, I just coached with the tech stuff, she is really getting this photography deal!

Sharing what I know about photography with Maria is quite an honor.. she is really keen, and picks things up quickly. She is already teaching me!

Best regards!
Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S
10s f/4.0 at 28.0mm iso1600

Please help save nature.

Tiger cub - India
India

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Nikon D810 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/400s f/7.1 at 350.0mm iso800

Magnificent Hummingbird in Flight
Costa Rica

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Nikon D800 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/2500s f/4.0 at 310.0mm iso500

Royal Bengal Tige Cub
India

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Nikon D810 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/640s f/4.5 at 400.0mm iso2000

Black_Skimmer in Flight
Long Island - NY

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Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/4000s f/4.0 at 400.0mm iso500

Wild Tiger Photo Tours

Tigeress and her angry cub
India

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Nikon D810 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/320s f/8.0 at 400.0mm iso2000

A nesting colony of Black skimmers, what a fantastic place to hang out shooting! 1000's of birds, flights almost none stop, great practice and superb weather!

I normally do not shoot against blue skies, so here I had not a lot of choice! With the light fading during the late afternoon, we had to shoot while we had the opportunity.

Can't wait to go back!

Black skimmers Fighting
Long Island - NY
Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/2500s f/5.0 at 270.0mm iso2500

Black skimmer - Skimming
Long Island - NY

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Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/2000s f/5.0 at 270.0mm iso2500

Another Photo-shoot on Long Island NY, what a blast! Pretty much none stop birds in flight, it can wear you out! Just a short 3 day trip, 2 nights in a very nice hotel, and some great NYC food.

Looking forward to the next trip!

American oystercatcher in Flight
Long Island - NY

ray@raymondbarlow.com
Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/1600s f/4.0 at 400.0mm iso1000

Let me GO!!!

Great White Egret and a Bullfrog
Orlando, Florida



Let Me GO!!!

(back to Florida!)
Nikon D810 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/640s f/5.6 at 600.0mm iso1000

Royal Bengal Tiger marking territory.

I am not much into watching animals pee, but this was fun to catch! Real nature, real wildlife in India!

thanks for looking!

ray@raymondbarlow.com
Nikon D800 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/1600s f/4.0 at 400.0mm iso1600

We had one morning with some high winds and dust, here the mother and cub are trying to navigate to the water hole after a good feeding.

Cheetah Mother and Cub in a Dust Storm
Tanzania, Africa

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Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/4000s f/4.0 at 350.0mm iso640

Elephant Feeding Time - Trunk up!
Tanzania, Africa

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Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/160s f/4.0 at 400.0mm iso500

Cheetah adult female and her cub.
Clean up time!

Join me in January?

Tanzania, Africa

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Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/4000s f/4.5 at 400.0mm iso640

Vervet Monkey in Tanzania
Tanzania, Africa

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Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/500s f/4.0 at 400.0mm iso800

Well, at least the head is in focus! At about 6 feet, it's tough to get this tiny bird face on and sharp. worth a try.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird in Flight
Ontario, Canada

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Nikon D850 ,Niko 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/8000s f/6.3 at 340.0mm iso6400

Black skimmer - Skimming
Long Island - NY

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Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/3200s f/5.6 at 380.0mm iso1000

Black Skimmer Crash
Raymond Barlow Photo Tours to USA - Wildlife and Nature

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Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/2000s f/4.5 at 400.0mm iso1600

Black Skimmer Nose Dive
New York Coast

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Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/2000s f/4.5 at 240.0mm iso1600

Wonderful chance to photograph Africa's beauty! A couple hours previous to this shot we were getting off the plane, and checking through customs. about 2 minutes with this bird, and smiles all around.

Dreams come true in the parks of Tanzania.


Lilac-breasted roller - Tanzania
Tanzania, Africa

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Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/80s f/4.0 at 400.0mm iso250

A young cheetah practices hunting on the plains of the Serengeti - Ndutu.
Being there is so amazing, real wildlife, real nature and more the awesome!


Cheetah Hunting - Tanzania
Tanzania, Africa

ray@raymondbarlow.com
Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/1250s f/4.0 at 380.0mm iso800

Oxpecker at Work
Tanzania, Africa

ray@rsymondbarlow.com
Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/2000s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso1000

Nature is tough, and the strong survive.

From 15 yards, my guests and I watch this 300 pound lion munch a 4 day old wildebeest, dead in seconds... but like any smart cat she decided to have some fun.

Giving the young wildebeest a false scenes of hope, she let it go for periods of time (5-10 seconds) at a time, but not allowing it to go far .. a good game of cat and mouse? Finally, after a few swats, and whines from the wee one, life ended, as
another life continues.

Real wildlife drama, so amazing that we saw three live kills during this tour in February.

Best regards.

Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/320s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso2000

I haven't been to India for a while, so my (obsessive) fix is to browse the images of the previous trips.

April 2015, our first game drive, around 9 am, and we meet an adult female with her 3 cubs. This is a female - Arrowhead.

She is performing a a sort of 'sniffing" called the the flehmen response. With the assistance of my buddy Dr. William Rapley, helping me determine the exact term, we found some websites go into detail on the how and why a cat (along with many animals) performs this recycling of air through a duct called "nasopalatine canals". These ducts cycle the air to the vomeronasal organ, which functions as an auxiliary olfactory bulb.

Basically, they are using this extra "sense" to monitor various chemical stimuli, such as pheromones. A way to determine the neighbors moods, or chemistry.

Normally, I do not get to scientific with my work, I just enjoy the beauty of nature. So with this interesting pose, I thought it worth while to investigate, and explain, she wasn't venting anger towards us, but she was doing her own bit of research.



Royal Bengal Tiger in India

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Nikon D800 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/640s f/4.0 at 360.0mm iso1250

After a quick look about for lions, we decided to venture into a forest that hosts so many bird species. 10 minutes into the woods, we catch up with 4 giraffes feeding on the lush green vegetation.

Awesome experience to have these beauties in close, and surrounded by green!

Maasai giraffe Portrait - Tanzania
Tanzania, Africa

ray@raymondbarlow.com
Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/320s f/8.0 at 400.0mm iso1250

A dusty windy day, as this cheetah picks a low profile to investigate a distance animals scent.

Cheetah Catches a Scent
Tanzania, Africa

ray@raymondbarlow.com
Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/8000s f/4.0 at 350.0mm iso1000

Love Africa!

East African Elephant
Tanzania, Africa

Less then 3 hours from the airport, we were in this park and shooting these amazing animals! What a great expreience!

ray@raymondbarlow.com
Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/1250s f/4.0 at 380.0mm iso250

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ontario, Canada

ray@raymondbarlow.com
Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/2500s f/6.3 at 400.0mm iso2000

Last one for now, maybe some Africa edits soon.
- somewhat different techs.

iso 12,800 is on the menu for the next trip.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ontario, Canada

ray@raymondbarlow.com
Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/2500s f/4.0 at 400.0mm iso1250

One more, last light!

These birds are soooo tiny!

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ontario, Canada

ray@raymondbarlow.com
Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/8000s f/6.3 at 340.0mm iso6400

Awesome place to Hang out!

Our eye-level view of a busy osprey nest was brilliant!

This male Osprey is returning to his next for a visit to the family. Near Orlando Florida.

Osprey in Flight

ray@raymondbarlow.com
Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/1250s f/4.5 at 400.0mm iso400

Love Florida!

A great place for action photography, testing the limits of the D850.

Purple Gallinule Landing
Orlando, Florida

ray@raymondbarlow.com
Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/1250s f/7.1 at 400.0mm iso500

I have a few more images of this scene, but most people will not appreciate them, the wee one did not have a good ending., but on the other side if this Lioness is pregnant, she will have healthy cubs.

All goo, fun shoot, real nature.

Lioness with Dinner
Tanzania, Africa

ray@raymondbarlow.com
Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/320s f/5.0 at 400.0mm iso2500

Some of the best fun with a camera is taking wildlife images
that prove to be extremely difficult.

I can't wait to get back to this place!

Black skimmer - Skimming
New York Coast

ray@raymondbarlow.com
Nikon D810 ,Nikkor 600 mm f/4 ED
1/2000s f/8.0 at 600.0mm iso2500

Daisy on the Beach
New York Coast - 2017

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Nikon D810 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/200s f/5.6 at 600.0mm

NYC Beach area, we travel east to find this colony of Black skimmers, Oyster catchers, and Common terns all nesting within a very short viewing distance.

Black Skimmer looking for a Snack
New York Coast

ray@raymondbarlow.com
Nikon D810 ,Nikkor 600 mm f/4 ED
1/3200s f/5.0 at 600.0mm iso1600

"I got a peaceful easy feelin"
Eagles

What a great place to enjoy the beauty of Nature.

Algonquin Forest
Ontario, Canada

ray@raymondbarlow.com
Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/3s f/9.0 at 360.0mm iso64

No Rest for the Young!

A tough life in the beginning, keeping on the move with the guard up 24 hours a day. This young Zebra need a break, using the adult females neck for a pillow.

Such a character animal. The opportunity to watch it from day one to adulthood would be brilliant!

Sleepy Zebra Colt
Tanzania, Africa

ray@raymondbarlow.com
Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/1000s f/6.3 at 400.0mm iso800