Marty’s photo of the day #4168: Yesterday, we got about seven inches of snow. That meant work for me and play for Nellie. I think winter is Nellie’s favorite season. She no longer has to protect our house from killer squirrels and can spend more quality time with “Wilson,” her volleyball, running through the woods […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4167: This is the first praying mantis I’ve seen in Montana. I photographed it a few weeks ago in the Essen Wildlife Refuge. Praying mantises join the wild turkeys and peacocks as introduced species in the refuge. Not introduced by me, of course!
Marty’s photo of the day #4164: There’s always one who is a little more pissed that you woke her up than the others. If I were a bat, she would undoubtedly be my mate. (Photographed in Costa Rica)
Marty’s photo of the day #4163: When you’re dedicated to the craft of photography, sometimes you just have to hang in there to “get the shot.” Deb and I were quietly stalking a herd of elephants in the rainforest of Borneo, when a mother decided we were close enough and charged. I held my ground, […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4161: I shot this photo several years ago in the Sonoran desert. I was on a college speaking tour that took me to far western Arizona and used an off-day to explore the desert, in full, glorious bloom.
Marty’s photo of the day #4160: Oh, what I would give for this entire photo to be in perfect focus! You are looking at a young yellow-bellied racer that I photographed two months ago in the American Prairie of Montana. The feisty little snake didn’t appreciate me taking her picture and struck at my camera. […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4159: This is an apostlebird, named for its propensity to congregate in flocks of twelve. (Photographed in Queensland, Australia)
Marty’s photo of the day #4158: This was Deb’s and my first campsite, along the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe. At night, the hippos came on shore and roared—just a stone’s throw away from our tents. And joining them were lions roaring, elephants trumpeting, and hyenas whooping!
Marty’s photo of the day #4157: Navigating through the Iceberg Graveyard, along the coast of Antarctica.
Marty’s photo of the day #4155: This is my wife, Deb, trying to join a gentoo penguin colony off the coast of Antarctica. I think they’ve accepted her!
Marty’s photo of the day #4154: I will use a short excerpt from my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, to explain this shot: Even though we were hundreds of miles away from any significant landmass, our Drake Passage voyage was never boring. I spent much of my time outside on […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4153: I shot this photo at about two in the morning. It’s June, and at will be light all night. You’re looking at the sun hitting the Brooks Range in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a storm moves in.
Marty’s photo of the day #4152: Sometimes it’s fun to photograph animals that are so common that few people give them a second thought, and show them in an interesting way. I think I accomplished that here.
Marty’s photo of the day #4151: A ten-and-a-half foot-long African rock python. Photographed in Zimbabwe.
Marty’s photo of the day #4150: Here’s some cuteness to start your week—a black bear cub, visiting the Essen Wildlife Refuge.
Marty’s photos of the day #4129+++: This week I’m taking a break from wildlife photos to post some of my favorite concert pictures. I seldom post more than one photo each day, but today I’m posting a shitload of Halestorm photos from May 30, 2022, at the KettleHouse Amphitheater in Bonner, Montana (just outside of […]
