Nature Photography

Explore the diversity of nature through Alan’s lens*. Infinite diversity in infinite settings!

* And some of my daughter, Emily…

Categories include:

Flowering plants

Exotic looking passion flower
Exotic looking passion flower

Birds

Hoatzins at Lake Shimigi in Peru October 20, 1988
Hoatzins at Lake Shimigi in Peru October 20, 1988

Insects, arachnids and other arthropods

Preying mantis (egg-laden) at the end of a stalk
Preying mantis (egg-laden) at the end of a stalk

Reptiles & amphibians

Eastern box turtle
Eastern box turtle

Mammals

Skunk on the front porch March 2021
Skunk on the front porch March 2021

Fish

Galapagos shark photographed off Oahu, Hawaii in 2007
Galapagos shark photographed off Oahu, Hawaii in 2007

Ecological settings

A school of sergeant major fish in a coral reef in Hawaii.
A school of sergeant major fish in a coral reef in Hawaii.

Weather and Clouds

My favorite weather picture - Cummulo-mammatus clouds at sunset near Marion, KY.
My favorite weather picture – Cummulo-mammatus clouds at sunset near Marion, KY.