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The Twelve — A Yearly Portfolio

Impetus. Palaver Point, Antarctica Twelve for Twentyfive
A Gallery from 2025. Highlighting the Great Basin, Antarctica, and Zambia.

Coordinated color. Blue Grosbeak, Los Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park, TX, USA Twelve for Twentyfour
A Gallery from 2024. Highlighting the Great Basin, Mojave Desert, and Big Bend region of west Texas.

Departing. The moon breaks the ring, Annularity 2023, Diamond Valley, NV, USA Twelve for Twentythree
A Gallery from 2023. Highlighting White Sands, northern Nevada, and a life-changing excursion to Antarctica.

Morning patrol. A South American Gray Fox (Lycalopex griseus) in sparse grasses of the Atacam Desert, Chile. Twelve for Twentytwo
A Gallery from 2022. Highlighting northern Nevada, Patagonia, and the great Atacama Desert.

Playa horizons. Black Rock Desert, NV, USA Twelve for Twentyone
A Gallery from 2021. Highlighting the beauty of the Great Basin Desert and the Eastern Sierra.

Revealed. Intimate scene of patterned ground, Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley, CA, USA Twelve for Twenty
A Gallery from 2020. Highlighting the Eastern Sierra and Death Valley, along with the seasonal woodlands of the western Great Basin.

One. Mud Meadows, Great Basin Desert, NV, USA Twelve for Nineteen
A Gallery from 2019. Highlighting the light of western North America.

Canyon highlight. Woodfords Canyon, West Fork of Carson River, CA, USA Twelve for Eighteen
A Gallery from 2018. Highlighting the Tahoe Region, the western Great Basin, and an adventure in Iceland.

Arroyo dawn Twelve for Seventeen
A Gallery from 2017. Highlights from the Great Basin Desert and the eastern Sierra.


Wildlife – International

I always hope for a wild cat sighting, enjoying the occasional bobcat and hoping for a cougar, but nothing prepared for the African Lion or Leopard. Encountered in savannah and woodland habitats along the floodplain of the Luangwa and Zambezi Rivers.

  • Wildlife of Zambia »
  • Big cats of Zambia
First cat. Resting pride on the floodplain of the Luangwa River, Zambia
Watchful. A Lion watches over a kill with his coalition, Luangwa River NP, Zambia.
Right here. A Lion emerges from the floodplain of the Luangwa River, Zambia
Lead cat. Lion greets the morning in Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia
Overlook II. A Leopard's patience of mid-afternoon, Luangwa River National Park, Zambia
Overlook I. A Leopard's patience of mid-afternoon, Luangwa River National Park, Zambia
Wondrous. A Leopard watches after her evening hunt, Luangwa River, Zambia
Quiet energy. A Leopard uses the space between the brush and our Land Rover to disguise his hunt, Luangwa River, Zambia
Slowing down. A Leopard waits calmly, Luangwa River, Zambia
Leaving the cache. A Leopard takes a last look before leaving her kill, Luangwa River, Zambia
Descent. Leaving the cache for the evening, Luangwa River, Zambia

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