Alvin

These little buggers are cute, but often difficult to get a shot of because they don’t sit still for long. At Kensington though, they’re used to people enough (and you can bribe them with seed) so you can get pretty close. This has probably been my favorite park to go to for shooting wildlife. (With […]

Deez Nuts

On one of my trips to Kensington Metropark in Michigan, the weather ended up being a bit more rainy than I’d hoped for. A lot of the animals were camped out rather than moving around. However, this little guy practically mugged me for some of the bird seed I’d brought… following me down a path […]

Feather Ball

Kensington Metropark is one of my favorite parks to visit in Michigan. There’s usually lots of chickadees (my favorite bird) and they’ll get pretty close to you (hoping for a handout.) I’ve been to this park in both summer and winter – this photo was taken on a winter trip. People go to feed the […]

Cruising By

For such beautiful birds, these buggers are ornery. I spent about 20 minutes taking shots of this guy while he fought off geese, back and forth, in his part of the lake. I’m not sure what the geese thought they were going to get, but they seemed to enjoy pestering him. Kensington Metropark is a […]

Say Cheese

I’m fairly certain this guy had recently published a book, given the pose he liked to strike – ready for the back cover. I’d gone to the zoo with a group of other photographers to capture images of the jellyfish, though I wasn’t happy with any of my efforts in the aquarium building. I had […]