Cougar Photo
on Oct 27, 2009 in Photography Photos Nikon Wildlife This beautiful cougar (Puma concolor) shares a large enclosure at the Muskoka Wildlife Centre at Gravenhurst, Ontario with a large black bear. This odd couple apparently get along famously.

Bobcat Photo
on Oct 24, 2009 in Photography Photos Nikon Wildlife Bobcat (Lynx rufus) at the Muskoka Wildlife Centre at Gravenhurst, Ontario...

Wolves photo
on Oct 23, 2009 in Photography Photos Nikon Wildlife These timber wolves, Montana and Akayla, share a large enclosure at the Muskoka Wildlife Centre at Gravenhurst, Ontario. They are about nine years old.

Cougar Photo
on Oct 22, 2009 in Photography Photos Nikon Wildlife Isn’t this a great shot? And what a beautiful animal. This big cat shares a large enclosure at the Muskoka Wildlife Centre at Gravenhurst, Ontario with a large black bear. This odd couple apparently get along famously.

Canadian Lynx Photo
on Oct 21, 2009 in Photography Photos Nikon Wildlife Another of many photos I took at the Muskoka Wildlife Centre at Gravenhurst, Ontario. This Canadian Lynx was king enough to pose quietly while I snapped away. I also was able to take photos of a juvenile lynx which I’ll post on another day.

Grey Wolf Photo
on Oct 20, 2009 in Photography Photos Nikon Wildlife This is another of many photos I took at the Muskoka Wildlife Centre at Gravenhurst, Ontario. I was with a group of photographers who were allowed into the large enclosure in which two adult Timber Wolves (aka Grey Wolf) were housed. Though not exact...

Juvenile Cougar photo
on Oct 19, 2009 in Photography Photos Nikon Wildlife This juvenile cougar was photographed at the Muskoka Wildlife Centre near Gravenhurst, Ontario about 2 hours north of Burlington where I live. I was there on a photography workshop organized by Ray Barlow, a Grimsby, Ontario wildlife photography prof...

Nikon’s new AF-S DX Micro NIKKOR 85mm f/3.5G ED VR lens
on Oct 15, 2009 in Photography Technology Photo Gear Nikon Lenses Nikon’s latest DX-format medium telephoto Micro (macro) lens is ideal for extreme close-up and general photography with continuous autofocus from infinity to life-size (1:1). The official name of the lens is AF-S DX Micro NIKKOR 85mm f/3.5G ED VR.

Sample photo with Nikkor AF-S DX 10-24mm F3.5-4.5G ED lens
on Oct 9, 2009 in Photography Photos Photo Gear Nikon Lenses Back on Oct. 6, I posted the fact that I had purchased a Nikkor AF-S DX 10-24mm F3.5-4.5G ED lens. What I did not do was include a sample photo in my post. The following image was taken at Lowville, Ontario, a village just north of Burlington where I...

AF-S DX Nikkor 10-24mm F3.5-4.5G ED wide-angle zoom lens
on Oct 6, 2009 in Photography Photo Gear Nikon Lenses I recently purchased the AF-S DX Nikkor 10-24mm F3.5-4.5G ED lens, an ultra-wide-angle zoom for DX format DSLRs. This is a mid-range lens that offers a minimum focus distance of 9.6 inches through the entire zoom range, and includes Nikon’s built-i...