Michael Fuchs Photography

This is a large grizzly bear that I photographed catching salmon near Hyder, Alaska.  During the salmon run, the water is completely full of fish.  Many steams and small rivers have several types of salmon spawning at the same time, and it’s interesting to watch how selective the bears are in picking what salmon they want to catch.  We spent over an hour watching this particular bear.  The salmon in this area can reach 40-70 lb.  It was pretty impressive to see how easily this bear could catch salmon that weighed 50 lb or more.

This is small group of elephants that were peacefully grazing on fresh tall grass.  Elephants have really interesting social behavior.  In the wild, they seem very intelligent and wary. I took this photograph in a beautiful valley in the Tarangire National Park in Tanzania.  Tarangire is an amazing place and reminds me of the Garden of Eden.

Zebra are very common in east Africa.  After a while you almost start to ignore them because they are everywhere you go.  However, I started to really like them. I’ve always thought that zebra were artful creatures. Seeing thousands of plains zebras in the great migration is really something to witness. I love the way the animals blend together.

Panamint Valley at sunset. The east side of Panamint is a seriously arid place….

This is a little Amargosa Vole that I photographed along the California coast.  We seem to be noticing them more often than in previous years.  They can dig quite a network of tunnels, and are an important contributor to the food chain.  They are quite timid and require some patience and a bit of luck to photograph.  It is neat what you find when you slow down a bit and look at the natural details around you.

Some nice evening light on the hills of Carrizo Plain in central California.  The San Andreas fault runs left-to-right along the base of these hills.

This is a Mangrove Kingfisher that I photographed in the Tarangire National Park in Tanzania.

I think that eastern Kings Canyon is an underrated area.  It is some of the most rugged and inaccessible land in central California, and it has some seriously impressive geography.