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A Year At a Glance
Nico takes a quick look back at the past year. It was a good one! You can either click on photos below to launch the slideshow, or… Right click on this link (http://nicoangleys.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Jan-2012-NL-English-10×7-hi-res.pdf) and save as – to get it in PDF on your local computer.
Fall Colors in Michigan
Michigan in the Autumn is rather spectacular. This is a set of fall shots that tries to capture the breadth of colors and the warmth of light which I find unique to this season.
Butterflies
I love visiting aquariums. I’m not sure why. It doesn’t matter, I love ‘em! Taking pictures in aquariums is a different matter. I’m discovering that’s not an easy affair. Glass bends, refracts, distorts light in strange ways. Water does so in even stranger ways it seems. Lighting is often difficult to work with. All this [...]
Aquariums
I love visiting aquariums. I’m not sure why. It doesn’t matter, I love ‘em! Taking pictures in aquariums is a different matter. I’m discovering that’s not an easy affair. Glass bends, refracts, distorts light in strange ways. Water does so in even stranger ways it seems. Lighting is often difficult to work with. All this [...]
Exotic Birds
These fluffy, feathery, fanciful, sometime flightless creatures are a wonder of wonders to this photographer. Such color, such shapes, such strange sounds! I am grateful for zoos, conservatories, and aquariums which have allowed me to glance with my own eyes a little sample of the vast world of ornithology.
Birds of Prey
This album is my attempt to collect my best pictures of birds that catch their food “on the fly” as it were. Some of these particular birds don’t do so because they’re in captivity, but they sure would if they weren’t behind bars. These are birds that tend to capture the imagination and wish half [...]
Birds Outside of North America
Birds are quite challenging to photograph. They are challenging to photograph well. They require a lot of wildlife observation skills in addition to some real technical photographic skill. Since I lack both fairly substantially, you will no doubt look on these with mercy. Rejoice with me at the very good fortune I had on a [...]
Alpine Ibex
This photographer has wandered a bit in his native Alps and has collected a few good sightings of the various species of Ibex. Some of these I got within a few meters. Some (the more distant shots) are of the elusive and furtive “chamois” (rupicapra rupicapra) which I dream some day of seeing up close.
City Life
Various mammals (OK, they’re mainly rodents/vermin) that live close to where my camera resides.
Mammals in the Wild
This collection contains my feeble attempts to see mammals in the wild. Some day this album will have more variety, I hope!
Tidepools
Between low tide and high tide, there exists a fascinating yet fragile ecosystem which is well worth an afternoon of observation. Acadia National Park was the place I discovered this world. Thanks to Ranger Eleanor…
Birds of North America
Birds that fly free where the wind will take them and when men won’t shoot them. Most of these just me drool at the idea of getting big fancy lenses and spending days just waiting for the perfect shot…
Snakes
Snakes I’ve seen in zoos, aquariums, and other “safe” locations. Most are poisonous, deadly, or otherwise un-companionable…
Amphibians
This is my grab-bag category of reptiles that aren’t snakes. Herpatologists won’t be happy with me on this one, but there you go: it’s the prerogative of the natural philosopher to create his own categories!
Herping
These are shots taken as I’ve wandered outdoors looking for snakes, across this great continent… Herping is a modern vernacular word describing the act of looking for “herps” (the Greek word for snakes.) All of these were taken in situ, in the “wild”. A special thanks to my Herping Master, Brendan Murray esq., without whom [...]
Spiders
Ah, the world of arachnids, a mysterious one, full of strange and mildly fearful creatures! I hope to someday see some “dangerous” spiders in the wild. Until then, I’ll just add to this collection. I would dedicate this album to all my friends who are arachnophobic, in the hopes of helping them cope – but [...]
Insects
In April 2011, this photographer purchased his first macro lens. It opened up a whole new world of wonders and marvels. This collection should give you a taste of that world. I think that I may very well have chosen a different field of study if I’d seen all this earlier in my life…
Alpine Landscapes
Big views from my various hikes near my home in the Alps. Paysages alpins de ma Savoie natale.
Panoramas from the NE of the US
The vistas that caught my attention while traveling in Maine and New Hampshire.