Larger Sized Animals

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks
- John Muir, Environmentalist (1834-1914)

I love wildlife and enjoy the times I have to look for them,
and occasionally to also catch them with my cameras

Larger Animals

Copyright © 2009, John D. Hillmer, All Rights Reserved

Harbor Seals—La Jolla, California
Found on the seal beach in La Jolla
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/100s f/5.6 at 400mm iso-100
March 18, 2009 5:05pm

Harbor Seal—La Jolla, California
Found on the seal beach in La Jolla
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/125s f/5.6 at 400mm iso-100
March 18, 2009 5:03pm

California Sea Lion—La Jolla Sea Caves—La Jolla, California
Resting after he was playing in the surf
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/160s f/5.6 at 275mm iso-100
March 18, 2009 3:55pm

California Sea Lion—La Jolla Sea Caves—La Jolla, California
Swimming near the La Jolla sea caves
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/200s f/5.6 at 320mm iso-100
March 18, 2009 3:49pm

Copyright © 2007, John D. Hillmer, All Rights Reserved

Black Bear—Mammoth Hot Springs—Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
We investigated most of the hot springs and geysers while vacationing in Yellowstone. But this bear was an unexpected surprise that we found on the backside of Mammoth Hot Springs (he and another black bear were just looking around)
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/320s f/5.6 at 400mm iso-100
June 23, 2007 10:36am

Grizzly Bear—Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
This was the first of many bears we saw in Yellowstone, but she and her two cubs (not visible in this shot) were the only grizzlies (the rest were black bears). We saw her from the road, but I walked into the woods to get this shot as the angle was a lot better
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/1250s f/11.0 at 400mm iso-1600
June 20, 2007 11:58am

Grizzly Bear—Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
This is the same grizzly as above, just a few minutes later. Nothing between her and me but the 400mm lens (this is not cropped)
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/500s f8.0 at 400mm iso-400
June 20, 2007 12:00pm

Sea Lion—Pier 39—San Francisco, California
Taken one evening after a day at a business conference. If you've been to Pier 39, then you don't need more of an explanation. These wild sea lions have taken up home on some floating docks (K-Dock) right next to Pier 39. This all began in 1989/1990 (speculation is that they began coming here after an earthquake happened on October 17, 1989)
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/200s f/5.6 at 400mm iso-500
April 25, 2007 7:16pm

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