Comments on: The Nature Photography of E.J. Peiker

The Nature Photography of E.J. Peiker

LeeJay — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:18:38 -0800

E.J. Peiker, Nature Photgrapher There are a lot of nature photographers out there -- some better than Peiker and some worse -- but what fascinates me about Peiker's site is the number of photos available. A birdwatcher's dream, it features pages of photos of over 500 different species of birds, including an index devoted solely to wild waterfowl. Maybe animals are more your speed? How about nearly 150 pages of photos of wild animals (including my favorite - a quite handsome, flower-eating porcupine.) There's also a section for scenic photography featuring 23 states and 20 countries (or you can search by national park.) The photos are, unfortunately, not that big but there a ton of them, many of them quite pretty.

By: Ritchie

Ritchie — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:47:40 -0800

A. Mazing.

By: brandz

brandz — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:14:07 -0800

the badger is pretty cool.

By: Joseph Gurl

Joseph Gurl — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:32:46 -0800

I lve photgraphy

By: LeeJay

LeeJay — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:48:01 -0800

I lve photgraphy Dammit! Oh well, that's what happens when you write out the word "photography" five thousand times while preparing a post (and don't spellcheck). Something slips through the cracks.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:26:20 -0800

aww, I love the flower eating porcupine. Reminds me of Ferdinand the Bull. What wonderful photographs. Something especially tender about them, E.J. Peiker's love of the creatures and their beauty comes through in the images. Nice post, thanks LeeJay.

By: Brewer

Brewer — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:50:08 -0800

Birds aren't animals? Perhaps you mean mammals.

By: Atreides

Atreides — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:09:30 -0800

Purty.

By: rtha

rtha — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:16:10 -0800

I love his ferruginous hawk photos. But it's frustrating that I have to view page source to find out where he took the pictures - his photos of the red-shouldered hawk, for instance, seem to show Florida birds, which are much less colorful than their California counterparts (there are two distinct populations of red-shouldered hawks - the Eastern, comprised of the subspecies B. l. alleni and B. l. texanus, which comes barely as far west as central Texas, and California's own B. l. elegans, a "distinct, isolated subspecies resident mainly along the Pacific coast"*, mostly California). Anyway. Great find! *Raptors of Western North America, Brian K. Wheeler

By: Baby_Balrog

Baby_Balrog — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:48:41 -0800

Oh what a beautiful morning, Oh what a beautiful day, I've got a wonderful feeling, Everything's going my way.

By: LeeJay

LeeJay — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:43:54 -0800

Birds aren't animals? Perhaps you mean mammals. Er, yes, perhaps I did. That's two strikes for me! I swear I'm normally not *quite* so stupid. I claim Friday night exhaustion.

By: Pallas Athena

Pallas Athena — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:01:42 -0800

Black bear page is amazing. He must have followed that family of bears around for ages. Contains one shot of bears gettin' it on which may be NSFW if you work with bears.

By: dirigibleman

dirigibleman — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:01:22 -0800

I'm just impressed that this photography site isn't some Flash-heavy monstrosity.

By: geeky

geeky — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:47:40 -0800

Inspirational. Beautiful photos, and he's had a very interesting life too. I would love to have half of the amazing collection of photos he has at that age.