A Fox in the House
A century-old abandoned farmhouse is alive with activity after the sun goes down, offering a unique opportunity to photography wildlife with a DSLR camera trap. A Nikon d3200 body, 18mm lens, motion...
View ArticleRingtail Portraits
The ringtail cat, Bassariscus astutus, is related to the raccoon but carries itself more like a cross between a cat and a fox. An expert climber, the ringtail is at home in the oak canopies, rocky...
View ArticleRough Customers
Wild boar hogs- big, tough, and grumpy. Captured on a Nikon D3200 camera trap.
View ArticleCats
Bobcats cruise beneath the thorny canopy of mesquite, condalia, and huisache on a hot South Texas creek bottom. These images were captured on Nikon D3200 and D7000 camera traps.
View ArticleCats II
An adult male bobcat uses a fallen log as a scratching post as he makes his daily rounds near a dry creek bed in the South Texas Brush Country.
View ArticleWhite-tailed Buck
This beautiful white-tailed buck can’t resist checking out the camera, which is disguised as a prickly pear cactus. Capturing images of mature white-tailed deer with a DSLR camera trap can be...
View ArticleWireless PIR Camera Trigger
The workhorse of the camera trap, this small waterproof box with an articulating mounting arm contains a PIR motion sensor, programmable on-off timer and radio transmitter. When it senses body heat...
View ArticleLighting Diagrams
One of the keys to the uniqueness and beauty of camera trap photographs is the lighting. To create compelling lighting, a weatherproof studio of sorts is set up in the woods which includes a camera,...
View ArticleWhite-tailed Buck Roaming
This white-tailed buck is following a doe which passed by the camera moments earlier. The Fall rut is a great time to get camera trap photos of white-tailed bucks because their instincts make them bold.
View ArticleJavelina Portraits
Javelinas (collard peccaries) loaf in the prickly pear flats and guayacan groves of the South Texas Brush Country.
View ArticleBobcat drinking
A bobcat gets a drink from a dwindling pool of water in a South Texas creek bed.
View ArticleBobcat sneaking
A Nikon D7000 camera trap is set up on the edge of a S. Texas pear flat. The camera trap consists of the camera, 2 Nikon SB-28 flashes with wireless radio triggers, and a wireless motion sensor....
View ArticleSetting Up Camera Traps
Time lapse of setting up DSLR camera traps in the South Texas Brush Country, May 2017.
View ArticleThe Green Jay
Colorful and boisterous, the green jay (Cyanocorax yncas) is a tropical bird who’s range extends from Mexico up through the Rio Grande Valley and across much of the South Texas Brush Country. Green...
View ArticleCoyote Pups
I seldom catch photos of coyotes with DSLR camera traps. They are extremely cautious and skittish. Here is a photo sequence of a coyote pup- he’s 1 of a litter of 6. They passed by my cameras...
View ArticleCoyote and Raccoons Under a Hackberry
A coyote and raccoons visit the canopy beneath a large hackberry tree on a dry creek bed near San Antonio, TX. Images captured with a Nikon D7000 camera trap.
View ArticleAlligator Slide
By adapting to the many small livestock ponds and wet-weather creeks, alligators ironically thrive amidst the prickly pear and mesquite of the arid South Texas Brush Country. This alligator was...
View ArticleCane Field
Over the first week, a raccoon is the only visitor to a camera trap painstakingly placed in the mysterious tunnels of a small cane field. But as the days go by, the camera’s unnatural scent fades and...
View ArticleBobcat Strolling
A male bobcat strolls down the edge of a small pond in the South Texas Brush Country.
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