Created 16-Feb-21
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I had never taken a serious photo of a wild critter before 2010. For many years prior to my retirement in 2008 all my serious photography had been of cars and auto racing. In retirement I had planned to continue in that field and create a large format "coffee table" book based on an story I wrote for Car & Driver magazine in June of 2003 titled "I See Dead Cars". (See that story in Photojournalists clippings) The "Dead Cars" story was about great cars that were owned by people who intended to renovate them, but so far hadn't. So, the cars were in automotive purgatory.
When I got to Idaho I learned that there were very few people in the state, and most of them owned pick-up trucks. There were no Coffee Table Book cars hidden away in barns, or left rotting in farmyards. Just real junkers. I looked and searched but soon it was obvious the coffee table book should be permanently tabled. But I had all the camera gear and experience using it! What to try next? I simply stepped out the front door of my Idaho home, with a camera in my hands, and found birds. And soon, lots of other creatures. Maybe I am just lazy, but outdoors spying on critters is where I have been since then. This gallery is mainly shots other people have taken of me doing the outdoors. The rest of the website is filled with the best photos and stories I found out there.
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