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Big Sur, California

Big Sur is one of the most dramatic landscapes in the world. Here, coastal mountains drop precipitously into the Pacific Ocean. Secluded beaches, valleys, mountains, and tall California Redwoods standing among countless streams to complete the scene.

 

If you are lucky, you may spot whales, seals, condors, or even a mountain lion.

 

Photographed from Gamboa Point, near the Big Creek Bridge. For more of Big Sur and the California Coast, see the North America Gallery

 

 

Big Sur

Southern Mediterranean

Tunis, Palermo, Cartegna, Annaba. Each city is in a different country, yet the similarities are striking.

 

In the Mediterranean, empires sometimes clashed, but more often, they exchanged food, art, architecture, science, and even religions. The result is a region rich in history and blended cultures.

 

Right, the Alcazaba of Malaga, Spain. For more, see the Europe and North Africa Galleries.

 

 

Alcazaba

South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana

Rhinos have been poached relentlessly. Some cultures believe the rhino horn possesses medicinal properties, none of which has been proven clinically. If a mother is killed for her horn, the orphaned rhino is left to die. Rhinos are endangered as a consequence. Anti-poaching techniques have greatly improved.

 

Photographed in the Karongwe Private Reserve, near Kruger National Park.

 

See East and South Africa Gallery for more wildlife photography.

 

White Rhino

Ingredients

All photographs taken in the wild, on location, not in zoos or enclosures. No drones.

Some photos taken from boat, aircraft, helicopter

Canon cameras and lenses

Core Values

Travel light and often

Listen and learn

Be curious, be kind

Take only photos

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