I have MANY more photos on my own web site.
PLEASE NOTE: The original file and prints are better quality and more detailed than the reduced sized views shown here. All images are copyrighted and may not be used without express written permission.
I’m using Sony Alphas – a700 and a100, and most commonly shoot with either a:
Sigma 300mm f/2.8
Sigma 24-70 f/2.8
Sigma 17-35 f/2.8-4
Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Macro
All gear carried in LowePro camera bags
All images shot in RAW and processed in Adobe Lightroom
Most of the pictures you will see here are from hikes, backpacking, peak-bagging, and snowshoeing trips, or just plain photo excursions in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, or other places as listed. I will add new images on a regular basis. This is an outlet that grew from my interest and years of experience in the outdoors, including hiking, backpacking, and mountaineering.
All wildlife photos represent wild animals in their natural habitat unless specified otherwise in the description.
Some images have a prefix of STOCK-photo name. These images are no longer available for sale as they are optioned by a stock agency with exclusive rights. If you are interested in those photos, please go to FIRSTLIGHT






Jay Ryser hosts Animal Photography - Limit 1 Photo Submission a Week and Wildlife, Landscape, and Nature Photography Online Magazine and is a member of All Animals Great And Small., All That is Nature (Photography Only), AMERICA's National Parks and WILDLIFE Habitat, Animal Kingdom, Animal Portraits, Antlers, Racks, and Other Horned Animals, Art By Bubble Hosts , Baby Animals (3/day), Bears of the world, Beautiful Colorado, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Birds Of Prey (3 per day), Body of Work, Colorful Colorado, Dawn and Dusk Light, Day Hikes , Deer Me!!!, Depth Of Field (2 images per day), DSLR Users Only - 3 A Day - Name Your Camera In The Description, Endangered Species, Exotic Mammals, Eye Contact, Fine Art of Landscape Photography, Landscape Photography, Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Mother Nature's Finest, Mountains and Mountain Light, National Parks of the World, Natural Developments, Nature's Wonders, Scenery, Skyscapes, Sony Shooters, Sunrise, Sunset, The Birds, Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art, Urban Wildlife, Western United States Artists and Photographers, Wild Nature Photography & Writing, Wolves & Wild Kin and Zoophoria (2 per day, approval required).
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DANCES WITH MOUNTAIN GOATS / Written as an article for the Wildlife, Landscape, and Nature Photography Online Magazine Group INTRODUCTION / I have to confess to a long-standing affection for mounta…
TAKING BETTER ZOO PHOTOS DISCLAIMER / I’m not an All Knowing Photography Guru (AKPG), but I do have a passionate interest in my subjects (wildlife, usually) and in improving my photography. And …
Let me add my usual preface – I’m not an All Knowing Photography Guru (AKPG), but I do have a passionate interest in my subjects (wildlife, usually) and in improving my photography. And like many …
An article written for NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY ONLINE MAGAZINE
Written as a work for the Animal Photography group
Developed for the Animal Photography Group and the Nature Photography Online Magazine