Wildlife & nature photography
Out early.
Home late.
RAWLIGHT is where I put the photos that worked out. Mostly animals — in the wild when I'm lucky, at the zoo when I'm not — plus weather, landscapes, and whatever else I noticed on the way. A weekend hobby that got slightly out of hand.
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About
out
in the
wild
Photography started as a reason to spend more time outside, and it stuck. I mostly photograph animals, wherever I find them — a heron at the lake, a red panda at the zoo, it all counts. Half the fun happens before I even leave the house: reading up on a place, guessing what species might turn up, imagining the shot I want. The other half is that none of it goes to plan, and the best photo of the day is usually the one I didn't see coming.
Philosophy & ethics
No AI. Just light.
Everything here is edited in Lightroom Classic — exposure, contrast, white balance, a crop when I framed too optimistically. No AI-generated images, no compositing. If a bird looks unreasonably close, that was the lens, or the zoo.
The animal decides.
Whether it's a deer in a field or a snow leopard behind glass, the photo isn't worth stressing an animal for. I keep my distance, let the lens do the work, and if something clearly wants to be left alone, I leave. Plenty of good sightings never became photos, and that's how it should be.
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Field
notes.
New photographs and the occasional story, sent by email now and then. No spam, no schedule I’ll actually keep to, and one click to leave whenever you like.
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Interested in a print, curious about a location, or fairly sure my “rare warbler” is a sparrow? Either way, I’d like to hear it.