I’ve so far covered cat, dog and even insect photography. This entry will be a collection of miscellaneous animal photography that I’ve taken. I actually haven’t taken as much animal photography as I’d like to take and this is something I hope to change for 2014. Most of these photos were shot at the Grindstone Marsh in Burlington, Ontario. It’s a nice place with a diverse set of fauna, but the animals are limited in size.

I have seen deer in the Royal Botanical Gardens and Grindstone Marsh, but it’ll be difficult for me to capture them on camera since I try to not use telephoto lenses when I shoot wildlife. I find that most people who go out to shoot wildlife tend to have the same type of lens, sit in the same spot and are therefore walking away with the same photos. I remember sitting in the snow for around an hour once. I wanted to take a photo of some Canadian Geese, but they didn’t like me getting too close to them. Patience, as always, won. The geese eventually became accustomed to me freezing in the snow beside them. I managed to take a shot of a goose about arm’s length away from me, with my macro lens of all things, and the sense of accomplishment no doubt felt greater than if I were sitting in a lawn chair with a telephoto lens. That’s how I like to shoot wildlife, but a deer is much more timid than a tempermental goose. We shall see if I will land a deer photo this year. I’ll hopefully succeed.

I was asked to photograph each puppy in order to have profile shots for the adoption this week and these are the results of the puppy photoshoot. The puppies are growing rapidly, now around three times their newborn size, and their eyes have opened. They like to play and I wanted to take some more adventurous photos of them than just me peeking into their nursery while they slept or ate. The photos are much more interesting since I’ve given myself greater latitude by taking the puppies out of the nursery, but it is actually more difficult to photograph them now since they’re much more active. A session will inevitably result in me being chased by them, having to reset their position each time. I’ve been adding the parents into the photos since taking the puppy profile shots on Wednesday. Juggling two adult dogs and eight puppies is, to say the least, more challenging.