http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/ Although at one time I was deeply into photography as a hobby (had Zone IV and Sinar 4x5 view cameras, my own 4x5 darkroom, read everything Ansel and Fred Picker wrote), I was away from photography as a hobby for quite a few years, owning a series of point & shoot digitals that I mostly just made snapshots with. A couple years ago I decided I wanted a DSLR, so I bought a Nikon D80 with the 18-135 kit lens. I added several more lenses, bags, Gitzo tripod, etc., and started trying to be serious about photography again. In mid-2007 I became discouraged with my efforts at photography and sold all my Nikon gear. Bought a Canon G9 to use for snapshots. In late July 2008 I bought a Canon EOS 40D, some lenses, and a tripod, gonna give it another go! I don't have any aspirations to become an artist or a pro, but I enjoy doing the best I can with my photography efforts. I make photographs primarily to please myself. I can be reached via email at michaelnel@comcast.net http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:03:54 -0700 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:05:48 -0800 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Eastern-Sierra-Fall-Color/meondam800/387967976_Av7rv-Ti.jpg http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/ http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/2737583_cCFxN#145361131_WVwnx <p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com">Michael Nelson (michaelnel)</a><br />Sumatran Tiger. I think these are the most beautiful animals in the world.</p><p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/2737583_cCFxN#145361131_WVwnx" title="Sumatran Tiger. I think these are the most beautiful animals in the world."><img src="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/bengal1/145361131_WVwnx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Sumatran Tiger. I think these are the most beautiful animals in the world." title="Sumatran Tiger. I think these are the most beautiful animals in the world." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:08:02 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Michael Nelson (michaelnel)) http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/bengal1/145361131_WVwnx-Th.jpg 2007-04-20 12:19:34 37.73415344190000 -122.50384569200000 0 9cde9fffe6d4672f58466b9070381b4e b7b3ac64de579b70b37a313fa997b950 b81f915a21a1d48d897adbc580b75bcf 3cca9dd5da7925ae56137f31dac8768e 98cc74f89f291ec38553c9ad1436da89 3dad31beb525c073dbc25e6b8950d3e3 6b7db2dfe8fc7c9dcf972af59bf337c1 7ad3192a21600c8d240c51d12ffe1892 8c1daf18838446b0a3216e56615f7fb1 Sumatran Tiger. I think these are the most beautiful animals in the world. <p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com">Michael Nelson (michaelnel)</a><br />Sumatran Tiger. I think these are the most beautiful animals in the world.</p><p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/2737583_cCFxN#145361131_WVwnx" title="Sumatran Tiger. I think these are the most beautiful animals in the world."><img src="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/bengal1/145361131_WVwnx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Sumatran Tiger. I think these are the most beautiful animals in the world." title="Sumatran Tiger. I think these are the most beautiful animals in the world." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals sumatran Michael Nelson (michaelnel) Michael Nelson (michaelnel) http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/2737583_cCFxN#145378070_GNBsS <p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com">Michael Nelson (michaelnel)</a><br />Peacock</p><p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/2737583_cCFxN#145378070_GNBsS" title="Peacock"><img src="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/peacockside/145378070_GNBsS-Th.jpg" width="102" height="150" alt="Peacock" title="Peacock" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:52:12 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Michael Nelson (michaelnel)) http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/peacockside/145378070_GNBsS-Th.jpg 2007-04-20 12:57:07 7a448dc612bbbd71161d609e6c554ce5 ac80fd54447003ce2bfa6a57d619b7ae 273a30015e1fd389e80260a93c675c08 ed48cc9bd96329da203427bcde3a518f b3f4295c54d4cff6d16e81079191d1d9 d4f6f8b3549e60dd9a46de2456e2a1ca Peacock <p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com">Michael Nelson (michaelnel)</a><br />Peacock</p><p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/2737583_cCFxN#145378070_GNBsS" title="Peacock"><img src="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/peacockside/145378070_GNBsS-Th.jpg" width="102" height="150" alt="Peacock" title="Peacock" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals peacockside Michael Nelson (michaelnel) Michael Nelson (michaelnel) http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/2737583_cCFxN#145363107_FRCqx <p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com">Michael Nelson (michaelnel)</a><br />Preening is a full time job!</p><p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/2737583_cCFxN#145363107_FRCqx" title="Preening is a full time job!"><img src="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/flamingo/145363107_FRCqx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="114" alt="Preening is a full time job!" title="Preening is a full time job!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:21:59 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Michael Nelson (michaelnel)) http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/flamingo/145363107_FRCqx-Th.jpg 2007-04-20 12:03:00 7debe6288dde4b995b08661759799f2d ee73b71ad7616b8daed416d69319ad25 85f6339391db40dfa7eb507377ef5872 174a8dbf53b7985f9f62206c177a2e13 f72a10f0fb0ea669ccfcef365b8082a7 5b3f9ce16e5d7e5bda773ce171daf843 Preening is a full time job! <p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com">Michael Nelson (michaelnel)</a><br />Preening is a full time job!</p><p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/2737583_cCFxN#145363107_FRCqx" title="Preening is a full time job!"><img src="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/flamingo/145363107_FRCqx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="114" alt="Preening is a full time job!" title="Preening is a full time job!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals flamingo Michael Nelson (michaelnel) Michael Nelson (michaelnel) http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/2737583_cCFxN#145361604_YLkHp <p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com">Michael Nelson (michaelnel)</a><br />Whaddaya lookin' at me for? They went thataway!</p><p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/2737583_cCFxN#145361604_YLkHp" title="Whaddaya lookin' at me for? They went thataway!"><img src="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/thataway/145361604_YLkHp-Th.jpg" width="131" height="150" alt="Whaddaya lookin' at me for? They went thataway!" title="Whaddaya lookin' at me for? They went thataway!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:12:06 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Michael Nelson (michaelnel)) http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/thataway/145361604_YLkHp-Th.jpg 2007-04-20 11:48:23 c8ae928724dab0679f8738f0aab1979c e7b49d96cd5a10dfbab7f5ddb9f94153 51ed276ee652f227284955b2282307fb 5b582c4b2542a982e962a1581ef9c6ef 4f4306845a2d04606238338a9f3cf87c a05ac69557f21d08a7d472b00e96d31a 2a6fa23ac250378e358ae013ce678c4e d0a4ce1b39f33f6303899a1e2ddb8916 Whaddaya lookin' at me for? They went thataway! <p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com">Michael Nelson (michaelnel)</a><br />Whaddaya lookin' at me for? They went thataway!</p><p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/2737583_cCFxN#145361604_YLkHp" title="Whaddaya lookin' at me for? They went thataway!"><img src="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/thataway/145361604_YLkHp-Th.jpg" width="131" height="150" alt="Whaddaya lookin' at me for? They went thataway!" title="Whaddaya lookin' at me for? They went thataway!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals thataway Michael Nelson (michaelnel) Michael Nelson (michaelnel) http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/Palo-Alto-Baylands-Bird/2915204_kshBt#157019114_s24uC <p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com">Michael Nelson (michaelnel)</a><br />Another snowy egret. With a bunch of them in these palms, they were very talkative, and they have really funny almost human sounding voices. Not at all what I expected!</p><p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/Palo-Alto-Baylands-Bird/2915204_kshBt#157019114_s24uC" title="Another snowy egret. With a bunch of them in these palms, they were very talkative, and they have really funny almost human sounding voices. Not at all what I expected!"><img src="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/Palo-Alto-Baylands-Bird/egret2/157019114_s24uC-Th.jpg" width="119" height="150" alt="Another snowy egret. With a bunch of them in these palms, they were very talkative, and they have really funny almost human sounding voices. Not at all what I expected!" title="Another snowy egret. With a bunch of them in these palms, they were very talkative, and they have really funny almost human sounding voices. Not at all what I expected!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 28 May 2007 10:52:08 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Michael Nelson (michaelnel)) http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/Palo-Alto-Baylands-Bird/egret2/157019114_s24uC-Th.jpg 2007-05-26 11:12:11 69afd6a9572484fb7d4be6e1c64833d6 e46ddc340c633a3f0228c71ce0ded7ad 33f291b24ad2df0d1d45f246e6926f6f a6d4c282616589d660ecbabda4683557 c0ea64e26da764eb2f0ea467e6abb17b 2a30b6877d6231e91dcb519577f0f9b7 9fb2787ecfd6ed0edb5cdd14b4482204 c5dfd38935b5d6b417bf043a666e0b40 Another snowy egret. With a bunch of them in these palms, they were very talkative, and they have really funny almost human sounding voices. Not at all what I expected! <p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com">Michael Nelson (michaelnel)</a><br />Another snowy egret. With a bunch of them in these palms, they were very talkative, and they have really funny almost human sounding voices. Not at all what I expected!</p><p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/Palo-Alto-Baylands-Bird/2915204_kshBt#157019114_s24uC" title="Another snowy egret. With a bunch of them in these palms, they were very talkative, and they have really funny almost human sounding voices. Not at all what I expected!"><img src="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/Palo-Alto-Baylands-Bird/egret2/157019114_s24uC-Th.jpg" width="119" height="150" alt="Another snowy egret. With a bunch of them in these palms, they were very talkative, and they have really funny almost human sounding voices. Not at all what I expected!" title="Another snowy egret. With a bunch of them in these palms, they were very talkative, and they have really funny almost human sounding voices. Not at all what I expected!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals egret Michael Nelson (michaelnel) Michael Nelson (michaelnel) http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/Palo-Alto-Baylands-Bird/2915204_kshBt#157019051_HJmE7 <p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com">Michael Nelson (michaelnel)</a><br />Snowy egret. There were lots of them in the palm trees, lots of preening.</p><p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/Palo-Alto-Baylands-Bird/2915204_kshBt#157019051_HJmE7" title="Snowy egret. There were lots of them in the palm trees, lots of preening."><img src="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/Palo-Alto-Baylands-Bird/egret1/157019051_HJmE7-Th.jpg" width="102" height="150" alt="Snowy egret. There were lots of them in the palm trees, lots of preening." title="Snowy egret. There were lots of them in the palm trees, lots of preening." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 28 May 2007 10:51:53 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Michael Nelson (michaelnel)) http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/Palo-Alto-Baylands-Bird/egret1/157019051_HJmE7-Th.jpg 2007-05-26 10:16:39 0dbedb4c8874448d2d3c5bae66871a51 32605f160dd58d95b057c43e41286e2c 944e7e3c81e44ae359a9ff8dd06d61db 388f3f7e9efa65540227a5514eb8d4a4 c10ad9d781439db783188f6f58cc5d35 93765843aa92115a95f4e1097065f425 Snowy egret. There were lots of them in the palm trees, lots of preening. <p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com">Michael Nelson (michaelnel)</a><br />Snowy egret. There were lots of them in the palm trees, lots of preening.</p><p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/Palo-Alto-Baylands-Bird/2915204_kshBt#157019051_HJmE7" title="Snowy egret. There were lots of them in the palm trees, lots of preening."><img src="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/Palo-Alto-Baylands-Bird/egret1/157019051_HJmE7-Th.jpg" width="102" height="150" alt="Snowy egret. There were lots of them in the palm trees, lots of preening." title="Snowy egret. There were lots of them in the palm trees, lots of preening." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals egret Michael Nelson (michaelnel) Michael Nelson (michaelnel) http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/2737583_cCFxN#145378145_fjDyn <p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com">Michael Nelson (michaelnel)</a><br />Lazy day...</p><p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/2737583_cCFxN#145378145_fjDyn" title="Lazy day..."><img src="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/polarbear/145378145_fjDyn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="Lazy day..." title="Lazy day..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:52:46 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Michael Nelson (michaelnel)) http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/polarbear/145378145_fjDyn-Th.jpg 2007-04-20 12:42:30 ae10a420f8abfd8dc1d4d144843f159d ed16a4f9a861316a5771b2677ee7218b fc6daf857ecb7d194f890cdbdb62fffb fc443553d2e882a7fa088a61a0eddf3b 46886a018a059af79c9a810aadfa0b23 36f2b83303933503646f5a11be8fae4a Lazy day... <p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com">Michael Nelson (michaelnel)</a><br />Lazy day...</p><p><a href="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/2737583_cCFxN#145378145_fjDyn" title="Lazy day..."><img src="http://michaelnel.smugmug.com/Animals/San-Francisco-Zoo/polarbear/145378145_fjDyn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="Lazy day..." title="Lazy day..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals polarbear Michael Nelson (michaelnel) Michael Nelson (michaelnel)