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Santa Barbara shoreline
A late-summer gathering of skimmers, gulls and egrets along California's Pacific edge.
Wildlife photographyField archive · 2026
Observing. Learning. Documenting.
Breath of the Wildlife
01 / Approach
Nature is all around us, waiting to be observed. Patience is key, but be ready...
02 / Photo stories
Photo stories
Small field narratives, assembled from encounters across the archive.
02
Florida wetlands
Still water, patient hunters and the vivid life of the Everglades.
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Parents and young
Tender, watchful moments between adults and the next generation.
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Monkey business
Expressive faces, family moments and curious encounters with monkeys and apes across the archive.
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San Diego Zoo
Close encounters with tapirs, primates and gazelles at San Diego Zoo, California.
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Wild Extremadura
Storks, raptors and smaller lives across the sunlit plains of western Spain.
03 / The archive
The archive
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05 / Behind the lens
Thomas Owen James
The goal is not just to capture the animal, but to capture its behavior, its emotions in the moment, and ultimately, its personality.
Computer processing was used only to lightly edit the photos: color correction, contrast and sharpness, not to make any substantial or generative changes to the image captured by the camera.