Lighting / Midday

Midday

An adult cougar walks across sparse grassland and shrubland in winter, with distant mountains visible under midday light.

Stalking Across Patagonian Winter

Puma concolor (Cougar)

An adult cougar walks across sparse grassland in the Patagonian steppe, pausing to look toward the camera.

Petaka Pauses in Patagonia

Puma concolor (Cougar)

An adult caracara with a distinctive crest and dark plumage stands on windswept grassland under midday light.

Caracara plancus plancus (Southern Crested Caracara)

A dark bird in flight against a bright sky, wings spread wide, soaring above distant granite peaks and windswept grassland.

Winter Flight Over Patagonian Granite

Caracara plancus plancus

An Andean condor in flight above a mountainous, snow-dusted landscape in winter daylight.

Condor Riding Winter Thermals Above Torres del Paine

Vultur gryphus

A subadult tiger rests half-submerged in a forest stream, cooling off after feeding in dry deciduous forest.

Cooling Off After the Kill

Panthera tigris (Tiger)

A Golden-breasted Starling perches on a low shrub and looks directly at the camera in the savanna landscape of Tsavo East National Park, Kenya.

Golden-breasted Starling

Lamprotornis regius (Golden-breasted Starling)

A gerenuk with elongated neck and upright ears faces the camera in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, with green grassland in the background.

Gerenuk does its best Lee van Cleef Impression

Litocranius walleri (gerenuk)

An adult grey crowned crane stands in grassland under bright midday light in Masai Mara, Kenya.

Balearica regulorum

A young yellow baboon walks along a dirt path beside its mother in midday sunlight.

Mother and Son

Papio cynocephalus (Yellow Baboon)

A juvenile vervet monkey practices a dramatic landing pose on the ground in Tsavo West National Park, Kenya.

Nailing the Superhero Landing!

Chlorocebus pygerythrus (Vervet Monkey)

A Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus) rests on a leafy branch in Tsavo West National Park, Kenya, its pastel plumage contrasting softly against the midday sky. © 2025 Chris Smith. All rights res

Lilac-breasted Roller Perches on Branch

Coracias caudatus (Lilac-breasted Roller)