“ Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times. … I just shoot at what interests me at that moment." Elliott Erwitt
Sunflowers and sky at the annual Beaver Dam Farm Sunflower Festival in Botetourt County, Va., near Buchanan. Photograph made Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. Nikon D850, Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6, f/8, 300mm, 1/350th sec., ISO 400. ©2020 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com
The baptismal font reflects the light of the Moravian star that hangs above the chancel. All of the candles have been lighted for the late Christmas Eve service at College Lutheran Church in Salem, Va. iPhone 11, f/2.4, 15mm, 1/30 sec., ISO 800. ©2019 John M. Hudson
“Shhhhhhhh. I’m going to sneak up on Dad. He’ll think it’s funny.” Serengeti National Park watering hole, Tanzania. June 6, 2019. Nikon D500. 200-500-mm f/5.6 lens. ƒ/5.6. 200mm (300mm DX). 1/1500th sec. 400 ISO.
On our way back to the lodge from a day-long game drive on June 6, 2019, driver Henry Nkuwi and I happened on this tree dripping with lazy lionesses. Wildebeests still have been migrating through this valley, and there still is plenty of tall, green grass to hide and hunt in, so these are fat times for lions … and terrifying times for grazing animals. Nyarboro Valley, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Nikon D500. Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6mm lens. ƒ/5.6. 200mm (300mm DX). 1/2000th sec. 400 ISO.
This serval, photographed on June 7, 2019, is spotted like a leopard, slinky and small-headed like a cheetah, a bit taller and lot longer than a house cat. Ilooks like a friendly kitty and it wasn’t bothered at all by our presence as it slithered through the savanna south of the Seronera region, eyes, ears and nose to the ground, hunting for lizards and small mammals. Nikon D500. Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 lens. ƒ/8. 500mm (750mm DX). 1/500th sec. ISO 400.
A pair cattle egrets ride on the back of a cape buffalo in Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. June 9, 2019. Nikon D500. Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6. 500mm (DX 750mm). ƒ/5.6. 1/750 sec. 800 ISO.
Female bald eagle No. 19-1560 is re-released into the wild July 30 at Long Island Park in Campbell County, Va. Nikon D500. Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6. ƒ/8. 500mm (750mm DX). 1/1000 sec. 800 ISO.
