Steve
@wild-fotos.com
📸 Wildlife & Nature Photographer | Gamer | Commercial drone operator (FAA Certified) | 🌿 Nature lover, storyteller, and explorer
🖼️ Offering unique perspectives: https://wild-fotos.com/ | 🌌 Escaping the digital grind, one image at a time
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Steve
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· Mar 3
Lots of different photograph subjects, locations, perspectives and print mediums. Check them all out: wild-fotos.pixels.com
#photography #smallbusiness #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wisconsin #mke #kenosha #lighthouse #sunset #sunrise #birdphotography
#photography #smallbusiness #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wisconsin #mke #kenosha #lighthouse #sunset #sunrise #birdphotography
Saw this elk a month ago at Custer State Park, SD. It was clearly unwell, and the next day I found it had passed about 50 yards from where I first saw it. Nature isn’t always pretty, but the elk's struggle mattered to me and wanted to tell the story.
#photography #wildlife #elk #southdakota
#photography #wildlife #elk #southdakota
December 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Saw this elk a month ago at Custer State Park, SD. It was clearly unwell, and the next day I found it had passed about 50 yards from where I first saw it. Nature isn’t always pretty, but the elk's struggle mattered to me and wanted to tell the story.
#photography #wildlife #elk #southdakota
#photography #wildlife #elk #southdakota
Series of Pronghorn
Not deer and not antelope, they are their own species. Amazing creatures!
Captured at Custer State Park
Sony A7IV, Tamron 150-600mm Lens
#wildlifephotography #photography #southdakota #custerstatepark #pronghorn
Not deer and not antelope, they are their own species. Amazing creatures!
Captured at Custer State Park
Sony A7IV, Tamron 150-600mm Lens
#wildlifephotography #photography #southdakota #custerstatepark #pronghorn
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Series of Pronghorn
Not deer and not antelope, they are their own species. Amazing creatures!
Captured at Custer State Park
Sony A7IV, Tamron 150-600mm Lens
#wildlifephotography #photography #southdakota #custerstatepark #pronghorn
Not deer and not antelope, they are their own species. Amazing creatures!
Captured at Custer State Park
Sony A7IV, Tamron 150-600mm Lens
#wildlifephotography #photography #southdakota #custerstatepark #pronghorn
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Two bison graze quietly in the early morning fog of Custer State Park, South Dakota.
Sony A7IV
Tamron 150-600mm
#wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography #southdakota #custerstatepark #sony
Two bison graze quietly in the early morning fog of Custer State Park, South Dakota.
Sony A7IV
Tamron 150-600mm
#wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography #southdakota #custerstatepark #sony
October 29, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Two bison graze quietly in the early morning fog of Custer State Park, South Dakota.
Sony A7IV
Tamron 150-600mm
#wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography #southdakota #custerstatepark #sony
Two bison graze quietly in the early morning fog of Custer State Park, South Dakota.
Sony A7IV
Tamron 150-600mm
#wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography #southdakota #custerstatepark #sony
A rare late-season bison calf stands near the herd in Custer State Park, still wrapped in its cinnamon coat as winter nears. Small, resilient, and just beginning its journey.
Sony A7IV
Tamron 150-600mm
#photography #wildlifephotography #custerstatepark #southdakota
Sony A7IV
Tamron 150-600mm
#photography #wildlifephotography #custerstatepark #southdakota
October 26, 2025 at 2:47 AM
A rare late-season bison calf stands near the herd in Custer State Park, still wrapped in its cinnamon coat as winter nears. Small, resilient, and just beginning its journey.
Sony A7IV
Tamron 150-600mm
#photography #wildlifephotography #custerstatepark #southdakota
Sony A7IV
Tamron 150-600mm
#photography #wildlifephotography #custerstatepark #southdakota
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Taken at #CusterStatePark in South Dakota, these bison graze across the wide grasslands. This image was created from thirteen photographs taken at 200mm.
Sony A7IV
Tamron 150-600mm
#naturephotography #photography #wildlifephotography #southdakota
Taken at #CusterStatePark in South Dakota, these bison graze across the wide grasslands. This image was created from thirteen photographs taken at 200mm.
Sony A7IV
Tamron 150-600mm
#naturephotography #photography #wildlifephotography #southdakota
October 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Prints: fineartamerica.com/featured/spi...
Taken at #CusterStatePark in South Dakota, these bison graze across the wide grasslands. This image was created from thirteen photographs taken at 200mm.
Sony A7IV
Tamron 150-600mm
#naturephotography #photography #wildlifephotography #southdakota
Taken at #CusterStatePark in South Dakota, these bison graze across the wide grasslands. This image was created from thirteen photographs taken at 200mm.
Sony A7IV
Tamron 150-600mm
#naturephotography #photography #wildlifephotography #southdakota
Something about when a wild animal watches over their young is both amazing and beautiful at the same time. Take this burro and foal for example.
#southdakota #custerstatepark #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography
#southdakota #custerstatepark #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography
October 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Something about when a wild animal watches over their young is both amazing and beautiful at the same time. Take this burro and foal for example.
#southdakota #custerstatepark #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography
#southdakota #custerstatepark #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography
Custer State Park, SD
Hazy morning with some side-eye from a bison, to start the morning.
Sony A7IV
Tamron 150-600mm
#wildlifephotogrpahy #morning #photography
Hazy morning with some side-eye from a bison, to start the morning.
Sony A7IV
Tamron 150-600mm
#wildlifephotogrpahy #morning #photography
October 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Custer State Park, SD
Hazy morning with some side-eye from a bison, to start the morning.
Sony A7IV
Tamron 150-600mm
#wildlifephotogrpahy #morning #photography
Hazy morning with some side-eye from a bison, to start the morning.
Sony A7IV
Tamron 150-600mm
#wildlifephotogrpahy #morning #photography
Been awhile since I went out and did some #streetphotography. This evening was just getting started as I was walking around.
#wisconsin #photography
#wisconsin #photography
September 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Been awhile since I went out and did some #streetphotography. This evening was just getting started as I was walking around.
#wisconsin #photography
#wisconsin #photography
Flying over Trenton, Kentucky at 30,000 feet. Clouds stacking over a patchwork of fields, shaped by time and roads.
The sky and land split into patterns only visible from above.
Above the Patchwork Plains
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#photography #aerialphotography #clouds
The sky and land split into patterns only visible from above.
Above the Patchwork Plains
wild-fotos.pixels.com/featured/abo...
#photography #aerialphotography #clouds
August 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Flying over Trenton, Kentucky at 30,000 feet. Clouds stacking over a patchwork of fields, shaped by time and roads.
The sky and land split into patterns only visible from above.
Above the Patchwork Plains
wild-fotos.pixels.com/featured/abo...
#photography #aerialphotography #clouds
The sky and land split into patterns only visible from above.
Above the Patchwork Plains
wild-fotos.pixels.com/featured/abo...
#photography #aerialphotography #clouds
As a summer storm rolled across Southeast Wisconsin, two simultaneous lightning strikes lit up the evening sky over Lake Michigan off the shores of Kenosha.
#photography #naturephotography #lightning #wisconsin #lakemichigan
#photography #naturephotography #lightning #wisconsin #lakemichigan
July 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
As a summer storm rolled across Southeast Wisconsin, two simultaneous lightning strikes lit up the evening sky over Lake Michigan off the shores of Kenosha.
#photography #naturephotography #lightning #wisconsin #lakemichigan
#photography #naturephotography #lightning #wisconsin #lakemichigan
A straight column of five picnic-table tops rests on a vivid green lawn. The first four sit parallel and evenly spaced; the fifth shifts slightly out of line, but then a single break in the pattern.
DJI Drone
1/15 at f / 1.7, ISO 200
6.72 mm
#minimalism #abstract #aerialphotography #photography
DJI Drone
1/15 at f / 1.7, ISO 200
6.72 mm
#minimalism #abstract #aerialphotography #photography
July 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
A straight column of five picnic-table tops rests on a vivid green lawn. The first four sit parallel and evenly spaced; the fifth shifts slightly out of line, but then a single break in the pattern.
DJI Drone
1/15 at f / 1.7, ISO 200
6.72 mm
#minimalism #abstract #aerialphotography #photography
DJI Drone
1/15 at f / 1.7, ISO 200
6.72 mm
#minimalism #abstract #aerialphotography #photography
This was taken a few weeks ago at Huntington Beach State Park, SC. The path between Mallard and Mullet Pond. Walking down to the ponds to see if I could see gators.
Sony A7IV
1/500 at f/6.3, ISO 800
150mm (Tamron 150-600mm)
#streetphotography #southcarolina #photography #blackandwhitephotography
Sony A7IV
1/500 at f/6.3, ISO 800
150mm (Tamron 150-600mm)
#streetphotography #southcarolina #photography #blackandwhitephotography
May 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
This was taken a few weeks ago at Huntington Beach State Park, SC. The path between Mallard and Mullet Pond. Walking down to the ponds to see if I could see gators.
Sony A7IV
1/500 at f/6.3, ISO 800
150mm (Tamron 150-600mm)
#streetphotography #southcarolina #photography #blackandwhitephotography
Sony A7IV
1/500 at f/6.3, ISO 800
150mm (Tamron 150-600mm)
#streetphotography #southcarolina #photography #blackandwhitephotography
A puffball mushroom captured 1:1 with a 10-image focus stack.
Sony A7IV
1/320, ISO 1000
Samyang 100mm f/2.8 Macro
Handheld, 10-image focus stack
#photography #naturephotography #mushroom #puffball #fungi
Sony A7IV
1/320, ISO 1000
Samyang 100mm f/2.8 Macro
Handheld, 10-image focus stack
#photography #naturephotography #mushroom #puffball #fungi
May 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
A puffball mushroom captured 1:1 with a 10-image focus stack.
Sony A7IV
1/320, ISO 1000
Samyang 100mm f/2.8 Macro
Handheld, 10-image focus stack
#photography #naturephotography #mushroom #puffball #fungi
Sony A7IV
1/320, ISO 1000
Samyang 100mm f/2.8 Macro
Handheld, 10-image focus stack
#photography #naturephotography #mushroom #puffball #fungi
A Snowy Egret, adorned in full spring breeding plumage, lifts its head after sipping from a quiet marsh pool at Huntington Beach State Park, South Carolina
Sony A7IV
1/1600 f/8.0, iso 400
600mm (Tamron 150-600mm)
#wildlifephotography #photography #birding #naturephotography
Sony A7IV
1/1600 f/8.0, iso 400
600mm (Tamron 150-600mm)
#wildlifephotography #photography #birding #naturephotography
May 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
A Snowy Egret, adorned in full spring breeding plumage, lifts its head after sipping from a quiet marsh pool at Huntington Beach State Park, South Carolina
Sony A7IV
1/1600 f/8.0, iso 400
600mm (Tamron 150-600mm)
#wildlifephotography #photography #birding #naturephotography
Sony A7IV
1/1600 f/8.0, iso 400
600mm (Tamron 150-600mm)
#wildlifephotography #photography #birding #naturephotography
Anhinga strikes mid-hunt, tossing its catch skyward in a flash of instinct. Captured at Huntington Beach State Park, SC
Sony A7IV
1/1600 at f/6.3, ISO 500
600mm (Tamron 150-600)
#Birding #WildlifePhotography #Anhinga #NatureShot #photography #SouthCarolina
Sony A7IV
1/1600 at f/6.3, ISO 500
600mm (Tamron 150-600)
#Birding #WildlifePhotography #Anhinga #NatureShot #photography #SouthCarolina
May 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Anhinga strikes mid-hunt, tossing its catch skyward in a flash of instinct. Captured at Huntington Beach State Park, SC
Sony A7IV
1/1600 at f/6.3, ISO 500
600mm (Tamron 150-600)
#Birding #WildlifePhotography #Anhinga #NatureShot #photography #SouthCarolina
Sony A7IV
1/1600 at f/6.3, ISO 500
600mm (Tamron 150-600)
#Birding #WildlifePhotography #Anhinga #NatureShot #photography #SouthCarolina
It's not just humans who want to be airplanes when they grow up.
#birds #nature #canadageese #wildlife #birding #photography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #birdphotography
#birds #nature #canadageese #wildlife #birding #photography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #birdphotography
April 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
It's not just humans who want to be airplanes when they grow up.
#birds #nature #canadageese #wildlife #birding #photography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #birdphotography
#birds #nature #canadageese #wildlife #birding #photography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #birdphotography
This was the first time I spotted a chipmunk jumping through bushes.
Spring is just around the corner here in Wisconsin.
#photography #wildlifephotography #chipmunk #spring
Spring is just around the corner here in Wisconsin.
#photography #wildlifephotography #chipmunk #spring
April 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This was the first time I spotted a chipmunk jumping through bushes.
Spring is just around the corner here in Wisconsin.
#photography #wildlifephotography #chipmunk #spring
Spring is just around the corner here in Wisconsin.
#photography #wildlifephotography #chipmunk #spring
Gorgeous sunset this evening. Out at Richard Bong Park in southeast Wisconsin. While taking picture of the sunset, a sandhill crane crossed the sky.
#naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wisconsin #birding #sunset #photography
#naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wisconsin #birding #sunset #photography
April 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Gorgeous sunset this evening. Out at Richard Bong Park in southeast Wisconsin. While taking picture of the sunset, a sandhill crane crossed the sky.
#naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wisconsin #birding #sunset #photography
#naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wisconsin #birding #sunset #photography
Spring has arrived in Wisconsin. Visited Frame Park in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Many people out enjoying the 51-degree weather with walks around the park.
#excercise #candid #streetphotography
#excercise #candid #streetphotography
April 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Spring has arrived in Wisconsin. Visited Frame Park in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Many people out enjoying the 51-degree weather with walks around the park.
#excercise #candid #streetphotography
#excercise #candid #streetphotography
I always joke this storm was for me when the clouds formed an "S" in the clouds. Look close, you can see the high winds carrying the sand across the beach.
Nikon D7000
1/200 at f /4.5, ISO 720
11.5mm (Tokina 11-16.0 mm f/2.8)
#naturephotography #lighthouse #wisconsin #lakemichigan #kenosha #storm
Nikon D7000
1/200 at f /4.5, ISO 720
11.5mm (Tokina 11-16.0 mm f/2.8)
#naturephotography #lighthouse #wisconsin #lakemichigan #kenosha #storm
April 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I always joke this storm was for me when the clouds formed an "S" in the clouds. Look close, you can see the high winds carrying the sand across the beach.
Nikon D7000
1/200 at f /4.5, ISO 720
11.5mm (Tokina 11-16.0 mm f/2.8)
#naturephotography #lighthouse #wisconsin #lakemichigan #kenosha #storm
Nikon D7000
1/200 at f /4.5, ISO 720
11.5mm (Tokina 11-16.0 mm f/2.8)
#naturephotography #lighthouse #wisconsin #lakemichigan #kenosha #storm
With almost a full moon, even the red-winged blackbird thinks it’s a werewolf.
Sony A7 IV
1/2000 f / 13, iso 8000
Tamron 150-600mm at 600mm
#wildlifephotography #fullmoon #photography #naturephotography #wisconsin
Sony A7 IV
1/2000 f / 13, iso 8000
Tamron 150-600mm at 600mm
#wildlifephotography #fullmoon #photography #naturephotography #wisconsin
March 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
With almost a full moon, even the red-winged blackbird thinks it’s a werewolf.
Sony A7 IV
1/2000 f / 13, iso 8000
Tamron 150-600mm at 600mm
#wildlifephotography #fullmoon #photography #naturephotography #wisconsin
Sony A7 IV
1/2000 f / 13, iso 8000
Tamron 150-600mm at 600mm
#wildlifephotography #fullmoon #photography #naturephotography #wisconsin
After all these years out, I have finally able to capture an owl in flight. Just a few minutes after sunset this owl flew by a little over 100 yards away.
Sony A7 IV
1/2000 at f / 6.3, ISO 25600
Tamron 150-600mm
600mm
#naturephotography #wildlifephotography #photography #birding #owl
Sony A7 IV
1/2000 at f / 6.3, ISO 25600
Tamron 150-600mm
600mm
#naturephotography #wildlifephotography #photography #birding #owl
March 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
After all these years out, I have finally able to capture an owl in flight. Just a few minutes after sunset this owl flew by a little over 100 yards away.
Sony A7 IV
1/2000 at f / 6.3, ISO 25600
Tamron 150-600mm
600mm
#naturephotography #wildlifephotography #photography #birding #owl
Sony A7 IV
1/2000 at f / 6.3, ISO 25600
Tamron 150-600mm
600mm
#naturephotography #wildlifephotography #photography #birding #owl
Lots of different photograph subjects, locations, perspectives and print mediums. Check them all out: wild-fotos.pixels.com
#photography #smallbusiness #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wisconsin #mke #kenosha #lighthouse #sunset #sunrise #birdphotography
#photography #smallbusiness #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wisconsin #mke #kenosha #lighthouse #sunset #sunrise #birdphotography
March 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Lots of different photograph subjects, locations, perspectives and print mediums. Check them all out: wild-fotos.pixels.com
#photography #smallbusiness #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wisconsin #mke #kenosha #lighthouse #sunset #sunrise #birdphotography
#photography #smallbusiness #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wisconsin #mke #kenosha #lighthouse #sunset #sunrise #birdphotography
From 2/12 when the snowstorm came through the Midwest. Lake Michigan was a bit angry with blizzard conditions.
Sony A7 IV
1/400 sec at f/ 4.0, ISO 100
25mm
Sony FE 24-105mm F4
#photography #lighthouse #wisconsin #naturephotography #winter #blizzard
Sony A7 IV
1/400 sec at f/ 4.0, ISO 100
25mm
Sony FE 24-105mm F4
#photography #lighthouse #wisconsin #naturephotography #winter #blizzard
February 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
From 2/12 when the snowstorm came through the Midwest. Lake Michigan was a bit angry with blizzard conditions.
Sony A7 IV
1/400 sec at f/ 4.0, ISO 100
25mm
Sony FE 24-105mm F4
#photography #lighthouse #wisconsin #naturephotography #winter #blizzard
Sony A7 IV
1/400 sec at f/ 4.0, ISO 100
25mm
Sony FE 24-105mm F4
#photography #lighthouse #wisconsin #naturephotography #winter #blizzard
My favorite style of photography is panoramas. This is three images stitched together to really create a unique image. Part of the snowstorms #Wisconsin is seeing this week.
Sony A7 IV
1/80 at f / 9.0, ISO 125
42mm
SONY FE 24-105mm f4
#photography #lighthouse #snowstorm #snow #blackandwhite
Sony A7 IV
1/80 at f / 9.0, ISO 125
42mm
SONY FE 24-105mm f4
#photography #lighthouse #snowstorm #snow #blackandwhite
February 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
My favorite style of photography is panoramas. This is three images stitched together to really create a unique image. Part of the snowstorms #Wisconsin is seeing this week.
Sony A7 IV
1/80 at f / 9.0, ISO 125
42mm
SONY FE 24-105mm f4
#photography #lighthouse #snowstorm #snow #blackandwhite
Sony A7 IV
1/80 at f / 9.0, ISO 125
42mm
SONY FE 24-105mm f4
#photography #lighthouse #snowstorm #snow #blackandwhite