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Common Terns (Sterna hirundo), Fevik, Norway

Welcome to my home page. This site features wildlife and other images taken (most recently) with Canon 7D and Canon 50D cameras and Canon EF lens (mostly 800mm, 500mm, 400mm, 100-400mm, and 180mm macro). Earlier images were recorded with Canon EOS 40D, 30D, 20D, and 10D cameras (June 2003 through October 2008), a Sony DCR-TRV900 Camcorder (October 1998 through June 2003), and Nikon (early 1990's photos) and Pentax (1970's and 1980's) film cameras. A few digiscoped and other images were taken with a Nikon Coolpix, Canon Powershot, or other camera, as noted in the metadata for an image. Only a small fraction (less than 5%) of the species for which I have images are represented on my web site, so please contact me if you have specific needs as I may have a useable image.

Images may be downloaded without permission for non-commercial use, but not published or posted to other web sites without permission. Please credit the photographer, Larry Master. Please email me (larry@masterimages.org) with any questions or comments, or to obtain higher resolution versions of the images shown here. Higher resolution images are available at no cost to conservation NGOs. Prints and note cards (blank signed on the outside, 5x7 with a 4x6 photo inserted) are also available for any of the images shown, and any of the images are available in a posterized version as shown on this page. See "pricing" under the "contact" header above. All proceeds from sales of my images are donated to conservation organizations who are working to conserve natural habitats and to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Framed images are also available upon request at no cost to these same organizations for fund raising and other useful purposes.

A number of these photos and many others are available for download without permission for noncommercial use (but not for posting to other web sites without permission) from NatureServe Explorer, North America's premiere site for information on the status and distribution of species and ecological communities, and InfoNatura, a similar site for animal species occurring in Latin America and the Caribbean. Some of the photos shown here are also viewable at the Wildscreen's ARKive site. Some of these images are also available at Care2 to send as free electronic greeting cards (E-Cards).

Larry Master