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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 20D and Canon 30D cameras and Canon EF lens (mostly 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS and 500mm f4 IS). Earlier images were recorded with a Canon EOS D10 camera (June 2003 through September 2004), 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.

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 many 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 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 these images are also available at Care2 to send as free electronic greeting cards (E-Cards). Other bird photos shown here are also viewable at the Biodiversity Data Institute (BDI), which includes an interactive on-line bird field guide.

Larry Master