Hein Natural History Photography

Republic of Panama

January 20, 2018 • Leave a Comment

I just uploaded a gallery of photos from a trip to the Republic of Panama in January 2018. The photos are mostly from two locations - Los Altos de Cerro Azul in the mountains above Panama City, and the Western Highlands of the Chiriqui Provence near the border with Costa Rica. Many thanks to our friends Cindy and Les Lieurance for their hospitality...

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2018 Natural History Calendar

December 03, 2017 • Leave a Comment

Each Fall I create a unique limited-edition calendar containing some of my favorite images captured during the past year. I try to include a mixture of landscapes, plants, and animals and also try to match the image with the season as best I can. The calendar is printed single-sided on 8.5×11″ cover stock and is spiral bound at the top. I only prin...

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Southern Africa

August 13, 2017 • Leave a Comment

We spent most of the month of July experiencing Africa for the first time - this blog entry gives a brief summary of our trip. You can jump right to a full gallery of photos by clicking the link below. In addition to photographs, the gallery includes Google Earth maps from each of our stops with GPS tracks of our daily routes overlaid. Southern Af...

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2017 Natural History Calendar

December 15, 2016 • Leave a Comment

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Mount Diablo Buckwheat

September 08, 2016 • Leave a Comment

Until a few years ago, the diminutive Mount Diablo Buckwheat wildflower (Eriogonum truncatum) was thought to be extinct. It had last been seen in 1936 by botanist and co-founder of Save Mount Diablo, Dr. Mary Bowerman, but hadn't been observed for the subsequent 69 years. Then in 2005 graduate student, Michael Park, discovered a small population of...

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