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Steve Foss

120
Photos
Steve is an Ely, Minn.- based photographer of nature and wildlife, shooting Canon digital as a member of Canon Professional Services. Images in this portfolio and on his Web site are representative of his work, but he has thousands of images of more than 200 species of birds, mammals and flowers, specializing in boreal forest species. Steve also guides photo excursions in the forests around Ely, showing clients from as far away as Great Britain how to photograph the engaging world of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Portfolio

120 photos
Sharp-tailed grouse dances in the frost
Steve FossAvian
Three's a crowd
Steve FossAvian
Looking right back at you
Steve FossFauna
Bunchberry, barely
Steve FossFlora & Fungi
A pool, not a window
Steve FossEarth, Sea & Sky
Ermine scouts for food
Steve FossFauna
A black wolf emerges
Steve FossFauna
Rainy day wilderness takeoff
Steve FossMan & Nature
Folded fritillary
Steve FossMacro/Close-up
Bee and anemone
Steve FossMacro/Close-up
Wolves use roads just like us
Steve FossFauna
Keeping his eyes open
Steve FossFauna
Loon and chick in feeding exchange
Steve FossAvian
Common redpoll, convenient perch
Steve FossAvian
Northern hawk owl in northern bog
Steve FossAvian
May bog leatherleaf
Steve FossFlora & Fungi
Bohemian breakfast
Steve FossAvian
Two waxwings dangle
Steve FossAvian
Lake Vermilion bald eagle closes in
Steve FossAvian
Spinning boreal chickadee
Steve FossAvian
Loons at sunset
Steve FossAvian
October chickadee
Steve FossAvian
Gray jay at -20 F
Steve FossAvian
Great blue heron in flight
Steve FossAvian
Solitary sandpiper in spring melt pool
Steve FossAvian
Ravens investigate wolf leavings
Steve FossAvian
Eagle gets its share
Steve FossAvian
Alert to danger
Steve FossAvian
Nuthatch ready to dive
Steve FossAvian
Chipmunk harvests leaves
Steve FossFauna
wolf and raven on winter bog
Steve FossFauna
Young wolf, classic profile
Steve FossFauna
Determined
Steve FossFauna
Portrait of an Arctic wolf
Steve FossFauna
Midnight reconnoiter
Steve FossFauna
Pine marten prowls
Steve FossFauna
Exhausted after the rut
Steve FossFauna
Winter goldfinch
Steve FossAvian
Pileated against winter sky
Steve FossAvian
Goofy grouse
Steve FossAvian
Echo Trail tree ghosts
Steve FossPhoto Art
October, Little Indian Sioux River
Steve FossEarth, Sea & Sky
April clintonia
Steve FossFlora & Fungi
Nuzzling ladyslippers
Steve FossFlora & Fungi
Diving to dinner
Steve FossAvian
Aspen under indigo
Steve FossEarth, Sea & Sky
Cedar waxwing and apple blossoms
Steve FossAvian
Hegman Lake pictographs in winter
Steve FossMan & Nature
Moose River dawn
Steve FossEarth, Sea & Sky
Lily pads on black water, Portage River
Steve FossFlora & Fungi
Walking in, Trout Lake wilderness
Steve FossTravel
October, Meander Lake
Steve FossEarth, Sea & Sky
Mink tracks under full moon
Steve FossEarth, Sea & Sky
Great gray owl on precarious perch
Steve FossAvian
Four-spotted skimmer over still waters
Steve FossMacro/Close-up
Loons feeding their chicks
Steve FossAvian
Loon chick looking for a ride
Steve FossAvian
Loon mother and chick
Steve FossAvian
Ruffed grouse in full defense posture
Steve FossAvian
hairy woodpecker in birch forest
Steve FossAvian
chickadee on snowshoe
Steve FossMan & Nature
white-breasted nuthatch eyes a feeder
Steve FossAvian
wilderness dogsledding in the snowflakes
Steve FossMan & Nature
Burntside Lake reverie
Steve FossMan & Nature
Deer in marsh dew
Steve FossFauna
Bald eagle hunts above the lake
Steve FossAvian
Heeeere's Woody!
Steve FossAvian
Least chipmunk wrestles sumac
Steve FossFauna
American robin on crabapple
Steve FossAvian
Winter sunset, Ed Shave Lake
Steve FossEarth, Sea & Sky
A meal for later
Steve FossFauna
Bog creek brush strokes
Steve FossPhoto Art
Spruce grouse feeds on jackpine needles
Steve FossAvian
Keeping watch
Steve FossFauna
Otter content in the sun
Steve FossFauna
Yellow ladyslipper, the sun in June
Steve FossFlora & Fungi
Gathering the raindrops
Steve FossFlora & Fungi
Red fox on the alert
Steve FossFauna
Who is intimidating whom?
Steve FossMacro/Close-up
In full voice
Steve FossAvian
White amid dark water
Steve FossFlora & Fungi
Northern crescent on fern perch
Steve FossMacro/Close-up
Minnesota's state flower in gentle light
Steve FossFlora & Fungi
Portage River sunset - BWCAW
Steve FossEarth, Sea & Sky
In protective custody
Steve FossAvian
Yellowthroat on the move
Steve FossAvian
Setting down in the fog
Steve FossAvian
Colorful gatherer
Steve FossMacro/Close-up
Just showing off
Steve FossAvian
Partly out of the rain
Steve FossAvian
Happy people, unhappy moose
Steve FossMan & Nature
One irritated moose
Steve FossFauna
Strewn
Steve FossEarth, Sea & Sky
The eyes of a northern hawk owl
Steve FossAvian
Beaver on the portage
Steve FossFauna
If you knew Susan like I knew Susan
Steve FossMacro/Close-up
Wild wolf, 20 yards, change your underwear!
Steve FossFauna
Christmas on the edge of the wilderness
Steve FossEarth, Sea & Sky
A convenient perch
Steve FossAvian
On the lookout
Steve FossMan & Nature
Redpoll clings to the view
Steve FossAvian
Out for an afternoon
Steve FossMan & Nature
A bird in the hand . . .
Steve FossMan & Nature
No worries
Steve FossMan & Nature
Drifting for dinner
Steve FossMan & Nature
For the love of dogs
Steve FossMan & Nature
In succession
Steve FossPhoto Art
Neighbors
Steve FossEarth, Sea & Sky
A stretch feels pretty good
Steve FossFauna
Eye to eye
Steve FossFauna
Hovering next to breakfast
Steve FossAvian
Smilin' in the sun
Steve FossFauna
Slinky!
Steve FossFauna
Wildfire sunset
Steve FossEarth, Sea & Sky
Spotted coralroot in the wilderness
Steve FossFlora & Fungi
Pitcher plant flowers toward heaven
Steve FossFlora & Fungi
Sunrise over a boreal bog creek
Steve FossEarth, Sea & Sky
Yellow coneflowers in autmn
Steve FossFlora & Fungi
Boreal chickadee
Steve FossAvian
western prairie fringed-orchid rises to the sky
Steve FossFlora & Fungi