Matthew Archer - Absconded Light Photography

Portfolio — 46 photographs

Wildlife

Bison, bears, lynx, and foxes — mostly from Kluane and the Northwest Territories, always from a distance that let them carry on with their day.

A bull elk with a full rack of antlers crossing a wide gravel riverbed, head raised, dense evergreen forest behind
190mm · f/2.8 · 1/125s · ISO 800
A wood bison bull standing head-on in tall autumn grass, golden birch leaves filling the background
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/400s · ISO 100
A small brown bat clinging to a pale wall with its wings folded close against its body
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/1600s
A black bear walking through green summer undergrowth at the edge of a stand of birch trees
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/125s · ISO 800
Close portrait of a bighorn ram with heavy curled horns dusted in snow, looking straight at the camera
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/800s · ISO 100
A group of wood bison including a calf walking toward the camera through dry autumn grass
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/200s · ISO 100
A small herd of wood bison with a pale calf standing at the edge of a road, spruce forest and blue sky behind
4mm · f/2.8 · 1/640s · ISO 100
A black bear standing in willow brush and sage in North Kluane, backlit by low sun and looking off to one side
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/1250s · ISO 125
A dark cross fox trotting up the centre line of a highway carrying a bird in its mouth
136mm · f/2.8 · 1/800s · ISO 100
A great blue heron standing in shallow water, pale waterbirds blurred on the far side of the bay
171mm · f/2.8 · 1/1600s · ISO 100
A caribou resting in deep snow, frost clinging to its antlers and muzzle
126mm · f/4 · 1/800s · ISO 100
Portrait of a caribou bull with antlers still in velvet, mouth open mid-chew
107mm · f/2.8 · 1/400s · ISO 100
A moon jellyfish drifting alone through dark blue water, tentacles trailing behind it
188mm · f/2.8 · 1/80s · ISO 100
A small brown sparrow perched on a snow-covered mossy branch in Cathedral Grove
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/800s · ISO 400
A fox sparrow balanced on a thin twig against a soft blur of winter forest
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/125s · ISO 200
A sandpiper silhouetted on wet sand at sunset, the shallow water behind it broken into golden highlights
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/640s · ISO 100
A golden silk orbweaver spider at the centre of its web, legs banded yellow and black
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/400s
A grizzly bear walking through a green summer meadow scattered with wildflowers in South Kluane
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/640s · ISO 1250
A red fox looking over the top of a snowbank straight into the camera
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/1000s · ISO 640
A red fox sitting upright in the snow with its brush curled beside it, watching the camera
126mm · f/5 · 1/1000s · ISO 2000
Close portrait of a red fox against snow, its winter coat thick around the ruff
126mm · f/5 · 1/1000s · ISO 2000
A wood bison walking through patchy spring snow near Liard, snow crusted along its muzzle
200mm · f/4 · 1/160s · ISO 100
A fox kit stepping through dry grass at dusk, ears up and eyes fixed on the camera
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/200s · ISO 500
A Canada lynx walking through bare willow scrub in deep snow, ear tufts raised and its gaze turned toward the camera
200mm · f/4 · 1/500s · ISO 100
A scarlet macaw with wings spread wide beside a second bird perched on a branch, green jungle behind
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/2500s
A cow moose and her calf crossing a highway in South Kluane, spruce and cloud-covered mountains behind
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/1250s · ISO 125
A mountain sheep standing on a rocky outcrop, snow-dusted slope rising behind
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/800s · ISO 100
Two mountain sheep drinking at the edge of a river, golden autumn poplars along the far bank
200mm · f/3.2 · 1/800s · ISO 100
A red fox lying with its head resting on its paws, eyes half closed but watching
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/1600s · ISO 400
A red fox pausing on a gravel roadside, looking back over its shoulder toward bright green grass
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/400s · ISO 800
A brown pelican gliding low over shallow water with its wings fully extended
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/1250s
A reddish egret standing in shallow water, a white wading bird blurred behind it
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/1250s
A whimbrel wading through shallow rippled water scattered with small stones
188mm · f/2.8 · 1/5000s
A whimbrel striding across wet sand with its curved bill lowered, its reflection following beneath it
179mm · f/2.8 · 1/5000s
A silver fox standing in dry grass beside a shed and stacked barrels, watching the camera
188mm · f/2.8 · 1/1250s · ISO 100
A young bull moose walking through deep snow, frost clinging to its coat and antlers
80mm · f/2.8 · 1/200s
A thinhorn ram with full curled horns standing among bare aspen trunks in the snow
200mm · f/4 · 1/640s · ISO 100
A thinhorn lamb standing on open tundra, ears out and looking straight at the camera
200mm · f/4 · 1/500s · ISO 100
A thinhorn lamb trotting through low brush, its white coat bright against grey scrub
200mm · f/4 · 1/500s · ISO 100
A thinhorn ewe watching her lamb take unsteady steps across open gravel
110mm · f/4 · 1/500s · ISO 100
A black vulture standing in shallow water beside a carcass, wings half open
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/1250s
Two black vultures feeding at the water's edge beside the remains of a fish
188mm · f/2.8 · 1/1250s
A young fox standing among bare saplings in low evening light, its coat lit warm against the forest floor
151mm · f/2.8 · 1/1600s · ISO 100
A fox kit standing beside its mother with its mouth wide open mid-yelp, both lit by low sun
200mm · f/2.8 · 1/1250s · ISO 400
A bull elk bedded down in deep snow, only its head and antlers above the drift, bare trees in the pale distance
190mm · f/2.8 · 1/320s
A bull moose walking head-on through deep snow, frost caked across its face and antlers
104mm · f/2.8 · 1/200s