FOCUS AND FIRE
Welcome to Mary and John Chlopek’s Portfolio site. We are retired folks hiding out in rural Wallowa County Oregon. After decades of busy work schedules, we retired to beautiful Wallowa County for the next chapter of our lives. We have found a beautiful place to spend our golden years and it has inspired us to pursue more fully our interests in photography, ceramics and fabric art.
We invite you to wander through our galleries, take your time, and enjoy what speaks to you. We would love to hear your feedback.
Yellow-Crowned (Nyctanassa violacea) Night Heron, Mexico
Red Tail on Barn.
Formation Flight
Sunset Pelican
Carmine Bee-eaters (Merops nubicoides) in the Okavango Delta.
Winter Kestrel. (Falco sparverius), Wallowa County , Oregon
Alert Kestrel (Falco sparverius). Wallowa County Oregon
Bodyguards.
Roseate Spoonbills (Platalea ajaja) Mexico
Seafood snack
Pelican in repose
Aerobatic Cliff Swallow
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), Wallowa County Oregon
American Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Wallowa County Oregon
Red-tail soaring
Wind check
Grande Ronde River Wild Turkey(Meleagris gallopavo) Eastern Washington
Wallowa lake Eagle
Carmine Beeeaters, Okavango Delta
Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis), Okavango Delta
Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis), Okavango Delta
Saddle-beaked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) Botswana
Hammerkop (Scopus umbretta),, Okavango Delta
Heron and friend, Okavango Delta
Rude awakening, Botswana
Swainson's Spur Fowl Botswana
African Fish Eagle (Icthyophaga vocifer), Okavango Delta
Striped Kingfisher. (Halcyon chelicuti) Okavango Delta
Side-striped jackal (Lupulella adustus), Botswana
Tawny Eagle, Botswana
Funny Face, my neighbors cow
Southern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) ,Botswana
Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus),Serengeti
Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) Serengeti
Wildebeest, Serengeti
Superb Starling, Serengeti
Blue-headed tree Agama, (Acanthocercus minutus), Serengeti
African lioness (Panthera Leo) , Botswana
African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) Serengeti
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) Serengeti
Dik Dik (Antilope saltiana) Tanzania
Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), Serengeti
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis) Serengeti
D'Arnaud's Barbet, (Trachyphonus darnaudii) Tanzania
Dark Chanting Goshawk (Melierax metabates) , Serengeti
Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster). Tanzania
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove (Turtur chalcospilos) Serengeti
White-headed Buffalo Weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli), Serengeti
Mountain Grey Woodpeckers, (Dendropicos spodocephalus) Tanzania
Cheetah Cub
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), Serengeti
Southern Masked Weaver (Ploceus velatus) Serengeti
Blue-capped Cordon-Bleu (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus) Serengeti
Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis) Serengeti
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Wallowa County Oregon
Thompsons Gazelles (Eudorcas thomsonii) Masai Mara
Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) Mara river, Kenya
Wounded Male, Masai Mara
Eland, (Taurotragus oryx) Masai Mara
Scouting for a meal, Masai Mara
African Crowned Eagle(Stephanoaetus Coronatus) Serengeti
Grey Kestrel, (Falco ardosiaceus),Tanzania
Sunrise Quickie
Eurasian Collared Doves (Streptopelia decaocto) Wallowa County OR
Grey-headed Kite (Leptodon cayanensis), Kenya
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Wallowa County Oregon
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
Secretary Birds (Sagittarius serpentarius) , south Serengeti
Southern Ground-Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri), Masai Mara
Mara leopard
Crocs and friend, Mara river
Mara sunset
Lions feeding on Buffalo, Masai Mara
Female waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) Okavango Delta
Male Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) Okavango Delta
Topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela ) Masai Mara
Eland, (Taurotragus oryx) Masai Mara
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) , Kenya
Lions get cowlicks too.
Black Rhino (Diceros bicornis) Lewa Conservancy Kenya
Sparring Giraffes, Masai Mara
Black rhinoceros or hook-lipped Rhino(Diceros bicornis), Kenya
Black Rhino, Lewa Conservancy, Kenya
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) Big Creek Idaho
Incoming!
Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus), Kenya
Fork-tailed Drongo, Botswana
African spoonbill (Platalea alba), Kenya
Grey-headed Kite (Leptodon cayanensis), Kenya
The King at rest, Okovango Delta Botswana
Lion Cub, Botswana
Young Male in the rain, Botswana
Cheetah on Termite mound, Botswana
Reclining Cheetah, Botswana
Baby Warthogs, Botswana
Baby giraffe, Botswana
Adult warthog, Botswana
Cape buffalo in the rain, Okovango Delta
Botswana Zebra
Male Kudu, (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) Okavango Delta
Impala, Botswana
Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus)
Red lechwe, or southern lechwe (Kobus leche), Okovango Delta
Sable Antelope(Hippotragus niger) Botswana
Sunbathing Croc (Crocodylus niloticus) , Masai Mara, Kenya
White Heron, Okovango Delta
A Bat-eared fox(Otocyon megalotis), Botswana
Young Impala, Botswana
Young Bull Elephant, Botswana
Mara Leopard
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl (Bubo lacteus) Okovango Delta
Black-winged stilts,(Himantopus himantopus) Kenya
Carmine Beeeater, Botswana.
European Roller, Botswana
Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus Botswana
Martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) , Masai Mara
View from our tent, Okovango Delta
Leopard, South serengeti
Zebra, South Serengeti
Male lion hunting, Botswana
Red billed Hornbill (Tockus rufirostris), Botswana
Pied Kingfisher , Okavango Delta
Male Impala, Okavango Delta
Baboons, Botswana
Nile Monitor Lizard (Varanus niloticus) Okavango Delta
Goofy Hippo Okavango Delta
Pangolin (Smutsia gigantea), Botswana
White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) Botswana
Botswana Baboon (Papio kindae)Botswana
Spur-winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis), Botswana
African Green Pigeon, Botswana
Rufus-Bellied Heron (Ardeola rufiventris), Botswana
Serengeti Cheetah
Black Collared Barbet, Botswana
African Fish Eagle
Mariboo Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) , Tanzania
Lappet-faced Vulture, (Torgos tracheliotos) , Serengeti
Hoopoe (Upupa epops), Serengeti
Rüppell's Griffon vulture (Gyps rueppelli), Masai Mara Kenya
Buffalo and friend
African Crowned Eagle, Serengeti
Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) Tanzania
Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) Tanzania
Greater Kestrel, (Falco rupicloides) 0r White-eyed Kestrel, Serengeti
Long-Crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitals) Serengeti
Rosy-Throated Longclaw (Macronyx Ameliae) Serengeti
Waiting for mom
Nile Monitor Lizard (Varanus niloticus) Okavango Delta
Somali Ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes) Kenya
Grévy's or Imperial zebra (Equus grevyi), Kenya
Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) Kenya
White Rhinoceros, or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), Kenya
Lewa Sunset, Kenya
Elephant and Mt Kenya
Sunrise Elephant, Lewa Conservancy
Grerenuk (Litocranius walleri), Lewa Conservancy , Kenya
White Rhino or square-lipped rhino (Ceratotherium simum), Lewa Conservancy
Reticulated Giraffe, (giraffa reticulata) Lewa Conservancy, Kenya
White Rhino
Injured Black Rhino
Rock Hyrax, Kenya
honeybee on poppy
Thick-legged Hover Fly (Syritta pipiens)
Praying Mantis
Drone Fly (Eristalis arbustorum)
Paper wasp (Polistes gallicus)
Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)
Western Racer(Coluber constrictor mormon)
Orb Weaver Spiderlings (Araneus diadematus)
Orange-belted Bumblebee
Wallowa mts
Winter Horse
Winter Cottonwood
Natasha
Soldier Bar on fire
Henry Master of the Porch
Mt St Elias
Grande Ronde Bighorn
Grand Canyon
Ruby Peak
Okavango Delta, Botswana
Okavango Sunset
Lone Gulch Thunderhead
Wallowa Lake
Horse in Fall
View from our window in winter
Rowans Horses.
Wallowa Mountains at Sunrise
Winter Barn.
Haleakalā Sunset
Mary's Lake, Tweedsmuir Provincial Park BC
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