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 night heron (Nyctanassa violacea), 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.
Bodyguards.
Roseate Spoonbills
Seafood snack
Pelican in repose
Flicker
Cliff Swallow
Red-tail soaring
Aerobatic Cliff Swallow
Wind check
Grande Ronde Wild Turkey
Wallowa lake Eagle
Secretary Birds (Sagittarius serpentarius) , south Serengeti
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, Okavango Delta
Striped Kingfisher. (Halcyon chelicuti) Okavango Delta
Jackal, Botswana
Tawny Eagle, Botswana
Funny Face, my neighbors cow
Carmine Beeeater ,Botswana
Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus),Serengeti
Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) Serengeti
Wildebeest, Serengeti
Superb Starling, Serengeti
Black-winged Kite, (Elanus caeruleus) Tanzania
Blue-headed tree Agama, Serengeti
African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) Serengeti
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) Serengeti
Dik Dik (Antilope saltiana) Tanzania
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
Southern Masked Weaver (Ploceus velatus) Serengeti
Blue-capped Cordon-Bleu (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus) Serengeti
Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis) Serengeti
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
African Kesterel, 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, Botswana
Pied Kingfisher , Okavango Delta
Male Impala, Okavango Delta
Baboons, Botswana
Monitor Lizard 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, 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
Ruppell's Vulture, Serengeti
Buffalo and friend
Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) Tanzania
Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) Tanzania
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 Babies
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.
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