Bob Gress


Bob's photographs on Birds In Focus

Bob Gress has photographed wildlife for publications for over 30 years. Over 3,000 of his photos have appeared in books, magazines, posters, postcards, interpretive signs, and educational screensavers. He has coauthored The Guide to Kansas Birds and Birding Hot Spots, Faces of the Great Plains: Prairie Wildlife, Watching Kansas Wildlife: A Guide to 101 Sites, Kansas Wetlands: A Wildlife Treasury, and Kansas Wildlife. Bob is director of the Great Plains Nature Center (GPNC) in Wichita Kansas. The GPNC is a cooperative project between the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks, and the City of Wichita Park Department. Purchasing any of Bob’s photographic projects from the GPNC supports the educational mission of this unique facility.
 

 
Judd Patterson 

Personal Website: http://www.juddpatterson.com
Judd's photographs on Birds In Focus

Judd Patterson was born in Kansas and began to seriously develop his interest in nature photography while in high school. Judd attended Kansas State University where he completed a Bachelor’s in Biology and a Master’s in Geography. Judd currently works for the National Park Service with the South Florida/Caribbean Inventory & Monitoring Network. He continues to pursue nature photography to promote environmental education/conservation and for the sheer joy of being outside. Judd’s photography has been used for a variety of regional and national causes including The Nature Conservancy publications, Audubon Magazine, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge education center, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve visitor center, Kansas/Great Plains birding guides, and custom textbooks for Kansas State University. He has exhibited in Kansas, Florida, and Washington D.C. including the Department of the Interior Museum and Everglades National Park. Judd remains highly motivated to capture images of threatened species and habitats in order to play a role in ensuring their future.
 

 
David Seibel 


Personal website: http://www.davidseibel.com
David's photographs on Birds In Focus

David Seibel is a native Kansan and lifelong birder. He holds a Ph.D. in ornithology from the University of Kansas and is a biology professor, author, poet, and popular lecturer as well as an avid nature photographer. His passion for birds has taken him to three continents, six countries (including a transformative expedition to Amazonian Brazil with his daughter Emily), and most of the lower 48 states. An expert in field identification by sight and sound, he has seen more than 620 species in the United States, and 400 in Kansas alone. His knowledge of birds, photography, and computer technology converged in 2003 when he undertook the new art of digiscoping (super telephoto digital photography through a telescope), which quickly propelled him into a second career in photography with professional Canon equipment. He has now captured tens of thousands of digital images of birds and has numerous publications to his credit, including the cover photo for a recent edition of the journal North American Birds. An award-winning faculty member at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas, Seibel has also published several scholarly and educational works and is currently a coauthor and contributing photo editor for the authoritative Birds of Kansas, to be published by the University Press of Kansas.