Picture of two Large Buffalo grazing on old grass in the snow. These bison are huge animals and could easily trample a person. I am keeping my distance as I try to capture a good perspective and composition of these magnificent animals eating in the winter.

A picture of an otter running and sliding in the snow as he plays during a winter snow storm. The snow is flying up in the air as he rounds this turn chasing after his friend. These two otters played for along time and they were fun to watch.

A rugged winter waterfall deep in a mountainous ravine. Here I am trying to capture the essence of the water flowing from the hillside into the creek that is rushing below me. I am actually standing on a big rock in the middle of the creek. This was taken during one of the biggest snow storms of the winter. The toughest part about taking this image was the amount of snow that was sticking to the lens. This was a beautiful sight to behold unlike any we had seen before.

Hiking out a winter mountain trail after a heavy wet winter snow storm. This is a trail near the highland scenic highway in West Virginia. Rusty and I hiked about two miles out here, it was really beautiful and the snow was about 30 inches or deeper in many places. The sun shining on these trees gave a nice light for a scenic nature picture during our hike.

After we made it up to Summit Lake in Nicholas county West Virginia after a major snow storm, we found an ice fisherman out on the lake. we asked if it was safe and he said the ice is 1 foot thick with another 2 feet of snow on top. This was an amazingly beautiful site to behold. We had never stood in the middle of a froze lake before, so this was a unique experience.

This Black Bear just woke up from sleeping as it is snowing. His Mouth is wide open, you can see his teeth, and he looks to be roaring angry.He looks like he could be pretty mad and upset that somebody woke him up while he was sleeping. When they sleep in the winter like this their food intake dramatically decreases. This is because they are not expending energy mating and looking for food.

A beautiful winter waterfall scene during a snow storm deep in the New River Gorge area of West Virginia. Notice how long this waterfall is, it must be 100 feet from top to bottom. Many cascades start above the main waterfall before it plunges into the pool below.

A red tail hawk getting ready to take flight from a tree branch in the winter. These predatory birds are very majestic looking. They are also known as a chicken hawk however they almost never prey upon chickens.

A big mountain lion in a Winter West Virginia forest scene. Pine trees are heavy with snow while the green mountain laurel peeks out from under the fresh blanket snow. This cougar is well fed and is motionless staring in my direction. I certainly would not want to be this cats next meal. It probably outweighs me by 50 lbs.