ANIMALS

NAYANA SHIREFF

Meet The Photographer

In keeping with the theme of honoring the beautiful creatures with whom we share our world, we’d like to introduce photographer Nayana Shireff—a 24 year old from New York, currently living in San Diego, California. “I was in the US Navy for six years as a Nuclear Reactor Operator, and now I am a Field Service Engineer. I have always had an interest in fashion, and now that I am out of the Navy I hope to pursue it.

I also have a passion for wildlife photography. These wildlife photos were taken with my Nikon D3300, with the exception of the overview turtle photo, which was taken from my DJI Mavic Mini. All photos are unedited.”

About The Collection

Nayana illustrates the composition for the images throughout this collection of photographs from her accumulative travels.

“The Angel Oak Tree was taken in South Carolina, and it is estimated to be about 400 years old. The photo of the crab with the piece of driftwood was taken at Kiawah Island, South Carolina.

All of the crocodile, swamp, lone bird, great blue heron, snowy egret, grasshopper, mushroom, flock of pelican, Magnolia Plantation photos were taken in South Carolina.

The butterfly, zebra finch, and flamingo photos were taken at a butterfly house in Key West, Florida.

The macaw and tiger photos were taken at Disney World in Orlando Florida.

The white flower was taken on a hiking trail in Washington State.

The pink flower and hummingbird were taken in St. Thomas.

The happy seal and small crab photos were taken in La Jolla, California.

The cluster of seashells was taken at Howard Beach in Queens, New York.

Crab Skeleton was taken in Turks and Caicos.

Lastly, the overhead turtle picture was taken at North Shore, Hawaii.”

Two Heads Are Better Than One

Meet Shelly and Sheldon.

They spend their days bickering about what to do, which way to go, who is faster, and which one is stronger.

Shelly is a party animal while Sheldon prefers the quiet.

Two polar opposites in one body.

Columbia, South Carolina