Hope to be able to do this sort of photography in the later part of my life. Love Phillip Colla's wildlife and nature pictures, sharing his blog. His natural history photography has appeared in the pages of BBC Wildlife, National Wildlife, Ocean Realm, Ranger Rick, Reader's Digest, Skin Diver, and National Geographic Magazine; photos also widely used in aquariums and museums.
California photographer Phillip Colla / Oceanlight.com
This is his gear list - Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III & II, with lenses like the 500 f/4, 400 f/5.6, 300 f/2.8, 70-200 f/2.8, 24-70 f/2.8, 16-35 f/2.8 II and 15mm fisheye (all killer lenses)
And woohoo, he is also an engineering graduate.