New Photo Book: Wildlife Babies

Wildlife Babies - new Photo Book and e-Book

As many of you know, last year I traveled to Montana twice to photograph wildlife in their natural settings.

I first went there in the winter with snow on the ground, ice on ponds and a cold bite in the air.  However, the arctic wolves loved playing on the ice on the ponds, the coyotes ran with joy and only left snow dust behind,  the red fox in its thick winter coat looked stunningly beautiful and he too enjoyed playing on the icy pond.  The thick winter coats of all animals were beautiful, and seeing the grey wolves roaming in through the birch forest was a one-of-a-kind experience.

Several months later I returned in the Spring season, the season of pups, cubs and kittens.  Watching the bobcat kittens play in the fresh green grass, observing a 7 months old black bear splashing in the water with delight, seeing a 2 months old Amur leopard, the rarest of leopards, try to master the rocky slope hillside, and enjoying the little snow leopard, also 2 months old, as he explored the unfamiliar world filled me with awe.  You can read more about the rare Amur leopard in my September blog here.

I delighted in capturing these wonderful animals 'on film' and brought back hundreds of beautiful images.  I just finished to put the best of the collection into my new Wildlife Babies Photo Book.  It has been published and is available online from MagCloud Publishing as the softcover second edition.  This book has been printed in the US.


You can check it out on the link below. Both a paper copy of the book and an e-book version are available for purchase.

                 

     

                Wildlife Babies     

   

      This book presents nature photography of wildlife babies, kittens and young animals in a natural setting.     

   

                       

This summer, I am offering another Photo Workshop in Kalispell, Montana, at the Triple D Ranch.  I invite you to join me for fantastic wildlife photography.  I just saw an image of the now 8 months old Amur leopard, a strapping young animal, and I can't wait to see him again in the summer time.  

Amur Leopard                  ©M. Raeder-Photography

Spring Wildlife: Cubs, Pups and Kittens Wildlife Photography at its Best An amazing opportunity to photograph wildlife babies:  wolf pups, fox kittens, lynx kittens, Badger pups and more! Come face-to-face with these wonderful babies! Date:  June 28-July 1,  2013 Optional Activities June 25-27, 2013 For further details pl click here.

Hope to see you this summer in Montana or at one of my other Photo Workshops.

Til then, I wish you all the best and keep shooting,

Meggi

Parched Earth

Water - source of life

Having recently traveled in areas where water is rather scarce and also living in California where we are continuously reminded that water is becoming a priced commodity, I want to share with you a photobook that I published last year. 

Parched Earth by Meggi Raeder | Make Your Own Book

Death Valley is a National Park located east of the Sierra Nevada in the arid Great Basin of the United States. The park covers 5.262 square miles of valleys and mountain ranges. It is the hottest and driest of the national parks in the US. The park is home to many species of plants and animals that have adapted to this harsh desert environment. The climate is extreme, with high temperatures of 120 degrees F in the summer and a low of 88 degree F in the winter. Death Valley is the driest spot in North America with rainfall of 1.5 – 2 inches per year. The sand dunes in the northern part of Death Valley are as famous as the area of the saltpan at Badwater, 282 feet below sea level. Since the prevailing winds shift from north in the summer to south in the winter, the sand dunes change constantly but on average remain in the same location.

As in other arid zones, the sand dunes in Death Valley shown in this collection of images are an example for landscape deprived of water. Lack of rainfall and the shifting sand buries even the hardiest of vegetation and desertification sets in. It has a stark beauty for the traveler. But as desertification on the planet increases and growing population stresses the earth water supplies, do Death Valley and other desert areas on the globe foreshadow how the planet will look in the future?

Water is a source of life and we can’t survive without it.

Ancient civilizations have lived for centuries in areas with little water. The petroglyphs in Death Valley and other arid regions of the globe bear witness. Only if modern society realizes that we need to live in balance with Nature can we assure long terms survival of humanity.


I hope you enjoyed this preview of the "Parched Earth" photo book.

This book can be purchased from Blurb.com.