"Why won't that guy with the camera go away!?" Wild animals can hide for a long time, but sooner or later they have to give in and pop their heads out for a breath of fresh air.
It is precisely at that moment that the wildlife photographer snaps his shutter, and forgets all his or her pains.
Most of the wildlife photographers I know are fearless of the wilderness, have very simple material lives, and are easy-going types. But most important of all they have endless patience. Every wildlife photographer who feels a sense of responsibility to nature and to life knows that the creatures of our world do not reward those who rush in hoping for a fast payoff. They stand for no disturbances from people, but make one wait quietly and for long periods. Even then, one often comes away with nothing to show for the waiting.
How much time, how many dawns and dusks, have gone into capturing these images of the Formosan soft-shelled turtle, the crested serpent eagle, the crab-eating mongoose, the Formosan rock monkey, and the Formosan red and white giant flying squirrel? All the photographer himself will say is this: It's wildlife photography-what else can you expect?
p.91 Formosan red and white giant flying squirrel
p.92 Formosan rock monkey
p.93 Crested serpent eagle
p.94 Formosan soft-shelled turtle
p.95 Crab-eating mongoose
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