Conservation Archives - Esther Beaton

HELLO FELLOW NATURE AND WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHERS!

Here is an opportunity for your photos to do some powerful good. Let me tell you the story behind this wonderful new grant created especially for those devoted to conservation photography. I “knew” Wayne Lawler going back to the days in the 1980’s when my stock agency, Auscape International, represented him as one of its […]

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Conservation, Environment, Nature and Wildlife, Nature Photography, On the Beaton Track, Wildlife PhotographyAustralian Wildlife Conservancy, conservation photography, flash lighting, night photography, on location, threatened species

A Visit to AWC and the Challenges of Mammal Photography

Wayne Lawler, staff photographer for Australian Wildlife Conservancy, photographing Boodies and Woylies at night with several flash units, Yookamurra Sanctuary, South Australia

I love the Australian Wildlife Conservancy. I love all conservation groups but the AWC has an astounding success rate. Not only are they re-establishing populations of highly threatened species, they are achieving the job at discount rates. They run a mean, tight ship as far as admin spending goes. Income goes almost entirely to field

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Conservation, Nature and Wildlife, Photography Techniques, Professional Photography, South Australia, Threatened species, Wildlife PhotographyAustralian Wildlife Conservancy, flash photography, nocturnal photography

Help the Regent Honeyeater and Enjoy Nature Too

Regent Honeyeater (Xanthomyza phrygia) with yellow banksia flower. Southeastern Australia. Endangered species.

Helping our endangered wildlife doesn’t have to be hard. In fact, it can be a lot of fun. The Regent Honeyeater is responding to the help the species has received in recent years. But he’s not out of the woods yet and is still listed as critically endangered. Here are two great projects that

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Bird Images, Conservation, Environmentbirding, birdwatching, endangered species, Saving our Species, threatened species, volunteering

The Story Behind the Green And Golden Bell Frog Image

It was the magic year of 2000. Everyone had breathed a sigh of relief that our computers and systems hadn’t gone haywire. In Sydney it was the time of the Olympics. Energy was high. Somehow the threatened Green and Golden Bell Frog became emblematic of this productive and heartfelt era. I was on assignment for

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Australian Geographic, Behind the Scenes, Conservation, Cute Animals, Ecology, Nature and Wildlife, Nikon, Photography Equipment, Photography Techniques, Professional Photography, Threatened species, Wildlife Photographybehavioral ecology, Broughton Island, Green and Golden Bell Frog, Olympics, saving species, Sydney, threatened species

Behind the scenes on this month’s magazine feature

This week I’m taking you behind the scenes of my current published assignment for Australian Geographic. It’s only a short feature and you can see it in the November December 2016 issue called “Raptor rehab”. Here are some notes as to how and why I shot some of the pics. I was allowed very limited

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Australian Geographic, Behind the Scenes, Conservation, New South Wales, Professional Photography, Wildlife Photographybehind the scenes, conservation, owls, raptors, rehabilitation, Southern Highlands, volunteer

Judging The Nature Conservancy Photo Competition 2016

Nature Conservancy Australia contacted me in June to see if I’d be interested in being a judge for this year’s Nature Photo Competition. Of course I would! I’ve admired the work of the Nature Conservancy in the US for years. They also spread their activities around the globe and have successfully protected over 48

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Announcements, Beautiful Images, Conservation, Exhibitions & Artworks, Nature and Wildlife, On the Beaton Track, Photo Competitions, Wildlife Photographybirds, landscapes, Nature photography, photo competition, wildlife, wildlife photography

5x Growth – a Conservation Success Story

Several years ago, I partnered up with science writer Karen McGee to produce a feature on Gould’s Petrel for the UK magazine, Geographical. Most stories of endangered species I find confronting, but this one turned out to have a happy ending. Gould’s Petrel nests almost exclusively on a tiny bunch of rocks off the coast

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Behind the Scenes, Bird Images, Conservation, Ecology, Environment, New South Wales, Professional Photography, Threatened speciesbird photography, Cabbage Tree Island, conservation, environment, Gould's Petrel, John Gould Nature Reserve, National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, Port Stephens, seabirds

Hunting in National Parks? Er, I don’t think so.

Last week about 100 people protested against a bill that would allow hunters to shoot feral animals in national parks. Much of the protest is spearheaded by rangers from the National Parks and Wildlife Service of NSW. They claim that hunters won’t discriminate – that they are just as likely to shoot native wildlife as

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Conservation, Habitats, New South Walesduck hunting, duck rescue operation, environmental protestors, hunters, hunting licenses, national parks, pest species, Riverina, waterfowl

The Secret’s out at Secret Creek

Once upon a time, in a deep gully, protected by rocky wooded slops, lived a quiet community of coal miners. Today, apart from a few stones marking the ruins of their homes, lives an equally quiet community of local residents. But these aren’t human. They are secretive mammals, little known and little seen by most

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Conservation, On the Beaton Trackconservation, Eastern Quolls, environment, nature, Secret Creek Sanctuary, Trevor Evans

Marysville, Healesville, Kinglake: Names Burned into Our Minds Forever

In 1999, as I sat at this cafe in the centre of Marysville, I had no idea of the consequences of my upcoming assignment. David Lindenmayer and I were outlining the chapters of a new book, Life in the Tall Eucalypt Forests, and planning my shooting schedule for the next 12 months. Over the following

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Conservation, Environment, On the Beaton Track, Victoriabushfire, Marysville, mountain ash, Nature photography, photographers, Victoria