26 December, 2011

New Year's Card

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This year Photo in Natura adopted a slogan that faithfully represents the importance of nature in our lives. So, these are our wishes for 2012: LET NATURE TRANSFORM YOU!

Artwork and Photo: © Daniel De Granville, 2011
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20 August, 2011

New Pictures in our Image Bank

Larva of a moth (Sphingidae).
Photo: © Daniel De Granville, 2011


We have added dozens of new pictures to Photo in Natura’s Image Bank, which now offers over 1000 photo files available for you to check out! The highlights are images of fauna, landscapes, people, indoors and studio.

Researchers collecting botanical samples in the Pantanal.
Photo: © Daniel De Granville, 2011


Detail of a Walking Iris flower.
Photo: © Daniel De Granville, 2011


A National Geographic photographer dives
with fish
in the region of Bonito (Mato Grosso do Sul).
Photo: © Daniel De Granville, 2011

This is just a sample of the 60.000+ stock images that Photo in Natura offers for publishing in books, magazines, websites, ad campaigns, indoor decoration, products and whatever else your imagination conceives.

Ecotourists walk over Glacier Perito Moreno,
Patagonia, Argentina.
Photo: © Daniel De Granville, 2011


Serra do Amolar, Pantanal of Mato Grosso do Sul.
Photo: © Daniel De Granville, 2011


Capybaras in Campo Grande (Mato Grosso do Sul).
Photo: © Daniel De Granville, 2011


Check out the photographs that have already been published by WWF, Conservation International, Wildlife Conservation Society, National Geographic, Sotokoto Magazine (Japan), Toyota Magazin (Germany) and many other clients.

A Black-hooded Parakeet in the Pantanal.
Photo: © Daniel De Granville, 2011


South American Sea Lion, Beagle Channel,
Ushuaia, Argentina.

Photo: © Daniel De Granville, 2011


Artwork by Móveis Madeira Legal done with
wood from naturally fallen trees.

Photo: © Daniel De Granville, 2011
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15 March, 2011

Pantanal: Two Days and Much Water

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.Water, water, everywhere...
Foto: © Daniel De Granville, 2011


Upon leaving the paved road, we took a gravel path into the Pantanal, in search for a neat place to watch birds. The way seemed good and the place was promising, up to the moment when we started to see some water on the track, then more and more water. We drove a little further and decided to stop and check out the conditions more carefully. “Will the car make it?”, we wondered. I started to take some pictures while we pondered, when all of a sudden something appears way back, coming on the path. “If that’s a car, it means we can go too”. But no: it was a boat! All we could do was admire the scene, take some more shots and turn around with the car. This is the Pantanal.


Who said that roads are solely for land vehicles?!
Photo: © Daniel De Granville, 2011


This was the most striking experience of these two days that Tietta and I spent in the town of Miranda (Mato Grosso do Sul), where we will soon present the course “Training birdwatching guides in the Pantanal”, promoted by Photo in Natura in partnership with WCS and Águas do Pantanal Inn and Tour Operator, among many other supporters. The objective is to qualify tour guides, group leaders and other professionals who are interested in learning about this promising and fascinating activity that brings together leisure, conservation, profit and job opportunities.

Birds take off from the flooded fields along the road in Miranda.
Photo: © Daniel De Granville, 2011

Speaking of courses, it seems as 2011 will be the year in which Photo in Natura will become known as a service provider for professional qualification activities related to wildlife. More soon!
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08 February, 2011

Bonito Field Guide:
Second Edition

The First Edition of our Bonito field Guide, published in 2005, is sold out. Five thousand copies were sold or given away for tour guides, schools, libraries, environmental ograns, NGOs and other institutions, with the objective of fomenting environmental education in a regional level, through estimulating knowledge of our fauna and flora.

Therefore, we now present the "Bonito Field Guide – Second Edition". The new version brings a brand new and redesigned cover, much better picture quality, corrections and scientific updates.

The cover price is BRL 28,00 and the book can be bought through the website www.guiasdecampo.com.br.

* Bonito Field Guide is the first guide of fauna and flora dedicated to the Bodoquena Plateau.


Sample pages of the Bonito Field Guide, Second Edition.
Photos: © 2005 Daniel De Granville | Artwork: © 2005 Kiko Azevedo
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31 January, 2011

Frogs and Otters

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.Posing for the curious photographer.
Photo: © Daniel De Granville, 2011



This year started off kind of slow: no guiding trips, no official photo shoots so far. But it doesn’t mean that my cameras are taking a break – the past week was particularly productive.

Last Monday, I was just getting out of bed to start a new week, when one of my neighbors calls: “Daniel, I’m sorry for calling so early, but I just found this rare and unique frog in my garage and am saving it for you to photograph, please hurry!”. I dressed quickly, picked up my Brazilian Amphibians guide book and went to see it. After identifying the species as a Melanophryniscus fulvoguttatus, I placed it on a nice leaf on the ground, took these pictures and let it go.

My wife likes to call this one "The Yoga Frog"!
Photo: © Daniel De Granville, 2011


Even though it does not appear as endangered according to IUCN’s Red List, this may change at any time, as amphibians suffer global impacts. The species has a quite restricted range, covering part of Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil, a portion of Paraguay and a bit of Argentina. So, if you want to see this exquisite frog, you must come to the region where I live!

Back to normal.
Photo: © Daniel De Granville, 2011

A few days later, some tour guides with whom I am friends mentioned that a Giant Otter was showing frequently at one of the region’s river springs used for snorkeling programs. I made my plans and spent nearly 10 hours over the weekend inside the water to try and photograph it. Even though I succeeded, I am still not satisfied with the images and want to get some different situations. This means that I must go back to the river again, what a sacrifice : -)

Giant Otter: up close and personal.
Photo: © Samuel Duleba, 2011


If YOU were a Giant Otter,
wouldn't you LOVE to live here too?!
Photo: © Daniel De Granville, 2011


Different from the little frog, this big semi-aquatic predator appears as endangered according to IUCN. So, the privilege (not only mine, but for all tourists who are seeing it) is incommensurable. I must thank these critters for giving me such a good time this past week : -)

Plenty of fresh food, just pick one.
Photo: © Daniel De Granville, 2011



He ate this "corimbata" fish like
if it was
a bag of potato chips.
Photo: © Daniel De Granville, 2011
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(UPDATE: AS OF FEBRUARY 25, 2011, AFTER EXTENSIVE WEB SEARCHES ON IMAGE BANKS AND TALKS WITH PHOTOGRAPHERS, I AM QUITE SURE THAT UNDERWATER PICTURES OF GIANT OTTERS IN SUCH CLEAR WATERS ARE EXTREMELY RARE, IF NOT UNIQUE!)

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17 January, 2011

More than 1.000 Pictures
on Our Site!

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Artwork and Photos: © Daniel De Granville, 2003-2010


Photo in Natura's Image Bank was updated today, with more than 150 new pictures added.

We now offer over 1,000 images available for online searches, selected from nearly 40,000 that are part of our files.

How about a quick visit to check them out?!
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