Again, we are amazed at the world wide views we have received! It has been watched in Morocco, Egypt, South Africa,
Russia, Romania, Ukraine, Iceland! almost every country in Europe, even countries we have never heard of like Moldova. The surprising thing is that people in many countries in the Middle East have watched it, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar. The video was a huge hit in Brazil! It was also watched in Colombia, Peru, Argentina and Chili.

We have a cute celebratory video that is being posted to YouTube as I am writing this, so as soon as it is processed by YouTube, I’ll post it here.

What is so exciting to us is that the video has been popular all over the world! People from almost every state of the US have watched the video. Most of the viewers are from New York and California.

Just a few of the countries where the video has been watched: Pakistan! South Korea, India, Thailand, Morocco, Egypt, Poland, Romania, very popular in England and Japan, Germany, Italy, France, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Argentina and the Ukraine!

It just amazes me how the internet and YouTube have brought the world together.

In a couple of days, I will be posting a new video celebrating this event! It will feature the Ferruginous Hawk in slow motion! Stay tuned!

Check out our DVD Video page to watch the trailers and place your order.

ABOUT THE CRITTERS ON THE VIDEO
For some reason the mammals at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum were acting strange while we were there. Hmmmm. . . .is that a comment on our presence? Anyway, their actions made for some great video.

The Black-tailed Prairie Dog was licking the glass almost like it was sprayed with some good tasting stuff. It was by chance we got footage of a Coati in the tree. It is hard to even find a Coati in the enclosure, never the less find one in a tree. The River Otter is always a delight to watch because of her playfulness. Speaking of playfulness, the Raccoon is the winner. And the Harris’ antelope Squirrel must has been bored enough to play patty cake with Larry.

While at Sweetwater Wetlands, the water reclamation project of Tucson AZ, we were thrilled to capture the Red Shouldered Blackbird with our high speed camera. We never realized that birds put so much enthusiasm into realigning their feathers!

We are so excited about our very first ad which was created totally “in house” by the Unique Views of Nature team.

The hardest part was selecting what images to showcase; we have so many to choose from now.

The first step was using Animation in Photoshop CS4 to create the first part where the black and white photos turn into color. Then we used Motion (bundled with Final Cut Pro, the program we use to edit video) to have our name scroll behind the color line. We had a bit of a challenge to get the timing right between the two, but we did it. Final Cut was used to add the cool transitions.

The funnest part was learning how to create our very own music using Garageband. We spent a couple of late nights laughing until our sides hurt trying to figure it all out. Things really got crazy when we hauled out the microphone and added the helium effect to our voices. Thankfully, that was deleted when the sun started to rise and we regained our senses.

We are so appreciative of YouTube and all of the awesome tutorials available. They really helped us out.

We are now working on our next creative endeavor. It includes some really cute little critters doing cute critter stuff. And of course, a musical masterpiece from Garageband.

We also were busy revamping our website to make it easier to navigate. And, we built a gift shop to showcase our products!

Visit our Gift Shop for beautiful, high quality note cards using the best of our images. The cards are blank inside so that you can write your own personalized message.

We also have a collection of poster prints available for purchase. Choose from either 16×20 or 20×30. The poster selection will continue to grow along with our note cards.

Finally, we have four videos for purchase. Three are nature themed.

The Birds of Prey-Raptor Free Flight features the birds of prey of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

The Hummingbirds-Joy of Motherhood follows three different female hummingbirds through the different phases of motherhood.

The Magic of Butterflies features tropical butterflies set to soothing music for a visual and auditory delight.

Lastly, we have a video created for our favorite non-profit, Equine Voices Rescue and Sanctuary. See how and why the sanctuary was founded. Meet some of the volunteers, adopted horses and their guardians. All proceeds from the sale of this video go to the Sanctuary.

Here is an awesome shot of an Eastern Collared Lizard. The lighting was perfect to capture the beautiful blue coloring. As we come across other interesting and unique photos and videos, we will post them. The best ones will be made into note cards and posters for sale. This guy is available in both formats. Look for him in the reptile gallery in the Gift Shop!

Eastern Collared Lizard

To non-residents of Arizona, you would think there would be a raging river with the name of Whitewater–but there isn’t. Depending on how much rain southern Arizona receives, there are some ponds where the Snow Geese and Sandhill Cranes spend the winter. They usually reside here from October thru March. Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area is located between Bisbee and Tombstone Arizona in the Sulfur Springs Valley. Since it is about a 2 hour drive from Tucson, we go as often as we can to video and photograph these beautiful birds. This video is a culmination of two years of trips. We are fortunate to be able to get as much footage as we did–many visitors went away empty handed. In addition to the cranes and geese, we were thrilled to see an avolet, white egret, great blue heron, a mated pair of great horned owls, and various ducks. All in all, I’d say we hit the jackpot!

Photographs taken at Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area

Great Horned Owl couple roosting in the rafters of an empty hay shed

American Wigeon female--notice her blue bill

American Wigeon male -- the blue on his bill is even brighter

Snow Geese taking off--every little movement spooked them

Landing Gear down-Sandhill Cranes landing

Awww, aren't they cute? Bufflehead male w/juveniles

I don't know what kind of baby duck this is, but it is just adorable!

To find out more about this extraordinary organization go to
www.equinevoices.org.

We are having a great time using our new wonderful camera that shoots in high speed. The horses look absolutely fabulous in “slow motion”–you can really see their graceful movements. And remember, all of these gorgeous gals are available for adoption!

We send a special thank you to Mary Ann Kennedy for her permission for us to use her music. For more information and previews of this giving and talented musician’s music, go to
www.maryannkennedy.com.