Being the adoring tree hugger that I am , I have always had a love of wildlife and nature.
I think that now that I have started looking through the lens, it gives me more awareness of how much of it has been taken. Not that I wasnt aware before, but I would photograph in an areas yrs ago that are no longer there, only to be replaced by condos and complaining tenants about the coyotes eating their pets. It makes me sad.