"I am grateful that Taiwan is a great place for birding where you can go for alpine birds in the morning and enjoy shore birds at the dust, all in the same day. I am still learning how to be a better bird photographer. Hope you enjoy my bird shots in the photostream."

~ Sushyue Liao

Am I a cutie?

"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked"

~ Bernard Meltzer

"Our task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty."

~ Albert Einstein

"Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings."

~ Victor Hugo

"All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it."

~ Samuel Butler

"They too, are created by the same loving hand of God which Created us...It is our duty to Protect Them and to promote their well-being."

~ Mother Teresa

"Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms"

~ George Eliot

Locked on target

"My images are most known for composition, lighting, color and perspective. In my work I try to simplify, to get rid of the extraneous: Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

In addition to winning First Prize in the International Photography Awards (IPA) three times, my awards include First Prize in the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year, First Prize in the Nature's Best International Photography Awards, Second Prize in the Travel Photographer of the Year, and several First Prizes in the Nature Photographers Network Awards."

~ Marsel van Oosten

Elephant greeting

"I do like taking portraits of small animals from their perspective.They are foreign, otherworldly looking creatures – the closer you get to them, the stronger the effect. See, insects have those totally alien, Gigeresque forms that I find somehow fascinating."

~ Igor Siwanowicz

Rosette-Nosed Chameleon