After retiring from a career in cancer research and public health, I studied art. I began working on sculpture, then painted abstract landscapes before getting serious about photography. My wife and I now enjoy traveling to places where the natural world and its wild inhabitants remain. My photos try to capture the beauty and fascination of these treasures. Any profits from the sale of my photos will be donated to organizations that help preserve wild natural areas and wildlife. http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Other/My-Smug-Mug/Richard-Bates-arctic-flowers/217294877_m3SPf-Ti.jpg http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/ 2009-12-20T04:23:45Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com">batesnaturephoto</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Antarctica-South-Georgia/7860234_3v64D">Antarctica, South Georgia Island, Falkland Islands</a>'</p><p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Antarctica-South-Georgia/7860234_3v64D" title="Antarctica, South Georgia Island, Falkland Islands"><img src="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Antarctica-South-Georgia/20090213-MG5100-copy/509532016_gMtFz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Antarctica, South Georgia Island, Falkland Islands" title="Antarctica, South Georgia Island, Falkland Islands" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-12-20T04:23:45Z batesnaturephoto http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Antarctica-South-Georgia/7860234_3v64D <p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com">batesnaturephoto</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Nature/MountainsChanging-Themes/9268841_SrD8d">Ice and snow: Changing Themes</a>'</p><p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Nature/MountainsChanging-Themes/9268841_SrD8d" title="Ice and snow: Changing Themes"><img src="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Nature/MountainsChanging-Themes/20090213-IMG0619dxo/745008174_gBtBt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Ice and snow: Changing Themes" title="Ice and snow: Changing Themes" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-12-19T08:44:49Z batesnaturephoto http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Nature/MountainsChanging-Themes/9268841_SrD8d <p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com">batesnaturephoto</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Ancient-Forest-Redwood-Grove/4349587_4r5eJ">Ancient Forest, Redwood Grove</a>'</p><p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Ancient-Forest-Redwood-Grove/4349587_4r5eJ" title="Ancient Forest, Redwood Grove"><img src="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Ancient-Forest-Redwood-Grove/0121-2b-copy/739745050_4VmXa-Th.jpg" width="99" height="150" alt="Ancient Forest, Redwood Grove" title="Ancient Forest, Redwood Grove" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-12-13T03:46:10Z batesnaturephoto http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Ancient-Forest-Redwood-Grove/4349587_4r5eJ <p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com">batesnaturephoto</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Other/Manipulations/4667067_VndCR">Manipulations</a>'</p><p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Other/Manipulations/4667067_VndCR" title="Manipulations"><img src="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Other/Manipulations/20090213-MG5067-copy/725379178_Pe95f-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Manipulations" title="Manipulations" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-27T08:28:42Z batesnaturephoto http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Other/Manipulations/4667067_VndCR <p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com">batesnaturephoto</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Northern-and-Central/4507833_JUCJG">Northern and Central California</a>'</p><p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Northern-and-Central/4507833_JUCJG" title="Northern and Central California"><img src="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Northern-and-Central/20090502-MG6322/627947657_62WNx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="Northern and Central California" title="Northern and Central California" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T08:18:52Z batesnaturephoto http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Northern-and-Central/4507833_JUCJG <p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com">batesnaturephoto</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-World/5378176_GyEsz">Wild World</a>'</p><p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-World/5378176_GyEsz" title="Wild World"><img src="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-World/20080906-IMG0025-2/376258090_KtD6i-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Wild World" title="Wild World" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-05-17T06:52:30Z batesnaturephoto http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-World/5378176_GyEsz <p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com">batesnaturephoto</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Nature/Costa-Rica/4212515_WhTeN">Costa Rica</a>'</p><p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Nature/Costa-Rica/4212515_WhTeN" title="Costa Rica"><img src="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Nature/Costa-Rica/20071212-MG3383-copy/246282770_HWP4t-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Costa Rica" title="Costa Rica" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-16T09:39:39Z batesnaturephoto http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Nature/Costa-Rica/4212515_WhTeN <p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com">batesnaturephoto</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Nature/SE-Alaska-and-British-Columbia/3741776_ndJsu">SE Alaska and British Columbia Coast</a>'</p><p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Nature/SE-Alaska-and-British-Columbia/3741776_ndJsu" title="SE Alaska and British Columbia Coast"><img src="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Nature/SE-Alaska-and-British-Columbia/005-Sitka-Sound/215055991_ibDkz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="SE Alaska and British Columbia Coast" title="SE Alaska and British Columbia Coast" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-08T09:17:56Z batesnaturephoto http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Nature/SE-Alaska-and-British-Columbia/3741776_ndJsu <p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com">batesnaturephoto</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Panama/4462371_5wV4u">Panama</a>'</p><p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Panama/4462371_5wV4u" title="Panama"><img src="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Panama/CC-005a-Gamboa-std-1-epson/262417265_hacPh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Panama" title="Panama" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-14T08:42:54Z batesnaturephoto http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Panama/4462371_5wV4u <p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com">batesnaturephoto</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/New-Zealand-Waimangu-Volcanic/3801504_Y6JEt">New 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src="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Zion-National-Park-Autumn/MG1277/214737061_g8MGG-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Zion National Park, Autumn" title="Zion National Park, Autumn" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-04-20T08:21:52Z batesnaturephoto http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Zion-National-Park-Autumn/3737590_pcX4F <p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com">batesnaturephoto</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Arctic-Scenes/3927308_57HYU">Arctic Scenes</a>'</p><p><a href="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Arctic-Scenes/3927308_57HYU" title="Arctic Scenes"><img src="http://batesnaturephoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Arctic-Scenes/20040402-ANWR-1-06/227987089_pnuKd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="96" alt="Arctic Scenes" title="Arctic Scenes" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-03-02T04:13:57Z batesnaturephoto 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