Hi , my name is Ray Fortner and I live in Kenora, Ontario, Canada . I’ve been an avid hobby photographer for a number of years.
My pursuit of images follows a long standing passion for the outdoors and the wild birds and animals that make it their home. I enjoy both wildlife and landscape photography and favour opportunities to combine the two capturing the relationship between birds, animals and their natural environment.
I have been retired for some time now and find it both enjoyable and satisfying to spend time in the outdoors and produce natural images for others to enjoy.
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fortner is a member of ! Inspired Art !, ! ♥♥♥Love Is (Join us!)♥♥♥ !, "Mornings & Evenings -- Sunbeams & Storms" 1 photo per 24 hrs; 3 drawings or paintings per 24 hrs, "Old Things - 3 per Day", *A Beautiful Blur, All Pets Great and Small, All Soft and Cuddlies !!, All That is Nature (Photography Only), All things in the Natural World, All Trucks, Animal Kingdom, Animal Photography -*4 legged & furry shots Only*, Animal Portraits, Animals in Action two a day , Arizona, Artistic Motion Blur, Baby Animals (No Kittens or Puppies, 3/day), Backyard Photography (NO MACROS, DOGS, CATS, INSECTS, SKYSCAPES), Beach, River and Lake Treasures ( With location ), Big Cats, Birds Of Prey (3 per day), Bokeh, Canadiana - (limit 3/day), Conservation Photography, Country Bumpkin, Dawn and Dusk Light, Deer Me!!!, Eagles Only, Endangered or Vulnerable Plants, Everything Winter, Eye Contact (Animals Only), Fine Art of Landscape Photography, Human and Nature, Hummingbirds of the World, Made By Nature - {2 a day} - {Nature images only!}, Mother Nature's Finest, Natural Developments, Nature's Wonders, Newfoundlandia, Northern landscape, Odd One Out, Ontario, Pets Are Us ~ 2 per day, Photography - Rule of Thirds, Playful Photogenic Animals, Ruins, Ancient and Derelict Buildings, Rural Around The Globe, Rural Canada Coast to Coast pre 1960's, Safe Haven, Saskatchewan, Seasonal 'Scapes, Shadows & Reflections, Silhouette, Simply the Best, Snow Days, Snow! Glorious Snow!! 2 a day, Songbirds of North America 2 a Day, Spring Blooms - 2 per day, Squirrels & Chipmunks, Sunflowers, That One Great Shot, The Beauty of Nature (Nothing Man-Made), The Birds, The Fabulous Prairies - 3/day, The Great Outdoors (no garden shots, limit man made objects to wilderness gear, please), Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art, Trees - 2 images per day with trees as the focal point, Vibrant and Vivid Color, Waterfall Photography, Waterfowl, Wild Birds in Flight, Wild Nature Photography & Writing, Wildflowers of North America - 3/day, Windmills, Watermills and Ferris Wheels, Wolves & Wild Kin and You're Accepted.