For this issue’s story on bats and viruses, Gimesy traveled to Queensland to photograph flying foxes. He didn’t have to venture far from population centers to find his subjects; the story’s opening image was captured in a public park. After spotting bats in a tree, he would lie below them to await the perfect shot. “I could be there for half an hour just waiting for them to look down,” he says. Flying foxes are “magnificent” but vilified mammals. “For me, to show them in their best light is important so I can hopefully get people to fall in love with them,” Gimesy says.