He is a famous Australian entrepreneur with a fascination for the Bermuda Longtail.

And now members of the public can see for themselves the results of that fascination as photographs of Longtails by Dr. Reg Grundy have gone on display at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art.

His passion for the Longtail stems from many years of watching them on his property and on the surrounding shoreline at his Tucker's Town home.

"He just loves them," said Dr. Grundy's photographic library curator Chinni Mahadevan, who travels the world putting up exhibits of his work.

He said he and Dr. Grundy were at one time getting up at 6.30 a.m. every day to follow the progress of a Longtail chick nesting in one of the holes by the lagoon on his property.

"We have these little aqua bikes, and we'd go up to nest and speak to him and we called him Longford. So we'd speak to him and he'd look at us, so we have a very incredible relationship with him," said Mr. Mahadevan.

Dr. Grundy is one of the most successful Australian entrepreneurs, and media and television moguls of his generation.

He started as a boxing and general sports commentator for radio station 2SM Sydney in 1947. While at 2CH Sydney in 1957, he devised and hosted the Wheel of Fortune game show on radio, moving with that show to television, starting in 1959.

After forming his own production company he began producing game shows for the Australian and overseas market, before eventually branching out into drama in 1973. In 1977, he co-produced 'ABBA: The Movie'.

The company has subsequently produced numerous successful television soap operas and drama series including Prisoner, Glenview High, Sons and Daughters and Neighbours, as well as famed 1980s NBC Daytime game shows, Time Machine, $ale of the Century and Scrabble.

He subsequently started the US-based company Reg Grundy Productions. In 1995, he sold the Grundy Organisation to the media and publishing company, Pearson PLC, now FremantleMedia.

Despite his success, Mr. Mahadevan said Dr. Grundy was a private man. "He doesn't give interviews as such, he is just incredible, and very compassionate," added Mr. Mahadevan.

"His wife is Joy Chambers and she is an author. They are just wonderful and caring people.

"You can see it (in his work). His whole thing is not just about taking a picture, he wants a connection between the animal he is taking a picture of and him.

"We are very privileged to be a part of this. I've worked for him for 20 years now, it's been a wonderful journey and we are hoping to go on and do more things."

The exhibit has been extended until August 29. Mr. Mahadevan said the response from people "has been absolutely stunning" and he added: "Masterworks director and founder Tom Butterfield has said, 'I want everyone in Bermuda to see this exhibit before it is taken down'.

"He (Dr. Grundy) is absolutely passionate about it, but for us to have the feedback that other people absolutely love what we have done is such a wonderful thing."

The installation was a gift to the Masterworks Foundation and Mr. Mahadevan added: "Obviously we don't do this for any kind of monetary gain. It is a passion and he wants to share his work with the world."

In addition to the photographs, they are also working on conservation with one of Bermuda's best-known sons, Dr. David Wingate, who has been instrumental in helping out with advice and the installing of nest sites around Dr. Grundy's Bermuda home.

"We've got three nests in our cliffs already that we have Longtails in. We put a new one in ourselves and we ended up getting Dr. Wingate's instructions on how to do it.

"So we are very, very appreciative of this bird. We are cutting down trees in certain areas to accommodate them."

Almost all the pictures for the exhibition were taken around Dr. Grundy's home and some in St. David's.

"A couple of pictures were taken off St. David's and where you see the bird sitting on the water those shots were done two weeks before the exhibit."

He said Dr. Wingate told them that Longtails sit on the water and Dr. Grundy wanted to get the shot.

"RG works at 200 percent and everyone else in the world works at 100 percent or less, so of course he said, 'Chinni let's get the boat, let's go'.

"We've been out, I don't know, hundreds of times and that was how we were able to get them.

"He wanted that one shot, because he said we don't have that one in the exhibit, so I want that shot. So he doesn't stop."