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These 5 will be my entries for the State Fair this year. Not as solid as the Uganda photos that got 2 first prize ribbons last year, but I'm still fairly pleased with them.

#wildlife photography #animals #original photography #nature photography #photographers on tumblr #original photographers #wildlife #fox #turtle #reptile #landscape #red rocks #colorado

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Looks like these 5 will be the entries for this year’s State Fair. Some of the categories (”animals not pets”) get a little ticky tack for fitting in, since Wildlife is its own thing... but looking forward to seeing how they do!

#wildlife photography #original photography #elephant photography #elephant #leopard #chameleon

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For some reason the last post only uploaded like 1/3 of the photos I wanted it to, so here are more.

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I spent most of the last 2 weeks in Uganda... it’s going to be a long while before I go through all 4,000 photos to find the best and edit them up, but here’s a preview. It’s a gorgeous country and it was an amazing trip. If you’re vaccinated for COVID and can do it, they really need the tourism business as well...

#uganda #wildlife #africa #wildlife photography #original photography #mountain gorilla #african animals #animal photography #lion #elephant #mongoose #gorilla #chimpanzee #birds

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Bald Eagle at Conowingo Dam, heading back to enjoy its meal. They migrate through this northeastern Maryland spot in the early winter each year, and can get pretty lively in fighting over their fish. They displace the resident black vulture population for a little bit, and tend to piss off the local peregrine falcon too.

#eagle #bald eagle #raptor #bird #wildlife photography #bird photography #nature photography #predator #conowingo dam #maryland #photo blog #original photography

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Great Black-And-White Heron... well, Great Blue taken in black and white anyway. Downshore from Conowingo Dam, so a bit of a side show compared to the eagles this time of year.

#heron #great blue heron #bird #bird photography #wildlife photography #nature photography #wading bird #shore bird #photo blog #original photography #black and white #black and white photography

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Over the dunes on Assateague Island, Maryland’s Eastern Shore. A small strip of barrier island, best known for its wild ponies (related to the much more famous ones on Chincoteague to the south). 

#assateague island #national parks #seashore #dunes #sand #sky #landscape photography #original photography #photo blog #maryland

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Aptly named strawberry anemone. Gorgeous reef dwellers, this one was probably at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

#anemone #strawberry anemone #reef life #coral reef #underwater life #sea life #photo blog #original photography

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Some variety of sea nettle, thankfully not in the wild. Baltimore (National) Aquarium. Gorgeous, but definitely not interested in encountering a swarm of them face to... not really face.

#jelly fish #fish #aquarium #sea life #original photography #sea nettle #photo blog

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Across the marsh/bay side of Assateague Island, Maryland’s eastern shore.  Not too far from Chincoteague, of children’s pony book fame, a lot of wild horses can be found here too. Not, you know, in this particular photo... but they’re around.

#marsh #bay #assateague island #assateague national seashore #landscape photography #original photography #photo bl

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Shore-bird type critter, picking along some mossy rocks on the shore of Lake Kivu. Western Rwanda, walking distance of the DRC border.

#bird #bird photography #shore bird #african wildlife #rwanda #lake kivu #gisenyi #original photography #wildlife photography

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Vervet monkey, Akagera National Park, eastern Rwanda. Usually found in decent size troops, this one was just a tad apart from his buddies (plenty more out of the frame). Pretty common in eastern African countries, stretching from about the center of the eastern coast all the way down to South Africa and a decent ways inland as well.

#verve monkey #monkey #primate #rwanda #african wildlife #akagera national park #wildlife photography #primate photography #original photography #photo blog

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Douc Langur (pronounced “Duke”) having a snack. Probably at the Philly Zoo - they’re pretty rare in captivity and I believe that’s the only one semi-local to me that has them. Southeast Asian monkey species.

#langur #monkey #primate #animal photography #primate photography #original photography #photo blog

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Thankfully I named the file on this one, or I’d have never remembered it’s a Jerdon’s pit viper. Per depressingly usual, named for the old white dude who “discovered” it despite the local folks having known about them for yonks. They have a pretty wide range - India, Nepal, Vietnam, Myanmar and China.

Sadly, I’ve never been to any of those places. I’m 90% sure this one lives in Tennessee, Knoxville Zoo.

#jerdon's pit viper #pit viper #snake #venomous snake #reptile #yonks is fun to say #herp #herptile #animal photography #original photography

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I enjoyed how the sunlight and shadow split this patch of fungi. Not sure which hike this was, but probably somewhere in central Maryland. 

#fungus photos #fungi #fungus #forest photos #original photography #nature photography #photo blog

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Railroad trestle at dusk, near Havre de Grace, MD. One of those rare ones that’s not a totally wild landscape or animal. Also almost certainly a repost, but COVID has me running short of material...

#railroad trestle #dusk #bridge #railroad #landscape photography #yes I am aware I have a reflection-in-water problem #Havre de Grace #maryland #original photography #photo blog

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Great egret complete with mallard duck photobomb in the background. Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens near DC. And yeah, another reflection.

#great egret #egret #bird #wading bird #bird photography #wildlife photography #nature photography #original photography #photo blog