User: Rhododendrites
Long-time Wikimedian who decided, a few years ago, to try to take better pictures to contribute to Commons. I feel like I've learned a lot from this community, and continue to do so. Always welcome photography tips/constructive criticism.
Though I take pictures of lots of things, a few areas of concentration are the New York City area in general, protests, conventions (not so much in 2020), and birds (much more so in 2020). If you're in NYC (or coming to NYC) and want tips or to plan a photography outing, let me know. There are several Wikimedian photographers here.
My main camera is an Olympus OM-D E-M5 mark ii (micro four-thirds format). I like it, but don't know if I can recommend the format any longer. Olympus announced in 2020 that they plan to get out of the camera game. The future of its camera business seems unclear at the moment, possibly being transferred to another company, and Panasonic is the only other company making the gear (with some compatibility issues around the way they do their image stabilization). I hope it'll look up, but we'll see.
This is my main account for contributing to Wikimedia projects. From March-July 2021, I contracted with the Wikimedia Foundation, researching the impact of Suggested Edits on Commons. My WMF account is User:Rhododendrites (WMF), which is now inactive. Edits I make through this account are strictly as a volunteer.
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Image 1Huge flock of gulls just after they were spooked by something during a horseshoe crab feeding frenzy in Cape May, New Jersey
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Image 2Northern flicker looking out from its nest in the Central Park North Woods
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Image 3A rescued American kestrel that couldn't be released so is now serving as an "ambassador" bird
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Image 4Male black-throated green warbler in Prospect Park
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Image 5Lesser yellowlegs at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 6Baltimore oriole (immature/female) in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 7Female hooded merganser resting on the Central Park Reservoir
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Image 8Gray catbird with a chokeberry in Prospect Park
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Image 9A rescued Eurasian eagle-owl
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Image 10Scarlet tanager eating a berry in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 11Immature cooper's hawk in Prospect Park
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Image 12Green heron in Prospect Park
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Image 13Song sparrow on Lookout Hill in Prospect Park
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Image 14Northern rough-winged swallows in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 15Field sparrow in Central Park
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Image 16Black-and-white warbler in Prospect Park
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Image 17Ovenbird in Prospect Park
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Image 18Male northern cardinal in Central Park
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Image 19Blue jay fledgling calling for its parent in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 20Ring-billed gull in Red Hook, Brooklyn
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Image 21Western gull sitting on a boat in San Francisco Bay
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Image 22Immature mute swan in Prospect Park
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Image 23Juvenile American robin
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Image 24Female brown-headed cowbird chattering in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 25Brown thrasher (snow-nosed variety) in Central Park
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Image 26Gray catbird watching a hawk fly overhead in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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Image 27Wood duck drake vocalizing in Central Park
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Image 28Tufted titmouse floofed up in Central Park
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Image 29White ibis in Ocean City, New Jersey (I kind of prefer the uncropped version)
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Image 30Ring-billed gull in flight over Red Hook, Brooklyn
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Image 31Northern cardinal female in Central Park
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Image 32Piping plover in Queens
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Image 33Male northern shoveler in Marine Park, Brooklyn
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Image 34House finch with a sunflower seed at a feeder in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 35Anna's hummingbird in Pacifica, California
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Image 36Red-necked phalarope at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 37White-throated sparrow in Prospect Park
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Image 38European starling in Central Park
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Image 39Juvenile yellow-bellied sapsucker in Prospect Park
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Image 40Blue jay in Prospect Park
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Image 41Purple martin in flight in Cape May, New Jersey
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Image 42Cape May warbler in Prospect Park
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Image 43Cedar waxwing in pokeweed in Prospect Park
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Image 44Short-billed dowitcher in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge East Pond
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Image 45Tree swallow on a nest box in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 46European starlings on a birdhouse on Staten Island
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Image 47Blackpoll warbler in a flowering dogwood tree in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 48Three ring-billed gulls in Red Hook
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Image 49Marsh wren singing at Hammonasset Beach State Park
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Image 50Redhead in Central Park
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Image 51Ring-billed gull in a rainbow over Niagara Falls
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Image 52White-breasted nuthatch doing its nuthatchy pose in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 53Yellow-bellied sapsucker in Central Park
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Image 54Red-tailed hawk yearbook photo, class of 2022, Central Park
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Image 55Chipping sparrow on a grave in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 56Rehabilitated eastern screech owl
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Image 57Mute swan and cygnets on a duckweed-covered pond
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Image 58Common grackle showing off its iridescence in Central Park
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Image 59Lesser yellowlegs wading at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 60Ruby-crowned kinglet in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 61Ring-billed gull preening/bathing in Marine Park
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Image 62Downy woodpecker with a leaf on its nose in Prospect Park
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Image 63American tree sparrow in Central Park
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Image 64Downy woodpecker foraging in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 65American coot in Prospect Park
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Image 66Semipalmated sandpiper at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 67Great blue heron in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 68House wren
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Image 69American robin making a dog whistle-like alarm call in Prospect Park
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Image 70Gray catbird in Central Park
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Image 71Ospreys in a nest on Sandy Hook, New Jersey
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Image 72Red-tailed hawk rescue
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Image 73Fish crow cawing in Red Hook, Brooklyn
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Image 74Great blue heron on frozen pond in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 75Canada goose gosling in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 76Palm warbler in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 77Mourning dove perched in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
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Image 78Marsh wren singing at Hammonasset Beach State Park
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Image 79Northern mockingbird on a fence in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
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Image 80Cedar waxwing in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 81Black-capped chickadee at a feeder in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 82Eastern wood pewee in Central Park
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Image 83House sparrows in Central Park
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Image 84Northern shoveler pair "shoveling" together in Marine Park, Brooklyn
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Image 85Piping plover chick in Queens
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Image 86American oystercatcher family portrait on Fort Tilden beach
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Image 87Winter wren in Prospect Park
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Image 88Female northern cardinal in Central Park
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Image 89First winter laughing gull in Riverhead, New York
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Image 90White-breasted nuthatch on a suet feeder in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 91Pine siskin in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 92Bay-breasted warbler in Central Park
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Image 93Veery in the Central Park Ramble
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Image 94Gray catbird in Prospect Park
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Image 95Male yellow-rumped warbler singing in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 96Great egret stabbing the water in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 97Killdeer at the South Cape May Meadows
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Image 98Mute swan cygnet pontoon on a duckweed-covered pond
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Image 99Northern waterthrush in Central Park
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Image 100Tufted titmouse with a seed in Prospect Park
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Image 101Close-up of a white-throated sparrow in Central Park
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Image 102Snowy egret in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 103Western tanager which popped up in NYC, far from its usual range
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Image 104Great black-backed gull in Quogue, NY
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Image 105Immature herring gull manipulating a clam in Marine Park, Brooklyn
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Image 106Male house sparrow in Prospect Park
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Image 107Northern mockingbird in a "tail up" display in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 108Juvenile Forster's tern calling for its parent in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 109Great blue heron lurching its head back to swallow a brown watersnake in Green Cay Wetlands
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Image 110American robin
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Image 111Golden-crowned kinglet
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Image 1Maroon Bells
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Image 2Defunct Chestnut Hill Pumping Station in Boston
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Image 3Burberry rainbow cape at the Camp: Notes on Fashion exhibition
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Image 4Lower Manhattan panorama
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Image 5Razor clamshell dress from spring/summer 2001, in the Sleeping Beauties exhibition at The Met
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Image 6Quarry in Makhtesh Ramon
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Image 7The Dyker Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn is known for lots of elaborate Christmas lights, earning the nickname "Dyker Lights"
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Image 8Memorial to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting, taken just after Stonewall Inn was designated part of a National Monument
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Image 9Monarch butterfly
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Image 10Coney Island Mermaid Parade (no, this is not a picture of Rhododendrites)
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Image 11Moss-covered oak trees in the Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
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Image 12One World Trade Center through the Oculus
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Image 13Crocuses in early spring.
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Image 14Triq San Patrizju facing the Basilica Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Valletta, Malta
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Image 15Northern elephant seals in Ano Nuevo, California
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Image 16Abandoned building in Floyd Bennett Field
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Image 17Oculus
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Image 18Glass blower. This was moments before he accidentally dropped it. Heartbreaking (and vasebreaking). Talented folks here, though, and I actually went back a while later and took a class. Got a piece of lit up frozen spaghetti to prove it.
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Image 19Pier 66 and Hudson Yards
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Image 20Manhattan at night, looking north from Rockefeller Center
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Image 21Pond sliders in Prospect Park
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Image 22Quogue Village Wetlands Preserve
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Image 23Panorama of the Apennine Colossus in Tuscany
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Image 24Algal mat in Marine Park, Brooklyn
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Image 25Bow Bridge in Central Park (panorama)
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Image 26Sukkah at Congregation Emanu-El of New York
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Image 27Familiar bluet in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 28Bee balm seedhead
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Image 29The Seaside Sanatorium in Connecticut
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Image 30Monarch butterfly
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Image 31Condenser at the defunct Chestnut Hill Pumping Station
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Image 32Lincoln Center during Pride at dusk
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Image 33Toronto Reference Library interior from the top floor
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Image 34Eastern chipmunk with stuffed cheeks in Prospect Park
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Image 35Jun Takahashi dress for Undercover in the Sleeping Beauties exhibition at the Met
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Image 36Ship in the San Francisco Bay fog. Got lucky with the dramatic fog on this one, which opened up just enough to frame the ship in light.
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Image 37Alexander Hamilton Custom House Collector's Room ceiling. Had to be a bit obnoxious to get this one, setting up a little tripod in the center of a crowded room and actually getting down on the floor to frame it. Who doesn't like a nice ornate ceiling with a nautical theme, though?
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Image 38White (leucistic) eastern gray squirrel with a peanut
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Image 39Maroon Bells. Easily one of the most awe-inspiring natural scenes I've experienced.
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Image 40Panorama of the once-active waterfront of Sunset Park, Brooklyn
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Image 41Chinese mantis ootheca in Marine Park, Brooklyn
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Image 42TWA Hotel
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Image 43Male elephant seal resting between fights in Ano Nuevo
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Image 44Eastern gray squirrel in Central Park
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Image 45Rooftop farm on the Lower East Side
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Image 46A mural of patients in the long-defunct Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital
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Image 47Juvenile Nubian ibex on a wall at the edge of Makhtesh Ramon
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Image 48Salix catkins
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Image 49Open Ocean exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium
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Image 50An island (with ospreys) in Trustom Pond in the fog
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Image 51Optical illusion on the floor of the Florence Cathedral
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Image 52Hell Gate Bridge
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Image 53Sunset sky over Governors Island, NYC (panorama)
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Image 54California sea lion in La Jolla. My first experience seeing wild sea lions in person. It was ... loud. This one just looked downright majestic in the sun.
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Image 55Prospect Park Vale of Cashmere covered in lesser celandine, with a leucistic white squirrel in the distance
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Image 56Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco (18-frame panorama)
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Image 57Wonder Wheel sign on Coney Island
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Image 58Rice paper butterfly with light shining through in Butterfly World, Florida
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Image 59Florence seen from the Duomo terrace
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Image 60Green iguana panorama in Palm Beach County
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Image 61Two juvenile Nubian ibex
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Image 62Ash tree behind a columbarium in Mount Auburn Cemetery
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Image 63Window in a cafe in San Gimignano, Italy
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Image 64Great golden digger wasp in Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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Image 65Coney Island Mermaid Parade
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Image 66White (leucistic) eastern gray squirrel perched on a tree in Brooklyn
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Image 67Pond sliders (red and yellow) and a river cooter fighting for basking space
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Image 68A mural of patients in the long-defunct Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital
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Image 69Male tiger swallowtail butterfly in Central Park (missing its tails)
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Image 70Waldemarsviken in Stockholm
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Image 71Frizzle sizzle
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Image 72Group photo of four pears
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Image 73Coleus
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Image 74Stata Center at MIT
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Image 75Bluebells in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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Image 76Fulton Center skylight
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Image 77Composite of a clementine with/without peel
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Image 78Male eastern amberwing dragonfly in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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Image 79Raccoon in Central Park
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Image 80Bigfin reef squid at Monterey Bay Aquarium
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Image 81Comme des Garcons at the Met
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Image 82A [pretty dodgy] bridge along a cliff path at the edge of Makhtesh Ramon
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Image 83American lady butterfly on a purple coneflower
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Image 84Boston Public Garden
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Image 85Eldridge Street Synagogue
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Image 86Black Lives Matter mural in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
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Image 87Cattlianthe Gold Digger ‘Orglade's Mandarin’ orchid
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Image 88Crook Point Bascule Bridge in Providence. It's been stuck in the open position for 50 years. A local landmark, but slated for destruction soon.
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Image 89Hudson Yards in New York, taken from the top of Hudson Commons (9-frame panorama)
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Image 90Saint Christopher Street in Valletta
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Image 91City Hall Station in Manhattan, abandoned since 1945 because it looked cool but didn't
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Image 92Hell Gate Bridge, with a scow being towed along the Hell Gate section of the East River
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Image 93Abandoned car in Marine Park, Brooklyn
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Image 94Sarracenia leucophylla
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Image 95Makhtesh Ramon
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Image 96Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge East Pond
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Image 97Sasheer Zamata at a Time's Up event during the Tribeca Film Festival
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Image 98Daubeny's water lily
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Image 99Redbeckia occidentalis
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Image 100Magnolia x veitchii bud
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Image 101California sea lion nap time at La Jolla Cove
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