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.
Featured Pictures - the birds
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Image 1Common grackle showing off its iridescence in Central Park
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Image 2American avocet
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Image 3Ring-billed gull in a rainbow over Niagara Falls
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Image 4Mandarin duck drake in eclipse plumage in Royal Lazienki Park
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Image 5Piping plover in Queens
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Image 6Male northern shoveler in Marine Park, Brooklyn
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Image 7Male house sparrow in Prospect Park
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Image 8Pine siskin in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 9White-breasted nuthatch on a suet feeder in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 10Juvenile American robin
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Image 11Gray catbird in Central Park
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Image 12Huge 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 13Blue jay in Prospect Park
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Image 14American tree sparrow in Central Park
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Image 15Mute swan and cygnets on a duckweed-covered pond
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Image 16Cape May warbler in Prospect Park
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Image 17Ruby-crowned kinglet in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 18Female northern cardinal in Central Park
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Image 19Female wood duck
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Image 20Blackpoll warbler in a flowering dogwood tree in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 21Ovenbird in Prospect Park
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Image 22Eastern wood pewee in Central Park
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Image 23Canada goose gosling in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 24Blue jay fledgling calling for its parent in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 25Red-tailed hawk, fearsome predator
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Image 26European starling in Central Park
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Image 27Redhead in Central Park
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Image 28Bay-breasted warbler in Central Park
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Image 29Killdeer at the South Cape May Meadows
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Image 30Red-tailed hawk rescue
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Image 31Tree swallow on a nest box in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 32Male yellow-rumped warbler singing in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 33Veery in the Central Park Ramble
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Image 34Gray catbird with a chokeberry in Prospect Park
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Image 35Cedar waxwing in pokeweed in Prospect Park
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Image 36Cedar waxwing in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 37Marsh wren singing at Hammonasset Beach State Park
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Image 38Juvenile Forster's tern calling for its parent in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 39Black-and-white warbler in Prospect Park
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Image 40Female brown-headed cowbird chattering in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 41Northern flicker looking out from its nest in the Central Park North Woods
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Image 42European starlings on a birdhouse on Staten Island
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Image 43Lesser yellowlegs at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 44Chipping sparrow on a grave in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 45Field sparrow in Central Park
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Image 46Great egret stabbing the water in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 47Purple martin in flight in Cape May, New Jersey
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Image 48American robin
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Image 49Tufted titmouse floofed up in Central Park
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Image 50A rescued Eurasian eagle-owl
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Image 51First winter laughing gull in Riverhead, New York
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Image 52Mourning dove perched in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
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Image 53Rehabilitated eastern screech owl
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Image 54Juvenile yellow-bellied sapsucker in Prospect Park
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Image 55Winter wren in Prospect Park
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Image 56Black-capped chickadee at a feeder in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 57Close-up of a white-throated sparrow in Central Park
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Image 58White-breasted nuthatch doing its nuthatchy pose in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 59Lesser yellowlegs wading at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 60American robin making a dog whistle-like alarm call in Prospect Park
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Image 61American oystercatcher family portrait on Fort Tilden beach
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Image 62Wood duck drake vocalizing in Central Park
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Image 63Northern mockingbird in a "tail up" display in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 64Semipalmated sandpiper at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 65American coot in Prospect Park
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Image 66House sparrows in Central Park
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Image 67Ring-billed gull in flight over Red Hook, Brooklyn
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Image 68Three ring-billed gulls in Red Hook
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Image 69Song sparrow on Lookout Hill in Prospect Park
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Image 70Snowy egret
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Image 71Great black-backed gull in Quogue, NY
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Image 72Great blue heron in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 73Red-tailed hawk yearbook photo, class of 2022, Central Park
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Image 74Great blue heron lurching its head back to swallow a brown watersnake in Green Cay Wetlands
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Image 75Tufted titmouse with a seed in Prospect Park
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Image 76Great blue heron on frozen pond in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 77Yellow-bellied sapsucker in Central Park
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Image 78Palm warbler in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 79Immature herring gull manipulating a clam in Marine Park, Brooklyn
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Image 80Immature mute swan in Prospect Park
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Image 81White ibis in Ocean City, New Jersey (I kind of prefer the uncropped version)
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Image 82Male black-throated green warbler in Prospect Park
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Image 83Northern waterthrush in Central Park
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Image 84Male northern cardinal in Central Park
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Image 85Northern shoveler pair "shoveling" together in Marine Park, Brooklyn
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Image 86House finch with a sunflower seed at a feeder in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 87Snowy egret in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 88Ring-billed gull preening/bathing in Marine Park
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Image 89Red-necked phalarope at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 90House wren
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Image 91Ring-billed gull in Red Hook, Brooklyn
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Image 92Downy woodpecker foraging in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 93Ospreys in a nest on Sandy Hook, New Jersey
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Image 94Northern cardinal female in Central Park
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Image 95Brown thrasher (snow-nosed variety) in Central Park
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Image 96Gray catbird in Prospect Park
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Image 97Anna's hummingbird in Pacifica, California
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Image 98Downy woodpecker with a leaf on its nose in Prospect Park
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Image 99Northern mockingbird on a fence in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
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Image 100Green heron in Prospect Park
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Image 101Marsh wren singing at Hammonasset Beach State Park
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Image 102Northern rough-winged swallows in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 103Western gull sitting on a boat in San Francisco Bay
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Image 104Western tanager which popped up in NYC, far from its usual range
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Image 105Scarlet tanager eating a berry in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 106A rescued American kestrel that couldn't be released so is now serving as an "ambassador" bird
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Image 107Immature cooper's hawk in Prospect Park
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Image 108Female hooded merganser resting on the Central Park Reservoir
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Image 109Short-billed dowitcher in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge East Pond
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Image 110Gray catbird watching a hawk fly overhead in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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Image 111Fish crow cawing in Red Hook, Brooklyn
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Image 112White-throated sparrow in Prospect Park
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Image 113Golden-crowned kinglet
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Image 114Piping plover chick in Queens
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Image 115Baltimore oriole (immature/female) in Green-Wood Cemetery
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Image 116Mute swan cygnet pontoon on a duckweed-covered pond
Featured Pictures - everything else
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Image 1Sunset sky over Governors Island, NYC (panorama)
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Image 2Black Lives Matter mural in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
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Image 3Defunct Chestnut Hill Pumping Station in Boston
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Image 4Moss-covered oak trees in the Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
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Image 5An island (with ospreys) in Trustom Pond in the fog
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Image 6Triq San Patrizju facing the Basilica Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Valletta, Malta
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Image 7Two juvenile Nubian ibex
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Image 8Salix catkins
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Image 9Panorama of the once-active waterfront of Sunset Park, Brooklyn
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Image 10White (leucistic) eastern gray squirrel perched on a tree in Brooklyn
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Image 11Pond sliders in Prospect Park
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Image 12Redbeckia occidentalis
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Image 13Memorial 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 14Wonder Wheel sign on Coney Island
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Image 15Hell Gate Bridge, with a scow being towed along the Hell Gate section of the East River
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Image 16Maroon Bells. Easily one of the most awe-inspiring natural scenes I've experienced.
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Image 17Raccoon in Central Park
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Image 18Northern elephant seals in Ano Nuevo, California
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Image 19Abandoned car in Marine Park, Brooklyn
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Image 20California sea lion nap time at La Jolla Cove
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Image 21Eastern amberwing
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Image 22Lower Manhattan panorama
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Image 23Waldemarsviken in Stockholm
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Image 24Male eastern amberwing dragonfly in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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Image 25Hudson Yards in New York, taken from the top of Hudson Commons (9-frame panorama)
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Image 26Quarry in Makhtesh Ramon
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Image 27Familiar bluet in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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Image 28Boston Public Garden
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Image 29Fulton Center skylight
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Image 30California 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 31Pond sliders (red and yellow) and a river cooter fighting for basking space
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Image 32Comme des Garcons at the Met
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Image 33Bluebells in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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Image 34Red squirrel in Lazienki Park
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Image 35Stata Center at MIT
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Image 36Rooftop farm on the Lower East Side
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Image 37Cattlianthe Gold Digger ‘Orglade's Mandarin’ orchid
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Image 38Hell Gate Bridge
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Image 39Monarch butterfly
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Image 40The Dyker Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn is known for lots of elaborate Christmas lights, earning the nickname "Dyker Lights"
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Image 41Daubeny's water lily
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Image 42Manhattan at night, looking north from Rockefeller Center
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Image 43American lady butterfly on a purple coneflower
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Image 44Toronto Reference Library interior from the top floor
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Image 45A mural of patients in the long-defunct Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital
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Image 46Saint Christopher Street in Valletta
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Image 47City Hall Station in Manhattan, abandoned since 1945 because it looked cool but didn't
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Image 48Sarracenia leucophylla
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Image 49Coleus
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Image 50Male elephant seal resting between fights in Ano Nuevo
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Image 51Bigfin reef squid at Monterey Bay Aquarium
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Image 52Eastern cicada killer perched on a black-eyed susan
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Image 53Composite of a clementine with/without peel
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Image 54Pier 66 and Hudson Yards
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Image 55A mural of patients in the long-defunct Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital
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Image 56Sasheer Zamata at a Time's Up event during the Tribeca Film Festival
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Image 57A cavapoo dog chasing a malipoo dog with a ball
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Image 58A [pretty dodgy] bridge along a cliff path at the edge of Makhtesh Ramon
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Image 59The Seaside Sanatorium in Connecticut
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Image 60Eastern chipmunk with stuffed cheeks in Prospect Park
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Image 61Burberry rainbow cape at the Camp: Notes on Fashion exhibition
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Image 62Makhtesh Ramon
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Image 63Jun Takahashi dress for Undercover in the Sleeping Beauties exhibition at the Met
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Image 64Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge East Pond
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Image 65Male tiger swallowtail butterfly in Central Park (missing its tails)
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Image 66Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco (18-frame panorama)
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Image 67Ship 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 68Razor clamshell dress from spring/summer 2001, in the Sleeping Beauties exhibition at The Met
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Image 69Prospect Park Vale of Cashmere covered in lesser celandine, with a leucistic white squirrel in the distance
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Image 70Great golden digger wasp in Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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Image 71Algal mat in Marine Park, Brooklyn
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Image 72Monarch butterfly
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Image 73Chinese mantis ootheca in Marine Park, Brooklyn
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Image 74Eldridge Street Synagogue
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Image 75Bow Bridge in Central Park (panorama)
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Image 76Condenser at the defunct Chestnut Hill Pumping Station
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Image 77Panorama of the Apennine Colossus in Tuscany
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Image 78Lincoln Center during Pride at dusk
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Image 79Quogue Village Wetlands Preserve
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Image 80Magnolia x veitchii bud
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Image 81Alexander 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 82Crook 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 83Coney Island Mermaid Parade (no, this is not a picture of Rhododendrites)
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Image 84Bee balm seedhead
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Image 85Frizzle sizzle
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Image 86Monarch butterfly caterpillar on butterfly weed
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Image 87Florence seen from the Duomo terrace
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Image 88Glass 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 89Oculus
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Image 90Sukkah at Congregation Emanu-El of New York
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Image 91Rice paper butterfly with light shining through in Butterfly World, Florida
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Image 92Abandoned building in Floyd Bennett Field
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Image 93Green iguana panorama in Palm Beach County
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Image 94Optical illusion on the floor of the Florence Cathedral
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Image 95TWA Hotel
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Image 96Crocuses in early spring.
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Image 97One World Trade Center through the Oculus
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Image 98Window in a cafe in San Gimignano, Italy
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Image 99Open Ocean exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium
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Image 100Eastern gray squirrel in Central Park
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Image 101White (leucistic) eastern gray squirrel with a peanut
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Image 102Coney Island Mermaid Parade
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Image 103Group photo of four pears
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Image 104Immature male blue dasher
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Image 105Maroon Bells
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Image 106Juvenile Nubian ibex on a wall at the edge of Makhtesh Ramon
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Image 107Ash tree behind a columbarium in Mount Auburn Cemetery
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