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Hey Patrick, it looks like you've visited The Galapagos in 2022.
This remind me souvenirs...as I was there in... 1996.
If you're interested, just have a look here and, please be be kind to be indulgent.
At this historical times, I used films. So, what I present are scan from this old story.
Magical place where you can use a 12mm to take pictures of birds from below (I'm not sure that "from below" is the correct translation for "en contre-plongée").
;)
 
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This thread is amazing. Here are my favorite Eagle shots of 2022.
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I broke mine into favorite Eagles and "Other than Eagles". Here are my "Other than" favorites.
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Here are a handful from Botswana, Katmai and Kodiak, and Vancouver Island. Happy New Year to you all!

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African spoonbill, Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya

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Sheldrick's Elephant Orphanage, Nairobi, Kenya

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Vervet monkey, Amboseli National Park, Kenya
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Maasai giraffe, Naibosho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya

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Hippo, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

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White rhino, Nairobi National Park, Kenya


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African lion, Olare Motorola Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya
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Adult Tawny eagle, Olare Motorola Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya



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Hey Patrick, it looks like you've visited The Galapagos in 2022.
This remind me souvenirs...as I was there in... 1996.
If you're interested, just have a look here and, please be be kind to be indulgent.
At this historical times, I used films. So, what I present are scan from this old story.
Magical place where you can use a 12mm to take pictures of birds from below (I'm not sure that "from below" is the correct translation for "en contre-plongée).
;)
wow! Philippe, you got some amazing shots and those close ups are terrific!
 
my modest contribution :

dalmatian seal ;)

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African spoonbill, Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya

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Sheldrick's Elephant Orphanage, Nairobi, Kenya

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Vervet monkey, Amboseli National Park, Kenya
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Maasai giraffe, Naibosho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya

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Hippo, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

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White rhino, Nairobi National Park, Kenya


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African lion, Olare Motorola Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya
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Adult Tawny eagle, Olare Motorola Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya



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Great photographs John, love the lion shot.
 
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Pages and pages of stunning images from you folks...kind of intimidating. First post - here goes - some of my faves from the Galapagos in June.

Waved Albatross
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Galapagos Marine Iguana
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Swallow-tailed Gull
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Galapagos Fur Seal
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Short-eared Owl
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Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoise
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Red-footed Booby
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Great Frigatebird
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