Cactus Blossoms #3

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Pallas Cat

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Ring-tailed Lemur #2

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Peacock Portrait

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Mexican Redleg Tarantula

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Kaffir Lily

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Old Man   Black And White

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Cattleya Tigrina Orchid

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Bright Pink Tulips

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Ring-tailed Lemur #3

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Mischievous Meerkats

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Paper Kite Butterfly #3

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Autumn Leaf Butterfly Zoom

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Masai Giraffe

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Eurasian Eagle-owl

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Sumatran Tiger

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Stargazer #2

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Great Eggfly Butterfly

   Taken at the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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Lavender Water Lily #3

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Variegated Morning Glory

   Taken at the Allen County Extension Office on the IPFW campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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Asian Swallowtail Butterfly

   Taken at the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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Eye Of The Peacock #4

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The Birth Of Beauty

One of my favorite flowers to take pictures of.  Taken at the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory.

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Malachite Butterfly #4

   Taken at the Butterfly House in Whitehouse, Ohio.

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Black And White Mexican Wolf #4 TOC

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Old And Forgotten Black And White

   I was out in the country when I spotted this old car sitting along the highway.  It's a 1936 Hudson Terraplane Sedan.  The man who owned it was kind enough to allow me on his property to take pictures of it.  The next time I drove by a few years later it was gone.  I sure hope it was restored instead of being sent to the junk heap.

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Yellow-edged Giant Owl Butterfly #3

   Taken at the Butterfly House in Whitehouse, Ohio.

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Fluffy Tango Black And White TOC

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Phalaenopsis Orchids

   Taken at the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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Clematis Josephine

   This is one of my favorite Clematis.  When all the petals open in the middle, it looks like a pom-pom.  Taken at the Allen County Extension Office in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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Violet-spotted Charaxes Butterfly

   Taken at the Butterfly House in Whitehouse, Ohio.

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Red And Yellow Mums #2

   Taken at the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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Onyo #14

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Dark Blue Tiger Butterfly #2

   Taken at the Butterfly House in Whitehouse, Ohio.

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Cattleya Porcia

   Taken at the Rinard Orchid Greenhouse at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

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Onyo #23  Black And White  TOC

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Autumn Leaf Butterfly #2

   Taken at the Butterfly House in Whitehouse, Ohio.

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Bulbophyllum Makoyanum Orchid

   Taken at the Rinard Orchid Greenhouse at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

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Fowler's Toad

   One summer I had this cute toad hanging around in my front yard.  I would often find it on my front porch or on the stairs.  This one particular time it was darker than it normally was, which leads me to believe that it was getting ready to shed it's skin.  A lot of people don't know that toads shed their skin and it's quite an interesting process to watch.  They kind of hunch up in a ball and it looks like they are sweating.  Then the top layer of skin works loose and they use their hind feet to work the loose skin forward and it ends with them eating the shed skin.

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Bored #2  Black And White TOC

   I had decided to see how my lion photos looked in black and white.  Then I got the idea to leave the eyes in color.  I like how the eyes really peer out at you.  

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White Phalaenopsis Orchids

   The Phalaenopsis or Moth Orchid is one of the more commonly seen and sold orchid.  They come in a wide variety of colors and patterns.  They are also one of the easiest orchids to grow and if done right, will rewards you with several weeks of pretty blooms.

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Glare

   It never ceases to amaze me the expressions and emotions that I have captured of Onyo and Tango, my two favorite lions.  This one is of Onyo.

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Blue-spotted Charaxes Butterfly #3

   Taken at the Butterfly House in Whitehouse, Ohio.

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Red And Yellow Bearded Iris

   Taken at Foster Park in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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Hanging On #2

   A beautiful Paper Kite Butterfly hanging onto the petal of a Hibiscus flower.  Taken at the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory during their butterfly display.

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Bumblebee On Pink Sedum #2

   You go to the zoo to take pictures of animals, but sometimes smaller things catch your eye.  Like this bumblebee on the pink sedum.

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Okapi

The Okapi is certainly an unusual looking animal.  Most people when they first see it, think it's related to zebra because of the white stripes.  Then they are really surprised to find out it is the only animal related to the giraffe!  Sometimes called the Forest Giraffe, it lives in rainforests in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  The Okapi is listed as Endangered and because it is so elusive, it's hard to tell how many are still in the wild.  They estimate it at 25,000.  They are becoming more popular in zoos as they work to save the Okapi from going extinct.

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Annual Cicada #5

  To me it wouldn't be summer without the sounds of Cicada. Some people find them annoying especially in those areas where the Periodical Cicadas come out in the millions.  But, I can't imagine going a summer without them and feel lucky when I can find one emerging.  Usually they don't come out until after dark and climb up a tree to emerge.  But sometimes you get lucky like this time where I found it in the final stages of emerging early in the morning.

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Beard Of The Iris

   This is another shot I took when we were using the studio lights.  After I took it, it made me think just how much it looked like a nudibranchs or sea slug or maybe some kind of caterpillar.  It does look like something is crawling along there.

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Eye Of The Peacock #6

   When my daughter was going to the School Of Creative Arts at the University of Saint Francis, one of the classes she had to take was a lighting class.  Her Dad has studio lights so he brought them over and on the weekends we would buy flowers from the florist and take pictures of them.  One time we decided to do something a little different and got some peacock feathers.  This is one of the macro shots that I took.

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