Wikimore

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.

Rhododendrites

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Featured Pictures - the birds
Image 1Northern shoveler pair "shoveling" together in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 2Juvenile eastern kingbird
Image 3Red-tailed hawk rescue
Image 4Pine warbler in Brooklyn, NYC
Image 5Veery in the Central Park Ramble
Image 6Glossy ibis in Queens, NYC
Image 7Black-capped chickadee eating seeds in Central Park
Image 8Dark-eyed junco at Bush Terminal Park
Image 9Scarlet tanager eating a berry in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 10Gray catbird in Central Park
Image 11House finch with a sunflower seed at a feeder in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 12Blackpoll warbler in a flowering dogwood tree in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 13House sparrows in Central Park
Image 14Downy woodpecker with a leaf on its nose in Prospect Park
Image 15Gray catbird with a chokeberry in Prospect Park
Image 16Tufted titmouse with a seed in Prospect Park
Image 17Apricot Mandarin duckling in Royal Lazienki Park
Image 18Common grackle in Prospect Park
Image 19Semipalmated plover in Queens, NYC
Image 20Semipalmated sandpiper at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 21Mourning dove perched in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Image 22Golden-crowned kinglet
Image 23Lesser yellowlegs at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 24White-breasted nuthatch on a suet feeder in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 25Snowy egret in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 26Blue jay in Prospect Park
Image 27Brown thrasher (snow-nosed variety) in Central Park
Image 28Common grackle showing off its iridescence in Central Park
Image 29Western kingbird at Bush Terminal Piers Park
Image 30First-winter American herring gull, Brooklyn
Image 31Male northern flicker in Manhattan, NYC
Image 32Northern waterthrush in Central Park
Image 33Male northern shoveler in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 34Black-capped chickadee at a feeder in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 35Lesser yellowlegs in Queens, NYC
Image 36Male house sparrow in Prospect Park
Image 37Pine siskin in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 38Rehabilitated eastern screech owl
Image 39Juvenile yellow-bellied sapsucker in Prospect Park
Image 40American goldfinch in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 41Marsh wren singing at Hammonasset Beach State Park
Image 42Golden-crowned kinglet at a banding station
Image 43Palm warbler perched in Prospect Park
Image 44Bay-breasted warbler in Central Park
Image 45Eastern kingbird
Image 46Eastern wood pewee in Central Park
Image 47Brown creeper about to be released at a bird banding station in the United States
Image 48Male brown-headed cowbird in Prospect Park
Image 49Tufted titmouse perched in Central Park
Image 50Downy woodpecker foraging in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 51Northern flicker looking out from its nest in the Central Park North Woods
Image 52Female American redstart in Brooklyn, NYC
Image 53Great black-backed gull in Quogue, NY
Image 54Close-up of a white-throated sparrow in Central Park
Image 55Anna's hummingbird in Pacifica, California
Image 56Pine warbler perched in Prospect Park
Image 57Western kingbird at Bush Terminal Park
Image 58Female northern cardinal in Central Park
Image 59Northern mockingbird on a fence in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Image 60Cape May warbler in Prospect Park
Image 61Piping plover chick in Queens
Image 62Green heron in Prospect Park
Image 63Female hooded merganser resting on the Central Park Reservoir
Image 64Great blue heron in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 65Winter wren in Prospect Park
Image 66European starlings on a birdhouse on Staten Island
Image 67Great blue heron on frozen pond in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 68Wood duck drake vocalizing in Central Park
Image 69Red-tailed hawk, fearsome predator
Image 70Mute swan and cygnets on a duckweed-covered pond
Image 71Ring-billed gull in a rainbow over Niagara Falls
Image 72Killdeer at the South Cape May Meadows
Image 73Great egret stabbing the water in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 74Tufted titmouse floofed up in Central Park
Image 75Black-crowned night heron in Prospect Park
Image 76Ring-billed gull in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Image 77Female Blackburnian warbler in Brooklyn, NYC
Image 78Baltimore oriole (immature/female) in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 79Female brown-headed cowbird chattering in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 80Western tanager which popped up in NYC, far from its usual range
Image 81Great kiskadee in La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Image 82Northern mockingbird in a "tail up" display in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 83Snowy egret
Image 84American oystercatcher family portrait on Fort Tilden beach
Image 85Immature mute swan in Prospect Park
Image 86Northern rough-winged swallows in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 87Yellow-bellied sapsucker in Central Park
Image 88Gray catbird watching a hawk fly overhead in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 89Song sparrow on Lookout Hill in Prospect Park
Image 90Marsh wren singing at Hammonasset Beach State Park
Image 91Ovenbird in Prospect Park
Image 92Warbling vireo singing in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 93First winter laughing gull in Riverhead, New York
Image 94Juvenile yellow-crowned night heron at Plumb Beach
Image 95American robin
Image 96Least sandpiper in breeding plumage in Queens, NYC
Image 97Three ring-billed gulls in Red Hook
Image 98Redhead in Central Park
Image 99Ring-billed gull coming in for an unwelcome landing
Image 100American coot in Prospect Park
Image 101American woodcock in Bryant Park
Image 102European starling in Central Park
Image 103Immature cooper's hawk in Prospect Park
Image 104Blue-gray tanager in La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Image 105American avocet
Image 106Cedar waxwing in pokeweed in Prospect Park
Image 107A rescued Eurasian eagle-owl
Image 108Fish crow cawing in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Image 109Ruby-crowned kinglet in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 110House sparrow mother with chicks
Image 111American robin making a dog whistle-like alarm call in Prospect Park
Image 112White ibis in Ocean City, New Jersey (I kind of prefer the uncropped version)
Image 113Red-tailed hawk yearbook photo, class of 2022, Central Park
Image 114Lesser yellowlegs wading at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 115Western gull sitting on a boat in San Francisco Bay
Image 116Mute swan cygnet pontoon on a duckweed-covered pond
Image 117Juvenile American robin
Image 118Yellow warbler in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 119House wren doing its best eel impression guarding its nestbox.
Image 120Tree swallow on a nest box in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 121Semipalmated sandpiper vocalizing in Queens, NYC
Image 122Female wood duck
Image 123Field sparrow in Central Park
Image 124Piping plover in Queens
Image 125Immature herring gull manipulating a clam in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 126Huge flock of gulls just after they were spooked by something during a horseshoe crab feeding frenzy in Cape May, New Jersey
Image 127Broad-billed motmot at the Arenal Observatory
Image 128Northern cardinal female in Central Park
Image 129Blue jay fledgling calling for its parent in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 130Canada goose gosling in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 131Red-necked phalarope at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 132Cedar waxwing in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 133Hermit thrush at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Image 134Ospreys in a nest on Sandy Hook, New Jersey
Image 135A rescued American kestrel that couldn't be released so is now serving as an "ambassador" bird
Image 136Juvenile Forster's tern calling for its parent in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 137White-breasted nuthatch doing its nuthatchy pose in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 138White-throated sparrow in Prospect Park
Image 139American avocet fishing in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 140Short-billed dowitcher in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge East Pond
Image 141Gray catbird in Prospect Park
Image 142Ring-billed gull preening/bathing in Marine Park
Image 143Lincoln's sparrow in Brooklyn, NYC
Image 144Male yellow-rumped warbler singing in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 145Mandarin duck drake in eclipse plumage in Royal Lazienki Park
Image 146American tree sparrow in Central Park
Image 147Dark-eyed junco in Brooklyn
Image 148Rufous motmot, Costa Rica
Image 149Palm warbler in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 150Palm warbler in a meadow in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 151Great blue heron lurching its head back to swallow a brown watersnake in Green Cay Wetlands
Image 152Eastern wood pewee in Prospect Park
Image 153Purple martin in flight in Cape May, New Jersey
Image 154Male northern cardinal in Central Park
Image 155Chipping sparrow on a grave in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 156Male black-throated green warbler in Prospect Park
Image 157Tropical kingbird in the rain by Lake Arenal
Image 158Ring-billed gull in flight over Red Hook, Brooklyn
Image 159Black-and-white warbler in Prospect Park
 
Featured Pictures - everything else
Image 1Makhtesh Ramon
Image 2TWA Hotel
Image 3Chinese mantis ootheca in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 4Proboscis bats in Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Image 5Pipevine swallowtail
Image 6Abandoned van by Gerritsen Creek
Image 7Sasheer Zamata at a Time's Up event during the Tribeca Film Festival
Image 8Fulton Center skylight
Image 9Large milkweed bug
Image 10A mural of patients in the long-defunct Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital
Image 11Bee balm seedhead
Image 12Bow Bridge in Central Park (panorama)
Image 13Condenser at the defunct Chestnut Hill Pumping Station
Image 14Open Ocean exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium
Image 15Great golden digger wasp in Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 16Glass 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.
Image 17Red squirrel in Lazienki Park
Image 18Orchard orbweaver
Image 19Abandoned car in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 20Daubeny's water lily
Image 21Comme des Garcons at the Met
Image 22Quogue Village Wetlands Preserve
Image 23Lincoln Center during Pride at dusk
Image 24Panorama of the Apennine Colossus in Tuscany
Image 25Bigfin reef squid at Monterey Bay Aquarium
Image 26Cattlianthe Gold Digger ‘Orglade's Mandarin’ orchid
Image 27Sunset sky over Governors Island, NYC (panorama)
Image 28Male zabulon skipper in Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 29Rice paper butterfly with light shining through in Butterfly World, Florida
Image 30The Seaside Sanatorium in Connecticut
Image 31Eastern amberwing
Image 32Alexander 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?
Image 33Oculus
Image 34Moschino fall 2014 ready-to-wear ensemble in the Camp: Notes on Fashion exhibit at the Met
Image 35Baird's tapir mother with baby in Costa Rica
Image 36Meadow in the morning in the Great Smoky Mountains (with namesake smoke)
Image 37Northern elephant seals in Ano Nuevo, California
Image 38Monarch butterfly caterpillar on butterfly weed
Image 39Eastern cicada killer perched on a black-eyed susan
Image 40Fork-tailed bush katydid close-up in Walland, Tennessee
Image 41Arenal volcano
Image 42Coney Island Mermaid Parade (no, this is not a picture of Rhododendrites)
Image 43Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge East Pond
Image 44Coney Island Mermaid Parade
Image 45The Dyker Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn is known for lots of elaborate Christmas lights, earning the nickname "Dyker Lights"
Image 46Boston Public Garden
Image 47Quarry in Makhtesh Ramon
Image 48Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Met
Image 49Eastern gray squirrel in Central Park
Image 50Wonder Wheel sign on Coney Island
Image 51Red-legged grasshopper feeding on a flower in Tennessee
Image 52Magnolia x veitchii bud
Image 53Pier 66 and Hudson Yards
Image 54Triq San Patrizju facing the Basilica Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Valletta, Malta
Image 55Eastern cottontail portrait in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 56Window in a cafe in San Gimignano, Italy
Image 57Bluebells in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 58Nine-banded armadillo in Costa Rica
Image 59Female eastern amberwing
Image 60Panorama of the once-active waterfront of Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Image 61Small milkweed bug in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 62Group photo of four pears
Image 63White (leucistic) eastern gray squirrel perched on a tree in Brooklyn
Image 64Moss-covered oak trees in the Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
Image 65Manhattan at night, looking north from Rockefeller Center
Image 66Burberry rainbow cape at the Camp: Notes on Fashion exhibition
Image 67Rooftop farm on the Lower East Side
Image 68Male eastern amberwing dragonfly in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 69Pond sliders in Prospect Park
Image 70Tiger bee fly
Image 71An island (with ospreys) in Trustom Pond in the fog
Image 72Eldridge Street Synagogue
Image 73Green iguana panorama in Palm Beach County
Image 74Pond sliders (red and yellow) and a river cooter fighting for basking space
Image 75Maroon Bells. Easily one of the most awe-inspiring natural scenes I've experienced.
Image 76Saint Christopher Street in Valletta
Image 77Coleus
Image 78White (leucistic) eastern gray squirrel with a peanut
Image 79Juvenile Nubian ibex on a wall at the edge of Makhtesh Ramon
Image 80Monarch butterfly
Image 81Hell Gate Bridge, with a scow being towed along the Hell Gate section of the East River
Image 82Maroon Bells
Image 83Composite of a clementine with/without peel
Image 84Razor clamshell dress from spring/summer 2001, in the Sleeping Beauties exhibition at The Met
Image 85Northern dog-day cicaca exuvia on a flower in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 86Staszic Palace, Warsaw
Image 87Waldemarsviken in Stockholm
Image 88Northern flatid planthopper nymph
Image 89Stata Center at MIT
Image 90Jun Takahashi dress for Undercover in the Sleeping Beauties exhibition at the Met
Image 91Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Katowice
Image 92Lower Manhattan panorama
Image 93One World Trade Center through the Oculus
Image 94Two juvenile Nubian ibex
Image 95Male familiar bluet
Image 96Algal mat in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 97Castle Square, Warsaw
Image 98Optical illusion on the floor of the Florence Cathedral
Image 99Florence seen from the Duomo terrace
Image 100Sarracenia leucophylla
Image 101Hell Gate Bridge walking path on Randall's Island
Image 102Left by Gucci/Dapper Dan, 2018. Right by Louis Vuitton/Kim Jones, autumn/winter 2018-19, Camp: Notes on Fashion exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Image 103Red admiral butterfly on purple coneflower in Brooklyn Bridge Park
Image 104Female Huron sachem in Brooklyn, NYC
Image 105California sea lion nap time at La Jolla Cove
Image 106Ship 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.
Image 107A [pretty dodgy] bridge along a cliff path at the edge of Makhtesh Ramon
Image 108Clouded sulphur in Brooklyn, NYC
Image 109Pearl crescent on purple coneflower
Image 110Immature male blue dasher
Image 111Memorial to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting, taken just after Stonewall Inn was designated part of a National Monument
Image 112A mural of patients in the long-defunct Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital
Image 113Prospect Park Vale of Cashmere covered in lesser celandine, with a leucistic white squirrel in the distance
Image 114Defunct Chestnut Hill Pumping Station in Boston
Image 115Mantled howler monkey with baby in Costa Rica
Image 116Blue dasher with Arrenurus water mites in Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 117Strawberry poison dart frog in Costa Rica
Image 118Hudson Yards in New York, taken from the top of Hudson Commons (9-frame panorama)
Image 119Eastern chipmunk with stuffed cheeks in Prospect Park
Image 120Hell Gate Bridge
Image 121Ash tree behind a columbarium in Mount Auburn Cemetery
Image 122Sukkah at Congregation Emanu-El of New York
Image 123Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco (18-frame panorama)
Image 124Monarch butterfly
Image 125Male tiger swallowtail butterfly in Central Park (missing its tails)
Image 126American lady butterfly on a purple coneflower
Image 127Twice-stabbed stink bug on meadow anemone
Image 128Salix catkins
Image 129A cavapoo dog chasing a malipoo dog with a ball
Image 130Duomo Firenze terrace
Image 131Redbeckia occidentalis
Image 132Familiar bluet in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 133Crocuses in early spring.
Image 134California 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.
Image 135City Hall Station in Manhattan, abandoned since 1945 because it looked cool but didn't
Image 136Crook Point Bascule Bridge in Providence. It's been stuck in the open position for 50 years. A local landmark, but slated for destruction soon.
Image 137Male elephant seal resting between fights in Ano Nuevo
Image 138Common buckeye in Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis
Image 139Male monarch butterfly on Tithonia
Image 140Toronto Reference Library interior from the top floor
Image 141Abandoned building in Floyd Bennett Field
Image 142Frizzle sizzle
Image 143Black Lives Matter mural in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Image 144Raccoon in Central Park