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Wildlife portrait photographer from the UK. My web site sharp photography
There are five editions of my free magazine that offers photography tips and promotes Wikipedia & Commons. The Read online links take you to a flip book. I have also published a monograph on stamp collecting which is really, really exciting.
You can access downloadable pdf versions by visiting the Sharp Eye on wildlife photography page
Please feel free to use any of the wildlife photos that I have uploaded on Wikimedia Commons , most of which are used in Wikipedia articles, with attribution Charles J Sharp . Please remember that images uploaded before 2020 may not have been processed with the latest software. I can quickly re-process them for you.
Here are my own favourites , my Commons Featured pictures (282 from 38 countries), Quality images and Valued images
I have a Gallery of European butterflies and a Gallery of European dragonflies on Commons.
These animals were not photographed in zoos, safari parks, rescue centres, butterfly houses, in captivity or in a studio.
Most of the images are geocoded with very precise geocodes (six decimal places). Please do not take account of more than three decimal places.
Featured pictures on English Wikipedia
These featured pictures were taken in 34 countries:
Mammals
MeerkatsSuricata suricatta
Proboscis monkeyNasalis larvatus ♀
Proboscis monkey juvenileNasalis larvatus ♂
Olive baboon with juvenilePapio anubis ♀
Southern plains grey langurSemnopithecus dussumieri ♀
Rhesus macaqueMacaca mulatta ♂
Abyssinian black-and-white colobus Colobus guereza ♂
Ring-tailed lemurLemur catta ♂
JaguarPanthera onca palustris ♂
LionPanthera leo ♂
CheetahAcinonyx jubatus ♀
Cheetah cubAcinonyx jubatus
Spotted hyenaCrocuta crocuta
Bengal tigerPanthera tigris
Indian rhinocerosRhinoceros unicornis
South-western black rhinocerosDiceros bicornis occidentalis ♀
African buffaloSyncerus caffer ♂
Sable antelopeHippotragus niger ♂
Roan antelopeHippotragus equinus koba
GemsbokOryx gazella ♂
NilgaiBoselaphus tragocamelus ♂
Yellow-headed caracara on capybara Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris
Yellow-billed oxpeckersBuphagus africanus africanus
Ugandan kobsKobus kob thomasi ♀
TopiDamaliscus lunatus topi ♀
Rock hyraxProcavia capensis
Five-striped palm squirrelFunambulus pennantii
Common sealPhoca vitulina
Birds
Black-chested snake-eagle Circaetus pectoralis
Eastern chanting goshawkMelierax poliopterus
African fish eagleHaliaeetus vocifer
Common black-hawkButeogallus anthracinus
Savanna hawkButeogallus meridionalis
Roadside hawk immatureRupornis magnirostris
Steppe buzzardButeo buteo vulpinus
Turkey vultureCathartes aura
Vervain hummingbirdMellisuga minima
Scintillant hummingbirdSelasphorus scintilla feeding on Abutilon sp.
Snowy-bellied hummingbirdAmazilia edward
Sapphire-throated hummingbird Lepidopyga coeruleogularis ♂
Green-crowned brilliantHeliodoxa jacula henryi ♀
Talamanca hummingbirdEugenes spectabilis ♂
Red-billed streamertailTrochilus polytmus ♀
Violet sabrewingCampylopterus hemileucurus ♂
Bee hummingbirdMellisuga helenae immature ♂
Palestine sunbirdCinnyris osea ♂
Black-headed lapwingVanellus tectus
Spur-winged lapwingVanellus spinosus
Common kingfisherAlcedo atthis ispida ♀
Malachite kingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Pied kingfisherCeryle rudis ♂
Pied kingfisherCeryle rudis ♀
Giant kingfisherMegaceryle maxima ♀
Red-legged seriemaCariama cristata
Bare-faced curassowCrax fasciolata ♀
Swallow-tailed bee-eaterMerops hirundineus chrysolaimus
White-fronted bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
Little bee-eaterMerops pusillus argutus
Purple rollerCoracias naevius mosambicus
Indian rollerCoracias benghalensis
Lilac-breasted rollerCoracias caudatus
Red-and-green macaw Ara chloropterus
Rosy-faced lovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
Rosy-faced lovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
Rose-ringed parakeetPsittacula krameri borealis ♂
Cuban green woodpeckerXiphidiopicus percussus ♀
African emerald cuckooChrysococcyx cupreus ♂
Rufous-tailed flycatcherMyiarchus validus
Yellow-billed oxpeckersBuphagus africanus africanus
Tropical kingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Village weaverPloceus cucullatus cucullatus ♀
Black-headed weaverPloceus cucullatus bohndorffi ♂
European robinErithacus rubecula juvenile
Saffron finchSicalis flaveola ♂
Pied-winged swallowHirundo leucosoma
Southern rough-winged swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
Yellow-billed shrikeCorvinella corvina
Brown rock chatOenanthe fusca
Paddyfield pipitAnthus rufulus
Pied bushchatSaxicola caprata
StonechatSaxicola rubicola ♂
Bank mynaAcridotheres ginginianus
Cape glossy starlingLamprotornis nitens
Violet-backed starlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster ♂
Violet-backed starlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster ♀
Asian pied starlingsGracupica contra
Amber mountain rock thrush Monticola sharpei erythronotus ♂
Rufous-headed ground-rollerAtelornis crossleyi
Madagascar magpie-robinCopsychus albospecularis pica ♀
Common blackbirdTurdus merula mauretanicus ♀
Rufous-collared sparrowZonotrichia capensis
Yellow-billed cardinalParoaria capitata
Yellow-billed cardinalParoaria capitata juvenile
Rusty-margined flycatcherMyiozetetes cayanensis hellmayri
Black-bellied whistling ducksDendrocygna autumnalis
Black skimmerRynchops niger
River ternSterna aurantia
Marabou storkLeptoptilos crumenifer
JabiruJabiru mycteria
Eurasian cootFulica atra juvenile
Sacred ibisThreskiornis aethiopicus juvenile
Insects and spiders
Gold rim swallowtailBattus polydamas jamaicensis
Two-tailed pashaCharaxes jasius
Peacock butterflyAglais io
White peacockAnartia jatrophae
Common tigerDanaus genutia ♂
Blue tigerTirumala limniace exoticus ♂
Plain tigerDanaus chrysippus ♂
Green hairstreak butterflyCallophrys rubi
Common brimstone butterflyGonepteryx rhamni ♂
Autumn leaf butterflyDoleschallia bisaltide
Small heathCoenonympha pamphilus
Cassius blueLeptotes cassius theonus
Lang's short tail blueLeptotes pirithous ♂
Adonis bluePolyommatus bellargus ♂
Common bluesPolyommatus icarus ♂ ♀
Brown hairstreakThecla betulae
Balkan fritillaryBoloria graeca balcanica
Balkan fritillaryBoloria graeca balcanica
Spotted fritillaryMelitaea didyma
Marsh fritillaryEuphydryas aurinia ♀
Marsh fritillariesEuphydryas aurinia ♂ ♀
Convolvulus hawk-mothAgrius convolvuli
Rosy ermine mothTrosia nigropunctigera
Sphinx mothAdhemarius gannascus
Pink-spotted hawk mothAgrius cingulata ♂
Hummingbird hawk mothMacroglossum stellatarum
Bird-cherry ermine moth Yponomeuta evonymella caterpillars
Small pincertailOnychogomphus forcipatus ♂
Four-spotted chaserLibellula quadrimaculata ♀
Scarlet darterCrocothemis erythraea ♀
Black darterSympetrum danae ♂
Dancing JewelPlatycypha caligata ♂
Brilliant emeraldSomatochlora metallica ♀
Emerald damselflyLestes sponsa ♂
Large red damselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula ♂
Large red damselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula ♀
Common blue damselfliesEnallagma cyathigerum ♂ ♀
Migrant spreadwingLestes barbarus ♀
Garden locustAcanthacris ruficornis
Variegated grasshopperZonocerus variegatus
Flatid leaf bugs and nymphsPhromnia rosea
Crab spider Misumena Vatia with silver-spotted skipper (Hesperia comma )
Malagasy green lynx spiderPeucetia madagascariensis ♂
Reptiles and frogs
Komodo dragonsVaranus komodoensis ♂ ♂
Yacare caimanCaiman yacare
Indian tent turtlePangshura tentoria
Radiated tortoiseAstrochelys radiata
Rough chameleonTrioceros rudis
Short-horned chameleonCalumma brevicorne ♀
Panther chameleonFurcifer pardalis ♂
Bosy Be panther chameleonFurcifer pardalis ♀
Blue-legged chameleonCalumma crypticum ♂
Parson's chameleonCalumma parsonii cristifer ♀
Oustalet's chameleonFurcifer oustaleti ♂
Bosc's fringe-toed lizardsAcanthodactylus boskianus
Roughtail rock agamaStellagama stellio
Mossy leaf-tailed geckoUroplatus sikorae
Three-eyed lizardChalarodon madagascariensis ♂
Variegated golden frogMantella baroni
Golden-eyed tree frogAgalychnis annae
Marsh frogPelophylax ridibundus
Domergue's leaf chameleonBrookesia thieli
Future FP nominations
Anyone is welcome to nominate these images
FP nominations that failed to reach quorum because of insufficient votes or technical quality issues
These will be renominated after re-editing from RAW
Signpost and Tree of Life
Signpost Article
May 2020: Gallery of images from new magazine - A Sharp Eye on wildlife photography
Tree of Life Interview
August 2019: Interview for Tree of Life July 1-31 (Editor spotlight: Photographing the tree of life)
Signpost Interview
December 2017 Interview for The Signpost , 18 December 2017