Art for Conservation
Featured Work
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Cheetah - Face to Face by Stephen Beattie
Cheetah. Photo taken in an enclosure at Panther Ridge Conservation Center, Wellington, Florida. Pentax K20D w/Sigma 50-500mm lens, ISO 400. Featured in Art for Conservation / Featured in Natural Color and Light / Featured in Made By Nature / Featured in Eye Contact All proceeds from sales of this image will go to supporting the good work done at Panther Ridge Conservation Center, read more about the cheetahs, Matt and Charlie, there. 1805+ Views /
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Owl Eyes by Gregg Williams
Not sure of the Name of this Owl. Photo taken at the World Bird Sanctuary in St. Louis, Mo. 50% of any sales of this photo will be donated to the worldbirdsanctuary.org
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Grand Cayman Blue Iguana [ Cyclura lewisi ] by Shannon Plummer
Pedro – a critically endangered Blue Iguana at his most impressive colour after eating. / Endemic to Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies. / / R.I.P. Pedro / / NEWS FLASH – May 3, 2008 / Six Endangered Blue Iguanas Murdered / http://www.blueiguana.ky/news.htm / / I personally am devastated by this news. It was only October last year that I spent two weeks volunteering at the Blue Iguana Recovery Program and developed a close bond with Pedro and several other Blues. Pedro is confirmed dead since entrails were found outside his enclosure but his body is still missing. / B.I.R.P. is in constant need of donations, and now more than ever! Please donate anything you can spare to this important conservation program. Donate here / / 100% profits from the sale of prints go to the Blue Iguana Recovery Program on Grand Cayman Island B.I.R.P. / / ©2007-2008 Shannon Plummer. All Rights Reserved. / www.shannonplummerphotography.com
Recent Work
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Meal time by Paul Grinzi
Baby pig-tailed macaque Macaca nemestrina at Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in Sabah, Borneo. Part of the Art for Conservation group. 70% of all proceeds from this image will be donated directly to the World Wildlife Fund.
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The walk was worth it..... by Kimberleygal
After a few false leads along the Milli Windi track we finally came across the waterfall paradise we sought. With a view to the King Leopold Ranges and Green Plum (Buchanania obovata) laden with fruit just prior to the first cyclone for the season, the journey was complete. Kimberley region, Western Australia / Taken with a Nikon D40x (much lighter to carry up the rockface!) / Straight from the camera. Become informed about environmental issues in the Kimberley / Environs Kimberley 100% of proceeds from this work will be donated to Environs Kimberley
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Kestrel........ by jdmphotography
Straight from camera I will donate 100% of proceeds from the sales of this image to The Wildlife Trusts Wild and born free this was such a amazing site for me to watch this wonderful Kestrel go about his business…...... I certainly was lucky this time to get such a capture of my favourite bird of pray the Kestrel at Snettersham Nr Norfolk England UK. Kestrels have been recently declining as a result of habitat degradation due to continuing intensive management of farmland and so it is included on the Amber List. Kestrels are found in a wide variety of habitats, from moor and heath, to farmland and urban areas. The only places they do not favour are forests, vast treeless wetlands and dense mountains. They are a familiar sight, hovering beside a motorway, or other main road. They can often be seen perched on a high tree branch, or on a telephone post or wire, on the look out for prey. They eat small mammals and birds.
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Echidna ~ A face that's seldom seen by Robert Elliott
100% of proceeds received from Redbubble in respect to sales of this item, will be donated to Bush Heritage Australia Photo of a young Echidna taken in Maandowie Bush Reserve, Loftus, NSW, Australia. This little fellow was no more than 20cm (8 inches) from tip to tip.
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Willow Ptarmigan ~ State Bird of Alaska by Robert Elliott
100% of proceeds received from Redbubble in respect to sales of this item, will be donated to Bush Heritage Australia Photo of a Willow Ptarmigan taken in Denali National Park, Alaska.
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Lake Elysia by Travis Easton
If I had to pick one image as my favorite all time shot it would be Peter Dombrovskis’ Mount Geryon from The Labyrinth. To me it is quite simply the most inspiring example of everything a fantastic landscape photograph should be . An amazingly interesting, colourful and sharp vegetated foreground (perfectly executed with the tilt feature of his large format 4”x5” Linhof technorama camera), the most perfect reflection I’ve ever seen, great middle ground topped off by the amazing profile of Mt Geryon accentuated by a sprinkling of snow. The combination of these elements creates a beauty so perfect that it almost defies belief. Back in 1998 when I last did the Overland Track – Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair walk in winter I did a flying visit to the labyrinth on my last day before walking back to Coles Bay completing most of the St Clair leg by torch light in the short winter days. Unfortunately due to inclement weather visibility was only about 10 to 100m at best and I didn’t really see anything. The next day on the way home on the boat across Bass Strait I bought the above poster feeding my dreams of returning till now. In a way history repeated this week when I finally returned, it had been snowing all night on us down in the valley at Pine Hut and as we climbed steeply up to the plateau the world was transformed into a winter wonderland. The cloud cover was again thick and visibility was again low but donning my pack I at least was equipped to stay a few nights. Leaving my companions to return to the comfort of the hut after lunch I continued alone to Lake Elysia. Walking over the final rise and seeing the lake and surrounding hills was in many ways a return to a place long held dear such was my familiarity with the numerous photographs I have of the area. It was very cold and I half expected that I would have such cold hands after setting up my tent that I would probably remained tent bound for a while afterwards to warm up but everything was in an acceptable comfort range so I wandered around the shore of the lake umbrella in hand taking shots. One hand was in a wet glove for carrying my cold metal tripod the other one bare so I could handle my camera without getting it wet and despite frequent snow flurries I spent an enjoyable few hours exploring some of the more intimate aspects of the shore line this shot being taken in an ever so brief moment when the cloud cover lifted enough to at least see the bases of Mt Geryon and The Acropolis. That night it bucketed down with rain and by morning every last skerrick of snow had been washed away. As luck would have it my tent site was transformed into a very wet puddle and with my tent floor leaking badly everything ended up in various degrees of wetness. I had the food to stay another night but with everything including my sleeping bag and a very expensive 15mm fisheye lens being wet my dreams of an open sky sunset and sunrise at Lake Elysia had to wait till another time. Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII / Lens: EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM @ 24mm / Filter: UV / ISO: 100 / Shutter Speed: 1/30th sec / Aperture: f/16 / WB: Auto / Exposure Compensation: -1/3rd stop / When: 3:15pm on 6/4/09 For more Tassie shots check out my Tasmania gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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The ever-changing rocks of Riddell Beach by Kimberleygal
Broomes best kept secret. I love sneaking down to this beach for an afternoon swim and watching the sun go down. The beautiful colours through these rocks sparkle against the red pindan, the white sand and the tourquise water. I am so glad that some committed locals made sure there was never any inappropriate development on this site. Now it will always be there for people to enjoy the simple things in life – nature, beauty and peace. Become more informed about environmental issues in the Kimberley / Environs Kimberley 100% of proceeds from this work will be donated to Environs Kimberley
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Dwarf Pindan Heath by Kimberleygal
This amazing plant community occurs along the Kimberley Coastline. It is poorly known and contains a fantastic assortment of flowering plants and bush tucker. Despite the Premier insisting that it is flat land containing nothing, and therefore deserving of a industrial monstrosity that is a gas processing plant, it was listed as a Priority Ecological Community in 2008. A short visit in any of these areas reveal many unknown mammal and reptile tracks, diverse and as yet undescribed variety of plants. Become more informed about environmental issues in the Kimberley / Environs Kimberley 100% of proceeds from this work will be donated to Environs Kimberley
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Cheetah - Face to Face by Stephen Beattie
Cheetah. Photo taken in an enclosure at Panther Ridge Conservation Center, Wellington, Florida. Pentax K20D w/Sigma 50-500mm lens, ISO 400. Featured in Art for Conservation / Featured in Natural Color and Light / Featured in Made By Nature / Featured in Eye Contact All proceeds from sales of this image will go to supporting the good work done at Panther Ridge Conservation Center, read more about the cheetahs, Matt and Charlie, there. 1805+ Views /
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Graceful.......... by jdmphotography
The Red Kite – straight from camera I will donate 100% of proceeds from the sales of this image to The Wildlife Trusts (Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve Cambridgeshire) It is an Amber List species because of its historical decline. This magnificently graceful bird of prey is unmistakable with its reddish-brown body, angled wings and deeply forked tail. It was saved from national extinction by one of the world’s longest running protection programmes, and has now been successfully re-introduced to England and Scotland. At one time confined to Wales, a reintroduction scheme has brought them back to many parts of England and Scotland. Central Wales, central England – especially the Chilterns, central Scotland – at Argaty, and along the Galloway Kite Trail are the best areas to find them. They eat Carrion, worms and small mammals.They eat carrion, worms and small mammals.
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Mute swan: Cygnus olor by jdmphotography
Mute swan I will donate 100% of proceeds from the sales of this image to The Wildlife Trusts Distribution: found throughout England, Wales and Ireland. Also in a few areas across northern Europe, eastwards to Mongolia. Introduced to North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Habitat: large freshwater areas, such as rivers, lakes and canals. Also estuaries, especially in winter. Description: adults all white; young are grey to begin with, and develop brown feathers which they keep until their second year. Reddish-orange bill, with a black knob of skin at the base. Size: length:- 1.5m. Wingspan:- 2.25m. Weight:- male, 10kg, female, 8kg. Life-span: most swans do not live more than 7 years in the wild. They can live up to 50 years. / / Food: underwater plants, grasses and cereal crops. The graceful mute swan is Britain’s largest bird and one of the heaviest flying birds in the world. There are six other species of swan in the world, but the mute is the only resident one you will see in Britain i.e. it stays in Britain all the year round. During the winter months you may also see the whooper swan and Bewick’s swan. Whooper swans visit the north and west of Britain in large numbers, arriving in the late autumn and remaining until the spring, when they fly on up to their breeding grounds in the Arctic. Bewick’s swans come in from Siberia and occupy the eastern and southern parts of England. In some areas, both these visiting swans can be seen together. Large numbers gather together in three main groups; on the Derwent Floods in Yorkshire, the Ouse Washes of East Anglia and at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire. / swan heads / / adult Bewick adult whooper adult mute / The mute swan is easy to distinguish from the whooper and Bewick’s swans, but when the last two are seen together at a distance, it can be difficult to spot the difference between them. However, the whooper is larger than the Bewick’s and has more yellow on the bill. Mute Swan Habits Territory. Mute swans which live in Britain, Ireland and France are mainly resident and usually do not travel very far. Some birds leave their breeding territories and gather together in small winter flocks on nearby lakes and estuaries. Mute swans in some parts of Germany and Scandinavia migrate from their inland breeding lakes to spend the winter along the Baltic coasts, where the weather is less severe. The distance the swans have to fly depends on how cold the winter is. In milder winters, the birds may stay on their breeding lakes, the movement of their paddling feet preventing the water from freezing over. The male mute swan, known as the cob, fiercely defends the territory that he and his mate, the pen, share . If an intruder, such as another male swan, dares to invade his terrritory he uses a threat posture, raising his wings and back feathers, while lowering his head and moving powerfully through the water. This display usually frightens away the intruder. Food and feeding. An adult swan eats about 4kg of aquatic vegetation every day. It reaches these underwater plants by plunging its long neck into the water, or ‘upending’, tail in the air. To help with the digestion of these plants in its gizzard, or second stomach, the swan swallows grit which grinds up the food. As well as eating water plants, the swan may also graze on grasses and grains it finds in fields of cereal crops. Sometimes it may eat small fish, frogs and insects. Swans in parks enjoy bread offered by human visitors – in fact, bread is often the main part of these swans’ diet. Breeding. Mute swans pair for life and they mate and begin buiding a nest in March and April. The nest is built on the ground, near to water, in an undisturbed place. The cob collects reeds and sticks, bringing them to the female so she can arrange them. The nest is often a very big platform-like structure, and may be the pair’s old nest which has been rebuilt and used year after year. Although the cob and pen look very similar at first glance, they can be told apart by looking at their beaks. In the spring and summer the cob’s bill is a brighter colour than the pen’s, and the black knob is more bulbous. The cob is never far from his mate on the nest, keeping an eye out for intruders. If a potential predator gets too close, he will hiss at them (mute swans are quiet birds on the whole, but are not really mute!) and if necessary will charge at them with flapping wings – a swan is capable of breaking a human’s arm or leg with his strong wings. The pen lays 5 – 8 large, greenish-brown eggs, one every two days. She does most of the incubation, which starts as soon as the last egg has been laid. This allows all the young to hatch at the same time, after 36 days. Soon after hatching, the young swans, called cygnets, covered with fluffy, grey down, leave the nest. Their parents pull up water plants for them to eat, and they snap up invertebrates (minibeasts) from the surface of the water. The cygnets stay with their parents until the next winter by which time they are losing the brown plumage that replaced the grey down. It will be a full year before they are completely white, and they are ready to breed when they are three or four years old. Mute Swans and Man Over the last 30 – 40 years, the mute swan population has fluctuated. Many swans living on rivers where coarse fishing is popular died because they were swallowing lead fishing weights with their food. Lead is very poisonous. A short time ago, fishermen were banned from using lead, so the swan population is now recovering. Another hazard for swans is carelessly discarded fish hooks and lengths of nylon fishing line – both can cause a swan to suffer a painful death.
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OCELOT by Stephen Beattie
Ocelot. Photo taken in an enclosure at Panther Ridge Conservation Center, Wellington, Florida. / / Pentax K20D w/Sigma 50-500mm lens, ISO 400. Featured in PEACE, LOVE & TRANQUILITY Featured in ! 100% ! All proceeds from sales of this image will go to supporting the good work done at Panther Ridge Conservation Center . Learn more about the ocelots. 635+ Views /
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