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One shall not be fooled by the crisp deep blue sky – yes, it was gorgeous but it was -35˚c whether or not my friend Ted believes it (he never does anyway as he seems to think Canada has become a tropic region after he left). :) River didn’t mind it at all though – the only “tracks” on the photo are River’s. Sometimes she left HUGE whole body tracks because the snow was so deep. I think she is preparing herself to live with the wolves on the tundra! :)
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Just before a snowstorm the fog was trying to “block” the sun but…. :) Donation to charity / 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this image will be donated to Algonquin Park
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After another big snowstorm, this is how many places look like! :)
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This image was taken from a steep hill at the highlands of Algonquin Park in Ontario (the famous wolf park where over 200 protected wild wolves call home – it is still legal to hunt, trap and kill wolves here in Canada unfortunately). Although I was stepping in deep snow at -35˚c, this “far shot” gave a “false” sense of spring. :)
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This is taken mid-morning after River and I ran into a HUGE moose after we got on a little path called “Camp Pathfinder” and followed the BIG footprints of a moose. There was so much snow that the moose literally sank to her stomach while walking. The poor thing was so heavy and had so much trouble dragging her feet from the deep snow and then sinking them in just as deep again. :( River was being a particular “brat” that day as she showed off by jumping and running circles around the giant moose and yet the gentle giant didn’t seem to be disturbed at all. Donation to charity / 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this image will be donated to Algonquin Park
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When I gave the title to this photo, I could just imagine Ted’s disbelief: “Oh, silly Terri,” he’d write, “It can’t be deep freeze. It must be late fall or early spring even though ALL weather channels say it’s early March and the average temp that day was -35˚c. They must ALL be wrong, wrong, wrong…!” :) :) :) This was taken the same day with the photo of “camp pathfinder” in Algonquin Park – my favorite wilderness park to date. :)
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It’s St. Patrick’s Day here in Montreal but no matter how you “slice” it, it’s still winter here, not that I’m complaining. :)
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My new friend Chad brought me to see George’s farm at Barry’s Bay, in the hope that he’d talk to me about wolves. After Chad got his Mercedes stuck on the muddy-icy-dirt road on the way and we all piled up in my “River crowded” 4×4, we arrived to a “George-less” farm. “He must be getting maple syrup ready in the forest,” Chad was finally ready to give up after a few loud yell of “George! George!” and only to meet the delightful little farm dog of George’s charging near. :) This is the top part of George’s completely solar powered farm house. :)
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Just before darkness arrived at Park Voyageur, the edge of the forest almost gave a “sinister” feeling. :) Or, if one is more hopeful, one could say that it is meditative or “eerie”. :)
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The sun just got up at beautiful Algonquin Park, where River and I had been running and hiking for more than two hours before the first light. :) Donation to charity / 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this image will be donated to Algonquin Park
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While Chad and I couldn’t find George at his farm, his sheep and a couple of lambs were there to greet us. :) Donation to charity / 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this image will be donated to Algonquin Park
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After the snowmobiles passed by with what in her eyes must be “lightening speed”, River got on the trail, thinking that perhaps she could absorb some of that residue running power of the “loud beasts”. :) Donation to charity / 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this image will be donated to Algonquin Park
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We met this coyote in the woods and River and the “stranger” became instant friends but after a few hours, River still couldn’t figure out whether or not the “bigger dog” was a dog…. :) Donation to charity / 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this image will be donated to Algonquin Park
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This was taken at Combermere, Ontario (Canada) just after the first light. Donation to charity / 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this image will be donated to Algonquin Park
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What a long last “leg” this winter has – we are announcing snow again this weekend! :) Donation to charity / 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this image will be donated to Algonquin Park
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Just before the last light disappeared and darkness dominated the forest, River and I enjoyed the almost “warm feeling” of the sun shining through the trees. However River discovered a little fawn at the “deep end” of the woods just after I took this photo (the dark and far end in the picture) and yelled at me to follow her to see her friend. Donation to charity / 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this image will be donated to Algonquin Park
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Nui hewa-hewa No’ono’o ulu wale / Ohana / Napo’o ‘ana o ka la Sunset Ho’okipa Maui North Shore Hawai’i Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved ‘Ae, if you look closely, you may notice the Humpback Whale spouting in the distance “It is our task to imprint this temporary, perishable earth into ourselves so deeply, so painfully and passionately, that its essence can rise again… We are the bees of the invisible … Our work is the conversion of the beloved visible and tangible world into the invisible vibrations and agitation of our own nature.” ~ poetry and prose by Rainer Maria Rilke
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From my collection: / Napo’o ‘ana o ka la Sunset Ho’okipa Beach Maui Hawai’i / © 2008 Fine Art Photography by Sharon Anne Mau “Paradise is here, now. / We take walks in it Constantly mingling With the Presence That pours Its light In our secret lamps To extinguish the self Of its dire poverty: We are those lit receptacles Ruh imparts luminescence to. / This love-transfusion Pulls us to the Garden, / Singing in our veins With the spheres, / “Paradise is here, now!” / Bewildered, we throw Ourselves to the ground, / Rolling by turn in laughter Like small children, / We kiss that divine wildness That began when Allah said / “And know that you are to meet Me.” ~ Sufi Poetry by Aida Toure Free Hawaii
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Stachia and Jovan / Keiki o ka ‘Aina / Kamali’i Pa’ani ma Ho’okipa / Maui North Shore Hawai’i Copyright © Sharon Mau
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Kamali’i Pa’ani ma Ho’okipa Keiki hanau o ka ‘aina Child of the Island, Child of the land / A native son, one born on the land Featured Art 18 June 2009 Of Noble Birth Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Two young brothers search the tidepools for Opihi and other treasures in natural evening light on Ho’okipa at Sunset on Maui Hawai’i / Best viewed full size Maui hoku ao nani e alohi e ana / Hawaiian Translation: Maui Brightest and Best Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
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‘Ilio holo i kauaua ~ Hawaiian Translation: Dog That Runs in Rough Water / Hawaiian Monk Seal © 2009 Sharon Anne Mau Marine Conservation Biology Institute A beautiful sleeping Hawaiian Monk Seal basking in the sun on Ho’okipa / Maui Hawai’i Monachus schauinslandi / Pinniped Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi / 22.April 2008 1:16:10 PM / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/320 / Av( Aperture Value ) 9.0 / ISO Speed 400 “An adult monk seal is usually dark grey or brown with a light grey or yellow belly. Adults can be up to 7 feet and weigh anywhere from 396 to 595 pounds; adult females are generally larger than males. Pups usually weigh 24 to 33 pounds at birth and weigh up to 132 to 198 pounds within five to six weeks. The monk seal’s common name is derived from its folds of skin that look like a monk’s hood, and because it spends most of its time alone or in very small groups. Most Hawaiian Monk Seals live in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands – Kure Atoll, Midway Atoll, Pearl and Hermes Reef, Lisianski Island, Laysan Island, French Frigate Shoals, Gardner Pinnacles, Necker Island, and Nihoa Island. These atolls and islands are very remote and are either uninhabited or have little impact by humans, thus providing an ideal habitat for these easily disturbed creatures. The coral reefs found around these atolls and islands provide the monk seal with its food supply: spiny lobsters, octopuses, eels, and various reef fishes. Their enemies include humans, sharks, diseases, attacks from their own species, and marine debris such as lost fishing nets and plastic products. They spend most of their time in the ocean but like to rest on sandy beaches, and sometimes use beach vegetation as shelter from wind and rain. Monk seals are expert swimmers and divers; one seal was recorded diving into depths in the range of 66 and 96 fathoms (396 to 576 feet). The average monk seal dives 51.2 times per day. The life span of the Hawaiian Monk Seal is from 25-30 years. The Hawaiian Monk Seal recovery efforts are overseen by the National Marine Fisheries Service, in cooperation with other government and private organizations and universities. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages many remote islands as National Wildlife Refuges to protect their habitat. The Hawaiian Monk Seal was listed as an endangered species in 1976 under the Federal Endangered Species Act. Critical habitat was designated in 1988 from beaches to a depth of 20 fathoms (120 feet) around the northwestern Hawaiian islands.” Save Our Seals Hawaiian Monk Seal Information Source This photograph cannot be modified for commercial or advertising use, nor can it be copied or reproduced in any form without the photographer’s permission. I own full and exclusive copyrights on all my photographs and they are protected under International Copyright laws. My images do not belong to the public domain and may not be posted in another webpage on the internet or intranet, published in any book, magazine, newsletter or newspaper, duplicated, used in a dirivative work of art, used as illustration for musical, dramatic, and/or literary works, or used for commercial use of any kind whatsoever without my express written authorization, including but not limited to resale of my images without a license for use. © 2009 Fine Art Photography, Research and Photojournalism by Sharon Anne Mau
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California Sea Lions, sunning on rock of a jetty [Zalophus californianus], Newport, Oregon Coast
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This was taken on a pond in the Coomera area of Queensland, Australia. / This lovely creature alighted on a leaf and very obligingly posed for me. I caught this shot right before she floated away. The shot has been modified in photoshop and has already been used in a recently refurbished bedroom as wall art. / It was taken with a Nikon D50
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A wise Snowy owl
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