User: `Rhododendrites`

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

rhododendrites AT gmail DOT com

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