Category Archives: Animals

The Beauty of a Horse

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Rosemary
Close up photo of horse's eye with vignette

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California, USA 2014 At the Hunter/Jumper show in Los Angeles…one among many beautiful horses.

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Happy Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Rosemary
a Quechua girl poses with her pet llama on a mountain near Cusco

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Cusco, Peru 2004 We drove up the mountain, leaving Cusco in the valley below. My cup of coca tea had temporarily stilled my burgeoning headache and wooziness. I was ready to photograph! Luckily there were children dressed in their native … Continue reading →

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Kenya: Portrait of a Cheetah

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Rosemary
a cheetah waits for prey as he sits under the shade of a tree

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Kenya 1998 As our open-topped van jolted over field and ditch, our guide kept watch for signs of the “big five” (buffalo, lion, leopard, elephant and rhino). When they spotted this family of cheetahs, we stopped. In the not far … Continue reading →

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A Moving Feast

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Rosemary
Ethiopia chickens tied upside down to the back of a van flying down the highway

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Ethiopia 2013 A van draped with live chickens whipped past us. The driver was in a hurry to get the market. Instantly we reached for our cameras and tried to get a shot through the window of our car. The … Continue reading →

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A Time to Plant

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Rosemary
Romanian farmer stands in a freshly plowed field with his plow horse

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Romania 2012 Being a farmergirl, I wanted to photograph the Romanian farmers and their horses. My guide, Daniel Gheorghita, www.covinnus.com, always happily obliged. I remember that both Daniel and I got out of the car to photograph this handsome, well cared for horse. It … Continue reading →

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The Eye of an Elephant

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Rosemary
up close photo of elephant with prominent eye

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Thailand 2007 The elephants stood about in the corral. Tourists, like me, could buy a bunch of bananas to hand feed them.  The mature elephants chewed the whole bunch of fruit, skins and all. The babies would peel theirs. That … Continue reading →

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Moroccan Desert

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Rosemary
Berber man waters camels at a well east of Erfoud, Morocco

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East of Erfoud, Morocco Water is hauled from a desert well by hand. The two men stand with toes gripping the sides of the well and use all their strength to get the bag, dripping and full, to the top. … Continue reading →

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Springtime

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Rosemary
Gypsy owner releases two dappled grey horses from their stalls at the end of winter

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Romania 2012 A Gypsy man wanted to show us his horses. We agreed and we waited on the village street. He turned one horse loose and held tightly to the bridle of the other. The horses expressed their happiness by … Continue reading →

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Guelmime Camel Market

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Rosemary
Guelmime Camel Market: a hobbled camel is off-loaded from a small pickup truck

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Guelmime, Morocco 2000 Herds of camels burdened with goods or tourists are a common sight in the south of Morocco. Berber nomads use them to carry the heavy black wool tents when they move to new grazing lands. And every … Continue reading →

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Equine David Copperfield

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Rosemary
an underweight cart horse in India eats his meager hay

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Vadodara, India 2009 The light was perfect. The setting sun’s golden rays lit the coats of the horses tethered in a back street. There were about eight of them, lined up facing the wall. All were white with pale eyes. … Continue reading →

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