Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: interestingness#423

Up close with a Snow Leopard

12 Dec 2013 2 1 348
A photo from my archives, taken on 28 September 2012 at the Calgary Zoo. You can just manage to get a zoomed shot that can be sharp in the centre but somewhat blurred at either side, because you can't avoid the bars of the metal enclosure. There is a double fence, so you can't place your camera lens through the gaps. These Snow Leopards are such magnificent animals - absolutely love the colour of their eyes. It is an ENDANGERED species, so hopefully we don't lose them forever. (Took me three and a half hours to eventually get these three photos to upload this evening ... sigh).

Malay Lacewing / Cethosia hypsea

22 Apr 2012 198
I think I have the correct ID for this attractive, tropical butterfly. Photographed in the ENMAX Conservatory at the Calgary Zoo on 26 April 2010. I don't think I had this species before.

A sideways glance

15 Nov 2008 130
This is the female (has a grey cap, whereas the male has a jet black cap) of a beautiful pair of little White-breasted Nuthatches that live in a local park. The image isn't quite as sharp as I would have liked, but I I thought the pose was kind of neat.