Shot of the Month @ Michael Despines Photography

Nile Crocodile, Moremi NP - Botswana (6744)

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Dreadful – May 2012

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Shot of the Month – May 2012 This image makes me very uneasy. My eyes keep drifting past those rows of teeth. Past that mottled tongue. Back to that space where the two jaws meet. My gaze becomes locked as I imagine what this view means for creatures unfortunate enough to see the inside […]

Beauty and the Beast – April 2012

Shot of the Month – April 2012 The well-known fairy tale, The Beauty and the Beast, is centered around two characters. The first is a young woma[...]

The Rest of the Iceberg — March 2012

Shot of the Month – March 2012 Iceberg? Huh? What iceberg? You know the one. I am talking about the “proverbial” hunk of ice[...]

Intense (Green Heron) – February 2012

Shot of the Month – February 2012 They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, implying that a photo can often much more richly convey the[...]

Pugnacious Pig – January 2012

Shot of the Month – January 2012 Talk about truth in advertising – “warthog” pretty much sums it up. There really is no way around it, t[...]

Knock Knock, Who’s There? – December 2011

Shot of the Month – December 2011 Woodpeckers are the avian jackhammers of the wild. When at work, looking for food, or building a new home, t[...]

Zen Jackal – November 2011

Shot of the Month – November 2011 This month we visit with one groovy, chillin canine – a Black-backed Jackal (BBJ) sitting in the sun in the [...]

Hartebeest – October 2011

Shot of the Month – October 2011. Is it just me or when you read the name of this antelope does it make you think of a bumper sticker that might[...]

Identity Crisis – September 2011

Shot of the Month – September 2011 I never could really keep it straight in my head what the difference was between a stork, heron, egret, and, [...]

Historical Footnote? – August 2011

Shot of the Month – August 2011 No introduction is required for this fellow. The tiger is one of the most widely recognized animals in the world[...]

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