User:Muhammad Mahdi Karim

Hi, I am Muhammad Mahdi Karim, a photographer living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I am interested in digital photography especially in macro photography and panoramas. You can contact me by email or via my talk page.

My website http://www.micro2macro.net/ has a gallery of my images. Visit www.facebook.com/micro2macro, for regular updates and latest pictures.

• Canon EOS 400D with 18-55mm kit lens
• Canon EOS 600D
• Canon EOS 6D
• Canon 50mm f/1.8 II lens
• Sigma 150mm f/2.8 1:1 Macro lens
• Canon EF 100-400mm lens
• Canon EF 24-105mm lens
• Vivitar Flash

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My Featured pictures. Currently 152 featured pictures. Displaying newest to oldest.

• My featured Pictures
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  Red Weaver ant, Oecophylla longinoda in Morogoro, Tanzania
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  Lophyra sp. Tiger beetle pictured in Kibaha, Tanzania
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  Rock Pigeon, Columba livia, Bangalore India
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  Red Weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina in Bangalore, India
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  Bangles on display in Bangalore, India
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  Female Telamonia dimidiata in the Lalbagh Botanical gardens, Bangalore, India
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  Police Commissioner Suleiman Kova answers and addresses the media at ground zero near the 2013 Dar es Salaam building collapse
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  Fatima Masumeh Shrine, Qum, Iran

Mysore Palace in the morning

Inside the Chehel Sotoun, in Isfahan, Iran

Members of the Tanzanian Red Cross and emergency servicemen remove one of the victims from the rubble of the 2013 Dar es Salaam building collapse

Soursop, Annona muricata and cross section

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  Indian Olympic athlete, Irfan Kolothum Thodi
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  Young male impala
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  Grammodes geometrica, Bangalore, India
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  Mumtaz Ahmed Khan founder of Al-Ameen Educational Society
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  Papilio polytes, mating.
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  A natural beehive of Apis dorsata, The Giant Honey Bee. The bottom right part of the hive shows a few unoccupied honeycombs
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  The Mafa Grizzled Skipper, Spialia mafa in the Ngorongoro Crater
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  Common Leopard Phalanta phalantha
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  Baobab, Adansonia digitata
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  Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore, India
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  Kumar Anish, Indian yoga specialist

Taj Mahal mosque, Agra, India

Bangalore panorama

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  Asfi Masjid at the Bara Imambara complex, Lukcnow, India
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  Chhota Imambara, Lucknow, India
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  Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah, Agra, India

Taj Mahal at the golden hour

Bara Imambara, Lucknow, India

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  Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah, Agra, India,
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  Salman Khurshid, Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress
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  Indian palm squirrel, Bangalore, India
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  A female African Bush Elephant raises her trunk as a warning sign
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  Alstroemeria x hybrida Peruvian Lily

Wildebeests and Impalas graze in the Mikumi National Park, Tanzania

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  A Giraffe in the Mikumi National Park, Tanzania
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  Marabou stork, Mikumi National Park, Tanzania
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  Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) Mikumi National Park, Tanzania
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  Adult Long-tailed Fiscals, Lanius cabanisi, Mikumi National Park, Tanzania
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  Black-headed Heron
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  Female Impala in the Mikumi National Park, Tanzania
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  A female African Bush Elephant in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania
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  Male Impalas lock horns and fight during rutting. Pictured in Mikumi National Park
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  Papilio demoleus Lime butterfly

A Delmas operated Container ship unloading containers at the Zanzibar port in Tanzania

A panorama of the Old Fort of Zanzibar and the Stone Town as seen from the House of Wonders in Zanzibar, Tanzania

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  A Dhow in the Indian Ocean. Crew members pull the ropes to adjust sails.
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  A Plains Zebra, Equus quagga in the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania
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  A Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
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  An Olive baboon (Papio anubis) in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania
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  A reproductive cone of endangered Cycad Encephalartos sclavoi

Inside the Ngorongoro crater, tourists looking at animals. The background features the rim of the crater

Images demonstrating a 6 image focus bracket of A Tachinid fly.

A panorama showing the Uluguru Mountains Ranges , in Tanzania

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  Sceliphron spirifex wasp
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  An adult monkey, the Olive Baboon, grooms a kid
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  Coreidae, Squash bug

Karnataka High Court, Bangalore

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  Arctiidae family caterpillar
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  Avocado and its cross section
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  Mating flesh flies
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  Dharmaraya Swamy Temple a Hindu temple in Bangalore
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  Bangalore Town Hall
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  An impala in Mikumi National Park. Red-billed Oxpeckers are feeding on ticks found on the impala.
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  White-headed dwarf gecko
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  Trachylepis striata skink
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  Aedes aegypti mosquito
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  Lal Bagh botanical garden in Bangalore
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  Two Plectroctena sp. ants fighting.
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  Black soldierfly
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  Mating skinks, Trachylepis maculilabris
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  A giraffe feeding
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  Dwarf yellow-headed gecko, with previously shed tail which is regenerating
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  Sugar apple with cross-section
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  The housefly, Musca domestica
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  Aerial view of Mt Kilimanjaro
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  Culex sp mosuito
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  A scavenger fly, Sarcophaga sp
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  Muslim reciting takbir in prayer
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  Carpenter ant
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  Indian Palm Squirrel
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  Jumping spider with captured Ant
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  Size 10 Sandals for men
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  Bengalia sp
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  Wolf spider with egg sac
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  Unpeeled and peeled Rambutan
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  Soldierfly
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  Chrysomeloidea Long horned beetle
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  Dahlia
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  Chalcostephia flavifrons
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  Eristalinus fuscicornis
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  Zebra portrait
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  Canna (plant)
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  Pegesimallus sp robberfly
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  Traditional Chaga hut
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  Bank of Tanzania, in charge of the Tanzanian shilling
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  Close up view of a Cheetah cub
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  A Zanzibarian Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Geochelone gigantea)
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  French Marigold, Tagetes patula
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  A Tanzanian boy transporting fodder on his bicycle to feed cattle
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  Phaneroptera sp katydid
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  Bembix sp sand wasp
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  Orb weaver spider Argiope sp sitting on web decorations

Moshi Town. Mt Kilimanjaro in the background

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  Pantala flavescens
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  Evania appendigaster
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  Charaxes brutus natalensis butterfly
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  Female Tetraloniella sp. bee of Apinae, Eucerini

Morogoro Town

Apple mango and its cross section

Dar es Salaam before dusk

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  Darkling beetle
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  Tiger Beetle
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  Female Orthetrum chrysostigma
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  Pelopidas sp. skipper
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  Female Ceriagrion glabrum
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  Male Ceriagrion glabrum
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  Trithemis annulata
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  Apis mellifera European honey bee carrying pollen in a pollen basket
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  Pseudatelus sp shield bug
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  Portrait of a juvenile House sparrow
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  Emerus feae
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  Graphomya eustolia
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  Homoneura sp. mating
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  Sunflower disk florets
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  Macroxiphus sp. katydid mimicking an ant
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  Eristalinus megacephalus, hoverfly
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  Tachysphex sp. wasp
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  Tachinid fly
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  Roasted Pistachio
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  Graphium caterpillar
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  Camponotus sp. ant
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  Polistes sp wasp with its nest
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  Hypolimnas misippus
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  Ampulex compressa, Emerald cockroach wasp
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  Phaon iridipennis
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  Chrysopilus Snipe fly
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  Citrus Swallowtail , Papilio demodocus
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  Ichneumonidae mating
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  Chrysosoma sp, Dolichopodidae commonly called long-legged flies
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  Craticulina sp, a parasite of the sand wasp
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  Sarcophaga Bercaea sp feeding on animal feces
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  Chrysomya megacephala feeding on animal feces
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  Tanzanian Muslims in Dar es Salaam protesting Operation Cast Lead
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  Black soldier flies Hermetia illucens mating
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  Chrysomya albiceps feeding on rotting meat
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  Houseflies mating
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  Rooster portrait
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  Pancratium zeylanicum

Panorama of Dar es Salaam.

Mikumi National Park Landscape

Congratulations! You have been selected as one of Wikipedia's Masters of Photography for your outstanding contributions to the project.

Well Done! --Fir0002

		THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S BLACKBELT
		I hereby award Mr. Karim this Photographers Blackbelt for his outstanding and excellent pictures.           • Richard Bartz • [®] • 17:07, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		You have brought us beautiful images of the flora and fauna of parts of the world systematically under-represented on Wikipedia. Please carry on! de Bivort 07:37, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		Nice pics --Extra 999 (Contact me + contribs) 11:00, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

	The Photographer's Barnstar
	For your excellent photographic contributions to Wikipedia (and the world). Keep up the good work! KFP (contact - edits) 19:28, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

	The Photographer's Barnstar
	Hi Muhammad, you already know, that I really like your outstanding pictures. And I wanted to try out the hearth in the tool bar. So here is a Barnstar that you really deserve. -cu Sven Sven.petersen (talk) 11:28, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		For consistently excellent work Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates contributing quality nominees, countering systemic bias, and setting the standard for congenial reviews and discourse. You've long since earned this barnstar. DurovaCharge! 04:08, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		You have taken many great pictures. One is even featured on the main page today! Nice job! Crazymonkey1123 (Jacob) T/S 01:11, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

		The Resilient Barnstar
		For the continuing of your great work at FP process in spite of many unfair reviews --Mbz1 (talk) 15:07, 10 February 2008 (UTC))

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		Thank you for all your images Spongie555 (talk) 04:16, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		For your numerous recent photo contributions. Pinetalk 10:12, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		I like all of your pictures. I appreciate your work. Kudos Karim.... Surya Prakash.S.A. (talk) 17:00, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For your kind readiness always to help out I am awarding you with this barnstar. Mbz1 (talk) 14:11, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

		The Wikiproject Lepidoptera Barnstar
		For your valuable images on butterflies, moths and early stage, I award you this WikiProject Lepidoptera barnstar! AshLin (talk) 05:15, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Asalam o alaikum, Muhammad, You own a gifted skill, keep it up. Dr. Mazar (Cuba) Big101big (talk) 04:46, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	excellent job....you are doing very wel...keep it up...i lyk ur work...:)) Asna Ahmed (talk) 11:44, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

	Wiki Loves Monuments Pakistan
	Hello Mahdi Karim, Thank you very much for being part of Wiki Loves Monuments Pakistan jury. Your help and assistance is very much appreciated. We're proud to have such a great Wikipedian and a talented photographer. With love from Pakistan. Thank you! Saqib (talk) 15:49, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

	The Photographer's Barnstar
	Great job bro!! The herald 15:17, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

		The India Star
		Dear Muhammad, this one is for two FPs on India - Bangles & the Red Weaver ant. AshLin (talk) 14:05, 17 November 2014 (UTC)