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.
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editMy Pictures
editFeatured Pictures
editMy 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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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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Trachylepis striata skink
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Two Plectroctena sp. ants fighting.
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Mating skinks, Trachylepis maculilabris
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A giraffe feeding
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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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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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Chrysomeloidea Long horned beetle
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Zebra portrait
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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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Phaneroptera sp katydid
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Bembix sp sand wasp
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Charaxes brutus natalensis butterfly
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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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Portrait of a juvenile House sparrow
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Homoneura sp. mating
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Sunflower disk florets
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Tachysphex sp. wasp
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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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Ampulex compressa, Emerald cockroach wasp
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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
Pictures Edited by Me
editAwards
editCongratulations! You have been selected as one of Wikipedia's Masters of Photography for your outstanding contributions to the project. |
Well Done! --Fir0002 |
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THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S BLACKBELT
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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) |
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Nice pics --Extra 999 (Contact me + contribs) 11:00, 29 July 2010 (UTC) |
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For your excellent photographic contributions to Wikipedia (and the world). Keep up the good work! KFP (contact - edits) 19:28, 7 October 2011 (UTC) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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)) |
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Thank you for all your images Spongie555 (talk) 04:16, 7 October 2010 (UTC) |
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For your numerous recent photo contributions. Pinetalk 10:12, 16 August 2011 (UTC) |
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I like all of your pictures. I appreciate your work. Kudos Karim.... Surya Prakash.S.A. (talk) 17:00, 31 March 2011 (UTC) |
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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) |
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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) |