User:Muhammad Mahdi Karim

"Photography is a form of hunting where that which is shot, lives forever" ~Muhammad Mahdi

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

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

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

Taj Mahal mosque, Agra, India

Bangalore panorama

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

Taj Mahal at the golden hour

Bara Imambara, Lucknow, India

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

Wildebeests and Impalas graze in the Mikumi National Park, Tanzania

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

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

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

Karnataka High Court, Bangalore

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

Moshi Town. Mt Kilimanjaro in the background

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

Morogoro Town

Apple mango and its cross section

Dar es Salaam before dusk

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

Panorama of Dar es Salaam.

Mikumi National Park Landscape

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Awards[edit]

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. Durova^Charge! 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. Pine^talk 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)

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