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Hello - Welcome. The purpose of this site is to document my experiences photographing wildlife and nature throughout Australia and abroad.  I hope you find the content interesting and educational, and the images  cause you to reflect on how important it is preserve natural places and their inhabitants.

All wildife has been photographed in the wild and animals are NOT captive or living in enclosures.

For me photography of the natural world is more than just pretty settings and cuddly animal photos. It's a concern for the environment and the earth all living creatures must share.

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Thursday
Feb262009

Three Rivers Petroglypth Site, New Mexico

Located just off the highway is the Three Rivers Petrogyph Site. I was keen to see the difference in motifs used at this site in comparison to the area visited a week earlier. This site belonged to a different culture, therefore, different motifs were used. As with the earlier site, the glphs were etched and scratched on volcanic rock; the black colour of the rock makes the white etching stand out especially well. When photographing the motifs a circular polarizer is great asset to ensure that the colors pop. This site is quite extensive and many differing motifs were found: faces, bighorn sheep, lizards, snakes, circular symbols, and a etching that looked like a rocket ship!

Whilst hunting through the low brush for glphs a sleepy wild rabbit was observed resting in the shade of a rock from the warm midday sun.

As with all ancient sites, collecting is not allowed and rangers patrol the area regularly to ensure compliance.