Charlesjsharp

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Wildlife portrait photographer from the UK. My web site: sharp photography
I have been lucky enough to travel to many places outside the UK with camera in hand. Memories are easier to recall when you have a picture to remind you. Here are some 120 of mine.
I have published a photographic guide to the butterflies of Ghana which is available as a free download. A print version will be published in June 2026.

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Sharp, Charles J; Sáfián, Sz (2026). A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana (PDF). Oxford: Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.

The first five editions of my free magazine offer photography tips and promote Wikipedia.
The Read online links take you to a flipbook.

You can access downloadable pdf versions by visiting the A Sharp Eye on wildlife photography page.
The following link is to the children's edition of the December 2024 issue of A Sharp Eye on Wildlife Photography on Oceania.

Click text for children's edition

Please feel free to use any of the wildlife photos that I have uploaded, most of which are used in Wikipedia articles, with attribution Charles J Sharp. Please remember that images uploaded before 2020 may not have been processed with the latest software. I can quickly re-process them for you.
Here are my own favourites, my Commons Featured pictures (649 from 85 countries), Quality images and Valued images

The animals were not photographed in zoos, safari parks, rescue centres, butterfly houses, in captivity or in a studio.
Many of the images are geocoded with very precise geocodes (six decimal places). Please do not take account of more than two decimal places.

Featured pictures on English Wikipedia

Galleries of my 390 Featured Pictures

mammals
birds
insects, crabs and spiders
reptiles, frogs and fish

These featured pictures were taken in 81 countries:

Albania
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Belgium
Belize
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Cayman Islands
Chile
Colombia
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Denmark
Ecuador
Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
France
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Jamaica
Jordan
Kenya
Laos
Liechtenstein
North Macedonia
Madagascar
Malaysia
Mauritius
Mexico
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
New Zealand
Norway
Panama
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Rwanda
Samoa
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Türkiye
Uganda
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Vietnam
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Animal galleries

Map of the world's biogeographic realms.

  Nearctic

  Neotropical

  Palearctic

  Afrotropical

  Indomalayan

  Australasian (part of Oceania)

  Oceanian (part of Oceania)

Animal galleries from the world's Biogeographic Realms

Neotropical Realmː Caribbean, Central and South America.
Western Palearcticː Europe, North Africa and the Near East (the western half of the Palearctic Realm).
Afrotropical Realmː Africa south of the Sahara and the south of the Arabian Peninsula.
Indomalayan Realmː Indian sub-continent and Southeast Asia.
Oceaniaː includes the Australasian Realm and the Oceanian Realm.

Mammal galleries