Framing The Untamed | Wildlife Images by Christine Dorrestein
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Sharing my passion for wildlife through photography. 📷🐾
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Couldn’t let today pass without celebrating #internationalcheetahday ! Love these beautiful cats! ❤️🥰
December 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Couldn’t let today pass without celebrating #internationalcheetahday ! Love these beautiful cats! ❤️🥰
✨🦉Verreaux’s Eagle Owl. 🦉✨
Early mornings hit different when you lock eyes with a Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl! Those pink eyelids are pure magic. Photographed while on safari in Zambia this past September - at 5:40 a.m.
📷 Nikon Z9
🔭 Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
1/400 sec. at f/4.0, ISO 10,000, 560mm
Early mornings hit different when you lock eyes with a Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl! Those pink eyelids are pure magic. Photographed while on safari in Zambia this past September - at 5:40 a.m.
📷 Nikon Z9
🔭 Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
1/400 sec. at f/4.0, ISO 10,000, 560mm
December 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
✨🦉Verreaux’s Eagle Owl. 🦉✨
Early mornings hit different when you lock eyes with a Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl! Those pink eyelids are pure magic. Photographed while on safari in Zambia this past September - at 5:40 a.m.
📷 Nikon Z9
🔭 Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
1/400 sec. at f/4.0, ISO 10,000, 560mm
Early mornings hit different when you lock eyes with a Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl! Those pink eyelids are pure magic. Photographed while on safari in Zambia this past September - at 5:40 a.m.
📷 Nikon Z9
🔭 Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
1/400 sec. at f/4.0, ISO 10,000, 560mm
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The Untamed Dispatch | Issue #3
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✨💚The Resplendent Quetzal: The Gem of the Cloud Forest
At 10,000 feet above sea level, hidden within the misty cloud forests of Costa Rica, lives one of the world’s most beautiful birds — the Resplendent Quetzal. 💚.
At 10,000 feet above sea level, hidden within the misty cloud forests of Costa Rica, lives one of the world’s most beautiful birds — the Resplendent Quetzal. 💚.
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
✨💚The Resplendent Quetzal: The Gem of the Cloud Forest
At 10,000 feet above sea level, hidden within the misty cloud forests of Costa Rica, lives one of the world’s most beautiful birds — the Resplendent Quetzal. 💚.
At 10,000 feet above sea level, hidden within the misty cloud forests of Costa Rica, lives one of the world’s most beautiful birds — the Resplendent Quetzal. 💚.
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Sneak peak! The spectacular Resplendent Quetzal! Lots more to come. Stay tuned! #resplendentquetzal #costaricawildlife
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Sneak peak! The spectacular Resplendent Quetzal! Lots more to come. Stay tuned! #resplendentquetzal #costaricawildlife
Costa Rica’s Central Pacific Coast – Wildlife Wonders. 🇨🇷🦋
In this area of the country, the rainforest meets the sea. Sloths lounge in treetops. Howler monkeys roar day and night. Iguanas sun on rocks. And the birds are some of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen! Costa Rica is wild and amazing!
In this area of the country, the rainforest meets the sea. Sloths lounge in treetops. Howler monkeys roar day and night. Iguanas sun on rocks. And the birds are some of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen! Costa Rica is wild and amazing!
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Costa Rica’s Central Pacific Coast – Wildlife Wonders. 🇨🇷🦋
In this area of the country, the rainforest meets the sea. Sloths lounge in treetops. Howler monkeys roar day and night. Iguanas sun on rocks. And the birds are some of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen! Costa Rica is wild and amazing!
In this area of the country, the rainforest meets the sea. Sloths lounge in treetops. Howler monkeys roar day and night. Iguanas sun on rocks. And the birds are some of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen! Costa Rica is wild and amazing!
Stay tuned! More from Costa Rica coming soon! 🇨🇷🐢
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Stay tuned! More from Costa Rica coming soon! 🇨🇷🐢
Costa Rica in Focus. 🇨🇷
Enjoying some easy days in Costa Rica—good weather, great food, fun people, and the most incredible wildlife! Just a few of the animals hanging around where we’re staying.
📷 Nikon Z9
🔭 Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
©2025 Framing The Untamed, LLC
Enjoying some easy days in Costa Rica—good weather, great food, fun people, and the most incredible wildlife! Just a few of the animals hanging around where we’re staying.
📷 Nikon Z9
🔭 Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
©2025 Framing The Untamed, LLC
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Costa Rica in Focus. 🇨🇷
Enjoying some easy days in Costa Rica—good weather, great food, fun people, and the most incredible wildlife! Just a few of the animals hanging around where we’re staying.
📷 Nikon Z9
🔭 Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
©2025 Framing The Untamed, LLC
Enjoying some easy days in Costa Rica—good weather, great food, fun people, and the most incredible wildlife! Just a few of the animals hanging around where we’re staying.
📷 Nikon Z9
🔭 Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
©2025 Framing The Untamed, LLC
Lion Vam Mudra?🦁🧘
I love this pose. Is it Lion Yoga? Vam Mudra? What do you think?
📍South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
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[Gear]
📷 Nikon Z9
🔭 Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
OWC Atlas Ultra 1.0TB High-Performance CFexpress 4.0 Type B
Memory Card
©2025 Framing The Untamed, LLC
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I love this pose. Is it Lion Yoga? Vam Mudra? What do you think?
📍South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
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[Gear]
📷 Nikon Z9
🔭 Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
OWC Atlas Ultra 1.0TB High-Performance CFexpress 4.0 Type B
Memory Card
©2025 Framing The Untamed, LLC
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November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Lion Vam Mudra?🦁🧘
I love this pose. Is it Lion Yoga? Vam Mudra? What do you think?
📍South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
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[Gear]
📷 Nikon Z9
🔭 Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
OWC Atlas Ultra 1.0TB High-Performance CFexpress 4.0 Type B
Memory Card
©2025 Framing The Untamed, LLC
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I love this pose. Is it Lion Yoga? Vam Mudra? What do you think?
📍South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
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[Gear]
📷 Nikon Z9
🔭 Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
OWC Atlas Ultra 1.0TB High-Performance CFexpress 4.0 Type B
Memory Card
©2025 Framing The Untamed, LLC
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2026 Wyoming Wildlife 2026 Calendar honorable mention! There were 1,551 submissions and 18 winners (12 calendar photos/6 honorable mentions). These are beautiful calendars produced by Wyoming Game & Fish. Order yours today at wyomingwildlife.secure.darwin.cx/J5N6CALW and support Wyoming wildlife.
November 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
2026 Wyoming Wildlife 2026 Calendar honorable mention! There were 1,551 submissions and 18 winners (12 calendar photos/6 honorable mentions). These are beautiful calendars produced by Wyoming Game & Fish. Order yours today at wyomingwildlife.secure.darwin.cx/J5N6CALW and support Wyoming wildlife.
🌸Pink Pony Club🌸
Back to one of my favorite locales to shoot. How lucky to see Roseate Spoonbills still hanging around! Unusual looking, but so beautiful with their pink feathers. Hope a few of them decide to stay for the winter.
📍Jekyll Island, Georgia.
#birds
Back to one of my favorite locales to shoot. How lucky to see Roseate Spoonbills still hanging around! Unusual looking, but so beautiful with their pink feathers. Hope a few of them decide to stay for the winter.
📍Jekyll Island, Georgia.
#birds
November 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM
🌸Pink Pony Club🌸
Back to one of my favorite locales to shoot. How lucky to see Roseate Spoonbills still hanging around! Unusual looking, but so beautiful with their pink feathers. Hope a few of them decide to stay for the winter.
📍Jekyll Island, Georgia.
#birds
Back to one of my favorite locales to shoot. How lucky to see Roseate Spoonbills still hanging around! Unusual looking, but so beautiful with their pink feathers. Hope a few of them decide to stay for the winter.
📍Jekyll Island, Georgia.
#birds
Happy Halloween! 🎃👻
October 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃👻
So honored to be featured in the Share The View Nature Photography Contest video recognizing the talented women who had photos selected in the top 250 for the 2024 Share the View contest. youtu.be/D7_wwfr7yxQ
Women Photographers Featured in the Top 250 Images
YouTube video by Share the View Contest
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October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
So honored to be featured in the Share The View Nature Photography Contest video recognizing the talented women who had photos selected in the top 250 for the 2024 Share the View contest. youtu.be/D7_wwfr7yxQ
✨Lower Zambezi Leopard Queens. 🐆👸
While these ladies are all related, there are no family get togethers! Meet the Leopard Queens of Lower Zambezi—Old Mondoro female, the aging Queen, and her daughter and granddaughter, Mai and Scar.
📍Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia, September 2025.
While these ladies are all related, there are no family get togethers! Meet the Leopard Queens of Lower Zambezi—Old Mondoro female, the aging Queen, and her daughter and granddaughter, Mai and Scar.
📍Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia, September 2025.
October 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
✨Lower Zambezi Leopard Queens. 🐆👸
While these ladies are all related, there are no family get togethers! Meet the Leopard Queens of Lower Zambezi—Old Mondoro female, the aging Queen, and her daughter and granddaughter, Mai and Scar.
📍Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia, September 2025.
While these ladies are all related, there are no family get togethers! Meet the Leopard Queens of Lower Zambezi—Old Mondoro female, the aging Queen, and her daughter and granddaughter, Mai and Scar.
📍Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia, September 2025.
Nothing like a back-pull to force you to run through photos from your photographic safari! Couldn’t resist processing these elephants in the golden hour. 🧡🐘
📍Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia, September 22, 2025
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📍Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia, September 22, 2025
©2025 Framing The Untamed, LLC
October 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Nothing like a back-pull to force you to run through photos from your photographic safari! Couldn’t resist processing these elephants in the golden hour. 🧡🐘
📍Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia, September 22, 2025
©2025 Framing The Untamed, LLC
📍Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia, September 22, 2025
©2025 Framing The Untamed, LLC
✨ The Untamed Dispatch, Issue No. 2 just hit inboxes!
Inside this issue, I share moments, insights, upcoming exhibitions, and hopefully a little inspiration from behind the lens.
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Inside this issue, I share moments, insights, upcoming exhibitions, and hopefully a little inspiration from behind the lens.
If that sounds like something you’d enjoy or you’re curious about, you can subscribe here 👉 mailchi.mp/7a86ffb8606c...
October 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
✨ The Untamed Dispatch, Issue No. 2 just hit inboxes!
Inside this issue, I share moments, insights, upcoming exhibitions, and hopefully a little inspiration from behind the lens.
If that sounds like something you’d enjoy or you’re curious about, you can subscribe here 👉 mailchi.mp/7a86ffb8606c...
Inside this issue, I share moments, insights, upcoming exhibitions, and hopefully a little inspiration from behind the lens.
If that sounds like something you’d enjoy or you’re curious about, you can subscribe here 👉 mailchi.mp/7a86ffb8606c...
📷7th Annual GNPA-OIWC Photo Contest.
Incredibly honored to have “Exploring” selected as the Tier 1 First Place winner in the Coastal Wildscapes category and “Simplicity” as the third place winner! Many thanks to the Coastal Chapter of the GNPA for sponsoring this photo contest.
Incredibly honored to have “Exploring” selected as the Tier 1 First Place winner in the Coastal Wildscapes category and “Simplicity” as the third place winner! Many thanks to the Coastal Chapter of the GNPA for sponsoring this photo contest.
October 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📷7th Annual GNPA-OIWC Photo Contest.
Incredibly honored to have “Exploring” selected as the Tier 1 First Place winner in the Coastal Wildscapes category and “Simplicity” as the third place winner! Many thanks to the Coastal Chapter of the GNPA for sponsoring this photo contest.
Incredibly honored to have “Exploring” selected as the Tier 1 First Place winner in the Coastal Wildscapes category and “Simplicity” as the third place winner! Many thanks to the Coastal Chapter of the GNPA for sponsoring this photo contest.
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So many photos, so many memories—here are a few from South Luangwa 📸🌿🐆 🐘🦅
📍 South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. September 2025.
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[Settings and Gear]
Nikon Z9
Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S, Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S
©2025, Framing The Untamed, LLC
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📍 South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. September 2025.
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[Settings and Gear]
Nikon Z9
Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S, Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S
©2025, Framing The Untamed, LLC
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October 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
So many photos, so many memories—here are a few from South Luangwa 📸🌿🐆 🐘🦅
📍 South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. September 2025.
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[Settings and Gear]
Nikon Z9
Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S, Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S
©2025, Framing The Untamed, LLC
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📍 South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. September 2025.
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[Settings and Gear]
Nikon Z9
Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S, Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S
©2025, Framing The Untamed, LLC
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So many photos, so many memories—here are a few from South Luangwa 📸🌿🐆 🐘🦅
📍 South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. September 2025.
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[Settings and Gear]
Nikon Z9
Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S, Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S
©2025, Framing The Untamed, LLC
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📍 South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. September 2025.
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[Settings and Gear]
Nikon Z9
Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S, Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S
©2025, Framing The Untamed, LLC
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October 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
So many photos, so many memories—here are a few from South Luangwa 📸🌿🐆 🐘🦅
📍 South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. September 2025.
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[Settings and Gear]
Nikon Z9
Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S, Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S
©2025, Framing The Untamed, LLC
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📍 South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. September 2025.
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[Settings and Gear]
Nikon Z9
Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S, Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S
©2025, Framing The Untamed, LLC
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Who thinks this is a good idea?!
The ultimate chew toy—Mom’s tail! She’s patient…for now. 🦁
📍 Mala Mala Game Reserve, South Africa. May 19, 2025.
[Settings and Gear]
Nikon Z9
Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
1/2000 sec. at f/8.0, ISO 4500, 560mm
©2025, Framing The Untamed, LLC
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The ultimate chew toy—Mom’s tail! She’s patient…for now. 🦁
📍 Mala Mala Game Reserve, South Africa. May 19, 2025.
[Settings and Gear]
Nikon Z9
Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
1/2000 sec. at f/8.0, ISO 4500, 560mm
©2025, Framing The Untamed, LLC
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September 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Who thinks this is a good idea?!
The ultimate chew toy—Mom’s tail! She’s patient…for now. 🦁
📍 Mala Mala Game Reserve, South Africa. May 19, 2025.
[Settings and Gear]
Nikon Z9
Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
1/2000 sec. at f/8.0, ISO 4500, 560mm
©2025, Framing The Untamed, LLC
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The ultimate chew toy—Mom’s tail! She’s patient…for now. 🦁
📍 Mala Mala Game Reserve, South Africa. May 19, 2025.
[Settings and Gear]
Nikon Z9
Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
1/2000 sec. at f/8.0, ISO 4500, 560mm
©2025, Framing The Untamed, LLC
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What awaits when I get to Africa?!
Moments that will forever be etched in my memory! 🐆
In a place where every day feels like a discovery, Africa reminds you that anything can happen.
Coming for it!! Stay tuned—adventures unfolding soon!!✨
📍 Mala Mala Game Reserve, South Africa. May 20, 2025.
Moments that will forever be etched in my memory! 🐆
In a place where every day feels like a discovery, Africa reminds you that anything can happen.
Coming for it!! Stay tuned—adventures unfolding soon!!✨
📍 Mala Mala Game Reserve, South Africa. May 20, 2025.
September 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
What awaits when I get to Africa?!
Moments that will forever be etched in my memory! 🐆
In a place where every day feels like a discovery, Africa reminds you that anything can happen.
Coming for it!! Stay tuned—adventures unfolding soon!!✨
📍 Mala Mala Game Reserve, South Africa. May 20, 2025.
Moments that will forever be etched in my memory! 🐆
In a place where every day feels like a discovery, Africa reminds you that anything can happen.
Coming for it!! Stay tuned—adventures unfolding soon!!✨
📍 Mala Mala Game Reserve, South Africa. May 20, 2025.
✨ The first issue of The Untamed Dispatch has been published! You can read it and subscribe here 👉 mailchi.mp/a2e65685f844...
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I’m excited and a little nervous to start this journey, but my goal is simple: to create something useful, thoughtful, and worth your time. Thanks for tuning in!
September 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
✨ The first issue of The Untamed Dispatch has been published! You can read it and subscribe here 👉 mailchi.mp/a2e65685f844...
I’m excited and a little nervous to start this journey, but my goal is simple: to create something useful, thoughtful, and worth your time. Thanks for tuning in!
I’m excited and a little nervous to start this journey, but my goal is simple: to create something useful, thoughtful, and worth your time. Thanks for tuning in!