A street is orange from flames and you can see the high winds in the palm trees. Sparks fly down the street

A fire truck is engulfed in parks and flames are seen on the hill. The entire photo is red and orange from the fire

A fireman with a hose runs across the front of a house in flames in the background

The inside of a house is a ball of flames. The only visible thing inside is a burning Christmas tree

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.

These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.

You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

A Robin, sitting on a fence, on New Years Day.

A Robin resting between meals.

#nikon #photographersofbluesky #birding

Popcorn cart on a wet cobblestone path

A lovely popcorn cart on a rainy dewy afternoon

#photography #urbanphotography #nikon #streetphotography

Went out before sunrise this morning. Froze a wee bit. The donuts made it worth it though

#nikon #pnwphoto #photographersofbluesky #pnw

A very grateful and thankful day down by the water

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A Pileated Woodpecker at work

#photographersofbluesky #photography #birding #wildlifephotography #nikon

I spy with my little eye... something red

#naturephotography #birding #photographersofbluesky #photography #nikon

Favorite part of travel through the PNW is seeing The Mountain 🗻

#mountrainier #mounttahoma #pnw #photographersofbluesky #travelphotography #nationalparks

This photo is one of my favorites which I've taken over the last decade. And it was a total accident.

📍Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Durham NC (Cerca ~2017)
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Have you been to the Blue Ice Cave in #Iceland?

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Brunch, Table for One.

#nikon D850, Tamron 250mm iso 800 1/500s f5.6
#naturephotography #birding #photographersofbluesky #photography

A crisp winters morning.
Taken in Iceland a few years back

#photographersofbluesky #landscapephotography #naturephotography #Iceland

Clouds or Mountains?
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#naturephotography #landscapephotography #pnwphoto

Waking up to a wet and windswept Wednesday in the PNW as we saw the first night of this week's Bomb Cyclone. #photographersofbluesky #PNW

Good morning Bluesky.
Good morning PNW.
#photographersofbluesky #photography

Greetings... From the PNW!

This shot has always resembled a postcard to me
#photography #naturephotgraphy #pnw #nikon

Tide pools on the Oregon Coast with Haceta Head lighthouse in the background. #photography #naturephotography #nikon

This one was from a few weeks back

From when the weather was warmer and the sky a bit brighter
#fungifriends #naturephotography #nikon #photography

Today is a dreary PNW day, so I decided to go down by the water #photography #naturephotography #nikon #pnw