A white church bell tower photographed from below with the sun directly behind it, creating a bright halo and casting the structure in partial silhouette against a clear sky.
When the sun crowns the tower
#stunday #EastCoastKin #SunHalo #BacklitBeauty #SkyDrama #LightChasers #ArchitecturalGlow #SunburstShot #AtmosphericLight
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #serenity This sleepy cockatoo felt fitting. Also, I forgot to post yesterday for #BacklitBeauty so here’s an eastern wood-pewee (I believe) basking in the setting sun
Australasian darter silhouetted against sunset, Kakadu
White bellied sea eagle soaring over the sea at sunset
Ibis flying home to roost, silhouetted at sunset, Kakadu
Torresian crow leaving a tree
@alan678.bsky.social alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #backlitbeauty
Australasian darter, White-bellied sea-eagle, Ibis, crow
#photography #birds #nature #wildlife #darter #eagle #ibis #crow #gift #EastCoastKin
A white swan with its wings held loosely half-spread lands, black feet first, on a slightly rippled water surface, moving from right to left. The water spashes in its water, and the low sunlight makes it shine. The sunshine falls through the feathers of the swan's wings from behind, making them reflect perfectly on the water. In the middle at the bottom there is my copyright saying 'C. P. / All rights reserved. Do not reupload. Do not use with/for any kind of AI.'
Today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme by @alan678.bsky.social is #BacklitBeauty. I love working with #backlight in my #photography so I'll start with this.
Have a beautiful mute #swan on landing, captured in a later afternoon.
#photo #AnimalPhotography #BirdPhotography #bird #nature #wildlife #backlit
Friday Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BacklitBeauty #birds #Bermuda White-tailed Tropicbird
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #backlitbeauty sunlight behind the bird. #svarttrost #eurasianblackbird
A silhouette of a shorebird with a distinctly upturned bill as it lifts its bill from the water. A stream of water is frozen in midair as it falls from the tip of its bill.
Today's ALT #BirdOfTheDay theme is #backlitbeauty sunlight behind the bird - set by @alan678.bsky.social ~ This American Avocet made for a distinctive silhouette at San Elijo Lagoon, CA, USA. #birds #digiscoping #phoneskope
My #backlitbeauty, alt theme, in #BirdoftheDay. The stork in my sister's backyard in #Roggenstorf, near the Baltic Sea in #Germany.
#meckpomm #duitsland #birdphotography #birdwatching #birdsofbluesky #backyarddreams
#BirdOfTheDay alt theme #backlitbeauty ‘Syd’ the beautiful #Kookaburra at #SuffolkOwls he is a very cheeky chappy 😁..😎
📷 Apr ‘25 🪶🪃 🇦🇺💚☀️
#Birds #Nature #Photography #Breathe #EastCoastKin
Sanderling standing in shallow water, calling with the sun behind.
Sanderling calling #BacklitBeauty #BirdOfTheDay #Birds
Alan H’s @alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #backlitbeauty sunlight behind the bird. This dusky flycatcher thinks that’s its best angle.
#birds #birdphotography #birdwatching
A red-shouldered hawk perches on top of a utility pole covered in vines. The bird is back lit by the sun, appearing in silhouette. It is looking down at the ground, hunting for prey.
#birdoftheday #backlitbeauty
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
#naturephotography #birds
#eastcoastkin
Photo taken at Forest Farm NR - Cardiff - South Wales The UK Kingfisher is a small, brilliantly coloured bird often spotted as a fast-moving, electric-blue flash along rivers, lakes, and canals. Though they are quite small—roughly the size of a sparrow or robin—their striking colours and distinctive shape make them unforgettable. Here is a description of a UK Kingfisher designed to highlight its most recognizable features: 1. Striking Colours The Back and Head: The back, top of the head, and tail are a brilliant, metallic turquoise blue that seems to glow or appear as a vibrant streak when it flies. The Chest and Underside: The breast is a rich, warm chestnut-orange (or rusty copper) colour. Facial Markings: It has a white patch on its throat and a white patch on the sides of its neck, which contrast with its orange cheeks. 2. Unique Shape and Silhouette Long Bill: The most defining feature is its disproportionately long, dagger-shaped black bill. This beak is designed for fishing and can look quite large compared to its body. Small Body: It has a very short tail and short legs, giving it a compact, "dumpy" appearance, especially when perched. Large Head: The head appears large in proportion to its small body. 3. Key Behavioural Clues The "Flash": Often, you will not see a perched bird, but rather a sudden, rapid streak of shining blue flying low over the water. Hunting Position: They sit very still on low-hanging branches or fences right over the water, watching for fish. The Call: They make a high-pitched, sharp, whistling call, often before you see them. 4. How to Distinguish Males and Females Males: Have an almost entirely black beak. Females: Have a distinct orange-red patch on the lower half of their bill. Note: In winter, the lack of foliage makes them easier to spot as they move along riverbanks.
Today's ALT #BirdOfTheDay theme is #backlitbeauty sunlight behind the bird - set by @alan678.bsky.social ~ a perched Kingfisher watching/hunting the fish on the canal ~ a bit of an unusual backlit capture 😍🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #bluesky #EastCoastKin #birds #kingfisher
A couple more for today’s #BirdOfTheDay chosen by
@alan678.bsky.social is #birds&berries any capture that includes both.
The alt is #backlitbeauty any bird with sunlight behind it.
Here’s a male Sparrow with berries.😍
#birds #Sparrow #Nature #OldPhoto
A Stout Cisticola perches on a slender bare bit of a green bush, facing left, with some kind of mantis in its beak. It has been raining; we can see water droplets on the greenery. This small bird with dark eyes has a russet forehead, crown, and nape, and a buff throat, chest, and tummy. Its wings and back are shades of dark brown, with the feathers edged in buff. Its tail is dark and a bit tatty.
A male Yellow Warbler is perched on a tree branch; it is facing to the left but looking directly into the camera. It has what might be a small beetle in its beak. The sunlight hits only the front curve of the bird's head, chest, and feet. Overall, the bird is bright yellow; it has rufous striping on its side, and its wings are greenish with some dark feathers bordered with yellow.
A Common Yellowthroat sits a distance away from the viewer on a broken branch, the sun behind and to its left. It is facing to the right of the photo; the thin trunk of the tree is to the bird's right, and further right, we see sunlit fluff, probably from cotton trees, captured in some small branches.
An Osprey is in flight above us, flying away, with the sun shining through its spread tail and its wings in an almost upside-down U.
🦉🪶
Four #backlitbeauty #birds
Stout Cisticola
Northern Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Osprey
A single loon floating and reflecting on calm water as the sun gets low behind them.
Common Loon (Gavia immer) was a #BacklitBeauty this week in Bodega Harbor. 💚 #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #FeatheredFriday #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
#BirdOfTheDay alt theme #BackLitBeauty.
A silhouetted Crow in flight.
#flyday #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #photography #EastCoastKin #ArtChallenges #AlbertaBirds #CanadaBirds #photographersofBlueSky #NikonPhotography
Two more shots for today’s #BirdOfTheDay chosen by
@alan678.bsky.social is #birds&berries any capture that includes both. The alt is #backlitbeauty any bird capture with the sunlight behind the bird.
Here’s a cute juvenile female Sparrow in the sunlight.😍
#birds #Sparrow #Nature #OldPhoto
Red-tailed hawk in flight, looking up at underside of bird. Lighted from behind with translucent wings and tail.
A red-tailed hawk silhouetted against the sky. Boston MA area, Spring 2025.
#Backlitbeauty #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶
Photograph of a King Penguin Chick taken at Volunteer Point on the Falkland Islands. One of last year's chicks, the time from hatching to fledging is 14 - 16 months, and this all brown ball of fluff is just beginning to shed its down around its face and on the ends of its wings where moulting always starts. If there is one consistent weather in the Flalklands it's wind! This chick needed his grannycoat! King penguin chick completely covered in fluffy brown downy feathers, it's sideways on to the camera and is standing on the edge of a colony, out of focus, adult penguins in their white, grey, black and orange livery are in the background Canon R5 232mm f6.3 1:1600s ISO 800
"I've been standing here in this wind for 14 months, you wouldn't care if you looked like your Granny in her Big Coat either"
#Backlitbeauty King #Penguin chick (ok beauty might be pushing it) #FalklandIslands
#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #EastCoastKin #FebruArty2026 #fuzzy #travel #ArtYear #Wildlife
The alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #backlitbeauty any bird capture with the sun light behind the bird. #birds #photography
This summer I had a small garden on my balcony. A hummingbird would come by regularly. One day we had a brief conversation. Next summer I’ll work on better camera settings.
A Snowy Egret in calm water, with back-lighting an reflection.
The Alt theme for me today in #BirdoftheDay and #BackLitBeauty and a Snowy Egret gets the rim lighting treatment. #Birds #EastCoastKin 🪶 #Nature #Wildlife
The themes for today’s #BirdOfTheDay chosen by @alan678.bsky.social is #birds&berries any capture that includes both. The alt is #backlitbeauty any bird capture with the sun light behind the bird.
Here’s a female Sparrow with sun light on it’s behind. 😂
#birds #Sparrow #Nature #OldPhoto
A crow perched on a small, forked branch, backlit by the setting sun.
One of my favorite American #Crow photos, taken as the sun was setting at Union Bay Natural Area, #Seattle
#BirdOfTheDay alt: #BacklitBeauty
A lovely backlit Gambel's Quail hen looking back over her left shoulder in portrait.
I am not fixated on quail. 🤨
I'm fixated on backlit quail. 🫠
#BirdOfTheDay is #backlitbeauty! Have a sweet one! 🪶
📸 Gambel's Quail hen 🌿
#Quail
#Backlit
#BirdLovers
#FeatheredFriday
#EastCoastKin
#Photography
