Red paper lanterns blowing in the wind in an industrial alleyway.

Lanterns

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#LumixS9
LUT: Neagh by @rossandhisjpegs

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#Photography

A winter scene of a tall old water tower in a snow covered field, with a large gate of stone, wire fencing, and red pole, against a blue sky Text in the border frame: Helder Mira LUMIX S9 / TTARTISAN 40F2 L 40mm F2.0 1/5000s ISO100 Landscape LUT: Earth by RossAndHisjpegs LUMIX

Water tower

Finally taking out my new Lumix S9 for a proper spin.
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A male tabby cat stares up at the camera while he rests on a red carpet, a perfect loaf.

“Can I get a catnip?”
-NickMiller

My only way to deal with the doomscrolling and the helplessness.

#Caturday
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#LumixS9
#PostingToImproveMorale
LUT by @rossandhisjpegs
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Aerial view of the main buildings of Trinity College campus in Hartford, CT with snow on the main quad.

Experimenting with some lightroom settings based on a youtube tutorial by Matt Solie for a more filmic look (vs the cold DJI digital look).

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#NutmegSky
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A waxing crescent moon in the middle of the winter sky after dusk, the remains of the sunlight waning on the horizon

Waxing crescent

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Trees and houses silhouetted against a dark red and magenta horizon

“Red sky at night, sailors' delight.
Red sky at morning, sailors take warning…”

This beautiful morning sky felt rather ominous as in the distance, there was the low mechanical grinding and growling, unseen machines preparing for road work.

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A bright red male cardinal sits on a branch in an evergreen tree. A yellow ginkgo leaf dangles from above.

Looked up as I was walking I into the house and saw this little fellow. He reminded me to take some time and heal.

#Birds
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A lone crow perched on a branch of a tree in autumn against a white cloud in a blue sky.

Autumn sky
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Taken on iPhone 16 Pro

A male cardinal in a bush, surrounded by some berries.

Time to get back to sharing my work because what’s the point of art if you don’t share it...

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#Birds
#Nature
Shot on my Lumix G9 II w/ Pana-Leica 100-400 f/4-6.3 II
Quick edit of the Raw file.
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Three windows of a grand Victorian house under renovation. The orange and gold hues of setting sun sky and clouds reflected across the panes of glass.

I need to post something to cleanse my personal timeline. Here is a sunset from Friday evening.

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A close up photo of a mantis looking into the lens

Locust of the apocalypse

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#Macro
#NaturePhotography

A yellow flower has grown downward from a crack in a brownstone wall

Life finds a way…

#UrbanPhotography
#Nature
#Photos
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A yellow swallowtail butterfly rests on red flowers, backlit by the sun, in front of old buildings

Swallowtail Butterfly

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#LumixG9II
Bonboa LUT by rossandhisjpegs

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A seagull spreads its wings as it stands on a wooden frame on netting on the sand, with blue sky and ocean beyond.

Spreading our wings on holiday

Taken with Lumix G9 II and Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4
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#Lumix #G9M2 #Leica #birds
“Bonboa” LUT by RossAndHisJpegs

A bicycle with a basket on it’s handlebars of overflowing purple flowers, on a cobblestoned path in between buildings

Rambling through avenues of time.

LUMIX G9 II
Panasonic Leica 12-60
LUT- “Bonboa” by the amazing RossAndHisJpegs on YouTube; the perfect color profile to travel around Portugal.

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A dogwood blossom is backlit by the setting sun. As a bee flies above the the flower, a leaf almost cradles the setting sun.

She lifted up her wings
I guess this must be the place

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A trio of bright pink damask roses against green leaves, bending under the weight of rain drops

After the rain…

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Still trying out the Leica Lux app on my iPhone, closest I guess I can get to a Leica…
for now.

Pink mountain laurel flowers with green leaves in the late afternoon sun.

Pink mountain laurel flowers with green leaves

Close up of a pink flower of a mountain laurel bush in the late afternoon sun.

State Flower in Bloom in my backyard
#NutmegSky

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#Leica (as close as I get to a Leica 🤷🏻‍♂️)

A red tailed hawk sits on a branch of a bare tree, looking to the right over its shoulder.

Hawkeye

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Still testing out the Pana Leica 100-400 II telephoto lens with my G9 mark II
#birds #BirdPhotography
#Lumix #Leica #MFT
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A downy woodpecker ready for its close-up while having some suet

A house sparrow pauses on a bush

A tufted titmouse on the ledge of a bird feeder

New year, new lens, new birds!

End of year sale pick up as my early birthday treat, the Panasonic Leica 100-400 MII on the Lumix G9 II.
#birds #BirdPhotography #backyardBirding
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The low lit face of a tabby cat popping out of the darkness as he rests on the top of a sofa back. Doing some tests with the updated firmware for the Fujifilm X-H2s. They had seriously damaged the auto-focus in recent months, but the update seems to have fixed it and it’s working great, focusing on his eyes in the near dark.

Happy Gotcha Day to this loaf.

#Cats
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#Photography
#FujifilmXH2s
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Happy to say that the recent firmware update has fixed the autofocus issue that has been plaguing the beloved Fuji lines. Focused on his eye without an issue.

Close up of the top flaps of a cardboard box that is partially open, looking into the darkened interior, a pair of yellow cat eyes looking out

#caturday

Heard a noise behind me and turned around to the box on the floor behind me

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#iPhone13ProPhoto
#Cats #Photography
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Close up of drying grape leaves turning red and black, and orange and yellow

#SilentSunday

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#iPhonePhotography
#UrbanNature
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A photograph of a tree top filled with multicolored leaves from bright orange at the edges to yellow to light green, against a blue sky

#SilentSunday

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#Autumn
#UrbanPhotography
#iPhone13ProPhoto

Bluesky's open; quote one art to promote yourself!

I’m a #photographer and #videographer… but here goes a recent photo I like of #comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over my home city, Hartford, CT.

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#LumixG9M2
#PanasonicLeica
#Photography
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A New England autumn day in a cemetery, overcast sky above trees changing colors. In the center of a cemetery, an elaborate memorial stone for the family of Dr. Horace Wells, inventor of anesthesia. A relief on the stone in blue, of a scene of an angel descending on a woman in sheets laying on her side, looking up at the angel. Beneath the image, the phrase “There Shall Be No Pain”

#SilentSunday

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#iPhonePhotography
#Autumn in New England

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#NaturePhotography
#AuroraBorealis
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A downy woodpecker, with red forehead and chin, backlit by the sun, resting on the trunk of a ginko tree, with green ginko leaves surrounding it, in-between pecking at the bark.

I heard light tapping outside my window + spotted 2 woodpeckers busy at work on trees in my yard. The foliage is still full, so they were tough to track, but the bird-detecting AF came through on the Fuji XH2s.
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In the foreground, autumn yellow leaves on trees as a triangular shaped two sided blue glasses building rises into the blue sky above them. One of the sides of the building is in shadow.

#SilentSunday

Blue & Gold

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#PanaLeica
#LumixG9m2
#photography

A honey bee crawls around the brown center of a bright yellow sunflower, framed by the green and white leaves of Snow-on-the-Mountain plants

Mondays bee busy like…

#Photos
#Bees
#Flowers
#iPhonePhotography
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#NaturePhotography
#ForMorale

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