This is a composite. I took a pic of the house a couple days ago, then added the cat from a photo I took in Florida a few years ago. NO AI involved! I thought he would look nice there, and I wanted to draw attention to the duck.

I love old brick buildings. Where I live there are a lot of them. The angles are awry from age, but that only adds character. Notice the odd duck on the porch? Not the cat, the clay pottery. 🤭 #architecture #redbrick #brick #house #duck #cat #orangecat #NEOhio

Sony a6400, Sony E 70-350mm lens, f/6.3, 1/2000s, ISO-2000, 200mm.

I was walking in my neighborhood when I suddenly had this feeling I was being watched. I looked around. There's the little spy! Cute little thing, too. 🤭 #squirrel #naturephotography #photography #wildlife #NEOhio

Sony a6400, Sony E 70-350mm lens, f/4.5, 1/2500s, ISO-1600, 70mm.

This is a house in my neighborhood, and it's gorgeous. A friend tells me, if you creep up to their privacy fence and look over, you'll see a backyard waterfall and pond. #scape #landscape #BWFri #ColorADay #NEOhio

Sony a6400, Sony E 70-350mm lens, f/6.3, 1/1600s, ISO-800, 350mm Brilliant blue sky, budding trees... so what if it was cold? :)

It was cold, I didn't have my shoes on (stocking feet only!), but I went into my friend's backyard and snapped a pic of this bird. Didn't know until I downloaded it that it was a starling. #birds #BirdoftheDay #naturephotography #NEOhio

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#nokings #Cleveland #Strongsville #NEOhio #protest

New pic of Maple just dropped!! (Why has no one adopted her yet, look at her lil face 🥺🥺🥺)

#akron #rabbit #neohio

Sony a6400, Sony E 70-350mm lens, F/6.3, 1/1600s, 295mm.

“Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night.” ― Charles Fisher
#birds #ducks #naturephotography #AmericanPekin #birdphotography #eastcoastkin #landscape #NEOhio

Went outside yesterday when it was really nice and almost ran into these thorns. Yowsa! They could damage your clothing but worse, it would really rip some holes in your tender flesh.
#MacroMonday #honeylocusttree #thorns #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #branches #NEOhio

Birds are only my second favorite subject to photograph. #Photography #Dogs #PitMix #NEOhio

"Go outside once in awhile" they say
"Touch grass" they say

Well I have a new proposition:

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#ohio #neohio #ohiofurry #furry

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MarriedCouples, same species Male/Female bird pairs. Alt theme is #Gulls I share this pair of Trumpeter Swans who live in a private area near a local winery. #ECK #Birds #Photography #Nikon, #NEOhio #Swans

Sony a6400, E 70-350mm lens, f/6.3, 1/4000s, ISO-6400, 350mm.

One of the healthiest squirrels I've ever seen. Looks happy, too. It was digging in the lawn, possibly looking for acorns it had stashed during fall for just this moment. It was in someone's side yard and I was taking pics from the street.
#wildlifeWednesday #squirrel #spring #NEOhio #eastcoastkin

On a jobsite today, and saw this on the siding. It dropped 50* the last 24 hours, so it may be a bit weather shocked. No idea what it is, but I switched lenses and took my first macro shot in two years. No clue what I am doing!!! #Nikon #ECK, #Macro #WhatIsIt? #NEOhio

The pretty, swirly water vies for attention with the duck in this photo of a female mallard. #MallardMonday #birds #ducks #birdphotography #eastcoastkin #landscape #NEOhio

Sony a6400, Sony E 70-350mm lens, f/6.3, a/4000s, ISO-5000, 350mm. The wind kept blowing my camera around, so I'm glad shutter priority was dialed all the way up! It helped me get a sharp shot of the "catch."

The not-so-early-bird caught the worm. 🤭 I went for a walk during the vicious wind storm yesteray afternoon and spotted this robin with a late lunch. More in ALT. #birds #robin #spring #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #landscape #NEOhio

The theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #GreyDay, any bird with Grey in their plumage, the Alt theme is #Abstract, any capture showing feather patterns, reflections or unusual framing.
#ECK, #photography #birds #NEOhio #Nikon #nature Taking a break from all the Herons, here's a Black Eyed Junco.

WFH today, but just got back inside from chainsawing one tree that fell across our driveway, and another that fell into the road. Although both trees were only 6-8",I clearly need a sharper chain. #storm #windy #NEOhio Next, my 4pm Zoom call.

Sony a6400, Sony E 70-350mm lens, F/4.5, 1/2500s, ISO-2500, 70mm.

This tree can't help but be the subject of the photo, but floating around at its base are several ducks. #treescape #landscape #ducks #mallards #birds #NEOhio #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #blueskyphotographer

Happy #Flyday, everyone! The weekend is almost here! Great Blue Heron with its impressive 6' wingspan. (1.7-2.0 meters). THEY stand up to 4.5 ft/1.4 m tall and weigh 4.5 to 7 pounds. It's a big bird! #birds #ECK #Nikon #NEOhio #photography

@robcrank68.bsky.social Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TwigsAreUs, birds perched on twigs, the Alt theme is #HeadShots Here's a Eastern Bluebird and a male Northern Cardinal. Still learning. #Birds #NEOhio, #Nikon3400, #EastCoastKin, #Photography, #Bluebird

Pretty Good Books presents: Book Bash April 25, 2026 1-7 pm New Leaf Event Center 110 Gateway Ave, Conneaut, OH 44030 BookBashAshtabula@gmail.com

Ohio and Pennsylvania people, you should probably come check this out. I hear there will be some pretty cool authors at this shindig. 🤓 #Ohio
#BookishEvents #OhioAuthors #NEOhio #IndieAuthors

Sony a6400, Sony E70-350mm lens, f/4.5, 1/2500s, ISO-1600, 70mm. Wrong lens but it's the one I had with me. :) The Sigma 18-50 would have been better, but I made it work! I wanted the shot.

I don't know how #Stunday this pic is, but how often do people get a closeup look at snowdrops? "Never," you say? Well, this photo's for you then. #flowers #snowdrops #closeup #landscape #NEOhio

Sony a6400, Sone E70-350mm, f/4.5, 1/2500s, ISO-1250, 77mm. Processing and color grading done in Luminar Neo.

I took this pic this morning from the Overlook. It's a two-pic pano of the land on the edge of spring. It was warm and windy and wonderful. #BlueSkyArtShow #Flowing #landscape #NEOhio

Sony a6400, Sony E70-350mm lens, f/5, 1/200s, ISO-100, 70mm. To avoid having to step into the street to get the shot, I had to shoot it vertically.

This neighborhood bike shop is currently open only during the afternoon (winter hours). #WindowsonWednesday #EastCoastKin #UrbanPhotography #landscape #photography #BikeShop #photographersofbluesky #NEOhio

Sony a6400, Sigma 18-50mm lens, f/2.8, 1/80s, 18mm.

Our temp has been up and down lately, and the only good thing it produces is fog! This road is in a cemetery. A duck pond is nearby. #ThickTrunkTuesday #EastCoastKin #trees #landscape #photography #photographersofbluesky #NEOhio

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Maple syrup is awesome, but maple alcohol is even better. Sap Run Distillery makes some of the best maple moonshine in the game, and Seldom Seen Farm just released their maple whiskey. #NEOhio #MapleFest2026
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Sony a6400, Sony 70-350mm lens, 1/2000s, ISO-6400, 350mm. The duck pond is part of a huge cemetery, and staff told me this duck never crossed the water to where the visitors are but stays on the far side, swimming back and forth in shadow with her mallard companion. I absolutely needed the telephoto lens to capture it. I'm so glad I went back yesterday; I woke up this morning to heavy overcast and rain, and getting a good photo of this reclusive bird today would have been difficult.

#BirdsSeenin2026 #birds #merganser #ducks #NEOhio
This is the first time I've seen this bird. It's a female, and there was no male in sight. She was hanging out with a female mallard. At first I took pics in fog, but they were terrible, so I returned in late afternoon. Success! Details in ALT.

One of America's best comic book shops is in Cleveland, and it's here to preserve the stories – The Land In a country still writing its mythology, Carol & John’s is where those stories are shared again, one comic at a time.

Carol & John's is an iconic Cleveland shop.

#cleveland #ohio #comics #comicbooks #bestcomicshops #kammscorners #westpark #northeastohio #neohio #bestohcomics

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..around NE OH. Connections include folks like Joe Walsh, Donnie Iris, The Boss, etc. Clarence "The Big Man" Clemons plays that saxophone you hear on this track. Personally, this is my favorite MSB track!

#Lover #MichaelStanleyBand #NEohio #ClarenceClemons #WMMS #RockAndRoll

Sony a6400, Sony 70-350mm lens, f/6.3, 1/1250s, 350mm.

#BirdOfTheDay #posted #red #finch #male #birds #birdphotography #NEOhio #NatureRealm
Photographed this male finch last Thursday, perched on one of the bird feeders. He gave me a sharp-eyed glance, as if wondering what I thought of him. I told him he was beautiful!