Last evening’s extraordinary Joshua Tree sunset—with zero enhancement.

#stunday #sunsets #ECK #westcoastkin #photography #photographersunited #photographersofbluesky #joshuatree #desertphotography

Great Egret feeding chick in nest. Adult is a large wader, all white body, black legs, bright yellow and insanely sharp bill. Seen feeding a youngling, its' plumage still coming in, not quite covering all the leading edge of its wittle baby wings yet. The green leathery skin can be seen here at bottom. Birds in a thickly wooded area, actually well away from human contact, long lenses are best here.

Great Egret with two chicks in nest. Adult is a large wader, all white body, black legs, bright yellow and insanely sharp bill. Long breeding plumage seen on the adult, short punk-rock looks on the chicks, so cute! These all white waders have black legs and bright yellow, very sharp bills, with bright yellow eyes. This shot was taken just before sundown one evening this spring, the whole scene is aglow with that awesome golden light effect. Birds in a thickly wooded area, actually well away from human contact, long lenses are best here.

Roseate Spoonbill family, two adults, two chicks in nest at sundown. Wonderful golden hour glow casting that extra tint throughout the entire image. Spoonbills are medium to large bodied waders, long pinkish legs, bright pink to red feathers, sides and backs, whiter hues under and on neck. Distinctive long flat bill ending in trademark ladle shape spoonbill feature. Chicks have the spoonbill shape started, but the length of the whole bill is very short when young.

Sandhill Cranes, backs to camera, seen here shopping for snacks in a pasture area with junior tagging along for hunting lessons. This family group of two adults and one chick has been joined by the ever-present cattle egret, known for its great forage skills as well. Sandhill Cranes are tall birds, long legs and long necks. Gray to beige bodies, paler neck, distinctive red cap on head behind the eyes, long sharp beak, very stabby. Junior bird here is all rusty - reddish and fuzzy looking, very tiny compared to mom and dad. Tiny even compared to the much smaller cattle egret. This egret is all white, yellow legs, medium shorter bill, sharp and stabby in it's own right. The three Sandhill Cranes are all looking left of camera, while the cattle egret is checking to the right. The adults here are in bookend formation, framing the juvenile and egret in between them.

Entries for Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #AdulsWithChicks, and capture of an Adult with its young, the Alt Theme is #Yellow, and bird with Yellow in its plumage.

- Great Egrets
- Roseate Spoonbills
- Sandhill Cranes

#birds #ECK
#photography #ukbirding #BirdLife
#westcoastkin #nature #florida

A bright red sun looms just above the ocean horizon at sunset, in a hazy purple sky. In the foreground a rough, 3 tiered rock in silhouette. Just above the sun a seagull flies, wings outstretched.

Biarritz, crépuscule

#Stunday

#France #WestCoastKin #sunset #photodaily #UnJourUnePhoto #fineartphotgraphy #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #landscapephotography #seascape #nikon #Biarritz #landscape #paysage #seascapephotography #wander #roam #voyage

a picture of an adult female wild turkey, or hen, accompanied by a young turkey, known as a poult or chick. the two birds are walking near the base of a large tree trunk on the right side of the frame. the adult has dark, iridescent layered feathers with barred patterns on her wings and tail, a long neck, and a featherless, bluish-grey head. the small poult is covered in light brown and grey speckled feathers. green foliage in the background.

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme as set by Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social
is #AdultsWithChicks. Here is a mama turkey walking her sweet little one on our property in Grants Pass.
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekLForLayers
#ECK #WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#Birds #Turkey
#Nature #Photography

The sun shines through some trees on a path to the Heceta Head lighthouse. The ocean is blue except where the sun reflects which is a bright silver. The tree covered mountains along the coast are also visible. Photo by Robert Emond.

#StunDay & #SundaySeashore &
#SensoryArt | #LightFlare

Heceta Head has some of the most stunning views on the Oregon coast. This one is from yesterday.

#Photography #PhotographersUnited
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#PNW #Oregon #BlueskyPhotography

This fierce Gartner Snake fights back like a Rattler.... hit Play!

#birds #snakes #eats
#EveryoneMustEat

#birding #ECK #birdwatching #Heron #pnw #nature #wildlife #oiseaux #vögel #pájaro #Portland #pacificnorthwest #ornithology #Westcoastkin #bird

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #AdultsWithChicks, any capture of an Adult with its young, the Alt Theme is #Yellow, any bird with Yellow in its plumage. #birds #photography #ECK #WestCoastKin #PhotographersUnited

Covering both themes, a Canada Goose couple with their 6 goslings!

For #Stunday Bumpass Trail, Lassen NP #Scape #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #allthephotos #ColorADay #ThePhotoHour #photography #photographersunited #blueskyphotography #landscape #landscapephotography

For today's #BirdOfTheDay.
#AdultsWithChicks #photography #ECK #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #birds #wildlife #Canon
Ah, Spring!

For #Stunday Mt St Helens twilight #Scape #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #allthephotos #ColorADay #ThePhotoHour #photography #photographersunited #blueskyphotography #landscape #landscapephotography

A work in progress acrylic painting of a cat.

Work in progress. #WIP #ArtYear #AcrylicPainting #CatArt #CatPainting #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #Cats

Happy Sunday!

PCT trailhead near the Mormon Rocks in the Cajon Pass. 1/2018

#hiking #photography #westcoastkin #scenic #nature #eastcoastkin #views #scape #breathe #PCT #wildflowers

Day 88 of #365PhotoADay - #Stunday

From last month's trip to Capitol Reef National Park #NPS, a early morning capture of the Gifford Homestead Barn in Fruita #Utah.

#landscape #photography #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #LuminarNeo #LuminarEdit

A stunning, color photo of the silhouette of Crane wading in water on Alki Beach in Washington State at sunset on March 27, 2026. The red glow of the sunset reflects on the rippling water. 📸 Theresa Arbow-O'Connor

A Crane seen on Alki Beach in West Seattle, WA at sunset on March 27, 2026.

#Stunday #ECK
#PNW #Sunsets
#ArtInNature
#Photography
#WestCoastKin
#BeachScapes #Reflections

#OrangeSun #ColorADay #ECK
#westcoastkin

A rose from outside my old house in Ventura, California

A view of the Heceta Head beach from the path to the lighthouse. Blue sky and blue ocean are visible in this panoramic shot. Photo by Robert Emond.

#BlueSkyArtShow | #Background

Also my #PhotoADay: Day 87 of 365. I’ve been busy with my kids visiting this week for their birthdays. Today we went to Heceta Head lighthouse and I got this view.

#Photography 📸 #PNW #Oregon
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin

Tucking in for the night. Sleep well, fighters of kings.
#BlueSkyArtShow #iphone #photograpghy #nature #sunsets #cascades #eastcoastkin #westcoastkin

Poison Oak Flowers
#wildflower #Scape #eastcoastkin #westcoastkin #Art #weareroamers #flora #california #Landscape #SantaCruzmountains #solitude #Photography #Nature #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings #TheWildImages #blueskyartshow #landscaephotograpphy #spring #printemps

Wild Iris
#wildflower #Scape #eastcoastkin #westcoastkin #Art #weareroamers #flora #california #Landscape #SantaCruzmountains #solitude #Photography #Nature #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings  #TheWildImages #blueskyartshow #landscaephotograpphy #spring #printemps

London Eye. 2025.
#スナップ写真 #白黒 #モノクロ #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow #UrbanGaze #westcoastkin
@bskyphotos.bsky.social

An acrylic modern style art painting of a woman decorated with symbols.

Finished today. 11” x 14” Acrylic on canvas panel. #BlueskyArtShow #ArtYear #AcrylicPainting #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin

A male Spotted Towhee for #SparrowSunday! #birds #photography #ECK #WestCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Canada

#BlueskyArtShow #background
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLayers #Stunday #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #ThePhotoHour #allthephotos #photography #blueskyphotography #photographersunited #WestCoastPhotographers #WestCoastPhotography

#BlueskyArtShow #background
#AlphabetChallenge #sunrise #WeekLforLayers #Stunday #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #ThePhotoHour #allthephotos #photography #blueskyphotography #photographersunited #WestCoastPhotographers #WestCoastPhotography

A white gazebo sits in the middle of a green landscape comprised of slight rolling hills, grass and trees. The fog was in the process of lifting, so there are patches of sunlight and shadow, and the fog makes the background soft and slightly out of focus. The gazebo is on the Madonna Ranch (privately property) but has been used for weddings. This is near Laguna Lake Open Space, San Luis Obispo, California. Photo was taken from a hiking trail on a nearby hillside with zoom.

#BlueskyArtShow #Background #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLayers #ColorADay #GreenSat #Stunday

A white gazebo sits alone in the green landscape of San Luis Obispo, California

#ECK #Gazebo #LandscapePhotography #WestCoastKin

My shadow is front and center at the bottom of the frame. I am taking a photo of a fogbow that is in the distance, across a large field of brown, dry grass and vegetation. The sky is blue above, then the white fogbow which forms from a thin layer of fog. Fogbows are white because the water particles are so fine that they do not have the prism effect of larger drops in rainbows. They only show up when your back is to the sun at a low angle and thinning fog. This is in Laguna Lake Open Space in San Luis Obispo, California

#BlueskyArtShow #Background

Selfie silhouette taking a photo of a fogbow in the background.

#ECK #Fogbow #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLayers #Stunday #WestCoastKin

Spring Blossom Bokeh! #blueskyartshow #background #bokeh #pink #cherryblossoms #vintagelens #manualfocus #eastcoastkin #westcoastkin #pacificnorthwest

A woman holds a sign that reads: "Trump Has Dementia. 25th Amendment." The state Capitol is to the left. A crowd of people stand on the lawn and broad walkway. The skies above Olympia are blue with puffy white clouds.

A Beautiful Day For A March — On The Scene For The No Kings Protest In Olympia

The crowd of 6,000 gathered throughout the expansive lawn near the Capitol Building on a picturesque spring Saturday.

#NoKings l #Olympia l #Protest
#HumansOfBluesky l #UrbanGaze
#ECK l #WestCoastKin l #Capitol

Our subject is presented in a jet black, velvet hooded cloak within a slightly out-of-focus background of very pale desert mountains. Her straight dark hair is flowing out and falling from the side of her pale, downturns & slightly smiling face. Her closed eyes are barely visible from underneath the shadow of her hooded head. A polarizing filter is used to create extremes of light & dark. The use of a very slight diffusion filter also lends to the softened contrast of a scene for a different type of portraiture. Only our subject is in focus. The lens is set with a wide aperture to soften the distance to the mountains behind her. (I forget the actual settings & shutter speed, however I was well-aware of the desired effects gotten.) It's a monochrome/grayscale composition/image. Enjoy.

#BlueskyArtShow #background #vital #wonderful #joyous #natural in #many #instances #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #monochrome #polarizer #filter #cloak #HumansOfBluesky #human #individual #portrait #scene #desolate #nearandfar #ECK #wilderness #blackandwhite #desert #WestCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky

Out on a walk and saw something really amazing. The pier, walkway, low-hanging clouds, distant cloudy horizon and ever-present sea converge. How could I not capture this?

Where Lines converge. Clouds walkway, pier and sea. Nature and humanity meet artistically. Couldn't resist capturing it and submitting for the Bluesky Art Show. #photography #nature #BlueSkyArtShow #Clouds #ECK #WestCoastKin #Sky #Art