clouds and so, so many stars

self-portrait long exposure looming in front of the camera, taking a picture of the grasses and pacific behind

self portrait of the artist in her element

you are about to be hit by a car and you saw it coming so long ago.

hey fun fact did you know you can take pictures in moonless darkness if you wait long enough

#photography #newmoon #nemmypix

and this is technically a face reveal i guess. coming out as a soft fuzzy shape.

the sun caught in low-tide sand, streaking across the frame. breathe.

and a final sampling of some of what we did today.

#photography #landscape #nemmypix

a landscape photograph of northeast foster city photobombed by three ducks in flight. yes, i am very cool for getting this.

another sampling of some of what we did today.

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sun-coated foxtails waft in a spring breeze as marine haze glows gently in the sky

a sampling of some of what we did today.

#photography #landscape #nemmypix #sealpoint

"fruiting body" a blooming tree dominates the upper left quadrant of the frame, providing a shady center around which a bright sort of implicit path through arched branches and boughs winds

anyway, closin' out. saw another one of these trees very far away from this and its hornily gigantic flowers amused me then as much as they did here. but this is still a nice little nook past all the plant genitalia on wanton display.

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carp goldfish swim in a murky pond; stones and earth are faintly visible in the deeper water beneath them. the surface is speckled with fluffy tree pollen.

i have the strangest feeling i messed up the thread! oh well!

water as a subject is one of my favourites. with the right focus and tools, you can see into it, through it, let it serve the role of sky on the ground, etc

#naturescape #aquascape #photography #nemmypix

the surrounding scene captured in liquid amber. trees and foliage crowd the left and bottom, cloud and sky and pollen fill the rest.

the surrounding scene captured in liquid amber. trees and foliage crowd the left and bottom, cloud and sky and pollen fill the rest. a different time and angle of capture than its twin, reflected to help give the impression of a great skyline contained on the surface of the water below.

okay, took me a sec 'cuz things messed up a li'l with the transfer.

i was particuarly taken with using the pond's surface as a means of capturing its surroundings, getting a sort of #landscape in reflection.

a two-parter, but they go best together.

#naturescape #aquascape #photography #nemmypix

love trees, though. still alive despite being split open like that - they're such resilient organisms.

plus this one kinda looked like a weird critter.

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THE HELIOSPARK CROWN (2 of 2)

the sun caught and quieted in the branches overhead

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the sun flares blinding bright, streaking the photoprocessors of the camera with flared-out vectors of light. the sun is caught in the crook of two branches and it seethes its radiance.

wasn't intending to get an honest to god "looks like i made it with Jasc Paintshop Pro 7" lensflare but as a tree and sky enthusiast i had to. anyway this is 1 of 2; we invite you to study the less blinding shot of THE HELIOSPARK CROWN

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leafy canopies play in the brilliant blue sky above; a wall of foliage invites you to get lost within. (do not actually get lost though.)

deadfall, greenery, and clouds - are there better things?

yes.

they are not in this photo, though.

#naturescape #treepics #photography #nemmypix

a trio of pruned dead stumps supports greenery still clinging to life, feeding on its rot. the sun bakes its dead side, providing a bone-warming backlight to the scene, rays catching in the branches and leaves like the stonework atop a grave marker.

was absolutely obsessed with this half-dead sawed-up and middle-rotted stand of trees.

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a verdant rock-strewn shore sups upon the water diverted from the creek below.

maybe i take pictures of boring stuff but i find them interesting. this scuzzy pond's shoreline was just absolutely captivating to me. the broad bright areas, the promise of shade and moisture...

but i might just be a little molluscbrained.

#naturescape #aquaphotography #photography #nemmypix

a bald sunbleached dead trunk of a tree has come to a for-now-permanent rest in the crook of another tree's branches. the circle contines, life flourishes, the past nourishes the present.

no more owls. i did not photograph the owl again because that seemed rude after the understanding we had reached.

as an enthusiast of rot, ruin, and life, i love pictures of trees fallen on other trees. the angles and interwoven nature here...

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the owl doubts the sincerity of my supplication (a photograph of an owl on a branch, backlit by warm sunlight. the owl's face is remarkably expressive and bears a complex expression.)

THE OWL'S DOMAIN (4 of 4)

the finishing expression from my subject was one of castigation, so i apologized for interrupting its sleep and went on my way.

#naturescape #wildlifephotography #owls #owl #photography #nemmypix

the owl heard me saying it was cute and not a scary cool deadly murderbeast, and it woke up with a typically owlish fierce expression. this is anthropomorphism, of course, it's just an owl and owls are rad. i love owls even if they have pellets.

THE OWL'S DOMAIN (3 of 4)

kind of the end of the terribly serious shots, i had remarked "ooohhh you're such a cute little thing!" as i put my camera away and noticed a stirring. i pulled my camera out and,

#naturescape #wildlifephotography #owls #owl #photography #nemmypix

an owl is snoomy during midday. branches and tendrils frame it snugly.

you are still within THE OWL'S DOMAIN!! (2 of 4)

interrupted naptime on accident.

this is a telephoto shot so just so we're clear, i did not go bother an animal. be good to animals, y'all: you're animals.

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a photo of lush environs backlit by warm sunlight contains a furtive owl in the intersection of the upper and left lines of thirds.

you have entered THE OWL'S DOMAIN!! (1 of 4)

you win the prize of seeing an owl if you can find the owl in this one. i did, from further away. :3c

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reflections, light, darkness, and water. i just find these monolithic blocks kinda captivating, especially when partially submerged and surrounded by overgrowth.

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the overbearingly lush and deadfall-rich creek was a photogenic little thing indeed. o ᴗ o

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liked this angle for a shot of disorientation plus i got to pivot my core weird in public to hold the shot in alignment, which i love doing because i am normal and relatable and also autistic as fuck.

an askance take on the last one.

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an unbearably gorgeous landscape and river lies out of reach; the photographer's lens has framed the shot so it is fully encapsulated by a diamond of chain link fence.

you ever yearn?

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wait long enough and you might see something cool. whatever was beneath the surface sent ripples across the placid mirror of the creek.

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i love wet environments, and the creek did not disappoint. these picturesque verdant portals to the slow-flowing stream were a delight every time. here is my favourite.

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another angle on the hole. going for something that could be used in a sort of toyetic dioramaspace or overland map for a game where you're tiny as a Cave Entrance.

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not sure if this giant fuckin' hole in the ground was just an overlarge midden, something for/from bunnies or other animals, or what. #naturescape #photography #nemmypix

some smug shadow is flashing a peace sign at you, or perhaps it is an exotic snail peeking out

okay now that i'm not doing things through a phone, an objectively inferior interface for my needs, here's the rest of my #hellyer #naturescape #photography #nemmypix

re-starting off with a self-portrait of the artist

#photography #naturescape #wildlifephotography #nemmypix #squirrel

had to stop for this posted up squirrel and get its face detail

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