Nature Photography

An incredibly grumpy-looking juvenile bluebird perched on a thin lichen-covered branch that's at a diagonal across the frame. Seriously, this bird is NOT having it. It has a light gray head and a light brown and white spotted breast that gets paler as it gets to the belly. There thin branches at a similar diagonal above and below the branch the bird is on. There's are also very thin twigs blurred in the pale blue background.

The bluebirds will continue until morale improves.

Somehow my recent bluebird photos fit most of the recent #BirdOfTheDay challenges best. Bluebirds are #insectivores and unbeatable at #RestingBeakFace.

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#birds #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #photography #ArtYear #OM3

A thick branch of Wisteria with clusters of flowers in full bloom, in shades of purple from dark to just a touch of color left. In the background, beech hedges and yellow and orange tulips.

VIENNA IN SPRING
Wisteria at Schönbrunn Park
Hietzing, 13th District
Image © Merisi Vienna
#EastCoastKin #ECK #Photography
#PhotographersOfBlueSky#BloomSky
#NaturePhotography #BloomScrolling #Wisteria
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPForPurple

Deep Mulberry Purple Tulip Flower Bed at Christian-Broda-Platz Mariahilf (6th District), Vienna The petals are a bit 'dusty' because the wind was blowing hard!

VIENNA IN SPRING
Deep Mulberry Purple Tulip
Flower Bed at Christian-Broda-Platz
Mariahilf (6th District)
Image © Merisi Vienna
#EastCoastKin #ECK #Photography
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#BloomScrolling #BloomSky
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPForPurple

This image shows a low-angle shot of a Forsythia shrub in full bloom. A close-up of bright yellow forsythia blossoms set against a clear blue sky. The photo captures the dense, golden-yellow flowers that appear on bare branches in early spring before the leaves grow. A sunny perspective looking up through flowering branches towards a vivid sky.

Forsythia is pure joy. There is not an ounce, not a glimmer of sadness or even knowledge in forsythia. Pure, undiluted, untouched joy. 💛
-Anne Morrow Lindbergh

#Bloomscrolling #flowers
#ColorADay #YellowThu
#photography
#EastCoastKin

Photograph taken at The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle. Had it not been used as a museum, it would make a huge and very fine country residence. For further info, do take a look at their website which is really good: www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk Image shows a Japanese palanquin which was purchased in France by the museum owner and founder, Mr John Bowes. It is highly decorated outside in black lacquer with gold maki-e in swirls, flowers and leaves. The inside is bright (see the next photo for info on that). This would have been used by wealthy ladies of the Samurai class to travel about. It was carried on two long, decorated poles by about by six men.

I was drawn to this when I saw it in the museum. It's simply exquisite. If it wasn't so valuable, I would have loved to have climbed inside to take a proper look at the paintings. The image focuses on the inside of the black and gold lacquer Japanese Palanquin, also known as a Norimono. It is of smooth, dark wood with a little bench seat at the back. Behind the seat is a vibrant scene in a Japanese court garden in gold, mint green, red, and pale pink with touches of blue. On the wall to the right of the seat is a floor to ceiling panel in gold painted with various scenes edged in black and lots of white cherry blossom trees. Saying the image focuses on the inside, it does shows the edge of the exterior in greater detail, including brass handles and fancy edging.

Have Palanquin, Will Travel
for #PalacesAndGardens theme of #travelandtransport

Photograph details in the alt text.

#EastCoastKin #photography #ECK #Palanquin #Norimono #MidC18th #TheBowesMuseum
#CountyDurham #travels
@thebowesmuseum.bsky.social
(Android phone camera)

This photo captures two young children (4 years), me and my friend Ritva standing side-by-side in a garden. It´s taken 1959 by my father. The image has a vintage, nostalgic feel and has been colorized in myheritage site. The Girl on the Left is me : I have bright blonde, shoulder-length wavy hair and I´m smiling warmly at the camera. (Mouth full of Marianne candy) I ´m wearing a short-sleeved, knee-length dress with a purple and white floral pattern. Below my dress, ribbed pink knee-high socks, and white t-strap sandals. The Girl on the Right is my friend Ritva: She is slightly shorter with a blonde bob and straight-cut bangs. She has a more serious, thoughtful expression. Her dress is similar in style but has a lighter, faded floral pattern in shades of grey and muted pink. She wears knee high blue socks and sandals. We are standing in front of a lush, leafy green bush with sunlight filtering through the leaves. To the right, a white building is partially visible.The scene is brightly lit by natural sunlight, creating soft shadows.

A sweet memory from the summer of '59 on a sunny summer day in the garden with my best friend Ritva. 🩷

#ThrowbackThursday
#HumansOfBluesky
#friends #colorized
#EastCoastKin

Photo by Kort Duce A female Cooper's hawk captures a female house finch while hunting along the riparian corridor of St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. I had been photographing the male when she suddenly flew in, landing within 30 feet of me-where this image was made. In this horizontal color photograph, the hawk perches with its prey on a substantial branch that angles from the upper right to the lower left of the frame. A smaller branch rises from it and exits the frame. The Cooper's hawk clutches the house finch in its right talon, the finch's eye barely open, as the hawk plucks feathers. The hawk is shown in left profile. A shadow from a nearby branch puts much of the scene in shade, while a shaft of sunlight catches its red eye, making it glow. The background is a soft blur of riparian forest—layered foliage in varying shades of green, and a faint hint of blue sky. A powerful reminder that nature is, at its core, about survival.

A female Cooper's hawk plucks feathers from a female house finch it caught while hunting along the riparian corridor of St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado.

#BirdsSeenln2026 #BirdOfTheDay #ECK
#EastCoastKin #bird #birds #hawk #hawks #birdphotography #birdsofprey #finches

#DailyFlowers #Flowers in my #garden today 💗💐 #mygarden #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #GardeningBluesky #gardening #flower #gardeningfeed 🌱 #photography

Vivid sunset over a suburban neighborhood, with dark rooftops and trees in silhouette beneath a dramatic sky. A bright band of orange and red glows along the horizon, fading into layers of purple, grey, and blue clouds above.

Sunset

Douglas, Cork, 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#springtime
#tree
#sunset
#cloud
#wetlands
#PhotoHour
#spéirghorm
#EastCoastKin
#ECK

🐕 🚶📱 📸 📷 ⛅️ 🌅

Photo by Kort Duce A great blue heron balances on a chain-link fence in Longmont, Colorado. In this vertical black-and-white photograph, the heron stands poised on a slanted metal rail, facing the camera with its head and neck turned to its right. Its neck is slightly tucked, and the fine feathers along its crown are subtly tousled, suggesting a light breeze or quiet alertness. The bird sways delicately in balance, emphasizing the precariousness of its perch. Behind it, a soft, monochrome sky fills the frame, with faint clouds gathering low along the horizon and threading through the chain-link pattern, adding depth and contrast to the scene.

A great blue heron balances on a chain-link fence in Longmont, Colorado.

#UrbanGaze #BirdofTheDay #bird #birds #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #ECK #ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW #BlackandWhite #photograph #photographs #heron #herons

Awesome bird challenge! 😂
Resting Beak Face
Whaaaaat?

#BirdOfTheDay #RestingBeakFace #birds #photography #ECK #EastCoastKin #gull #PhotographersOfBluesky #nature #seagull #birdphotography #marina

Along a #trail on lands of the East Bay Municipal Utility District adjacent to the Fernandez Ranch open space near Martinez, #California, the grasses of late Fall turn an amber yellow, waving in the breeze, for #ColorADay #YellowThu.

#EastCoastKin #eastbay #openspace #landscapephotography #hiking

Per Alan @alan678.bsky.social today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Insectivores, any bird whose diet consists mainly of insects. My favorite bug eaters Mama and Dad #EasternBluebird currently feeding brand new bug eaters in their nest. #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #pennsylvania #EastCoastKin #nature

Photo by Kort Duce While photographing downy woodpeckers, I noticed what looked like a dinosaur—actually a snapping turtle—slowly crossing the path from the creek toward a nearby pond in Longmont, Colorado. In this horizontal black-and-white photograph, a close-up of the turtle’s tail fills the frame at ground level, backlit to emphasize its texture. The tail is tightly cropped and shown in right profile, tapering from the lower left and growing thicker toward the upper right corner. Rows of jagged spikes run along its length, increasing in size before diminishing again, accentuating its rugged, armored appearance. The skin’s plated texture evokes something prehistoric, like a dinosaur brought to life. The background is a softly blurred pebble footpath, with horizontal shadows adding a sense of depth and contrast to the scene.

While photographing downy woodpeckers, I noticed what looked like a dinosaur—actually a snapping turtle—slowly crossing the path from the creek toward a nearby pond in Longmont, Colorado.

#ClassicMono #BNWmacro #Monochrome #BW #BlackandWhite #EastCoastkin #ECK #photography #photo #art

A black and white image of a dense forest in Vancouver's Stanley Park. A small gauge railway runs up the frame from and vanishes around a curve into the woods. The track is surrounded by very tall trees and dense clusters of ferns. While many urban parks are the product of carefully planned landscape architecture, Stanley Park is largely natural forest that has grown and been maintained alongside the growth of downtown Vancouver. In 2014 Tripadvisor named it "top park in the entire world" based on user reviews.

The miniature train is a lovely way to see more of Vancouver's beautiful Stanley Park and its half a million or so trees.

#PalacesAndGardens #TravelAndTransport #UrbanGaze #UrbanGreenspace #Photography #EastCoastKin #ECK #ClassicMono #Monochromatic #Forest

Sunny Orchids #orchidthursday #photographersunited #yellowthursday #beautifulflowers #botanicals #beautifulblooms #dailyflower #floweroftheday #blueskyartshow #bloomscrolling #eastcoastkin #photohour #macro #nature #flowersrofbluesky #artyear #macrophotography #orchids #photography #FlowerReport

A dense close-up of tiny pale pink star-shaped flowers clustered on deep burgundy stems. Each individual bloom has a distinctive pink central corona and radiating white petals tipped with small golden anthers, giving them an intricate, jewel-like quality. A second layer of the same flowers blurs softly in the background, creating a dreamy, layered depth.

Layers of spring.
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#photography #closeup #plantphotography #naturephotography #blue #flowerphotography #eastCoastKin #bokeh

Blue tit with their mouth open. Looking a bit angry on a green background.

Not happy about something 😅😂

#birdoftheday #nature #bluetit #naturephotography #eastcoastkin #photography #blueskyartshow #birdsofbluesky

The Cable House, 25 E. Erie St. built 1886 for Mr. Ransom Cable.

The historic Cable House, 1886 Chicago #UrbanGaze #classicmono #bandwphotography #streetphotography #photography #EastCoastKin #architecture #Chicago

Details of a ornaments in the Orient Express. Wood panels decorated with floral motifs in mother-of-pearl or glass. The light in the ceiling reflecting in the dark wood complete the impression of something magical

#PalacesAndGardens
#TravelAndTransport
#Photography
#EastCoastKin
#PhotographersofBlueSky
A last one to end our little journey inside the #OrientExpress.
I hope you enjoyed it.

A chickadee sitting on a branch with an insect in its beak.

today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Insectivores so here is a chickadee with an insect in its beak. #birds #EastCoastKin

Photo by Kort Duce A black-capped chickadee outside its nest along St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. In this vertical color photograph, the chickadee clings to the bark at the entrance of its nest cavity. Its body faces left in the frame while its head turns back over its shoulder, creating a dynamic, alert pose. The background is a softly blurred tree trunk from the same tree, adding texture without distraction. A pair of chickadees is actively excavating the nest, removing decaying wood with their beaks and flying off to discard the pulp-behavior that helps reduce the risk of attracting predators.

A black-capped chickadee outside its nest along the St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado.

#BirdofTheDay #Insectivores #bird #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #ECK #birds #photography #BirdsSeenln2026 #photograph #photographs #photo #photos

Mono image through the Café Du Monde to a street band playing on the sidewalk on the other side. A building is in the background with a restaurant sign. The musicians have various expressions. Some are playing, some seem to be waiting for people to pass by. The café patrons are mostly paying attention, except for a small boy in the forefround giving the photographer a side eye. New Orleans, LA

Playing for the Café crowd

#HumansOfBlueSky
#UrbanGaze
#EastCoastKin
#ClassicMono
#photography
#NewOrleans

A black and white photo of a cityscape with an intersection and crosswalk in the foreground along with two buildings. In the background there are more buildings way off in the distance.

#Urban #landscape as far as the eye can see.

📷 Ricoh GR III
🔘 Ricoh 18.3mm f/2.8 APS-C

#Photography #StreetPhotography #Art #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #B&W #BnW #UrbanGaze #CityScape #Scape #Architecture #Architectural #City #VanishingPoint #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #PhotoOfTheDay #Ricoh #P514

#YellowThu #ColorADay
#eastcoastkin #westcoastkin