A Great Egret standing in the shallow water. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

Bluesky has really started feeling like a chore for me, so I decided to remove most of my photos and start fresh (mainly without the hassle of constant hashtags). I want my posts to be more thoughtful and meaningful. I hope you'll still stick around!

"I know most people try hard / to do good and find out too late / they should have tried softer." - Andrea Gibson, "The year of no grudges, or instead of writing a furious text, I try a poem" 📷 Nikon D3400, Tamron 70-300mm #ImageAndVerse #Stunday #classicmono #photography #EastCoastKin #nikon

Water can be a little spooky sometimes. 👻 Happy Halloween!

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #herons. I am, of course, going with another great egret, as they are part of the heron family. There is still debate about how the species are classified biologically! 📷 Nikon D3400, Nikkor 200-500mm #photography #wildlife #egret #lightroom #EastCoastKin #nikkor #nikon

I think #egrets might be the best #BirdOfTheDay theme yet, but I'm probably biased! Here's a great egret from back home this past summer. 📷 Nikon D3400, Nikkor 200-500mm #Stunday #photography #wildlife #birdphotography #classicmono #lightroom #EastCoastKin #dslr #nikkor #nikon

Fog rolls gently over Oregon’s rugged shoreline in Misty Coast Oregon. This serene coastal scene captures the tranquil beauty of the Pacific Northwest — where cliffs meet mist and ocean in perfect harmony. 🌊 #FineArt #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #PacificNorthwest #Seascape

'Tangerine Dream' A peachy calendula basks in the mid-day sun Hope my #Bluesky buds have had a #BloomScrolling great weekend! Sparty 🌼 #EastCoastKin #Photography #ColorADay #OrangeSun #StunDay #Nature #Art #ArtYear #PhotographersofBluesky #BlueSkyPhotography #BlueskyArt #Flowers #thelittlethings

A pair of Atlantic #puffins standing on a rocky cliff with wildflowers and grasses in the foreground. Photographed in #Iceland joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/two... #atlanticpuffin #bird #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #artforsale #giftideas @joancarroll

Happy Trails...🥾 #TrailTuesday #Photography #Nature

Rugged Atlantic beauty 🌊 (Newfoundland, Canada) #newfoundland #canada #autumn #atlanticocean #nature #landscape #photography

"Maybe it's true that the self is every artist's first obsession, that every other subject--a plate of oranges, a mountain, a lover's face--is just a recognition of the self in another form." - Zeyn Joukhadar, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘕𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 #Stunday #ImageAndVerse #nature #photography #EastCoastKin

Great Egret🪽 #BlueSkyArtShow #glow 📷 Nikon D3400, Nikkor 200-500mm #photography #wildlife #birdphotography #egret #artyear #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #dslr #nikkor #nikon

I almost missed #FlyDay! This #pelican came in for a landing on the old pilings in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. I locked on early and held the shutter down. #photography #birds #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #birdsinflight

So regal. So beautiful and specialized. An evolutionary marvel. #Pelicans seem so large and heavy and yet they glide seemingly effortlessly through the air. They have a surprisingly large wingspan. Perhaps that's the nature of their grace. #photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #EastCoastKin

Hey y'all! I think it's time to update my pinned #aboutme post. If you're new here, my name's Archer. I shoot a little bit of everything, but primarily focus on #wildlife and #landscapes. Thank you to those who have followed along or interacted with my posts! 📷🦢🌲 #photography #nikon #EastCoastKin

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is your #favourite bird. For me, it is a tie between the beautiful Whooper Swan and elegant Great Egret🦢🪽 Swan 📷 Nikon D3400, Tamron 70-300mm Egret 📷 Nikon D3400, Nikkor 200-500mm #photography #wildlife #birdphotography #swans #egret #EastCoastKin #tamron #nikkor #nikon

Is it really #BirdOfTheDay if I don't post an egret? 📷 Nikon D3400, Nikkor 200-500mm #ClassicMono #bnw #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #egret #nature #EastCoastKin #nikkor #nikon

Abstract flower 💮 #EastCoastKin #Photography #Colombia #Fujifilm #SOOC #travel #ART #flower #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Abstract

A little starfish and a lotta seaweed from today's venture out to the rock pools🪸 #TidesOutTuesday

My favorite egret bringing the drama for #Stunday 🤩 📷 Nikon D3400, Nikkor 200-500mm #photography #classicmono #bnw #wildlife #egret #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #nikkor #nikon

Two gulls for this #BirdOfTheDay with #webbedfeet. I fear moving to a seaside town means I will be accumulating even more gull photos sooner rather than later🫣 📷 Nikon D3400, Tamron 70-300mm #Stunday #photography #wildlife #birdphotography #gulls #EastCoastKin #tamron #nikon

Fallow deer in our local country park. Soon, it will be time to pay another visit #photography #wildlife

Happy #Caturday 🩶🩶

Happy #FlyDay! Shared this one a while back...but I love it so I'm sharing it again😄 📷 Nikon D3000, Tamron 70-300mm #photography #wildlife #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nature #egret #EastCoastKin #dslr #tamron #nikon

AI-generated images do not belong under #photography. (Enjoy a real-life beach sunset photo taken by a real person instead.) Phone, mirrorless, dslr, point-and-shoot -- give me something, anything that isn't artifical slop (can you tell I'm frustrated?). #PhotographersofBluesky #antiAI

It’s ok to put the phone down.

“The Stand Off”

"The sea. The water stretches out to the horizon, its beauty unparalleled, filling my heart with a joy that is boundless, that both grounds me to this moment and spirits me away, to a world far beyond this one, to the place where I long to be." - Axie Oh, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘍𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘢

- ever so green -

"The breeze strokes my face. To the night, I am a body without a past or a future, a pillar that bends light. The night doesn't know my name." - Zeyn Joukhadar, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘕𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 Video from my walk tonight. It was lovely. I also just finished the quoted book -- very highly recommend!

A graceful launch into flight by this Great Egret. #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

"When I was young, / I heard so much about being / a child/man/woman 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥 / but then I grew up and all / I ever wanted / was to be of wildflowers, / of willow, toad, and bone, / of swallowtails, sow thistle / and cedar, of birds." - J Sullivan #photography #nature #flowers #poetry #nikon

A poem about my mother’s death. The theme was #breathless. #poetry #poetrycommunity #skypoets #poetsofbluesky #grief #mother #death

"'I hope there's an animal somewhere that nobody has ever seen. And I hope nobody ever sees it.' . . . That we do not know you / is your perfection / and our hope. The darkness / keeps us near you." - Wendell Berry, To the Unseeable Animal #Stunday #Swanday #wildlife #photography #poetry #nikon

A moody morning in Denali. #photography #alaska #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #mountains #moody dansproul.com/featured/maj...

"Self to self. There to here. A wonder, a burden, this endless growing." - Danya Kukafka, Notes on an Execution 📷 Nikon D3400 #photography #nature #nikon

"Ring the bells that still can ring. / Forget your perfect offering. / There is a crack in everything. / That's how the light gets in." - Leonard Cohen