The la river flows today

I have climbed the mount and bore witness to a legend.

They're all out of sticks.

Hmmm something seems off...

You mean I can order meatloaf AND pho?!

In other news have a scene that I personally find utterly bewildering.

Cool google has shoved its AI enhancements into my photo viewer on my phone. Fuck right off I don't need AI to enhance my shots you shit company. I have never used nor will I ever use AI enhancements on my photos. They are posted pretty much raw with some resizing. I either got the shot or I didn't

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

Lurking

I swear I'm on a movie set. Had to walk down the train tracks and hop a fence. At a burger joint caddy corner to some local Christmas thing going on next to a closed bridge. What the hell is Santa cruz?

I got some new medication to go pick up and I'm gonna need groceries so I am OPENING A COUPLE AVATAR TEXTURE COMMISSIONS! I'm going to be working on these as they come in, so currently there will be a quick turnaround.

7 Character commission for @ayakazumi.bsky.social

Howdy folks, thanks for all the new watches, I hope you have enjoyed the photography! I do batches when I have time to process photos and upload, so I prep uploads ahead of time, I'm not entirely out of material, just haven't had time to pin descriptions and post times. In the meantime, have a bird.

Okay, let's do a giveaway. One commission. Like all these things, be following and like and repost THIS post to enter. A winner will be selected Friday morning. Why? I can't think of anything I want to draw right now so might as well open things up to those following. :)

Something fancy tonight

Found some leftover candy from Halloween. Stuff is pretty tasty. Wait, what do you mean I look different? Awesome Croctober piece from @aenverthil.bsky.social !

Sensou-ji at night closed to viewing, but still open to pray.  Waited between several passerby conducting prayers.  For a quiet place at 2AM, it sure was busy. Nikon D810 w/Sigma 24mm f/1.4

Specially happy with this one, this is the previous photo but a crop of the deer's eye with the reflection of the Namdaimon (south gate) in it.  Crop is to see how clear it is in the original. Nikon D810 w/Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 Todai-Ji Nara, Japan

A deer in nara looks on, the gate entrance reflecting in it's eyes. Nikon D810 W/Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8

Moonrise over Asukasa Hanayashiki just before the lights of the park go dark. Nikon D810 W/Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8

Back alley streets at night, towering over narrow streets.  A feeling unlike any other. Nikon D810 W/Nikon 14-35mm F/2.8

More close-ups of the doors to Todai-Ji.  Timbers felled from trees we haven't seen since make up the doors to this immense place.  The scale of the doors brings to mind the size of the forests that grew them. Nikon D810 w/Sigma 24mm F1.4

Inside the halls of Todai-Ji.  The vastness of the space is hard to get in terms of scale until you are actually there.  Hard to believe it's pretty much all wood! Nikon D810 W/Sigma 14mm F2.8 Todai-Ji, Nara, Japan

It's election day. I have one decision on the ballot. Whether to overturn a hard fought independent redistricting map, or to allow Republicans to stack the house unopposed. I fucking hate this timeline.

I don't know if god is in this chili's but I sure am.

Asukasa Monja Kanoya closing up after another night of serving customers.  The still of night punctured by the conversation of the workers, and the occasional movement of bottles or empty supplies. Nikon D810 W/Sigma 24mm f/1.4 Asukasa, Tokyo, Japan

Strut your stuff little bird, for the castle grounds are your home. Nikon D810 w/Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 Osaka Castle, Japan

The bow of a castle wall cuts a path through the moat that surrounds it.  Stacked stones wait still, submerged, and waiting to repel unwelcome visitors.   Nikon D810 w/Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 Osaka Castle, Japan

Observing the door hardware at the entrance to Todai-Ji some of which may have been in use since 1709.  The previous temple was even larger before it burned down. Nikon D810 w/Sigma 14mm f/2.8

I've had some adopts floating around for a while so I'm offering them up again. I'll take cash or cash + art offers for any of these! Please read the alt texts

Late nights at Senso-Ji provide some interesting opportunities.  8 seconds, iso 320 f/16 Nikon D810 w/Sigma 14mm F/2.8

Why the hell am I turning on the AC? ITS FLIPPIN OCTOBER!

This guy let me get really close to catch this shot.  Sometimes they just let you hang out, of course he had a good sniff of the lens once I took this. Nara, Japan Nikon D810 w/Sigma 24mm f/1.4

A curious deer steps out from the treeline, likely seeking snacks., Nara, Japan Nikon D810 w/Nikon 70-200 f/2.8

In the dark shadows of the city, the light finds it's way into canyons and roads in the morning casing a contrast to the streets below. Asukasa, Tokyo, Japan Nikon D810 W/Nikon 14-35mm f/2.8

The entry gate to Osaka Castle has a number of interesting shapes and angles.  Abstract they form some interesting patterns that start and stop from nowhere. Osaka Castle, Osaka, Japan Nikon D810 w/Nikon 70-200mm F/2.8

A quiet early morning in Tokyo. Asukusa, Tokyo, Japan Nikon D810

A couple takes an walk among the rain in early spring in the palace gardens outside Osaka Castle. Osaka, Japan

Easily one of my favorites from the trip.  A storefront with all the signs, taken at night. Tokyo, Asukasa, Japan

Kings Bay Lodge, at sunset.  A natural pool water slide looks over the bay that fed it for decades, and the one that has closed it for now. Crystal River, Florida Nikon D810

I've gotta be on the road HOW LONG?!

I am at blfc. Bird party is imminent. Birds. Come to me.