Did I lay in the snow for 20 minutes, waiting for this Dark-eyed Junco to feed closer to me? Yes. Worth it? Yes! #birds #wildlife #Nikon #PhotographersUnited

Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery. — John Ruskin #dolomites #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography 📷 #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ThePhotoHour #StormHour #MonochromeMonday #MountainMonday #ClassicMono

Heron Lake at Pella Crossing outside Hygiene, Colorado, is another great example of Boulder County's Open Space program. #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Monochrome #BW #BlackandWhite #Landscape #Landscapes #Photography #Photography #Photograph #Photographs #Photo #Photos #Scenic #Scenics

Opening in the fog… From a beautiful morning in the Écrins National Park, French Alps. #photography #nature #art #landscape #mountains

Aletsch, the most beautiful glacier in the Swiss Alps

A great blue heron swallows a huge rainbow trout it caught at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #StunDay #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

Round hay bales act as barriers in an open field, trapping windblown snow into dense drifts. The shape of the pile and its shadow show exactly how the blizzard crossed the land. #LandscapePhotography #WinterLandscape #Blizzard #SnowDrift #Farmland #PrairieWinter #manitoba

Stunning autumn colours in Senjogahara. #landscapephotography #japan #travelphotography #nikko #autumn

A tiny Northern Saw-whet Owl, annoyed by my presence. These little murder floofs are so adorable. #birds #wildlife #owl #PhotographersUnited

Last Light - a brief flare from behind the range of a sunset before the storm ᨒ #photography #landscape #mountains #photo #mountains

The light was better when I was photographing from ground level. At this time of the year the sun goes behind the town and hills to the south-west so you don't get to see the whole stack in golden hour light. Bow Fiddle Rock #Scotland #CanonR5ii

Winter calm over Loch Affric #Scotland #GlenAffric #Cannich #Highlands www.damianshields.com

Mist over the River Brathay

🚨 #Cuteness alert 🚨 Today's #BirdOfTheDay is all #AboutTheKids 🥰 Here's a itty bitty teeny weeny Ostercatcher 🐥 Taken this summer on Heligoland island in the North Sea #birds #nature #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #artshare #EastCoastKin #cute #BabyBirds

Last year, I got to spend a day a day at Pachyderm Studios with The Cropdusters, documenting the creation of the album. Some of those shots made it into the liner notes. This fall, I shot some artwork for the album cover. It feels pretty wild to see my work on an album cover! #PhotographersUnited

The #BirdOfTheDay theme for today is #QuietMoments. This is a Trumpeter Swan curling up for a nap. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Photo #EastCoastKin #Swans

Black and white infrared (590nm) Milky Way

#BlueskyArtShow #OpenHouse #Stunday A man sits on a ledge along a cobblestone street in Trinidad, Cuba after a thunderstorm. #EastCoastKin #Cuba #ArtAdventCalendar #SensoryArt #Moments

Storm clouds over Colpoy's Bay, Ontario shortly before sunrise for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #OpenHouse. A favourite image from my #GettingBackToBasics project using a small set of manual focus prime lenses and making images the way I used to in my film years. #EastCoastKin #photography #sunrise

Clouds over Colpoy's Bay, Ontario at dawn for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #OpenHouse A recent favourite from my #GettingBackToBasics project making images with a small set of simple manual focus prime lenses. In this case a 35mm that's been in my kit since the early 1980s #EastCoastKin #photography

A Dark-eyed Junco (slate-colored subspecies) dines on dock seeds.

'Souls Tied' A deeply personal, and very special, image to me. Taken back in 2021 at the iconic Dark Hedges. This image won both 'World Landscape Photographer 2022' & the 'UK Landscape Photographer Of The Year - Black & White' category. #landscapephotography #northernireland #darkhedges

Last light over Loch Etive #Scotland #GlenEtive #Argyll www.damianshields.com

#Caturday Olly likes to take over my laptop then taunt me. 🙃🤣 #EastCoastKin #OrangeCats #CatsOfBluesday #GingerCat #Goofball

As we get close to the end of the year I thought I'd repost some of my favorites. These aren't in any particular order, but how could I not start with my absolute favorite of the Kingbird riding on the osprey while carrying a fish? #photography #birds

🧡 South coast sky painting. Favourite sunset memories. Brighton & Hove, England 2017 #photography #inspire #england #sussex #beach #nature #scape #sky #photohour @stormhour.com

2nd November 2025 for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekYforYearPast Storm clouds over Colpoy's Bay, Ontario shortly before sunrise. #TenMinutesFromHome #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #StormHour #photography #landscape #clouds #sunrise

Two of our White Tailed Deer bucks rolled though today. One has had a rope wrapped up in his antlers for a couple of weeks; they were able to untangle themselves and it hasn't restricted his mobility. #Mammals #Animals #Deer #Nature #Wildlife #Photography #PhotographersUnited #Photo #EastCoastKin

This American Robin seemed to be annoyed by my presence. #birds #wildlife #angryfloof #PhotographersUnited

Found this Townsend's Solitaire during the CBC for my city this afternoon. Pretty rare to find these guys this far east, only the second report of one for the county. Lifer! #birds

I have always said that White-crowned Sparrows are the handsomest Sparrows, but this Savannah I saw at the Dharma Rain center in Portland, Oregon last June might prove me wrong. #birding #sparrows

Today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #OpenHouse. This image is one of many I made with two other friends on a wonderful September night in our local wildlife refuge in North Florida. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #longexposure #milkyway #astrophotography #stars #astronomy#nightphotography

Palm warbler #OpenHouse #BlueskyArtShow #SmallBirdSaturday #Birds

For the alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme #colourfulcaptures (colorful birds or surroundings) I chose a female Northern Cardinal. They don’t get enough credit for their stunning appearance (in the right light). From last winter. #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography #birdphotography #birds

Saturday! Let’s go 😁 ✨ #SmallBirdSaturday Would love to see your choice of #LittleBirds #birds #ukbirding #birdphotography #naturephotography #EastCoastKin

Lake, reflections, forest, blue sky with scattered clouds. Pretty much says it all. #BlueSkyArtShow #openhouse #EastCoastKin

Textures of the desert… From recent trip to the Emirates.

Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn, a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter. If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of your life. ~ Wu-men ~ #BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse #minimalism #ClassicMono #photography #ImageAndVerse #nature #EastCoastKin

“Little House on the Prairie” Texas #BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin

With its long legs and neck a great blue heron catches a a long rainbow trout at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #LongLegsAndNeck #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

Look in my mirror @robcrank68.bsky.social and @alan678.bsky.social and you’ll see that flamingoes do have #LongLegsAndNecks. #BirdOfTheDay

'Tyne Tunnel' A pleasing tunnel effect along the walkway of the High Level Bridge Newcastle. Sparty 🙏🏼🖤🤍 #EastCoastKin #Photography #Art #ColorADay #BWFri #Scape #ClassicMono #Travel #PhotographersofBluesky #BlueSkyPhotography #ArtYear #Architecture #StreetPhotography #HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze

A black necked crane featured at the International Crane Foundation. #Crane #birds #birdoftheday #longlegsandneck #wildlifeportrait #nature #wildlife #protectnature #photography #EastCoastKin

It’s Friday and that means it’s time for a #scape folks. Please support the theme. It’s great. Come walk with me along the Irish shoreline and watch the small Atlantic breakers roll in. 😁 #Ireland #AtlanticOcean #Waves #photography #EastCoastKin

An older image for #Scape day! Not a mosquito in sight! #Photography #EastCoastKin

A Sherpa porter patiently waits for out of breath hikers to catch up! (Except me 🤥) #scape #eastcoastkin #coloraday #BWFri #photography #nature #classicmono #monochrome #blackandwhite #b&W #art #mountains #travel #nepal #hiking #stunday #friday #stormhour #photohour #bluesky #landscape #outdoors

Dawn Thirty. The sudden shimmer Stops time cold crisp shining. A symphony of silence Booms. We listen like thieves Stealing foreverness. #ForestFriday #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBlueSky #nature #Scape #BWFriday #ColorADay #MPPrompt #poetry #PhotoHour @malformed-poetry.bsky.social

I'll be busy with a Christmas bird count for the Audubon Society tomorrow, so I'll likely miss #Caturday. Here are are two new fosters - Ash (gray) and Ozzy (black). These boys are so friendly and cuddly! #adoptapet #foster #cat

"Yippee, I've got long legs! I've got a long neck! I can fly!" Today's #birdoftheday theme set by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #LongLegsAndNeck. Common crane display dancing in the snow. #EastCoastKin #birds #FlyDay almost #birdsinflight