Going through some faves from earlier this year. This yellow warbler already stood out, but I like the desaturated background. #birds #🪶 #naturephotography #photography #WI #Wisconsin

Working out my arachnophobia through photography. It helps to use a long lens. #naturephotography #photography #spiders #🕷️ #eastcoastkin

Midwest landscapes feel so small after leaving #PNW. #naturephotography #photography #eastcoastkin

This bald eagle posed on a tree about five yards from me yesterday. Adding it to my Portland album to show my dad that this is actually a pretty god-damned patriotic city and not a smoldering war zone. #photography #naturephotography #pdx #portland

Stone girl pouring water #photography

A wasp spider eggsac (i think) from the botanical garden this weekend. Really neat webbing! 😯 #photography #naturephotography

Me bravely facing the Friday morning sun, knowing that the weekend awaits me this evening. #photography #naturephotography #EastCoastKin

Tranquility comes with the passage of time. From the Japanese Botanical garden in Portland, OR. #photography #naturephotography

Watched this #egret fishing for about an hour on Friday. Leave some minnows for the rest of us bro! #birds #🪶 #naturephotography #photography

My first green #heron sighting! I didn’t realize they were so little 😊. #birds #🪶 #naturephotography #photography

A few nature macro shots from last weekend. #naturephotography #photography

Some sandhill crane close-ups from this weekend. #🪶 #birds #naturephotography

"You, there!" Vibrant costumes and personalities welcoming guests into the Ren Faire. #humansOfBluesky #photography

Some nice shots I got chasing the fog last weekend. It was really beautiful, but I'm looking forward to coller temps this weekend 😌. #photography #naturephotography #EastCoastKin

Fun with lights at a festival ✨️. #humansOfBluesky #photography

Just a guy enjoying trees. #humansOfBluesky #photography

A view of Mt Hood behind a tall building from the Japanese Garden in Portland. #UrbanGaze #photography

I think this is a Downy Woodpecker. It almost seemed to slither. I just managed to snap him before he slinked away. Seen in the Portland, OR area. #🪶 #birds #WoodpeckerWednesday

Bee time! Come get your bees here! #bees #🐝 #naturephotography #photography

Some nice foxglove flowers that peppered a forest in Washington state. #photography #naturephotography

This was part of a 60-second exposure of a random part of the sky in remote Puget Sound. I sat in the dark and held my camera as still as possible in my hands, and gave an audible "Oh my god" when I saw what I captured. #photography #spacephotography

I got lots of fun pictures from this little light garden ✨️ #photography

I tried capturing some more interestingly lit acenes on vacation. This was a nice shady spot in the Portland Japanese garden, struck by a beam of sunlight. #photography #naturephotography

Some magic mushrooms from a festival I attended last week 🤭 #🍄 #mushrooms #photography

Cedar Waxwings were top of my wishlist while I'm out here, and I got two in one! #🪶 #birds #naturephotography #PNW

Midwestern boy in the PNW for the first time. I went for a solo hike on my first morning here and unsurprisingly got some of the best pics of my life 😍. This Anna's Hummingbird was striking poses for me for about 10 minutes while he had some breakfast nectar ☺️. #🪶 #birds #naturephotography #PNW

Some spring blossoms from a rainy walk last month. #naturephotography

Morning portrait of a female brown-headed cowbird in Horicon Marsh, #Wisconsin from about a month ago. My favorite orange filter is about to go on summer vacation. #🪶 #birds #naturephotography

Just swallow things (note: this is not medical advice) #🪶 #birds #naturephotography

I like shooting these guys cuz they move so slowly that you get really nice detail 😌. #🪶 #birds #naturephotography #herons

*muah* 😙❤️ #🪶 #birds #naturephotography

Some cute baby geese having a swim and getting out to dry off. #birds #🪶 #naturephotography

*cropduster zooming sounds* This mallard was kind enough to circle around me a few times so I could practice action photography. #birds #🪶 #naturephotography

Shall we dance? #birds #🪶 #naturephotography

Down the hatch! #birds #naturephotography

Like if you love #herons #birds #naturephotography

Incredible lighting as a great blue heron wades into a golden sunrise this morning. #naturephotography #birds

Saw the first ladybug of the year this week 🐞🌿. #naturephotography

A pair of cardinals from my hike yesterday. I love the contrast against this yellowish tree 💛❤️. #birds #naturephotography

A gray catbird (I think) hanging out in a flower garden. #birds #naturephotography

Is this the cutest kit you've ever seen, or are you a monster?

Canopy #naturephotography

Bluesky* Monday I followed a huge cloud of billowing smoke for a few miles and found a controlled burn at the source. #BlueskyMonday

I think this may be a chipping sparrow? Hanging out on some reeds nearby. #birds #naturephotography

Portrait of a Wattled Crane from the International Crane Foundation in #Wisconsin. #birds

My driveway is being resurfaced, so I have to park on the street this week. In a related note, here's some hail from yesterday. 😑

Saw a pair of Trumpeter Swans on my way out of Horicon Marsh in #Wisconsin this weekend 🦢🦢. #birds #naturephotography

I keep seeing #icm posts, so I decided to give it a shot this weekend. At Horicon Marsh in #Wisconsin. #photography #bw

Oompa loompa doompa-dee-doo #birds

Chipmunk was gracious enough to strike a little pose for me 🐿😊 #naturephotography