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Kevin Wertman

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Just getting started in photography and Bluesky seems like a place where that's happening now :) https://www.flickr.com/photos/201677566@N06/ All photos are mine other than reposts

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · Mar 22

About 3 months ago I shared my first photo, a cardinal. 🪶

The response encouraged me to get out there to take more photos and keep sharing which is helping me in more ways than one.

Thanks to the #photography community for being amazing. Your work inspires me daily.

#TheJourney #BlueSkyArtShow

A bright red cardinal sits on a branch that runs diagonally from the left upper part of the frame to the bottom center. Branch has some lichens on it. Across from the cardinal is a little spanish moss. The background is blurry blues and brownish yellows.

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 29m

Good morning Susan! Hope you and Loki are doing well on this fine Caturday 😊

Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 33m

Very nice Alan!

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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 7h

Good morning. Time for the #BirdOfTheDay theme and it is #Beakful , so anything in the beak from food to nest material and the alternative is #wading Good luck!! #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

A female European Stonechat with a warm orange-brown breast and a light brown head perches among green leaves, holding a few wisps of dried grass or straw in its beak. The soft, blurred background highlights the bird’s detailed plumage and the delicate strands it carries, giving a sense of nesting activity in a calm natural setting.

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 37m

Wow, that's a lovely scene

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toritori @toritorihkd.bsky.social · 2h

The forecast promised clear skies, but a blanket of dawn mist over the lake turned the morning into this scene.
🪶🦢🦆😊
思いのほか気温が低かったせいで朝靄が出てしまったけどこれはこれでアリかもね😎
#nature
#photography
#wildlife
#Waterbirds
#水鳥
#birds
#野鳥

A flock of waterbirds taking off from a misty lake at sunrise, their silhouettes glowing against the warm, golden haze.
朝焼けに染まる湖で、朝もやの中から飛び立つ水鳥たちのシルエットが浮かび上がっている様子。

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 45m

Great shots Rob, I especially like that last one 😁

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 53m

Appreciate it Rob!

Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 53m

Thanks!

Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 54m

Wow, thanks so much Robert! This is such a wonderfully supportive community on here and I'm so glad I found it.

Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 19h

Lizard #scape 🦎😁

#photography #lizards

A lizard sits upon a green leaf, surveying its kingdom. The sun shines in from the upper right lighting up that side of the scene, and the upper left is shadows.

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 21h

Good morning all! Here's a gulf fritillary hanging around in our local botanical gardens for #FlyDay 🦋

#photography #butterflies #insects

A bright orange butterfly hangs upside down from a tiny vine. Wrought iron bars forming the trellis arch the vines are hanging from criss cross in the background and the sun shines into the scene from above, lighting the front of the butterfly. Butterfly is missing a small chunk of wing towards the center of its body.

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 21h

I've seen that expression on a father's face out at Disney so many times. 😁

Wonderful photo!

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Kristin Wyatt @kristinwyatt.bsky.social · 22h

My favorite baby bird photo.
House Finch Parenting 101
#BirdOfTheDay 'Juveniles/Chicks'
#birds #photography

A red and brown father house finch sits at the bird feeder with two stripey children, mouths open, in his face.

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 21h

Have a great trip! Sounds amazing.

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 21h

Appreciate it Mamady!

Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 21h

Thank you Liv 🌞

Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 21h

Thanks Mary 😊

Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 21h

Thanks Sabine!

Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 21h

Thanks Jason!

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 21h

Thank you!

Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 1d

Don't want to miss #InsectThursday!

So here's a green orchid bee enjoying a ground orchid that I thought looked really neat. 😊

#photography #bees #flowers #orchids

A bright shiny green bee flies towards the yellow center of a purple ground orchid. Background is blurred light green

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 1d

Shorter run today but stopped for many photos, the sky was looking really nice for my entire run. Unsure what the training impact is when stopping every half mile. 😁

Strava removes the stops from my pace so when I want to feel fast I look there instead of Garmin 😎🏃‍♂️‍➡️

#photography #running #sunrise

The sun rises in the bottom left corner over a track/soccer field. Several trees surround the field. The sky is takes up most of the photos and is covered with clouds and jet trails.

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Den 🇮🇪 @denterrick.bsky.social · 2d

More mushrooms from hiking the forests in the hills above Dublin. Don't know the species. The first looks like a classic Mycena (maybe), no idea of the second.

#hiking #nature #photography #EastCoastKin #Ireland #mushrooms #fungi #fungifriends

A white mushroom growing under the branch of a tree. I think it looks slightly anthropomorphic.

A brown mushroom with a kind of dusty cap, standing on the floor of a messy forest.

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Linda @linda2.bsky.social · 2d

I thought I was invisible until spotted by this cygnet which stared into my lens. A face-off commenced. Great symmetry in a bird.

#BirdOfTheDay #Spotted #UKWildlife #cygnet #Birds #Photography

An image of a cygnet which happened to look into my lens at a key moment. This head shot is the result. The symmetry of facial features most evident.

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 1d

I agree with your coolness assessment. 😎

Also, nice pics!

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