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Rain Hayes
@rainhayes.com
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A California-based photographer working with 'invisible' ultraviolet and infrared light. Get in touch for licensing, prints and unique collaborations. https://rainhayes.com
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 15h
Now that’s an original. I love this. I don’t think I’ve ever used or seen this color treatment, but it reminds me of why I got into IR in the first place. And why it’s so hard to put down.
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 15h
Thank you Lulu! Hope you are starting. Lovely weekend.
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 15h
Excellent! I love it too, and am so excited to actually be part of it this year.
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 1d
I've always dreaded the thought of doing any kind of video project, but it's actually kind of fun. At least when it's as simple as a slideshow.
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 1d
I'll be showing over 80 images in the 2025 Autumn Lights Festival. Here's a little teaser clip of my garden video installation. bit.ly/RainHayes_Ni...

There are still tickets available for this awesomely fun family event, Oct 16 - 18 in Oakland, CA.
bit.ly/AutumnLights...

#photography #flowers
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 2d
Thank you! It was a side project that’s sort of taken over. :)
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 4d
It’s so much weirder now - bet you’d still love it!
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 4d
An original. Nice work, Will.
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 4d
That's just gorgeous, Loretta. I could look at it all day.
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 4d
Two beautiful images, Rick. The abstract shapes are a nice distraction from the 'real' world.
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 9d
The pollen is quite reactive to the uv! Thank you 💙💜
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 9d
Wow, love the 1970s style illustration. Congrats on the exposure.
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 9d
This Coleus flower smells strongly like skunk. I think it's pretty neat looking, but it needs to go wait outside after our glamour shots session.

#flowers #photography

𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑢𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑎
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 10d
These are amazingly weird. And strangely, there is one growing in my backyard in California. It's a huge vine that has taken over a large tree.
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 10d
Thank you, will definitely check it out.
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 10d
Little bit of magic, Paul. I love the translucent layers.
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 10d
As a young kid, I had to weed yellow star thistles out of fields in 38°C heat for, if I was lucky, a measly dollar an hour. It's taken me a long time to come around to their non-awful qualities!
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 10d
Wow! That Horrodilum is fantastic. What a name, too. Now I will carefully look into each of these while studiously avoiding news of current events. Thank you for that!

We have an endemic red variety, Cirsium occidentale, for which I have just ordered seeds. (photo by S Weakley)
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 10d
I imagine they're a good place to find and photograph certain insects?
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 10d
I had forgotten that fact! It does warm the heart to know they are culturally and formally appreciated.
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 10d
Have you ever noticed how beautiful thistles are? We have so many varieties here in California. They're generally regarded as "noxious weeds" but they're an extremely important food source for pollinators, and help restore poor soil. They are wonderful.

#flowers #photography

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 12d
When I was five years old, I snuck a frosting flower from my cousin's wedding cake and devoured it in one huge bite. Friends, it was the most awful, bitter thing I had ever tasted. Just horribly disillusioned.

These milkweed flowers, which look like delicious little candies, bring it all back.
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 12d
She's coyly batting eyelashes! Another charming portrait.
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 13d
That's a nice one, John. What a lovely critter!
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 14d
These are so cool!
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