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Mike Saunders 🇺🇦
@hardwaterhacker.bsky.social
Photographer. Lover of the outdoors. Musician.

Red Siege Principal Consultant so I can pay for my hobbies.

#PhotographersUnited <- Check out this great community!

IG: https://www.instagram.com/hardwaterhacker/
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Lots of new followers, so I figured it’s a good time to do an introduction. Hello! I’m Mike. I’m a North Dakota-based computer security professional with a passion for the outdoors and a love of photography. I don’t really have a style. I love to shoot all kinds of things.
An absolute explosion of color over the plains of eastern North Dakota on 11/11/25.

#aurora #NorthernLights #NorthDakota #PhotographersUnited
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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It's #scape day! I made this scape on a local beach in North Florida on a glorious early morning. Lots of clouds in the area, making long exposures a ton of fun. #landscape #photograhy #EastCoastKin #beach #longexposure #clouds
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Incredible shots & they're all taken on a phone 😃 🤳🏽

When you stop & think, it's pretty remarkable how far technology has advanced in the last 25 years especially when it comes to photography 📸
121clicks.com/inspirations... #Photography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography
38 Award-Winning Landscape and Wildlife Photos from the Mobile Photography Awards
The 14th Annual Mobile Photography Awards just dropped their winning shots, and trust me &mdash; these mobile photographers did not
121clicks.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Looks like the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mr&Mrs. First photo is a pair of Lesser Scaups (aka bluebills). The next two are the drake and hen Bufflehead.

#birds #photography #Nikon #wildlife
November 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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For a fleeting moment, the clouds perfectly mirrored the peaks of Manaslu (the 8th highest mountain in the world).

#stunday #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #classicmono #monochrome #blackandwhite #b&W #art #clouds #cloudscape #nepal #hiking #sunday #bluesky #scape #landscape #mountains #sky
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #silhouette. This is an American Avocet gliding across a North Dakota prairie wetland.

#birds #Nikon #wildlife
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay them is #birdsonawire. This is an Eastern Kingbird that appears to be gathering some nesting material. Taken in the Sheyenne National Grassland.

#birds #wildlife #nikon
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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It's #flyday. While this beautiful black crowned night heron wasn't flying, it sure can when it wants to! #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #herons #portrait
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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'Mini Mono'

A Meadow Cranesbill from the rear highlighting its translucent, veiny petals. Negative space for effect.

Sparty 🖤🤍

#EastCoastKin #Photography
#BlueSkyArtShow #Small #Art
#BNWmacro #ClassicMono #Macro #Nature #thelittlethings #PhotographersofBluesky #BlueSkyPhotography
#Bloomscrolling
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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For the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #small I'm going to post this and see if anyone can identify it. It covers an area about 9 x 6 mm. More details in the ALT text.

I will post the answer later today.

#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #nature #naturephotography
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #silhouette. A Eurasian Blue Tit silhouetted against the rising sun. A #Kodachrome from the late 1980s made with a 600mm plus 1.4x and 2x teleconverters.

#EastCoastKin #photography #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Great Northern Diver,
Covenham Reservoir
#lincsbirding
#Birds
#UKBirding
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This particular morning was cloudy, rainy, and gray. Shortly before sunrise, the sky started to light up and I scrambled for a composition. I found this scene along the Little Missouri River.

#NorthDakota #landscape #sunrise #PhotographersUnited
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Nice Hooded Merganser
#birds
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Saturday’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #birdonawire birds on a wire or line and the alternative is #silhouette Good luck. Once again, sorry I won’t be around much. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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This is one of favorite points to photograph in Monument Valley. It is huge and for me, elegant! Pointing to the sky!

#EastCoastKin
#Scape
#Photography
#WestCoastKin
#RoadTrip
#LandscapePhotography
#ClassicMono
#BlackandWhite
#Art
#Leica
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Not your usual forest shot, but I'll give it a go for #ForestFriday! #Photography #EastCoastKin #abstract
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GroundedGulls, that's any Gull not in flight. And the alternative is #Singing, that's any bird with it's beak open.

Here are a couple of American Herring Gulls.

#Gulls #birds #wildlife
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM