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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 · 54m

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 · 1h

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 · 1h

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 · 1h

Have a great trip! Sounds amazing.

Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 1h

Appreciate it Mamady!

Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 1h

Thank you Liv 🌞

Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 1h

Thanks Mary 😊

Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 1h

Thanks Sabine!

Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 1h

Thanks Jason!

Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 1h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 1d

Good morning Susan 🌞

Sorry I missed #TheCampfire yesterday, but catching up today. What a harrowing event you described, scary stuff!

Hope you have a wonderful day!

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 1d

I was definitely #spotted by this hawk for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme set by @alan678.bsky.social

#photography #birds #hawks

A large hawk sits in the crook of a tree with its back to the photographer, but has turned its head to look directly at the camera. Background is noisy green leaves and other small trees/branches.

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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning, today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #spotted now that can mean when you have been spotted by your subject or a bird that has spots or blotches on it’s plumage. I was #spotted by a European Robin yesterday. Good luck. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

A European robin stands alert on a patch of mossy ground, facing directly toward the camera. Its vivid orange-red breast and face glow warmly in the sunlight, contrasting with its soft grey and brown plumage. Bright green blades of grass frame the foreground, while the background fades into a dark, softly blurred woodland scene.

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 1d

😊

Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 1d

That sounds like a useful quirk though 😁

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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.bsky.social · 1d

Kirsten 'Gander' (Revision, 2011) -- Even Though I Work Steadfastly In the World of Black & White Photography, I Still See Plenty of Color, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NYC

#ClassicMono ✨ #HumansOfBlueSky ✨

#Photography #Portraiture
#Monochrome
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford

portrait of a young female irish-american model in vintage americana stole

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MH Benton 🇺🇸 @mhb-photo.bsky.social · 2d

Great Egret In Juniper At Edge Of Pond

#ornithology #birds #photography #egret #greategret #nature #glynncounty #mhbenton

A great egret standing atop a juniper against a dark background.

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 2d

Good morning, here's a lovely red hibiscus for #ColorADay #RedWed

Have a great day y'all!

#photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #hibiscus

A pinkish red hibiscus grows into the frame from the upper right down to the lower left. Surrounded by light green foliage.

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 2d

Things they don't list on the adoption paperwork:

1) Will constantly scan the ceiling for light reflections
2) Will whine and chase them when he sees them

To combat this we either sit in darkness or we light the whole house up.

But we still love him! 😁

#dozerday #photography #dogsofbluesky #dogs

A very handsome tan and white dog sits on the couch, looking up at the ceiling. The sun lights upon his left side and chin, and part of his brow. Rest of the scene is mostly dark.

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 3d

Thanks Rosemarie!