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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · 1d

"Chiefly nocturnal, barred owls do not generally tolerate close approach." Yet there he was, in late afternoon, perched only a few meters from us.

Legacy Park: Decatur, Georgia, USA.

Pic(k) of the Week (YFGF blog): bit.ly/4nBRXqW

Olympus E-M10ii
40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
135 mm;1/100 sec;ISO 400;ƒ/5.6

Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · 8d

Tree in morning sun.

Lakeside Park: St. Augustine Beach, Florida, USA. 4 September 2025 (7:38 am EDT)

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/4qzj5tx

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CAMERA: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
SETTINGS: 37 mm; 1/20 sec; ISO 400; ƒ/22.0

Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · 15d

See you at No Kings Day, Donny!

Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · 15d

Melanija Knavs. Also reporting alleged pedophile: Donny J. tRump, her husband.

Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · 15d

Native blue mistflowers (Conoclinium coelestinum).

East Decatur Greenway: City of Decatur, Georgia, USA. 3 October 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/4hfH5h3

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CAMERA: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
SETTINGS: 150 mm; 1/320 sec; ISO 400; ƒ/5.6

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · 16d

snoopy is wearing a helmet and scarf and holding a stick .

ALT: snoopy is wearing a helmet and scarf and holding a stick .

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · 22d

Coquina rock battered by Atlantic Ocean surf at dawn.

Washington Oaks Gardens State Park in Palm Coast, Florida, on 6 Sept. 2025. A ¾-mile-long coquina rock formation.

Pic(k) of Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/43900nB

Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
40 mm; 1 sec; ISO 200; ƒ/22.0

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · 29d

Gulls fly by, as a waxing gibbous moon, 89% illuminated, rises over an Atlantic Ocean beach at sundown.

City of St. Augustine Beach, Florida, USA, 4 Sept. 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/3KCHDRG

Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
40 mm; 1/250 sec.; ISO 800; ƒ/4.0

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · Oct 1

Españolas (2010)
painted concrete
— Marianne Lerbs

St. Augustine Sculpture Garden: St. Augustine Beach, Florida, USA. 12 September 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/4mMNX6F

Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
Lumix G Vario 100-300/F4.0-5.6
300 mm; 1/160 sec; ISO 1600; ƒ/5.6

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · Sep 27

Perched in a wetland, a red-shouldered hawk warily observed me over its shoulder, but remained posed.

Mason Mill Park: DeKalb County, Georgia, US. 16 August 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (YFGF blog): bit.ly/4mHggU2

Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
Lumix G Vario 100-300/F4.0-5.6
300 mm; 1/160 sec; ISO 1600; ƒ/5.6

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · Sep 23

A bronze statue of a Catholic missionary beseeches heaven. A nearly 200-ft stainless-steel Great Cross reflects afternoon sun.

Mission Nombre de Dios: where, in 1565, Spanish explorers & missionaries founded St. Augustine, Florida, oldest city in continental US.

Pic(k) of the Week: bit.ly/2RD2R38

Mission Nombre de Dios: St. Augustine, Florida, USA.

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · Sep 16

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Olympus OM-D E-M10ii
LENS: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
SETTINGS: 40 mm; 1/2 sec; ISO 200; ƒ/8.0

#touchmenot #wildflower #summerflora #Impatienscapensis #DeKalbCounty #GeorgiaUS #pickoftheweek #blog #YFGF #closeup #OMSystem #OlympusPassion #Olympus40150mm #em10 #microfourthirds #FlickExplore

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · Sep 16

Close-up blossom: just one in a riot of orange JEWELWEED native wildflowers blooming on a woodland trail.

Mason Mill Park: DeKalb County, Georgia, USA. 21 August 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/4pcTZQi

#photographersofBluesky #jewelweed #orangeblossom #flower

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · Aug 23

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Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
SETTINGS: 116 mm; 1/80 sec; ISO 800; ƒ/5.6

#aster #Rudbeckiahirta #yellowblossom #summerflora #wildflower #urbanpark #DeKalbCountyGa #GeorgiaUS #pickoftheweek #blog #YFGF #OMSystem #OlympusPassion #em10 #microfournerds #FlickExplore

Black-Eyed Susan wildflowers bloom in an urban pollinator garden.

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · Aug 23

Native Black-Eyed Susan wildflowers (Rudbeckia hirta) bloom in a pollinator garden.

South Peachtree Creek Trail in Mason Mill Park: DeKalb County, Georgia, USA. 18 July 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/3JtfThN

#photographersofBluesky #blackeyedSusan #coneflower #flower

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Pic(k) of the Week: Black-Eyed Susans on the PATH

Click on the image for a larger, hi-res version (on Flickr ). Native black-eyed Susan wildflowers bloom in a pollinator gard...

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
SETTINGS: 150 mm; 1/40 sec; ISO 800; ƒ/5.6

#frog #Lithobatescatesbeianus #springfauna #naturalspring #urbanpark #naturephotography #DecaturGa #GeorgiaUS #pickoftheweek #blog #YFGF #OMSystem #OlympusPassion #em10 #microfournerds

An American bullfrog sits in a pool fed by a natural spring.

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · Aug 16

What I really want to know,
Should I stay or should I go?

An American bullfrog sits in a pool fed by a natural spring.

Legacy Park: Decatur, Georgia, USA. 13 June 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/3HEuDdb

#photographersofBluesky #Americanbullfrog #wildlifephotography #lyrics

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · Aug 9

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Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
SETTINGS: 15 mm; 1/6 sec; ISO 800; ƒ/5.6

#trees #urbanforest #urbanpark #summerflora #naturephotography #landscape #DeKalbCountyGa #GeorgiaUS #pickoftheweek #blog #YFGF #OMSystem #OlympusPassion #Olympus1442mm #em10 #microfourthirds

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · Aug 9

Softly camouflaged,
Morning in the woodland
Fending the summer beast.

Melton Park: DeKalb County, Georgia, USA. 23 June 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/45sIWJN

#photographersofBluesky #morninglight #woodlandphotography #intimatelandscape #doggerel

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · Aug 2

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CAMERA: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
SETTINGS: 138 mm; 1/160 sec; ISO 800; ƒ/5.6
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#urbanforest #urbanpark #intimatelandscape #DecaturLegacyPark #DecaturGa #GeorgiaUSA #OMSystem #OlympusPassion #Olympus40150mm #microfournerds

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · Aug 2

Like a caress,
A woodland embrace.
Vernal fancy.

Seminary Wood in Decatur Legacy Park: City of Decatur, Georgia, USA. 25 April 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/45oZYsq

#photographersofBluesky #tree #woodland #springflora #doggerel #blog #YFGF #PickOfTheWeek #omdem10markII

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · Jul 27

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Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
SETTINGS: 32 mm; 1/60 sec; ISO 1600; ƒ/8.0

#peopleinthecity #trail #urbanpark #streetphotography #Atlanta #GeorgiaUS #pickoftheweek #blog #YFGF #OMSystem #OlympusPassion #Olympus1442mm #em10 #microfournerds

Dog walking --and human bicycling-- on an urban trail.

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · Jul 27

After the rain,
The urban duo
Goes into the green.

Trolley Trail in Gilliam Park: Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 28 June 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/4lH9fTr

#photographersofbluesky #bicycle #dogandhuman #urbantrail

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · Jul 19

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Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
SETTINGS: 150 mm; 1/125 sec; ISO 800; ƒ/5.6
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#beer #festival #streetphotography #funandhappiness #InmanParkFestival #Atlanta #GeorgiaUS #pickoftheweek #blog #YFGF #OMSystem #OlympusPassion #em10 #microfourthirds

Street-festival attendees are dancing to live music while holding their beers.

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Thomas Cizauskas @tcizauskas.bsky.social · Jul 19

Dance (drink!) to the music.

Inman Park Festival: City of Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 26 April 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/4f413u6

#photographersofBluesky #beerdrinkers #streetfestival #dancingpeople

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