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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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Another colorful turtle #scape, to me it looks like it's getting ready to take a ride on a rocket 😁

#photography #turtles #reflections
A pond scene with a single turtle on a log that angles out of the water slightly upwards from right to left. The turtle rests on the end of the log closest to the water line. The turtle is looking up, ready to fly. Behind it the pond surface reflects slats of a boardwalk with various colors shining through.
January 16, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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Rob has set the #BirdOfTheDay to #Short beaks, so here's a little warbler given the monochrome treatment.

#ColorADay #BWFri #photography #birds #classicmono #blackandwhite
A black and white image of a small bird sitting in the center of a green plan with long leaves running off in all directions in the bottom right corner. Above, a curving leaf or branch arches over head, framing the bird between it and the plant below. Background is lighter white with lines of shadow.
January 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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Well, it's Thursday which for me mostly means bees on yellow things 🐝😁

#InsectThursday #ColorADay #YellowThu #photography #bees #flowers #bloomscrolling
A close-up of a honey bee in the middle of a bright yellow flower which fills the frame. A small patch of blurry yellow greenish background can be seen above the flower.
January 15, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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A rather irritated looking red-shouldered hawk for the #BirdOfTheDay today, which Alan has set to #raptors

#photography #birds #hawks
A brown and white hawk sits at the top of a moss covered broken branch that runs at a 45 degree angle from the bottom center of the frame. The hawk is facing the camera with one wing tucked and the other slightly away from its body. Spanish moss hangs all around.
January 15, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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Just liked this little flower scene, feels calming for me 🌞

#ColorADay #RedWed #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling
A closeup of a red flower growing amidst green flowers with interesting textures.
January 14, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Moving very slowly this morning, Dozer approves 😁

#dozerday #photography #dogs #dogofbluesky
An orange tinted monochrome image of a beautiful white and tan dog sleeping on the couch. His tail starts out of frame and curls up towards his nose from the bottom right corner.
January 14, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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Here's a scene for the #BirdOfTheDay today, which Alan has set to #solitude.

#photography #birds #vultures #coloraday #bluetue
A long gnarled leafless branch grows into the scene from bottom right corner into the middle left, with several bends and turns. About halfway up a single branch shoots upwards and a vulture sits at the end of it. Behind is a series of darker clouds that give way to sunlight clouds at the top of the frame.
January 13, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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Started the new year battling bronchitis and some foot issues, but finally got my first run of the year in the books this morning!

Feels nice, I think I'll try again on Thursday 😁

#photography #sunrise #running #coloraday #bluetue #JanuArty2026 #sky
Sunrise over a still lake with two docks in the foreground on each side of the scene. The horizon is orange giving way to purples and blues as your eye moves up the frame. A blurry crescent moon can be seen in the upper right.
January 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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Sometimes I fool around and do something drastically different in Lightroom just to see what things can look like.

Maybe one day I'll arrive at a consistent editing style, but where's the fun in that. 😁

#photography #ColorADay #PinkMon #flowers #bloomscrolling
A pinkish/purple flower sits in the middle frame, it's lower right diagonal half is catching the sun directly while the upper left is in shadows. It is surrounded by other flowers that are all mostly in shadow.
January 12, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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Flying into a new week 😁

#BirdOfTheDay #BirdsInFlight #BlueSkyMonday #MinimalMonday #photography #birds
A Common Gallinule is coming in for a landing in a light blue lake, it is in the upper right corner with its wings outstretched upwards and its feet preparing for landing. In the bottom right corner some green grass grows on the lake surface.
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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Just a little bright orange flower for #stunday and #coloraday #orangesun 🌞

#photography #flowers #bloomscrolling
A single orange flower catches the sunlight in the bottom half of the frame, surrounded by shadows mostly, behind it, another extremely orange flower grows, surrounded by bright balls of orange and pink bokeh from other flowers.
January 11, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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Good morning!

For today's #BirdOfTheDay, here's a Savannah sparrow in its #natural environment, with a touch of #SundayYellow

#photography #birds #sparrows
A savannah sparrow perches on the top of a fluffy cattail that has been partially stripped at the top. A single reed in focus curls diagonally away from the sparrow and droops down. Behind are blurry green reeds with a single brown one that arches over the bird, through the reeds is bright blurry yellow.
January 11, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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A closeup of a flower that I liked, maybe that one tiny curling petal that seems just a bit different and out of place. 🌞

#BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling
A closeup image of a bright red flower catching the sun directly. Its center is yellow giving way to orange into red. With tiny white dots on the end of the outer red tendrils. Most petals are large and uniform and run to the edges of the frame. A single small curling petal grows downward in the lower right corner.
January 10, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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Did somebody say #Vibrant? Here's a red admiral butterfly I saw in November for the #BlueSkyArtShow 🦋

#photography #butterflies #ColorADay #GreenSat
A red admiral butterfly perches at the end of a small branch, with brown coloring and swatches of orange, white, and black throughout the wings. Background is vibrant green with shadows in the upper right corner.
January 10, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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I never pass up an opportunity to take a photo of a butterfly. 🦋😁

#FlyDay #photography #butterflies #monarch
An orange and black monarch butterfly sits on a single long green leaf blade, and several others radiate up from the same plant, just below the frame. In the upper corner the sun shines in, with blown highlights.
January 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Feathers&Form, celebrating texture, pattern, and structure of feathers. The alternate theme is #resting.

I thought this beautiful flamingo we saw at the Sunken Gardens in St Pete fit both themes fairly well. ☺️

#photography #birds #flamingos
A flamingo rests in the shade, only its torso and head and neck are visible in the frame. The sun shines onto the back of its body and neck, lighting up its bright pink feathers that show a lovely pattern.
January 9, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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A happy little bee for #InsectThursday

#ColorADay #YellowThur #photography #bees #flowers #bloomscrolling
A single bee rests upon a light yellow flower with long curling red tendrils curling out from underneath the bee. The stem of the flower curls out from a blurry collection of red and green flowers. Background is blurred yellow bokeh mostly.
January 8, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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Good morning all!

Rob has set the #BirdOfTheDay to #ShortBeaks

Here's a downy woodpecker pondering whether this spanish moss is a worm or not. Hopefully that beak is short enough to qualify, I didn't get the measuring tape out 😁

#photography #birds #woodpeckers
A closeup of a black and white woodpecker perched on the side of a mossy tree. The sun lights upon the back of its face, and it peers up at a single strand of spanish moss that is arching up and away from the tree. Background is blurry greens mostly.
January 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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Another rose from my itty bitty little camera 🌞

#RoseWednesday #photography #roses #flowers #bloomscrolling
A pink rose sits in the foreground in the middle-right of the frame. In the background several other blurry pink roses can be seen, as well as bright sky and blurry trees. It is surrounded by darker green foliage and appears to glow a bit.
January 7, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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Just look at this dude😁

#dozerday #photography #dogsky #dogsofbluesky #dogs
A beautiful tan and white dog lays on his side on a gray/blue couch. Half of his face is obscured by the couch cushion running across the bottom of the frame. The sun shines brightly upon him from the windows behind and in the upper right. His one visible eye looks directly into the camera.
January 7, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Alan has set the theme of #BirdOfTheDay to #FoodFinds, so here's a great egret I followed around for a little bit to watch it hunt for lizards.

They are amazing to watch when they hunt. 😎

#photography #birds #egrets #nature
The white head and neck of a great egret rises into the frame, in side profile. At the end of its long yellow beak it has a lizard pinched. Background is green leaves of a bush.
January 7, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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Rob has set today's #BirdOfTheDay theme to #BlackAndWhite, so here's a pileated woodpecker that is mostly so if you ignore that bright red mohawk and mustache 😁

#photography #birds #woodpeckers
A large pileated woodpecker with black and white feathers and a large red mohawk clings to the side of a tree. You can see his tongue poking into the hole he had previously just pecked.
January 6, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Toying around with texture and clarity while juicing up the color and contrast. Kinda like the effect in the water ☺️

#AnimalArtTuesday #photography #turtles
A single turtle sits on a long that cuts the frame in half. It is surrounded by water reflecting mostly fall colors.
January 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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Here's the tiny setup I use sometimes, with Dozer for scale. A ton of fun in a very small package with many technical limitations. 😁

For me personally the fun factor is crucial for getting out the door, so I'm happy to make the tradeoff sometimes.

🧵 2/2

#photography #havefun #lumix #gm1
A very small orange and silver camera with a black lens sits entirely in the palm of the photographer's hand. In the background a blurry but handsome tan and white dog yawns. Lumix DMC-GM1 with the 14mm F2.5 pancake lens.
January 5, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Took this on a walk Friday with my tiniest camera setup.

There's something to be said for wandering with a very light camera in one hand and snapping away. Not thinking much about technical details, just having fun. ☺️

🧵 1/2

#BlueSkyMonday #ColorADay #PinkMon #photography #bloomscrolling #flowers
A single pink rose grows into the middle of the frame from directly below. In the background, the top half is blue sky and the bottom half is blurred building and flowers.
January 5, 2026 at 3:23 PM