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Liz Vella

@lizvella.bsky.social

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Amateur photographer seeking inspiration and dedicated to capturing the beauty that surrounds us. All pictures are my own unless reposted. Psychology Professor, nature lover, book reader, cross-fitter. I love food, music, plants, and dogs.

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ms m @msmeredith.bsky.social · 4h

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IncidenceMatrix @incidencematrix.bsky.social · 12h

Helios Retiring

Pentax LX
SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2.8 lens
Fujicolor Provia 100 film
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#FilmPhotography #Photography 🎞️ 📷 #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #CA #PacificGrove #Sunset #Nature #Fuji #Pentax #SlideFilm

A color photograph of the ocean at sunset, with waves crashing gently against dark rocks in the foreground. The sun hovers just above the horizon, casting golden light across the water and sky, while soft clouds reflect warm tones of orange, pink, and violet. The image, captured on Fujicolor Provia 100 film with a Pentax LX and 35mm f/2.8 lens, showcases fine detail and rich, natural color gradation typical of E6 slide processing, evoking a calm and luminous coastal evening.

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Mao and the Sparrows @maoandthesparrows.bsky.social · 13h

One of Mud Lake’s forested shores. An autumnal shoreline at sunset. The landscape and sky doubly beautiful in the smooth mirror of the quiet lake.

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Traveling The Road Images (E.C.Teodoro Photography) @travelingtheroad.bsky.social · 21h

San Rafael Church
(Historic Adobe Church)
La Cueva, New Mexico

The sky stretched wide. The land held still. And somewhere in between, a story waited.

#photography #lacuevanewmexico #sanrafaelchurch #historicchurch #Adobechurch #newmexico

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 3h

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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JustJoy @sweetpea100852.bsky.social · 20h

The Saddle-billed stork striding out in his colourful plumage.
Such a splendid sight!
#SouthAfrica #photography #nature #wildlife #birds #birdsofafrica #birdlover

A Saddle-billed stork walking in green grass

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AnneA @annenc.bsky.social · 22h

There are so many of these Cloudless Sulphur butterflies around now. I saw a bunch at a nature preserve last weekend and now they are flying from flower to flower at the community garden.
#butterflies

A yellow/green butterfly on a red/orange Mexican sunflower. Blue sky.

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Lee Zimmerman @zim2918.bsky.social · 4h

Looking at the Morningstar

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Nicole @nb23.bsky.social · 5h

small Green Frog facing forward with acorns

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Bavarian Belle @bavarianbelle.bsky.social · 17h

Irrsee
Also know as Lake Zell,in the Salzkammergut, Austria. It’s a so called virgin lake, stretching 5 kilometers long an 1 kilometer wide. It’s a popular tourist destination, also thanks to the warmest water temperature of all lakes in Salzkammergut. #photography #nature #lake #austria #travel

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Armand Sarlangue @armandsarlangue.bsky.social · 3h

Another image from this summer Greenland adventures, this time during a moody day with a bit of fog, and the signature red sails.

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Tim Peach @peachyshotz.bsky.social · 16h

Mottled Duckling - 6/8/25

Wakodahatchee Wetlands - Delray Beach, FL

Canon R8 w/ RF 600mm - 1/1600 at f/11, ISO 1600 #birds #wakodahatcheewetlands #peachyshotz #wildlife #shotoncanon #nature #photography #ducks #mottledduck

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Michele @funnymichele.bsky.social · 3h

Wednesday roses for my Bluesky friends 🌹😊💛 #eastcoastkin #bloomscrolling #photography

Pink rose above a red rosebud, with a leafy green background

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Christoph Fischer @beautysurroundsyou.com · 3h

Fierce winds drive off snow & ice from the peaks of Paine Grande in Patagonia's Torres del Paine. There is a whole world of drama & grandeur to be found far above in the peaks of mountains, & especially so for Patagonia!

#bluesky #photography #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #travel

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Jacques-Yves Cousteau @runflysmile.bsky.social · 3h

Evening lights 😊
Baltic Sea
Latvia 🇱🇻

#Latvia #Balticsea #Sea #Sunset #Evening

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Liz Vella @lizvella.bsky.social · 1h

Autumn Glory
#ColorADay #RedWed #EastCoastKin #photography #autumninmaine

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 2h

My dahlia plant is still blooming strong

Closeup of a magenta, pink, & white dahlia blooming late into fall.

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Islander @dhiislander.bsky.camera · 2h

#261

#Maldives #Thulusdhoo #visitMaldives #goldenhour #sunset #trees #woods #leaves #sun #sky #clouds #island #photography #guesthouse #travel #PhotographersOfBlueSky #LumixS9 #LUMIX

Thulusdhoo, Maldives. Sunset Golden Hour at the Burugaa Beach. Standing on the shoreline looking across towards Sunset Beach at the end of the island. In the foreground is the white sand of the beach and the turquoise lagoon with the shoreline lit up in gold. The waves are seen breaking on the reef further away. The sky and the lower clouds are lit up in gold with the blue coming out higher up.

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Western Lens @planzing.bsky.social · 18h

October Sky…

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Liz Vella @lizvella.bsky.social · 1d

Sunset Cove Sky
#ColorADay #BlueTue #EastCoastKin #photography #backcove #portlandmaine #goldenhour #photohour

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Mira🌺 @deepgreens.bsky.social · 1d

Charged 100% #TheHarvestMoon #Nature

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Christoph Fischer @beautysurroundsyou.com · 1d

The beauty of twilight, night touched by day, light fading into dark, a world barely visible, glowing, a world we never imagined.....

#photography #landscapephotography #landscape #travel #nature #naturephotography #bluesky #outdoors #sunset #sunrise #adventure

The magnificent dead trees of Deadvlei contrast against a towering red dune, clothed in warm twilight that is so special in Namibia. A surreal, uniquely beautiful scene, so typical of this amazing country!

The deeply contorted lands of Namibia give rise to some truly unusual and otherworldly landscapes. This particular evening, fierce winds were blowing, and the combination of twilight and windblown dust blessed us with exceptional light, transforming these strange lands into the surreal.

The dunes in Namibia's Sossusvlei are all sand, except this one, and the beautiful interplay of the protruding rocks and textured sand comes to its full expression when clothed in dusk's soft, warm twilight.

The quality of light in Namibia is like none I have encountered anywhere else. It transforms Namibia's unique, at times surreal, landscapes into a world of dreams. A world of layers, punctuated by beautiful acacia trees, is painted in magical light which brings out the hidden, rich colors and textures of distant mountains.⁠

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Liz Vella @lizvella.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! 🥰

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Meandering M🌿 @pathwaymoments.bsky.social · 1d

The unveiling of a new day 📷🕊️ ….

Slowly the mist is rising along the trail but for now the distant mountains are resting.

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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 2d

Three’s company

#photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #nature #garden #dc #autumn

Come and knock on our door, we've been waiting for you.

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