Steven Heipel
@lovemustwin.bsky.social
Please no AI 'created' images/video -- I get that its involved in cameras and post production... Photographer (non human and human people). Book lover (and reader). Art lover (and collector). Anti capitalist and anti fascist (redundant that bit, I know).
Throwback (60+ years) Thursday to when I was at the apex of my hockey career; I burned out by the age of 4....
I note that hockey helmets and gloves have changed a bit over the past several decades.
I note that hockey helmets and gloves have changed a bit over the past several decades.
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Throwback (60+ years) Thursday to when I was at the apex of my hockey career; I burned out by the age of 4....
I note that hockey helmets and gloves have changed a bit over the past several decades.
I note that hockey helmets and gloves have changed a bit over the past several decades.
14 young women who would have changed the world, were changing the world for the better, but were tragically murdered on this day, 1989.
I take a moment to read each name aloud, to remember.
Let love win, not hate. End violence against girls and women.
#whiterose #endviolenceagainstgirlsandwomen
I take a moment to read each name aloud, to remember.
Let love win, not hate. End violence against girls and women.
#whiterose #endviolenceagainstgirlsandwomen
December 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
14 young women who would have changed the world, were changing the world for the better, but were tragically murdered on this day, 1989.
I take a moment to read each name aloud, to remember.
Let love win, not hate. End violence against girls and women.
#whiterose #endviolenceagainstgirlsandwomen
I take a moment to read each name aloud, to remember.
Let love win, not hate. End violence against girls and women.
#whiterose #endviolenceagainstgirlsandwomen
#birdoftheday is #BerriesandBeaks. Here's a Swainson's Thrush, juvenile Cedar Waxwing and Robin Redbreast (N.A. Robin) kindly meeting the theme 😀
#bird #birds #birdphotography #canadianwildlife #nikonphotography
#bird #birds #birdphotography #canadianwildlife #nikonphotography
November 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
#birdoftheday is #BerriesandBeaks. Here's a Swainson's Thrush, juvenile Cedar Waxwing and Robin Redbreast (N.A. Robin) kindly meeting the theme 😀
#bird #birds #birdphotography #canadianwildlife #nikonphotography
#bird #birds #birdphotography #canadianwildlife #nikonphotography
I have SO many Robin photographs... 😃 One of my favourites:
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I have SO many Robin photographs... 😃 One of my favourites:
I love that in the UK your robin is associated with Christmas. Our robin, not so cute and pretty as yours, but a looker still, is associated here with spring, but here's a shot of a Canadian holiday robin (the shot was taken over the Christmas holidays a couple years ago 😀 ).
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I love that in the UK your robin is associated with Christmas. Our robin, not so cute and pretty as yours, but a looker still, is associated here with spring, but here's a shot of a Canadian holiday robin (the shot was taken over the Christmas holidays a couple years ago 😀 ).
#birdoftheday is #warbler. Here to comply -- a Magnolia Warbler and Cape May Warbler; both males. Both shots taken in the Wet Woods at the base of the Leslie St. Spit in Toronto.
#bird #birds #birdphotography #canadianwildlife #nikonphotography
#bird #birds #birdphotography #canadianwildlife #nikonphotography
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
#birdoftheday is #warbler. Here to comply -- a Magnolia Warbler and Cape May Warbler; both males. Both shots taken in the Wet Woods at the base of the Leslie St. Spit in Toronto.
#bird #birds #birdphotography #canadianwildlife #nikonphotography
#bird #birds #birdphotography #canadianwildlife #nikonphotography
Yellow-headed Blackbird. A marsh east of Edmonton; the only time I've seen them in considerable number. 2020
#bird #birds #blackbird #birdphotography #canadianwildlife #nikonphotography
#bird #birds #blackbird #birdphotography #canadianwildlife #nikonphotography
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Yellow-headed Blackbird. A marsh east of Edmonton; the only time I've seen them in considerable number. 2020
#bird #birds #blackbird #birdphotography #canadianwildlife #nikonphotography
#bird #birds #blackbird #birdphotography #canadianwildlife #nikonphotography
A Common Snapping Turtle. Big Creek Marsh (Long Point).
#turtle #snappingturtle #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Canadianwildlife
#turtle #snappingturtle #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Canadianwildlife
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A Common Snapping Turtle. Big Creek Marsh (Long Point).
#turtle #snappingturtle #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Canadianwildlife
#turtle #snappingturtle #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Canadianwildlife
Elvis has not left the building, least not a building in Toronto's Kensington Market; and MJ is there with him. Clearly, neither of them do windows.
#streetphotography #toronto #nikonphotography #torontostreets
#streetphotography #toronto #nikonphotography #torontostreets
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Elvis has not left the building, least not a building in Toronto's Kensington Market; and MJ is there with him. Clearly, neither of them do windows.
#streetphotography #toronto #nikonphotography #torontostreets
#streetphotography #toronto #nikonphotography #torontostreets
Classic Chinese resting pose, the squat, here in life and mural art.
Chose TO's Chinatown for street photography yesterday. The neighbourhood beautifully continues to mostly resist development keeping its truly engaging charm.
#streetphotography #chinatown #torontostreets #nikonphotography #toronto
Chose TO's Chinatown for street photography yesterday. The neighbourhood beautifully continues to mostly resist development keeping its truly engaging charm.
#streetphotography #chinatown #torontostreets #nikonphotography #toronto
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Classic Chinese resting pose, the squat, here in life and mural art.
Chose TO's Chinatown for street photography yesterday. The neighbourhood beautifully continues to mostly resist development keeping its truly engaging charm.
#streetphotography #chinatown #torontostreets #nikonphotography #toronto
Chose TO's Chinatown for street photography yesterday. The neighbourhood beautifully continues to mostly resist development keeping its truly engaging charm.
#streetphotography #chinatown #torontostreets #nikonphotography #toronto
Definitely it's Hawks who stare down my lens. Couple of shots for #birdoftheday 's them #staredown. Cooper's Hawk and Red-tailed Hawk. Both shot in Toronto locations.
#birds #bird #hawk #birdphotography #nikonphotography #canadianwildlife
#birds #bird #hawk #birdphotography #nikonphotography #canadianwildlife
November 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Definitely it's Hawks who stare down my lens. Couple of shots for #birdoftheday 's them #staredown. Cooper's Hawk and Red-tailed Hawk. Both shot in Toronto locations.
#birds #bird #hawk #birdphotography #nikonphotography #canadianwildlife
#birds #bird #hawk #birdphotography #nikonphotography #canadianwildlife
Like I say, lots of Mallards appear in my viewfinder. Here are four more for a second post for #mallardmonday.
#bird #birds #duck #birdphotography #canadianwildlife #nikonphotography
#bird #birds #duck #birdphotography #canadianwildlife #nikonphotography
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Like I say, lots of Mallards appear in my viewfinder. Here are four more for a second post for #mallardmonday.
#bird #birds #duck #birdphotography #canadianwildlife #nikonphotography
#bird #birds #duck #birdphotography #canadianwildlife #nikonphotography
Happy #mallardmonday. From various locations (ON to AB) over a few years. Common in Canadian wetlands but not any less beautiful for their frequent appearance in my lens.
#bird #birds #duck #birdphotography #nikonphotography #canadianwildlife
#bird #birds #duck #birdphotography #nikonphotography #canadianwildlife
November 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Happy #mallardmonday. From various locations (ON to AB) over a few years. Common in Canadian wetlands but not any less beautiful for their frequent appearance in my lens.
#bird #birds #duck #birdphotography #nikonphotography #canadianwildlife
#bird #birds #duck #birdphotography #nikonphotography #canadianwildlife
#birdoftheday also includes birds on a #post. A GBH on a post in one of the marsh ponds #Toronto 's Leslie St. Spit, 2023.
#bird #birds #heron #greatblueheron #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #nikonphotography
#bird #birds #heron #greatblueheron #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #nikonphotography
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
#birdoftheday also includes birds on a #post. A GBH on a post in one of the marsh ponds #Toronto 's Leslie St. Spit, 2023.
#bird #birds #heron #greatblueheron #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #nikonphotography
#bird #birds #heron #greatblueheron #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #nikonphotography
#birdoftheday is #swans A couple of Trumpeter Swan cygnets. Lake Ontario, 2024. There were a couple of families moving together; six or seven cygnets; too long lens to get anything but closeups -- not the usual 'problem' photoing birds :)
#birds #bird #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #toronto
#birds #bird #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #toronto
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
#birdoftheday is #swans A couple of Trumpeter Swan cygnets. Lake Ontario, 2024. There were a couple of families moving together; six or seven cygnets; too long lens to get anything but closeups -- not the usual 'problem' photoing birds :)
#birds #bird #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #toronto
#birds #bird #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #toronto
Happy #ThursJay featuring one of my favourite birds, the Black-billed Magpie, Canada's only type of magpie. Edmonton, 2019-ish.
#birds #corvids #magpie #Canadianwildlife #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #Corvidlove #Alberta
#birds #corvids #magpie #Canadianwildlife #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #Corvidlove #Alberta
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Happy #ThursJay featuring one of my favourite birds, the Black-billed Magpie, Canada's only type of magpie. Edmonton, 2019-ish.
#birds #corvids #magpie #Canadianwildlife #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #Corvidlove #Alberta
#birds #corvids #magpie #Canadianwildlife #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #Corvidlove #Alberta
Black-crowned Night Heron shot through the reeds. Toronto Brick Works, 2023.
#heron #bird #birds #birdphotography #willdlifephotography #nikonphotography
#heron #bird #birds #birdphotography #willdlifephotography #nikonphotography
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Black-crowned Night Heron shot through the reeds. Toronto Brick Works, 2023.
#heron #bird #birds #birdphotography #willdlifephotography #nikonphotography
#heron #bird #birds #birdphotography #willdlifephotography #nikonphotography
Good morning, the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is paddling birds standing or walking in shallow water. Here a North American Coot shows off her ever so odd made for walking on land as well as paddling in the water feet. Lois Hole Park, Alberta 2020.
#Coot #bird #birds #birdphotography #nikonphotography
#Coot #bird #birds #birdphotography #nikonphotography
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Good morning, the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is paddling birds standing or walking in shallow water. Here a North American Coot shows off her ever so odd made for walking on land as well as paddling in the water feet. Lois Hole Park, Alberta 2020.
#Coot #bird #birds #birdphotography #nikonphotography
#Coot #bird #birds #birdphotography #nikonphotography
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My favourite shot of my visit to The Royal, yesterday. I love photos that tell a story; and I shoot far too few of them.
For the record, the goats, horses and cattle I saw were far (far!) better groomed than was (am?) I 😂
Been too long; forgot how much I love ag fairs.
#royalwinterfair
For the record, the goats, horses and cattle I saw were far (far!) better groomed than was (am?) I 😂
Been too long; forgot how much I love ag fairs.
#royalwinterfair
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My favourite shot of my visit to The Royal, yesterday. I love photos that tell a story; and I shoot far too few of them.
For the record, the goats, horses and cattle I saw were far (far!) better groomed than was (am?) I 😂
Been too long; forgot how much I love ag fairs.
#royalwinterfair
For the record, the goats, horses and cattle I saw were far (far!) better groomed than was (am?) I 😂
Been too long; forgot how much I love ag fairs.
#royalwinterfair
November 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM