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Sammles
@melnoli.bsky.social
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Drinking tea, reading books, photographing birds, probably napping

That nerd kid who liked pretty much everything and never grew out of it
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dannastaaf.bsky.social Danna Staaf @dannastaaf.bsky.social · Sep 24
a) Rebecca's thread is A++
b) yeah ok I'm a squid gal but can we talk whale size... this is a whale for whom a GIANT SQUID is a LITERAL MOUTHFUL
c) the footage is rare & exciting for us, but it's just tuesday snacktime for sperm whales. this mama could eat 7-8 giant squid PER DAY 🧪🦑🌊
rebeccarhelm.bsky.social Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · Sep 24
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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September 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Great Blue Heron
Mission Bay, San Diego

#photography #birds #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #sandiego #birdphotography #birdsky #nature
A portrait of a Great Blue Heron
August 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
melnoli.bsky.social
There was an almighty racket above my house one day, and I came out to find a flock of metallic starlings having a grand old time in the poinsettia tree. I was lucky enough to get the beautiful sheen of their feathers in the pics I took.
#birds #metalicstarling #shinyfeathers #birdphotography
Two black birds with red eyes and purple-green metalic sheens to their feathers are hanging almost upside down from two leaf fronds, with more out-of-focus leaves and white sky in the background. The tree is a poinsettia and the birds are metallic starlings
August 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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gaydemonicdisaster.bsky.social
A little thread, now the cat is finally out of the bag and I’m allowed to talk about it:
gaydemonicdisaster.bsky.social Kirsty aka ScrapHeapChallenge @gaydemonicdisaster.bsky.social · Mar 26
Well, it’s finally public. I’ve been keeping this secret for well over a year. Sadly, due to a health condition similar to my own, Jeremy can no longer drive Mary due to pain & fatigue as she’s a very heavy old car with no power steering. He let me know she’d be going up for sale in the spring… 🧵
March 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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xlix.me Hiro Ohta @xlix.me · Feb 24
In the city, birds and planes race each other to the coffee shop.
PHOTO by Allan So - This image showcases a cityscape with an EVA Air airplane appearing to glide just above a highway, aligned almost perfectly with the road. Above the aircraft, a formation of birds flies in a straight line against a hazy, overcast sky. The city is dense with high-rise buildings in muted tones, creating a moody atmosphere. The perspective and composition create an illusion of synchronized movement between the plane, the birds, and the traffic below.
February 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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miralune.bsky.social
What do you mean this is a 100 yo painting and NOT a good omens fanart??

Two Winged Angels in Profile by Harry Clarke (1924)

#symbolism #artdeco #artnouveau
February 19, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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martinrak.bsky.social
New Blood

Fungi growing on a burnt tree.
February 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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martinpodt.com
I can't hide it. I love trees, forests and taking photos of them. Feel free to share your photos of trees in the comments, such that we and other people can enjoy the beauty of them.

#photography #scape #landscapephotography #forest
January 31, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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neilpitchford.bsky.social
Reflections. Loch Chon on a still sunrise. The wind soon picks up at this loch so still conditions tend to be neither regular or long lasting in my experience. I spent a few minutes frantically moving around the shore until I settled on this composition.
#photography #nikon #lochchon #scotland
Loch Chon reflections on a still morning
January 31, 2025 at 6:54 AM
melnoli.bsky.social
Every year in spring I spend a night at a very dry campsite in North Queensland, and during the afternoon a flock of galahs (and multiple other birds) always comes down to the campsite to drink from the park's leaky taps. It makes for a lovely afternoon bird watching
#BirdPhotography #Galah
A galah with pink underparts, grey wings folded up, a grey-white tail and a pale white cap, is perched on an old leaky freestanding tap. The galah has one foot on top of the tap's pole and one almost gripping the tap handle, and it has wrapped itself around behind the tap handle to sip at leaking water from the handle. There is an obvious watermark running from the leak down, and the tap otherwise is a dull dusty grey. The background is very out of focus and has a bush, dead leaves, and some rocks. The galah is a genius for using a leaky tap as a water source
January 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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armandsarlangue.bsky.social
When the landscape split into a dual world made of light & darkness…
This is Segla mountain in Senja, captured in 2018, on a photo trip on the island. We camped upthere with crazy wind but got well rewarded with light feast in the morning 😊

#bluesky #photography #mountains #art #landscape #nature
Real photograph. Wide angle of the Segla mountain after sunrise. The mountain is slightly off entered to follow the shape of it that goes on the right. The overall ambiance shows a « dual world » created by morning side light filtering through the clouds and the shadows due to the 600 meters cliff in the right that blocks the light. In background the beautiful fjords of Senja unfolds, followed by more mountains. Tones are yellow (light) and blue (shadows). Really unforgettable morning that played huge role in my decision to switch from commercial photographer to full time nature photographer back then. This image was published in dozens of articles, books, tv shows, and won multiple important awards.
January 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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A couple of minutes after sunrise in a Dutch forest

#photography #landscapephotography #forest
January 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
melnoli.bsky.social
Another bird picture - this is one of a flock of pelicans local to me, and I have many, many photos of them. When I was a small child pelicans frightened me, because I genuinely thought they might try to eat me up.
#BirdPhotography #PelicanPhotography #HowCanABirdBeSoGraceful #AndYetSoAbsurd
An Australian pelican, a large white bird with partially black wings, yellow fish-like eyes, and an absurdly large pale pink bill, is lunge feeding in the water. The photo is caught mid-lunge, with the pelican's neck fully extended, its head turned sideways, and the pink sack on the bottom bill distended full of water. The sea water around is grey-silver with pale yellow highlights from the late afternoon sun. There are ripples from wind, and tiny ripples from droplets sprayed by the pelican mid-lunge. There are also some bubbles at the pelican's side. The overall effect is both graceful and ungainly
January 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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mplandscapes.bsky.social
Tree and rocks on Derwentwater #lakedistrict #nikon #landscapephotography #authenticphotography
A tangled birch frames the left side and a small group of rocks just breaking the surface of a still lake. The blues of the morning light pass across the water into bands of low mist and eventually to warm light catching the tops of the hills on the far side.
January 24, 2025 at 7:23 AM
melnoli.bsky.social
Adorably absurd
dannastaaf.bsky.social Danna Staaf @dannastaaf.bsky.social · Jan 24
did you know there's a squid named Brachioteuthis beanii 👀🦑🐡
Ink and marker drawing of a Brachioteuthis beanii squid wearing a beanie. The squid is golden and pink; the beanie is gray. The hat is properly situated on the squid's head, not its mantle.
January 24, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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davebrosha.bsky.social
Good morning, good morning!

Some new work from last month, somewhere along the Antarctic Peninsula.

#naturephotography
#wildlifephotography
January 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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beautysurroundsyou.com
It took me more than 4 years to capture a scene I could only dream of. A magnificent Condor soars above the peaks of Argentina's Mount Fitz Roy, as they are spot lit in beautiful morning light. 🪶

#bluesky #photography #landscape #birds #nature
#landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #scape
January 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
melnoli.bsky.social
First post, just because - have a derpy bird
A photograph from under a tree looking up through skinny branches at a brown heron with cream underparts and a navy-blue cap of feathers, who has its neck stretched out comically far so it can give my camera a sarcastic "oh, really?" look. Behind the sarcastic heron are many green leaves with sunlight coming through, and a white sky
January 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM