Nicole Brookus
@nbrookus.bsky.social
Gamer, maker, geek, gardener, retired software developer and sound engineer. She/her. I mostly post pictures of nature, a few cats, and TTRPG things.
All photographs are my own except reposts.
All photographs are my own except reposts.
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
📷 Black and white #photography #pentax #monochrome is not something I do often, but it's humbling to be reminded the process is about light, not color.
November 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
📷 Black and white #photography #pentax #monochrome is not something I do often, but it's humbling to be reminded the process is about light, not color.
October 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I couldn't resist this perfect bloom. We're expecting frost next week, so we may be saying good-bye to fall flowers soon. Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) #Pentax K3-iii and D FA 100mm macro #naturephotography #macromonday #bloomscrolling
October 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I couldn't resist this perfect bloom. We're expecting frost next week, so we may be saying good-bye to fall flowers soon. Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) #Pentax K3-iii and D FA 100mm macro #naturephotography #macromonday #bloomscrolling
📷 Small's Goldenrod (Solidago pinetorum). Probably.
Pentax K3-iii
Pentax D FA 100mm macro
#bloomscrolling #naturephotography #flowers
Pentax K3-iii
Pentax D FA 100mm macro
#bloomscrolling #naturephotography #flowers
October 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
📷 Small's Goldenrod (Solidago pinetorum). Probably.
Pentax K3-iii
Pentax D FA 100mm macro
#bloomscrolling #naturephotography #flowers
Pentax K3-iii
Pentax D FA 100mm macro
#bloomscrolling #naturephotography #flowers
PSA: If you have a mechanical keyboard, you should pull all the keycaps and pull off the cat hair wrapped around your switches. Sincerely, someone who just spent an hour to return to a lovely responsive keyboard.
The not-guilty party for #caturday
The not-guilty party for #caturday
October 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
PSA: If you have a mechanical keyboard, you should pull all the keycaps and pull off the cat hair wrapped around your switches. Sincerely, someone who just spent an hour to return to a lovely responsive keyboard.
The not-guilty party for #caturday
The not-guilty party for #caturday
📷 Huntsville Botanical Garden, Huntsville, Alabama. #pentax K3-iii #photography
October 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
📷 Huntsville Botanical Garden, Huntsville, Alabama. #pentax K3-iii #photography
October 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The streams are running low since it has been a really dry summer, but there is still enough for the wildlife. #naturephotography #fall
October 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The streams are running low since it has been a really dry summer, but there is still enough for the wildlife. #naturephotography #fall
📷 The feed corn harvested for fall. Next year this field will be cotton. #photography #fall
October 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
📷 The feed corn harvested for fall. Next year this field will be cotton. #photography #fall
🐛📷 Caterpillar of Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) on Maypop (Passiflora caerulea). #naturephotography #butterfly #insects
It's getting late in the summer. The usual suspects are dropping leaves: black cherry, crabapple, hackberry, black gum. It's sometime yet to frost, but it's coming.
It's getting late in the summer. The usual suspects are dropping leaves: black cherry, crabapple, hackberry, black gum. It's sometime yet to frost, but it's coming.
October 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🐛📷 Caterpillar of Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) on Maypop (Passiflora caerulea). #naturephotography #butterfly #insects
It's getting late in the summer. The usual suspects are dropping leaves: black cherry, crabapple, hackberry, black gum. It's sometime yet to frost, but it's coming.
It's getting late in the summer. The usual suspects are dropping leaves: black cherry, crabapple, hackberry, black gum. It's sometime yet to frost, but it's coming.
📷 More photographic zen for your weekend. Jake's Creek Trail, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee #naturephotography #pentax
September 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
📷 More photographic zen for your weekend. Jake's Creek Trail, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee #naturephotography #pentax
Scully from the X Files. I started responding to the name at work. 😅
September 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Scully from the X Files. I started responding to the name at work. 😅
🐈 I moved their cat condo to the top of the (long) (steep) basement stairs to vacuum. They love it. It makes me anxious. #catsofbluesky #caturday
September 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
🐈 I moved their cat condo to the top of the (long) (steep) basement stairs to vacuum. They love it. It makes me anxious. #catsofbluesky #caturday
📷 Deep breath. A little peace for everyone wound up over the news. Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. #naturephotography
September 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
📷 Deep breath. A little peace for everyone wound up over the news. Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. #naturephotography
📷 #farm #photography You know it's late summer when the watermelons drop. The only way to eat them is ice cold with salt! #pentax K-1 MK1, #sigma 18-300mm macro
September 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
📷 #farm #photography You know it's late summer when the watermelons drop. The only way to eat them is ice cold with salt! #pentax K-1 MK1, #sigma 18-300mm macro
I ended up using vinyl rolls, like the ones for Cricut. Trimmed up for each piece. Base coated then made thin parallel cuts where I wanted plates to join and pulled those strips off.
I'm unhappy with it overall, so I'm not going to finish it. I might finish out the patina just for practice.
I'm unhappy with it overall, so I'm not going to finish it. I might finish out the patina just for practice.
September 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I ended up using vinyl rolls, like the ones for Cricut. Trimmed up for each piece. Base coated then made thin parallel cuts where I wanted plates to join and pulled those strips off.
I'm unhappy with it overall, so I'm not going to finish it. I might finish out the patina just for practice.
I'm unhappy with it overall, so I'm not going to finish it. I might finish out the patina just for practice.
📷 There's a charm, and sadness, in abandoned buildings. #photography
September 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
📷 There's a charm, and sadness, in abandoned buildings. #photography
📷🐛🕷️ A lovely Yellow Garden Spider for your Thursday morning. Totally harmless and beautiful, they spin huge webs right where you will walk into them. #macrophotography #naturephotography #spiders #bugs
September 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
📷🐛🕷️ A lovely Yellow Garden Spider for your Thursday morning. Totally harmless and beautiful, they spin huge webs right where you will walk into them. #macrophotography #naturephotography #spiders #bugs
This guy needs a better chair.
September 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
This guy needs a better chair.
Tossing another cat into the basket.
May everyone's cat get a new box today.
May everyone's cat get a new box today.
September 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Tossing another cat into the basket.
May everyone's cat get a new box today.
May everyone's cat get a new box today.
📷🐛 Red Paper Wasp (Polistes perplexus) getting a snack from the hummingbird feeder for #macromonday #naturephotography
September 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
📷🐛 Red Paper Wasp (Polistes perplexus) getting a snack from the hummingbird feeder for #macromonday #naturephotography