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pikecanth13.bsky.social
Virginia Reuben Defense Force
@pikecanth13.bsky.social
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Alexandria, He/Him. This account is a safe space for spiders and wasps. I take pictures of bugs and birds. https://www.flickr.com/photos/cuda25/ I like anime and Hoyo games. Virginia politics by circumstance.
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Version 1 of The Contraption for taking pictures of bugs
Olympus EM5 Mk2 with a twin-head macro flash attached
April 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Anyway, here's a young bald eagle. About 2-3 years old. #birds
Rear shot of a bald eagle perched on a transmission tower. They aren't fully mature yet so their beak isn't fully yellow and they don't have the full striking white head plumage of a mature bald eagle.
March 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Nian sits on a log, surveying the path ahead Nian and her sister Dusk traverse a fallen tree. Perhaps to cross a river? Wow, adventure
March 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Bean adventure
The distant beans perch on logs in the sun oh jeez, Dusk is falling oh jeez oh jeez she fell a defeated Dusk lays upon the ground, no match for gravity
March 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Bobby
February 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Maslow's hierarchy or needs pyramid where the bottom is "Part-time job that pays $75K/yr" then "$100 million" then "infinite reuben" then "$200 million" then the top of the pyramid is "dragon wives" although I'd happily accept many other kind of monster wives like lamia or harpies. Also wolfgirls and foxgirls. Obviously I'm single, hit me up if you're a mythical beast or blonde.
February 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Crane
February 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Did it work
January 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Vacuuming the beans. Prosper, my beans!
January 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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DCA on film
The front of DCA’s upper level shot from the metro platform A view down the tracks at DCA metro Area of the DCA parking garage near the bike racks An uncommon view of the tower for DCA taken from a little known sidewalk
January 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Has any of genshin twitter migrated over here? #genshin
January 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Learning this whole image editing thing
January 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Seagull #birds Olympus EM-5 Mk2, 258mm, f/5.4, 1/800s, iso 640
3 pictures of a seagull flying
January 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Serious photography happening tonight
November 14, 2024 at 2:53 AM
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Some diffuser practice from last month. Unfortunately hitting the end of bee season without getting a lot of macro work in this year. #bees
A carpenter bee (large bee with a black body and pale yellow fur) forages from small white flowers
November 13, 2024 at 10:33 PM
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Osprey poopin (taken by me awhile back) #birds
An Osprey bird blasts some poop out its butt. Majestic animal
November 13, 2024 at 12:04 AM
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Cool photography fact: I practice basic macro skills with my anime figurines. Gonna be working on focus stacking this year. 3rd photo is the composite, down by the camera's software. 8 shots f/2.8 focus deviation 10
Wide shot showing the camera and tripod setup with the subject picture of the camera screen showing settings, this is just single test shots shots with 6 second exposures and not bracketed for focus stacking focus stacked composite down onboard my camera, 8 shots with a focus deviation of 10. f/2.8
April 2, 2024 at 2:51 AM
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Thomas Jefferson Memorial Smithsonian Castle More of the original Smithsonian building
March 27, 2024 at 12:11 PM
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Kinda ate with this one
pink saucer magnolias
March 27, 2024 at 2:21 AM
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More film came back from when the cherry blossoms were peaking in DC. Kodak Gold 200, 50mm lens. Most shot f/8-f/16. I wish bluesky did threaded posts, I got a bunch of these.
The base of the washington monument in a green field with a vast blue sky behind it, the flags that ring the base are blowing in the wind A cherry blossom on the end of a branch, the washington monument looms behind it more pink cherry blossoms The full length of the washington monument rises above some pink cherry trees
March 27, 2024 at 2:16 AM
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its funny cuz the camera focuses for me and tells me the EV so this isn't even a skill issue
everything is out of focus with this bee on a flower over-exposed photo of a butterfly on a flower
March 20, 2024 at 7:49 PM
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They can't all be winners! Some failures from last year
A bee's ass Another bee's ass an out of focus bee on some lovely in-focus flowers A blurry butterfly makes its move on its natural enemy, the in-focus butterly
March 20, 2024 at 7:47 PM
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March 16, 2024 at 8:47 PM
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Its cherry blossom season in DC! All taken with my Olympus EM5 MKII and 60mm macro lens, will have film scans later in the week from that camera
Pink cherry blossoms on a branch, some blooming and some still buds. In the background you can see more blurry blossoms A closeup of some fluffy pink blossoms These blossoms are more white than pink and grow in a tight cylinder around the branch like a corncob A small group of blossoms in various stages of blooming
March 16, 2024 at 8:47 PM
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And some from around the neighborhood
The red neon sign of a movie theater lit at night A snow covered house on a bright sunny day A cold, wide road on a cold, sunny sunday A snow covered park
February 29, 2024 at 1:16 AM