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Dylan Mirales
@realistic.dog
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Woodland photographer based in Pittsburgh, PA
Nature | Space | Critters | Infrared
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a windy day, a fluffy dog
Cooper, and black and white, fluffy Husky mix, looks back at the camera while standing on the side walk. His tail and butt floof are puffed out from the wind.
December 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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whoops i was looking at the ufo subreddit for too long and got stupider
December 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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my review of the pgh area franchise burgatory: it’s called burgatory because you wish you were in burger heaven but at least you’re not in burger hell.
December 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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99% of my work emails are just me trying to find slightly different ways to say “I’ve uploaded the file to here.”
December 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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📷 Playground under the stars
Children’s playground featuring a couple of slides and a tunnel to crawl through underneath the Milky Way
December 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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the instagram accounts i am jealous about are the ones where people just post pictures of the neat pebbles they find everyday at the beach
December 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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📷 A couple years ago I used a cross-polarized macro flash setup to capture the birefringence of ice along a creek.

#macro #macrophotography #naturalist #sciart #ice #photography #abstract
A partially melted piece of ice forms an abstract shape. Rainbow colors appear over it as cross-polarized lights highlight the stress of the ice crystal. Tiny shards of ice. Rainbow colors appear over it as cross-polarized lights highlight the stress of the ice crystal. Another partially melted piece of ice forms an abstract shape. Rainbow colors appear over it as cross-polarized lights highlight the stress of the ice crystal
November 23, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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📷 Distant lights outside Bryce Canyon

#utah #brycecanyon #astrophotography #astronomy #milkyway #space #nightphotography
The glow of a distant town under near a starry sky.
December 16, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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i think out of all the stupid hobby pages on reddit, the digital camera people are the stupidest. any time they see a picture they like they're in a cold sweat wondering if they need to spend $10k to swap camera sytems. jesus fucking christ chill out. it's the WORLD that looks good
December 16, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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📷 Night views from the top of a hill in New Hampshire

#night #photography #eastcoastkin #nightphotography #landscape #woodland #firetower #firewatch
Wide angle shot of a fire tower and radio tower from below. Lights on the radio tower illuminate the ground and trees in red light. The contrasts against the blue, starry sky. A view from midway up a fire tower looking off towards the mountains. The sun has just set so there is a slight orange glow above the mountains. There is a radio tower on the right side of frame that illuminates the woods below.
December 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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I’ve always assumed Leatherman was a made up brand name rather than being named after the founder, Tim Leatherman.
December 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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instead of getting laser eye surgery I’d like to train my brain to computational photography my way out of having bad vision
December 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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📷 Going through some old shots
from my trip through Utah in 2017.

#nightscape #utah #canyonlands #nationalpark #camping #milkyway #astronomy #astrophotography #space #stars #photography
A break in the clouds reveal the Milky Way above a campsite lit up by a lantern in a tent.
December 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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i’m available for hire to teach influencers how to use lav mics
December 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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the vibe today is "i just want to yell"
December 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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do not tell me your app is like “pokémon for x” unless you’ve developed little capsules to catch creatures so I can form strong bonds with them through adventure and battle (it’s ok, they like it)
December 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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ditch spotify and embrace the weird mp3 player
December 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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i don’t want to work. i want to play in the snow with my dog.
December 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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i don’t need to know the names of all the types of birds i’ve seen. that’s none of my business
December 2, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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📷 Foggy walk through the cemetery this morning shot on the Light L16 and processed in B&W

#pennsylvania #lightl16 #photography #computationalphotography #eastcoastkin
Lines of gravestones in a cemetery. In the distance is a small chapel. A bare tree rises up to the left of frame. A trunk of a tree against a foggy cemetery background A small chapel in the center of frame surrounded by a few bare trees and gravestones. A dog sniffs the ground in front of a gravestone that reads, “not dead, but sleeping.”
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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📷 Soft glow

#moon #sunset #clouds #pennsylvania #photography #eastcoastkin #nature
A small, glowing crescent moon hangs above some purple clouds against the pale, blue sky.
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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i dislike mouse + keyboard gaming because it feels too much like video editing and i already spend eight hours a day doing that
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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he just wants a big, cozy chair
photo of a black, fluffy dog with blue eyes curled up tight on a white chair staring towards the camera
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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The neighbors are visiting

#deer #backyard #pennsylvania #naturalist #wildlife #photography #animals
A deer stands next to a bare tree in a yard. Leaves are scattered on the ground. Out of focus in the background is the head of an other deer.
November 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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📷 We already don’t get enough sun as it is in Pittsburgh for most of the year so I’d prefer if it were slightly foggy all the time instead of overcast.

#autumn #frickpark #hiking #forest #woodland #nature #naturalist #naturephotography #pennsylvania #landscape
Wide angle photo of a foggy forest in fall. The wide angle exaggerates the perspective of the trees as they stretch towards the sky.
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM