Thomas Cizauskas
tcizauskas.bsky.social
Thomas Cizauskas
@tcizauskas.bsky.social
Photographer of intimate landscapes & new topography.
Cask-ale advocate; lapsed pro-brewer.
Russell's Teapot acolyte.

Beer is good; baseball is fun; jazz is life.
Science is real; meat is murder; fascism is evil.
Resist!

https://linktr.ee/Cizauskas
"Fah who for-aze,
Dah who dor-aze,
Welcome Christmas,
Christmas Day!"

Town Green in the City of Avondale Estates, Georgia, USA.

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CAMERA: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Lumix G 20/F1.7 II
SETTINGS: 20 mm; 1/50 second; ISO 200; ƒ/2.0
December 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Twilight intimately,
Bare-armed,
The lady in mist.

Decatur Legacy Park: City of Decatur, Georgia, USA.
7 December 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/4pUw1JM

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CAMERA: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
SETTINGS: 40 mm; 1/640 second; ISO 800; ƒ/5.6
December 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Your aureate majesty. Regal autumnal color. Need I say more?

Freedom Park: Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 19 Nov. 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/4rWhsGW

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CAMERA: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
SETTINGS: 45 mm; 1/640 second; ISO 800; ƒ/5.6
— 4 image stitch
December 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"Recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world."
— The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
adopted by the United Nations, 10 December 1948

Full text: bit.ly/3KKwbnB
December 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
December 7, 1941.
September 11, 2001.
January 6, 2021.

Days of infamy. Never forget.
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Autumn morning on Arabia Lake.

Arabia Mountain, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA.
6 November 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (YFGF blog): bit.ly/447kTjS

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CAMERA: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
— 14 mm; 1/400 second; ISO 200; ƒ/5.6
— Panoramic stitch (10 images)
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Catch a beat! Drummer for Atlanta-based "Mandi Strachota & the Major 7s."

Oakhurst Porchfest: Decatur, Georgia, USA, 11 October 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (YFGF blog): bit.ly/3KrRppY

CAMERA: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Lumix G Vario 100-300/F4.0-5.6
SETTINGS: 100 mm; 1/640 second; ISO 400; ƒ/4.5
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"After we had called on God for direction, we came to this resolution: to go presently ashore again...for we could not now take time for further search or consideration, our victuals being much spent, especially our BEERE."
—Pilgrim leader William Bradford at Plymouth Rock, 1619

Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Defend democracy. It's time for a general strike!"

On 18 Oct 2025, No Kings protests occurred across US against tRump's fascism. 10,000 rallied in Atlanta, GA.

Pic(k) of the Week (YFGF blog): bit.ly/47YMEgI

Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
49 mm; 1/640 sec; ISO 500; ƒ/5.6
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It was 'blowing a hoolie' at sunrise, on 10 October 2025, on the summit of Stone Mountain, in DeKalb County, Georgia, USA.

That is, it was cold and windy!

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/3Jzmbx2

Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.45mm F1.8
SETTINGS: 45mm; 1/50 second; ISO 100; ƒ/1.8
November 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Honoring Veterans Day
11 November 2025.

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Photo taken at base of summit walk-up trail in Stone Mountain Park: DeKalb County, Georgia, USA, 10 October 2025. Hi-res (on Flickr): flic.kr/p/2rDTfxd

Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.45mm F1.8
SETTINGS: 45 mm; 1/40 sec; ISO 3200; ƒ/1.8
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A restored 19th-century water-powered gristmill.

Stone Mountain Park: DeKalb County, Georgia, USA.
10 October 2025.

Pic(k) of Week (YFGF blog): bit.ly/47LVnBo

Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
SETTINGS: 14 mm; ISO 200; ƒ/5.6
EXPOSURE blend: 1/200; 1/100; 1/50; 1/25 sec.
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"Chiefly nocturnal, barred owls do not generally tolerate close approach." Yet there he was, in late afternoon, perched only a few meters from us.

Legacy Park: Decatur, Georgia, USA.

Pic(k) of the Week (YFGF blog): bit.ly/4nBRXqW

Olympus E-M10ii
40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
135 mm;1/100 sec;ISO 400;ƒ/5.6
November 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Tree in morning sun.

Lakeside Park: St. Augustine Beach, Florida, USA. 4 September 2025 (7:38 am EDT)

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/4qzj5tx

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CAMERA: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
SETTINGS: 37 mm; 1/20 sec; ISO 400; ƒ/22.0
October 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Native blue mistflowers (Conoclinium coelestinum).

East Decatur Greenway: City of Decatur, Georgia, USA. 3 October 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/4hfH5h3

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CAMERA: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
SETTINGS: 150 mm; 1/320 sec; ISO 400; ƒ/5.6
October 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Coquina rock battered by Atlantic Ocean surf at dawn.

Washington Oaks Gardens State Park in Palm Coast, Florida, on 6 Sept. 2025. A ¾-mile-long coquina rock formation.

Pic(k) of Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/43900nB

Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
40 mm; 1 sec; ISO 200; ƒ/22.0
October 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Gulls fly by, as a waxing gibbous moon, 89% illuminated, rises over an Atlantic Ocean beach at sundown.

City of St. Augustine Beach, Florida, USA, 4 Sept. 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/3KCHDRG

Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
40 mm; 1/250 sec.; ISO 800; ƒ/4.0
October 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Españolas (2010)
painted concrete
— Marianne Lerbs

St. Augustine Sculpture Garden: St. Augustine Beach, Florida, USA. 12 September 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/4mMNX6F

Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
Lumix G Vario 100-300/F4.0-5.6
300 mm; 1/160 sec; ISO 1600; ƒ/5.6
October 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Perched in a wetland, a red-shouldered hawk warily observed me over its shoulder, but remained posed.

Mason Mill Park: DeKalb County, Georgia, US. 16 August 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (YFGF blog): bit.ly/4mHggU2

Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
Lumix G Vario 100-300/F4.0-5.6
300 mm; 1/160 sec; ISO 1600; ƒ/5.6
September 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A bronze statue of a Catholic missionary beseeches heaven. A nearly 200-ft stainless-steel Great Cross reflects afternoon sun.

Mission Nombre de Dios: where, in 1565, Spanish explorers & missionaries founded St. Augustine, Florida, oldest city in continental US.

Pic(k) of the Week: bit.ly/2RD2R38
September 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Close-up blossom: just one in a riot of orange JEWELWEED native wildflowers blooming on a woodland trail.

Mason Mill Park: DeKalb County, Georgia, USA. 21 August 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/4pcTZQi

#photographersofBluesky #jewelweed #orangeblossom #flower

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September 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Native Black-Eyed Susan wildflowers (Rudbeckia hirta) bloom in a pollinator garden.

South Peachtree Creek Trail in Mason Mill Park: DeKalb County, Georgia, USA. 18 July 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/3JtfThN

#photographersofBluesky #blackeyedSusan #coneflower #flower

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Pic(k) of the Week: Black-Eyed Susans on the PATH
Click on the image for a larger, hi-res version (on Flickr ). Native black-eyed Susan wildflowers bloom in a pollinator gard...
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August 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
What I really want to know,
Should I stay or should I go?

An American bullfrog sits in a pool fed by a natural spring.

Legacy Park: Decatur, Georgia, USA. 13 June 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/3HEuDdb

#photographersofBluesky #Americanbullfrog #wildlifephotography #lyrics

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August 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Softly camouflaged,
Morning in the woodland
Fending the summer beast.

Melton Park: DeKalb County, Georgia, USA. 23 June 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/45sIWJN

#photographersofBluesky #morninglight #woodlandphotography #intimatelandscape #doggerel

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August 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Like a caress,
A woodland embrace.
Vernal fancy.

Seminary Wood in Decatur Legacy Park: City of Decatur, Georgia, USA. 25 April 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/45oZYsq

#photographersofBluesky #tree #woodland #springflora #doggerel #blog #YFGF #PickOfTheWeek #omdem10markII

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August 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM