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David Byrne | Wax Wings Photo
@waxwingsphoto.com
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Photographer, mostly landscape and travel, but I dabble in anything.

Location: Sydney 🇦🇺
Personal: @lorewanderer.bsky.social
Web: www.waxwingsphoto.com
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Sunset at The Rock Lookout in Mulgoa, NSW. One of the benefits of living at the foot of the Blue Mountains is being able to zip down to this spot when the light is good

#sunset #landscapephotography #localphotographer #bluemountains
The Nepean river cuts through a densely forested gorge during twilight. The sky displays soft blue and pink hues with wispy clouds, while dark green trees cover the steep hillsides on both sides of the reflective water below.
September 8, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Been busy with life, but I managed to sneak out yesterday and catch the sunset in my local neighbourhood.

#sunset #landscapephotography #localphotographer
A steel electrical transmission tower with multiple power lines stretches against a soft sky during golden hour. The scene features warm peachy-pink and blue-gray tones with wispy clouds, creating a serene atmospheric mood as geometric power lines contrast with the organic cloud formations. Power lines stretch diagonally across a deep blue twilight sky with birds flying in a V. A bright moon or light appears in the upper right against the gradient blue-to-purple evening sky. Steel transmission towers rise against a vibrant sunset sky painted in blues and purples. Power lines create geometric patterns while silhouetted trees frame the bottom of the rural landscape scene. Steel transmission towers rise against a vibrant sunset sky painted in blues and purples. Power lines create geometric patterns while silhouetted trees frame the bottom of the rural landscape scene.
September 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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We all worry that Meta and the other tech firms know too much about us… and then they ask a childless middle aged man if he’s interested in necklaces and parenting 🤷
June 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Photography is capturing time

Model: Renee Ayres (IG: renee_ayres)

#dance #ballet #photography #dragtheshutter #blur
June 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Ballet dancer Renee Ayres (IG: renee_ayres) at a workshop organised by @timbradshaw.bsky.social

#dancer #ballet #photography
June 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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A U S T R A L I S
What a great night for Aurora chasers last night! It was strong enough to see by naked eye in the Blue Mountains at 33°S.

#aurora #australia #southernlights #australia #astrophotography
June 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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The autumn leaves of the Blue Mountains are falling, and soon it will be winter. The Everglades Gardens in Leura.

#bluemountains #landscapephotography #autumncolours #fallcolors #naturephotography #nsw #leura
Orange leaves on a forest path, leading up to a tree with orange and yellow leaves A mountain suburb road, wet with recent rain. Some trees have brilliant orange leaves
May 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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A seagull swoops by the Sydney Opera House at night

#sydney #wildlife #urban #sydneyoperahouse #localphotographer
A seagull swoops by the Sydney Opera House at night
May 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Native Australian plants don't change colour for autumn. It's common to travel into the Blue Mountains to see the season change.

#bluemountains #landscapephotography #autumncolours #fallcolors #rural
A lone tree with autumnal yellow leaves against a dark background. Beneath the tree are old, rusty fences
April 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Looking to my catalog for inspiration for a shoot in Kirribilli this evening. I don't have many shots, which is kind of liberating! Here's a nice bit of afternoon light on the ferris wheel at Luna Park

#lunapark #sydneyphotographer
April 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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It's impossible for a Sydney-sider to not love Sydney

#landscapephotography #sydneylocal #sydney #sunset #sydneyharbour
A view across Sydney Harbour to the Sydney skyline. It is sunset, with pink clouds, blue sky, and smoke from reduction burns behind the Harbour Bridge
April 20, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Almost missed some nice light this evening. I love having this little pasture near my house. It's going to be developed in the next couple years, so I'm capturing as many nice sunsets as I can

#landscapephotography #sunset #local #australia #penrith
April 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Reflecting ona fun workshop with Isinka Luxove on the weekend

Thanks to @timbradshaw.bsky.social for organising

#artnude #photography #model
Model Isinka Luxove sits nude beside a mirror. She is looking at the viewer through her framed reflection.
March 6, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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I know there's a #planetary #conjunction going on, right now, but here's one that I got back in 2022 near Uluru. It's got the Moon, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Mercury just before dawn.

#astronomy #astrophotography #nightsky
A photo of the Moon, Moon, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Mercury and stars.
March 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Aurora, somewhere in the highlands of Finland. I think the light pollution actually adds to the photo in this case

#aurora #borealis #landscapephotography #astrophotography #northernlights #lightpollution #nightscape
A wide angle photo of the Aurora, taken in Finland. Ice and snow are in the foreground. Power lines in the mid-ground, and light pollution on the horizon.
February 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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If you see this post, post or quote repost a bridge from your photography or artwork.
February 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Oh Apple Intelligence, you were so close…
An AI generated summary of multiple phone notifications saying “Multiple people faved your photo” The actual list of notifications, where a single user faced multiple photos
February 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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I need to get a model to this spot. It's pretty secluded on weekends, and there are some great compositions.

#scouting #leadinglines #blackandwhite
A narrow walkway of wooden planks, vanishing into the distance. Chain link fence separate it from large pipes on either side. A steep, narrow staircase, with huge pipes on either side. A sign saying “Caution steep stairs” at the bottom.
January 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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The same view a few days later, just around sunset itself. Those clouds on the horizon are my nemesis. One day, I will get the light on this spot that I want.

#sunset #landscapephotography
Sunset over cow pasture, cows in the distance, and a pond and trees in the midground. The sun is bright on the right, but clouds cover the horizon.
January 19, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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That feeling when you completely missed the best sunset in the area for months…

#sunset #landcapephotography #photographerlife #missedthelight #bluehour
A photograph of the last light after sunset is over. Pink clouds under a deep blue sky. The foreground is in deep shadow, except for a pond which reflects the sky.
January 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Wish I knew what you were looking for

A farmhouse under the stars at Gundagai, NSW

#milkyway #astrophotography #landscapephotography #nightsky
The Milky Way fills the image frame. In the bottom right, there are some trees, and a farmhouse lit from the side.
January 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Lead the way!

Model: Rachelle Summers (IG rachelle.summers)

#artnude #blackandwhite #artistic #photography
A black and white artistic nude photo of the model, Rachelle Summers in an elegant dancing pose, with black fabric whirling around
January 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Start your year off with a banger! Epic sunset over Narrow Neck plateau in the Blue Mountains

#landscapephotography #bluemountains #nsw #sunset #epiclight
A breathtaking sunset over the Blue Mountains, Australia. The sky is ablaze with vibrant orange and red hues, casting a warm glow over the escarpment.
January 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM