EthanHydephotography
@ethanhydephoto.bsky.social
photographer, Nevada USA.
https://ethanhydephotography.com
https://ethanhydephotography.com
Morro Rock rising over the water on the Central California coast, shot on 35mm film. A good reason to take the long way up the coast. #filmphotography
October 11, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Morro Rock rising over the water on the Central California coast, shot on 35mm film. A good reason to take the long way up the coast. #filmphotography
Little guy holding court. A male house finch on a bare branch, the whole frame going soft blue behind him. Males get that red from pigments in their food. #finch #birdphotography
October 10, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Little guy holding court. A male house finch on a bare branch, the whole frame going soft blue behind him. Males get that red from pigments in their food. #finch #birdphotography
Somebody painted a school of fish onto the boulders of Searles Valley, California. The dry lake by Trona has been worked for borax and other salts since the 1870s, so the fish are the new thing out here. #fishrocks #searlesvalley
October 8, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Somebody painted a school of fish onto the boulders of Searles Valley, California. The dry lake by Trona has been worked for borax and other salts since the 1870s, so the fish are the new thing out here. #fishrocks #searlesvalley
A fighter jet climbing past scattered clouds, caught mid-bank against a blue sky. Shutter priority at 1/1000 or faster, sun at your back. #aviation #fighterjet
October 7, 2026 at 1:06 AM
A fighter jet climbing past scattered clouds, caught mid-bank against a blue sky. Shutter priority at 1/1000 or faster, sun at your back. #aviation #fighterjet
Halite grows in perfect little cubes, sodium and chloride stacking in a cubic lattice. These formed in the shallow water of Lake Manly on Badwater Basin. 8mm, f/5.6, 1/250, ISO 160. #deathvalley #geology
October 6, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Halite grows in perfect little cubes, sodium and chloride stacking in a cubic lattice. These formed in the shallow water of Lake Manly on Badwater Basin. 8mm, f/5.6, 1/250, ISO 160. #deathvalley #geology
A roofless cinderblock ruin with the graffiti still hanging on, framing a daytime moon in the window opening. Desert mountains quiet behind it. Shot at 70mm, f/14, 1/800, ISO 125. #desertphotography #abandoned
October 3, 2026 at 12:06 AM
A roofless cinderblock ruin with the graffiti still hanging on, framing a daytime moon in the window opening. Desert mountains quiet behind it. Shot at 70mm, f/14, 1/800, ISO 125. #desertphotography #abandoned
A lone Thunderbird F-16, low over Nellis, stars on the tail sharp enough to count. Hard desert sun, 1/1250, f/6.3, ISO 100. #aviation #thunderbirds
October 2, 2026 at 12:08 AM
A lone Thunderbird F-16, low over Nellis, stars on the tail sharp enough to count. Hard desert sun, 1/1250, f/6.3, ISO 100. #aviation #thunderbirds
Wind low over the dunes, lifting sand off every ridge. Soft, flat light is when dune texture really reads. #sanddunes #desertphotography
October 1, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Wind low over the dunes, lifting sand off every ridge. Soft, flat light is when dune texture really reads. #sanddunes #desertphotography
Three frames from one night on the Carrizo Plain, straight up through the 8mm fisheye: the full dome of stars, the moon flaring at the rim, lit grass ringing the frame. All 25s exposures at ISO 800. #astrophotography #nightsky
September 30, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Three frames from one night on the Carrizo Plain, straight up through the 8mm fisheye: the full dome of stars, the moon flaring at the rim, lit grass ringing the frame. All 25s exposures at ISO 800. #astrophotography #nightsky
A West Coast lady butterfly flattened out on a yellow wildflower, wings wide enough to count the blue-centered eyespots. Nikon Z6 II, 600mm, f/8, 1/640, ISO 100. #butterfly #macro
September 29, 2026 at 12:07 AM
A West Coast lady butterfly flattened out on a yellow wildflower, wings wide enough to count the blue-centered eyespots. Nikon Z6 II, 600mm, f/8, 1/640, ISO 100. #butterfly #macro
A corvid leaning forward on a Torrey pine branch, one wing half open among the needles. Feather tips worn from black to brown, just before the molt. #birdphotography #wildlife
September 28, 2026 at 12:48 AM
A corvid leaning forward on a Torrey pine branch, one wing half open among the needles. Feather tips worn from black to brown, just before the molt. #birdphotography #wildlife
Gold-tinted windows running down a high-rise facade, the neighboring towers coming back warped in the glass. Shot at 200mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 100. #architecture #reflection
September 27, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Gold-tinted windows running down a high-rise facade, the neighboring towers coming back warped in the glass. Shot at 200mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 100. #architecture #reflection
A near-full moon climbing into pink and blue dusk over a desert highway, the Belt of Venus along the ridge. Save this for the next full moon. #moonrise #deserthighway
September 26, 2026 at 12:07 AM
A near-full moon climbing into pink and blue dusk over a desert highway, the Belt of Venus along the ridge. Save this for the next full moon. #moonrise #deserthighway
Jupiter with three of its moons lined up beside it. One second at 200mm and f/2.8 was short enough to stop the trailing and pull the moons out of the glare. ISO 250 on the Z6 II. #astrophotography #jupiter
September 23, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Jupiter with three of its moons lined up beside it. One second at 200mm and f/2.8 was short enough to stop the trailing and pull the moons out of the glare. ISO 250 on the Z6 II. #astrophotography #jupiter
Roofless stone walls on a scrubby hillside above Delamar, haze stacking the far ranges into flat bands of blue. 70mm, f/8, 1/1000, ISO 100. Save it for your next ghost town trip. #ghosttown #desertphotography
September 21, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Roofless stone walls on a scrubby hillside above Delamar, haze stacking the far ranges into flat bands of blue. 70mm, f/8, 1/1000, ISO 100. Save it for your next ghost town trip. #ghosttown #desertphotography
A greater roadrunner with its crest up on a pale boulder in the Mojave. Streaked brown and white feathers melt into the gravel, easy to miss until it moves. 200mm, f/3.5, 1/1000, ISO 100. #roadrunner #desertwildlife
September 20, 2026 at 1:28 AM
A greater roadrunner with its crest up on a pale boulder in the Mojave. Streaked brown and white feathers melt into the gravel, easy to miss until it moves. 200mm, f/3.5, 1/1000, ISO 100. #roadrunner #desertwildlife
Death Valley from Dantes View, looking north over water standing on the salt flat with the far ranges in haze. 18mm, f/3.5, 1/4000, ISO 100. #deathvalley #desert
September 19, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Death Valley from Dantes View, looking north over water standing on the salt flat with the far ranges in haze. 18mm, f/3.5, 1/4000, ISO 100. #deathvalley #desert
That winter a shallow Lake Manly spread across Badwater Basin, turning the salt flat into a mirror for an orange and blue sunset between dark desert ranges. #deathvalley #sunset
September 18, 2026 at 12:06 AM
That winter a shallow Lake Manly spread across Badwater Basin, turning the salt flat into a mirror for an orange and blue sunset between dark desert ranges. #deathvalley #sunset
A weathered wooden shack standing alone in the desert, distant mountains behind it. #ghosttown #desert
September 13, 2026 at 9:28 PM
A weathered wooden shack standing alone in the desert, distant mountains behind it. #ghosttown #desert
