Rain Hayes
@rainhayes.com
Ultraviolet & Infrared Nature Photography
Portfolio, prints, and free IR Guide at https://rainhayes.com.
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No AI
Portfolio, prints, and free IR Guide at https://rainhayes.com.
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Rain Hayes
@rainhayes.com
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Hello, Bluesky! I'm Rain, a California-based photographer specializing in capturing 'invisible' UV and infrared light.
I love connecting with smart, creative people in any and every domain.
This balloon milkweed seed pod burst open just as I started photographing.
𝐺𝑜𝑚𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑢𝑠 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑢𝑠
I love connecting with smart, creative people in any and every domain.
This balloon milkweed seed pod burst open just as I started photographing.
𝐺𝑜𝑚𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑢𝑠 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑢𝑠
The heart of Bougainvillea burns hot ❤️🔥
White bracts illuminated by UV light reveal hidden colors.
#flowerphotography #naturephotography
White bracts illuminated by UV light reveal hidden colors.
#flowerphotography #naturephotography
September 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The heart of Bougainvillea burns hot ❤️🔥
White bracts illuminated by UV light reveal hidden colors.
#flowerphotography #naturephotography
White bracts illuminated by UV light reveal hidden colors.
#flowerphotography #naturephotography
Sunrise season opener, from my balcony this morning.
Happy Monday, pitter patter and all the rest!
Happy Monday, pitter patter and all the rest!
September 14, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Sunrise season opener, from my balcony this morning.
Happy Monday, pitter patter and all the rest!
Happy Monday, pitter patter and all the rest!
A pale yellow Rhododendron bud shows off its sparkly sequins under UV, like a disco rocketship.
Kind of excited for the supposed AI extinction event. I will enjoy spending more time doing creative and functional projects, unreachable except by landline or post.
#flowerphotography #uvphotography
Kind of excited for the supposed AI extinction event. I will enjoy spending more time doing creative and functional projects, unreachable except by landline or post.
#flowerphotography #uvphotography
September 10, 2026 at 5:59 PM
A pale yellow Rhododendron bud shows off its sparkly sequins under UV, like a disco rocketship.
Kind of excited for the supposed AI extinction event. I will enjoy spending more time doing creative and functional projects, unreachable except by landline or post.
#flowerphotography #uvphotography
Kind of excited for the supposed AI extinction event. I will enjoy spending more time doing creative and functional projects, unreachable except by landline or post.
#flowerphotography #uvphotography
Giant Squill – beautiful bloom, or mild derogonym*?
Less ambiguously known as 𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒗𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒂, this one sat in the edit queue for a long time, but has finally come to life. Already can't wait for another go around with these neato flowers next spring.
*As in, 'Stop whining, you giant squill!'
Less ambiguously known as 𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒗𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒂, this one sat in the edit queue for a long time, but has finally come to life. Already can't wait for another go around with these neato flowers next spring.
*As in, 'Stop whining, you giant squill!'
September 8, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Giant Squill – beautiful bloom, or mild derogonym*?
Less ambiguously known as 𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒗𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒂, this one sat in the edit queue for a long time, but has finally come to life. Already can't wait for another go around with these neato flowers next spring.
*As in, 'Stop whining, you giant squill!'
Less ambiguously known as 𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒗𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒂, this one sat in the edit queue for a long time, but has finally come to life. Already can't wait for another go around with these neato flowers next spring.
*As in, 'Stop whining, you giant squill!'
Old blue truck out at the mines, and a friendly tip that you can turn off Adobe Photoshop's new 'ai assist' toolbar nonsense in Settings > Interface.
Take it easy, it's only Wednesday.
#infraredphotography #landscapephotography
Take it easy, it's only Wednesday.
#infraredphotography #landscapephotography
September 2, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Old blue truck out at the mines, and a friendly tip that you can turn off Adobe Photoshop's new 'ai assist' toolbar nonsense in Settings > Interface.
Take it easy, it's only Wednesday.
#infraredphotography #landscapephotography
Take it easy, it's only Wednesday.
#infraredphotography #landscapephotography
Into the mist.
This point juts out 500' / 150m above the Pacific; probably better if you can't see all the way down!
#infraredphotography
This point juts out 500' / 150m above the Pacific; probably better if you can't see all the way down!
#infraredphotography
August 28, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Into the mist.
This point juts out 500' / 150m above the Pacific; probably better if you can't see all the way down!
#infraredphotography
This point juts out 500' / 150m above the Pacific; probably better if you can't see all the way down!
#infraredphotography
Hello, Bluesky! I'm Rain, a California-based photographer specializing in capturing 'invisible' UV and infrared light.
I love connecting with smart, creative people in any and every domain.
This balloon milkweed seed pod burst open just as I started photographing.
𝐺𝑜𝑚𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑢𝑠 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑢𝑠
I love connecting with smart, creative people in any and every domain.
This balloon milkweed seed pod burst open just as I started photographing.
𝐺𝑜𝑚𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑢𝑠 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑢𝑠
August 18, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Hello, Bluesky! I'm Rain, a California-based photographer specializing in capturing 'invisible' UV and infrared light.
I love connecting with smart, creative people in any and every domain.
This balloon milkweed seed pod burst open just as I started photographing.
𝐺𝑜𝑚𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑢𝑠 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑢𝑠
I love connecting with smart, creative people in any and every domain.
This balloon milkweed seed pod burst open just as I started photographing.
𝐺𝑜𝑚𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑢𝑠 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑢𝑠
Christoph is an amazing photographer with impeccable taste and this is a great list to follow.
I am excited to share my new curated list and starter pack of inspiring nature photographers currently active on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/N37oYKG I hope you enjoy!
#100%human #bluesky #photography #starterpack #nature #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography
#100%human #bluesky #photography #starterpack #nature #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography
August 18, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Christoph is an amazing photographer with impeccable taste and this is a great list to follow.
Never done this before, but I'm delighted to celebrate 4,500 connections here on bluesky. Thanks for bringing beauty into the world, friends!
#Infrared of two crows among Oakland's thousands, which all together can be wonderful and mildly terrifying. 🐦⬛
#wildlifephotography #birdphotography
#Infrared of two crows among Oakland's thousands, which all together can be wonderful and mildly terrifying. 🐦⬛
#wildlifephotography #birdphotography
August 17, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Never done this before, but I'm delighted to celebrate 4,500 connections here on bluesky. Thanks for bringing beauty into the world, friends!
#Infrared of two crows among Oakland's thousands, which all together can be wonderful and mildly terrifying. 🐦⬛
#wildlifephotography #birdphotography
#Infrared of two crows among Oakland's thousands, which all together can be wonderful and mildly terrifying. 🐦⬛
#wildlifephotography #birdphotography
A cluster of Milkweed seeds in their green state. I almost can't see it as anything but a sea creature.
Enjoy #naturephotography ™️
Enjoy #naturephotography ™️
August 11, 2026 at 6:34 PM
A cluster of Milkweed seeds in their green state. I almost can't see it as anything but a sea creature.
Enjoy #naturephotography ™️
Enjoy #naturephotography ™️
Explored the local gardens with my #macro lens and 550 nm #infrared filter this past weekend.
The 550 nm filter allows both infrared and visible light through, so there is a little more color in it than pure infrared (which is colorless). It's not a widely used filter but I love it.
The 550 nm filter allows both infrared and visible light through, so there is a little more color in it than pure infrared (which is colorless). It's not a widely used filter but I love it.
August 10, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Valley Oak and lace lichen show off their spring greens in the East Bay hills.
A rare 'normal light' photo from me - to an IR photographer, taking visible light photos can be a challenge because it feels somehow horribly boring in the moment. This tree easily persuaded me out of that for a moment.
A rare 'normal light' photo from me - to an IR photographer, taking visible light photos can be a challenge because it feels somehow horribly boring in the moment. This tree easily persuaded me out of that for a moment.
August 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Valley Oak and lace lichen show off their spring greens in the East Bay hills.
A rare 'normal light' photo from me - to an IR photographer, taking visible light photos can be a challenge because it feels somehow horribly boring in the moment. This tree easily persuaded me out of that for a moment.
A rare 'normal light' photo from me - to an IR photographer, taking visible light photos can be a challenge because it feels somehow horribly boring in the moment. This tree easily persuaded me out of that for a moment.
The satisfying geometry of a ball dahlia
Happy Monday, friends!
#infraredphotography #flowerphotography
Happy Monday, friends!
#infraredphotography #flowerphotography
August 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The satisfying geometry of a ball dahlia
Happy Monday, friends!
#infraredphotography #flowerphotography
Happy Monday, friends!
#infraredphotography #flowerphotography
Sometimes a photo is only as clear as your state of mind while you were taking it.
Wandering through the light at Briones Regional Park, SF Bay Area
#infraredphotography #landscapephotography
Wandering through the light at Briones Regional Park, SF Bay Area
#infraredphotography #landscapephotography
July 31, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Sometimes a photo is only as clear as your state of mind while you were taking it.
Wandering through the light at Briones Regional Park, SF Bay Area
#infraredphotography #landscapephotography
Wandering through the light at Briones Regional Park, SF Bay Area
#infraredphotography #landscapephotography
This Echinocereus expels tiny galaxies into the night air.
Naughty flower left a tiny, invisible spine in my finger. I finally got it out after a month of minor agony. I did get a photo op out of it, though!
#flowerphotography
Naughty flower left a tiny, invisible spine in my finger. I finally got it out after a month of minor agony. I did get a photo op out of it, though!
#flowerphotography
July 21, 2026 at 4:31 PM
This Echinocereus expels tiny galaxies into the night air.
Naughty flower left a tiny, invisible spine in my finger. I finally got it out after a month of minor agony. I did get a photo op out of it, though!
#flowerphotography
Naughty flower left a tiny, invisible spine in my finger. I finally got it out after a month of minor agony. I did get a photo op out of it, though!
#flowerphotography
Butterfly Ranunculus doing its shimmery thing under UV light.
Do we not all need a spiritual and psychic reset this weekend? World events are too much to sustain. Planning to spend some time outside, not doing too much.
#FlowersOnFriday #BloomScrolling
Do we not all need a spiritual and psychic reset this weekend? World events are too much to sustain. Planning to spend some time outside, not doing too much.
#FlowersOnFriday #BloomScrolling
July 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Butterfly Ranunculus doing its shimmery thing under UV light.
Do we not all need a spiritual and psychic reset this weekend? World events are too much to sustain. Planning to spend some time outside, not doing too much.
#FlowersOnFriday #BloomScrolling
Do we not all need a spiritual and psychic reset this weekend? World events are too much to sustain. Planning to spend some time outside, not doing too much.
#FlowersOnFriday #BloomScrolling
My friend's garden across the lake is graced with a Cobaea scandens (cup-and-saucer vine). They're so cool in person - no photo can do justice. They are generally white-to-purple but UV light reveals blue, red and pink in there as well.
#flowerphotography
#flowerphotography
July 14, 2026 at 7:51 PM
My friend's garden across the lake is graced with a Cobaea scandens (cup-and-saucer vine). They're so cool in person - no photo can do justice. They are generally white-to-purple but UV light reveals blue, red and pink in there as well.
#flowerphotography
#flowerphotography
So many photographers are or have been software devs.
All y'all should check out this cool light meter beta app and let @danhawk.bsky.social know what you think.
All y'all should check out this cool light meter beta app and let @danhawk.bsky.social know what you think.
Well, here's what I've been up to-
I've been running a small private Beta on a new Light meter app for iOS and would love to get more feedback.
It's called Metered.
I should start with the reasons I created it and show you some screenshots.
beta link is at the end of the thread.
I've been running a small private Beta on a new Light meter app for iOS and would love to get more feedback.
It's called Metered.
I should start with the reasons I created it and show you some screenshots.
beta link is at the end of the thread.
July 10, 2026 at 11:34 PM
So many photographers are or have been software devs.
All y'all should check out this cool light meter beta app and let @danhawk.bsky.social know what you think.
All y'all should check out this cool light meter beta app and let @danhawk.bsky.social know what you think.
White Amaryllis, photographed under UV.
Many flowers do not react at all to UV, or if they do, they don't look very appealing. It's very hard to predict. Every once in a while, I luck out and get a 'like whoa!'
#flowerphotography #macrophotography
Many flowers do not react at all to UV, or if they do, they don't look very appealing. It's very hard to predict. Every once in a while, I luck out and get a 'like whoa!'
#flowerphotography #macrophotography
July 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
White Amaryllis, photographed under UV.
Many flowers do not react at all to UV, or if they do, they don't look very appealing. It's very hard to predict. Every once in a while, I luck out and get a 'like whoa!'
#flowerphotography #macrophotography
Many flowers do not react at all to UV, or if they do, they don't look very appealing. It's very hard to predict. Every once in a while, I luck out and get a 'like whoa!'
#flowerphotography #macrophotography
This'll do, lil friend
Yes, I am full of mediocre puns. How else can I distract myself from the wind and cold of a Bay Area summer day?
𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑢𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑖𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑠, or slender flower thistle. A naturalized perennial here in the East Bay Hills.
UV #flowerphotography
Yes, I am full of mediocre puns. How else can I distract myself from the wind and cold of a Bay Area summer day?
𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑢𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑖𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑠, or slender flower thistle. A naturalized perennial here in the East Bay Hills.
UV #flowerphotography
July 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
This'll do, lil friend
Yes, I am full of mediocre puns. How else can I distract myself from the wind and cold of a Bay Area summer day?
𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑢𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑖𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑠, or slender flower thistle. A naturalized perennial here in the East Bay Hills.
UV #flowerphotography
Yes, I am full of mediocre puns. How else can I distract myself from the wind and cold of a Bay Area summer day?
𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑢𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑖𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑠, or slender flower thistle. A naturalized perennial here in the East Bay Hills.
UV #flowerphotography
Pbbt! Thunbergia, on a mission to make people smile.
Happy Monday, hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend.
#flowerphotography #NaturePhotography
Happy Monday, hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend.
#flowerphotography #NaturePhotography
July 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Pbbt! Thunbergia, on a mission to make people smile.
Happy Monday, hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend.
#flowerphotography #NaturePhotography
Happy Monday, hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend.
#flowerphotography #NaturePhotography
#SanFrancisco exists under a thousand feet of fog (actual). Sutro Tower breaks through at the horizon.
The Bay Bridge passes through Yerba Buena island, with Treasure Island off to the right.
View from the Berkeley Hills. #Infrared cuts cleanly through haze.
#wide #panorama ##landscapephotography
The Bay Bridge passes through Yerba Buena island, with Treasure Island off to the right.
View from the Berkeley Hills. #Infrared cuts cleanly through haze.
#wide #panorama ##landscapephotography
July 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
#SanFrancisco exists under a thousand feet of fog (actual). Sutro Tower breaks through at the horizon.
The Bay Bridge passes through Yerba Buena island, with Treasure Island off to the right.
View from the Berkeley Hills. #Infrared cuts cleanly through haze.
#wide #panorama ##landscapephotography
The Bay Bridge passes through Yerba Buena island, with Treasure Island off to the right.
View from the Berkeley Hills. #Infrared cuts cleanly through haze.
#wide #panorama ##landscapephotography
Magnolias in the blue sky, 550nm false color #infrared #naturephotography
One of the largest prints I've done, around 90 x 60" (230 x 152). I wish everyone had that kind of wall space because images at scale are great fun.
One of the largest prints I've done, around 90 x 60" (230 x 152). I wish everyone had that kind of wall space because images at scale are great fun.
July 2, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Magnolias in the blue sky, 550nm false color #infrared #naturephotography
One of the largest prints I've done, around 90 x 60" (230 x 152). I wish everyone had that kind of wall space because images at scale are great fun.
One of the largest prints I've done, around 90 x 60" (230 x 152). I wish everyone had that kind of wall space because images at scale are great fun.
Magnolias in Golden Gate Park
Cool colors on a hot summer day
550nm #infrared #flowers #flowerphotography
Cool colors on a hot summer day
550nm #infrared #flowers #flowerphotography
July 1, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Magnolias in Golden Gate Park
Cool colors on a hot summer day
550nm #infrared #flowers #flowerphotography
Cool colors on a hot summer day
550nm #infrared #flowers #flowerphotography
Lost in the fog on the Sonoma Coast, which always seems to be in some state of superbloom. Happy Monday, friends.
720nm #infrared #flowerphotography
720nm #infrared #flowerphotography
June 22, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Lost in the fog on the Sonoma Coast, which always seems to be in some state of superbloom. Happy Monday, friends.
720nm #infrared #flowerphotography
720nm #infrared #flowerphotography