Shawn Thomas Photography
@understudy77.bsky.social
Picture taker of nature and wildlife
Lover of birds and pretty sights
Clicker of links
Leader of incidents
Keeper of horrible hours
Advocator of equality
Practicer of kindness
Preferrer of big forks/small spoons
User of turn signals
www.shawnthomas.art
Lover of birds and pretty sights
Clicker of links
Leader of incidents
Keeper of horrible hours
Advocator of equality
Practicer of kindness
Preferrer of big forks/small spoons
User of turn signals
www.shawnthomas.art
Pinned
Hey, I’m Shawn.
I take pictures of birds who ignore me and landscapes that don’t care i’m there.
Advocate for conservation, equality, and the correct use of turn signals (I’ll take any use really these days).
Liberal. Husband. Dad.
www.shawnthomas.art
#birds #wildlife #nature #photography
I take pictures of birds who ignore me and landscapes that don’t care i’m there.
Advocate for conservation, equality, and the correct use of turn signals (I’ll take any use really these days).
Liberal. Husband. Dad.
www.shawnthomas.art
#birds #wildlife #nature #photography
September 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Tonight I'll be teaching a class on wildlife photography for Northern Virginia Photographic Society. Its free to attend the the details are in the image, hope to see some of you there!
September 15, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Tonight I'll be teaching a class on wildlife photography for Northern Virginia Photographic Society. Its free to attend the the details are in the image, hope to see some of you there!
September 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
September 11, 2026 at 2:02 PM
September 9, 2026 at 2:03 PM
A nice intimate moment at Skógafoss
@nikonoutdoors @nikonusa
#nikoncreator #worldshares #appicoftheweek #Skógafoss
@nikonoutdoors @nikonusa
#nikoncreator #worldshares #appicoftheweek #Skógafoss
September 7, 2026 at 2:03 PM
A nice intimate moment at Skógafoss
@nikonoutdoors @nikonusa
#nikoncreator #worldshares #appicoftheweek #Skógafoss
@nikonoutdoors @nikonusa
#nikoncreator #worldshares #appicoftheweek #Skógafoss
September 4, 2026 at 2:02 PM
September 2, 2026 at 2:02 PM
PUUUUFFFFIIIIINNNN!
August 29, 2026 at 2:01 PM
PUUUUFFFFIIIIINNNN!
Blue skies and neon grass
August 27, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Blue skies and neon grass
More animals of Iceland. The Icelandic horses.
August 25, 2026 at 2:03 PM
More animals of Iceland. The Icelandic horses.
Icelandic sheep are so coo, cause they roam. I saw them on cliffs, on the beach, on the road. End of the season all the farmers band together and round all of them up in like a week which is amazing when they free roam the entire island.
August 23, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Icelandic sheep are so coo, cause they roam. I saw them on cliffs, on the beach, on the road. End of the season all the farmers band together and round all of them up in like a week which is amazing when they free roam the entire island.
Glacier at 600mm
August 21, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Glacier at 600mm
August 19, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I took a bit of an extended vacation from posting, first to the beach where I took this, then just settling in my new place but I'm back now.
#lightning
#lightning
August 17, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I took a bit of an extended vacation from posting, first to the beach where I took this, then just settling in my new place but I'm back now.
#lightning
#lightning
A not insignificant amount of my black and white work was with a tern colony near the hotel. The light was just so lovely for it.
#birds #blackandwhite
#birds #blackandwhite
July 24, 2026 at 2:01 PM
A not insignificant amount of my black and white work was with a tern colony near the hotel. The light was just so lovely for it.
#birds #blackandwhite
#birds #blackandwhite
This one I liked enough to hang on my wall. The number of black and white treatments surprises me still, but while I was there, the amount I used my 70-200 for landscapes surprised me too.
#blackandwhite
#blackandwhite
July 22, 2026 at 2:02 PM
This one I liked enough to hang on my wall. The number of black and white treatments surprises me still, but while I was there, the amount I used my 70-200 for landscapes surprised me too.
#blackandwhite
#blackandwhite
Keeping with the black and white theme this week, like I said it was a surprising number that I ended up wanting for this treatment.
# birds #blackandwhite
# birds #blackandwhite
July 20, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Keeping with the black and white theme this week, like I said it was a surprising number that I ended up wanting for this treatment.
# birds #blackandwhite
# birds #blackandwhite
I"m a bit of a composition nerd. For this one, for me anyway, it's all about the two crosses being inverse color schemes.
#blackandwhite
#blackandwhite
July 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I"m a bit of a composition nerd. For this one, for me anyway, it's all about the two crosses being inverse color schemes.
#blackandwhite
#blackandwhite
Blending that landscape and wildlife vibe and staying firmly in black and white
#birds #blackandwhite
#birds #blackandwhite
July 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Blending that landscape and wildlife vibe and staying firmly in black and white
#birds #blackandwhite
#birds #blackandwhite
July 15, 2026 at 2:02 PM
New blog out now about my time at Ingólfshöfði, puffins, skuas, even an arctic fox!
A Day at Ingólfshöfði
A day at Ingólfshöfði, Iceland's best puffin colony, with a guide who cares about the birds first. Puffins by the thousands, great skuas overhead, and an arctic fox on the black sand as a parting gift. Book with Einar. Bring a long lens. Everything you get is a gift.
blog.shawnthomas.art
July 14, 2026 at 2:05 PM
New blog out now about my time at Ingólfshöfði, puffins, skuas, even an arctic fox!
I'm amazed how much of my trip to Iceland ended up in black and white but when it works it works.
#blackandwhite
#blackandwhite
July 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
I'm amazed how much of my trip to Iceland ended up in black and white but when it works it works.
#blackandwhite
#blackandwhite
Staying experimental and used ring light to my advantage for this high contrast black and white scene. My goal was to emphasize the backlight and let the Tern and background fall completely to shadow.
#birds
#birds
July 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Staying experimental and used ring light to my advantage for this high contrast black and white scene. My goal was to emphasize the backlight and let the Tern and background fall completely to shadow.
#birds
#birds