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Paul
@mapleskillet.bsky.social
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Burnout drove me to put down my camera. I'm picking it back up to help myself see the beauty around me.
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mapleskillet.bsky.social
Making Omurice on an electric burner is the hard mode of hard modes, but it's possible. Not bad for a first attempt! #omurice #friedrice #homecooking #firstattempt
A close-up view of homemade Omurice on a white plate. A soft-set, light yellow omelette topped with finely chopped fresh chives blankets a mound of fried rice. A close-up view of homemade Omurice on a white plate. A soft-set, light yellow omelette topped with finely chopped fresh chives blankets a mound of fried rice. A side view reveals a cross-section showing distinct grains of rice mixed with browned sausage slices, Canadian bacon, and cooked onions.
August 16, 2026 at 6:07 PM
mapleskillet.bsky.social
A couple more shots from my recent hike through Rock Cut State Park. Here's the flora and fungi I found along the trail!
#Photography #Nature #Wildflowers #Fungi #Macro #Illinois
Sunlight illuminates a cluster of bright yellow Black-Eyed Susan flowers with dark brown centers, contrasting sharply against a dark green leafy backdrop. A vertical green stalk of a Tall Bellflower blooming with vibrant violet-blue, star-shaped flowers and delicate curved stamens, framed by a soft-focus forest background. A close-up, low-angle shot of smooth little brown mushrooms sprouting from dark soil and organic debris on the forest floor. A macro view of a intricate white Queen Anne’s Lace flower head made of dozens of tiny white blossoms arranged in a delicate, flat umbrella-like cluster.
August 12, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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axphoto.bsky.social
#photography #写真
#documentary #ドキュメンタリー
#nonfiction
#portraitphotography #portrai #ポートレート
#streetphotography
#streetsnap #ストリートスナップ
#女子高生 #女子 #学生 #Japaneseschoolgirl
#naturephotography #nature #風景写真
#写真教室
#写真展 #個展 #開催 #フォトコン
August 12, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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malioli.bsky.social
Amethyst Eryngo and Adonis Blue 🦋🌾
In the dry and hot morning air, a small Adonis blue butterfly (Lysandra bellargus) searches for nourishment in the faded amethyst eryngo (Eryngium amethystinum). Another scorching summer day ahead. A peaceful moment in the Mediterranean flora. ☕️🦋🌾
#MacroPhotography
August 12, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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causticautistic.bsky.social
#MacroMonday x #MonochromeMonday.

#chicago #conservatory #nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #leaf #leaves #leafporn #monochrome #blackandwhite #bwphotography #bwphoto #photography #photosky
Looking up at the underside of a leaf, backlit, with some tiny water droplets and a bit of lens flare. The veins on the leaf look like a map of a sprawling city.
August 10, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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adamantorb.bsky.social
Lots of my titles are just one offs that make me smile/laugh. This is all for fun. Enjoy bee 🥰

#nature #wildlife #insects #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography
August 10, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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timbeyan.bsky.social
Some secret worlds hidden in waterdrops at the Australian National Botanic Gardens.

#macrophotography
August 10, 2026 at 7:35 PM
mapleskillet.bsky.social
This is the first photo I submitted in my Photo 1 class back in college. We were told to go capture bokeh, and despite this being my first time holding a DSLR, it's still one of my favorite photos I've taken.
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Bokeh #Landscape #PhotoArchive #Nature
A close-up view looking down from a mossy, weathered wooden footbridge onto a shallow stream bed. Sunlight glints off the water in the center, creating bright, shimmering bokeh highlights. Behind the bridge to the left, leafy green plants catch the light, while the right side shows a sunlit patch of sandy stream bed next to dark, cool shadows cast by the forest beyond.
August 7, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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alexzimbulidis.bsky.social
A Wood Duck giving one serious look for today’s alt #BirdOfTheDay theme #Busted; birds looking at the camera.

#WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #WoodDuck #BirdLovers #Nature #Wildlife
August 7, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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Another #foliagefriday, another #hibiscus. This genius decided to bloom in the #rain. #nature #photography #naturephotography #flower #bloom #red #scarlet #raindrops #macro
A picture of the wet petals of a flower taken from a macro lens. The entire picture is red with shadow and highlights throughout. The pistil extends from the center of the flower positioned halfway up along the left side. The petals radiate out and cover the whole picture. There are dozens of water droplets of various sizes sitting along the petals.
August 7, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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davidacody.bsky.social
For the #LittleBrownBirds theme.

The Pine Siskin looks like one from afar, but on closer inspection , they are quite colorful as I suspect many of the “dull” birds are.

#BirdOfTheDay #birds 🪶 #Nature #wildlife #photography #nikon #EastCoastKin
August 7, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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ericolsonphotography.com
Busy day here, but here’s a Carolina wren for the #BirdOfTheDay theme #LittleBrownBirds.

#Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #ECK #EricOlsonPhotography
A Carolina wren, brown with white stripes above its eyes, perches upon a branch before a bright sky.
August 7, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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ioneblue.bsky.social
orchid in proflie
#photography
#macrophotography
#abstractphotography
#photographersofbluesky
#eastcoastkin
#botanicalphotography
#fineartphotography
#flowers
#art

shapes and more shapes.

seen from the side.
lit from within.

photograph.
macrophotograph. a backlit purple orchid in profile. orange near the center. blue gray background giving ground to yellow green near the top left.
August 2, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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ioneblue.bsky.social
christmas cactus
#photography
#macrophotography
#photographersofbluesky
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekEforEphemeral
#eastcoastkin
#botanicalphotography
#fineartphotography
#flowers
#art

christmas cactus?
they bloom a few times a year!

photograph.
macrophotogaphy. selective focus on just the stamens/stigma with everything else fading out of focus makes for a dreamlike image.
August 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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riibrego.bsky.social
milk road #art
A drawing of Link and Cremia from Zelda: Majora's Mask. They ride in a covered wagon as Link aims his bow forward toward something the viewer can't see.
August 6, 2026 at 3:29 PM
mapleskillet.bsky.social
A couple more shots from my hike at Rock Cut State Park. These are the bugs I captured. I believe we have a hickory tussock moth caterpillar, a small milkweed bug, and a spined micrathena orb-weaver. #NaturePhotography #MacroPhotography #Macro #Photography #Insects #Spiders #Illinois #Midwest
A macro shot of a fluffy, pure white Hickory Tussock Moth caterpillar resting on a weathered wooden beam. Four distinct long black pencil-like spines extend out from its white setae, with the front two sharp in focus while the background falls into a soft blur. A close-up of a vibrant small milkweed bug with a striking black and red X-pattern on its back. It sits on the side of a spiky green milkweed pod, framed against high-contrast dark green leaves and deep shadows. A backlight macro photograph of a fine spider web built in a circle, catches the sunlight to shimmer with a rainbow glow. The web is suspended against a dark, out-of-focus forest background with warm, circular bokeh spots. A silhouetted macro shot of a spined micrathena orb-weaver spider hanging upside down from its thin silk thread. The background is a soft, moody gradient of deep twilight blues and blurred tree branches.
August 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
mapleskillet.bsky.social
Took my camera on a hike at Rock Cut State Park. These are just a few beautiful textures I found under the canopy. #photography #naturephotography #macrophotography #moss #fungi
A vertical shot of a moss-covered fallen tree log surrounded by vibrant green leaves and vines on a forest floor. A macro close-up of vibrant green moss and lichen covering the detailed, rough bark of a tree trunk. A horizontal close-up of translucent, brownish-orange wood ear mushrooms growing along a fallen, decaying log in the woods. A close-up shot of splintered, light brown decaying wood on a tree trunk lit by warm, selective sunlight.
August 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
mapleskillet.bsky.social
This was from my first photography class back in 2013! This was one of my first times holding a DSLR, experimenting with bokeh on a nature trail on my Midwest college campus.

The light breaking through the trees gave that old stump a cozy sense of place. #Photography #Nature #Midwest #Bokeh
Soft-focus photograph of a tree stump in a sun-dappled forest, with warm sunlight creating round bokeh spots through the lush green leaves.
July 29, 2026 at 6:08 PM
mapleskillet.bsky.social
It started with a bed of tator tots, and then I layered on pulled pork, onion, jalapeno, guac, salsa, nacho cheese, and sour cream. It was better than my dad telling me he's proud of me could ever be
Plate full of tator tots topped with pulled pork, onions, jalapenos, guac, salsa, nacho cheese, and sour cream.
September 1, 2023 at 4:36 PM
mapleskillet.bsky.social
I don't know who needs to hear this, but you can just make queso
August 22, 2023 at 10:20 PM
mapleskillet.bsky.social
You're not sexually attracted to Slender man? I like 'em lanky and breedable
August 21, 2023 at 11:50 PM
mapleskillet.bsky.social
Saturdays are for getting overstimulated at a Renaissance faire!
August 19, 2023 at 2:18 PM