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Charlie Ludwig

@chuck4242.bsky.social

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UX guy by day, nature photographer at night. Aging punker. MN sports sufferer. Most wildlife photos are taken with a Canon EF 400mm f4 DO II + x1.4 + x2 + Canon R7. #PhotographersUnited

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · Jul 15

Osprey flying right at the camera. I was really happy with how this one turned out.

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Osprey flying right at the camera with some water droplets.

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 15h

A Belted Kingfisher stops on its perch.

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A Belted Kingfisher on its tree limb perch.

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Cedar Waxwings gorge themselves on juniper berries became one of my favorite moments of fall.

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 2h

A male Ruby Throated Hummingbird from this fall's migration.

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A male Ruby Throated Hummingbird stands on a plant stem.

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 2h

A Bumblebee feasting on a Mexican Sunflower.

#Insects #Macro #Bees #Nature #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #MacroPhotography #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 2h

Hah! He is a sharp looking bird.

Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 2h

Same here!

Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 2h

Thanks Brent!

Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 2h

A Bumblebee feasting on a Mexican Sunflower.

#Insects #Macro #Bees #Nature #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #MacroPhotography #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 2h

A male Ruby Throated Hummingbird from this fall's migration.

#Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 13h

You'll get there!

Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 14h

Thanks Rob!

Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 14h

You have to be so quick with them as they always fly away after a second.

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 15h

A Belted Kingfisher stops on its perch.

#Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 1d

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 1d

A Goldfinch peers out from a flower.

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 1d

I like the bokeh effects that can happen when shooting through vegetation, like with this Great Egret.

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A Great Egret stands on top of a wood duck house.

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 2d

A White Throated Sparrow in the late afternoon light.

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 2d

Excellet set Bryan!

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Bryan Hansel @bryanhansel.com · 2d

I love northern Minnesota sunrises! Here are a few recent shots. It was worth the hike in to this spot and waking up a 4am to get there.

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 2d

A Hermit Thrush that I spotted over my lunch break.

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A Hermit Thrush stops a top a fallen branch on the ground.

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 2d

Red Bellied Woodpecker with prairie grasses in the background.

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Red Bellied Woodpecker on the side of a tree trunk with prairie grasses in the background.

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 2d

Sunrise at Frontenac State Park.

#Scape #LandscapePhotography #Sunrise #Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

Grass in the foreground, trees in the middle ground and the Mississippi River with the other side of the bluffs in the background.

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Loretta Robinson @lorettarobinson.bsky.social · 4d

Sunset Beach in #Vancouver, Canada. Public art of whale ribs.

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 4d

A lone tree with the moon getting close to setting.

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 4d

A Golden Crowned Kinglet waves to me at Frontenac State Park.

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A Golden Crowned Kinglet extends its left wing while perched on a plant.

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