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@paisleystars.bsky.social

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Sometime wanderer. When not wandering, probably north of you. Wildlife photographer (they/them)

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Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · Jun 24

Shamelessly reposting some of mine because I have early morning anxiety and feel the need to prove my credentials when grumbling about somebody with a much larger audience 😂

An Arctic fox, half-face portrait, black and white

A nursing polar bear and almost fully grown cub in front of a calving glacier

A young reindeer stamping through the frozen ground for food

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 2h

'home dogs' (vs yard dogs) are very common if you can get an apartment that allows them. There are extremely strict leash laws and polar breeds (which make up 95% of the dogs up here) must be on a leash at all times all year round.

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 2h

"When you can't find your awful, hairy son, he's on the balcony, pretending his ears don't work in the snow."

Husky problems 😆

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 5h

Oh, but it's the most magnificent place

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 5h

Update on today's progress towards winter:

5-7cm of snow on the ground
Below freezing but only just
6h 28m of daylight
Huskies losing their damn minds

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 5h

Nah, 500 miles further north than the northernmost place in Alaska 😝

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 8h

Right on time up here 😁 we've had snow on and off for a month now

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 14h

Feels a bit more like we're committing to winter this morning. It's super variable at the moment, though. Picture 1 is just now and picture 2 is 48 hours ago.

A very snowy scene, with a few buildings illuminated against a grey sky

The same scene, from a different angle. No snow and the mountains are clearly visible

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 15h

The what, sorry?

Screenshot of a Wikipedia article that reads 'Notocrypta curvifascia, the restricted demon, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. N. curvifascia is commonly found in many regions of temperate and tropical East Asia, Indonesia, and the Indian subcontinent.'

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh, gritting. This time it's officially winter.

A wheel loader spreading lanes of grit on a snowy path

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 1d

Weird storm today, with a sudden temperature spike up above freezing, loads of rain, and then a matching sudden temperature drop back below freezing.

So, erm, good luck walking on any surfaces without stacking it for the next few days, I guess? 😂😂😭

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 1d

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Pink and purple aurora, as a single narrow overhead streak in a star filled sky

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 2d

The sky is just as magnificent when it's quiet, btw

A star filled, otherwise black, sky

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 2d

Sky stuff again

🍇🌸🍏

Green and pink aurora borealis (northern lights) over a small part of a mountain peak

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 2d

Old Lady Dog is singing along to Stacy's Mom. I turned it off, she sulked, I turned it back on, she started again. I am crying laughing and she doesn't give a shit, she's having a great time 😂😂🤩

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 2d

Happy discovering you have completely forgotten how to process the white balance on an aurora shot after several months of perpetual daylight day (to those who celebrate)

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 2d

It's one of the towers from an old cableway that carried coal from the mines to the port. You can see a different stretch of it in the bottom left of this image

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 2d

Okay, it's disgusting out. Super dark, both because of the fading sunlight and because of an incoming storm. There's wet ice in the wind, which itself is fighting through every single valley and across every mountain face like it's got something to prove.

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 2d

Wasn't it magnificent? 🥰

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 2d

Also of note is this single-second exposure. When the lights are bright enough to shoot that fast, you get to see how complex and delicate Lady Aurora's ball gowns really are.

(All of these are processed in Snapseed directly from the jpeg because I am horribly sleepy deprived after last night 😂)

Green and pink aurora borealis in very narrow stripes

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 2d

Welcome back to the 'don't look now but the sky's doing weird shit' part of the year

The aurora borealis (northern lights) as two distinctive shapes over a mountain. One purple spike into a more diffuse green wave. Both very clear and strong.

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 3d

Okay, but it's a banger in black and white. No, I'm not even slightly ashamed 😂

Aurora borealis behind a disused mining cableway tower, in monochrome

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 3d

Two years I've been after this shot 😆

(Proper photos tomorrow. Lady Aurora has made her dramatic entrance in the most amazing green and purple gown and I am going to be busy)

Bright green aurora borealis behind an old mining cableway tower made of wood

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 3d

This is because, despite what certain boys' clubs would have you believe, there's no secret photography tricks that they only teach you when you 'go pro'.

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 3d

I shoot Canon because of the colour authenticity and cutting edge autofocus advances, but also because I like to live on the edge and the perpetual risk of equipment failure keeps me on my toes 😜

Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 3d

And the sequel: card cannot be accessed.