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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 5d

Light filtering through leaves? One of my favorite things.

Light filtering through autumn leaves? Even better.

Cross-posted from my site: andrewflenniken.com/2025/10/10/o...

#Photography #Autumn #Leaves #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. A thin branch, growing from left to right across the frame. On it are numerous red leaves with yellow veins, backlit and glowing by the unseen sun. In the background are soft circles of green and white.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 8d

The days are getting shorter, the leaves are changing, and the sun increasingly gives way to clouds. So long as there are flowers in bloom, though...

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#Photography #MacroPhotography #TinyTuesday #Bees #Flowers #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color macro photo. A bee collecting pollen from a flower. The bee is black and yellow, with some white bands on it's abdomen. It is dusted all over with yellow grains of pollen. The flower is purple, with many long thin petals, and a yellow center.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 12d

We tend to focus a lot on tree leaves changing, for obvious reasons, but in early Autumn I often find myself drawn to the late summer flowers...

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#Photography #MacroPhotography #Flowers #Autumn #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color macro photo. The frame is filled with small flowers. Each has a yellow center and is surrounded by long, thin petals. Many petals have faded to white, but the ones that haven't go from pale purple up to vibrant indigo.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 14d

It's October 1st, which means it is well and truly spooky season. In honor of which, please enjoy this very tiny spider.

Gear: Nikon Z 7II, Nikon 105mm f2.8 VR Macro

Cross-posted from my site: andrewflenniken.com/2025/10/01/o...

#Photography #MacroPhotography #JumpingSpider #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color macro photo. A tiny black and white jumping spider is seen standing on a rocky surface, looking at the camera. It's two large central eyes are very prominent, as are its fuzzy white chelicerae. Its four front legs are clearly visible.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · Sep 9

Fun, impromptu with a dear friend who decided that, given it’s now September, we are now in Spooky Season and the Purple Bat Dress needed to come out.

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#Photography #Portrait #PortraitPhotography #Nikon #NikonCreators #SpookySeason

Color photo. A woman with long, curly gray hair. She's wearing a purple dress with black bats on it, a black belt, and a necklace with a black and silver pendant. Her left hand is on her hip, and her right hand is holding up the side of her dress. She's smiling.

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Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁 @stevewaycott.bsky.social · Sep 2

An almost mature Bald Eagle flies past in the early morning light. #TalonTuesday.

Sheffield, #NewBrunswick, Canada
July 2025

📸 #birds #eagle #BAEA #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

A mostly brown immature bald eagle with splotches of white feathers on its head is is flying from left to right. The eagle is lit by the warm-toned orange light of the rising sun.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · Aug 29

Late August means shorter days and, apparently, shorter dogs...

Full post, with more wiener dog photos: andrewflenniken.com/2025/08/29/a...

#Photography #EmeraldDowns #WienerDog #Dachshund #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. A man in a blue shirt, squatting down. He is holding a tan long hair dachshund in both hands above a blue and white starting line on a dirt race track. The dog is barking.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · Aug 21

I took this photo of a friend and her friend’s daughter a couple of weeks ago, while out with them doing some tide-pooling...

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#Photography #Beach #Portrait #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. An adult and a child standing next to each other in shallow water. A small wave is about to break in front of them. The child, barely more than a toddler, has shoulder length blonde hair. They are wearing pink shorts with mud on their behind, and a teal shirt. They are facing away, towards the water, their arms at their sides. The adult is seen from the side, bent over as though to talk to the child. They are wearing a long white cable knit sweater, almost down to their knees, and a large floppy straw hat.

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沁 @loika.bsky.social · Aug 21

ink and tide

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Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁 @stevewaycott.bsky.social · Aug 21

Black-capped Chickadee looking indignant about something or other.

Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
December 2024

📸 #birds #chickadee #BCCH #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

An adorable little bird with black, white, and tan plumage is looking to the right while perching on a tree branch covered in bushy yellowish-green lichen.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · Aug 21

I took this photo of a friend and her friend’s daughter a couple of weeks ago, while out with them doing some tide-pooling...

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#Photography #Beach #Portrait #Nikon #NikonCreators

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ᴀᴍʏ ᴡᴇʙᴇʀ sᴛᴜᴅɪᴏ @amyweberstudio.bsky.social · Aug 16

3 Owl Mandala, 2.5x3.5 inches.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · Aug 15

I am happy to say that my submission to the Kenmore Art Show was accepted, and the photo here will be on display next to some other fantastic pieces!

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#Photography #ArtShows #KenmoreArtShow #ArtsOfKenmore

Color photo. A person with long, dark, curly hair, facing the camera. Their eyes are closed, and the skin of their face is completely covered in splotches of yellow, blue, green, and magenta Holi powder. Most of their hair is also covered, as is the front of their shirt. Next to them and beyond them are many other people, coated in colorful powder splotches.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · Aug 12

Looking for somewhere new to take my camera, and wanting to scratch my "I love a good wetland" itch, I finally checked out Mercer Slough last Friday...

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#Photography #MercerSlough #Nikon #NikonCreators #SigmaLens

Color photo. A kayaker at the bottom of the frame, facing away, the right side of their paddle dipped into the water. They are headed up a lane of water that turns a bend to the right at mid-frame. On either side of the lane are green trees, beyond which are tall buildings.

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Kii @kiikiibee.bsky.social · Aug 1

Quote with your gold art 💫✨
tbh I love painting gold 💛

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · Aug 1

Sometimes you have to move around a bit to get the angles *just* right...

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#Photography #BellevueBotanicalGarden #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. A spiderweb, seen almost edge-on. The closest strands are out of focus, as are the further strands, leaving the complex geometry in the middle in focus. The strands are golden hued, lit by the out of frame sun. The background is soft, in shades of green.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · Jul 30

Just a couple of shots from my favorite place for sunsets, from a few days ago.

Color photo. A sky and clouds. On the lower right the sky is golden yellow, tinged with red, and it fades to deep blue in the upper left corner. On the right and left are sparse grey clouds, the bottoms of which are red with the setting sun.

Color photo. At the bottom, the waters of Puget Sound with a sailboat on the left side. The far shore is a dark ribbon, above which are the Olympic Mountains, silhouetted against a golden yellow sky. Immediately above is a line of dark clouds. Above them, the sky is mostly clear and pale blue, dotted with more dark clouds, but behind them are high, wispy lines of cloud turned pink by the setting sun.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · Jul 29

Still plenty of things flowering at the Bellevue Botanical Garden when I was there on the 20th, and that means the bees were keeping busy...

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#Photography #Bee #Bumblebee #BellevueBotanicalGarden #Nikon #NikonCreators #NikonZII

Color photo. A group of tall thin plants, covered in lavender flowerlets, some of which are tipped in red. at the bottom of the two closest are a couple of yellow and black bumblebees collecting nectar.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · Jul 22

This morning saw me getting up early (for me) to join some friends for low tide at the Fauntleroy ferry terminal to do some tide-pooling...

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#Photography #MarineLife #Starfish #Nikon #NikonCreators #NikonZ7II

Color photo. A metal beam, dotted with barnacles. A group of starfish cling to the inside of the beam. One is bright orange and the rest are dark purple.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · Jul 21

Driving home from taking some photos and saw the clouds going pink. Hurried inside when I got there and popped the drone up to get a shot of the Seattle skyline.

#Photography #DronePhotography #DJI #DJIMini3Pro

Color photo. The sky, at sunset. Clouds, the color of cotton candy, occupy the left, above the distant Seattle skyline. On the right, the clouds go golden. Above is a pale blue sky, and below are green trees, with a ballfield in the middle.

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Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁 @stevewaycott.bsky.social · Jul 15

If you're sweltering in the heat on this #TalonTuesday, here's a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk hunting in a frozen field to cool you down. (It was unsuccessful, alas.)

Tantramar, #NewBrunswick, Canada
December 2024

📸 #birds #raptor #hawk #RTHA #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

A brown and white mottled hawk is on the ground in a snow-covered field.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · Jul 15

Returning to my last visit to the Bellevue Botanical Garden for this Tiny Tuesday, highlighting the bees I saw...

Full post, with more photos: andrewflenniken.com/2025/07/15/j...

#Photography #MacroPhotography #TinyTuesday #BellevueBotanicalGarden #Bee #Flower #Nikon #NikonCreators #NikonZ7II