Michael Ostrogorsky Ph.D. 📸
@michaelostrogorsky.bsky.social
PhDs History & Archaeology. Writer. Publisher BlueParrotBooks.com. Seattle Beach Bum with a Camera. If you like my photos buy my books. Find all my stuff on my Substack blog: https://michaelostrogorsky.substack.com/
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If you like my pics, buy my books. Life Is A Beach: a Photographic Rambling Around West Seattle. 11 x 8-1/2 landscape format 80 pound gloss paper stock soft cover with 95 full page color plates. Books available from West Seattle's Pegasus Book Exchange, and Elliott Bay Book Company on Capitol Hill:
Dramatic skies over Puget Sound above Washington State Ferry Tacoma:
November 30, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Dramatic skies over Puget Sound above Washington State Ferry Tacoma:
Sailing out of Seattle aboard the Washington State Ferry Tacoma:
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Sailing out of Seattle aboard the Washington State Ferry Tacoma:
Her Majesty Tahoma towering over West Seattle's Alki Point Lighthouse:
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Her Majesty Tahoma towering over West Seattle's Alki Point Lighthouse:
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Musk Ox
Grizzly Bear
Buffalo
Wolf
Mountain Goat
Musk Ox
Grizzly Bear
Buffalo
Wolf
Mountain Goat
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Harbor seal
Humpback whale
Ochre sea star
Sea otter
Stellar's sea lion
Harbor seal
Humpback whale
Ochre sea star
Sea otter
Stellar's sea lion
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Tufted titmouse
Rufous hummingbird
Raccoon
Bufflehead
Red panda
Tufted titmouse
Rufous hummingbird
Raccoon
Bufflehead
Red panda
November 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Musk Ox
Grizzly Bear
Buffalo
Wolf
Mountain Goat
Musk Ox
Grizzly Bear
Buffalo
Wolf
Mountain Goat
Seattle Sunset from Queen Anne's Kerry Park:
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Seattle Sunset from Queen Anne's Kerry Park:
Snack Time Great Blue Heron Alki Beach: 🪶
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Snack Time Great Blue Heron Alki Beach: 🪶
Washington State Ferry Kaleetan sailing out of Seattle's Colman Dock in front of the historic 1914 Smith Tower bound for Bremerton on the Kitsap Peninsula. Washington State Ferries use Smith Tower as a navigation aid, aiming for the tower on their return trips across Puget Sound to Seattle:
November 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Washington State Ferry Kaleetan sailing out of Seattle's Colman Dock in front of the historic 1914 Smith Tower bound for Bremerton on the Kitsap Peninsula. Washington State Ferries use Smith Tower as a navigation aid, aiming for the tower on their return trips across Puget Sound to Seattle:
Early Christmas present for myself. Came home this afternoon with a new 100K titanium knee to match my titanium hip! Guess I won't be out with my camera taking pics for a few days. This will be my excuse for posting Oldies but Goodies for a bit. 😬
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Early Christmas present for myself. Came home this afternoon with a new 100K titanium knee to match my titanium hip! Guess I won't be out with my camera taking pics for a few days. This will be my excuse for posting Oldies but Goodies for a bit. 😬
Top this Stephen King! 😆
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Top this Stephen King! 😆
Brilliant Colors of Autumn University of Washington Campus:
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Brilliant Colors of Autumn University of Washington Campus:
Brilliant Colors of Autumn University of Washington Campus:
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Brilliant Colors of Autumn University of Washington Campus:
Autumn and the University of Washington's Gothic buildings just seem to go together!
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Autumn and the University of Washington's Gothic buildings just seem to go together!
If you like my pics, buy my books. Life Is A Beach: a Photographic Rambling Around West Seattle. 11 x 8-1/2 landscape format 80 pound gloss paper stock soft cover with 95 full page color plates. Books available from West Seattle's Pegasus Book Exchange, and Elliott Bay Book Company on Capitol Hill:
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
If you like my pics, buy my books. Life Is A Beach: a Photographic Rambling Around West Seattle. 11 x 8-1/2 landscape format 80 pound gloss paper stock soft cover with 95 full page color plates. Books available from West Seattle's Pegasus Book Exchange, and Elliott Bay Book Company on Capitol Hill:
Snack Time. Great Blue Heron Alki Beach: 🪶
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Snack Time. Great Blue Heron Alki Beach: 🪶
Portrait of a Great Blue Heron Alki Beach: 🪶
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Portrait of a Great Blue Heron Alki Beach: 🪶
Portrait of a Great Blue Heron Alki Beach: 🪶
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Portrait of a Great Blue Heron Alki Beach: 🪶
Portrait of a Great Blue Heron Alki Beach: 🪶
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Portrait of a Great Blue Heron Alki Beach: 🪶
If you enlarge the pic, you can just about make out my reflection in the Gull's eye. Since momma Gull refused to help, juvenile Gull decided to wander over to me at Alki Beach to see if I had any food to spare: 🪶
November 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
If you enlarge the pic, you can just about make out my reflection in the Gull's eye. Since momma Gull refused to help, juvenile Gull decided to wander over to me at Alki Beach to see if I had any food to spare: 🪶
Seattle at Sunset from Queen Anne's Kerry Park:
November 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Seattle at Sunset from Queen Anne's Kerry Park:
Doris Totten Chase's 1971 fifteen foot tall Changing Form abstract steel sculpture Queen Anne's Kerry Park. Originally the top piece was designed to rotate, but later the sculptor welded the pieces together to prevent damage and possible injury:
November 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Doris Totten Chase's 1971 fifteen foot tall Changing Form abstract steel sculpture Queen Anne's Kerry Park. Originally the top piece was designed to rotate, but later the sculptor welded the pieces together to prevent damage and possible injury:
Washington State Ferry Chimacum sailing across Puget Sound bound for Bremerton on the Kitsap Peninsula below the cloud-shrouded Olympic Mountains, viewed from Alki Beach:
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Washington State Ferry Chimacum sailing across Puget Sound bound for Bremerton on the Kitsap Peninsula below the cloud-shrouded Olympic Mountains, viewed from Alki Beach:
Washington State Ferry Walla Walla sailing across Puget Sound bound for Seattle off Alki Beach:
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Washington State Ferry Walla Walla sailing across Puget Sound bound for Seattle off Alki Beach:
We live in a magical place. Olympic Mountains this morning from Alki Beach:
November 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
We live in a magical place. Olympic Mountains this morning from Alki Beach:
Her Majesty Tahoma at sunset, viewed from Queen Anne's Kerry Park:
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Her Majesty Tahoma at sunset, viewed from Queen Anne's Kerry Park:
Her Majesty Tahoma at sunset, viewed from Queen Anne's Kerry Park:
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Her Majesty Tahoma at sunset, viewed from Queen Anne's Kerry Park: