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Michael Russell
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Photographer from British Columbia, Canada. I mostly photograph landscapes and nature/wildlife scenes from Southwest British Columbia and occasionally Washington State. #Photography #BritishColumbia

https://www.mrussellphotography.com/
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Michael Russell @mrussellphoto.bsky.social · Nov 26
After 9 months on BlueSky I should introduce myself! I am a full time photographer in British Columbia, Canada. I mostly photograph landscape and nature scenes.

My website: www.mrussellphotography.com

#Introduction #BritishColumbia #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Mountains #NaturePhotography
Sunlight streams through a downpour from storm clouds over some mountains in British Columbia
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Osprey Mountain and surrounding peaks reflecting on Katzie Marsh in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada.

#MountainMonday #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #LPW #Mountains #Reflection #BritishColumbia #Photo #Photography #Canada
A mountain range with no snow on it in the early fall - is reflected in a foreground marsh with a dike creating a horizontal line between the two across the middle. The day is sunny, a few clouds in the sky, and the reflection on the marsh is nearly perfect.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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#SilentSunday
Arbutus trees in full bloom on the edge of a farm field on Salt Spring Island. Grass is in the foreground, on an angled slope, and there are at least two big Arbutus flowering (white flowers on an evergreen leafy tree with reddish bark) in the background. The edge of the field is lined with invasive scotch broom and their yellow flowers.
December 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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"Stars Falling" — 5 mins @ f/8, ISO500...

Needs to be viewed large, otherwise the star trails and their reflection will probably remain invisible...

More info & tech notes: www.alex-kunz.com/the-last-pho...

#BlackAndWhite #LongExposure #NightPhotography #Stars #Seascape #Night #Beach #SanDiego
Black & white night time seascape photo. The outgoing tide left puddles on the beach in which the water stood so still that the stars reflected in them.
December 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Spotify wrapped season is a great time to remind you they pay artists literal peanuts and you should switch to another service.
December 5, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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#SilentSunday
A view of a wetland with pond lily leaves coating half of the surface, with a shoreline of tall trees mostly conifers but a few prominent, green, bigleaf maple trees with some brighter sunlight on them on an otherwise overcast day.
December 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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The Do’s — and Definite Don’t’s — of Snowy Owl Photography www.projectsnowstorm.org/posts/the-do...
The Do's - and Definite Don't's - of Snowy Owl Photography - Project SNOWstorm
Every year, it seems that birders and photographers – whether intentionally or not – put more and more pressure on snowy owls in winter. So we we’re grateful that Melissa Groo, one of the most respect...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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#SilentSunday
A wooden sailboat with red masts sails the Captain Passage between Salt Spring Island and Prevost Island in British Columbia. The ocean water is a dark blue, a few homes/buildings can be seen on the distant shore, and there are some large clouds in an other wise blue sky.
November 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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British Columbia is literally in the southwest of Canada. Why would we refer to ourselves as the PNW?
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I’m surprised to see a few people bothered by the term “Pacific Northwest“.

I get that it’s not as used here in Canada, and that not everyone in ON/QC will recognize it.

But apparently there are people in BC who reject the term.
November 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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A spring storm brings a downpour of rain over the coast mountains in BC. Eagle Mountain is receiving most of the rain here while the sun breaks through the clouds from the west. Photographed from Burnaby Mountain.

#Landscape #LandscapePhotography #BritishColumbia #Photography #MountainMonday
A photograph of dark clouds over a series of mountain peaks, with a downpour of rain hitting them, and side light from the sun shining beams directly onto the torrents of rain.
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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#SilentSunday
Spots of sunlight brighten the Western Sword Ferns and Vanilla Leaf plants lining a small foot trail through a forest of conifers and bigleaf maples on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada.
November 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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For #MountainMonday this week I have this photograph of some clouds clearing on the side of Mount Cheam (Lhílheqey) in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.

#Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Chilliwack #BritishColumbia #Photography #Photo
A conifer forested mountain slope is revealed as clouds clear in a triangular shape on the side of a mountain. The remainder of the frame is filled with clouds. There is a touch of fresh snow on the trees at the higher elevations.
November 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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#SilentSunday
A small purple coloured pea flower is dwarfed by much taller grasses and grass seed stalks.
November 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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For #MountainMonday: The Cowlitz Chimneys and Sarvant Glaciers at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State, USA.

#Mountains #Panorama #Washington #Cascades #LandscapePhotography #Landscape
A panorama of a mountain range (the Cowlitz chimneys) with patches of glaciers or snow that has not yet melted. The sky is blue with some clouds.
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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#SilentSunday
An evening photo just after sunset of a lake reflection. The shoreline in the not too far distance is lined with deciduous trees which have mostly lost their leaves, but with some remnants of fall leaves remaining - above a sandy beach with some stumps lingering in it during a low level of water. Above is some incoming fog/cloud with a rounded mountain peak above. The fog, trees, and beach are reflected in the calm waters.
November 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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“Content” is created for others to consume. To fill a bottomless void created by corporations.

Art is something we create for ourselves. To fill our own soul.

We need more artists in this world.
November 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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#SilentSunday
A field of green grasses, an unoccupied park bench, and two large green maple trees in the background.
November 2, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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The shore of a small lake is edged with small grasses, then larger shrubs and trees with fall foliage leaf colour. The background is taller conifer trees, all reflected in the lake with a nearly perfect mirror reflection.
October 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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A night photograph of a viewing tower next to a marsh, with almost the entire sky lit up by green and red aurora borealis. I found this more remarkable as I was facing south, and even the light pollution from Vancouver didn't do much to diminish the light show.
October 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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So it’s Thanksgiving Day in Canada and this is your reminder it is not “Canadian Thanksgiving.”

WE STARTED THANKSGIVING. Like most good things, Americans stole the idea off us.

It began in 1578 as a harvest celebration. It was an official holiday in 1879.

It remains a harvest celebration.
Thanksgiving in Canada
The first official, annual Thanksgiving in Canada was celebrated on 6 November 1879. However, Indigenous peoples in Canada have a history of celebrating the fa...
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October 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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#SilentSunday
The beginnings of fall foliage colours at a lake in Quebec, Canada. The foreground is a large beaver pond, complete with a beaver lodge, and some floating weeds. Further back beyond the shoreline is a hillside with a wide range of fall leaf colour - from green to deep reds and everything in between.
October 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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#SilentSunday
Green leaves of Corn Lilies (Veratrum viride) have interesting patterns and shapes. I made this photo of the tapered green leaves with longitudinal grooves in them at Manning Park this summer.
September 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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For #ThrowbackThursday I have a photo of Harbour Centre in Vancouver from my first day of using a DSLR back in 2007. What a difference from a film camera! A lot of the photos from that day were not great, but I still like this one quite a lot. Not sure that glass dome is even still there...
Looking up at a tall, rectangular office building with a round revolving restaurant on top of it. The view of the office/restaurant building is through a very large skylight with circular rings expanding from the centre. The sky behind the building is blue.
September 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Blackie Spit at Crescent Beach with the skyline of Burnaby and the North Shore Mountains in the background - photographed in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

#Landscape #LandscapePhotography #BritishColumbia #Mountains #MountainMonday #Panorama
Photograph of a tidal marsh in British Columbia. Old posts/piles are lined up on the left, in a tidal zone without water, a brown marsh behind them. In the distance some towers from a city loom over a low hill, with some large snow capped mountains behind. Photographed just after sunset.
September 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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#SilentSunday
A dark crack in white/blue/snow covered ice meanders through the frame towards two tufts of grass/plants poking through the surface
September 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM