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Sauvie Island Bridge, Sauvie Island, #Portland, #Oregon
Foggy road on Sauvie Island with the Sauvie Island Bridge faintly visible in the background.
January 29, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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Hanging by a single strand of silk on a rainy night at Rancho Naturalista, this inchworm-like caterpillar turned out to be Simena luctifera, a Neotropical erebid moth in the family Erebidae. #costarica
Translucent, banded caterpillar of the Neotropical erebid moth Simena luctifera hanging by a silk thread in a Costa Rican rainforest at night
January 27, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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Alien Egg Factory in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, #NewMexico
Eroded sandstone formations known as the Alien Eggs in the Bisti Badlands at sunrise, New Mexico
January 25, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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Quiet alley in Sidi Bou Said, #Tunisia
Whitewashed alley in Sidi Bou Said with blue doors and bougainvillea flowers
January 23, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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A spiny-headed treefrog, watching over her tadpoles in a bamboo stalk.
A reminder that civilization rests on systems most of us never see.

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#turrialba #costarica #frog
Spiny-headed treefrog with amber eyes peering from a bamboo stalk at night at Rancho Naturalista in Costa Rica’s Cartago Province.
January 21, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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A blue gallarija stacked above a classic Maltese door, color meeting limestone.
Blue Maltese gallarija above a traditional door and shuttered window on a limestone facade in Mdina, Malta.
January 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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Alley in Piran, #Slovenia
Narrow sunlit alley in the old town of Piran, Slovenia, lined with weathered pastel buildings and stone paving.
January 17, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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A large leaf has caught freshly fallen Tree Heliotrope flowers, #Tikehau Atoll, French Polynesia
A large leaf has caught freshly fallen Tree Heliotrope flowers, Tikehau Atoll, French Polynesia
January 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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A Violet Sabrewing at Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica — the largest hummingbird in North America. Massive by hummingbird standards, intensely territorial, and impossibly luminous. May the new year bring you something of its power and light.
Violet Sabrewing hummingbird (Campylopterus hemileucurus) perched on a branch at Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica, showing iridescent violet-blue plumage and white tail feathers
December 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Winter turning glass into a temporary map. Multnomah Village, #Portland.
December 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Summer low tide at Bandon Beach, #Oregon.
Summer low tide at Bandon Beach, Oregon, with sea stacks silhouetted against an orange sunset and tidal channels reflecting the sky
December 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Dew on a spider web at Fernhill Wetlands, #Oregon. Wishing you a moment of stillness today.
Dew drops suspended on a spider web at Fernhill Wetlands, Oregon, with water beads reflecting the surrounding landscape
December 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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I photographed this Creon Skipper in El Valle de Antón, #Panama, years ago. I later learned from a lepidopterist that it was the first known photograph of a living subspecies—the Lilliana Creon Skipper (Creonpyge creon lilliana). To this day, it may still be the only photograph of the subspecies.
Creon Skipper butterfly (Creonpyge creon lilliana) resting on a green leaf in El Valle de Antón, Panama, showing iridescent blue-purple wings with orange spots
December 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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In the Tunis Medina, even a door tells a story about power, endurance, and survival. Walking here with my family made those lessons impossible to ignore. #ArabSpring #Tunisie

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Weathered wooden door with decorative metal studs in the Tunis Medina, Tunisia
December 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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This alley in Naoussa, Paros, feels like it belongs to the same lineage of dreamlike seaside villages I wrote about in my recent story on Sidi Bou Said. As I put it, “The fantastical village works because every line and color hums to the same key.” #photography
Sunlit alley in Naoussa, Paros, with whitewashed Cycladic houses, blue doors and shutters, and a stone-paved lane rising toward the Aegean sky.
December 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Meet Tapinaspis atroannulus, which I photographed in Cartago Province, #CostaRica. Tortoise beetles number about 3,000 species, and they’re easily some of the most beautiful insects on Earth...iridescent, jewel-like, full of microscopic mirrors. #insects
apinaspis atroannulus tortoise beetle in Cartago Province, Costa Rica, showing its transparent golden shell margin, glossy black and red elytra, and iridescent prismatic halo while pressed flat in its tortoise posture.
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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New story up now: a journey through Zaghouan’s mountains and into the lantern-lit streets of Tunis.

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Evening view of a narrow cobblestone alley in the Tunis Medina, with glowing lanterns, carved stone doorways, and blue hour light on whitewashed walls.
December 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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This image comes from the first real test of my large-format system, back when I was in my twenties. I grew up loving landscape photography, and kept a camera close through high school and college—mostly shooting sports just to stay connected to it—but this session was my return. #california
Sunset over the rocky shoreline at Palos Verdes, California, with golden light igniting the clouds and reflecting off dark coastal boulders as misty waves blur into a soft haze.
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Caught in the act: Sibovia pileata ejecting honeydew like a caffeinated Nerf gun. Leafhoppers pressurize sugary waste in their gut and fire it off in micro-droplets to keep their bodies clean and agile. #insectphotography
Leafhopper (Sibovia pileata) on a leaf with a honeydew droplet being ejected from its rear end, captured in mid-air.
December 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Cobbled alley in the Tunis Medina. #cityphotography
Cobbled alley in the medina of Tunis, curving beneath stone arches and lined with whitewashed walls, blue doors and shutters, and blooming bougainvillea with a Tunisian flag visible in the distance.
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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A view of Mount Hood in Oregon, from Columbia Hills, Washington during spring blooms. #photography
Spring wildflowers in Columbia Hills—yellow balsamroot and purple lupine—cover rolling green hills with Mount Hood glowing pink in the distance at sunrise.
November 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Door and window in the Tunis Medina. #photography
Yellow door and blue window set in a whitewashed wall in Tunis, with cobblestone street in the foreground.
November 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Dim-lit alley in the Euljiro Neighborhood, #Seoul.
Dimly lit narrow alley in Euljiro, Seoul, with shuttered shops, scattered boxes, and neon signs casting faint colored light down the passage.
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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I live for the rare days with nothing on the agenda but photographing hummingbirds, and this Crowned Woodnymph, common in the neotropics yet impossibly vibrant, reminds me why empty days are the best days. #photography
Male Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) perched on a branch, showing iridescent green, blue, and violet plumage.
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Marsaxlokk Bay, early morning.

From my notes on Malta and Gozo:
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Luzzu fishing boats floating in Marsaxlokk Harbour at dusk, with warm lights reflecting off the water and traditional Maltese buildings in the background.
November 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM