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Mike Saunders 🇺🇦
@hardwaterhacker.bsky.social
Photographer. Lover of the outdoors. Musician.

Red Siege Principal Consultant so I can pay for my hobbies.

#PhotographersUnited <- Check out this great community!

IG: https://www.instagram.com/hardwaterhacker/
Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme for today is #shadesofgray with an alternative of #beakopen. My contribution is an Eastern Screech Owl.

#birds #wildlife #Nikon
November 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
For #Stunday, here's a delightful little fall scene from along the North Country Trail in Minnesota.

#mushroom #fungi #fall #NorthCountryTrail #Nikon #PhotographersUnited
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It's #Caturday! We're currently fostering these two beautiful ladies. Sushi is the black and white kitty, and Luna is what's referred to as a Siamese Lynx point. There both incredibly sweet, but Sushi is much more outgoing.

#foster #adoptapet #pet #cat
November 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
A photo from a recent trip through South Dakota. The world seems much more connected now, but I imagine when it was built, this house felt small and the world quite large under the vast prairie skies.

#landscape #monochrome #ClassicMono #PhotographersUnited
November 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
@alan678.bsky.social has set the #BirdOfTheDay theme today to #swans and the alternative is #posts birds perched on any type of post.

#birds
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Another #AuroraBorealis shot from Wednesday night in rural eastern North Dakota.

#astrophotography #aurora #northernlights #PhotographersUnited
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Corporate sponsorship has gone too far. Now Nike is even sponsoring the #AuroraBorealis! 😆 I'm just finally getting around to editing photos from the past two nights and I'm excited to see what else is there.

#aurora #northernlights #nightsky #PhotographersUnited
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I wish I had gotten better pictures of that May storm. I expected more action to the north and the location I was at was really only usable looking north. Everything was happening south and west of me. Still, I’m not mad about this shot.
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Out capturing photons.

#astro #astrophotography #aurora
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Enjoying the fruits of this weekend’s labor. Apple butter made from apples grown in my yard. Plum jelly made with wild plums harvested on public land.

#FueledByNature #canning #foodpreservation
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StandingOnThings except the Floor, and the Alternative is #Gulls.

Here's a Red-winged Blackbird standing on a fence post.

#birds
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
No photography for me this weekend. Busy making wild plum jelly and fruit leather, apple butter, and some apple crisp. It’s cold outside and winter is starting to show herself and I’m ready for it.

#winter #LakeSuperior #landscape #PhotographersUnited
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Ruby-crowned Kinglets are described as hyperactive. After many attempts, I finally managed to capture one. Unfortunately, just not in focus.

#PhotoFailFriday #worstbirdpic
November 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
November 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
A fall scene from the North Country Trail in Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge.

#landscape #nature #fall #Nikon #PhotographersUnited
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
TAKE THE F*CKING PICTURE ALREADY!
November 2, 2025 at 4:30 AM
November 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A Pronghorn buck in Custer State Park, SD.

#wildlife #nature #Nikon #PhotographersUnited
October 31, 2025 at 12:22 AM
October 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
If you're lucky enough to have some fall color hanging on where you're at, get out there and see it! If it's already passed, I hope you got a chance to experience it this year.

#fall #nature #Nikon #PhotographersUnited
October 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
When reality looks a bit like an oil painting.

#landscape #photography #Nikon #PhotographersUnited
October 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The #BirdOfTheDay is #Egrets. I think I have precisely one good egret photo in my catalog. I don't love birds against blue sky shots, but when a Great Egret flies by in range, I gotta take the shot.

#birds #nature #wildlife
October 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
For #Stunday, here's another sunrise from Kuwohi in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

#landscape #sunrise #Nikon #PhotographersUnited
October 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It can be hard to tell if your tree has an iron deficiency, but there are signs.

#pun #forest #nature
October 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
October 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM