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Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

I'm not a huge fan of most pictures my phone takes, but this one is definitely an exception! (Also, I'm so glad that there are still bumblebees around here!!)

#photography #photo #naturephotography #nature #bumblebee #flowers #green #photographersofbluesky

October 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

Here's something to fill the void left by mr forgetting to get the pictures off my camera.

A protobean in its natural habitat...

#protogen #furry #bossmonsta

October 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

I submitted these pictures of wildlife to the county fair along with my landscapes! It's really fun playing with the settings on my Fujifilm for these... :)

#photography #photo #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #picture #fujifilm #photographersofbluesky

September 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

I took these landscape photos at opposite sides of the United States; one in Yosemite and one in the Shenandoah Valley. Enjoy the views! (⁠ﾉOwO)⁠ﾉ⁠*⁠.⁠✧

#landscape #landscapephotography #photography #nature #naturephotography #landscapephoto #clouds #nationalparks #photographersofbluesky

August 31, 2025 at 11:17 PM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

Here's an interesting sun picture I took on my deck the other day. I really love the way tiny pebble shadows elongate in the early morning... ^⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠^

#photo #photography #picture #photographersofbluesky #sunlight #shadows #morning #amateurphotography #warm

August 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

Here are some cool photos from the end of my scout campout this weekend! Fee things beat morning sun rays and fog... (⁠つ⁠≧OwO≦⁠)⁠つ

#photo #photography #naturephotography #nature #campout #light #fog #green #forest #forestphotography #lightphotography #pictures

August 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

Welp, I reaped the rewards of my first charcoal drawing. It's grim, but I'm pretty happy with the result! (⁠ﾉ⁠◕⁠ヮ⁠◕⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠*⁠.⁠✧

#art #artist #traditionalart #drawing #charcoal #portrait #originalart #loveforart #handdrawn #figuredrawing #grimreaper

August 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

Working on my first charcoal drawing... Next up are birds and a background (I might do some more with the smoke too)

#art #artistsofbluesky #black #charcoal #drawing #charcoaldrawing #pencil #artist

August 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

I started this shoe drawing and, like most of my drawings, abandoned it. Conversely to them, it became my third fully colored pencil piece just a few weeks later.

(Enjoy the stupid pun I spent way too much time on ≧>w<⁠≦)

#art #converse #coloredpencil #pencil #traditionalart

August 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

I saw moss growing among the many pieces of a collapsed lookout tower during a recent hike in the Appalachians...

#blueskyartshow #pieces #photo #photography #hike #nature #naturephotography #moss

August 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

Here are some interesting moss + shrooms images I took with my phone, they aren't amazing but do show the beauty of Virginian forests pretty well...

#photo #hike #moss #photography #green #mushrooms #nature #naturephotography #mossphotography #forest

August 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

Aaand, two more pictures I took in the past week of a caterpillar and sunset:

#photo #naturephotography #photography #sky #sun #photographersofbluesky

August 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

Here are some more photos I found, they are from hikes I did near Trout Pond in West Virginia

#hike #moss #photo #naturephotography #photography #green #photographersofbluesky #mossphotography

August 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

I saw some moths fluttering about in the garden today! Here are two pictures I managed to take when they landed...

#photo #photography #nature #naturephotography #flower #bloomscrolling #photographersofbluesky #moths

August 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

I'm grateful for forests; it was a blessing to see some of the old growth ones in California this summer (⁠◡⁠ ⁠ω⁠ ⁠◡⁠)

#gratitude #blueskyartshow #tree #forest #photo #photography #naturephotography #green

August 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

I took a 10 km hike today up to the horseshoe lookout in Edinburg Gap! Here are some photos that were pretty cool... (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)⁠✧⁠*⁠。

#hike #photography #photo #nature #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #appalachian #summer #landscape

August 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

My second (and probably last :') attack for Artfight: Deadeye's Escapade. I liked this character from Theeneonbunny and wanted to try a comic style with my new pens, so here is the result.

#art #artfight #pen #traditionalart #comic #perspective #ink #furryart #furry

July 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

I took a stroll through a park on Bridgewater during FSI, here are two photos from it that I like a lot...

#photo #photography #nature #naturephotography #green #summer #virginia #photographersofbluesky

July 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

I haven't done much photography or drawing while at FSI (lots of work 😳), but here is a dragon doodle :)

#dragon #doodle #sketch #art #pencil

July 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

Artfight attack #1 for @blooparts.bsky.social's character Oliver! I got to practice colored pencil and drawing humans for this; it's absolutely not perfect, but I'm pretty happy with the result!

#art #artfight #coloredpencil #traditionalart

July 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

Here are more highlights from my phone from the trip to California/Nevada! I've been busy doing schoolwork, but hopefully more to come soon...

#photo #photography #nature #naturephotography #summer #landscape #photographersofbluesky

July 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM

Mercury

@mercuric.bsky.social

I am currently down with the sickness (pun intended) so my exploration is limited, but here are some pics from my last few days at Yosemite!

#photography #photo #nature #naturephotography #landscape #amateurphotography