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zen sation
@zen-sation.bsky.social
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Amateur photographer, Pacific NW scenes, some birds and other critters, nature, bits of travel; camera handy, wherever, whenever.

Catching moments with my lens.
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Dr Seuss trees.
"You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!"
Dr. Seuss
#ForestFriday #EastCoastKin
A moss covered tree looking like a character from something imagined by Dr Seuss. A moss covered tree looking like a character from something imagined by Dr Seuss.
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Take a deep breath.
#ThickTrunk #Thursday #EastCoastKin
And yet still some of these Giants remain... as long as you can keep 'em. The base of a thick trunk redwood is draped in ferns and other greens. The trunk tapers as it rises surrounded by other foliage in the background.
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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What a perfectly lovely image. One to get lost in... ❤️
tapioti.bsky.social Tapio @tapioti.bsky.social · 1d
Two people, one bench, and a slice of autumn sun. Sometimes that’s all a day needs.

#photographersofbluesky #photography #fotografie #naturfotografie
A sunlit autumn scene with tall birch trees framing an open field. In the distance, an elderly couple sits together on a wooden bench, illuminated by soft, bright sunlight filtering through golden leaves. The foreground is darker, filled with dense green undergrowth, creating a natural frame around the couple and the bright clearing. An autumn scene with golden sunlight streaming through tall birch trees. In the distance, an elderly couple sits on a wooden bench at the edge of an open field, facing the light. The foreground is filled with dense dark-green undergrowth, creating contrast with the bright sky and softly glowing leaves above. The overall mood is peaceful and warm.
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DucksOutOfWater.
Cleared for takeoff...
#EastCoastKin #birds
Geese taking off from a body of water.
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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It's that kind of day.... hunkered down by the wood stove with the wind howling and the rain spattering the window and I dig down through old photos. This one always reminds me that after the dry summer comes the storms of winter........
Hope everyone is staying high and dry.
#PNW
Moist ferns take up most of the frame. A stereotypical image of an Oregon winter.
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay theme is #rock - any bird perched on a rock. The alternative is #longbeak any bird with a long beak.
I'm going for a TwoFer on Tuesday with a #BlackOystercatcher with a #longbeak on a #Rock and a pesky gull photobombing!
#birds #photography #EastCoastKin
A Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) perches on a black rock at the edge of the Pacific Ocean. The Oystercatcher is not alone.
November 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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One of the most stunning roses I've ever seen!
gregoryhh.bsky.social Gregory H. @gregoryhh.bsky.social · 10d
A Joseph's coat rose: See alt for the story behind this.

#Photography #Oregon #Newport #PNW #OregonCoast #Roses #Flowers
While riding my bike, I spotted a beautiful yellow and pink rose on a bush in someone's front yard. I stopped, got off my bike and went over to photograph one of the blooms. A woman came out of the house and I felt a little defensive about taking a photo of her yard, I started to explain that I thought it was a beautiful rose. The upshot of it was that she told me that she takes cuttings of her roses and gives them to her friends, and she asked me If I wanted a rooted cutting. I said yes, and the cutting she gave me had some buds on it. My wife transplanted it when I got home, and it just bloomed a few days ago.
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Stormy weather... makes for less blue skies.
#10minutesfromhome
#MeaninglessHashtag #MHClub
#EastCoastKin
Waves upon waves... first there's the streak in the sand where the wave left a maker of where it had been, then it's some wild surf backlit by the sun low in the sky. The sky has only a faint hint of blue, with white streaks of clouds. The sun is low and out of the frame to the left. Perfect for highlighting the turbulent surf. This is MY kind of weather!
November 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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How to do a Selfie when you don't have a smart phone.
Granny Longlegs
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadow
#EastCoastKin
The shadow of the photographer becomes elongated as the sun sinks lower in the sky.
November 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #underrated or just #Ubiquitous?
Did someone mention gulls?
#Birds #birding #photography #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #wildlife #nature #ArtYear #thelittlethings #EastCoastKin
Hikers along the beach don't seem to disturb our underrated gulls. Not in the least. Watching the waves roll in. And the beautiful spindrift off the wave tops. Wind playing with waves. Then there are those who sit and wait. A day when the surf was pretty wild. Interesting times without a doubt..
November 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Yet another sunset snuffed out by the #MarineLayer
#JugheadLookingUpAtTheSky
#10minutesfromhome
#stunday #MeaninglessHashtag #MHClub
#artyear #eastCoastKin
Hope you're all done saving daylight. Unless you're on another continent.
A jagged seastack peers up at a sky playing peek-a-boo with the sun. It didn't turn into much of a sunset. But the walk was nice.
November 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Shorter days. prettier sunsets

#landscape #sunset #photography #nikon #britishcolumbia
October 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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From my first trip to Norway. Had to stop and take a (a bunch of) photos of this amazing road. Trollstigen, Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

#norway #roadtrip #landscape #photography #nikon #mountains
October 14, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Shades of Vine Maple...
#BlueSkyArtShow #autumn
#EastCoastKin
Vine Maple leaves in early autumn starting to turn to subtle colors of orange with quite a bit of green still in waiting. Later, Vine Maple turns to solid orange depending on weather (I imagine, since there doesn't seem to be any other rhyme, reason or pattern to it.) One tree going with two distinct colors of orange or yellow, though there's that one leaf near the top, to the right of center that can't seem to make up its mind. There's the oddball in every crowd. Then there's an explosion of bright, vivid scarlet red. Can't help but love the Vine Maples this time of year.
November 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Lovely reflections of autumn! 🍂🍁🍂🎃
gregoryhh.bsky.social Gregory H. @gregoryhh.bsky.social · 15d
Fall colors along the Yaquina River near Elk City in Lincoln County, Oregon.

#Photography #Oregon #ElkCity #PNW #OregonCoast #YaquinaRiver #FallColors
Reflections fall colors along the Yaquina River, Lincoln County, Oregon.
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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The tide was going out, but it was still pretty wild...
Love these stormy winter days at the beach. With a whole lot of spindrift.
#TidesOutTuesday #EastCoastKin
Stormy weather with high winds creating wild waves and surf. The gulls seem to enjoy it. Spindrift: Sea spray (clouds of water droplets) blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea.
October 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay is all about 'Pairs Of The Same Birds' which makes it a #DailyDouble with #TwosDay
#birds #EastCoastKin
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A pair of Least Sandpipers poking about in the shallows of a lake.
October 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Better late than another skip...
Not the best photo in the world (taken by the trail cam down by the creek), but I liked the wing spread.
@alan678.bsky.social‬
#BirdOfTheDay #Heron theme #birds #EastCoastKin
Great Blue Heron lands on a thick log at the edge of a creek. Ferns can be seen growing behind the bird.
October 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Stormy weather... it's that time of year! 🙆 With stormy skies and wild waves. Exhilarating! 🌊
But then there are those who don't do so well when the days get short...
In case you're missing any beach time... this one is for you!
@keyserlauze.bsky.social
#10minutesfromhome #EastCoastKin
WIld winds and waves hit the coast with some wintry storms finally arriving. I've been impatiently waiting. An approaching storm off the coast stirs things up. Wet sand, a rocky sea stack with waves smashing off it, a wild sea beyond and another sea stack farther out toward the horizon and dark clouds hovering in the sky.
October 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Just another #stunning #Stunday
It's been crazy busy for me, so this will have to do for now....
Lest I forget there's some #OrangeSun for #ColorADay
Apologies to all the beautiful posts I've been missing lately.
Hope to be back to normal soon.... #EastCoastKin
A lovely Oregon Coast sunset seen from between seastacks as the sun sinks for the night.
October 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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OMG how did it get to be Friday already?
Seems life and time just picked up speed like mad.
Haven't had time to do much here, but I'm just so glad to see signs of autumn popping up in #ForestFriday #EastCoastKin
Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying life.
Vine Maple painting the Forest in hues of red, orange and yellow with a backdrop of green.
October 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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It's starting.... what I've been waiting for.... the trees start to tell us it's autumn time.
#ColorADay #RedWed
#EastCoastKin
One tree. Goes through varying shades of autumn yellow to a shy sort of red. Add a little rain to make the leaves shine and some evergreen needles for a backdrop. I definitely feel fall in the air.
October 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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We're off to the Big City today. Lots of errands and such. It's going to be a long day, but I couldn't resist this one for #BOTD or #BirdOfTheDay with a #longnecks
#EastCoastKin
I have NO idea what it's all about. It was caught on the trail cam.
A heron with it's neck extended to the max. Can't help but wonder what it was all about.
October 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Red-breasted Nuthatch (member of the Paridae family)
I know I've posted this before but it was such a memorable moment.... and it fits.
‪#BirdOfTheDay - family #Paridae.
@robcrank68.bsky.social @alan678.bsky.social
I used to put sunflower seeds along the top of the fence. The chipmunks were regular customers, but then this nuthatch started to get brave if I stood there with some seed in my hand. The first time it landed on my hand, what was most startling was how little that bird actually weighed. And those tiny scratchy little claws tickled. I get the phrase "light as a feather" now! It took some time for him to get brave enough to snatch a seed from my hand. But then he DID!!! Back again.
October 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Looking at a Pacific Sunset.
#Stunday #stunning
#ColorADay #OrangeSun #EastCoastKin
Looking across a lake toward a Pacific sunset. An orange and yellow sun peeking from the gray clouds above is reflected on the calm lake. A place to escape to for calm.
October 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM