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neighbor's cat plotting her next attacc #caturday

#cat #cats #CatsOfMastodon

from within a gap in a wooden board loosely hovering over an open-topped cage, a cat can be seen staring intently and intensely at some object of its focus offscreen

#FungiFriday some recent highlights

#photography #nature #NaturePhotography #mushrooms #mushtodon #moss #Mosstodon #fungi

a young white-gilled mushroom growing between two twigs, its left side being pushed down by the twig it's springing up beneath; inside the central gill, three mites take shelter, while around the whole seen, a dense forest of moss provides a lot to explore

a very weird "Tim Burton" looking mushroom dangling from above over a thick bed of moss; it is most likely dead and curling up, with a black interior and a striped white & pink ring around its edge resembling an endless earthworm

the side of a fallen birch log, with scraps of bark peeling off and curling around, and a number of conk mushrooms with colors and shapes so nearly identical to the peeling bark that at a quick glance it's difficult to tell which is which, a neat visual illusion!

a gorgeous (in my opinion, no bias!) sunbathed surface of an older and dried-out conk mushroom, a soft pastel brown with a smooth flowing textured surface that looks like you could just lay across it and relax in the warmth; zooming in shows subtle tiny cracks across its surface, while sunlight and shade sprinkle the out-of-focus moss in the background

#FensterFreitag

#photography #nature #NaturePhotography #trees

an arched remnant of a tree stump, offering a "window" through to a sunbathed bed of ferns on the other side; the left side of the stump is charred from some forest fire at some point

#ThrowbackThursday Enchanted Forest, Frazier Park, CA, July 2021

#photography #nature #NaturePhotography #amateurphotography #vintage #trees #light #shadow

a high-contrast close-up of a tiny sprig of pine needles growing from a tree, densely wrapped up in spiderweb like a translucent present

a chiaroscuro-style image of a cluster of dead leaves held together by spiderweb, bathed in sunlight that is denied to their surroundings, in various states of turning colors - glossy greens to yellows to browns

on the summit of a small mountain, some gnarled and twisted wood of an ancient bristlecone pine that may or may not still be living, half cast in its own shadow by late-afternoon sun, with some other landscape scenery out of focus in the background

a blue sky canvas sprinkled across with pine branches ending in clusters of needles, in a pattern that seems almost uniform/repeating enough to be wallpaper

@m2vh bam, now I know, thanks!

and a not-sure-what-this-is in our apartment complex, to add to the pool of #Bloomscrolling for the day

#photography #flowers #macrophotography

an overhead view of a colorful flower in the beginning stages of blooming, with red, orange, and white petals still bunched up in a cluster in the center but starting to unfurl, and large green leaves out of focus beneath

achievement unlocked (spotted in local parking lot)

and a few other #ThickTrunkTuesday highlights from the same trip, including some still unexplained phenomena(?)

#photography #nature #NaturePhotography #trees #wood #woodpecker

a horizontal-but-above-ground fallen tree, dappled with sunlight and shadows cast from overhead ferns, its surface absolutely RIDDLED with sequentially drilled tiny woodpecker holes

a close-up of some complex textured wood, from a tree stripped of its bark, with some squiggles as evidence of boring insects, but also many black spots, which I've still been struggling to explain, though my current operating theory is that those were the spots exposed to either bugs or "the elements" when woodpeckers originally drilled holes through the bark, and once the rest of the bark fell away, the exposed portions remained spotted

a single hole drilled by a different sort of woodpecker: rather than hundreds of tiny pinpoint holes, One Single Giant Square-Shaped Hole, big & deep enough for a large bird to fit its head in (or any other small animal to make a home from), on a furry-barked redwood type tree

a very tall dead stump serving as a nurse log to a young tree starting to grow from its top, with one long exposed root running about six feet along the stump's exterior to reach the dirt below; a patch of sunlight illuminates the stump's GORGEOUS deep rusty red color

Warp Speed from Endor! more for #ThickTrunkTuesday , different place from the other foggy grayscale one, same view but more color :)

#photography #nature #NaturePhotography #trees

another "fish-eye" view up to the ceiling of a forest, with trees pointing inward from every direction around the frame toward a gap in the canopy in the center, this time with more spring greens and browns and lively color in general

@brittybyte "pictures of reflections flipped upside down so they look the right way up again" can be a REALLY fun genre to play with >^..^< sometimes it's obvious it's a reflection, sometimes the water is so still it takes a long time to notice

after three weeks with no chance to get out (yay rain) FINALLY the weather permitted and I made hay while the sun was shining with a much-needed marathon nature walk ^_^ I'll probably be sprinkling some highlights/favorites over the next week or so, starting with have some SHADOWS :-D for #MushroomMonday

#photography #nature #NaturePhotography #forest #mushrooms #light #shadow #leaves

an overhead view of a light dusty brown "button" type mushroom surrounded by dusty brown dead leaves & assorted forest detritus, with a double shadow cast on the mushroom head by two adjacent overhead ferns (out of view)

a semi-shaded view of a black & red conk mushroom, its surface cross-thatched by shadows of ferns above it, in a pattern resembling a lawn chair or grass hut

a light-colored rock on forest floor, with a soft shadow cast on it by a cilantro-shaped plant (whose tip is slightly visible at the top); the lenghty stem was framed deliberately to run along the edge of the rock

a very "leafy" plant leaf of some type or another, angled at JUST the right angle in the sun, that you can see three different states of light on its surface: direct sunlight from overhead, shadow on the surface cast by another part of the leaf, and "sunlight through the underside" illuminating its skeletal structure like an X-ray (sunlight through thin plant membranes is always SO beautiful)

and a small bundle of highlights from the beaver prowl with the local nature group the other day >^..^<

#photography #nature #NaturePhotography #wetlands #reflection #trees #slugs

a not-quite-sunset-yet view of a marsh , as seen through a gap in some green sedge reeds along its bank

a close-up of a cute little baby slug, with gold-and-brown-striped lower side of his body, slowly making his way across a grassy footpath

a photo of the reflection in a puddle of our nature guide giving an enthusiastic lecture, reversed so that the reflection appears rightside up

another reflection-flipped-so-it-looks-rightside-up-again, this time a number of trees on the bank of a river at sunset, clearly a reflection based on significant ripples on the surface of the water

#SilentSunday

a silhouette of various reeds, sedges and plants against a nearly dark post-sunset sky, a soft red on the horizon line fading into a soft blue higher above

some subtle evidence of possible activity by local beavers

#photography #nature #NaturePhotography #trees #beaver #wildlife

a late evening view of a fallen tree on the ground, with a HUGE round chunk of it chewed out in a very organized fashion, with clear teeth marks

been a very busy few days, but a belated #ThrowbackThursday Rocky Peak / Hummingbird Loop, Simi Valley, CA, June 2021

#photography #nature #NaturePhotography #desert #FensterFreitag #rock #geology

the mouth of a cave (or old house?) built around a large leaning rock that serves as its roof, with side walls made of sloppily constructed clay or concrete; overgrown with weeds outside the entrance

a panoramic view of a rock formation, with a slightly cracked but mostly smooth and wavy stratum through the middle, almost resembling petrified wood

a square window view of a scrubland mountain scene from inside a large metal storm drain

a closeup view of some sunbleached and very dry flowers, in high contrast with a black background, a few peeking out from the shade

lol

#photography #urban #urbanphotography #streetphotography #streetart #graffiti

some graffiti spotted somewhere in LA, on a concrete wall slightly behind a bush, with the usual stylized big puffy font letters, over which someone painted in single lines "CAP DIS AND U GAY!"

even on the most gray, dull day, somehow, sometimes, life finds a way

#photography #urbanphotography #abstract #metaphor #life

a view off the edge of a pier, with brown muddy water beyond (and 20 feet below), and a very lichen-covered board at the bottom; poking out of it, another board; and poking out of a crack in that board, a sprig of blackberry bush, growing without access to any dirt anywhere

a couple more of "The B-Roll", trying to get its full tail, and one of the whole body, wings included, but with less detail

#photography #nature #NaturePhotography #macrophotography #insects #dragonfly

a lengthwise photo of the same dragonfly, with more attention spent on the length of its tail and the gorgeous symmetrical pattern of splashes of blues, browns, and blacks

a more zoomed-out view of the whole dragonfly, without much detail but at least seeing the full wingtips and his surroundings

gorgeous dragonfly sitting on a bush outside a neighbor's apartment yesterday 😍 unfortunately I wasn't able to get one that was both in focus AND caught his full wingspan, so this was the best I was able to do... I was impressed and appreciative of how patient he was with me getting all up in his business; I suspect it was probably just cold out and he wanted to conserve energy as much as possible.

#photography #nature #NaturePhotography #macrophotography #insects #dragonfly

a close-up of a dragonfly atop a bright green leafy bush; the glassy reflective segmented wings aren't fully in view, but its very fuzzy thorax is, as well as a portion of its speckled turquoise brown & black tail

#SilentSunday

#photography #urbanphotography #streetphotography #light #spider

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