Kippalainen

A person, rendered tiny by the vast landscape around them, stands atop a knuckle of white brain rock at the edge of a chasm. The geology of the terrain is astonishingly complex and artistic, as if swirled in a blender. A few puffy clouds hover in a pale blue sky.

It is apparently impossible for an Instagrammer to refrain from having their picture taken while standing on this particular prominence.

#WhitePocket #Arizona #VermillionCliffs #wilderness #rockformation #HumansOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #landscape #photography #geology #dunescape #geology

White rhino calf chasing southern giraffe, South Africa.

As promised, I owe the rhinos a little love. Here's a fun moment from last year, when a young white rhinoceros decided a southern giraffe wasn't welcome at the watering hole.

Thank you, Anita! 😊

Tykkyluminen kansallismaisema. Pielisellä teräsjäätä yli 40cm joten jäätie Lieksaan auki.

Happy #SCAPE day!

The winds on the North Shore of Oahu continue to be high and sustained making the wave action crazy. I took this yesterday just after sunrise at La'ie Point.

🌟 #Photography 🌟 #OMSystem 🌟 #EastCoastKin 🌟 #Hawaii

🌊 #waves

2 Mute Swans side by side defending their area against an other couple (not seen in pic). 2 kyhmyjoutsenta vierekkäin uhkailevassa asennossa kohtaamassa toista paria (ei näy kuvassa) reviirinpuolustuksessa.

#Two Mute Swans together
defending their area.
Taken some years ago,
with a cheap, clunky pocket digital.

Joutsenpari yhdessä
puolustamassa reviiriä.
Otettu jokunen vuosi sitten
halvalla taskukameralla.

#BlueSkyArtShow #valokuvataivas #photography #birds

Yesterday, as I stumbled around in the heavy fog at our local wildlife refuge, this fog bow appeared. It hung around for about 30 minutes. I photographed it with regular and #fullspectrum cameras. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #fog #infrared #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #Nikon

My son attends uni in another city far from home. And if things goes well he will go abroad next year. A mother’s heart and all that… ♥️ He knows how I love fog, so he sent me a picture and I edited it.

#blackandwhite #photography #cityscape #streetphoto #travel #monochrome #classicmono #norway

The clouds parted, giving me a window to frame the full moon. This was taken with my Canon camera and Tamron 150-600 lens.
High-resolution: app.astrobin.com/i/zxbppg

#astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposurephotography #longexposure #moon #eastcoastkin #photography

Riisitunturin mörkö. #Posio #Riisitunturi

Good morning! Last week in Norway, I saw the Northern Lights. Maybe not as colorful as I'd wanted, but still. #photography #landscapephotography #norway #winter #snow #northernlight #aurora

Kontrast mezi zasněženou krajinou a tradiční červenou barvou kostela s horskými štíty v pozadí. Souostroví Lofoty, sever Norska.

BARVY NORSKA…
ze zimní návštěvy souostroví Lofoty na severu Norska 🇧🇻 Zaujal mě kontrast mezi zasněženou krajinou a tradiční červenou barvou kostela…
#lofoty #norsko #zimnilofoty #kostel #bluesky

A red fox kit nuzzling its parent

Happy love day #valentinesday #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #redfox #fox #babyanimals

Kolin kansallismaisemat lienee tuttuja jokaiselle suomalaiselle. Vuodenaikojen, säiden- ja ilmakehän ilmiöt kuitenkin muokkaavat näkymää jatkuvasti. Helmikuun korkeapaine toi laaksoihin pakkassumun ja Kolin huipulle kirkkaan taivaan. 📷11.2.-13.2.2026 #sääkuvaus

In a spectacle of nature's infinite power, glorious Mount Fitz Roy, battered by furious winds, emerges from the clouds. Patagonia's mountains can be hidden for days, but when they clear, the beauty is endless!

#bluesky #photography #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #mountainmonday

Photo: Two birds are photographed in flight, both shown from the back showing full wingspan. Wings are backlit from the sun, shining brilliantly against a black background. Reeds and grasses appear in the foreground, sparkling in the sun. A distant tree is out of focus, to the right side in the background.

“For everyone is pained by the thought of disappearing, unheard and unseen, into an indifferent universe.”
~ Milan Kundera ~ #BlueSkyArtShow #sunshine #sunlight #eastcoastkin #birdoftheday #lowkey #naturephotography #onthewing #photographingmood

#BlueSkyArtShow #clouds #photography Massive thunderstorm moving in.

Lightning cloudscape

Tropical thunderhead over Darwin

Boiling cumulus dwarfing Calolundra

Cumulus abstract

It seems I have a lot of cloud photos 🤔

1. Big cumulus
#BlueSkyArtShow #clouds #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDForDramatic
#photography #cloudscape #ClassicMono #gift #EastCoastKin

This is one of my favourite shots from a recent chilly sunrise shoot in Bushy Park. This alpha stag is still keeping a very close eye on his group of hinds though many of his cohort have abandoned theirs now they have been covered.
@theroyalparks.bsky.social
#wildlifephotography
#naturephotogrpahy

Thank you, Luis!

The milky way rising behind a basalt column which has been lit by a headlamp

Rocks I've known and loved 4

This is part of a series exploring interesting (to me), rock formations on coastlines

Let me know what you think in the comments

One more set of photos from Svalbard, featuring the king of the arctic.

Check out the video I made with my brother to see more: youtu.be/UTICE_RsQc8?...

#polarbear #svalbard #wildlife #arctic #nikon

Trees covered in frost and snow. Kuuran/lumen peittämiä puita. #cold (kylmä) on suhteellinen asia täällä Suomessa. :) Esim. -11 asteen pakkanen voi yhdelle olla hyvin kylmä etenkin tuulen kera, toinen taas pitää leppoisana talvikelinä.

The definition of #cold is relative here in Finland.
While -11°C with wind might be freezing for some,
others see it as a nice, easy-going winter weather.

#BlueSkyArtShow #winter #valokuvataivas #talvi #Finland

Suomeksi ALT:ssa

A close-up, high-contrast black and white photograph of an adult and an infant. The adult's face is positioned on the left side of the frame, partially obscured, with a focused gaze. The infant is in the foreground on the right, resting it's chin on it's hand, looking directly toward the camera with large, bright eyes. The lighting is dramatic, casting deep shadows and highlighting the textures of the skin and the subtle patterns on the adult's clothing. The composition is tight and intimate, emphasizing the features of both subjects against a dark, underexposed background.

Close Up

#Photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Lumix

Kiitos itsellesi ylen ystävällisistä sanoistasi! 😊

Toki lumiukkoja on tullut tehtyä. 😊
Kiehtovasti kuvattu ja todella upea on tuo katunäkymäsi Helsingistä!

R R R R ROLL THE BEATS!
If I hadn’t said it would you have known this was rolling shutter in the Canon R5 or would you have thought this was wing blur caused by a slow shutter speed?
Canon R5 and Sigma 150mm macro
SS1/2500 F8 ISO3200

Pop ~

#Januarty2026 #Half #CatsOfBlueSky

Blick von hinten auf eine Gruppe Touristen, die in einheitlichen blauen Plastikregenponchos vor einem Wasserfall steht - und diesen zum Teil auch fotografiert

Nass geworden.
#FotoVorschlag