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Mark R. Courtney
@mrcourtney.bsky.social
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Software developer, photographer, sometimes writer. Best when wandering in nature.

Photos by me unless otherwise noted. Some prints available through https://photo.mrcourtney.com or by contacting me.

Based in Southern New England
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Mark R. Courtney @mrcourtney.bsky.social · Mar 2
A moment of awkward self-promotion to mention that I sell prints of my photography. You can buy from www.markrcourtney.com or contact me there if something catches your eye.

You can also visit photo.mrcourtney.com to see my in-person events and find the places to follow my #photography.
A promotional image with the text "Mark R. Courtney Photography" and website address "markrcourtney.com" surrounded by five sample photographs: (1) a bank of fog and moored sailboats on the water, (2) an orange California poppy covered in water drops, (3) coastal water gently washing around small colorful rocks, (4) the flowering stem of a purple wild lupine, and (5) a brown bird splashing in golden-lit water.
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Winter rabbit
Photograph of a rabbit with thick, rust-brown fur hunkered down in the snow between dry, beige plant stems.
February 7, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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The Larch trees along the western edge of the North York Moors take a battering from the winds, which leads to some beautiful forms. This one appears to be guarding the way…
a scene from a dull November day, with plover flocks swirling.
Ink and watercolour painting.
#art
#nature
Ink and watercolour painting of a larch tree by a gate, with a footpath leading past. The landscape is dark and wet, with a dark grey sky where large flocks of Lapwings and Golden Plovers are gathering. Near Boltby, North Yorkshire, UK
January 12, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Look at this icon of cuteness

#cats
A calico cat named Midge lays on the corner of a butcher block counter bathed in sun. One front paw hangs straight down over the edge of the counter as she looks off to the right like a fashion supermodel
January 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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I like how frost can emphasize the textures already there
#Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
Photograph looking straight down at the patterns in a flat stone with a few smaller rocks strewn atop, all with extra contrast from the light coating of morning frost. Photograph of a fallen log with a smaller chunk of splintered wood resting against it, a coating of frost highlighting all the splits and textures of the wood.
January 10, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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We had some solid frost a few mornings this week
#Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
Photograph of a cluster of dried leaves with frost crystals formed around the edges like fringe. Photograph of the split top of a fallen log lined with upright frost crystals creating a fuzzy ridge atop the dark wood. Photograph of dried, hanging leaves, dark against the backlighting but lined brightly around the edges with frost catching the light.
January 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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Some recent snow stuck around longer than usual for southern New England. (Though now gone with days rising back above freezing.)

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
Ground-level photograph of snow blown into a miniature dune among golden coastal grass. Photograph of morning light breaking through the trees to illuminate a snow-covered log embedded in a large frozen puddle. Photograph of the dark water of a creek at a point where it spreads out to move around rocks, fallen forest debris, and the contours of the ground, all of which are blanketed in clean, bright snow.
January 10, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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‘What Emerges in the Night’
mixed media and cold wax on board

Our brains keep working while we sleep, turning over the puzzles of the day and letting new connections and solutions rise to the surface.

Day 19 #artadventcalendar

#sciart 🧠 #painting #art
Abstract landscape in two hemispheres. The bottom contains a night sky that bleeds into the daytime hemisphere above. There is a network of lines and nodes that span the width of the painting. by Kindra Crick #mixedmedia
December 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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#LandscapePhotography
#Photography #BlackAndWhite
Black and white photo looking out over a series of low mountains. In the foreground is a broken and slumping post and rail fence. Low dark clouds are stratified overhead.
December 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar #Day13 a quiet day out in nature.
A dried but still standing thistle plant against a grey background.
December 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Sanderlings crowding a rock around high tide
#Birds #BirdPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Photography
Photograph of a handful of sanderlings gathered closely on a seaweed-covered rock with waving water behind them. The sanderlings, with their gray and white feathers, make for a bright crown atop the dark rock.
December 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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White-tailed deer encountered in the woods where I tend to roam
#Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Photography
Photograph of a deer in some brushy woods. The deer is paused with its tail toward the camera, aware but not spooked, and its head is turned to the side showing off a decent set of antlers.
December 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Plants in early winter mode
#Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
Photograph of an array of small, fluffy seed head clusters atop a twiggy plant, light beige against a deep brown background. Photograph of a cluster of small seed heads atop an upright stem, some open puffs and others still closed, all against a muted brown backdrop.
December 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Morning moon (from a few days ago)
#Photography
Photograph of the moon in the blue sky with some out-of-focus, bare tree branches reaching toward it from the edge of the frame. The moon is slightly fuller than half, the dark side fading away into the blue.
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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White-tailed deer in a tall field
#WildlifeWednesday #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Photography
Photograph of a deer in a brushy field of seasonally dry plants that reach to its shoulders. Only its head and back are visible, and some of the plant seed heads rise to the level of of the deer’s alert ears which are angled slightly back though its eyes seem to be scanning the brush ahead.
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Red-tailed hawk taking off
#Birds #WildlifeWednesday #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Photography
Photograph of a brown and white hawk launching from the tip of a dead, bare tree against a clear blue sky. The hawk fills the left of the frame with spread wings, and its dangling talons have left behind the dead tree perch to the right.
December 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Nest left behind
#Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
Photograph of a bird’s nest built of dry grass and mud, solidly ensconced between the thin, upright branches of a tall bush.
December 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Feather left behind
#Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
Photograph of a wide feather caught on a bare plant stem. The outer edge of the feather fans out in a subtle black, and it shifts to white and fluffy where it once attached to a bird but where it now clings to a twig.
December 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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‘Nocturne Blue’
4” x 6”

Block print, graphite and interference pigment

#artadventcalendar #printmaking #sciart #entomology
Block print of an Emperor Moth in interference blue on black paper. There are topographic lines in graphite radiating away from an absent moon with pinpoints of white ink in a star-like pattern. by Kindra Crick #artist #art #pdxart
December 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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This is a view of the Organ Mountains and the Doña Ana Mountains, as seen from the top of Redhouse Mountain, located north of Hatch, New Mexico.
Dreamy sepia-toned landscape photo showing a small mountain range in front of a much larger mountain range, with an intricate cloudscape in the sky. Hiking photography.
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 9:
Hungerford Bridge
London, August 2017
Black and white photo looking up at the structure of Hungerford Bridge, a central point with straight lines radiating out from it, against a mostly clear sky with a few high clouds.
December 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar day 10
#watercolor
#betta
#marinelife
#fish
A watercolor painting of a Siamese fighting fish in pinks and reds. His fins flow around him gracefully and there is a lot of motion in the feel of the image.
December 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Red-belly on the move in a winter wonderland. Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Chicago. 12.7.2025
#birds
#woodpeckers
Red-bellied Woodpecker flying off a snowy branch to the left. Snow flying from its feet. Branches all covered with snow.
December 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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A bit of autumn still left on the forest floor

#Mushrooms #Fungi #FungiFriday #FungiFriends #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
Photograph looking down at a patch of small, shelf-like mushrooms crowding the top of a fallen log, pale against the dark bark and dwarfed by the surrounding brown leaves.
December 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 3

#watercolor
#cats
#window
#mediterranean
A watercolor painting of a blue teal shuttered window. The shutters are closed but there is a flower box full of green and purple and pink tumbling down from the window. On a set of stairs on the left side of the painting there is a lounging orange cat.
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Pavilion structure
#Architecture #Photography
Photograph looking along a narrow, curved support made of layered wood that leads up to the wooden slat ceiling of a large, open pavilion. The support catches the low morning light making the near curve glow against the dark ceiling and highlighting a decorative, angled gap near the top. The entire photograph is just these woods of various shades running at various angles.
November 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM