Michael R Photography 🌿
@msriffle.bsky.social
Retired research scientist in North Florida. Biologist. Hiker and forest wanderer. Springs lover. Photographer of natural things. Nikon Z8, Z6iii full spectrum, D750/Ikelite housing underwater. www.artpal.com/msriffle
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For #BlueskyMonday, this popup storm raced across the salt marsh that lines coastal North Florida at our local wildlife refuge. It was just after sunrise. I dodged several of them that morning. So much fun to photograph. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #clouds #rain #storms
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
For #BlueskyMonday, this popup storm raced across the salt marsh that lines coastal North Florida at our local wildlife refuge. It was just after sunrise. I dodged several of them that morning. So much fun to photograph. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #clouds #rain #storms
For #BlueskyMonday, this great blue heron was perched in a tree. I almost didn't see it. It didn't mind as I walked up almost right underneath where it stood. I filled the frame with its beauty. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #herons #birds
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
For #BlueskyMonday, this great blue heron was perched in a tree. I almost didn't see it. It didn't mind as I walked up almost right underneath where it stood. I filled the frame with its beauty. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #herons #birds
Thank you, Rob!
November 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Thank you, Rob!
For #Stunday, I'm posting an image of a beautiful great blue heron. It flew right towards me before slowing down and landing in the water about 50 feet away in early morning warm light. There's very little crop on this image. #photography #birds #wildlife #wildlifephotography #herons
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
For #Stunday, I'm posting an image of a beautiful great blue heron. It flew right towards me before slowing down and landing in the water about 50 feet away in early morning warm light. There's very little crop on this image. #photography #birds #wildlife #wildlifephotography #herons
It's #Stunday! I think this Magnolia grandiflora flower is stunning. I photographed it on the tree with a full spectrum #infrared camera at 550nm. It was processed in #Lightroom and #Photoshop. #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #fullspectrum #ir #flowerphotography
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It's #Stunday! I think this Magnolia grandiflora flower is stunning. I photographed it on the tree with a full spectrum #infrared camera at 550nm. It was processed in #Lightroom and #Photoshop. #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #fullspectrum #ir #flowerphotography
Faces in the clouds. Do you see them? This is for today's #BlueSkyArtShow with theme #evening. Taken from a dock in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. #photography #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #clouds #cloudscape #longexposure #nightphotography
November 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Faces in the clouds. Do you see them? This is for today's #BlueSkyArtShow with theme #evening. Taken from a dock in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. #photography #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #clouds #cloudscape #longexposure #nightphotography
For today's #BlueSkyArtShow with theme #evening. This was a wonderful night on a local beach which I had all to myself. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #stars #astrophotography #milkyway
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
For today's #BlueSkyArtShow with theme #evening. This was a wonderful night on a local beach which I had all to myself. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #stars #astrophotography #milkyway
For #scape day. I'm late posting today as I was out all morning photographing birds at our local refuge. This is an #infrared image made in a place that takes my breath away every time I'm there. #photogrpahy #landscape #EastCoastKin #fullspectrum #ir #rivers
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
For #scape day. I'm late posting today as I was out all morning photographing birds at our local refuge. This is an #infrared image made in a place that takes my breath away every time I'm there. #photogrpahy #landscape #EastCoastKin #fullspectrum #ir #rivers
This #infrared image fits for #scape day I think. It was made at 720nm on a local river. The interesting thing about it? It was made on April 18th, 2020. We were being told to stay at home. But I slipped out and got some shooting in. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #fullspectrum
November 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This #infrared image fits for #scape day I think. It was made at 720nm on a local river. The interesting thing about it? It was made on April 18th, 2020. We were being told to stay at home. But I slipped out and got some shooting in. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #fullspectrum
For #BirdoftheDay, the theme is #LunchTime. This juvenile reddish egret was playing with its food. It kept dropping it in the water and then picking it up again. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #egrets #birds
November 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
For #BirdoftheDay, the theme is #LunchTime. This juvenile reddish egret was playing with its food. It kept dropping it in the water and then picking it up again. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #egrets #birds
It's #YellowThu for #ColorADay. The rising sun lit up these clouds over the salt marsh. I was photographing the sunrise in the other direction. I read a long time ago, when out looking for things to photograph, don't forget to look behind you. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #clouds
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It's #YellowThu for #ColorADay. The rising sun lit up these clouds over the salt marsh. I was photographing the sunrise in the other direction. I read a long time ago, when out looking for things to photograph, don't forget to look behind you. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #clouds
It's #WackyWednesdayArt day. This #longexposure #infrared image fits I think. Admittedly, it's a bit different. When I process these images I never know where I'll wind up. (Ease up on the gummies, Mike 😳🤣) #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #clouds #fullspectrum #ir
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It's #WackyWednesdayArt day. This #longexposure #infrared image fits I think. Admittedly, it's a bit different. When I process these images I never know where I'll wind up. (Ease up on the gummies, Mike 😳🤣) #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #clouds #fullspectrum #ir
Maybe this image works for #WackyWednesdayArt? It is an #infrared image of a golden silk orb-weaver female and smaller male spiders hanging out in a web together. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #spiders #arachnid
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Maybe this image works for #WackyWednesdayArt? It is an #infrared image of a golden silk orb-weaver female and smaller male spiders hanging out in a web together. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #spiders #arachnid
Go wide. This is a multi-image #longexposure #infrared #panorama made over the salt marsh at the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in North Florida. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #clouds #fullspectrum #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
November 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Go wide. This is a multi-image #longexposure #infrared #panorama made over the salt marsh at the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in North Florida. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #clouds #fullspectrum #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
Big rocks for #RockinTuesday. This is Crowfoot Mountain on Bow Lake in Banff National Park. I stayed at the Lodge at Bow Lake for several days at a photography workshop event in May. I made many images of this beauty. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #Canada #Alberta #infrared #bnw
November 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Big rocks for #RockinTuesday. This is Crowfoot Mountain on Bow Lake in Banff National Park. I stayed at the Lodge at Bow Lake for several days at a photography workshop event in May. I made many images of this beauty. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #Canada #Alberta #infrared #bnw
#BlueskyMonday is anything #blue, right? How about blue water? This amazingly beautiful brown pelican was enjoying roosting on the old pilings in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge near St. Marks Florida. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #pelicans
November 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
#BlueskyMonday is anything #blue, right? How about blue water? This amazingly beautiful brown pelican was enjoying roosting on the old pilings in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge near St. Marks Florida. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #pelicans
It's #BlueskyMonday, and what better way to show blue than with a sky! This is a long exposure image made on the Florida National Scenic Trail in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in the Florida Panhandle. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #clouds #longexposure #Florida #floridaphotographer
November 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It's #BlueskyMonday, and what better way to show blue than with a sky! This is a long exposure image made on the Florida National Scenic Trail in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in the Florida Panhandle. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #clouds #longexposure #Florida #floridaphotographer
Here's another #insect for #Stunday. This is a spicebush swallowtail larvae. I uncurled the leaf ever so briefly so that I could make its portrait. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #butterfly #entomology #insectphotography
November 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Here's another #insect for #Stunday. This is a spicebush swallowtail larvae. I uncurled the leaf ever so briefly so that I could make its portrait. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #butterfly #entomology #insectphotography
I like the #Stunday theme as it's wide open. I think this Luna moth is stunning. As I photographed fungi one morning I noticed it just sitting there. It was a cold morning late in the year. 105mm macro lens. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #insects #moths #macrophotography
November 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I like the #Stunday theme as it's wide open. I think this Luna moth is stunning. As I photographed fungi one morning I noticed it just sitting there. It was a cold morning late in the year. 105mm macro lens. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #insects #moths #macrophotography
#Autumn is the theme for today's #BlueSkyArtShow. This image was made over a crystal clear freshwater spring in North Florida in early December on a cool crisp morning. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #forests #springs #fallcolors #longexposure #trees
November 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
#Autumn is the theme for today's #BlueSkyArtShow. This image was made over a crystal clear freshwater spring in North Florida in early December on a cool crisp morning. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #forests #springs #fallcolors #longexposure #trees
Today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #autumn. While we're no Vermont, we do get fall color here in North Florida. Our mixed hardwood forests can put on a show in late November and December. Best on a foggy morning. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #longexposure #fallcolors
November 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #autumn. While we're no Vermont, we do get fall color here in North Florida. Our mixed hardwood forests can put on a show in late November and December. Best on a foggy morning. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #longexposure #fallcolors
I absolutely love this. There's so much emotion and warmth. The embrace, while a small part of the image, fills the frame.
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Check out Jilly @jillysnaps.bsky.social. Her photography is amazing.
October 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I absolutely love this. There's so much emotion and warmth. The embrace, while a small part of the image, fills the frame.
Check out Jilly @jillysnaps.bsky.social. Her photography is amazing.
Check out Jilly @jillysnaps.bsky.social. Her photography is amazing.
Here's another image from my early morning walk on Wednesday. I walked into the woods just before sunrise. I stood for a moment and took a deep cleansing breath and then walked along this river sink. It fits both #Scape day and #ForestFriday. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #longexposure
October 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Here's another image from my early morning walk on Wednesday. I walked into the woods just before sunrise. I stood for a moment and took a deep cleansing breath and then walked along this river sink. It fits both #Scape day and #ForestFriday. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #longexposure
Snowy egrets are among my favorite #birds to photograph. Elegance in flight. With their yellow slippers. A perfect avian for #FlyDay. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #egrets #birdsinflight
October 31, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Snowy egrets are among my favorite #birds to photograph. Elegance in flight. With their yellow slippers. A perfect avian for #FlyDay. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #egrets #birdsinflight
Here's another in a series of images I made of snowy egrets that were hanging around an old snag next to a small lake. They were socializing and having a grand time of it. I documented their frivolity. Unobtrusively. #photography #birds #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #egrets
October 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Here's another in a series of images I made of snowy egrets that were hanging around an old snag next to a small lake. They were socializing and having a grand time of it. I documented their frivolity. Unobtrusively. #photography #birds #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #egrets