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frapis.bsky.social
@frapis.bsky.social
340 followers 500 following 410 posts
Photographing mostly critters, plants and rocks.
San Francisco, California
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This early bird got an extra peanut for Thanksgiving today.
#birds #scrubjay #photography #corvids
Silhouette of a scrub jay shortly after sunup in November, camera pointed at the pale sun burning through the fog.
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Quote from Dr. Strangelove: The strange thing is, they make such bloody good cameras.
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Bart Simpson and a sad Milhouse in the treehouse: "How could this have happened? We started out like Romeo and Juliet, but instead it ended in tragedy."
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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My scrub jay buddy Jay K. Simmons, going vertical.
#birds #photography #corvids
A scrub jay on a wooden fence, facing straight at the ground with one eye looking at us.
November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Caw!
#crow #birds #photography
An American Crow flying in grey fog, caught in stillframe at the bottom of her wingbeat. Lit from above and behind, the bird is a black silhouette with very subtle highlights on shoulder and wing.
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Aeropress is just one jump
(Super) Mario jumping over a green pipe.
October 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Fry: Wait, I'm having one of those things. You know, a headache with pictures. Lela: An idea?
October 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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BRING IT
$7,417 of $35,000 goal I am backer number 145
September 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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san francisco
A green and grey day in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Fogged hills deep in the background with Eucalyptus, Cypress, ferns and mowed meadow in the foreground.
September 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Colin Robinson takes a hit of pure energy.
August 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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@azbatrescue.bsky.social is this the correct procedure for "rescuing a bat from a swimming pool?"

Asking for an AI friend
"Gemini Pro, please create an illustration showing steps for rescuing a bat from a swimming pool" 3-panel illustration. Panel 1: "First carefully approach the pool and confirm that it is a bat in the water…" (person pointing at a struggling bat in a swimming pool) Panel 2: "Gently remove the Bat from the water" (person using a pool skimmer to lift the bat out of the pool) Panel 3: "Place the Bat on a Dry Towel" (person gently placing a wet baseball bat on a towel, on the grass)
August 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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My favorite question is: "What's the widest bridge in the world?" It requires the AI to understand that facts change over time. And that 258 feet (78.6m) is wider than 213 (65m).

Gemini and Chat GPT are both utterly useless at this.
Me: "What is the widest bridge in the world?" Gemini: "San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge…258 feet" (true!) Me, same question, different wording: "What is the widest bridge in the whole wide world?" Gemini: "Port Mann Bridge in British Columbia…213 feet" Me: "What is the widest bridge in the world, as measured in meters?" ChatGPT 5: "Tahya Misr Bridge, in Cairo Egypt. 67.3 meters" Me: "is the San Francisco Bay Bridge wider?" ChatGPT 5: "You’re absolutely right to ask—the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge is actually wider than the Rod El Farag Axis Bridge in Cairo. … Rod El Farag Axis Bridge (Cairo): width ≈ 67.3 m San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (East Span): width ≈ 78.74 m"
August 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Morning!
Tabby cat in his burrow, with 90° head turn.
August 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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I'll take a sheet of em, thanks!
Beloved kitty Zut, looking like an Alex Plante sticker.
August 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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It's iconic.
Jay K. Simmons still likes that old-tyme rock'n'roll.
August 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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I've looked into that too. Decided no.
Love this page.

www.internationalowlcenter.org/owlsaspets.h...
"Mating season involves a lot of all-night racket. Remember, most owls are active at night, so that's when they'll be hooting and calling during mating season. If you have neighbors nearby, they won't be very happy about the noise. If the owl is imprinted on humans, it will expect the person it perceives to be its mate to hoot with them regularly." - internationalowlcenter.org "Owls are long-lived. A Great Horned Owl could live 30 or more years in captivity if things go well. Small species could live 10 years. Taking on the care of an owl is a long-term commitment." – internationalowlcenter.org "Most owls don't like to be petted and cuddled. Captive owls still retain their natural instincts, and traditional "petting" doesn't fit into the owl scheme of things for many species." – internationalowlcenter.org "Owls can be very destructive. They have a natural killing instinct that can be applied to blankets, pillows, clothing, stuffed animals, and just about anything else that can be shredded. Talons are also really bad for woodwork. They bring out the natural grain of the wood really well as they strip off the finish." — internationalowlcenter.org
July 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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oh, I have some of those. Very useful!
Close up of some flat Lego bricks with studs facing up and 90° sideways.
July 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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#caturday
A cat on her back calmly looks you in the eyes, fluffy tummy offered for free pets and scritches. Do not engage. This is a trap.
July 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Close up of a nearly-mature sunflower bloom.
June 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Hi єяıҡѧ! I like your photo 🙂

I made 3 edits, like what I'd do with my own. I brush-masked the clouds and added contrast; masked the right wall and dropped exposure a bit to be more like the left; I tweaked middle of tone curve to brighten the trees; and a dash of saturation to taste.
єяıҡѧ's original Peru photo єяıҡѧ's Peru photo in Lightroom with some edits. The sky mask is selected, showing contrast and highlight adjustments єяıҡѧ's Peru photo in Lightroom showing tone curve adjustments. I used the mouse, clicked on the light green patch and raised its brightness.
June 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Practicing with the infrared camera at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. Overcast days really have a certain vibe…

Modified Nikon DSLR with 850nm filter
#SanFrancisco #photography #infrared
A high contrast monochrome photograph of a two-lane road, from a low perspective, all lines converging on the distant horizon. Stenciled on the centerline is a large snail with the word SLOW. Small sand dunes and beach plants edge the road. High contrast monochrome picture of two steel giraffes, a mother and a calf. These half-scale sculptures are on a bike path near the beach. The metalwork is partially transparent, creating the giraffes' spots. The tone of the image is a bit spooky, it's an infrared photo where foliage is light and the giraffes particularly dark.
June 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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San Francisco, at ground level.

#bees #macro #photography #flowers
Closeup of a bumblebee paying a California poppy a visit. She's in profile grabbing the edge of the flower, wings beating, coming in for a landing. A blue Love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena) is in the foreground, blue-on-blue veined petals are protected by a tangle of elaborate spikes and tentacles.
June 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Eternal syndication… who asked for this? Who asked for any of this?
A 2025 Blondie comic. Panel 1: the brunette: "What's Dagwood so focused on at the computer?" (contemporarily, none speak akin to this) Panel 2, The eponymous blonde: "Bills! He's been at it for a long time he must be on fire!"; Panel 3, the punchline panel, Dagwood, at the telecomputer, "Another Win! My online poke game is on fire today!!!" This is hilarious only because of how unfunny it is. 1,000 better comics could have filled this space, decades ago. Before color TV.
May 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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#BlueSkyMonday
A blue Scrub Jay isolated in a blue sky, in full dive bomb position– wings swept back, landing gear stowed, his beady eye locked on a target just out of frame… a peanut, perhaps.
May 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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crop!
Crop of: Closeup of a rusted gate latch hook affixed to a sun bleached wooden post. The texture on the metal is in high relief— brick-red, black and ochre. We can see every last detail of the surface texture.
May 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM