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Nicole
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💙❤️💛💚 UX tech worker by day
📸 Digital artist by night
🎪 Aerialist at twilight
🏠 LA
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Sheep and secret portals at the Fairly Glen on the magical Isle of Skye 🐑 🧚 The local sheep seemed entirely unimpressed by the tear in the space-time continuum, which is very on-brand for Scottish livestock.

#Scotland #Photography #TravelPhotography #LandscapePhotography #NatureLovers
January 20, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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Gorgeous exploring and shooting around Old Man of Storr in #Scotland 🖤 Already dying to go back!

#landscapephotography #photography #travel
January 17, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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A wee peek from exploring #Scotland the last couple of weeks! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 It was an incredible trip but a lot of pushing through headcolds and a wide variety of weather. Still, we had a wonderful time and I'm looking forward to sharing what photos I managed to capture 🖤

#photography #naturephotography
January 13, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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Enjoying the continuation of the #Yule season's spirit—a focus on light returning, friends, and feasting. May your midwinter be bright! 🕯️🌿

#Midwinter #FestiveSeason #Christmas
December 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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A little winter #throwback to pastel dawns and aurora-lit nights in Levi, Finland earlier this year. This trip truly made me a fan of winter travel forever and I honestly can't wait for our next adventure to the Arctic. ❄️ 🦌 🌌

#Photography #Finland #Arctic #Winter
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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#YosemiteFalls on a moody autumn day 🌘 I'm enjoying the descent into winter, how about you?

#LandscapePhotography #Landscapes #Photography #PhotoEdits
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Hey it is Thanksgiving after all: I'm thankful for fog that rolls in and makes everything look dramatic and brooding. Can't wait to soak up the ultimate version in Scotland soon. What is the one natural element you are grateful for right now? 🙏 #Photography #LandscapePhotography
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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A little slice of beautiful Vernal Falls in #Yosemite 🩵 I wanted to get tighter framing on the falls to capture more of those wonderful details you could just stare at for hours.

#NationalParks #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Waterfall
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Another iconic view of #Yosemite valley complete with an autumnal maple and half dome 🍁
#LandscapePhotography #Photography
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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I love an epic vista but mountain details truly make me happy 🖤

#Photography #LandscapePhotography
November 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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I've been playing with these portals lately, which has been a fun experiment in looking at landscapes with a potential framing or negative space in mind. Also, I'm just a sucker for a lone tree on a hillside, let's face it 🌲

#Photography #Photoshop #PhotoEdit #LandscapePhotography
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Twilight at Glacier Point was magical--can you spot the tiny headlamps of hikers in the landscape?

#Photography #LandscapePhotography #Yosemite
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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An absolutely breathtaking misty dawn in #Yosemite valley last month 🏔️

#Photography #LandscapePhotography
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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🍂 Otherwordly autumn vibes in Tuolumne Grove last month, and a little editing magic🍃

#Photography #PhotoEdits #Photoshop
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Caught the classic Tunnel View on a misty morning after the first fall storm of this year ❄️ Whenever the weather shifts in Yosemite National Park it always unveils some incredible scenery
#photography #landscapephotography #yosemite
November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Tiny flowers spotted in Pinnacles National Park this summer 💜
#photography #photoedits #photoshop
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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All in the details 🔍 a little close up of Lower Yosemite Falls as we strolled the valley earlier this year. Staying at Yosemite Valley Lodge was a fascinating chance to be in the middle of it all, including a few minutes' stroll from this lovely view.
#photography #landscapephotography #waterfall
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Embracing the misty autumnal drama 🖤 Loved getting this shot at Hetch Hetchy during our trip earlier this fall
#landscapephotography #photography
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Managed to grab some photos while visiting family in #Seattle this summer, now into edits!

#naturephotography #photography #photoedits
September 15, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Breaking a lot of landscape #photography rules here for my own version of the Lone Cypress in northern CA

#photoshop #photoediting
August 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Another shot and edit from Pinnacles National Park earlier this summer 🌌

#NarionalParks #LandscapePhotography #PhotoEdits
August 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Some cliff-side trees early in the morning in Pinnacles #NationalPark 🌲🌘 the lens flare is organic, more magic added in #photoshop

#photography #photoedits
Evergreen trees shine in golden beams of early morning sunlight, peeking out from between dark cliffs. A larger tree in the center of the frame is crowned by a glowing, pale crescent moon. At the base of the cliffs, stars are visible in the shadows, as if the cliffs are nebulas emerging in space.
July 29, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Gorgeous golden hour view looking towards the towering rocks of Pinnacles National Park from this lovely winery inn.

#photography #landscapephotography #photoshop
A women in a long, flowing back dress stands touching a towering oak tree with a dark, starry portal nestled between the folds of its trunk. Fields of cultivated grapevines stretch into the distance where we see a collection of towering rocks jutting into the sky beyond rolling hills. It is golden hour and the warm light shines on the woman, the grape leaves, the yellow grass, and the distant rocks.
July 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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From a roadtrip up the northern #California coast 🖤

#photography #photoedits #landscapephotography
July 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Still working my way through edits from my #finland trip earlier this year--though technically this day we were across the border in #norway

#photography #photoshop
A black, ornate cross-shaped gravestone rises out of sparkling snow in front of a frozen arctic landscape. In the distance, tiny warm lights of a fishing village are visible on the edge of a frozen fjord. An unnaturally large crescent moon rises above the grave, looking large over the scene.
May 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM