Marv Beatty
@marvbeatty.bsky.social
Earth's escape velocity = 11.27 km/s, so get used to being here. I take between 5-8 K photos per year. Some are even good!
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This focus-stack worked well, but I need to pay more attention to the edges. I didn't notice the bottom left fern creeps out of the frame. 🤨
#ferns #photography
#ferns #photography
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This focus-stack worked well, but I need to pay more attention to the edges. I didn't notice the bottom left fern creeps out of the frame. 🤨
#ferns #photography
#ferns #photography
A shot from September. This was supposed to be a crisp, focus-stacked image, but I goofed the settings and the shots won't blend together, so I'm just sharing the one with the most focus on the shrooms.
#nature #fungi #mushrooms
#nature #fungi #mushrooms
November 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A shot from September. This was supposed to be a crisp, focus-stacked image, but I goofed the settings and the shots won't blend together, so I'm just sharing the one with the most focus on the shrooms.
#nature #fungi #mushrooms
#nature #fungi #mushrooms
For today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #small.
There's a moss-covered, gravel roof over an entrance to my apartment building, and this little fungi has found a home there.
I wish I had a ladder so I could shoot this properly versus hand-held through my apartment window.
There's a moss-covered, gravel roof over an entrance to my apartment building, and this little fungi has found a home there.
I wish I had a ladder so I could shoot this properly versus hand-held through my apartment window.
November 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
For today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #small.
There's a moss-covered, gravel roof over an entrance to my apartment building, and this little fungi has found a home there.
I wish I had a ladder so I could shoot this properly versus hand-held through my apartment window.
There's a moss-covered, gravel roof over an entrance to my apartment building, and this little fungi has found a home there.
I wish I had a ladder so I could shoot this properly versus hand-held through my apartment window.
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Every time I see a headline like those here, I have to read/watch.
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Every time I see a headline like those here, I have to read/watch.
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Them: "Oh, your hobby is photography. What do you like to take photos of?"
Me, checking watch: "How much time do you have?"
Me, checking watch: "How much time do you have?"
November 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Them: "Oh, your hobby is photography. What do you like to take photos of?"
Me, checking watch: "How much time do you have?"
Me, checking watch: "How much time do you have?"
Downy woodpeckers are the smallest woodpeckers in North America, but this one has a big, confident personality. 🙂
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Downy woodpeckers are the smallest woodpeckers in North America, but this one has a big, confident personality. 🙂
Does anyone know what this cloud type is called? Altocumulus, cirrocumulus or stratocumulus? Or perhaps something else?
Funky, anyway.
#clouds
Funky, anyway.
#clouds
November 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Does anyone know what this cloud type is called? Altocumulus, cirrocumulus or stratocumulus? Or perhaps something else?
Funky, anyway.
#clouds
Funky, anyway.
#clouds
But did you find the monkey heads?!
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
But did you find the monkey heads?!
Very cool! I’ve only ever seen one but managed an iPhone video!
November 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Very cool! I’ve only ever seen one but managed an iPhone video!
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I think I got it with my Canon 90D and a 250 mm in April. No “real” photo though … took an iPhone shot of the LCD as I zoomed in 10X. 😂
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I think I got it with my Canon 90D and a 250 mm in April. No “real” photo though … took an iPhone shot of the LCD as I zoomed in 10X. 😂
It's clear, -4 °C and 97 per cent humidity. Maybe I'll wake tomorrow to see a nice, bright layer of frost.
We get some pretty scenes around here in the winter months. And, sometimes, gangly young moose.
We get some pretty scenes around here in the winter months. And, sometimes, gangly young moose.
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
It's clear, -4 °C and 97 per cent humidity. Maybe I'll wake tomorrow to see a nice, bright layer of frost.
We get some pretty scenes around here in the winter months. And, sometimes, gangly young moose.
We get some pretty scenes around here in the winter months. And, sometimes, gangly young moose.
I mean, my car wasn't that far away. Search and rescue would have found my body fairly quickly had I slipped; they're quite good at what they do.
Pleasantly surprised to find trout in here!
Pleasantly surprised to find trout in here!
November 19, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I mean, my car wasn't that far away. Search and rescue would have found my body fairly quickly had I slipped; they're quite good at what they do.
Pleasantly surprised to find trout in here!
Pleasantly surprised to find trout in here!
It's rare for me to go to Puntchesakut Lake and see another human. And this time of year, there aren't even boaters. It's so peaceful.
The bald eagle had an enormous wingspan.
The bald eagle had an enormous wingspan.
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It's rare for me to go to Puntchesakut Lake and see another human. And this time of year, there aren't even boaters. It's so peaceful.
The bald eagle had an enormous wingspan.
The bald eagle had an enormous wingspan.
Here's my first "totally-edited-using-Affinity" photo.
Baby steps.
I used adjustment layers for curves, color and levels, and figured out how to constrain crops to the edges of an image. The "magnet" seems ill-placed ...
These red rocks at Narcosli Creek really stand out under a cloudy sky.
Baby steps.
I used adjustment layers for curves, color and levels, and figured out how to constrain crops to the edges of an image. The "magnet" seems ill-placed ...
These red rocks at Narcosli Creek really stand out under a cloudy sky.
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Here's my first "totally-edited-using-Affinity" photo.
Baby steps.
I used adjustment layers for curves, color and levels, and figured out how to constrain crops to the edges of an image. The "magnet" seems ill-placed ...
These red rocks at Narcosli Creek really stand out under a cloudy sky.
Baby steps.
I used adjustment layers for curves, color and levels, and figured out how to constrain crops to the edges of an image. The "magnet" seems ill-placed ...
These red rocks at Narcosli Creek really stand out under a cloudy sky.
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The old West Fraser Road is a neat area to explore. I used to drive this road, but five sections over approximately three kilometres were washed out in 2018.
I hiked above the first slide area today; gotta be careful but there are some nice forested areas. I'll go farther next time.
#photography
I hiked above the first slide area today; gotta be careful but there are some nice forested areas. I'll go farther next time.
#photography
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The old West Fraser Road is a neat area to explore. I used to drive this road, but five sections over approximately three kilometres were washed out in 2018.
I hiked above the first slide area today; gotta be careful but there are some nice forested areas. I'll go farther next time.
#photography
I hiked above the first slide area today; gotta be careful but there are some nice forested areas. I'll go farther next time.
#photography
And it's #MountainMonday again. I seem to always forget about these photo days of the week until I start seeing posts.
Inspired by @mrussellphoto.bsky.social's excellent entry, I went searching for this foggy forest photo from last November.
Inspired by @mrussellphoto.bsky.social's excellent entry, I went searching for this foggy forest photo from last November.
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
And it's #MountainMonday again. I seem to always forget about these photo days of the week until I start seeing posts.
Inspired by @mrussellphoto.bsky.social's excellent entry, I went searching for this foggy forest photo from last November.
Inspired by @mrussellphoto.bsky.social's excellent entry, I went searching for this foggy forest photo from last November.
The sun popped out around sunset.
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The sun popped out around sunset.