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Dylan Mirales
@realistic.dog
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Woodland photographer based in Pittsburgh, PA
Nature | Space | Critters | Infrared
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i don’t want to work. i want to play in the snow with my dog.
December 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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i don’t need to know the names of all the types of birds i’ve seen. that’s none of my business
December 2, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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📷 Foggy walk through the cemetery this morning shot on the Light L16 and processed in B&W

#pennsylvania #lightl16 #photography #computationalphotography #eastcoastkin
Lines of gravestones in a cemetery. In the distance is a small chapel. A bare tree rises up to the left of frame. A trunk of a tree against a foggy cemetery background A small chapel in the center of frame surrounded by a few bare trees and gravestones. A dog sniffs the ground in front of a gravestone that reads, “not dead, but sleeping.”
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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📷 Soft glow

#moon #sunset #clouds #pennsylvania #photography #eastcoastkin #nature
A small, glowing crescent moon hangs above some purple clouds against the pale, blue sky.
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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i dislike mouse + keyboard gaming because it feels too much like video editing and i already spend eight hours a day doing that
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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he just wants a big, cozy chair
photo of a black, fluffy dog with blue eyes curled up tight on a white chair staring towards the camera
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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The neighbors are visiting

#deer #backyard #pennsylvania #naturalist #wildlife #photography #animals
A deer stands next to a bare tree in a yard. Leaves are scattered on the ground. Out of focus in the background is the head of an other deer.
November 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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📷 We already don’t get enough sun as it is in Pittsburgh for most of the year so I’d prefer if it were slightly foggy all the time instead of overcast.

#autumn #frickpark #hiking #forest #woodland #nature #naturalist #naturephotography #pennsylvania #landscape
Wide angle photo of a foggy forest in fall. The wide angle exaggerates the perspective of the trees as they stretch towards the sky.
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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what if… what if i made a ttrpg?

i think these thoughts might lead me down a dark path
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Millennials have gone too far with the whole responding to a text when I feel like it thing because self care or whatever. I respond to a text when I see because I am your friend and I enjoy interacting with you.
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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there is no place in heaven for those that randomly launch fireworks in my dense neighborhood and frighten my sensitive dogs
November 15, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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if the videos don’t perfectly, seamlessly loop, the vine reboot isn’t worth it.
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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fighting an urge to start saying “shrimply” instead of “simply” or else it will destroy my personal and professional relationships
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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📷 There are still some pockets of great color in Frick Park

#hiking #fall #autumn #pittsburgh #pennsylvania #frickpark #eastcoastkin #naturalist #woodland #photography
A wide trail weaves through autumn colored woods.
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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📷 From a hike along Meadow Run a couple years ago

#hiking #photography #longexposure #autumn #fall #pennsylvania #nature #naturephotography #woodland #forest #ohiopyle
A small waterfall along a stream in the woods. The water flows over rocks. The forest is mixed with green and yellow leaves. Some fallen leaves are on the rocks in the foreground.
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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📷 Streamside Solitude

#ohiopyle #pennsylvania #hiking #naturephotography #naturalist #woodland #statepark #autumn #photography #landscape
A rocky creek flows through an autumn forest. The leaves are changing. Fallen leaves cover the rocks on the bank. In the foreground, a tree grows along the banks with its roots partially exposed.
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Once we had the cat era of the Internet. Then we had the dog era. Those days have waned and now it is time for bird people usher in a new era.
November 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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📷 Happy Halloween!!! 💀 😈
I was snapping away at a bonfire a few years ago and didn’t notice this spooky face looking back at me. Is it haunted or just a good example of our brains searching for shapes and patterns?

#pareidolia #horror #photography #sciart #haunted #nightphotography #halloween
A shot of a flame in a bonfire in the shape of a skull with horns. Little dots of orange bits of embers erupt around it after a log collapsed.
October 31, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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📷 The ruins of an old stone house in the middle of the woods at Linn Run

#photography #ruins #abandoned #woodland #pennsylvania #nature #hiking #naturalist #autumn
Ruins of an old stone house in the woods. You can see an outer wall and chimney still standing. The leaves on the trees are a mix of yellow and green.
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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i think any proponent of nuclear weapons should be launched into the sun
October 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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📷 Among the cascades and rapids in Slippery Rock Creek there are pockets of stillness that reflect the forest above.

#photography #hiking #pennsylvania #westernpa #naturephotography #naturalist #outdoors #woodland #landscape
A photo of a still creek, the surface reflects a mix of bare branches and green leaves on it.
October 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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📷 McConnells Mill is one of my favorite hiking spots that I keep coming back to. It’s spectacular in any season you visit.

#pennsylvania #hiking #photography #landscape #woodland #hiking #naturalist #statepark #forest #autumn
Photo of a small cascade in a rocky stream running through a forest. It is framed by trees in the foreground. Dry leaves cover the mossy rocks along the bank.
October 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Had a weekend full of hikes with Coop

#photography #dogs #hiking #pennsylvania #autumn #statepark #fall
Cooper, a fluffy, black and white husky mix, stands in a creek. He stares off into the distance. There are trees with yellow and green leaves on the opposite side of the creek.
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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I hate that I keep on looking at this photo I took and thinking that it kinda looks like AI because of the sharpness, smooth BG and slightly warm lighting when in reality it’s just a 135mm f/2 lens.
October 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Here’s a mushroom for your Monday morning

#mushroom #fungus #mushroommonday #fungifriends #hiking #macrophotography #photography #nature #naturalist #pennsylvania
Photo of a brownish-orangish mushroom growing from a mossy stump.
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM