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Robyn
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New Zealand Nature Photographer who loves to follow science. Hates any kind of racism. Loves travelling and cats.
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Well I figure I may as well start posting one of my images 😀
And we'll begin with what I'm best known for - my photographs of Colorado sunflowers!
#Colorado #landscape #nature #sunflower #Samsung
A photograph of large wild sunflowers on the Colorado eastern plains at sunset.
March 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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"It's not the camera but how you use it."
I think this image taken at Sloan's Lake Park in #Denver #Colorado illustrates that quote quite well. Shot on my old Samsung Galaxy S7 in RAW & edited in Lightroom & Photoshop. It's amazing how far we've come, I tell ya.
#photography #nature #landscape
A black and white picture of Sloan's Lake Park in Denver, Colorado showing 2 pine trees covered in snow along with the landscape surrounding them.
March 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Finally was able to snag a photograph of a Burrowing Owl a few years ago & had great light to work with during morning golden hour. I literally waited years to get this shot & I was screaming loudly after clicking the shutter lol

Hope you enjoy it 😀
#nature #bird #wildlife #Colorado #Sony #Tamron
A photograph of a Burrowing Owl in morning golden hour sunlight as it gives the "evil eye" posing for the camera perched on mullen. Photographed using a Sony A77II, a Tamron 150-600mm lens, and a Puffin Pad for stabilization.
April 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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"Enjoying The Sunlight"

Caught this Western Kingbird kicking back sunbathing in golden hour light just after sunrise 🌞
#nature #bird #birding #Colorado #photography #photograph
A Western Kingbird enjoys the warm golden hour light shortly after sunrise in Colorado.
May 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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I love shooting during golden hour & blue hour. In fact, that's like 95% of my photography. And this is a great example why.

It's all about the light! 😃
#Colorado #deer #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Sony #nature #naturephotography #photograph #photography
A Mike deer doe stands at attention in the golden light in Colorado.
May 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Fall is my favorite time of the year & as a photographer it's my busiest time. Colorado offers many things to photograph & the terrain is incredibly varied.

Taken at Chatfied State Park 📸🍁
#fall #autumn #Denver #landscape #landscapephitography #nature #naturephotography #BlueSkyArtShow #Sony
A photograph of a autumn forest with a path covered in leaves. Image taken at Chatfied State Park in Colorado.
June 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Was he just walking past? Fab street photography!
macphotography.bsky.social Bob McCormac @macphotography.bsky.social · Feb 28
Capt. Jack Sparrow stepping off the screen an onto the streets in Tallinn, Estonia. #Pirates #Tallinn #Estonia #portrait #macphotographynj #bobmac27
June 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Beautiful
June 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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My 7 year old Granddaughter had an idea last night. She wanted me to take pictures of bubbles made by a bubble maker toy she got for her birthday. So she made the bubbles and I took the pictures! Strikes me as a happy, hopeful picture. And a good distraction from the news. #Photography
multiple coloured bubbles floating through the air
June 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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I'm writing about my birding tour in did in Honduras last Feb complete with images. If you are interested, head to...
open.substack.com/pub/theambli...

#birds #travel #photography #birdphotography #travelphotography
Pico Bonito Lodge and Spa
A New Zealander Birding in Honduras
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June 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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One World Trade Center in New York. #newyork #architecture #clouds #bluesky #macphotographynj #bobmac27
May 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Trinity church at the end of Wall Street. #NYC #newyork #TrinityChurch
May 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Happy Friday to everyone! 💚🤍🌿🕊
#FlowersOnFriday #trees #photography #scape #FlowerScape
Robinia pseudoacacia, or common Robinia (Lat: Robinia pseudoacacia), is a fast-growing forest-forming drought-resistant tree, a species of the genus Robinia of the legume family (Fabaceae).
The common name of the plant (botanically incorrect) is "white acacia". The clusters of inflorescences are similar to wisteria Large trees 20-25 m high (can reach 30-35 m) and a trunk diameter of up to 1 m. Shoots are bare or initially slightly pubescent, angular, olive-green to shiny reddish-brown. Leaves are light green with a silvery tint, alternate, odd-pinnate, 10-25 (up to 45) cm long. At the base of the leaves are paired spines up to 2 cm long, which are modified stipules and break off quite easily. Leaves are light green with a silvery tint, alternate, odd-pinnate, 10-25 (up to 45) cm long. At the base of the leaves are paired spines up to 2 cm long, which are modified stipules and break off quite easily. Leaflets 9-19 in number, elliptical, 2-4.5 cm long, 1.5-2 cm wide, rounded or sometimes slightly notched at the top and then with a very short spine, with a rounded or broadly wedge-shaped base, pubescent when young, later bare, light green above, glaucous-light green below, sitting on petioles 1-2 mm long; at the base of each petiole there is an awl-shaped soft stipule equal to about half the length of the petiole. Flowers: Inflorescence - many-flowered (5-15 flowers), drooping raceme 10-25 cm long. Flowers sit on pubescent pedicels 6-12 mm long. Flowers are numerous, fragrant. The calyx is broadly bell-shaped, 7-10 mm long, 5-9 mm wide, densely pubescent with reddish, short hairs, the teeth of the calyx are 2-3 times shorter than the tube, triangular. The corolla is white or slightly creamy, up to 3.5 cm in diameter, the sail is 1.5-2 cm long and 1.3-1.7 cm wide, with a greenish-yellow spot at the base; the wings are almost equal in length to the sail, the keel is blunt. Flowering occurs, depending on the species and region, in May - June or July
June 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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The rescued Australasian Harrier about to land on someone, talons outstretched, wings on brake mode. She's a beauty. Blind in one eye she cannot be released. #birds #ornithology #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #nature #hawk #swampharrier
Australasian Harrier in flight on dark background
June 13, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owlet at sunrise. He is starting to get little horizontal stripes on his belly.
January 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Beautiful
viktoriay.bsky.social Viktoriay Yakimush @viktoriay.bsky.social · May 27
Good morning! Have a lovely Tuesday, everyone! 💗🌞🌸
#TulipsTuesday 🌷 #flowers #flowersphotography #gardening #tuliptuesday
The photo shows a white double tulip with pink veins on the edges of the petals. The center is light yellow
June 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Have a fabulously beautiful Saturday, everyone! 🤗🫶✨️
Enjoy the last day of May! 🌿🕊💙🌞🤍🌾💚
"- June is the first month of summer, and May is just spring...
- Give me your June already, everything is clear with this spring... " 😉
#nature #naturephotography #Scape
In the foreground of the photo there are green ears of wheat and a field behind! The sky is blue with large clouds, on the horizon there is a strip of forest
May 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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This Australasian Swamp Harrier is a rescue after being hit by a car. Unfortunately its now blind in one eye so cannot be released back into the wild. I was lucky to spend some time with it. #birds #ornithology #harrier #swampharrier #hawk ##newzealand #birdphotography
Australasian swamp harrier on dark background.
June 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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I love this. Gives a mysterious feel into this town. Colour palette is lovely.
May 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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I realise I have lots of images on my hard disk drive gathering dust! So I've started a substack on my recent travels using my photos.

Feel free to subscribe. It's free!
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Image of a bright red dingy on smooth blue grey water with a grey sky.
May 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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One of the world’s most romantic cities: Venice.
A gondolier navigates his passengers through a narrow canal in Venice.
February 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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We live inside a dream #scape #davidlynch #treescape #photography #art #icm
Multiple ICM image of this gorgeous foggy morning at Holmsley in the New forest
February 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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#Redkite chick (approx 6/7 weeks) I had in my care prior to translocation to Aberdeenshire & NEEngland as part of reintroduction pj. Very feisty & bigger than others (prob few days older) was def my favourite
#birdofprey #birds #UKWildlife #UKBirds #Birdsofbsky
#conservation #nature #birdphotography
December 9, 2024 at 9:17 AM
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I absolutely love hummingbirds. Luis has captured this violet ear beautifully.
February 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Love the contemplative pose
February 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM