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Justin Pierce
@tinker.diy
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Former indie gamedev, now general software developer. Hobby photography. https://tinker.diy

Also run @hitconfirm.ing

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a few shots from yesterday

#Montreal #Quebec #Canada #Photography #StreetPhotography #cityscape #architecture
photograph looking down a glass cylinder with metal framing. through the cylinder's walls, you can see city buildings with green lights. at the end of the cylinder, you can see people from above walking down the hallway wide aspect ratio photograph depicting a theater with large concrete columns on the right and a night time cityscape on the left a wide aspect ratio photograph depicting people ice skating at night at an outdoor rink in the middle of the city
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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walking around

#Montreal #Quebec #Canada #Photography #graffiti #Neon #Bokeh
photograph of graffiti under a bridge. a mix of concrete and metal close up shot of a road signal pole and crosswalk button. there's a sticker depicting a ghostly animal making it look like it's coming out of the crosswalk button. the background is blurred, showing strings of light with bokeh and a building facade being illuminated by a projector photograph of a storefront with an illuminated sign showing the business hours. the rest of the store is darker and the red light from the sign is hitting some of the product in the window
November 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Great Blue Heron coming in for a landing

#birds #birding #heron #blueheron #greatblueheron #wildlifephotography #photography
a Great Blue Heron flying in for a landing. Wings stretch outward, feet out in front, a few feet off the ground. in the background, shallow water and rocks with some greenery in the far back
August 31, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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finally captured some shots of a Cedar Waxwing

#birds #CedarWaxwing #WildlifePhotography #nature
Cedar Waxwing standing on a branch, view from behind . can see bits of orange on their feathers. bits of bright yellow at the end of their tailfeathers Cedar Waxwing standing on a branch with a twig in its mouth. view from behind. can see bits of orange on their feathers. bits of bright yellow at the end of their tailfeathers Cedar Waxwing standing on a branch, view from behind. can see bits of orange on their feathers. bits of bright yellow at the end of their tailfeathers. the feathers on its head are protruding outward
July 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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European Starling on a rainy day

#birds
a European Starling on a thick tree branch with leaves and moss. a few blurred raindrops can be seen
July 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Snapped an American Goldfinch today

They're such vibrant #birds
An American Goldfinch, a small yellow and black bird, viewed from behind but head turned to look at viewer. Standing on a green branch in a field of green plants and purple flowers.
July 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Cooper’s Hawk from yesterday

#bird #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #citybirds #hawk #raptors #birdsofprey
Cooper’s Hawk perched in a tree on an overcast day. Side profile Cooper’s Hawk perched in a tree in front of a city, partially obstructed by yellow leaves
May 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Robin on the hunt

#birds
An American robin standing in grass pulling a worm out of the ground An American robin facing away from the camera with several small flying insects in front of it
May 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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uhhh

#birds #GreatBlueHeron
a Great Blue Heron slinging its tongue around a Great Blue Heron slinging its tongue around a Great Blue Heron slinging its tongue around. spittle is seen flying through the air a Great Blue Heron slinging its tongue around
April 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Cunning

#birds #GreatBlueHeron
A Great Blue Heron with a fish in its mouth
April 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Regal

#birds #GreatBlueHeron
a Great Blue Heron standing in the water with tall grass in the background
April 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Spotted Downy, Hairy, and Pileated Woodpeckers on #WoodpeckerWednesday #birds
Female Downy Woodpecker sitting on a branch looking back at the camera Male Hairy Woodpecker on a stump sticking its long thin tongue into a small hole Pileated Woodpecker, with large red crest, on the side of a tree
April 24, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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pics didn't really turn out but still fun to capture a small bird hunting tiny insects

#birds
Dark-eyed Junco looking at a couple small flying insects Dark-eyed Junco with small flying insect in its beak Dark-eyed Junco leaping from one branch to another
April 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Some recent #birds
House Sparrow standing on a branch Yellow-bellied Sapsucker standing on a thick branch White-breasted Nuthatch standing on the side of a tree. The tree has a big hole Two Ring-billed Gulls drinking from a puddle in the grass
April 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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few of my other favorites

#butterfly #photography #nature #natural #naturephotography
side view of a butterfly sitting on a leaf, partially obstructed so you can only see the wing and antenna poking out from behind. wing has patterns that mimic the appearance of owl eyes two blue butterflies with their wings intermingled blue butterfly on gold flowers a group of butterflies on a small flower -- the butterflies end up looking a bit like an odd flower themselves
February 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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first time trying to photograph bugs -- learned some stuff for next time

#butterfly #ants #photography #insects #nature #natural #naturephotography
three butterflies are grouped on a bright flower. in the blurred background, another butterfly appears to watch them with an eye-shaped pattern on its wing a branch with leaf cutter ants carrying a variety of plant matter in different colors -- green leafs, yellow, white, pink, and red flower pedals.
February 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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CW: This one has some bird gore

#birds #birdphotography #photography #birding #wildlifephotography #falcon #montreal
a Merlin falcon tearing apart a European Starling's flesh in the snow. A gaping wound can be seen on the Starling.
January 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Ran into this awesome Merlin that caught a European Starling at a nearby park

CW: blood

#birds #birdphotography #photography #birding #wildlifephotography #falcon #montreal
a Merlin standing on a European Starling in the snow. A bit of blood can be seen on the Merlin's beak An action shot of a Merlin securing a European Starling in the snow. Snow is shooting up from the activity An action shot of a Merlin securing a European Starling in the snow. A bloodied European Starling is seen underfoot, obscured by snow shooting up. A Merlin flying away with its prey in winter, less than a foot off the snow
January 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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First time snowshoeing 👍
Hikers snowshoeing into a forest, seen from behind with the bare snow in the foreground contrasted by the forest canopy in the background
January 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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#birding
A chickadee perched on an outstretched hand, viewed from the wrist
November 29, 2024 at 10:35 PM
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Met some friendly chickadees today #birds
November 29, 2024 at 10:34 PM
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New (to bsky) blog post!

I made a modular split ergo fightstick to play fighting games with. Split design + tenting feet make it extremely comfortable. Modularity makes it easy to prototype different button layouts. More deets and process pics in the link.

💪🕹️ #fgc

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3D printed split leverless fightstick prototype showing four interchangeable modules for the split fightstick
November 24, 2024 at 1:39 AM
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#birds in Vancouver.

Also first time I've really tried editing anything in Darktable (trying to move away from Adobe Lightroom). More of an adjustment than I expected, but shows potential.
Wood duck in water with a blank stare American Coot in water, featuring a devilish smirk Mallard in water demonstrating their angel pose
November 23, 2024 at 11:49 PM
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Wasn't sure I'd post much but recently decided to try sharing my photography here, so here's a shot from a recent trip to Vancouver. Sometime I'll try to get a website setup for it and delete instagram.

#photography
November 14, 2024 at 8:26 PM