Touching Light Photography
@touchinglight.bsky.social
Occasional photographer - nature and landscape. Prints are available ... contact through BlueSky. PhD mol. biologist/pharm/sci bus dev., woodworker.
I'm acutely aware of and concerned about climate change!
*Happily married!* *Øporn!*
I'm acutely aware of and concerned about climate change!
*Happily married!* *Øporn!*
The light was not pretty today in the Skagit flats of WA state, but I was out for a while. Here are two photos of Red-Tailed Hawks. In the left photo, there is a mouse in the hawk's left talon. On the right, the hawk was standing on one leg on a post a long way out (1200mm focal length).
October 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The light was not pretty today in the Skagit flats of WA state, but I was out for a while. Here are two photos of Red-Tailed Hawks. In the left photo, there is a mouse in the hawk's left talon. On the right, the hawk was standing on one leg on a post a long way out (1200mm focal length).
An old barn in the Skagit flatlands of Washington state.
October 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
An old barn in the Skagit flatlands of Washington state.
These large format acrylic prints are a lot of work. This print is 22" x 40" and is mounted on 1/4" acrylic. The print is first made on a metallic paper substrate, then an optically clear adhesive is bonded to the face of the print, then the print is bonded to the acrylic 1/2
October 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
These large format acrylic prints are a lot of work. This print is 22" x 40" and is mounted on 1/4" acrylic. The print is first made on a metallic paper substrate, then an optically clear adhesive is bonded to the face of the print, then the print is bonded to the acrylic 1/2
I will be at a local protest rally this morning/afternoon...
October 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I will be at a local protest rally this morning/afternoon...
I traveled up to the Skagit flats in WA this afternoon. Too early for the snow geese and the swans, and fall colors haven't really kicked in yet, but it was a beautiful day! (Mt. Baker is the snow covered peak in the photo on the right.
October 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I traveled up to the Skagit flats in WA this afternoon. Too early for the snow geese and the swans, and fall colors haven't really kicked in yet, but it was a beautiful day! (Mt. Baker is the snow covered peak in the photo on the right.
An old photo that I took way back in 2010, of an American Pika near Mt. Shuksan, WA state.
September 23, 2025 at 1:48 AM
An old photo that I took way back in 2010, of an American Pika near Mt. Shuksan, WA state.
Two eagles (old image from several years back):
September 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Two eagles (old image from several years back):
A small forest scene about 1000 feet from my home that we pass on our daily walks.
July 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A small forest scene about 1000 feet from my home that we pass on our daily walks.
Not a hummer this time, just a buzzer...
July 17, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Not a hummer this time, just a buzzer...
An Anna and a Rufous hummingbird during a brief encounter amongst the Crocosmia Lucifer blooms. A chance encounter, fortunate to have both in the focal plane at the same time!
July 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
An Anna and a Rufous hummingbird during a brief encounter amongst the Crocosmia Lucifer blooms. A chance encounter, fortunate to have both in the focal plane at the same time!
Be well my friends, and cherish every moment you have.
All of these photos were taken within 25 feet of my home. View large for best image.
All of these photos were taken within 25 feet of my home. View large for best image.
July 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Be well my friends, and cherish every moment you have.
All of these photos were taken within 25 feet of my home. View large for best image.
All of these photos were taken within 25 feet of my home. View large for best image.
I am surrounded by beauty, close at hand, just footsteps from my front door and back door. No travel necessary, only the willingness to relax and listen and observe for a short while. Nature comes into my life when I am patient and spend the time to appreciate everything that is close to me.
July 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I am surrounded by beauty, close at hand, just footsteps from my front door and back door. No travel necessary, only the willingness to relax and listen and observe for a short while. Nature comes into my life when I am patient and spend the time to appreciate everything that is close to me.
As I've gotten older, I've grown to realize that many of most beautiful things in life come from simply observing the nature that is within a few footsteps of the front door or back door to my home.
July 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
As I've gotten older, I've grown to realize that many of most beautiful things in life come from simply observing the nature that is within a few footsteps of the front door or back door to my home.
Every day, I am grateful to wake up again, and to be a part of this extraordinary thing we call life, this amazing and beautiful world, a world filled with beauty beyond my comprehension and beyond my understanding. How incredibly fortunate I am.
July 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Every day, I am grateful to wake up again, and to be a part of this extraordinary thing we call life, this amazing and beautiful world, a world filled with beauty beyond my comprehension and beyond my understanding. How incredibly fortunate I am.
Just can't stop photographing our hummingbirds!
July 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Just can't stop photographing our hummingbirds!
Another little beauty, another wonder.
July 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Another little beauty, another wonder.
And, one more hummer:
July 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
And, one more hummer:
More hummers from this morning coming up:
July 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
More hummers from this morning coming up:
They're back!
July 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
They're back!
Just another pretty flower...
June 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Just another pretty flower...
A ridgeline of trees climb towards the ridgeline of Mt. Shuksan, WA state.
June 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A ridgeline of trees climb towards the ridgeline of Mt. Shuksan, WA state.
Tall trees silhouetted against the snow-capped Mt. Shuksan at sunset, WA state.
June 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Tall trees silhouetted against the snow-capped Mt. Shuksan at sunset, WA state.