Joshua Phillips

A calm evening on the waters of Disko Bay, Greenland

There have been 87 car deaths in NYC so far this year, 51 of them pedestrians killed by cars

There have been 2 homicides in the subway*

An Indigo Bunting is perched on a wire fence, with the backdrop blurred out pink and green. Its tail is slightly cocked and wings are spread. I just happened to catch it after a big gust of wind as it flew off to a more stable perch.

Just in case you've never seen an Indigo Bunting walking a tightrope #birds #birding #indigo #indigobunting #Algoma #NorthernOntario

Sail is great! And specifically designed for two players

Black-and-white warbler sitting on one foot and singing

Black-and-white Warbler 🪶

ICE detained a carpenter at New Frameworks, a sustainable building co-op in Vermont, along with his teenage stepdaughter www.newframeworks.com/support-our-...

Please @inaturalist.bsky.social , no one asked for this. I value the _humans_ who use iNat, flaws and all.

Bleeding Heart flowers dangling from a horizontal stem with droplets of water on it.

It sure has rained a lot. 📷

I've gone ahead and collected all the birds that Merlin classifies as bizarre 🧵

Some sort of industrial platform surrounded by open ocean.

I have discovered a Madgwickian structure. @leemadgwick.bsky.social

A large black bird with along neck and scraggly feathers sitting in a tree, scratching its back with its bill.

A large black bird with beautiful feathers sits regally in a tree by a river.

Breeding plumage Anhingas and not-fully feathered Anhingas have very different vibes 😆

(Egan's Creak, Amelia Island, Florida)

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This meeting could have been a walk in the sunshine

Momma Caracara feeding her three nestlings

Crested Caracara nestlings! ☀️🪶🌵 (shot at 600mm and heavily-cropped)

Brown Creepers Roosting in Cedar Bark Crevice
#birds #nature #naturephotography #birding

A bird with iridescent green feathers and black flight feathers. He has a pair of long, flowing tail feathers. He is perched on a thick mossy branch with his back to the camera and is facing left. There is dense forest all around him.

Male Resplendent Quetzal hanging out in the forest. In pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, the quetzal was associated with Quetzalcoatl, the feathered-serpent god of life, light, knowledge, and the winds.
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rice

Daffodil blossoms in soft light, with three blossoms to the right out of focus, one on the left in focus, and out-of-focus green plants in the background.

Last week's #52frames photo, prompt was 'Shallow Depth of Field'.

A red-breasted nuthatch strikes its signature upside down pose on the side of a spruce tree trunk. The background is a bunch of golden spheres from the evening light catching the out of focus needles.

We still have a lot of snow, but the light is getting to be spring light!
This red-breasted nuthatch came in just before sunset and paused a moment from its foraging, seemingly to enjoy the warm evening light!
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶

A striking bird perched on a slender branch in a lush green environment. Its body is adorned with deep black plumage, contrasting sharply with a vivid red head, neck, and chest. The bird’s small, stout beak is pale and sharply defined against its dark face, while its red eyes add an intense gaze. Tiny droplets of water cling to its feathers, suggesting a recent rainfall. The blurred green foliage in the background provides a natural, vibrant setting that enhances the bird’s brilliant colors.

Crimson-collared Tanager at @tapirvalley.bsky.social

#birds #costarica #nature

A square self-portrait with the face filling most of the space. The image is high contrast monochrome and divided in two, vertically. The left side is a normal exposure of a caucasian man with a white background and black knit hat. The right side is a negative exposure of the same - the hat is bright white, the background completely black, and the face dark.

I generally really dislike pictures of myself, and this one isn't really 'me', but it was fun anyway. The #52frames prompt was "Black & White". It's hard to divide your face evenly in half when you've broken your nose 3x 😆 📷

FWIW that's Downspout, it's a blue, and can be pretty unpleasant when it gets icy because it's steeper than it looks and the soft snow gets skied off quickly. It's one of the busiest spots on the mountain, so not a great place for just drifting sideways like that.

Winter bonsai. Melhus, Norway. Feb 2017.

Moths in the moonlight

Pterodaustros in the morning sun

A large yellow leaf ginkgo tree

Winter walker on a cold crisp night

It's my birthday today 🥳 If you want to give me a gift, I'd love reposts of my art!

a (black and white) snowy rooftop appearing to be a very pyramidal mountain, with bright sunshine on the left face and dark shadow on the right

Alp or Sunroom Roof? #52frames (triangle composition prompt) for this week. 📷

closeup of a truck wheel splashing through a muddy puddle

closeup of a car splashing dramatically through a large muddy puddle

a couple of 2nd choices for #52frames this week

Sharply focused tree branches reflected in a puddle that stretches across a series of multicolored bricks

#52frames shot for this week's "Puddles" assignment 📷

I simply cannot remember to tag things after all these years. Yeesh.

A bright blue and purple graffito reading "SIGH"

And another option that I mostly liked for the opportunity to give it a punny and timely title, "Sighn of the Times"

A dark blue bottle with a rubber dropper, held at the base by fingertips, backlit by warm light and a few small lens flares giving a dreamy, magical effect.

#52frames week...5? The assignment was just "Blue". I've been sick all week, and a magic health potion sounded good. This is kind of meh, but it's all I had in me this week.

A selection of mono images from the last couple of years. I should shoot more mono work.

#Belfast #Holywood #DarkHedges #KingsRoad #London #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Ethereal

Owl flying at sunset hunting for breakfast

Sun is getting low, and the Short-eared Owl is out hunting!
Munson Pond, Kelowna, BC, Canada
#owls #wildlife #birds #bird #photography #wildlifephotography #nature #art