David MacKinnon - 🇨🇦Photographer

A yellow and black striped wasp perched on a white Queen Anne's Lace flower, set against a blurred green and purple background.

From the Symbiosis series. #Photography #FineArtPhotography #ArtPhotography #Nature #BloomScrolling #Flowers #EastCoastKin #Macrophotography #Wasp #QueensAnneLace #PhotographersOfBluesky

Photo of a blue sky full of white puffy clouds with text over it reading: Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday January 31, 2026 The theme is #Clouds Any Art. Any interpretation. Use both tags to be included in our feed. Multiple entries welcome.

‪Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday January 31, 2026
The theme is #Clouds

Bring any artwork with clouds in it.

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#art #artists #photgraphy #drawing #painting #sketching #writing #poetry

Post doctor (3 years) within mountain plant community and ecosystem processes across a globally distributed experiment

Great postdoc opportunity in Sweden!! With the one and only David Wardle 🧪🌐
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Biomedical and life science articles by female researchers spend longer under review Women are underrepresented in academia, especially in STEMM fields, at top institutions, and in senior positions. This study analyzes millions of biomedical and life science articles, revealing that f...

“analyzing all articles indexed in the PubMed database (>36.5 million articles published in >36,000 biomedical and life sciences journals), we show that the median amount of time spent under review is 7.4%–14.6% longer for female-authored articles “ 🧪 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

🧪🐺 #biology #wildlife #genetics

Oil painting of a dog skull in profile with chestnut mushrooms on a green cloth against a brown background. There is a big cluster of orange-brown mushrooms at the back of the skull where the brain would be. One mushroom is stocking up through the eye socket. A small bundle of the same mushrooms peek out from under the jaw.

Finished another from last year. Oil paint on canvas. #sciart #oilpainting #fungi #mushrooms #skull #stilllife

Snow falling against a backdrop of fir trees

#BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Cold all day Saturday. Come join the fun! Link to our feed in the comments.
#photography #landscape #winter #snow #trees #woods

Photo of snow covered ground showing both shadows and sparkles with text over it reading: Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday January 24, 2026 The theme is #Cold Any art. Any interpretation. Use both tags to be included in our feed. Multiple entries welcome.

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Saturday January 24, 2026
The theme is #Cold

Pics of ice skating or memories of icy drinks by the pool, it all fits this week.

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This piece will be at Cline House Gallery for their Annual Juried Show from Jan 29th to Feb 28th. Vernissage 29th January 2026.

#art #fungi #oilpainting #sculpture

Black and white photograph of a figure partially obscured by a transparent material, with the silhouette of a person in a dynamic pose, reaching with one arm and partially kneeling.

From the Obscuria series with model Flos Lunae (IG: @flos.lunae.model). #Photography #FineArtPhotography #ArtPhotography #StudioPhotographer #ModelPhotography #ModelPhotoshoot #Photoshoot #Nude #ArtNude #ArtisticNude #NudeArt #FineArtNude #PhotographersOfBluesky

@rileyjade.bsky.social trying out the mirror dress in the studio last fall. #Photography #FineArtPhotography #ArtPhotography #StudioPhotoshoot #StudioPhotographer #StudioLighting #ModelPhotography #ModelPhotoshoot #Photoshoot #PhotographersOfBluesky #Chainmaille #Chainmail #Maille

Close-up macro shot of a bright yellow flower with a textured brown center and blurry yellow petals. The center features small, clustered dark shapes with a few elongated black filaments, surrounded by a densely packed texture. The foreground reveals a portion of the flower's bright yellow petals, while the background is darker. The artist's signature is visible in the bottom left corner.

This week's #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #One. #Photography #FineArtPhotography #ArtPhotography #Nature #BloomScrolling #Flowers #EastCoastKin #Macrophotography

Ottawa man takes his Uber driver tobogganing for first time Dave Nguyen discovered Uber driver Chance Niyomugabo had never been tobogganing. A few days later, they were ripping down a Kanata hill.

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Canada named second safest country in the world from violent crime Canada has been named the second safest country in the world in relation to violent crime.

“Japan and Canada are two of the world’s safest places statistically when it comes to violent crime.”

Canada named second safest country in the world from violent crime

View of my studio with a cardboard box stuffed with red patterned material cascading out of it and bones nestled in it. The bones are a moose tibia, dog skull and cat jaw arranged artisticly. The hand of a plastc manikin is propped up behind the bones and a white old fashioned key is hanging off them. An underpainting of the still life is on the easel in front.

I have a lot of paintings to finish at the studio. So I started another. #wip #underpainting #oilpainting #bones

Water soluble encaustic painting of a cluster of golden chanterelles against a stylized background of leaves. Two sculptures of the same chanterelles grow out of the bottom right corner of the painting.

This little cluster of chanterelles just won the 3D Art Sculpture category in the North American Mycological Association competition. #fungi #botanicalart #mushrooms #wax #sculpute

On view at Gallery 200 (Ottawa) until the start of March.

Nude woman with arms raised stands in front of a large, colourful painting of an angel.

From the Naked in the House challenge with model @kalopsiahhh.bsky.social, coordinated by @modeladventurer.bsky.social, and background art by event host and artist Vanessa McKernan. #Photography #Nude #ArtNude #NudeArt #FineArtNude #PhotographersOfBluesky #FineArtPhotography #ArtisticNude

Godzilla, Daniel Nash

Photo of a fallen beech leaf with text over it reading: Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday January 17, 2026 The theme is #One Any art. Any interpretation. Use both tags to be included in our feed. Multiple entries welcome.

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Saturday January 17, 2026
The theme is #One

This week is a focus on art with a focus on the singular. Show off any piece that just has one of something

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#art #artists #supportartists #photgraphy #drawing #painting #sketching

A tiny bud of a pineapple starting to bloom in the middle of a potted pineapple plant.

Ahhhh! My pineapple plant is growing a pineapple!

Black and white artistic photograph of a nude woman seen from the back, holding rope. The woman has a curly afro, turned away from the camera. The woman's hands are holding a thick rope that also drapes across the floor. The background is a textured, dark gray. The photograph is signed at the bottom right.

From last year's photoshoot with @curlyandblond.bsky.social.
#Photography #FineArtPhotography #ArtPhotography #Photoshoot #ModelPhotography #ModelPhotoshoot #StudioPhotoshoot #StudioPhotographer #StudioLighting #Nude #ArtNude #ArtisticNude #NudeArt #FineArtNude #PhotographersOfBluesky #BlackAndWhite

A small horde of pigeons examines the painter's studio. Strutting and flapping around an orange wingback chair posed in front of a green wall draped with white curtains. One pigeon looks directly out of the painting at you demanding something, probably your french fries.

Finished up this silly painting. Oil paint on canvas. #painting #sciart #pigeonsky #pigeon #oilpainting #realism

Silhouette of a woman draped in sheer, pink-toned fabric, backlit with strong lighting creating highlights and shadows, with her head tilted back and arms raised, set against a dark background.

This week's #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Vibrant, so here an image from a recent photoshoot with @denisastrakova.bsky.social . #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #FineArtPhotography
#ModelPhotography #ModelPhotoshoot #StudioPhotoshoot #StudioPhotographer #StudioLighting

Naked in the House: Ottawa 2025 - D.K. MacKinnon Photography Naked in the House is a photography competition in which photographers are challenged by a model and location they’ve never worked with. In addition, the photographer may not bring any additional ligh...

The full photoset can be found at dkmackinnon.ca/galleries/pr...

Nude woman with long black hair, posed in front of a wooden artist's easel, her arm arched over her head while standing on one foot with the other crossed at the knee.

Another image from the Naked in the House challenge featuring the talented @kalopsiahhh.bsky.social, coordinated by @modeladventurer.bsky.social, and hosted by artist Vanessa McKernan. #Photography #Nude #ArtNude #NudeArt #FineArtNude #PhotographersOfBluesky #FineArtPhotography #ArtisticNude

Model is @kalopsiahhh.bsky.social here on Bluesky.

Photo of a bright pink peone blossom with text over it reading: Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday January 10, 2026 The theme is #Vibrant Any art. Any interpretation. Use both tags to be included in our theme. Multiple entries welcome

‪Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday January 10, 2026
The theme is #Vibrant

Dig deep in those archives and show us your colors!

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#art #artists #supportartists #makeart #photgraphy #drawing #painting #sketching

Guys! Guys! This is SO cool. This is a time lapse from the Chandra X-ray Observatory of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant over 25 years!

Astronomers May Have Unlocked the Reason for Betelgeuse’s Bizarre Dimming Researchers found evidence that a companion star may be influencing Betelgeuse, explaining why the star’s brightness changes over time.

Researchers found evidence that a companion star may be influencing Betelgeuse, explaining why the star’s brightness changes over time

Mary Somerville - the person for whom the word scientist was coined by William Whewell in his 1834. She was a polymath, an intellectual tour de force at a time when teaching women to read and write let alone think deeply was frowned upon or ignored ⚒️🧪🌊
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