Mark D Alexander

Thank you Maria, Have a wonderful Sunday 🦁🦁🌳💚☀️👋

Thank you 🌳💚☀️👋

Thank you John ✨👋

Place de la Concorde #Flowing
#BlueSkyArtShow #photography

A detailed view of the Fontana del Pantheon (Pantheon Fountain) located in the Piazza della Rotonda in Rome, Italy.

Fontana del Pantheon #Flowing
#BlueSkyArtShow #photography

Un mouton entre deux poteaux qui tire la langue. Photographe inconnu

Morning #Mood

Beautiful photograph John, enjoy your weekend 🪶✨👋

A monochrome close-up image of the layered wing feathers of a crow.

For #FeatheredFriday, the wings of a crow
#photography #birds #crow #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #ColorADay #BWFri 📷🦉🪶

Stunning photograph, enjoy your weekend ☀️✨👋

A sunset over the river with mountains in the background.

“Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.”
― Emily Dickinson

Beautiful photograph Karen, I hope you are having a lovely Saturday and have a wonderful Sunday 🌳☀️✨👋

🦋 Good Night Everyone 🦋
~Wishing All Of My Friends~
~~A Happy Weekend~~

#Photography
#NorthEast 🇬🇧
#Nature
#NorthSea
#Sunset
#GoldenHour

END YOUR WEEK WITH A
SMILE AND BEGIN YOUR
WEEKEND ON A HIGH
🧡 HAPPY WEEKEND 🧡

Good morning, BlueSky!

Across an inky sky, a line of red orange bisects the photo, shooting at an angle right below a half moon. The moon is in the midst of an eclipse and is also a rare blood moon.

Once in a lifetime:

Photographer Guzman Ramos captured the exact moment that a jet's chemtrail or contrail line sped across a blood moon eclipse in Guatemala just moments into the sunrise. Truly, a masterpiece & a masterful feat of timing. #Astro #Photography #EastCoastKin #Sunrise #Scape #Space

Group of avocets resting on one leg in shallow bay water. There is also a Black-necked Stilt tucked in among them.

Mostly American Avocets #StandingInWater last month in San Francisco Bay.💚
#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #NaturePhotos 📷

This image captures a serene moment in a wetland environment, featuring several birds on and above a body of water. The Main Subject The focal point is a mute swan in mid-flight. It is captured with its long neck extended forward and its large white wings spread wide, gliding horizontally across the frame from left to right. The swan's bright white plumage stands out sharply against the darker background. The Environment • The Water: In the foreground, there is a calm expanse of water. Floating on the surface are several gulls (likely black-headed gulls based on their size and coloring) perched on dark, buoy-like objects or small patches of vegetation. • The Background: The upper half of the image is dominated by a dense wall of tall, golden-brown reeds (likely Phragmites). The texture of the reeds is fine and vertical, creating a soft, textured backdrop that suggests a marsh or nature reserve setting. Composition and Lighting The lighting appears to be natural daylight, casting a soft glow on the swan’s wings and the tops of the reeds. The color palette is quite natural and muted, consisting mainly of: • Whites and Greys: From the birds. • Earth Tones: The browns and tans of the reeds. • Deep Blues/Greys: The reflective surface of the water. It’s a lovely, candid shot of local wildlife. Since you prefer to avoid the hassle of travel and public transport, having views like this nearby (or even via high-quality photography) is a great way to enjoy the outdoors from a comfortable distance.

Good evening and goodnight, Bluesky friends! I captured this stunning moment at the reservoir. A mute swan is gracefully flying in view while I used my trusty Canon EOS R50 to take the photo.

#Birds 🪶 #NaturePhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #NatureLover #UKBirding #landscapePhotography #CanonR50

one of the finer pleasures for me in life is lying on my back in a #forest & gazing straight up at old giants, with wind in the trees & the sound of flowing water nearby. those moments when nothing else matters but the view.

#ForestFriday

A wooden bench at a lookout point on a Blackcomb Mountain trail surrounded by a gravel trail and alpine wildflowers. The trunk of a damaged tree stands at the right. In the background, are multiple mountains covered in evergreen forests are visible on the left side of the frame. On the right side, clearing fog is rising into the atmosphere as it's burned away. An out of focus overhanging fir branch encroaches from the top left corner.

I've already covered liquid and solids today, so here's some rising fog evaporating as the sunshine burns through.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Flowing #Scape #SquamishNation #Lil'WatNation #Blackcomb #Whistler #Landscape #Mountains #Forest #Photography #ArtYear #ECK #EastCoastKin

The 'wedding veil' falls of Dynjandi in the Westfjords, with the curtain falls of Strompgljúfrafoss below

#BlueSkyArtShow #Flow #MobilePhotography #Iceland #WeekendWaterfall

ornamental crowned crane

shoebill stork

flamingo

great egret

4 different #waders #StandingInWater for #BirdOfTheDay

#birds #avian #birdphotography #reflections

A wooden fence leading into a scene of melting late winter snow. The trees, still bare, hold hope for what may come. The sky above is grey, and for now blocks out the sun.

After darkness, light.

#QuietWalks #Winter
#Photography

A drone photograph looks across the layered hills and canyon walls near Parachute, Colorado. In the foreground, a rounded butte rises in pale tan, rust, and muted red bands, its face etched with vertical erosion lines and scattered stones. Several slender utility poles stand along the slope, their straight lines contrasting with the organic contours of the terrain. Beyond it, successive ridges recede into the distance, each marked by distinct strata—cream, ochre, and gray—tilted diagonally across their faces. The upper cliffs form a pale escarpment catching warm sunlight beneath a sky of textured blue-gray clouds. Sparse shrubs and low vegetation dot the dry landscape, reinforcing the scale and openness of the setting. The image emphasizes geology and form: repeated ridgelines, angled sediment bands, and the interplay of light and shadow across eroded surfaces. The elevated drone perspective clarifies how the land folds and layers into itself.

"Parachute, Colorado"

Late light tracks across banded sediment above the Colorado River corridor.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #LandscapePhotography #MountainMonday #dronephotography #BlueSkyMonday

White goat with long hair smiling.

Found a friend for #Goaturday

😁... Thank you Tom, Have a great weekend 🦁🦁☀️👋

Hi Scott, No, Mr Boer is way over on the other side of the farm, near the polar bears 😁. They are close to the pigs and brown bears though... 😉.. Enjoy the rest of your weekend 🦁🐻🐐✨👋

Have fun getting used to it, and I look forward to seeing the photos. Have a great weekend 🦋☀️👋

Butterfly beauty needed right now…
📷🦋💙🧡

Sharing…

Gulf Fritillary and a female Black Swallowtail last August. 🧡🖤

First time posting this one.

#Photography99 📷 #Butterflies 🦋

Lovely photograph Tom, enjoy your weekend 🪶☀️👋

A large gray and white loon swims away from the viewer but looks back over his/her right shoulder. We can see the red eye and the thick, silver bill. Underwater you can see feet paddling away. I knew the colors of the water could be amped up in post processing to make something colorful. 😃

Keeping it unreal. A common loon from back in November. #Birds #PhotographyArt #Nature #BolsaChicaEcologicalReserve