Checking to see if the local camera shop offers repair service (camera’s not recognizing one of the lenses). They don’t, but …

Checking to see if the local camera shop offers repair service (camera’s not recognizing one of the lenses). They don’t, but they do offer cleaning services, with this description:

Do you have one of those cameras the government has been trying to quarantine? Every time you take a picture of the sky it capture the little “UFO” specs in the sky?
Well, if that UFO is at the same place in every picture, chances are you have a USSDRA: Unidentified Stationary Speck of Dust that’s Really Annoying.

#funny #photography

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Hi, I’m Kelson (he/him), a hobbyist photographer in the Los Angeles area. I tend to …

Hi, I’m Kelson (he/him), a hobbyist photographer in the Los Angeles area. I tend to shoot #cityscapes, #landscapes & #nature, and occasionally cosplay. Lately I’ve been taking a lot of nature photos for #iNaturalist and posting some of the better ones here & on Flickr (https://flickr.com/kelsonv).

I also have a general account on Wandering Shop (@KelsonV) & more casual photos on Pixelfed (@KelsonV).

#introductions #photography

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I’ve been spotting monarchs lately, but haven’t caught any photos until today!

I’ve been spotting monarchs lately, but haven’t caught any photos until today!

The first #MonarchButterfly paused up in a tree. I was surprised I could get a clear shot.

The second monarch is injured. I couldn’t see that its wing was torn, but I could tell it was hurt by the way it was flapping its wings on the ground, trying and failing to fly. It did eventually take off, but it landed again soon after.

Bonus: a #MourningCloak from farther down the trail.

#butterflies #photography #nature

An orange and black butterfly perched on a twig.

An orange and black butterfly on the ground, with a torn wing.

A black or dark-brown butterfly with a white edge on its wings, perched on a leaf.

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Perching Monarch on iNaturalist
Injured Monarch on iNaturalist
Mourning Cloak on iNaturalist

Bzzzzzz! A honey bee visiting clover flowers in the strip of lawn along the sidewalk.

A honey bee and a clover flower.
Bzzzzzz! A honey bee visiting clover flowers in the strip of lawn along the sidewalk. I still can't get over being able to get closeup photos like this using my phone.

#bees #macro #nature photogeaphy #flowers

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On Twitter
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On iNaturalist

Final Landing Approach! Another shot from the hike at the marsh preserve earlier this month….

Final Landing Approach!

Another shot from the hike at the marsh preserve earlier this month.

The flowers, apparently Matilija Poppies, had huge, flat white petals with these large yellow centers. They looked like fried eggs.

Flower observation.

More photos from the hike

#flowers #bees #nature #photography

A bee approaches the yellow puff-ball center of a large, white-petaled flower.

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Oops… I realized I’ve already posted this one here. Well, I added more info this time, so at least it’s not a completely duplicate post. 🤦‍♂️

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This squirrel bounded along a wall carrying a walnut in its mouth…

This squirrel bounded along a wall carrying a walnut in its mouth as I walked down the sidewalk. It stopped and looked at me as if it had been caught in the act of walnut burglary. I had enough time to snap a couple of pictures with my phone *and* pull out my camera for a better shot before it scampered away.

#nature #photography #squirrel

Squirrel with a walnut in its mouth.

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On K2R

On iNaturalist

Western Bluebirds spotted on a hike at the nearby marsh preserve over the weekend.

Western #Bluebirds spotted on a hike at the nearby marsh preserve over the weekend. This was before my camera battery ran out of power and I was stuck finishing out the hike with my phone. (I still can’t believe I forgot to bring the spare.)

#photography #nature #birds

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27116848

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27116015

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I found the original of this while looking for something else and thought it would …

I found the original of this while looking for something else and thought it would look good in black and white.

#photography #BlackAndWhite #Birds

Silhouettes of palm trees and lots of birds.

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On Flickr

I’m kind of surprised that I didn’t post the original back when I took it. Yeah, it was pre-Instagram and I was barely using Flickr at the time, but I had been posting photos to my blog for a couple of years by then.

:shrug: Well, it’s up now. And who knows: maybe I wouldn’t have thought of adjusting the color if I’d stumbled on it as “Oh yeah, that one…” instead of rediscovering a photo I’d completely forgotten.

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A house finch, perched in a juniper tree. I couldn’t believe it stayed put long …

A house finch, perched in a juniper tree. I couldn’t believe it stayed put long enough for me to go inside, get my camera, come back out, and take seven pictures. Google conveniently linked them together in this animation.

#photography #birds #animation

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On iNaturalist

I managed to get out to the local botanical gardens again for a mild hike …

I managed to get out to the local botanical gardens again for a mild hike / photo walk. Large parts of the grounds are designed to look wild, though the plants are all grouped by category and labeled. Other parts are obviously manicured. I also have photos of a snail hidden in a rosemary bush and a lizard that…wasn’t very hidden!

Flickr Album: South Coast Botanic Garden

#Photography #nature #flowers #garden #lizard #snail #trees #spring

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A deserted Parisian street on a gloomy November day, years ago.

A deserted Parisian street on a gloomy November day, years ago. I stumbled on it again while looking for my photos of Notre Dame from the same trip, and I actually like this shot better than any of the ones I took of the cathedral. The lack of scaffolding probably helped!

Caption from Instagram
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Scanned the negatives of my tourist shots from #NotreDameCathedral back in 1999(!).

Scanned the negatives of my tourist shots from #NotreDameCathedral back in 1999(!). It was a gloomy day, but the sun did eventually come out. The front of the cathedral was being renovated at the time.

#Paris #photography #cathedral #France

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Took the new camera to WonderCon for cosplay photography

Took the new camera to #WonderCon for #cosplay #photography.

1. I finally have a camera that can really handle inside lighting at a convention center!

2. I’ve gotten too used to just capturing costumes, instead of composing interesting shots.

2a. My 8YO took 1 photo all weekend (#InsideOut) & it ended up being the best that day. I took the lesson & improved my shots the next day, including the other 3 here.

Album on Flickr

#HarryPotter #BeautyAndTheBeast #LittleShopOfHorrors

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Expanded on K2R