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Super happy to announce that this photo took 4th place in the recent FOTOobjektiv SALON competition.
This round’s theme was "On the go and while traveling," and it’s an honor to have my work recognized among so many talented photographers. 🥳🙏

#photography #competition #photocompetition #london #övf

A subway train rushes past a station platform in a long exposure, creating horizontal motion blur while a row of waiting passengers remains visible through the train’s windows.
#photography #london #competition #photocompetition #övf

Bluebells and ferns along a footpath near Sampford Spiney last week, #Dartmoor #Devon. #photography
A bluebell and ferns at a low angle along a footpath.
#photography #Devon #dartmoor

It only took me two years - but, I've finally published my Drakensberg Trip Report Blog, recounting favourite and daily memories from my multi-day #BackPacking trip across the #SouthAfrica #Mountain range.

If you'd like to read about it, and see some of the accompanying images, you can checkout the blog here!

photography.ggiebelhaus.ca/pos…

#photography #landscapephotography #lpw #blog #photoblog #africa

A view from high on the Drakensberg escarpment looking down through a narrow gorge into a broad, lush green valley far below, with a partial rainbow arcing above the sunlit cliff face on the left under a dramatic stormy sky. Dark basalt towers and rocky outcrops frame the foreground on both sides, while the verdant valley floor and rolling green foothills stretch into the distance beneath a break in the clouds. The contrast between the brooding storm overhead and the sunlit landscape below gives the scene a powerful, charged atmosphere.

Trip Report | The Drakensberg

Hiking the incredible Drakensberg trail in South Africa.
Geoffrey Giebelhaus (photography.ggiebelhaus.ca)
#photography #blog #africa #landscapephotography #southafrica #mountain #backpacking #LPW #photoblog

Pink Flamingos
Castro and Waller Street
Yesterday, 4:15 p.m.

#photography #polaroid

A Polaroid picture of an overgrown lawn with dozens of pink plastic flamingos. This is a close-up of about 20 of them standing in a grass and weed patch. Blurry, with harsh contrast, faded pinks, and oversaturated greens and yellows. I swing between feeling meh and really hating this camera. I would like it better if it was more lomo or had softer, retro pastels and primaries like older generation Polaroids. But this tends to develop on the side of garish. Welll... only six more shots to go before the camera gets stashed away on a shelf in the closet.
#photography #polaroid

#FotoVorschlag

“Natur in der Stadt” / Nature in the city

Dolphins and even humpback whales have occasionally been sighted in the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn, though I haven’t been fortunate enough to see them. Here are some of the river’s more regular visitors.

#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #urbannature #urbanwildlife #cityscape #skyline #river #geese #nyc

Black and white photo of a flock of seven geese floating on New York’s East River, with the skyline of lower Manhattan at the horizon.
#photography #nyc #blackandwhite #river #cityscape #monochrome #FotoVorschlag #geese #urbanwildlife #urbannature #skyline

If looks could

#photography #owl #photo #denmark #superbowl #nordiskdyrepark #darktable #sonya7iii #eyes #nature #predator #beauty #beautiful #feathers

Owl eyes Cranky little fella.
Owly
#photo #photography #nature #denmark #darktable #beauty #owl #beautiful #predator #eyes #sonya7iii #superbowl #nordiskdyrepark #feathers

Highbridge, the Bronx - River Avenue Skate Park 🚇🍃🛹

#NYC #Art #Photography

A color, wide-angle photograph in portrait orientation that captures a concrete ledge covered in vibrant street art at a skate park in the Bronx, New York. The primary focus is a cluster of approximately thirteen figures spray-painted in a deep rust-red and yellow hue onto the side of a weathered grey concrete wall. Each figure is a simple, rounded oblong shape, yet they are individually characterized by unique, expressive facial features. Some display wide-eyed shock, others look grumpy or sleepy, one has "X" marks for eyes with its tongue sticking out, and another features a single cyclopean eye. To the far left, a speech bubble contains the hand-lettered words "ODD BALL!" in the same red paint. The concrete itself shows signs of age with mottled textures and small cracks, adding a gritty, urban feel to the composition. The background and foreground are softly blurred, creating a shallow depth of field that emphasizes the central red figures. In the background, larger, more complex graffiti tags in shades of emerald green, bright blue, and white cover distant walls, though their details are out of focus. On the right edge of the main concrete block, a small black-and-white sticker is visible with the words "CLEARLY FADED". The lighting is bright and even on an overcast morning that allows the rich red tones of the figures to stand out against the cooler greys and blues of the park.
#art #photography #nyc

The many dunes of Death Valley. The last light of the day was catching the side of each dune.

#LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #landscape #nature #photography #LPW #DeathValleyNationalPark

Repeating sand dunes at sunset.
#photography #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #LPW #deathvalleynationalpark

A Carter Reservoir mustang in the isolated far NW corner of Washoe County, Nevada (5/23/2020). DNA testing has shown this herd to be descended from the original Spanish-Iberian stock brought to the Americas by the marauding & murdering conquistadors. They feature primitive "dun factor" markings of leg stripes, capes under the mane, & a stripe / herringbone down the back as well as other unique markings. carterreservoirmustangs.org/

#Horse #Horses #Mustang #Nevada #Wildlife #Photography #Darktable

A color portrait photo of a feral horse. The horse is a light brown color with dark legs, mane, and tail. The horse faces toward the left and is shuffle walking, kicking up dust. At the top of its legs can be seen speckling and stripes. A bit of the stripe on its back is also seen. And there are dark markings, called a cape, under the mane, which is blowing in the wind, on its neck. The horse walks on a dirt area and behind it can be seen light green sagebrush.

Wild California Spanish-Iberian Carter Reservoir Mustangs, United States

Preservation & protection of the California Carter Reservoir HMA wild Mustangs are vital to the survival of their Spanish-Iberian lineage as found through Carter Reservoir Mustangs Inc mitochondrial DNA testing.
Carter Wild Mustangs
#photography #wildlife #darktable #horse #Nevada #horses #mustang

Moin.

Meine Frau und ich waren am Samstag in dem Stadtpark im Nebenort spazieren.

Irgendwie habe ich mich an einer Stelle beobachtet gefühlt. 😉

#tree #face #nature #natur naturephotography #photo #photography #fotografie #foto #gesicht

Ein Teilbereich von einem Baum, dessen abgebrochene Äste wie die Augen, Nase und Mund angeordnet sind.
#photo #photography #nature #foto #fotografie #Natur #tree #face #gesicht

A highly-coloured sawfly seen from above on a green rose leaf. The fly has a yellow and black head, with a ruddier colour below the eyes, and brown antennae. There are yellow patches on either side of the head towards the rear. The thorax is black with a strong yellow rim at the front, and the legs are all yellow. The abdomen is firstly ruddy, then black, with a hint of a yellow tip. The wings are clear, but with very strong, thick, prominent black veins, plus small yellow patches on the sides.
A highly-coloured sawfly seen from above on a green rose leaf. The fly has a yellow and black head, with a ruddier colour below the eyes, and brown antennae. There are yellow patches on either side of the head towards the rear. The thorax is black with a strong yellow rim at the front, and the legs are all yellow. The abdomen is firstly ruddy, then black, with a hint of a yellow tip. The wings are clear, but with very strong, thick, prominent black veins, plus small yellow patches on the sides.
#photography #MacroPhotography #Heidelberg #bugoftheday #insectsofmastodon #backgardenentomology

‘Moo’

#CowsOfMastodon #Landscape #Photography

A warm, high-detail photograph of a cow peering over a metal fence during a golden sunset. The image captures a serene, rural moment with a shallow depth of field that emphasizes the cow's curious expression. The photo highlights the fine details of the cow's features, including the coarse white hairs on its forehead, the wet texture of its nose, and the soft pinkish skin inside its ears illuminated by the sun. The sun is low in the sky, creating a soft, hazy glow and casting a warm, orange-pink hue across the scene.
#photography #landscape #cowsofmastodon

Leichter Wind ist für Makroaufnahmen nicht hilfreich ...
A light breeze isn't ideal for macro photography ...

#FotoMontag #photoMonday #Natur #nature #Closeup #Fotografie #photography

Detailaufnahme von rotrosafarbenenen Fichtenblüten und ein paar grünen Nadeln des Baumes. Der Fokus liegt auf der vorderen Blüte, der Rest des Bildes ist leicht unscharf. A close-up of pinkish-red spruce flowers and a few green needles from the tree. The focus is on the flower in the foreground; the rest of the image is slightly out of focus.
#photography #nature #fotografie #Natur #closeup #Fotomontag #Photomonday

#SilentSunday #photography
A bee flying between two branches laden with bright yellow flowers.
#photography #silentsunday

Northern Pygmy Owl. Never seen an owl so small before, it’s barely bigger than the mouse it bagged.

#birds #owl #photography #nature

#photography #nature #birds #owl

👈 Boop! Photo of me booping a giant bucket wheel excavator right on the bucket-snoot.

The scale of these machines is mind-blowing! A mechanical monster that once tore through the Earth strip mining coal.

This monster is long dead, its rusting hulk retired and put out to pasture.

#Germany #Rust #Explore #Photography #Machine #WeirdCarMastodon #Adventure #Mining

A massive, rusty bucket-wheel excavator, an industrial relic, stands abandoned in a vibrant green field under a cloudy sky. Its sheer scale is emphasized by a distant person.
#photography #Germany #rust #explore #adventure #mining #weirdcarmastodon #machine

#SilentSunday #sunset #photography
Photograph of a country road at sunset in spring, with a couple walking hand in hand in the distance. The sun is in the upper left corner, casting shadows of the two people and the trees to the left of the photograph onto the road, also making the smooth asphalt surface and the power lines running along the right glare. Further on, to either side of the couple, fields are turning green. In the distance, a house is visible at the foot of a wooded hill. Photographie d'une route de campagne au coucher de soleil au printemps, avec un couple marchant devant en s'éloignant et se tenant par la main. Le soleil est dans le coin supérieur gauche et projette sur la route l'ombre des deux personnes et des arbres se trouvant à gauche de la photo, faisant aussi briller la surface lisse de l'asphalte et les fils électriques longeant à droite. Plus loin de chaque côté du couple s'étendent des champs en train de verdir. Au loin, une maison est visible du pied d'une colline couverte de forêt.
#photography #silentsunday #sunset

#Tulipa clusiana var chrysantha, 'Tubergen's Gem' (Tubergen 1969)
#garden #gardening #flowers #horticulture #photography #bloomscrolling #botany
On a black BG, a single stem with two buds and one opening flower. Some stray sunlight on the backdrop. The open flower is bright shining gold on the inside with a blush of dull rose on outside of the outer petals. The petals are long and narrow compared to the rounded tulips we're used to. They open wide, with a bit of a recurve. Stamens and pistil green and golden yellow.
#photography #garden #Flowers #botany #gardening #horticulture #bloomscrolling #tulipa

#FotoVorschlag

“Lichtkunst” / Light art

Failing to capture auroras, I captured the taillights of passing trucks instead.

#photography #nightphotography #longexposure #lightstreaks

Nighttime long-exposure photo of red and yellow light streaks from the taillights of a passing truck, on a road by the Brooklyn waterfront. Through the streaks we can see glowing streetlights and a glimpse of the lit-up windows of the lower Manhattan skyline. At right are the leafless branches of a tree and above is a clear sky, deep blue in the early evening.
#photography #longexposure #nightphotography #FotoVorschlag #lightstreaks

Bluebells near Sampford Spiney including a rare white flower, #Dartmoor, #Devon this week. #photography
My photos are shot so they;don’t look like the version of the place I hold in my heart to get me through the next week of severe chronic illness. Life’s hard at the moment. sometimes I can cope with moving from one bed to another via wheelchair better than other times. The pains got to me and I’m in a dip.
The bluebells were so amazing to see though, like a kind of heaven.
A swathe of bluebells and one white one by a. Footpath.
#photography #Devon #dartmoor

Hagelslag

#Urban #Photography

A black-and-white, close-up photograph capturing a person holding a partially eaten piece of bread. Scattered across the plate are several small, dark, rod-shaped chocolate sprinkles that have fallen from the bread.
#photography #urban

Today is the dogs’ favorite day of the year where they go to a fun event and chase a lure (plastic grocery bag) for a 100 yard dash. Here is Brook sliding through the mud at the end. Happy, muddy dogs. #photography #dogs #DogsOfMastodon #mud
Brook catch the lure at 25 MPH, with her ears flapping straight up
Brook starting to slide on her belly.
Brook sliding on her belly looking at the camera
Close up of Brooks midsection as she slides through sawdust with wood chips flying all over
#photography #Dogs #dogsofmastodon #mud

A stink bug, genus Megarrhamphus spotted in Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaysia on 7 April 2026. iNaturalist doesn't have many local observations of it, so I think it is an uncommon bug.

On iNaturalist [ inaturalist.org/observations/3… ].

#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Malaysia #Insects #TrueBugs #Hemiptera #StinkBugs #Pentatomidae

Top down shot of a stink bug. It is long with a narrow body. It is mostly pinkish, with an orange-yellow patch running down the middle of the back.
Another shot of the bug from lower down, showing the lower half of the body is also pinkish. A white line runs along the side of the body.
#photography #nature #insects #inaturalist #TrueBugs #malaysia #Hemiptera #StinkBugs #Pentatomidae

After sunset
#photography #nature
A sunset over a lake that is red, yellow, and orange at the horizon with light blue and purple up top. Wispy threads of dark cloud strands stand out against the color. It is all reflected in the water surface.
#photography #nature

Digging into & hiding nuts in my poinsettia pot when there’s an entire belt of land & trees behind our property in which to stash their stuff. Why.

#SaturdaySquirrels #photography #nature #squirrels #SquirrelsOfMastodon #BackyardWildlife

Color photo of a dirt-flecked eastern grey squirrel looking at the camera while sitting in a plastic flower pot with its front paws up on the edge.
#photography #nature #squirrels #saturdaysquirrels #SquirrelsOfMastodon #BackyardWildlife

Drops of beauty II/III. April 2026.

#macro #mosstodon #photography

Macro photograph of around ten drops of water clinging to the red and orange sporophytes of green moss. Some are in focus, others are out of focus. Each drop reflects or seems to contain the image of a nearby tree with black branches and trunk. Photographie macro d'une dizaine de gouttes d'eau accrochées aux sporophytes rouges et oranges de mousses vertes. Certaines sont au focus, d'autres sont floues. Chaque goutte reflète ou semble contenir l'image d'un arbre aux branches et tronc noirs se trouvant tout près.
#photography #Mosstodon #macro

Bee hotel on a misty morning
#photography #pollinators #bees #nature
4 foot tall wooden structure with a roof like a house. The Ope. Face is filled with logs, bricks, and honeycomb shaped holes. All have holes of various sizes to accommodate the preferences of solitary bees and bugs. At the top is a birdhouse. It is surrounded by greenery and purple flowers.
#photography #nature #bees #pollinators

Beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta)

#macro #flowers #bloomscrolling #photography

Macro photograph of the tiny red female flower of the beaked hazel, beginning to open onto its light green bud-like base, on a brown branch in the background. The flower looks like an anemone on the bottom of the sea, with red tentacles reaching upwards. Photographie macro de la toute petite fleur femelle rouge du noisetier à long bec, commençant à s'ouvrir sur sa base en forme de bourgeon vert clair, sur une branche brune en arrière-plan. La fleur ressemble à une anémone au fond de la mer, avec des tentacules rouges allant vers le haut.
#photography #Flowers #macro #bloomscrolling

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