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G-Lau 🇨🇦

@g-lau.bsky.social

Avid amateur photographer (macrophotography, travel and concert photography especially). I teach biology in a small college. I hate GenAI with a vengeance. I try to leave things a little better than I found them.

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G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 2d ago

My trees are very trendy, they went and got frosted tips. They call it their "autumn look". #Colours #Fall #Nature #Outdoors #SciArt

Photo showing a thin red maple tree with red leaves at the tip of some branches. The rest of the tree and surrounding vegetation is still a lush green, turning to yellow in places. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

Photo showing red maple leaves in close-up, some of them a bright red colour, while the rest of them are still a lush green. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

Photo showing red maple leaves of various colours, most green, but some a bright red or orange. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 3d ago

"Light show" My first evening in Sydney, some years ago. What a welcome! I hope to go back, some day. #Golden #BlueSkyArtShow #TravelPhotography #Sydney #Australia #PhotoHour

Photo showing Sydney's iconic Opera House, backlit with the sunset. A plane can be seen to its left, with its shadow preceding it. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 3d ago

"Pure gold" Kyoto's Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku-ji), on a sunny day. #Golden #BlueSkyArtShow #TravelPhotography #Japan #PhotoHour

Photo showing the top of a building with upwards-pointed roof corners. The side of the building is covered in gold, as is the phoenix-shaped roof ornament. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 4d ago

"Autumn delight" Truth be told, I'm not a huge fan of Tansy, as a garden flower. The plant grows ridiculously tall, then collapses. The flowers are, well, not spectacular. The scent is... peculiar. But the pollinators love it, so... #Bugsky #FlyDay #Macrophotography #Diptera #SciArt #PhotoHour

Photo showing a small fly foraging on yellow flower heads. The fly's mouth parts are in contact with the flower, possibly sucking up nectar. Background of creamy green bokeh. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · last wk.

"Screaming metal" #Undulating metal rails creating extreme sensations for thrill-seekers. FujiQ attraction park, Japan #BlueSkyArtShow #Metal #Attractions #Japan #TravelPhotography #PhotoHour

Photo showing a metallic roller-coaster attraction with guests on it. The rails dip slightly, then go back up, only to dip again in a vertical slope. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · last wk.

"Nature vs nurture" #Undulating wires wind through obstinate weeds in a rail yard. #BlueSkyArtShow #Industrial #Japan #TravelPhotography #PhotoHour

Photo showing plastic-covered wire bundles arranged in a curvy pattern on a gravel surface. Train rails can be seen near the photo's edges. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Small world" These itty-bitty moths were everywhere these past few days. So tiny, I had to use a 2.5 magnifier on my macro lens to see their details, like the lovely pattern and those floofy antennae! #BugSky #SciArt #Lepidoptera #Moths #Insects #Invertebrates #Macrophotography #PhotoHour

Photo showing a tiny insect resting on a vertical artificial surface mimicking wood. The insect's wings, which seem to cover its entire body, are covered with very small scales. On its are tufts of hair-like structures, seemingly antennae. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Rough night" I found this Caddisfly on my deck, after a cold and windy night. Do Caddisflies count for #FlyDay? I hope so! #Insects #Thichoptera #BugSky #Invertebrates #Macrophotography #SciArt #PhotoHour

Photo showing an insect resting on a wooden surface. The insect's wings are folded tent-like over its abdomen and are a mottled brown. Small hair can be seen on them, as is typical for the order Trichoptera. Only part of the long antennae are in the frame. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Summer's end" Scarlet Runner pole beans, taking over the south wall of my deck. The pods are a little hairy, but crunchy and delicious. In the back, the tomatoes are starting to ripen. #Gardening #Harvest #Flowers #Summer #PhotoHour

Photo showing leaves and flowers peeking from behind a smooth wall. Some tomato plants are visible in the background. The bright afternoon sun illuminates the leaves and flowers. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Attuned" Can Long-horned #Beetles detect more information than other, less "well endowed" insects (in that regard, of course!). I don't know. All I know is this little guy let me get pretty up close and personal! #Coleoptera #Insects #Invertebrates #BugSky #SciArt #Macrophotography #PhotoHour

Photo showing an insect with very long antennae facing the camera, standing on a brown artificial surface. The insect's body is mottled black and cream, while its legs have a bluish tinge to them. Eyes a dark pool of blackness. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Awake" Throwback to last spring for this week's #BlueSkyArtShow theme, #Minimal. #Plants #Ferns #NativePlants #Macrophotography #SciArt #PhotoHour

Photo showing a small fern frond in the process of unfurling. Leafy parts are still wrapped up in spirals and the whole plant has a tender green colour, except for the hairy brown scales. Background of brownish plant debris. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Going places" What better place than Japan to capture minimalism? Grey Heron against overcast sky, B&W conversion. #BlueSkyArtShow #Minimal #Birds #BirdsInFlight #TravelPhotography #SciArt #PhotoHour

Photo showing a heron in flight against a solid white background. The bird's wings are raised above its body and its legs are held up against its rump, forming a line behind the wings. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin, but invisible on the white background.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Head over heels" Just a fly foraging on Queen Ann's Lace, for this #FlyDay. #Insects #Diptera #BugSky #Invertebrates #Macrophotography #GardenLife #SciArt #PhotoHour

Photo showing a fly resting seemingly head down on a flower umbel made of hundreds of tiny white florets. The fly's eyes are a warm shade of red and its body is a metallic shade of dark blue. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 3w ago

"White Lily glory" One last shot of my Casablanca Lilies for this year. #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Lilies #Gardening #FindingYourJoy #PhotoHour

Photo showing large white flowers on top of a leafy stem. Background of green vegetation, mostly tree leaves. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Who goes there?" It's pretty hard to approach a Garter Snake unnoticed. They are finely attuned to any ground vibration, and my clumsy approach was no exception. Maybe it was amused at seeing this human lying on the ground with a camera? #Snakes #Reptiles #Wildlife #GardenFriends #SciArt #PhotoHour

Photo showing a smallish snake (Garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis) on a gravel path. The snake's head is raised and it seems to be looking at the photographer. Its body is coiled, with the middle part visible behind the head. The snake has black stripes on a yellowish body, with some darker patches in the black hinting at a checkerboard pattern. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 4w ago

Thank you, @mapquest.com, for having a spine, as well as a great sense of humour! gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario

Map of Lake Ontario, renamed here as "Lake Geographical Facts Don't Care About A Child-Brained Orange Toddler's Tantrums.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 4w ago

"What the buzz is about" Don't you just love it when #InverteFest combines with #FlyDay? This big guy was taking its sweet time with the Tansy flowers, which gave me a chance to get up close and personal. #SciArt #BugSky #Diptera #Insects #Macrophotography #PhotoHour

Photo showing a fly on bright yellow flower discs. The insect is identifiable as a fly by its short, hair-like antennae, its distinctive mouth parts and the single pair of wings resting on the abdomen. Background a creamy aqua bokeh. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 4w ago

"Sunny side up" Elegant Jellyfish swimming (if you can call it that) near a pier. Doesn't it just look like an egg in a pan? Fish shapes can be seen in the background. #InverteFest #Cnidaria #MarineLife #Invertebrates #SciArt #PhotoHour

Photo showing a delicate jellyfish in dark blue water. The creature's central part is a bright orange color, reminiscent of egg yolk. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 4w ago

"Life on the edge" Sunny-colored caterpillar (probably White-marked Tussock moth, Orgyia leucostigma), from my garden. #InverteFest #BugSky #SciArt #Lepidoptera #Caterpillars #Insects #GardenLife #Macrophotography #PhotoHour

Photo showing a caterpillar walking on the top edge of a leaf, holding onto it with its many true and false legs. The caterpillar's head is dark red fading to black and it has black tufts of "hair" on the sides (although one tuft seems to be missing). More dense tufts of hair can be seen on the caterpillar's back side, brightly colored in yellow. Two red spots are vaguely visible on the caterpillar's posterior back side. Upper right half of photo made of a dark background. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 4w ago

Dolly!! Nooooooooooo! There truly is one more star in the sky. A bright, brilliant, warm shining star. Thank you for having lit up our lives, Dolly. You really made the world a better place. We will not forget. #Dolly

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 4w ago

"Nectar on the side" Small wasp feeding on Goldenrod flowers in my garden, to start this edition of #InverteFest #Hymenopterans #Pollinators #NativePlants #Insects #LateSummer #Macrophotography #SciArt #PhotoHour

Photo showing a small insect hanging sideways on a tiny flowers. The insect is a wasp, identifiable by its extremely thin "waist" and its long antennae. The plant it is foraging on is a Goldenrod, characterized by large flowerheads with rays bearing tiny flowers called florets. Funny aside, when I checked the Solidago Wikipedia to verify the correct names for the flower parts, there was a photo very similar to this. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · last mo.

"Dinner time" Black Guillemot about to consume (or feed its chicks) a small, eel-like fish. From last year's trip to #Iceland. #Birds #BirdSky #SciArt #FunnyFeet #GoneFishing #Wildlife #TravelPhotography #PhotoHour

Photo showing a largish bird holding a long fish in its beak. The bird is mostly black in color, with a large white patch on the wings. Its legs are ridiculously orange, which must really look funny when swimming on the surface of the ocean (if you look at them from underneath. Wait, that would mean that you are a fish, so potential prey for the bird. Maybe not so funny then. But I digress). The bird is standing on dry matted grass and mud, with background of tall dried grass. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · last mo.

"Charibeadis" My entry for the #Chaos theme, both on #BlueSkyArtShow and 52Frames. Digital collage of several similar photos of beads bouncing in a white pyrex bowl. #Colors #Movement #PhotoHour

Photo showing an assortment of colorful plastic beads, all moving in different directions. No single bead is sharp, as they were all moving swiftly when the photo was taken. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · last mo.

"Pure joy" In the series "flowers from my garden", I present you my beloved Casablanca Lilies. The scent is not for everybody, but they are a sight to behold. #Flowers #Blooms #BloomSky #BloomScrolling #Gardening #Lilies #PhotoHour

Photo showing a cluster of large white lily flowers. Water drops from a recent rain shower are visible on and under the petals (see previous post for rant about artificially "wetting" flowers for photos). In the background, golden bokeh disks are visible behind the flowers. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · last mo.

"Child of the night" Hemerocallis Bela Lugosi, the dark beauty that haunts my garden. Oh, what beautiful music it makes! #Flowers #Blooms #BloomSky #BloomScrolling #Gardening #Daylilies #Macrophotography #PhotoHour

Photo showing a hemerocallis (= daylily) in close-up, with many drops of water from a recent rain shower on its petals. Note: I am specifying this because I loathe photos of flowers artificially "wetted" with glycerine. These drops are 100% natural and 100% water. But I digress. The flower's petals are a dark purple color, almost black, like the velvety cape of a vampire. The throat (Ohhh, did you say "throat"? What a lovely throat...) is a bright yellow with tinges of green. The curvy stamens are not yet yellow at their tip, indicating the pollen is not yet mature. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · last mo.

POV: trying to look your best for the camera, while that idiot Bob just photobombs you with that moronic look on his face. #Birds #StrikeAPose #TravelPhotography

Photo showing two colorful parrots perched on a wooden structure. The bird in the front is preening its blue feathers, while the one in the back positioned itself to be more clearly visible, showing what could be interpreted as a mischievous expression on its face. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

@swandiveswim.bsky.social · last mo.

#Birds Alan H says the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #StrikeAPose — Birds caught in a particularly photogenic pose. Here is a Great Blue Heron hamming it up for the camera, what a show off.

A large, mostly grey bird perched on a log, facing forward into the sunlight. The background is calm water reflecting the green of the rushes behind it. The bird stands with its wings spread wide in a grand fashion.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · last mo.

"Not easy being brown" Lil' Leafhopper trying its best to blend in on the wrong background, for #MacroMonday #BugSky #Invertebrates #Insects #Cicadellidae #Macrophotography #SciArt #PhotoHour

Photo showing a small brown insect resting on a green stem. The insect's wings cover most of its body, leaving only head and legs visible. On the wings, the veining pattern and colors evoke tree bark or dead leaves. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · last mo.

In case you need it (and who doesn't, this year?), here's a photo of my pretty roses. This variety doesn't bloom often in my garden, but when it does, it's quite a sight. #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Beauty #Macrophotography #Gardening #MomentOfZen #PhotoHour

Photo showing a glowing orange-pink rose with some yellow touches. Background of green plant parts. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hello! First post in a month, just back from vacation. I met his fuzzy cutie while gardening. Happy #InternationalCaterpillarDay, everyone! #Insects #Caterpillars #Invertebrates #SciArt #Macrophotography

Photo showing a small caterpillar holding onto a plant leaf. The caterpillar's head is a bright reddish orange, while its body is black with yellow tufts of hair on its back. Smaller tufts of hair can be found towards the middle of every body segment. Several pairs of false legs are visible in the back half of the body. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

franz@franzanth.bsky.social · 2y ago

Happy #InternationalCaterpillarDay to all who celebrate. Post your caterpillars.

a green, sluglike caterpillar with no clear head or tail, plump like a pillow

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Reposting, as the photo didn't initially show.

G-Lau 🇨🇦@g-lau.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Columbine collection: exhibit 8 Hey, I also have triples! Isn't this one pretty? If I were to market this variety, I think I'd call it Pink Perfection. #Flowers #BloomSky #BloomScrolling #GeneticVariation #Gardening #SciArt #Macrophotography #PhotoHour