Tessera

PacNorth Images

@pacnorthimages.bsky.social

Nature & Wildlife Photographer 🌲🍄🪶 Capturing the fine details of the Pacific Northwest and more. ☕️ https://buymeacoffee.com/pacnorthimages 🖼️ PacNorthImages.mypixieset.com

1007 Posts2513 Follower 23 Folgt

Jos Buurmans | New Zealand @josbuurmans.bsky.social · 3d ago

Standing Tall under Brooding Skies - Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. #photography #landscape #nz #trees

A stand of eucalyptus trees glows in the late light, their slender forms rising against stormy skies and rolling Hawke’s Bay hills.

Kilian Schönberger @kilianschoenberger.bsky.social · 3d ago

Light & Shadow A surreal fog mood in the Black Forest, South-West Germany #landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #fog #schwarzwald

SkandiPhotographer @skandiphotographer.bsky.social · 4d ago

For a few quiet moments, the sky found its reflection. #photography #naturephotography #fujifilm #skandiphotographer

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 5d ago

Golden hour drama lighting up the Southern Oregon skies near Shady Cove. #OregonSunsets #SouthernOregon #CloudScape #GoldenHour #NaturePhotography #ShadyCove #LostCreekLake #PacificNorthwest

A dramatic dramatic sunset view over Southern Oregon, featuring dark, heavy clouds brilliantly rimmed and illuminated by a fierce golden light, with the dark silhouettes of rolling hills visible along the bottom horizon.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 6d ago

A nature mood that’s hard to capture, but this feels close. Love the morning clouds hugging the banks of the river. #photography #nature #landscape #bluesky #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography

High-angle, moody nature photograph of a dense Pacific Northwest forest blanketed in thick, flowing layers of low-hanging fog and mist. Tall pine and evergreen trees emerge through the rolling white vapor, with muted green and dark charcoal tones dominating the damp landscape.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 7d ago

⛰️ Hills rising like islands from seas of clouds. ☁️ 📍 Trail, OR #photography #nature #landscape #bluesky #art #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography

In remote southern Oregon, near Trail and Tiller, low level clouds create the illusion of mountain tops looking like island in a foggy bay. The pastel blue sky has wispy scattered clouds that contrast the dark and light of the hills.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 2w ago

🔎 🍄 📷 Final one in the series — for scale. This little bird’s nest fungus is barely bigger than a few moss blades. The soft green carpet around it shows just how tiny these splash-cups really are. Tiny engineers of the forest floor. #mushrooms #fungi #NaturePhotography #macrophotography #mycology

Macro photograph of a single tiny bird’s nest fungus cup growing on dark wood, surrounded by dense, bright green moss. The cup is pale with a fuzzy exterior and empty brown interior, appearing only a few millimeters tall compared to the surrounding moss stems and blades that tower over it. Soft natural light and shallow depth of field emphasize the extreme small scale of the fungus against the lush moss carpet.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 2w ago

Another tiny nest, different style. 🍄📷 This bird’s nest fungus has a soft white fuzzy rim and shiny dark “eggs” (peridioles) nestled deep in the moss. Same clever splash-cup design as the last ones—just dressed in different colors. #mushrooms #fungi #NaturePhotography #macrophotography #mycology

Macro photo of a single bird’s nest fungus cup nestled among bright green and golden-brown moss. The cup has a thick, fuzzy white outer rim and a dark brown interior filled with clustered shiny brown oval peridioles that resemble tiny coffee beans. A few loose peridioles rest on the rim and nearby moss. Soft natural light highlights the textures of the fungus and surrounding moss.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 2w ago

Nature’s tiniest nests 🪺🍄 Bird’s nest fungi growing on a mossy log. The “eggs” are actually spore packets called peridioles. When a raindrop hits just right, it launches them out like tiny splash-cups so they can start new colonies. #mushrooms #fungi #NaturePhotography #macrophotography #mycology

Close-up of several small, cup-shaped bird’s nest fungi growing on a dark, textured log covered with patches of green moss. The fuzzy, light-brown cups contain clusters of tiny, oval, grayish-beige “eggs” (peridioles) nestled inside, some with a few scattered on the wood nearby. Soft natural lighting highlights the textures of the fungi and moss against a blurred dark background.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 3w ago

🌿 Look who’s back and thriving! 🦎 Our little warrior gecko is missing one leg, with a tail growing back, but refuses to let it slow him down. Nature’s toughest (and cutest) comeback story. #WildlifePhotography #Gecko #NatureLovers #MacroPhotography #Herpetology

A vibrant green Gold Dust Day Gecko with striking blue eyes clings to a dried plant stem in Maui, Hawaii. This resilient little survivor is missing one leg but has a healthy regrowing tail, showcasing nature’s incredible regeneration abilities.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 3w ago

🌿🦎 Sneaky little legend! This Gold Dust Day Gecko was perfectly peeking out from a banana leaf in Maui, those electric blue eyes catching the light like jewels. This little hide-and-seek champion never disappoints. #Maui #Hawaii #WildlifePhotography #GoldDustDayGecko #NaturePhotography

Close-up of a bright green Gold Dust Day Gecko with striking blue eyes peeking curiously from behind a dried banana leaf in Maui, Hawaii.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 3w ago

All about the color palette with this one! 🦎✨ Which photo style do you prefer - tight crops, or wider environmental shots? Let me know in the comments! 👇 📸Camera: Sony A7R III Lens: Tamron 25-200mm G2 🦎 #Herpetology #macrophotography #WildlifePhotography #photography #GoldDustDayGecko

A close-up photograph of a vibrant green Gold Dust Day Gecko climbing vertically up a dried, textured brown banana leaf. The gecko features bright turquoise accents around its eyes and back, along with small red spots on its lower back. The background shows a soft, blurred blue horizon.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 3w ago

Snack Time! ✨ 🪶 🐦 #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Goldfinch #BirdWatching #NatureLovers

A detailed macro photograph focusing on the face of a goldfinch with vibrant yellow chest feathers. The bird is looking slightly toward the camera with food remnants on its beak.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 3w ago

Up close and personal with a local goldfinch. Look at those incredible feather details! 🪶 #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Goldfinch #BirdWatching #NatureLovers

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 3w ago

🐦 Caught red-handed-or should I say yellow-beaked? This little goldfinch was too busy enjoying a snack to care about the camera. 🪶 #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Goldfinch #BirdWatching #NatureLovers

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 4w ago

East Evans Creek Fire in Southern Oregon. These are of the Board Mountain spot fire to the NE of the main fire. 🔥 #oregonwildfire #eastevanscreekfire #southernoregon #pacnorthultra #wildfire

Board Mountain Spot fire as part of the Evans Creek fire in southern Oregon

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 4w ago

🍄📷 #mushrooms #fungi #NaturePhotography #macrophotography #mycology

Several small, delicate mushrooms coming out of rotted log in the deep Oregon forests

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 4w ago

A tiny, glowing world hidden right beneath our feet. Camera: Sony a7R III Lens: Tamron 28-200mm Settings: f/8 | 1/100 s | ISO 320 🍄📷 #mushrooms #fungi #NaturePhotography #macrophotography #mycology

A close-up, ground-level photograph of a tiny, delicate mushroom with a translucent, ribbed, light-yellow cap and a slender cream-colored stem. The mushroom grows out of a bed of dark, damp soil, green moss, and scattered brown pine needles on the forest floor. In the soft-focus foreground, two smaller, blurred mushrooms frame the shot, while the background falls into a dark, moody bokeh.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 4w ago

🍄 #photography #NaturePhotography #Mushrooms #Fungi #macrophotography

Small mushroom among bright green moss. Some pine needles obscured in background. Dark moody vibes.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 4w ago

East Evans Creek Fire 📍 Southern Oregon #EastEvansCreekFire #ORwx #OregonWildfire #JacksonCountyOR #SouthernOregon

A wide, high-angle landscape photograph looking out over dense evergreen forests in Southern Oregon. In the distance, a massive column of thick, billowing gray and white smoke rises from the East Evans Creek Fire, cutting across an otherwise clear sky and casting a haze over the distant mountain ridges.

A telephoto landscape photo taken from an elevated viewpoint, showing layers of smoky mountain ridges covered in pine trees. A heavy, dense plume of dark gray smoke dominates the background, rising from a wildfire and spreading a thick layer of haze across the valleys below.

A high-viewpoint photograph of a forested mountain landscape under a smoky sky during late afternoon. The sun filters through a thick layer of wildfire smoke, casting an eerie, warm orange glow over the silhouetted ridges and evergreen trees stretching into the distance.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · last mo.

A study in translucency. It’s those small, quiet details that make the Pacific Northwest so rewarding to document. 🌲📸 🍄 a7R III | 25mm | f/8 | 1/100s | ISO 320 #Mycology #MacroPhotography #Nature #Fungi #SonyAlpha

A low-angle macro photograph of a pale, translucent mushroom growing out of dense, dark green moss on a forest floor. The light shines through the delicate, fan-like gills of the mushroom, highlighting their intricate texture against the dark, moody background.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · last mo.

There’s something so peaceful about the way these translucent caps catch the light—nature’s own fiber optics. 🍄✨ This delicate specimen was worth every second of crawling through the damp moss. 🌿 #Mycology #MacroPhotography #PacificNorthwest #NaturePhotography #Fungi

A captivating close-up macro photograph captures a single, delicate, translucent white mushroom emerging from a lush, vibrant bed of deep green, textured moss. The mushroom's cap is finely detailed, showing subtle, radiating gill-like structures visible through its semi-transparent surface. A tiny, faint creature is perched near the base of the cap. The stem is slender, upright, and appears slightly fuzzy or textured. The background is composed of soft-focus, dark, moody forest greenery, creating a strong contrast that makes the bright, ethereal mushroom the central focus of the image. The lighting is soft and directional, highlighting the mushroom's fragile and glowing appearance against the dark, mossy floor of the Pacific Northwest forest.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · last mo.

Captured with my Sony a7R III and Tamron 28-200mm lens. 📸✨🍄 f/8 | 1/100 s | ISO 640 | 25mm #Mycology #MacroPhotography #Nature #Fungi #SonyAlpha

A close-up, vertically oriented photo of a small, slender mushroom growing amongst vibrant green, textured moss. The mushroom has a delicate, light-purple or mauve conical cap with visible gills underneath, illuminated by a soft natural light that creates a subtle rim-light effect on the edge of the cap. The long, thin, brownish stalk extends down into the moss. The background is a deeply blurred (bokeh) tapestry of dark greens, purples, and browns. Below the photograph, the phone’s dark-mode EXIF data interface is visible, showing camera details (Sony ILCE-7RM3A, Tamron 25-200mm), settings (f8, 1/100s, ISO 640, 25mm), and file information.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · last mo.

Found this sleepy bumblebee taking a morning nap on the lavender 🐝💤 Grabbed a quick photo when I spotted him chilling. Such a peaceful little scene 🌿✨ Anyone else ever catch bees napping in the garden? #bees #macrophotography #InsectsOfBluesky #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

Close-up macro photo of a bumblebee sleeping on purple lavender flowers in the morning light. The fuzzy bee with yellow and black coloring is resting peacefully with its head tucked into the bloom against a soft blurred background.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · last mo.

It’s not always about the chase; sometimes it’s about the patience to capture the downtime. The level of stillness required to hold this shot while they recharge is a stark contrast to their typical mid-day intensity. #MacroPhotography #PacNorthUltra #WildlifePhotography #SonyAlpha #OregonWildlife

A close-up macro photograph of a bumblebee sleeping on a sprig of lavender. Another bee is partially visible in the lower-left corner of the frame, and the background is a soft, warm bokeh.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · last mo.

Beautiful backlighting on this fuzzy friend visiting the lavender. There’s something satisfying about the way the light catches the fine hairs on a bumblebee against a dark background. Sleep well little buddy! #Entomology #macrophotography #InsectsOfBluesky #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

A macro photograph of a bumblebee clinging to a flowering lavender stalk. The bee is heavily backlit by the sun, illuminating its golden-yellow fuzzy hairs and wings. The lavender flowers are a vibrant purple, and the background is a soft, dark, out-of-focus green, creating a high-contrast, atmospheric effect.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Twilight gradients in the Pacific Northwest 🌲✨ Nothing quite like the transition from a fiery sunset to the deep blue of the night sky cutting through the treeline. 📍 Crater Lake National Park 📱 Apple iPhone 15 Pro 📸 77mm | f/2.8 | 2.5s | ISO 1000 #LandscapePhotography #PNW #Twilight #BlueHour

A vertical, high-contrast landscape photograph capturing the deep silhouettes of towering evergreen pine trees against a vibrant twilight sky. The sky transitions beautifully from a deep, rich indigo blue at the top down to a bright, glowing orange and fiery red gradient along the horizon at the bottom. The sharp black silhouettes of the dense forest trees fill the lower half of the frame, with their detailed branches intricately outlined against the colorful twilight glow. A couple of faint, tiny stars are just beginning to appear in the clear blue sky near the top.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Late afternoon light hitting Wizard Island and Llao Rock. There’s nothing quite like the winter contrast at Crater Lake. 🏔️❄️ #CraterLake #PNW #Oregon #LandscapePhotography #Winter

A vertical landscape photograph of Crater Lake during winter. In the foreground, dark evergreen pine trees frame a view of the deep blue, calm lake water. In the mid-ground, the snow-covered volcanic cone of Wizard Island rises out of the lake, with its forested slopes catching the golden glow of the sun at its peak. In the background, the steep, snow-dusted caldera wall towers over the water, highlighted by the prominent, flat-topped cliff face of Llao Rock fully illuminated by the warm, late-day sunlight under a clear, gradient sky.

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Panoramic of Crater Lake National Park, Oregon 🏔️ 🌲 The rim, Wizards Island, Crater Lake blue, evening glow - This is what being in nature is all about. THIS is Southern Oregon. #LandscapePhotography #Scenery #photography #BackCountry #panorama

PacNorth Images @pacnorthimages.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🪶 There’s nothing quite like the split-second mechanics of a hummingbird. Caught this brilliant male flashing his iridescent gorget right as he extended a wing. 📍 Oregon, USA #Birds #Ornithology #BirdsOfBluesky #WildlifePhotography

A detailed, low-angle macro photograph of a brilliant male Rufous Hummingbird perched on a slender, diagonal tree branch. The bird faces the camera, showing off its vibrant, iridescent orange and red throat feathers (gorget) that glow like hot coals against its white chest and warm cinnamon-colored belly. Its right wing is dynamically extended outward, revealing individual flight feathers in motion, while its left wing remains tucked. It grips the textured bark firmly with its tiny black claws, looking slightly upward against a clean, soft-focus background fading from light blue to pale cream.