The satisfying geometry of a ball dahlia Happy Monday, friends! #infraredphotography #flowerphotography

Sometimes a photo is only as clear as your state of mind while you were taking it. Wandering through the light at Briones Regional Park, SF Bay Area #infraredphotography #landscapephotography

This Echinocereus expels tiny galaxies into the night air. Naughty flower left a tiny, invisible spine in my finger. I finally got it out after a month of minor agony. I did get a photo op out of it, though! #flowerphotography

Butterfly Ranunculus doing its shimmery thing under UV light. Do we not all need a spiritual and psychic reset this weekend? World events are too much to sustain. Planning to spend some time outside, not doing too much. #FlowersOnFriday #BloomScrolling

My friend's garden across the lake is graced with a Cobaea scandens (cup-and-saucer vine). They're so cool in person - no photo can do justice. They are generally white-to-purple but UV light reveals blue, red and pink in there as well. #flowerphotography

So many photographers are or have been software devs. All y'all should check out this cool light meter beta app and let @danhawk.bsky.social know what you think.

Dan Hawk@danhawk.bsky.social · 4w ago

Well, here's what I've been up to- I've been running a small private Beta on a new Light meter app for iOS and would love to get more feedback. It's called Metered. I should start with the reasons I created it and show you some screenshots. beta link is at the end of the thread.

White Amaryllis, photographed under UV. Many flowers do not react at all to UV, or if they do, they don't look very appealing. It's very hard to predict. Every once in a while, I luck out and get a 'like whoa!' #flowerphotography #macrophotography

This'll do, lil friend Yes, I am full of mediocre puns. How else can I distract myself from the wind and cold of a Bay Area summer day? 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑢𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑖𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑠, or slender flower thistle. A naturalized perennial here in the East Bay Hills. UV #flowerphotography

Pbbt! Thunbergia, on a mission to make people smile. Happy Monday, hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend. #flowerphotography #NaturePhotography

#SanFrancisco exists under a thousand feet of fog (actual). Sutro Tower breaks through at the horizon. The Bay Bridge passes through Yerba Buena island, with Treasure Island off to the right. View from the Berkeley Hills. #Infrared cuts cleanly through haze. #wide #panorama ##landscapephotography

Magnolias in the blue sky, 550nm false color #infrared #naturephotography One of the largest prints I've done, around 90 x 60" (230 x 152). I wish everyone had that kind of wall space because images at scale are great fun.

Magnolias in Golden Gate Park Cool colors on a hot summer day 550nm #infrared #flowers #flowerphotography

Lost in the fog on the Sonoma Coast, which always seems to be in some state of superbloom. Happy Monday, friends. 720nm #infrared #flowerphotography

Briza shows off some surprise colors under UV. I see (and hear rattling) this grass all over the SF Bay Area and I agree with Helen – it is beautiful. #flowerphotography #phtoography #FlowersonFriday

Helen Bennett 🌿@helenbennett.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A great addition to any garden.... the beautiful and delicate locket flower heads of Common quaking grass (Briza media). Good for pollinators and the seeds are an excellent source of food for birds too! 🌿🤍 📷 Happy Friday 🕊️👋 #Scape #Photography #FlowersOnFriday #NativePlants #ECK #Wildflowerhour

Sad to awaken to the news that the California Cherry Oak isn't actually a cherry, nor even an oak, but a figment of last night's dream. #infrared #photography

This is not a drill, people ;) #photography #flowerphotography 𝐼𝑝𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑒𝑎 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑎 (Morning Glory)

It's fun to watch Mother Nature getting high on her own supply. This one makes me hear a fairground organ. #flowerphotography #photography 𝑃𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑎 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑎

The Catherine Wheel pincushion protea. Unclear whether it is named for the medieval torture device or the 90s shoegaze band (suspect the former.) Either way, a spectacularly expressive #flower in both visible (normal) light and here in ultraviolet. #photography

Mirrored close-up of an Acanthus flower for #MacroMonday I've been taking relatively fewer pictures lately as I ramp up some writing projects. I won't get to even 10% of the creative stuff I'd like to in my lifetime. How boredom even a thing for some people is a great mystery. #uv #photography

Some unusual last light at Black Diamond. We sometimes refer to taking photos as "making memories" but it's amazing how even just one landscape photo from years ago can spark that entire day back to life in the mind. #infrared #photography

A dry storm rolling into Alhambra Valley, California. Every time I wander off trail around here I think of the TICKsplosion! headline from a couple of years ago. Hoping not to get Rocky Mountain spotted fever again – '94 was a rough summer. Happy Monday, friends! #infrared #photography

Daytrip! Cabin fever needs corrected. Please enjoy an ornithogalum if you happen to be on a screen and keep being one of the good ones. #flower #photography

Springtime at the coal mine Experimenting with some b&w #infrared #photography

I thought 'escapism' photography was getting corny but as our current era unfolds I'm starting to find it incredibly appealing. Anyway, there's a reason we put up with the cost of living in California. There's simply no other place like it. Monterey Peninsula #infrared #photography

A 200-year-old Monterey Cypress clings to a cliff above the Pacific Ocean. A rugged life, but the views are amazing. False-color #infrared #photography

Stewartville, California (ghost town) At Black Diamond Mines, now a beautiful preserve for hiking and observing about a dozen raptor species. It's one of my favorite East Bay Parks to photograph. #infrared #photography

A very good Friday to you! I'm flinging down the keyboard and running off to the gardens. Shirk work and go enjoy some natural beauty. (Or become a photographer and make that your legitimate work.) #flowers #photography #FlowersonFriday Allium triquetrum, our glorious spring 'weed'.

A famous monument on a foggy day #infrared #photography

An unusual day at Deer Valley No one else was there to see it. #infrared #photography

California Buckeye, at Briones Our regional metro parks system is the largest in the USA. Redwood forests and coastal trails are within 15 mins of the heart of the city. My favorite: the miles and miles of rolling hills rippling out from the Diablo Range. False-color #infrared #photography #EBRPD