Charlie Ludwig

@chuck4242.bsky.social

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Former UX Manager. Aging punker. MN sports sufferer. Basketball addict. Most wildlife photos are taken with a Canon EF 400mm f4 DO II + Laowa 200mm f2 + x1.4 + x2 + Canon R5 + Canon R7.

Three separate scenes of a Western Honey Bee foraging away on white wildflowers.
A Barred Owl still barely touching the tree limb.
An female Osprey flying by with it's half eaten meal.
A Painted Lady butterfly faces square to the camera while on a purple coneflower bloom.
A juvenile Barred Owl is spotlit with the reddish glow of late sunset light. It is small in frame in the upper left perched on the small branch of a dead tree.
A young Wild Turkey leaning into flight on the edge of masonry blocks to a garden below.
A story of three deer interacting with each other last night.
An adult Barred Owl getting ready for flight on a small oak branch. It's crouched low starting to unfurl its wings.
A Red Admiral butterfly feeds on a purple coneflower.
A Barred Owl faces to the side while getting water sprayed on it.
An Osprey flies with a half eaten fish in its grasp. Blue sky is in the background.
A Painted Lady butterfly stands atop a purple coneflower feeding away.
Two juvenile owls perched on a river birch limb surrounded by leaves.
A fawn gallops in a lawn with a garden, creek, and trees behind it.
Three different scenes of wild carrot blooms
A blissful looking juvenile Barred Owl cooling off in a sprinkler after a hot summer day.
A Barred Owl perches on a river birch tree limb with foliage all around.
A juvenile Barred Owl perches on a tree branch.
Three Barred Owlets all stand together on a massive oak trunk that's bent to the left.
A Barred Owlet on an oak tree perch with a large insect in its beak.
A Barred Owl small in frame on the bottom left. Oak tree limbs and leaves are most of the rest of the scene with a little open air in the upper right.
Three different scenes of smooth oxeye in bloom.
A Barred Owl stares directly at the camera filling most of the frame.
A Barred Owl shrouded in leaves on a tree limb.
A Western Honey Bee holding on to a flower step, nearly falling off.
A monarch butterfly in flight
A Muskrat swims in the water in three different scenes.
Three different garden scenes. The first is a purple coneflower with a bee taking flight. The middle photo is of a Monarch butterfly in the garden. The final shot is a Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly on a purple coneflower.
A Song Sparrow sings its song in isolation on a small stem
A Barred Owl small in the scene, with forest around it.
A Barred Owl looks to the sky from its perch.
A Hummingbird Clearwing moth is shown from the back with its wings perfectly extended while feeding on a bee balm.
Three seperate images stacked vertically. All are from the same scenen in the garden with different visitors. Top images has a bee in flight, the next has a Monarch and a bee with the final image just having a bee.
A Barred Owl seen through tree foliage.
One bee gorges on a purple coneflower. Another bee flies above the flower.
A Barred Owl just after taking flight from a tree perch. The trunk of the tree is massive and takes 40% of the frame, the rest is blurred vegetation.
A Barred Owl looking down from it's perch
A Barred Owlet stands on the grass looking out with its beak open.
Hummingbird Clearwing feeding on a lavender bee balm.
A fun edit on some of my Mexican Sunflower blooms that were lit up by the evening light.
An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail feeding on some monarda (bee balm).
A barred owl perched in a river birch tree.
A Barred Owl on a perch in a river birch tree. It is surrounded by vegetation.
A wildflower scene with multiple flowers and greens.
A Hooded Merganser tries to eat a crawfish while in the middle of a pond.
Two Canada Goslings squawk at each other in the water. Their faces are centimeters from each other (you're welcome metric world for the conversion).
A Bald Eagle does a head shale while perched on a tree branch. Blue sky and a few leaves are behind it.
A Barred Owl that spotted something on the edge of the holding pond that's just out of frame. The owl is perched on a fallen tree trunk that goes to the edge of the pond.
Four young Great Egrets stand on a nest surrounded by cottonwood leaves basking in the morning light.
A Barred Owl looks down while perched on a tree limb. A tree trunk and leaves paint the rest of the scene.
A spotted orbweaver lays down more web silk on its web.
Coneflowers lit up by the evening light.
Multiple night time scenes showing gardens, and creek shore vegetation while fireflies are blinking on and off.
A night time garden scene with fireflies lighting up the environment.
A Green Heron curled into a weird shape while standing and preening. The bird is standing on a log in the water with the morning sun spotlighting it.
A Bald Eagle rest on a tree limb.
A Damselfly rests on a pale purple coneflower.
A dark wooded scene with faint light. Fireflies are blinking on and off as they fly around.
A young Wild Turkey stands in the grass.
A Muskrat eats vegetation on the edge of a pond.