Jason Ruona

@jayroo.bsky.social

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📷 Macro & contemplative photography 💡 Empathy. Belonging. Hope.

Macro photo of a black-eyed Susan focused on the purple center cone and a portion of the bright orange petals. Some of the petals are still forming and sticking up at different angles
Macro of a Black-Eyed Susan bud, which is currently a ball made of hairy green tendrils, with fine white hairs. The tendrils will someday be orange flower petals. Behind it is leave covered in the same hairs and a brown and green bokeh
Macro photo, side view of a Birds-foot Trefoil blossom, an a cluster of other blossoms and covered in tiny drops of water from a recent rain. It’s yellow against a backround of green bokeh
Macro photo of a purple coneflower bud. The florets in the disc are forming and beginning to separate, which creates a pattern with a starlike shape in the middle
Macro photo, side view of prairie rose in full bloom, covered in drops of water of different sizes. It’s pink against a background of yellow green bokeh
Macro photo of a prairie rose bud covered in drops of water. It’s pink against a background of green bokeh. One drop of water has a clear reflection of leaves
A pair of bifocal glasses and the shadow they’re casting in the afternoon sun. They’re lying on a textured surface. The image is mainly monotone gray
A portrait oriented photo with half water and half sky. The water reflects the wispy clouds and has sections of dark blue, light blue, and golden brown. The horizon is a bright band of white from the morning sun. The sky is blue, fading to light blue at the horizon, with scattered clouds.
Macro photo of Siberian Bugloss. Small baby blue flowers with purple scad on centers, set against a green and brown bokeh
Macro photo of a small cluster of light pink lilac flowers set against a green bokeh background
Macro photo of wild geranium buds hang from a stem. They’re green and covered short white hairs lit by the evening sun. There’s a purple geranium flower in the distance
Macro photo of a single wild geranium blossom. The stamen and parts of the pink violet petals are in focus. Pollen can be seen on one. The pistil makes a star shape
A cloudy sunset sky of orange yellow and light purple shines through a corridor of high tension power lines and their towers. Immediately ahead is a bicycle path that curves out of the photo and reappears in the distance
A purple and white common columbine blossom facing out instead of down. The outer petals and the stamen are showing signs of decay. In the background are more columbine flowers and stems white siding
A portrait oriented photo with half water and half sky. The water is slate gray up close and further back reflects the light blues and pinks of the sky. An crumbling concrete pier juts into the water and a flock of pelicans flies past just below the horizon
Wood sorrel flowers twisted into tiny cones for the evening
Macro photo of wood sorrel flowers open to the sun with a couple still curled up. The flowers are yellow against a bokeh green background
Looking up though purple Common Columbine, several flowers ready to open, one in full bloom. Above the sky is light blue with wispy clouds
The shadow of a horizontally mounted traffic light stretches down a street, next to a yellow curb. The paint on the curb is flaking off. It’s a bright sunny day
A piece of butter melting in a cast iron pan. It has created a pattern of light and dark that resembles looking through trees at night
Grape hyacinth in nearly full bloom. A cluster of blue purple flowers with a few immature lavender ones at the top of the stem. The leaves are various amounts of blurry and the background bokeh contains leaves and a white building with dark windows
Black and white macro of an olive stuffed with a pimento, sitting on a paper plate. There are a few water drops. At the top right is the pleated edge of the plate with a hint of a the printed pattern it contains
Yellow tulip in full bloom. Each petal has a pattern that looks like red brushstrokes spreading out from a hexagonal brown patch at the center of the flower
Black and white photo of large metal HVAC vents next to a maintenance catwalk, surrounded by metal railings. Further back you can see smaller HVAC pipes
Many tall ostrich ferns, with their tops still curled into fiddleheads, growing next to a building, glowing in the morning sun
A top view of a yellow tulip which is just starting to open. There are hints of red the edge of some petals. The petals are tightly overlapped so the flower head is roughly round from this angle except for three petals with edges sticking out. The background is blurry leaves and ground
Screenshot of menu icons at the top of Snapseed for iPhone. The layers icon is circled
Macro photo of a North American violet with morning dew. The shot is taken straight on. There are 5 petals, the lower three have stamen where they join
A clump of ostrich ferns still curled into fiddleheads against a blurred background which includes browns, greens, and grays. Many individual pinnules can be seen tightly curled in the spiral fronds and opening up along the stem
Macro of an unopened tulip bud nestled inside a curled tulip leaf. There’s many shades green in the photo all with a light spring feel. In the lower right there’s a faint red lens flare which most people will probably miss
A store window stenciled with "Live work and play on the ave". It reflects the city street at sunset with two people walking, traffic, streetlights, and buildings
Black and white photo of a lounge area at a university. It’s a large room with multiple angles, building materials, structures and details. The sun is shining though the slanted glass ceiling, casting a bright angled light on the wall ahead and the corner of a 4-story office structure. There’s a tiled wall sculpture on the brick wall ahead and another wall sculpture to the right
A sunset beach scene turned into pixel art. The foreground is filled with white, blue, and magenta flowers and their greenery. Tall dried grasses on the left. The water is blue with an orange reflection of the sunset. The sky is dark at the horizon lightening to pink then white above the sun
Pixel art of white, blue, and magenta flowers and their greenery, filling the whole frame
Macro photo of two sets of lilac leaves emerging from their buds at the end of a twig. The bud is red and yellow-green and the leaves are bright green. The background is a mix of green and brown shapes and blue sky
Macro photo of the partially bare seed head of a cone flower against a yellow and white background
A portrait oriented photo with half water and half sky. The water is brown with a large patch reflecting the blue sky. There’s a wave beginning to curl with a short line is spray as it approaches shore. Another wave further back is already curling. The sky is a rich light blue, fading to almost white at the horizon, with scattered clouds.
Black and white macro of 2 flea bane flowers. One in focus, the other out of focus in the background
Standing on a grassy spot amidst birch trees looking across Portage Lake to the lift bridge. It’s a clear sunny day, the water is blue and the sky a lighter blue. On the right are wooden docks where boats park
At the top of a wooden stairway looking down at a path made out of wood pallets leading across grassy, snowy area into an evergreen woods beyond. It’s a sunny day and blue sky can be seen through the tops of the trees
Macro photo of two young fiddlehead fern fronds, tightly curled, which recently pushed through the mulch. Tiny pinnules are tightly compacted inside the spiral fronds
Macro photo focused on a single flower in a hyacinth flower spike, with other blurry florets in the background. It’s purple at the top fading to blue at the base. There’s a drop of water on it.
Photo of Lake Michigan shot past ice that’s been pushed to shore. First the ice and snow, then a wet sandy beach, then the lake with two waves stretching left to right are cresting. The sky is bright blue and partly cloudy
Night shot of a vintage theater with about 10 people on the sidewalk. Two blue neon signs above the marquee say bluebird theatre in cursive.The marquee says Sun, Christian Loffler, orbit. Most of the image is dark except foot stopping the lit sign
Macro photo of Columbine leaves in the morning sun cradling a large droplet of water. The water appears to have wrinkles due to the bottom side texture showing through. The leaves are green with rust colored tips. There’s a second smaller droplet on the left side of the leaf cluster
Black and white photo of two tradescantia zebra cuttings growing out of a glass bottle, sitting on a shelf. On the bottle are the letters K, S, H, A—the visible portion of the word milkshake—superimposed over several parallel horizontal stripes. The shelf is next to a wood grain wall
Black and white photo of a curved sidewalk lined with rectangular columns stretching from front right to back left. Each column has a light near the top, pointing down. Of the 13 columns, 4 have burnt out lights
Macro photo of a newly formed hyacinth flower stalk. The petals are still closed so it looks like a cluster of coffee beans. They’re blue-purple with green highlights. The flower stalk is cradled in green leaves. The background is a bright soft bokeh
A weathered freshwater clam or mussel shell sitting in the sand. It has rings of beige, tan, and light blue. The sun is shining on the left side. It’s a macro photo so grains of sand are visible in browns, reds, and black, in the portion of the photo that’s in focus
A portrait oriented photo with half water and half sky. The water near the horizon is a narrow band of green-blue. The rest of the water has a brown-green color. The sky is overcast with a rolling blue and white clouds.
Macro photo of a translucent blue ball shaped ornament and its shadow. The ornament has a metal cap and is a hanging from a blue beaded chain. The shadow on the beige wall has a blue tint
Two ends of a string of translucent multicolor beads blurring into the background. Macro focus on a metal clasp
Close up of smooth gray speckled stones in making a sort of path. They’re lightly covered with autumn leaves of red, yellow, and maroon. It’s sunny and background is a golden bokeh
Several large rocks in shallow water on Lake Michigan, with waves in the background. It’s completely overcast. The sky is blue-gray. The lake is green-gray
A downtown street corner with “No bicycles” stenciled on the sidewalk and an art installation with a bright yellow bike with a teal seat and flower planter. Another bike can be seen in the background
A cream colored vintage 10-speed bicycle propped vertically against a light pole on the corner of a downtown street. The seat has been replaced with a metal bucket and leafy plant. Across the street is another bike planter painted red
The edges of a shelf fungus, possibly Turkey Tail, peeking out under fresh snow
A brick wall with several plastic white stars attached. The wall is painted red orange with a darker stripe at the bottom. There’s also a wood beam attached
Macro photo of a frosty goldenrod sprig in the golden morning sun taken on a winter’s day