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Black dragonfly sitting on a wet concrete sidewalk. Wingspan is about three inches, the body and abdomen are black with light patches, the eyes are a dark red, and the wings are transparent. Might be a black petaltail dragonfly.
Waxing crescent moon, slightly hazy due to the weather and because the photographer was trying to hand-hold a 600mm lens during a 1/60 second exposure.
A F-35 climbs away from the photographer. The background is completely white, due to the thick low-lying clouds the plane is climbing towards.
A blue jay sitting in the top of a Douglas fir tree. The sky is a pale blue, shading down to a bright white at the bottom of the frame. The jay is facing to the left.
Borb on a hydrangea branch with many dead flowers. Photo was taken through a very dirty window so it's very soft.
A cormorant stands on a defunct fountain head in a pond with its wings spread. It's reflection in the water's surface is distorted by the horizontal ripples.
Nutria swimming in a murky pond on an overcast day.
A dark brown slug oozes toward the left side of the frame. The pavement is wet from the steady drizzle and is reflecting white light from the overcast skies.
A mallard drake roosts on the ridge of a single story ranch house. The duck is silhouetted against a blue sky as the sun dips below the horizon to the right of the picture. A Douglas fir is visible to the left.
A closeup photo of the face of a gray tabby cat. He is looking to the left in direct sun, with his forehead in shadow. He has green eyes and his white whiskers are prominent.
A red-bellied newt facing the right side of the frame. It is on a paved path that is wet from a recent rain. Grass is visible in the background off the side of the path.
A red ladybug with several visible black spots marches East into the morning sun on a weathered concrete curb.
A close up photo of a gray tabby cat sleeping with his left top fang exposed.
Female American Wigeon standing next to a muddy rock on the bank of a small pond. She is facing into the direct sun, which provides great lighting for the intricate details on her feathers.
Male American wigeon. A pretty water bird with a light-blue bill, a white forehead, and a green eye patch that extends to the back of his neck. He is facing into the direct sun and there is a patch of water visible in the background.
A very handsome mallard faces into full sunlight. The muddy background is pleasantly blurred out and the harsh shadows to the left accent the brilliant green of his head.
A shaggy mane mushroom enjoys a sunny period between rainy bits. Dead leaves litter the ground around it and a bit of blue sky is visible in the background.
What I assume is a brown marmorated stink bug sits on a gray-painted wood railing. The bug is about 1/3” across and faces to the right. It is dark gray with shite speckles.
Silhouette of trees and a retired lumber mill looking east over Lake Ewauna in Klamath Falls, OR. Clouds are overhead, and mist obscures the mountains behind the trees.
Dozens of daffodil sprouts are coming up from the bare dirt of a flower bed. Green moss is visible I. The left front corner of the photo.
A small, pale-yellow mushroom with visible veins running from the domed center of the cap to the edge, surrounded by clover and grass. Drops of rain are visible on the vegetation around the mushroom. I believe this is a bolbitious titubans.
A yellow-green ginkgo leaf lies on a gray concrete sidewalk with several large puddles of raindrops on it. A smaller leaf is in the background to the left.
Three tiny orange mushrooms grow in wet green grass and moss next to a red fallen oak leaf. The cap of the largest mushroom is flat and the edges are wavy. The middle of the largest mushroom is darker than the rest of the cap.
The inside of the Inferno Lounge in Astoria, OR, at night. Red lights roll up the red wallpaper, giving the illusion of flames.
A partially open fly agaric mushroom in the verge between the sidewalk and a road. Reddish-brown oak leaves are scattered on the grass around it.
A pond covered (literally) with Canada geese. These are the small size, about as big as a large mallard. And very very noisy. Green and yellow trees are visible in the background, with large very dark-green oaks visible behind them. The sky is cloudy and pale blue.
Green trees are shading into yellow on the left side and across the bottom of the photo. Blue sky is visible through bright white clouds that look like pebbles in the rest of the photo.
Seven sets of railroad tracks stretch off into the distance. Photo is taken from over the center pair of tracks. The sky is a beautiful blue except for the upper-left of the picture where smoke from the Sugarloaf and Lower Mountains is visible as a purple-salmon colored cloud.
A white and brown fungus is growing on the side of a moss-covered log. East of Long Beach, WA.
Cormorants, Youngs Bay.
Two white pelicans standing on a platform over water. The pelican on the left has its beak under its wing, while the pelican on the right has its beak open and is preening its breast.
Orange cat sleeps on a small stack of magazines on a coffee table while a perfectly comfortable and much softer loveseat sits in the background.
An unidentified bug that has a mosquito-ish profile stands on the trunk lid of a red car. The bug’s reflection is visible.
A cluster of blackberries—many of them ripe—hang tantalizingly outside the reach of the photographer.
Red-winged blackbird is perched on a bent piece of grass stem, its beak wide-open as it yells at his neighbors.
A small pollinator works on a sprig of a lilac bush. The purple flower stands up in the upper-left of the image while the yellow-winged pollinator, with a black-and-yellow striped abdomen, works on the lower-right side of the flower, facing away from the viewer. The bug has wings that look like it’s a member of a wasp family. A green leaf sticks out into the lower-right corner of the image.
An orange cat exposes himself to a sunbeam. He is lying tummy-up on light-colored carpeting and is twisted so his forelegs are pointing toward the viewer while his back feet are in the air. His tummy looks tremendously soft and cuddly.
A lawn infested with terribly adorable little English meadow daisies.
Two pink wild rose blossoms are in the lower third of the photo. The rest of image is assorted green leaves from the wild rose and the assorted vegetation growing around it.
A pair of Canada geese and their goslings on a lawn in front of a pond. A parking lot is visible in the background beyond the water. The goose on the left is eating, the adult goose on the right is looking into the camera. The seven goslings, which are about the size of tennis balls, are in a group between the two adults.
A large tree rests on the iron rails of a foot bridge that was recently under water due to flooding.
Squirrel, clinging to the trunk of a Douglas fir, is making aggressive eye contact with the photographer. I think this is an Eastern Gary Squirrel, which was introduced to Oregon a bit over 100 years ago by idiots.
The two hind feet of a large orange cat stick out from my lap. The top foot has spread pink toes.
An orange cat, lying on a bed, with his front feet crossed. The tip of his tongue is sticking out.
Gray tabby cat sitting on a small, colorful knitted blanket on a desktop stares judgmentally at a pair of channel lock pliers.
New Zealand $2 coin fits perfectly in the release for the Dyson vacuum’s beater bar.
An orange cat sits expectantly at the feet of someone wearing white Puma socks. A counter is visible to the left where someone has just started dicing chicken breast for a chicken wrap. The cat has an expectant look on his face.
A skinny white insect rests on a blue denim jacket sleeve.
Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach, OR. Silhouetted against a cloudy sky with the salmon-colored sunset just visible on the horizon behind it.
Cormorant perched on a fountain nozzle in a pond. It's facing to the left into early afternoon sunlight so the face is well-lit while the back half of the bird is in shadow. The bird was grooming itself right before this picture was taken so it has a bit of fluff in its beak.
A male bufflehead swims from left to right across the frame. The white-bodied bird has an iridescent green forehead and a brilliant white head. His neck is black and the feathers on his back are black as well.
An orange cat sticks his right front leg through the pickets on a staircase in a vain attempt at hooking the glasses off a passerby.
A gray tabby lies on a table on the porch and glares at the people inside the house through the window. The sun is shining and the cat’s face is half in shadow. He is mad because we’ve stopped letting him in and out and in and out every three minutes.
A wind-blown bald eagle looks directly into the camera. The tousled nature of its head feathers gives it a particularly derpy expression.
A white cat's head and upper two legs are protruding from the top of a white lamp shade that's on black lamp. The lamp is sitting on a end table that also holds a bottle of sparkling water and a plate that currently holds an empty drinking glass.
Luke Skywalker riding a cat that's been Photoshopped into the scene in place of a tauntaun.
A photograph of a long-haired white cat licking a rainbow-colored snow cone. The cat's extruded tongue is purple and pink. It is highly likely this is a Photoshopped image.
The blue eyes of a bug whose body is obscured by a vertical green plant stem peak around the left and right side of the stem. Four blue insect legs grasp the plant stem just below the eyes.
A long-haired white cat is lying in a clear glass bowl and looking at the camera through the glass. It's bushy tail has flopped over the top to the left.