Rob Haines

@robhainescreative.space

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Creative writer, statistical programmer, photographer, pianist and unrepentant catdad. he/him Microfiction, essays and visual art at https://robhainescreative.space Cannot view DMs on Bluesky.

A hummingbird hawk moth hovering with wings ablur against a gradiented grey-blue backdrop. They have fuzzy antennae, a grey furry upper body, and bright orange at the back of their wings, and they are drinking from a purple and white flower with a long proboscis.
A bumblebee fast asleep on a dried-out lavender stem, in the dark night. A pale luminescence lights the scene from the top right.
A red-haired confessor in black-and-gold armour sits on the battlements of a monochromatic city. The sky is full of chaos, tornadoes, large chunks of rock, and silhouetted dragons against the pale sky. Domed towers can be seen behind ornate walls.
A trio of white-robed Oracle Envoys, standing on pale, wide-topped mushrooms growing from a vast tree branch. They raise their trumpets to the bright sky in reverie.
The interior of a cluster of ruined grey buildings, at sunset. Ghostly eagles perch atop the crumbling walls, and the sky is purple beyond the radiance of the Erdtree's branches.
A ruined chapel beneath a crimson sky. The earth is tinged an unsettling pink, and glowing embers linger in the air. A shard of grace glows wan in the centre of the ruins.
Vyse from Skies of Arcadia, a sky pirate dressed in a blue jacket and transparent eyepatch, with a turquoise cutlass over his shoulder.
A rocky valley lined with blood-red flowers, broken tents and rows of wooden stakes, shattered and askew. Tall, narrow pine trees stand sparse amidst the pale smoke, and in the distance the corpses of giants dangle inverted from large wooden posts.
A red and black ladybug climbing a vertical grass stem, the sunlight shining off the black-and-white mottling off its upper body.
A tall stele covered in writing, in the midst of a blue-purple subterranean lake. Fires are lit at the top and bottom of the stele, and the sky is full of stars.
A causeway towards a large stone gatehouse, beneath dark yellow clouded skies. A shard of grace hovers above cracked paving stones and low-lying golden foliage.
A blue damselfly resting on a bright yellow-green leaf over grey water.
A sheep grazes under a shining sapling on a hill overlooking the plateau. The walls of the Capital curve into the distance, and layers of cliffs rise up in the space between. A large golden Erdtree dominates the skyline, and beyond, the silhouettes of a trio of windmills.
A grey squirrel on a sloping sunlit bank, partially dappled with shade.
A majestic view across Liurnia to the mage academy. The sky and low-lying fog are purple-blue, and various ruins and jagged cliffs can be seen rising from the swamp below.
A shining shard of golden grace, hovering above a jagged selection of decayed weaponry, the steel encrusted with vines and plant-matter. The room is dimly-lit but ornate, and a pair of priestly statues hold flowers in the background.
A flush of sunlit bluebells, shot from a low angle. Sharp angled green leaf-blades cut across the image from the bottom-left, their surfaces alternating light and shadow, and the distance is out-of-focus green and occasional dots of purple.
A cluster of tiny purple flowers with orange pollen at their centre, growing from conical spires of buds.
A grey heron standing on a rock, poised for a graceful dive into the water.
A tiny duckling in a canal, looking at a rock while its sibling sits judgingly on the next rock up.
A mother duck in shades of brown and a purple stripe leads a cluster of yellow-and-brown ducklings across a wind-rippled canal.
A deep blue night sky full of many-coloured stars, scattered with dark grey clouds. To the bottom-left, treetops are silhouetted against the night, and in the bottom-right a sloping hillside rises up against a blue-grey horizon.
A wide scene of a brown mother duck jumping out of a stone-walled canal onto a rock, while her little yellow-and-black ducklings explore the water around her.
An A3 print of "Bluebells by the Usk", all grassy greens and pale violet flowers, with a blue mechanical pencil for scale.
A large yellow flower with five petals and a dense array of bright yellow stamens surrounding a central yellow pyramid. The flower is protruding sideways out of a bush with many other similar flowers.
A flush of sunlit bluebells, shot from a low angle. Sharp angled green leaf-blades cut across the image from the bottom-left, their surfaces alternating light and shadow, and the distance is out-of-focus green and occasional dots of purple.
A pigeon in a shaded tree looking like a forest spirit from a Zelda game. They're standing tall with a sinuous curve to their neck, and a stray sunbeam lights the side of their chest and head in glorious incandescence.
A top-down view of a lavender-coloured nigella blossom. It has overlapping rings of wide petals, with a central spray of green stems, and an array of spiky green foliage below the petals, emerging like solar panels on a space station.
A tiny black bug marching along the petal of a radiant yellow day lily as if on a quest.
A bright A5 print of bluebells rising above grass, lying atop a card with the title and context for the shot. They're both on top of a brown card-backed envelope.
A goldfinch perched atop a row of decorative metal leaves, against a dark green backdrop. He has a bright red face, and black markings in bands across white and tan plumage.
A bumblebee with a fuzzy orange back approaches a bright yellow day lily flower, against a backdrop of variegated greens
A mocked-up Star Trek TNG title card, with the Enterprise below the title reading "I Know Writers Who Use Subtext, And They're All Cowards"
A ghostly impression of a pigeon, left on a window that it flew into. You can clearly see its face (with beak) and tail, and the impression of its shoulders.
A beautiful pigeon perched on a wooden fence, the evening sun shining off their chest and orange beak. Their neck is gently ruffled, and shines with nacreous greens and pinks.
A blue tit perched on a green bird feeder.
A close-up of a small mason bee with an orange butt on the side of a garden table, against a black backdrop
A close-up of a bright yellow creeping buttercup flower, against a dark green backdrop. The flower has five petals around a dense structure of curling yellow stamens.
A tuxedo cat sits firmly on a lap while the owner of said lap plays Wax Heads on the tv opposite
A crisp photo of the moon, three-quarters lit from the right. Craters along the terminator are cast into dark shadows.
A large yellow-and-black bumblebee clinging on to the side of a wall of white-and-purple rosemary flowers, feeding from the tip of one blossom.
A close-up of a small mason bee with an orange butt on the side of a garden table, against a black backdrop
A small red mason bee clinging to the metal edge of a garden table. She has long black antennae, and her back half is covered in ginger fuzz.
A crescent moon in the black night. The sunlight hitting the edge of the craters along the terminator cast long, crisp shadows, and large seas on the sunward side sit like grey birthmarks.
A bluetit perched on a vertical branch, facing downwards, with a seed in their mouth. All around is out-of-focus greenery.
A small bluetit clinging on to the side of a bird feeder, eating sunflower seeds. They are ignoring the perch, and instead fiercely holding on to the edges of the feeding hole.
A flush of sunlit bluebells, shot from a low angle. Sharp angled green leaf-blades cut across the image from the bottom-left, their surfaces alternating light and shadow, and the distance is out-of-focus green and occasional dots of purple.
A tiny snail - maybe an inch long at most from back of shell to antennae - on the lip of a black plastic bucket. Their shell is gorgeous patterns of variegated brown, and their skin almost looks like dragon scales.
Two goldfinches perched on opposite sides of a green bird feeder, enjoying breakfast in the morning sunshine.
A sprig of bright white wild garlic flowers against a variegated green backdrop.
Silksong completion screen, showing total time of 1h 23m 32s
A bright, pale sky with a red kite partially silhouetted, with long wings and a fanned orange tail.
A close-up of a single pink and white cherry blossom on a dark grey slate. The petals are flowing, with white at the centre, with pink edges, and at the centre is a cluster of yellow reproductive stalks.
Two bird-feeders, with a black metal pole between then. A goldfinch and a siskin are perched on the left-hand feeder, a coal tit is looking over from the right-hand feeder, and another siskin is perched on a screw on the pole between them.
A side-view of a very fuzzy bee with golden fur on her back, and paler yellow and white along the rest of her body. She's hanging upside-down from a clover flower with dark-grey legs, and her face is buried in a small white petal.
A buzzard seen from below, flying right to left across a pale blue sky. The sun is shining on their face and left wing; their wings terminate in finger-like brown feathers.
A glorious full moon behind wispy cloud cover. The details of the moon can be seen, and the clouds glow with pale light fading out to rusty red.
A dunnock, a small brown bird with a pale chest, standing on purple-blue slate chips and facing directly towards the camera.
A very round robin perched on a wooden fence, against a grey backdrop. The robin is looking to the left, with a glorious red breast.
An exceedingly-orbular chaffinch sitting on a grey fence. He has a red-brown chest, patches of grey on his head, and a flash of gold on his wing.