Matt @matt

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**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · 1d

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

My butterfly amaryllis this morning.

I raised this amaryllis from a small bulb I purchased 4 yrs ago. I wasn't sure if it was ever going to bloom but amaryllis foliage s quite lovely on its own.

Definitely worth the wait

Photograph of a butterfly amaryllis bloom in a bright window with out of focus plants and clear hanging shelves in the background. This variety of amaryllis has six-pointed, teardrop-shaped petals that create a trumpet-like star structure and radiate from a center with long stamens and a pistil that droop down and across the top of the lowest petal. Each petal is a pale lime green with maroon edges and feathering that is dense near the flowers center and becomes streaky towards the petal tips. The stamens are white with tan anthers and the pistil is white with a white stigma.

#StormHour #Stunday #BloomScrolling

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · 2d

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

#SilentSunday

#Stunday #StormHour

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · 3d

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

Took my very 1st robin photo in March 2021. I celebrated by beginning a new tradition. I decided that my 1st robin photo each spring would mark my official 1st day of the season, 3/20 or not.

Caught this handsome devil yesterday, so, my Spring-eth Hath Sprung-eth!

#StormHour #spring #wildlife

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Mar 10

Mar 10

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

Sprites & sinusoidal waves.

Walking near I-80 last night so decided to head up to a nearby walking bridge that crosses it. Haven't done one of these in a few yrs. Don't have a cityscape as a backdrop to my traffic pics so I "liven" them up.

Abstract long exposure of nighttime traffic on Interstate 80 near Coralville, Iowa. During the exposure the camera was intentionally shaken. Instead of just streaks of light this creates patterns of light like sinusoidal waves and abstract clusters of lines and squiggles. The colors of light are distinct for each light source and include all colors of the rainbow and white light. Some of the larger sinusoidal lines have additional textures like a ladder-like effect and and they consist of several waves that are out of phase with each other.

#StormHour #ics #abstract

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Mar 10

Mar 10

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

A crow in winter.

Photograph of a crow perched on a gray tree branch with out of focus branches and an overcast sky in the background. The crow is facing left and has its head turned to the right leaving both eyes visible and its feathers are fluffed up to help stave off winter temperatures. Crows have black body feathers, dark eyes, shiny black beaks, and black legs and feet.

#StormHour #winter #crows

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Mar 9

Mar 9

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

#SilentSunday

#StormHour

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Mar 8

Mar 8

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

In a blue jay moment.

Photograph of a blue jay perched on a branch with out of focus branches and an overcast sky in the background. The view is from below. The blue jay's body is facing to the right leaving its under-tail, belly, the outer edge of its wing, chest, neck, chin, and face as well as one eye visible. Blue jays have white-feathered bellies and chests, blue wings and backs with a blue, white, and black checkered pattern on its wings, a blue head with a black neck ring and mask under and surrounding its eyes and white face and chin, dark eyes, silvery-black beak, black legs and feet, and a blue crest on the top of their heads that can be raised and lowered.

#StormHour #birds #birding

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Mar 6

Mar 6

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

Gray catbird singing to the morning sun.

#StormHour #birds #birding

**Alan Mac Cárthaigh** @alanmccarthy@mastodon.ie · Mar 6

Mar 6

Alan Mac Cárthaigh @alanmccarthy@mastodon.ie

Here’s the moment when a ‘sliver of the rising sun’ emerged beside the Old Head of Kinsale lighthouse, as a bird observes the scene in West Cork, Ireland on 04/03/2025! #Sunrise #Sun #Lent #lighthouse #bird #birds #sea #ocean #March #Spring #SpringVibes #mastodon #mastodaoine #mastophoto #mastoart #nature #art #NaturePhotography #landscape #landscapephotography #colour #colours #StormHour #ThePhotoHour #nikon #photo #photograph #photooftheday #photography #WestCork #Cork #Ireland

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Mar 6

Mar 6

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

Starling called out on an overcast day.

#StormHour #birds #birding

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Mar 6

Mar 6

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

"Smiles, everyone!"

Now that I'm recovering from Covid I feel like I have a lot more energy. Still not spending as much on SM for a bit but thought I'd start posting here & there. While I was sick I had time to edit photos so I built up a little stack to post.

#Stormhour #wildlife #nature

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Mar 6

Mar 6

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

My Covid started to wane on Tues. Feeling much better today. Thought I'd share this sunset off my back porch from last week. There are buildings/trees out of frame left/right. Certain times of yr the sun sets between them & the weather cooperates .

Photograph of a silhouetted landscape below a cloud-filled sky at sunset. The landscape is silhouetted but there are distant trees and a few utility poles discernible at the horizon. The clouds are streaked and undefined. To the left the clouds are in shadow and stained mauve and orange by the setting sun. Near the bottom center to the right frame the clouds are highlighted brilliant oranges and golds. In the top portion of the frame the clouds are much thinner. These clouds are are pale yellow-white where highlighted and light gray in shadows. Large patches of evening blue sky are visible between the thin clouds of the upper frame.

#Stormhour #sunset #SunsetPhotography

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Feb 24

Feb 24

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

Fascinated by Northern flickers since I 1st learned they exist. The spot pattern on their chest (not seen here) looks JUST like the holes they make in trees! Remarkable coloring & that shock of red! Was lucky to catch this beauty drinking from the Iowa River in 2023.

#StormHour #wildlife #Phototgraphy

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Feb 23

Feb 23

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

Prolly jinxing myself but of all things an amaryllis bulb I got in 2020 finally decided to bud! That's my freesia in back. Got it in 2021. It's only bloomed once but hoping this year. Smells marvelous! Split up my succulent pups from mom for more space.

Photograph of a bright window sill fill with plants. A purple leafed spiderwort in a pastel green plant pot, shelf, and bright grays are in the background. In the right upper frame is a large black cylindrical plant pot with stakes and three small green freesia plants visible. In the foreground a large plant pot and three small pots of various green and blue colors. The three small pot contain an a mature aloe-like succulent plant and the main plant's pups. The large plant pot in the foreground is pastel green and contains two leafing amaryllis bulbs the larger of which has a flower bud forming.

#HousePlants #plants #StormHour

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Feb 21

Feb 21

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

Cold but beautiful sunny/no wind morning so headed out on Clear Creek Trail. Caught this lovely barred owl's flight shadow headed to the tree otherwise I may have passed by.

Surprisingly, this is my 1st owl encounter/photo. Such a lovely experience!

Photograph of a barred owl perched on a brown-gray branch with out of focus branches, tree trunks and a pale blue sky in the background. The owl is facing to the right but has its head turned further to the right leaving both eyes visible. A part of the owl's back is highlighted by sunlight but the rest of its body is in shadow, Barred owls have brown and white feathers, with white feathers on the belly, vertically mottled brown and white waist and lower chest feathers, horizontally mottled brown upper chest feathers, brown and white mottled feathers that create a circular pattern of concentric rings that frame inky-black eyes, a yellow narrow and sharp beak, a brown and white mottled head and back feathers, brown and white barred wing and tail feathers, yellow legs and feet with sharp black talons.

#StormHour #WildlifePhotography #photography

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Feb 20

Feb 20

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

Killdeer with its beak open standing on a rock in the middle of the Iowa River kinda day.

#StormHour #birds #BirdPhotography

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Feb 19

Feb 19

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

"Oh we're so pretty
Oh so pretty
A vacant!"

Well, it warmed up from -27°F windchill yesterday morning to -19°F this. Gonna have to get outside for bit today if only to remember what it was like .

#NeverMindTheBollocks #punk #punkrock