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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

If you’re in the creative business this is the future. Capital squeezing every last bit out of value out of humanity before tossing all of us away.

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The underlying purpose of Al is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from skill the ability to access wealth.

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Every day I have a moment where I’m sure this is all a simulation and it’s the dumbest one the user could select

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Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it's actually real and incredibly stupid

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Sandhill cranes minding their nest with three gigantic eggs. One of the coolest bird things I've ever seen. I've been photographing sandhill cranes for decades but never seen a nest. Hoping to photograph the chicks soon! #birds 🪶 #cranes #sandhillcranes #floridabirds #nikon #nikond850

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Another look at the purple martins nesting. The folks who put the nest up a month ago thought it could take months or maybe even years for martins to find the nest. Looks like the found it within weeks! #birds #martins #purplemartins #floridabirds #SoUL 🪶

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Purple Martins have moved into the new houses just installed at the local lake. I just happened to catch them tonight. Super cool! #birds #martins #purplemartins #floridabirds 🪶

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

My beautiful and talented daughter turns 28 today! She’s been through so much over the last year but showed amazing perseverance and grace. This year is going to be the best yet! #phaseone #p65+ #studio

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Barn swallow that had a bad wing likely from flying into a car. Beautiful little bird that had a funny personality. All of the images I made of it looked like it wondered what I was doing. Another bird that I had very little time with to not stress it out. #birds 🪶#swallow #animalportrait #flashes

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

American kestrel that was rescued after flying into the windshield of a car. The little guy had issues with flying so he couldn’t be returned to the wild. I recently was lucky enough to document a pair of kestrels raise a chick that successfully fledged. I’ll post in the future. #birds 🪶 #kestrel

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Fish crow named Fred who someone tried to raise as a pet but quickly realized they were in over their head because Fred was destroying their home. Crows are my favorite birds and Fred had quite the vocabulary as well as a penchant for demanding scritches #birds 🪶 #corvid #fishcrow #portrait #strobe

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

White Pelican with mating horn. You don’t realize how big these birds are until you see one up close. We don’t normally see horns this big in FL where they migrate for the summer. Most of the pelicans rescued are released but this one was a permanent resident #birds 🪶 #pelican #whitepelican

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Yellow-crowned night heron giving me the stink eye. I love these birds and their bitchy attitudes. I’m minding my own business and suddenly I’m getting croaked at for having the audacity to walk within 20 yards of them. They’re the goth kids of the bird world #birds 🪶 #attitude #studio #portrait

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Blue-footed booby photographed at the sanctuary. We set up in an outdoor enclosure and volunteers would bring us birds. Some worked, others weren’t having it. The booby was blind and would stand for a second and then wander off. #birds 🪶 #booby #portrait #studio #profoto

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Cattle egret photographed in the location studio. I photographed all of the birds with a Canon 5d Mk II and Profoto lights. Probably the most satisfying project I’ve ever done and I was able to use the images to raise money for Tri-State Bird Rescue in DE 🪶 #birds #egret #portrait #studio

Cattle egret photographed in location studio

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Cedar waxwing photographed on location at the sanctuary. The smallest bird I’d ever photographed and not easy to light. It was important to be respectful and not stress the animal out it. Most were “lifers,” unable to be released due to injury 🪶 #birds #portrait #CedarWaxwing #profoto

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Ten years ago, I was photographing athletes and musicians and I wondered if I could photograph birds the same way. A local seabird sanctuary gave me the chance, letting me capture their birds up close to help raise awareness about habitat loss. This tiny screech owl was my first subject. #birds 🪶

Screech owl portrait photographed in Florida

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

There’s a pair of limpkins at my local lake that spend their days eating snails and quietly stalking around. They had a chick last year but it unfortunately didn’t make it. Photo made with a Nikon D850 and a 200-500. #birds 🪶 #limpkin #shorebirds #blackandwhite #nikon

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I’ve become a little obsessed with trying to make photos of blue-gray gnat catchers. They are busy and hard to catch in flight and look like little cartoons. Thankfully, this one stopped for a second to make it a little easier on me. Nikon D850 and a 200-500 f5.6 #birds 🪶 #gnatcatcher #nikon

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I normally walk right by anhingas when I see them but this one was preening and posing and so I had to shoot a few frames. Photographed with a Nikon D850 and 200-500 f5.6. #birds 🪶 #snakebird #anhinga #waterfowl #shorebird #nikon

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Juvenile pied-billed grebe at my local lake here in St Pete. The parents returned this year and had a chick even earlier than last year. My birder buddy says it’s unusual for them breed so early and so far north in Florida. Photo made with a Nikon D850, 200-500 and a 1.4 tele #birds 🪶 #grebe #nikon

Juvenile pied-billed grebe in lake in Florida

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I recently photographed Apollo, an African Grey who holds a Guinness World Record for identifying the most objects in 3 minutes. Having met and photographed many smart birds, I can confidently say Apollo stands out. He’s a TikTok star with millions of fans—and was happy posing for a few pistachios!

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Congratulations to chef Lordfer Lalicon of Kaya in Orlando for being nominated in the James Beard Foundations Best Chef: South category. I photographed a Kamayan feast he prepared for the latest Saveur magazine. #food #foodphotography #saveur #Filipino #jamesbeard #chef #yeschef

Chef Lordfer Lalicon of Kaya in Orlando preparing a Kamayan feast

Chef Lordfer Lalicon of Kaya in Orlando preparing a Kamayan feast for Saveur magazine

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Palm warblers at my local lake here in St Petersburg. The warblers are super active this time of year and fun to photograph. Shot with a Nikon Zf and the Nikon 200-500 f5.6. #birds 🪶 #warbler #nikon #nikonzf

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Palm Warbler at my local lake in St Petersburg, FL. Shot with a Nikon Zf and 200-500 f5.6. #birds 🪶 #warbler #nikon #nikonzf #birding #blackandwhite

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Eastern phoebe photographed with a Nikon Zf and 200-500 lens in St Petersburg, FL. First time for me seeing a phoebe at my local lake. #birds #phoebe 🪶 #nikon

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Muscovy ducks aren’t much to look at but they sure are adorable as ducklings. Photographed with a Nikon Z7 and 600mm here in St Petersburg, FL. #birds #duck #nikon 🪶

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Great Blue Heron displaying breeding plumage. Photographed in St Petersburg, FL with a Nikon Z7 and 600mm lens. #birds #birding 🪶

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

White pelicans, St Pete, FL. Nikon D850 and 200-500. 🦉#addbirder #birds

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Birds from my local lake. Palm warbler, marsh wren and the elusive amateur ornithologist with a Canon R5 II and an 800mm lens.

Photographer with a telephoto lens birding

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Film test on my Nikon F100. This is Liv and she made that dress. Film is Portra 400 converted to b+w in post shot in my home studio.

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Redhead duck spotted this evening in St Pete. My birder friend tells me this is a rare duck! Ringneck for comparison.

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

The thumb focus on the Mamiya 6 Automat moves the film plane and not the lens. Such a well designed little camera

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

In my never ending quest to own every type of medium format camera ever made I introduce to you my new/ old Mamiya 6 Automat. It’s a folder that shoots 6x6 and was last manufactured in 1953. Dropping my first test roll off today.

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Crazy how we hesitate to crank up saturation in Photoshop, yet the entire 20th century of color photography was all about chasing the most vibrant, saturated colors possible with film and printing. William Eggleston was known for using the dye transfer printing process with saturated colors.

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Reese Frazier locked in at St Pete skatepark a few nights ago. Wild that more than 30 years ago I photographed his dad Mike Frazier for his first Birdhouse ad at the newly opened Skatepark of Tampa. A lifetime of fisheye, flash and a fifteenth. Stoked to still be out here 🛹📸

Skateboarder Reese Frazier smith grind St Pete skate park

Skateboarder Mike Frazier tail grab nose grind skate park of Tampa

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Back in Jan I was diagnosed with leptomeningeal disease brought on by leukemia still hiding out in my body. I’ve now had 30+ lumbar punctures with chemo and more to come. A radiologist inserts a needle in my back and takes out 6-8cc of spinal fluid to test and then injects chemotherapy. It sucks.

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

This is Renzo my 8-9 year old rescue chihuahua. He’s a little empath and my emotional support dog. He’s the best boy ever even though he’s an angry little man.

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

My nephew Zac photographed with a Mamiya RZ67 and Kodak Portra 400 converted to b+w in post. What a cool kid.

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Some BTS from the Kamayan feast shoot for Saveur. Elincrom para, Nikon D850 mounted on a boom/ baby roller and tethered to Lightroom

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Kamayan feast shot for Saveur’s latest print edition at Kaya in Orlando back in Sept. Chef Lo and his team are cranking out some of the best Filipino food in the SE and have a Michelin star to prove it. Good friend Eric Larson lit this with Elincrom and I shot it with a Nikon D850 tethered.

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Me in the Tampa Tribune studio circa 1999. Shot on the Trib’s clapped out Hasselblad. I think it was a 500c with a really crappy 80mm. That camera was my entry point into medium format. It drove my boss crazy that I’d shoot assignments with it which of course meant I used it for everything I could 😆

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Sebastian is a Teddy Roosevelt terrier and a very good boy. I photographed him while testing lights in my home studio and was so distracted that I nearly forgot I had a subject to shoot. Shot with my Phase One P65+ and either a 110mm or 150mm.

Teddy Roosevelt terrier dog studio photo

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I’ve known Jay Nolan for over 20 years, going back to my days at the Tampa Tribune, where he always had the best stories about the music scenes in Tampa and Minneapolis. His concert photography is on display at FMoPA in Ybor through January. Portraits shot with my P65+ and Mamiya RZ67 w/ Portra.

Photographer Jay Nolan studio FMOPA exhibit Phase One P65+

Photographer Jay Nolan Mamiya RZ67 Portra analog film

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Friend John Lee photographed for washed-up photo dad’s quarterly somewhere near Stanford. Great catching up and commiserating on the state of the photo biz.

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I don’t consider myself a “birder” but I do love birds. I especially love photographing bird’s connection to humans for better or worse. These are laughing gulls finishing off someone’s lunch at a nearby beach here in St. Petersburg. Photo shot with a Fuji GFX 50S II and a 63mm lens.

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

If you know me, you know I’m a gear whore. I’ve owned cameras from nearly every brand, but the Nikon Zf has truly changed how I approach photography. Its tactile knobs, buttons, and nostalgic design—reminiscent of my first FE2—make shooting pure fun.

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Friend, mentor and fellow Pataguchi nano-puff enjoyer Vince Musi somewhere in California shot on a #leicaq3

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Shopping for a wedding gown is not something most people do just a day before brain surgery. The future is going to be bright for her.

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

This is what courage looks like

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Bob Croslin @bcroslin.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Me and the two most important people in my life

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