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faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 23h

a spotted orbweaver watches from an evening sky, Los Angeles #MacroMonday #macrophotography#photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photohour #westcoastkin #photographyisart #closeup #wings #bug #bugsky #wildlife #wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #entomology #spiders #orbspiders

A tawny, hairy, thick-bodied spider peers down from her web. Her pale ruby eyes, very close set, glint. Her web shows palely against a darkening evening sky

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

a morning glory blossom, Maine #Stunday #BNWmacro #ClassicMono #flowers #FlowersOnSunday #photography #closeup #Art #nature #minimalism #MinimalMonday #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK #blackandwhite

a closeup of a magenta-and-white tube-shaped flower with petals that curve in on the center of the flower

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

a jewelweed blossom, Maine #Stunday #BNWmacro #MacroMonday #ClassicMono #flowers #FlowersOnSunday #photography #closeup #Art #nature #minimalism #MinimalMonday #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK

a closeup of an orange cone-shaped blossom against a dark background teeming with vegetable life. The flower's immediate vicinity is clear, but in the blurry background, somebody's been at one of the leaves. The scars are visible.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

a butterfly guara blossom, Los Angeles #Stunday #BNWmacro #MacroMonday #ClassicMono #flowers #FlowersOnSunday #photography #closeup #Art #nature #minimalism #MinimalMonday #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK #photographersunited #photohour #westcoastkin #photographyisart #closeup

a closeup of a four-petal white flower against a dark, out-of-focus background. The plant's reproductory organs - white filaments and a single golden anther - reach out. The flower seems to be aging, but there are new buds in the background.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

a fiery skipper prepares to take wing, Los Angeles #MacroMonday #macrophotography #insects #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photohour #westcoastkin #insectweek #butterflies #wings #bug #bugsky #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #wildlife #urbanwildlife #entomology #lepidoptera #butterfly

a closeup of a fiery skipper crouching before springing into flight from the petals of a pink, cream and butter-yellow lantana blossom. The butterfly is deerskin-brown with darker spots. The blossom is out of the depth of field, as is the verdant background.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

the frequent experience of armadillidiidae, Los Angeles (a roly poly) #MacroMonday #macrophotography #insects #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photohour #westcoastkin #closeup #bug #bugsky #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #urbanwildlife #entomology

What appears to be a brown bocce ball is in fact a roly poly conglogating, or rolling into a ball, on a sunlit stretch of concrete.

The roly poly thinks the danger has receded and begins struggling back to its feet on a sun-bathed stretch of concrete.

The roly poly continues on its way across a stretch of sunbathed concrete. The concrete is a gentle beige. The insect is a harder and shinier, darker brown, arranged in interlocking plates like a lobster's.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

a gray bird grasshopper, Los Angeles #MacroMonday #macrophotography #insects #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photohour #westcoaskin #photographyisart #artyear #closeup #bug #bugsky #wildlife #wildlifephotography #entomology #animals #photography #wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife

a closeup of a grasshopper on a concrete wall. The grasshopper's coloration is at once intensely green and a little muted, with muted yellow patches under the legs. The eyes have a reddish cast. The wall, naturally drab gray, is lit by golden sunlight.

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Helen's Eye (aka Helen's Photos) @helenseye.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #Pairs #Vultures #AfricanWildlife #BirdPhotography I just adore vultures, and couldn't believe my luck to see this pair - a mating pair - just metres from the road White-backed vultures in #Kruger SA.My best sighting ever of them so close & not eating carrion (for a change!)

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

a pyralid snout moth, Los Angeles #MothMonday #Macro<onday #macrophotography #insects #moths #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photohour #westcoaskin #closeup #bug #bugsky #wildlifephotography #entomology #photography #urbanwildlife #FlyDay

a closeup of a slender moth against a window, with the outdoors beyond abstracted by the depth of field. The moth's coloration is streaks of light and dark brown

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

a neoterpes edwardsata moth, Los Angeles #MothMonday #MacroMonday #macrophotography #insects #moths #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photohour #westcoastkin #nature #bug #bugsky #wildlife #wildlifephotography #entomology #butterflyday #photography #urbanwildlife #nature #FlyDay

a closeup of a burly, fawn-colored, furry moth with large green eyes with odd black centers

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Dennis Waldron @wphoto.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A Caspian Tern from the archives heading in for a meal. #TheDivers #BirdOfTheDay #ECK #birds #nature #photography #birdphotography

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

society garlic blossoms, Los Angeles #Stunday #MacroMonday #flowers #FlowersOnSunday #photography #closeup #Art #nature #minimalism #MinimalMonday #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK

star-shaped lavender blossoms on a softly green stem, with golden anthers, against a dark background

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

argentine ants scavenge an insect carcass, Los Angeles #MacroMonday #macrophotography #insects #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photohour #westcoastkin #photographyisart #closeup #wings #bug #bugsky #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #entomology

an Argentine ant, invasive to California, looks on as nestmates, out of focus for depth of field, devour the carcass of another insect. The dominant ant and point of focus is cinnamon on her undersides

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

crows fighting, Marina del Rey Lagoon In keeping with today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #LightAndShadow, these birds seem to bring their shadows with them. #crows #reflection #PhotographersOfBluesky #BirdLife #WestCoastKin #ECK‬‬‬‬ #WildlifePhotography #photohour #nature #wildlife #urbanwildlife

Crows fight, possibly to the death, in the drab mud at the edge of a lagoon. Light glints off a beak and wing, but the birds' plumage negates much of what light there is this murky morning, and they seem almost like figures cut from some dark metal. The lagoon's water throws back their abstracted images in a little more color.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

a snowy egret approaches, Marina del Rey Lagoon #birds #ECK #westcoastkin #photography #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #nature #egrets #Nikon #birding #wildlife #

a snowy egret gazes into the lens while wading toward the camera on a murky mornings.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

a mantis where she belongs #MacroMonday #macrophotography #insects #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photohour #westcoastkin #photographyisart #closeup #wings #bug #bugsky #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #urbanwildlife #entomology

A praying mantis, surrounded by leaves that dwarf her, glances over her shoulder at the viewer.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

creeping bellfower blossoms, Maine #Stunday #BNWmacro #MacroMonday #flowers #FlowersOnSunday #photography #closeup #Art #nature #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK #blackandwhite

lavender blossoms with spearhead-shaped petals in a sunlit clearing. The background, out of focus for depth of field, is softly glowing browns and greens

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Carol Spicuzza @spicuzza-art.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

for the #BlueSkyArtShow , the #shiny and iridescent eyes of the picture-wing #fly #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtYear #photography #nature #insects

Close-up of a brown and tan fly with circle and bar patterns on its wings. Its psychedelic eyes are green, magenta, and cyan on a purplish red.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

a filbertworm moth, Los Angeles #MothMonday #MacroMonday #macrophotography #insects #moths #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photohour #westcoaskin #photographyisart #artyear #closeup #bug #bugsky #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #wildlife #urbanwildlife

a closeup of a small tan moth with dark brown patches, large, staring eyes and graceful, swept antennae. The moth appears as though it had just been sprayed with paprika.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

a mantis portrait, Los Angeles #MacroMonday #macrophotography #insects #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photohour #westcoastkin #photographyisart #closeup #mantis #bug #bugsky #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #urbanwildlife #entomology #mantis

a closeup of a praying mantis leaning on the yellow plastic lid of a light trap. The mantis' reclining pose and direct gaze recalls glamour shots. A 3x adapter has sharply restricted the depth of field, attenuating the outlines of the animal's antennae and body below the neck

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

a Mexican petunia blossom, Los Angeles #Stunday #BNWmacro #MacroMonday #flowers #FlowersOnSunday #MacroMonday #photography #closeup #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK #ColoraDay #CloseUp

a closeup of a heavily creased, fuchsia blue, coronet-shaped blossom. The sepals are glistening dark green. Beside it, another bud is waiting to open. The background, blurred by depth of field, is a drab urban street.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

a brown-blotched amydria moth, Los Angeles #MothMonday #MacroMonday #macrophotography #insects #moths #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photohour #westcoastkin #nature #wings #bug #bugsky #wildlife #wildlifephotography #entomology #urbanwildlife #nature #animal #invertebrate

a closeup of a tan moth with dark splotches and a fringe of hair at the trailing edge of the wings. The antenna are very long and delicate, swept back at the moment.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a jio blossom, Los Angeles #Stunday #MacroMonday #flowers #FlowersOnSunday #MacroMonday #photography #closeup #Art #nature #minimalism #MinimalMonday #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK #WCK

a closeup of a blue blossom with a slight lavender tint. The filaments are pale blue. Most of the anthers are bright butter yellow, but a few are sky blue with white fringes. The verdant background blurs out in keeping with a small depth of field.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

a bee at work in a pepper tree, Los Angeles #MacroMonday #macrophotography #insects #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photohour #westcoastkin #photographyisart #closeup #wings #bug #bugsky #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #urbanwildlife #entomology

a closeup of a bee approaching over small white blossoms. Leaves in the foreground, slightly out of focus, resemble an oak's.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Chlorophyllum molybdites, Los Angeles #mushroom #photography #Stunday #closeup #nature #minimalism #MinimalMonday #bloomscrolling

a closeup of the spherical head of a slightly off-white mushroom that is just shedding its protective light-brown cover, set deep in the green of a Los Angeles lawn

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

a flame skimmer dragonfly, Los Angeles #Macromonday #macrophotography #insects #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photohour #westcoastkin #photographyisart#closeup #wings #bug #bugsky #photography #wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #FlyDay #Dragonfly #ECK #ColorADay #RedWed #entomology

a closeup of a scarlet dragonfly resting on a reed, against a bacground of dark-green reeds. The paler surface of one reed, visible through the dragonfly's translucent wing, gives the wing a golden cast.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

a fiery skipper prepares to take flight from a sage blossom, Los Angeles #butterflyday #MacroMonday #macrophotography #insects #butterflies #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photohour #westcoaskin #photographyisart #artyear #closeup #nature #bug #bugsky #urbanwildlife #entomology

a closeup from above of broad-shouldered butterfly poised on a lavender flower. The wings, starting to spread for flight, are patterened in light and dark brown.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

a lance fly, Los Angeles #FlyDay #MacroMonday #ECK #EastCoastKin #macrophotography #insects #photographersunited #photohour #westcoaskin #closeup #bug #bugsky #wildlife #wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #entomology

a closeup of a small, black, stocky fly with silvery wings feeding from a cut in a magenta and green fig

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

a red shank weed in seed, Maine #Stunday #BNWmacro #MacroMonday #ClassicMono #flowers #FlowersOnSunday #MacroMonday #photography #closeup #Art #nature #minimalism #MinimalMonday #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK

a closeup of some wild grass seed pods. The primary focus is full of water and brimming with health. All have shades of red in their shadows.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

a phlox blossom, Maine #Stunday #MacroMonday #flowers #FlowersOnSunday #photography #closeup #Art #nature #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK

a closeup of a pink-and-white, five-petaled blossom that grows more strongly pink/magenta at the core, against a background of folliage and seed pods

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Leise Bilder @leisebilder.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Verbunden im Tropfen #BlueSkyArtShow #Minimal #Photography #ForestFriday #ECK #Stunday #YellowSun #moss #Nature

Nahaufnahme von drei feinen Mooskapseln vor einem warmen, unscharfen Hintergrund. Die Kapseln neigen sich zueinander und werden an ihren Spitzen durch einen einzelnen, glänzenden Wassertropfen zusammengehalten.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

a purple sage blossom, Los Angeles #Stunday #BNWmacro #MacroMonday #flowers #FlowersOnSunday #photography #closeup #Art #nature #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK

a closeup of a magenta blossom with thick trichomes and very delicate butter-and-cream anthers, against a lush green background

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

a raven awaits his death I wrote a little more than Bluesky frameworks permit in the alt text #birds #animals #birding #birdwatching #photography #parks #naturephotography #animalphotography #outdoorphotography #wildlifephotography #photographersunited #photographersofbluesky

An ailing raven crouches beside a concrete wall. His plumage, designed to absorb light, shows a little blue because I've boosted the exposure to bring out detail.
He could be a picture of misery, dying in this bleak place with its castoff cigarettes, or of integrity, preserving his being until the last.
What I wrote separately:
The raven waited, quite still on a concrete pavement, his back against a concrete wall.
All around him, people hurried past.
He had claimed this place for himself . Maybe because people didn’t want to touch him, he could keep his little place where he happened to be dying.
He was very sick. Maybe it was old age, or maybe a virus, or maybe something, in a raven’s strange blend of caution and voraciousness, he’d swallowed whole that turned out to be lethal.
He waited on his little piece of pavement for what might happen next.
I had my camera, so I did what my own lifetime of experience and what I’m learning now told me to do. I knelt on the pavement to take his photo.
The raven didn’t care about any of that. There he crouched, waiting for death.
What that left me with was detail.
As I was shooting, a voice spoke from over my shoulder. It was a man parked in a van at the curb.
“If you were going to give that shot a title, what would it be?” he asked.
“I don’t know,” I said. “I wish the bird weren’t so sick.”
“Me, too. But what would it be?” he asked.
I told him again that I didn’t know. I said I like birds.
“I do, too,” he said. He waited second.
“We all die.”
“Yes,” I said. “We all die.”
We nodded goodbye to each other and I left.
I hope the man in the van waited a little longer.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

a tatarian maple seedpod, Maine #Stunday #MacroMonday #photography #closeup #nature #minimalism #MinimalMonday #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK

a closeup of a light brown, helicopter-style seedpod glowing against the deep green, birch-like leaves of a hitherto unknown maple. The seedpod's veins are in sharp relief, with a rosy tinge on one wing. The leaves resemble those of a birch.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

a bee in a night-blooming cereus cactus flower, Los Angeles #MacroMonday #macrophotography #insects #bees #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photohour #westcoaskin #closeup #nature #bug #bugsky #wildlife #wildlifephotography #entomology #wildlifephotography #wildlife #urbanwildlife #nature

a closeup of a honeybee feeding inverted in the inner edge of a pale yellow and white cactus blossom. These plants bloom at night and the flowers stay open only briefly, prompting great excitement among the bees.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

a clover blossom with an incidental ant, Maine #Stunday #flowers #FlowersOnSunday #photography #closeup #Art #nature #minimalism #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK

a closeup of a pinkish blossom against a background of green, pointed leaves. A still-developing blossom waits further down the stem. The small blackish figure in the lower right corner of the primary blossom is an ant, bustling about her day.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

a blackeyed susan blossom, Maine #Stunday #BNWmacro #MacroMonday #ClassicMono #flowers #FlowersOnSunday #photography #closeup #Art #nature #minimalism #MinimalMonday #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK

a closeup of a blackeyed susan blossom, with its golden petals and deep brown core, against an out-of focus background of summer garden foliage.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

a meeting in a milkweed thicket, Maine A wasp and a ladybug meet at the juncture of a milkweed stem. #MacroMonday #Flowers #ColoraDay #Bloomscrolling #Natur #CloseUp #TTArtisan #Photography #EastCoastKin #Stunday #BNWmacro #FlowersOnSunday #photography #closeup #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings

glancing into the heart of a milkweed, which is teeming with life. Here, a wasp, with its severe markings, meets a ladybug, sheltering under its red armor, millimeters apart. Their world is green foliage, with the marks of other insects, whether scars from parasites or an out-of-focus ladybug in the distance.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

sweet pea blossoms, Maine #Stunday #BNWmacro #MacroMonday #flowers #FlowersOnSunday #photography #closeup #Art #nature #MinimalMonday #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK

a closeup of pink-and-lavender blossoms surrounded by the plant's lush, richly green foliage. In the foreground, slightly out of focus, one petal has started to wilt. But the rest of the bloom is in the flush of life.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

a bumblebee in a mountain bluet blossom, Maine #Macro<onday #macrophotography #insects #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photohour #westcoaskin #photographyisart #artyear #closeup #nature #bug #bugsky #wildlife #wildlifephotography #entomology

a closeup of a tawny and dark brown bumble bee pressing deep into the purple heart of a mountain bluet blossom, surrounded by lavender petals. At first I thought the bee was dead, it lay so intently still. The massive shoulders are rounded and the head is blunt, like a buffalo's.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

an onion seed head, Maine #Stunday #flowers #FlowersOnSunday #MacroMonday #photography #closeup #Art #nature #minimalism #MinimalMonday #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK

a closeup, shot from below, of a dried onion seed head atop a still-vital stalk. The stamens and pistols resemble a giant wooden dandelion head.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

a snapshot of Pete in honor of National Dog Day #dogs #pitbulls

Pete, a blue pit, glances over his shoulder in the rosy light of sunset.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

a honeybee in tansy blossoms, Maine #MacroMonday #macrophotography #insects #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photohour #westcoaskin #photographyisart #artyear #closeup #StillLife #nature #bug #bugsky #wildlife #wildlifephotography #entomology #bees #photography #urbanwildlife #nature

a closeup of a honey-brown honeybee, legs laden with pollen, working in golden tansy blossoms

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

an echinacea blossom, Maine #Stunday #flowers #FlowersOnSunday #photography #closeup #Art #nature #minimalism #MinimalMonday #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

a bicolored striped sweat bee, Maine #MacroMonday #macrophotography #insects #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photohour #westcoaskin #photographyisart #artyear #closeup #bug #bugsky #wildlife #wildlifephotography #entomology #photography #wildlife #urbanwildlife #nature

a closeup of an insect with green head and thorax and black-and-white-striped abdomen on a echinacea blossom with its pinkish petals and deep, red heart. Insects seem absorbed in these flowers.

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Martin in the UK @izzythedog.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Common Blue Damselfly. Taken in the garden today. Not stylised, the seed head really was that colour. #macromonday #macro #photography

A Common Blue Damselfly is resting on a decaying seed head which has turned grey. The Damselfly is pictured facing to the left against a light grey, out of focus, background providing a striking contrast with the bright blue body and the intricate black wing structure.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

poppy seedpods, Maine #Stunday #BNWmacro #flowers #FlowersOnSunday #photography #nature #MinimalMonday #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK

some pale, woody poppy seedpods that seem to float on their slender stems against a background of deep green foliage

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

a red-belted bumble bee in tansy blossoms, Maine #MacroMonday #macrophotography #insects #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photohour #westcoaskin #photographyisart #artyear #closeup #nature #bug #bugsky #wildlife #wildlifephotography #entomology #bees

a closeup of a small, rotund bee with a black face and dark brown eyes gathering pollen from a golden tansy flower. The bee has a golden mane and a red belt around the abdomen. The legs already carry a full load of pollen, which also powders the face.

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

an orange daylily, Maine #Stunday #MacroMonday #flowers #FlowersOnSunday #photography #closeup #Art #nature #minimalism #MinimalMonday #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK

a closeup of a brilliantly orange star-shped blossom with gold running down the center of each petal and exuberantly stretching stamens, against dark green foliage

faunalens.bsky.social @faunalens.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

a nasturtium blossom, Maine #Stunday #MacroMonday #flowers #FlowersOnSunday #photography #closeup #Art #nature #minimalism #MinimalMonday #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK

a closeup concentrating on the nuclear orange of a nasturtium blossom and the greeny-white-and-orange clown clothes of the sepals against a background of dark green, blurred-out foliage