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GasperS

@fishybunny.bsky.social
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Microbiologist by profession, biologist by heart. Into orchids, gesneriads, carnivorous plants, and other oddities. Amateur photographer. Companion to a rabbit and a human. 🏳️‍🌈

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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A sneaky stinkbug trying to blend in with a Strawflower. #plantphotography #insect #bokeh #Golden #BlueSkyArtShow #photography
In focus a lightly coloured stinkbug resting among the petals of golden coloured strawflower against the dark green soft background. Another strawflower in soft bokeh just a bit off-centre to the left and out of focus.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Ice dripping ‪Beech leaves in the #Cold, late afternoon, dusted with some fresh snow. That's my contribution to #BlueSkyArtShow. #photography #leaves #winter #bokeh
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Juvenile Greater flamingos feeding in abandoned saltpans in Sečovlje salina nature park. #flamingo #bird #birdphotograpy #nature #goldenhour
A small flock of gray juvenile greater flamingos feeding in the light of the setting sun in the shallow water of old saltpans. Some grasses on the background and a dilapidated building make for a nice backdrop.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
"Be the star off your own show, even if no one else is looking." Testing new equipment in Sečovlje salt pans Natural Park on the first day of New Year. #BlueSkyArtShow #NewYear #birds #BirdPhotography #Wildlife #nature #photography #BirdsOfBluesky #WildlifePhotography
A flock of juvenile greater flamingos, all facing away from the camera, where the one in the centre of the photograph is stretching it's white, brown and black wings while the majority of others have heads ducked down for feeding in the shallow water of the salt pans.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful Christmas and the days ahead.
An olive tree made of warm lights, standing on a town square with a blue morning light coming from behind it. The reflection of the tree is seen in the bottom half of the picture, reflecting in the puddle on the paved stone.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Last breath of #Summer on the slopes of Mount Segla, Senja Island, Norway. #landscape #landscapephotography #BlueSkyArtShow #wideangle #viltrox #nikon
Steep slopes on the right of Mount Segla are illuminated by the light of a setting sun, with mountain itself casting a shadow over a town lying by its base on the left. Red berries in the front make photo more interesting.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
A tiny grasshopper on a dead nettle leaf. #Bluesky #jagged #insect #grasshopper #summer #green #macro #nature #photography #soft #blur #BlueSkyArtShow
A tiny black grasshopper nymph in the bottom left resting on a jagged dead nettle leaf that spans just a bit over the centre of the image. The background is a soft blur of green hues.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
#Smooth waters of Lough Leane are my contribution for #BlueSkyArtShow #landscape #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhite #smooth #landscapephotography ##longexposure #Ireland
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Contrasts in the prairie. Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake. #BlueSkyArtShow #nature #photography #wildlife #bison #prairie #utah #greatsaltlake #landscape #contrasts #animals #sky #Bluesky #clouds #antelopeisland
A herd of bison moves from left to right across the dry, yellow, prairie grassland hills under a blue sky with soft white clouds.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Although a repost (I can't seem to understand the logic behind it), it fits nicely this #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday with its #Green hues. A karst spring of a river that flows into the Cerknica Lake. Due to the abundant rains, the springs are overflowing. #Slovenia #karst #longexposure #river #spring
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Spring is really in full swing now! #nature #photography #flowers #spring #bokeh #nikon
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I tried to repost this, but managed to get it deleted in the end. Oh well... Sometimes, a kitchy sunset is just what you need. #sunset #sailboat #sea #BlueSkyArtShow #Silhouette #photography
A sun, low on the horizon, setting behind the clouds, casting a reflection on the calm sea in the golden hour. A silhouette of a sailboat crossing the sun's reflection in the middle of the photo.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Took this one nearly fourteen years ago. It's still one of my favourites. It was a warm August evening, there wasn't a breeze in the air, the sea was calm and just too inviting not to take a dip. #summer #evening #sunset #BlueSkyArtShow #Silhouette #reflection #sea
A bather on a pier, back-lit from an after sunset sky, casting a silhouette, walking from right to the left. There are clouds, low on the horizon. The sky and the shadow of the pier are reflected in the calm sea.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Another one in the series of black and white is a long exposure of the seascape at Bridges of Ross, Derrynadivva, Co. Clare. A few minutes after the sunset and just before the rains swept in. #Ireland #monochrome #photography #nature #seascape #longexposure #atlantic
Black and white long exposure monochrome photograph of the sloping seascape of rocks and silky smooth sea. Clouds on the bright horizon on the right stand out in the fading light while on the left rain clouds are coming in the view just above the fence.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
It's springtime, and it's time for Corybas orchids to bloom! #spring #orchids #corybas #plant #photography #nikon
A trio of small and strange flowes of corybas or helmet orchids in various stages of development. On the right in the front is the oldest, completely opened flower. On the left, the flower is in the process of opening. In the back, the flower is still closed and growing. The flower of this Corybas pictus has 4 spurs, though on each side.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Always reach towards the light. #photograph #blackandwhitephotography #nikon #canyon #tree #nature
A black and white photograph in high contrast shows a young fig tree growing from the canyon wall, reaching towards the light at the top.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Reeds among waterlilies. Killarney, County Kerry. #BlueSkyArtShow #monochrome ##blackandwhitephotography #waterlilies #Ireland
Reeds growing among the dense leaves of waterlilies.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
At the edge of a flooded pasture #BlueSkyArtShow #monochrome #panorama #lake #Slovenia #blackandwhite #photography
A wooden boat among the pine tree trunks in a submerged pasture. Palčje lake is an intermittent karst lake, filling up only when heavy rainfalls saturate the land.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Let's get lost. Over the dam and into the mist. #BlueSkyArtShow #monochrome #panorama #mist #canarias #grancanaria #mysterious #photography
A path over a dam disappearing into the mist. Silhouettes of pine trees in the fog in the centre and on the left.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Lago di Fusine Superiore with mountain Mangart in the background back in July 2022. #BlueSkyArtShow #Reflections #lake #mountains #landscape
A reflection of white clouds, mountain Mangart, and surrounding first forests in the shallow tranquil waters of alpine lake Lago di Fusine Superiore.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Washed-up cockles in the evening light. #BlueSkyArtShow #Light #seaside #macrophotography #nikon #light #seashells
Evening sun shines through a cockle shell, illuminating the brown stripes, jagged edge, and ridges.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Hiding in the tall grass, delicate flowers of the Lotus corniculatus strive to catch the sunlight. Expand the image to truly appreciate #BlueSkyArtShow #Light #nature #flowers #closeup #macrophotography #nikon
Yellow flower of Lotus corniculatus light up from behind against the dark green backdrop of grass leaves in soft focus.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
A change of perspective #BlueSkyArtShow #Blur #macro #moss #green
A midge resting on top of woodland moss
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
At the top of the world. #BlueSkyArtShow #Blur #shallowdepthoffield #macro
A small midge with translucent white rainbow shimmering wings on top of the moss, shot from above with a shallow depth of field.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
#BlueSkyArtShow #RunningWater An old bridge over Owengarriff River, near Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland. Killarney National Park #ireland #nature #forest #calm
An old stone bridge in the forest, covered with ivy, bridging over small rivers, which flow calmly over the moss covered rocks.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
A throwback to a late summer afternoon, hiking with a camera and stumbling on this guy, just chilling on a thistle. #insect #butterfly #thistle #nature #life #macro #macrophotography
A large skipper butterfly feeding on a purple thistle flower with a blurred green hued background.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
A rainbow appeared after the rain. It's always worthwhile to look for the positive aspects of situations. #rainbow #rain #forest #jungle #green #relaxing #hope #nature #sky
A rainbow spans over the jungle valley after a brief, late afternoon shower.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
A tiny night visitor. Minute frog, but incredibly loud :) Escorted safely to the bush.
Small, dark-eyed brown frog sitting on the edge of a white porcelain plate.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Microbes at work! Yeasts fermenting cane sugar juice to be distilled later and turned into rum 😋
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Creepy crawlies have always intrigued me. I don't fear them, in general, but this Lesser Antilles Thick Tail Scorpion (Tytius smithii) scared the living daylights out of me after crawling out of the bath towel I intended to use. Captured and released, of course. #scorpion #surprise #scary #beauty
 A beautifully coloured Lesser Antilles Thick Tail Scorpion with black telson and brown striped body and legs.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Another little oddity is Hippeastrum idimae, relative of numerous Hippeastrum hybrids that are popular Christmas flowers, sold as bulbs a month or so before. Hippeastrum idimae is, in comparison, absolutely tiny. The flower on the photo did not exceed 4 cm. #bulbs #flower #hippeastrum #photography
Fully opened flower of the minute Hippeastrum idimae exhibiting typical white base colour with gentle pink striations.A pink flower bud of Hippeastrum idimae on an erect stalk.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
New pitchers on my Heliamphora minor x macdonaldale Clone 7. I love the shape of the spoon and the downward pointing hairs on the rim of the pitcher. #heliamphora #carnivorousplants
Front facing red ropical sun pitcher illuminated from above. Fine white hairs on the rim pointing inwards.A side view of the newly opened tropical sun pitcher trap in comparison with older traps. The new trap is bigger, more colourful, and has a bigger spoon.
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GasperS @fishybunny.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
For my first post on Bluesky, I chose a detailed photo of the delicate flower of the Cape Sundew (Drosera capensis). The flower is short-lived and is quickly replaced by another from the same inflorescence. #macro #carnivorousplants #drosera #sundew
Detailed, fully opened pink flower of the Cape Sundew with yellow anthers and stigma on a black background.
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