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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tonight’s moonrise behind the Seattle Space Needle. It was a perfectly clear night for some beautiful moon photography!

Huge orange moon rising behind the Seattle Space Needle above the city skyline at night.

Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Last night’s Harvest Moon over Seattle. The clouds made it feel even more dramatic as it rose above the Space Needle and the Cascades. Also called the Corn Moon, this is the full moon closest to the autumn equinox.

Orange Harvest Moon behind wispy clouds above Seattle’s Space Needle and skyline, with the Cascade Mountains in the background.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

An airplane crossing the crescent Moon Tuesday night. With no depth reference in a single frame, the plane can look like it is flying toward the Moon or away from it, even though it is simply passing in front of it. I love that tiny bit of visual ambiguity.

Silhouette of a jet crossing a golden crescent Moon against a muted purple twilight sky.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It seems like it was just a little while ago that the sun was setting right on top of the Brothers. Now it’s already almost to the treeline. Crazy how quickly the sun moves along the horizon.

Golden sunset over the Olympic Mountains and calm water, with a bright reflection stretching toward driftwood on the shore.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I swear the sky was trying to do everything at once tonight. A thunderhead, a rain shaft, a rainbow, and Seattle all lined up across Elliott Bay.

Towering thunderhead over Elliott Bay, with a rain shaft, a faint rainbow, and the Seattle skyline across the water.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Monday’s moonrise over Seattle looked completely different from the night before. Smoke and haze softened the Moon into a warm golden glow as it rose above the Space Needle and city lights. 🌕✨

Golden Moon glowing through smoky haze above the illuminated Space Needle and Seattle skyline at night.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Tonight’s moonrise over Seattle was filtered through layers of smoke and haze, giving the moon that deep orange glow as it climbed behind the Space Needle. The clouds drifting across it made the whole scene feel especially dramatic Sunday night.

Orange full moon rising through smoky haze and dark clouds above Seattle, with the illuminated Space Needle and city skyline below.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Eclipse progression collage 🌕🌑 The top photo was taken before totality, and the remaining four afterward. If you look closely, you can see the illuminated part of the Moon switch sides as it moves into and back out of Earth’s shadow.

Five eclipse photos arranged diagonally on a black background, showing the Moon progressing into and out of Earth’s shadow.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Crescent moon sinking into a hazy purple twilight over Puget Sound. 🌙

Thin crescent moon above a dark treeline and glowing waterfront homes, with warm lights reflecting across the water.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Golden hour over Puget Sound tonight. The sun dropped right into the mountains, throwing one last burst of light across the water. 🌅

The setting sun shines through silhouetted mountains, creating a bright golden reflection across Puget Sound.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

An ethereal moonrise over Seattle tonight. Ribbons of wildfire and Blue Angels smoke painted the moon in deep red and amber, softening its usual glare until it looked almost otherworldly above the Space Needle.

A huge red-orange moon, streaked with bands of wildfire smoke, rises above Seattle’s Space Needle and glowing skyline.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The crescent moon through thin clouds tonight. They were moving steadily across the sky, more like a filter than an obstruction.

A glowing crescent moon peeks through thin clouds beside the dark silhouette of evergreen branches in a deep blue evening sky.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Sunbeams over the Sound tonight, with a ferry crossing through the last light.

A ferry crosses calm water beneath a golden sunset. Sunbeams stream through scattered clouds, and the sun reflects brightly across the water.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

A Washington State ferry crossing beneath the Olympics during Monday night’s smoky sunset.

A white ferry crosses calm orange-pink water, with the Olympic Mountains silhouetted against a smoky peach sky.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I took a drive out to Point No Point for sunset tonight. It was so beautiful, and I feel incredibly lucky I was there to see it.

Point No Point Lighthouse beneath pink and orange sunset clouds, with the sun peeking over the horizon and driftwood covering the beach in the foreground.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I wanted to say thank you to everyone who voted for my photo in the 2026 Puget Sound Bird Fest Photo Contest. “Plumes at Dusk” Great Blue Heron This dramatic little feather explosion won the People’s Choice prize, and I’m so grateful. 🩶 www.pugetsoundbirdfest.com/blog/2026-pu...

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2026 Puget Sound Bird Fest Photo Contest Winners — Puget Sound Bird Fest

Cover photo: Rhinoceros Auklet by Charvet Drucker Puget Sound Bird Fest brings people together around a shared love of birds, and nothing shows that better than the photo contest. Birders and photog...

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Lake Union fireworks photographed from Bainbridge Island, with Magnolia in the foreground. This one made me shiver a little when I saw it on the screen. The colors were unreal.

Colorful fireworks burst over a dark hillside and city lights at night. One large pink, blue, green, and gold firework fills the top of the image, with two smaller multicolored bursts below it.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Mother Nature gave us fireworks over Elliott Bay last night. A little aurora magic between Bainbridge Island and Seattle before the clouds moved in.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Mother Nature gave us fireworks over Elliott Bay tonight. The clouds moved in pretty quickly, but I caught a little bit of the aurora between Bainbridge Island and Seattle before they took over.

Aurora borealis over Elliott Bay at night, photographed between Bainbridge Island and Seattle. Green and pink aurora glow faintly through a dark, cloudy sky above the water and distant city lights.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The Space Needle in shadow while the sunset rainbow moved through the sky behind it. Seattle really knows how to make people stop and look.

Seattle skyline at sunset with the Space Needle in dark shadow. Behind it, soft rainbow-colored light spreads across the cloudy sky in bands of red, yellow, green, and blue.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

June Strawberry Moon rising over the water, with that little cloud above it like it came dressed for the occasion.

A bright full moon rises over calm water at dusk, casting a golden reflection across the surface. A small orange cloud floats above the moon, with dark shoreline silhouettes and distant lights along the horizon.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

One of the harder moons I’ve photographed. The haze never gave it a clean moment, but the first shot turned into this strange dark sun situation that feels like eye yoga. Sometimes the atmosphere gets in the way. Sometimes it becomes the photo.

Close-up of a hazy golden full moon glowing through thick cloud and haze, with dark edges making it look like a strange dark sun.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Saturday night’s almost-full moon glowing in purple. 💜 She was already 97.2% illuminated, with the official full moon arriving on the 29th.

An almost-full moon glows pale gold in a purple-blue evening sky, framed by dark tree branches.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I thought for sure I wouldn’t see the moon tonight, but I was wrong, thankfully. She slipped through the clouds for just a few minutes.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

My first storm photo editing tutorial is up on YouTube. I walk through a simple Lightroom edit using my Gannon storm photo and show how I bring out the mood without overdoing it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQky...

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Gannon Tutorial 1 | Lightroom Editing Walkthrough

YouTube video by Kristin L. Raught Photography

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The sky felt like it was opening tonight. A pillar of light rose from the sun, a sundog glowed beside it, and an arc seemed to crown it. Spiritually, it felt like alignment, protection, and a reminder that guidance does not always arrive quietly. Sometimes the sky makes itself impossible to ignore.

Sunset over the water with the sun low near the horizon, a vertical sun pillar rising above it, a bright sundog glowing to the right, and a faint curved arc-like formation in the clouds above.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Bald eagle under a daytime moon. I love when wildlife and the sky line up like this, even for just a moment.

A bald eagle perched near the top of an evergreen tree, with a pale daytime moon behind it against a deep blue sky. The eagle is looking to the side, framed by green branches.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

One month since leaving X and I do not miss it at all. Not doomscrolling every day has made a huge difference in my energy. I enjoy Bluesky so much more. People are thoughtful here, and the worst thing I usually see is bad AI, which I just block. 😂

Tahoma rises faintly above a hazy green-gray horizon, with layered clouds stretching across the sky and soft heat distortion blurring the distant mountain.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Tonight's moonset with a guest appearance by the planets, Venus and Jupiter.

A thin crescent moon hangs low in a deep blue evening sky above dark tree silhouettes and a dock over calm water. Bright Venus shines highest in the sky, while Jupiter glows closer to the moon lower toward the horizon.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I'd really love some help in getting nominated for the Best of Bainbridge - Photographer category. I really appreciate everyone who has helped me acheive my photography goals, especially my friends on Bluesky! www.bainbridgereview.com/contests/Bes...

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Best of Bainbridge - Bainbridge Island Review

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The water looked unreal tonight, all blue and gold while this heron fished through the last light. I love that you can see the fish as he’s swallowing it.

A great blue heron stands in shallow blue and gold water with its body turned away and its long neck stretched back to the side. A small fish is visible in its open beak as it swallows.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

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v e l o c i t y @velocity69.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Blondie Hyde Park *2017

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Beautiful American White Pelicans floating off the shores of beautiful Bainbridge Island this weekend.

American White Pelicans swimming together on deep blue water, with bright orange bills and white breeding plumage.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

For #caturday, I am sharing a photo of Angel. She is not a fan of having her photo taken.

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I entered my dramatic heron photo in the 2026 Puget Sound Bird Fest People’s Choice Contest. I’d be so grateful for your vote. It’s 12th down in the middle column, so thankfully you don’t have to scroll through 400+ photos. pollunit.com/polls/PSBF_C...

Great blue heron standing in shallow water, shaking its feathers into a dramatic spray. Its long plumes fan outward, making the bird look electric and full of motion.

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👣Coco👣 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

We Will We Will Rock You... 🌈

Freddie Mercury on stage in front of thousands of people

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Kristin Louise Raught Photography 🌀 @kristinlraught.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Finally got the heron photos up on my website. I've had so many inquires about them, thank you for your patience while I sorted it out! kristinlraught.smugmug.com/Great-Blue-H...

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Great Blue Heron - Kristin L. Raught Photography

Photos of the Great Blue Heron

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