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Sean Asmussen

@seanasmussen.bsky.social
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Coloradan, Solo Explorer, Hiker and Landscape Photographer. Fun Facts 📍Non Professional/Hobbyist 📍No AI, minimal post processing 📍99% Single Shot Exposures 📍Before: Canon Full Frame 📍Now: Olympus/OM System Micro 4/3 📍Lived in New Zealand for 2.75 years

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Creight Photo 🌱☮️ @afewfromtheforest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hints of Fall 🍂 #WaterWednesday 📍Pennsylvania
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy Autumn Equinox! Absolutely love this time, it’s by far the best time to be outside imo. All photos taken within Rocky Mountain National Park on previous years. #autumn #fall #colorado #rmnp #photography #landscape
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Tis the season of nature’s gold, my favorite time of year 😊. #BlueSkyArtShow #golden #landscape #photography #colorado
A stand of Aspen trees change to golden colors reflected over a mountain lake.
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A calm overcast day over Lake Wanaka. If you look closely at the bottom of the image you’ll see a bird swimming in the water. #BlueSkyArtShow #minimal #SmallBirdSaturday #NewZealand #photography #nature
A bird swims at the bottom of the image during a calm overcast day as the clouds are reflecting over the lake.
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Christoph Fischer Photography @beautysurroundsyou.com · 01/09/2026
Although the wind was screaming in my ears it was a scene of serenity & breathtaking majesty as the Cuernos del Paine lit up in magnificent light. Light I had not witnessed in 5 years of exploring Patagonia. #100%human #bluesky #photography #naturephotography #landscapephotography #nature
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Mirror Lake reflections and beautiful light at Moke Lake. #BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #EastCoastKin #NewZealand #landscape #photography
A mountain shows a mirror Lake reflection over a lake with a little bit of light hitting the center of the mountain.
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A river runs through it, the dramatic beauty of Haast Pass, New Zealand. #scape #ColorADay #BWFri #ClassicMono #NZ #landscape #photography #BlackandWhite
A river winds in the foreground with towering mountains and low laying clouds in the background.
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Coral King @rocketcoral.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Conwy castle on a misty day 🏰😍 #visitwales
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A rainbow appears over Moeraki Boulders Beach in New Zealand. #RockinTuesday #TidesOutTuesday #NewZealand #NZ #beach #photography #landscape
Unique, round boulders, fill the foreground on a sandy beach with a rainbow in the distance.
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
A cow on an open paddock, snow capped mountains and forest. All part of the Wild West in the South Island. #BlueSkyArtShow #earth #NewZealand #NZ #photography #landscape
A cow in the foreground is lit by the sun while snow capped unveil itself slightly through the clouds.
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Devils Punchbowl, a very scenic and beautiful waterfall up Arthur’s Pass. #WaterfallWednesday #waterfall #NewZealand #photography #landscape
A waterfall drops down into a punchbowl like canyon, flowing from snow capped mountains from above.
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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"Cold Mountain" The views at Hamn i Senja in Norway. We didn't stay at the hotel here, but visited on a day trip from Mefjordbrygge. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFForFilms #RockinTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #ArtYear
A beautiful fjord scene with small snow-covered mountains in the near distance on the left to center. There's a small rock island on the right in the distance and large rocks with lichen and some snow in the foreground. The sea is a lovely shade of lighter blue. The sky is pale blue with heavy clouds at the top, just above the horizon, and the right side.
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. At this location is where Edoras stood on top of this hill known as Mt Sunday. Such a stunning location and one of favorite places in NZ. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilms #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #photography #landscape #NewZealsnd #lotr
The hill Mt Sunday sits in front of towering snow capped mountains on a sunny bluebird day.
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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Gertie girl My little dark-eyed junco friend with her fluffs on our fence before she put them in her nest. #BirdOfTheDay #RedOrDead #ColorADay #RedWed #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEForEphemeral #SensoryArt #small #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #birds #photography #OM-3
A sweet little dark-eyed junco female with some white hairs in her beak perched on a worn wooden fence. Her body is facing the camera with her head turned a bit to the right. She has a gray head and neck, white breast with peach on the sides. Her beak and legs are pale pink. Her eyes are black. The house behind her is blurred with red covering most of the area, but some beige at the bottom and left side.
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
A place appropriately called “Paradise” just north of Glenorchy. It was golden Hour as we headed back towards Queenstown, had to stop to take in this view and moment. #stunday #landscape #photography #NewZealand #EastCoastKin #mountains
A green covered moraine with a small creek the cuts through the middle. Towering snow capped mountains make the background as the last of days sunshine hits the peaks.
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Armin H. Ausejo @arminausejo.com · 08/08/2026
Water in various different states at Margerie Glacier in Alaska #BlueSkyArtShow #Water #Alaska #MargerieGlacier #glacier #clouds #mountains #landscape #seascape #ECK #stormhour #photographersunited #Nikon #Z8 #ArminPhoto
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The vivid blue waters of Hokitika Gorge. #BlueSkyArtShow #water #NewZealand #landscape #photography
A neon blue river cuts through a gorge, creating a beautiful contrast of blue and green with limestone rock.
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
That Wanaka Tree on a foggy day. #ForestFriday #FlyDay #scape #NewZealand #photography #landscape
That Wanaka Tree and a wee bird swimming nearby on Lake Wanaka during a foggy morning.
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Nigel Stanley @nigelstanley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
3/5 Dunwich Heath Not all of Dunwich Heath is gorse, heather and fern, there are some wooded spots too. Here's where the path goes through a tunnel. #photography #DunwichHeath #Suffolk
The image shows a serene woodland path surrounded by lush green foliage. The trail is narrow, winding through dense trees and bushes, with sunlight filtering through the canopy, creating a peaceful and inviting atmosphere. Ferns and other greenery line the sides of the path, which appears to be made of dirt and scattered leaves.
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Katherine Mancuso @katherinemancuso.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
⛵❤️🌥️ #ColorADay #RedWed
sunrise over the water with a sail boat under a red sky and clearing storm clouds
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Climb To The Clouds @climbtotheclouds.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Good morning. This light emitted, a reflection of the power that surrounds. The delicate stem sways, holding our force of giving. Offering ourselves, in symbiosis and care. We, never alone. #BlueSkyMonday #imageandverse #photography #bloomscrolling #ColorADay #PinkMon #ECK #EastCoastKin #flowers
Image of a flower. Pink in color. Lit from reflection 
A green stem. A blurred blue background.
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The fleeting morning light across Walter Peak, a moment that only lasted a few minutes that eventually led to overcast skies for the rest of the day. #MountainMonday #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEForEphemeral #BlueSkyMonday #mountains #sunrise #NZ
Early morning light splashes across a mountain in Queenstown, New Zealand.
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The rainforest of Fiordland National Park. As someone that lives in a dry climate, seeing dense green forests like this was quite surreal, couldn’t stop taking pictures. #ForestFriday #scape #EastCoastKin #NewZealand #rainforest #forest #trees #green
A dense green covered forest in Fiordland National Park in New Zealand.
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Creight Photo 🌱☮️ @afewfromtheforest.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
(open roads) #ThankfulThursday 📍Pennsylvania #landscape #photography #roadtrip #eastcoastkin
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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Good morning from Ireland. ☘️ 👋🏼✨☕️ Saw this Small Tortoiseshell yesterday. BOTD themes coming shortly. 😃 #Flyday #Butterflies #NatureLovers #BloomScrolling #photography #ECK
A Small Tortoiseshell butterfly rests with its wings fully open on a cluster of bright yellow ragwort flowers. The butterfly’s vivid orange wings are marked with bold black patches, white spots near the tips, and a delicate row of blue crescents along the edges. Noticeable wear and small tears on the wing tips hint at a life well lived through the summer. Fresh yellow flower heads and unopened buds surround the butterfly, while softly blurred green foliage creates a natural background that draws attention to the colourful insect feeding among the blooms.
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🌈Marlena🕊️ @marlena-love.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A field of many colors blooms as one, Each distinct flower reaching for the sun. Like petals painting fields in every hue, Our differences are what make us beautiful too. #bluesky #love
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Kort Duce @kortduce.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I love seeing great blue herons - especially when they're bathed in beautiful light! A great blue heron sleeps during a spectacular sunrise at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsILove #ECK #bird #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wetland #wetlands #wildlifephotography
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A great blue heron sleeps during a spectacular sunrise at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado.

In this vertical color photograph, a great blue heron stands on one leg atop a partially submerged log, facing the camera with its head turned to its left and its eyes peacefully closed. The weathered log is surrounded by countless upright branches, each draped in delicate spider webs that glow as they are backlit by the rising sun.

The entire scene is bathed in warm golden and orange hues from the sunrise. Cottonwood seeds, feathers, and other organic debris drift across the water's surface, catching and refracting the light to create delicate circular bokeh highlights.

The heron's reflection extends out of the bottom of the frame, joined by the reflections of the surrounding branches. Gentle ripples spread across the pond, gradually widening toward the foreground. The lower half of the image glows with the most intense golden light as the sun's rays illuminate the water.

A peaceful portrait of a great blue heron resting in the heart of a thriving wetland, highlighting the beauty of these fragile habitats that are essential to the survival of this remarkable species.
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AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸 🥾 @alinagrafik.eurosky.social · 27/06/2026
#BlueskyArtShow #Macro Dew drops hanging from a bent-over wild fennel bloom, now gone to seed. #ECK #ClassicMono #BNWmacro #WildFennel #WestCoastKin
Black and white macro image of a decaying fennel blossom that is hanging upside down since its stalk bent over. Dew drops hang from all the old blossom stems, now just skeletons. There are delicate cob webs that also have tiny dew drops hanging from the web. The background is blurry.
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Margot Foley @mfoley25.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” - John Muir #ImageAndVerse #AlphabetChallenge #WeekXForXyloid #ECK #WCK #Oregon #PNW #Forest #Woods #Nature #Photography
A wooden footbridge with sturdy handrails leads into a lush, sun-dappled forest filled with tall mossy trees and dense green ferns at the Prehistoric Garden near Port Orford, Oregon.
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Creight Photo 🌱☮️ @afewfromtheforest.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Follow your heart 🍂 #Stunday
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The wild turkey out for a strut. #BirdOfTheDay #OutForAWalk #birds #photography #turkey #wildlife
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DeAnna Vincent @dryheatphotography.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
My #BirdOfTheDay : Great Blue Heron at Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge near San Antonio, #NewMexico
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Creight Photo 🌱☮️ @afewfromtheforest.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Autumn waters 🍂 #WaterWednesday 📍Pennsylvania
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The setting full moon over the Rockies. #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #moon #landscape #photography #colorado
The full blue moon sets over Mt Ida in Rocky Mountain National Park.
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Loretta Robinson @lorettarobinson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Feeling cool? I took this image last month in #Svalbard This is an iceberg that broke away from a freshwater glacier. Over the years, all the air bubbles have been squeezed out, making it dense and appearing blue. #BlueSkyMonday #MinimalMonday #ECK #Iceberg #OMSystem #Norway
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The White-Tailed Ptarmigan, so calm and collected and didn’t even notice its presence until it moved ever so slightly. #SilentPresence #BirdOfTheDay #Camouflage #birds #Stunday #photography #wildlife
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Creight Photo 🌱☮️ @afewfromtheforest.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
PA forest
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Cuteness overload, a baby Canada Goose. #BirdOfTheDay #geese #birds #wildlife #photography #BirdPhotography #gosling
A gosling forages among the grass in Rocky Mountain National Park.
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Den 🇮🇪 @denterrick.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Hiking up to the cairn. The lush red and green of summer with a little morning mist in the forest. #Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #Ireland
Looking up a hilly hiking path in the forest. Fog visible in the clearing ahead.
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Digging back into the archives to 2019, a puddle reflection of Mt Catherine. #WeekWForWater #AlphabetChallenge #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #NZ #landscape #photography
A tall snow capped mountain reflects over a puddle in Hakatere Conservation Park, New Zealand.
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Timothy Keeney @timothykeeneyphotography.com · 06/06/2026
Here’s a small waterfall for those of you who are staying in this Saturday like I am. I liked this section of the creek best because of the tree at the left and how the water navigated over the foreground rocks. #timothykeeneyphotography #photography #landscapephotography #waterfall #connecticut
I small creek tumbles down over mossy rocks in an early spring Connecticut forest.  There is a large tree trunk at the upper left and the long exposure has captured a white splashdown pattern below the falls.
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
This year I’ve been trying to photograph birds/wildlife more and here’s one of a Mountain bluebird just chilling out. #BirdOfTheDay #BranchingOut #Stunday #birds #photography #wildlife #nature
A mountain bluebird stands on a branch within a burn scar forest of Rocky Mountain National Park.
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Kort Duce @kortduce.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
A great blue heron catches a fish at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. #StunDay #BirdOfTheDay #bird #birdphotography #ECK #birds #photography #BirdsSeenln2026
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A great blue heron catches a fish at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado.

In this horizontal color photograph, a great blue heron wades through mid-leg-deep water in left profile, its neck coiled into a backward "S" and its head angled downward as it wrestles and shakes a freshly caught fish. Water droplets spray around the heron's head as the fish struggles to escape. The bird and the entire scene are surrounded by greenish pond water speckled with floating cottonwood seeds and other organic debris. The fish is a respectable catch, measuring approximately 8 to 10 inches long.

A dynamic action photograph of a great blue heron doing what it does best in its natural environment.
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Loretta Robinson @lorettarobinson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
You can imagine my surprise when this walrus popped up out of the water in #Svalbard while I was standing on the shore. Looks like he is quite a warrior based on the scars all over him. #Stunday #Photography #ECK #Norway #Walrus #OMSystem
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Three deer inside some dense vegetation. #BlueSkyArtShow #busy #photography #deer #nature #wildlife #snow
Three deer looks ahead inside some dense snow covered vegetation in Rocky Mountain National Park.
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay for #LookingAtYou reminded me of my encounter with this Kea perched on the rear view mirror. Eventually had to drive off once it attempted to rip of the rubber lining (a Kea’s favorite pastime) on the inside of the door 😂. #FlyDay #Bird #NewZealand
A Kea stands on on the rearview mirror in Fiordland National Park, New Zealand.
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
A single duck standing on a rock during a chilly snowy spring morning in the mountains. #Scape #FlyDay #landscape #photography #Duck #birds #wildlife #RockMountainNationalPark
A duck stands on a rock at a snow covered Sprague Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
A gentle stream on a spring snow covered morning in the park. #WaterfallWednesday #nature #landscape #RockyMountains #Colorado
A stream in Rocky Mountain National Park on a snow covered morning.
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
The enchanting snow deer. #Stunday #deer #wildlife #photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky
A deer looks out in a snow covered forest in Rocky Mountain National Park.
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Sean Asmussen @seanasmussen.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
It’s been a few years, but I use to shoot with a converted Infrared camera. It’s quite fun creatively, maybe I’ll come back to it someday. #BlueSkyArtShow #tall #ArtYear #photography #infrared #trees #forest #nature #EastCoastKin
An infrared photograph of some tall trees in New Zealand.
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