Nostr notes by Alexander S. Kunz

Salsify Seeds for #MacroMonday Seeds of Tragopogon dubius (Yellow ...

2026-07-27T17:55:35Z

Salsify Seeds for #MacroMonday

Seeds of Tragopogon dubius (Yellow Salsify, native to Eurasia and introduced elsewhere). Laguna Mountains, California; June 2017.

https://photos.alex-kunz.com/-/galleries/portfolio/flowers-plants-2010-2019/-/medias/019fa4b6-3f32-7a9b-bb52-afdeea5c988f

#NaturePhotography #CloseUp #Macro #Plants #Salsify #Seeds #Nature #Texture #Pattern #Florespondence #MacroPhotography

what's the source of this photo please?

2026-05-10T21:31:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…pdgu
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what's the source of this photo please?

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2026-02-15T20:32:07Z

#SilentSunday

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2026-01-04T16:33:49Z

#SilentSunday

"Boy and Ocean, Solana Beach" #ThrowbackThursday to ...

2026-01-01T20:57:25Z

"Boy and Ocean, Solana Beach"

#ThrowbackThursday to January 1st, 2020 -- the first sunset of the year! :) I normally to try avoid having humans and manmade things in my photos, but the kid's silhouette really makes the photo for me...

https://store.alex-kunz.com/featured/boy-and-ocean-solana-beach-alexander-kunz.html

#Throwback #Photography #SolanaBeach #SanDiego #Sunset #NewYear #Sunset #Seascape

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2026-01-01T08:04:00Z

Oh hey, Happy New Year from the Pacific Time Zone. :)

It's time! My monthly End Notes for December 2025 once more ...

2025-12-31T19:20:27Z

It's time!

My monthly End Notes for December 2025 once more combine a summary of photographic activities with links, recent photos, a look at changes behind the scenes, notes on the weather, and more!

https://www.alex-kunz.com/december-2025-end-notes/

#PhotoBlog #EndNotes #December #Photography #Blog #BlogPost #SanDiego

"Standing at the Edge of Time" for #MountainMonday ...

2025-12-22T22:16:14Z

"Standing at the Edge of Time" for #MountainMonday

Photographed in Germany's Berchtesgaden National Park, on the "Mausloch" trail from Hochgschirr to Kahlersberg. I miss those mountains.

https://store.alex-kunz.com/featured/standing-at-the-edge-of-time-alexander-kunz.html

#Mountains #LandscapePhotography #Hiking #Wandern #Bavaria #Bayern #Landschaft #Berge

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2025-12-21T18:35:17Z

#SilentSunday

Jordan Pond from North Bubble (Acadia National Park, Maine) for ...

2025-12-21T05:42:34Z

Jordan Pond from North Bubble (Acadia National Park, Maine) for #SunsetSaturday

Prints etc. https://store.alex-kunz.com/featured/north-bubble-sunset-alexander-kunz.html

#LandscapePhotography #Sunset #Acadia #Maine #EastCoast #Landscape

"Driftwood After Sunset" for #MeerMittwoch Photographed ...

2025-12-17T22:07:12Z

"Driftwood After Sunset" for #MeerMittwoch

Photographed in Crescent City during our May 2025 trip to Northern California.

One minute exposure, f/11 @ ISO 500.

https://store.alex-kunz.com/featured/driftwood-after-sunset-alexander-kunz.html?newartwork=true

#Seascape #LongExposure #CrescentCity #NorthernCalifornia #Sunset #Twilight #Driftwood #LandscapePhotography #PacificOcean

For #SunsetSaturday I have the coastal rocks of Tabletop Reef at ...

2025-11-29T18:35:07Z

For #SunsetSaturday I have the coastal rocks of Tabletop Reef at sunset, under remnant stormclouds. This is in Solana Beach, California. Photographed ~two weeks ago.

#Sunset #Seascape #Photography #SanDiego #WestCoast #LandscapePhotography #SeascapePhotography #PacificOcean #California #LongExposure

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2025-11-23T16:13:02Z

#SilentSunday

Net find, too cute to not share... ...

2025-11-03T19:07:01Z

Net find, too cute to not share...

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2025-11-02T14:49:19Z

#SilentSunday

if you let @npub1eqq…rukl carry all that stuff for you, you ...

2025-10-31T02:07:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…6kdm
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if you let JDS (npub1eqq…rukl) carry all that stuff for you, you might even be able to keep up with him 😆

Twilight on the Pacific Crest Trail for #MountainMonday View of ...

2025-10-27T23:38:37Z

Twilight on the Pacific Crest Trail for #MountainMonday

View of Granite Mountain and Mason Valley from the PCT in the Laguna Mountains of San Diego County, California.

https://store.alex-kunz.com/featured/twilight-on-the-pacific-crest-trail-alexander-kunz.html

#LandscapePhotography #SanDiego #LagunaMountains #Twilight #PCT #PacificCrestTrail #Hiking #Sunset #SouthernCalifornia #Photography #Landscape

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2025-10-19T20:04:21Z

#SilentSunday

Thundering Yosemite Falls in spring, seen from the Mist Trail in ...

2025-10-08T18:48:23Z

Thundering Yosemite Falls in spring, seen from the Mist Trail in Yosemite National Park, California; May 2024.

#WaterfallWednesday #Yosemite #Waterfall #LandscapePhotography #NationalParks #California #Photography #Landscape

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2025-10-05T16:16:45Z

#SilentSunday

you could try the "Seek by iNaturalist" app, or the ...

2025-10-03T17:41:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…q02z
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you could try the "Seek by iNaturalist" app, or the "iNaturalist" app itself for a photo ID.

Set your location manually to where you've made the photo (if necessary) and point the app's "AI" camera to the photo on your screen. Often works for me... though I wouldn't trust it to determine which mushroom is edible and which isn't! :P

San Diego's new "water year" has begun on October 1st ...

2025-10-03T16:35:51Z

San Diego's new "water year" has begun on October 1st and we're hoping for a wetter winter than the last one! (when we only got ~half of our average).

Here's an old old photo made in spring 2011, after a particularly wet winter. Still one of my all-time favorites.

A few more in my blog: https://www.alex-kunz.com/happy-new-water-year/

#SanDiego #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Water #IntimateLandscape

"Heart of Oak" for #TreeTuesday Coast Live Oaks trunks ...

2025-09-23T22:03:12Z

"Heart of Oak" for #TreeTuesday

Coast Live Oaks trunks appear to form the shape of a human heart with its chambers. Photographed at Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve, San Diego, California; September 2012.

https://alexander-kunz.pixels.com/featured/heart-of-oak-alexander-kunz.html

#BlackAndWhite #Trees #SanDiego #CoastLiveOak #NaturePhotography #FineArtPhotography #Oaks

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2025-09-21T19:12:11Z

#SilentSunday

#ThrowbackThursday to September 2015 with a cellphone photo made ...

2025-09-19T00:43:19Z

#ThrowbackThursday to September 2015 with a cellphone photo made at Village Hillcrest in San Diego.

#Photography #Cityscape #iPhonePhotography #SanDiego

Look at this cute lil deep-sea bugger! — OR— "MBARI’s ...

2025-09-09T22:21:54Z

Look at this cute lil deep-sea bugger!

— OR—

"MBARI’s advanced underwater technology reveals a new species of deep- sea snailfish"

https://www.mbari.org/news/mbaris-advanced-underwater-technology-reveals-a-new-species-of-deep-sea-snailfish/

All in all, it's been a pretty strange day, so here's a ...

2025-09-05T22:40:37Z

All in all, it's been a pretty strange day, so here's a photo with strange colors...

#Infrared #Photography #LandscapePhotography #FalseColor #InfraredPhotography #IRPhotography #SanDiego

One raven per rock please. #WildlifeWednesday Photographed while ...

2025-09-04T00:10:57Z

One raven per rock please. #WildlifeWednesday

Photographed while hiking Lawson & Gaskill peaks in San Diego's back country a few years back.

#BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #Birds #Ravens

Hi all, The company that hosts my print-on-demand store (Fine Art ...

2025-08-30T21:28:07Z

Hi all,

The company that hosts my print-on-demand store (Fine Art America) has a Labor Day Sale with 20% off of all products, now through Monday, September 1st. It doesn’t just apply to my stuff of course, but if you always, eagerly :) wanted one of my photos as a print, this might be a nice opportunity.

Please visit https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/alexander-kunz if you’d like to take a look. Thanks!

#SelfPromo #SelfPromoSaturday #SelfPromotion #Photography #SanDiego #LaborDay #BuyIntoArt

In the last few days, some good monsoonal moisture finally made ...

2025-08-29T22:53:45Z

In the last few days, some good monsoonal moisture finally made it to Southern California and kindly provided some clouds that the sun cloud light up as it set. :)

This is at Foster Point in the Laguna Mountains, an easy to reach vista point just off the Pacific Crest Trail, with views along the Pacific Crest and into the Anza Borrego Desert.

https://alexander-kunz.pixels.com/featured/foster-point-sunset-alexander-kunz.html

#Sunset #LandscapePhotography #Monsoon #SanDiego #LagunaMountains #AnzaBorrego #Summer #SouthernCalifornia #WestCoastBestCoast

In the last few days, some good monsoonal moisture finally made ...

2025-08-29T22:53:45Z

In the last few days, some good monsoonal moisture finally made it to Southern California and kindly provided some clouds that the sun could light up as it set. :)

This is at Foster Point in the Laguna Mountains, an easy to reach vista point just off the Pacific Crest Trail, with views along the Pacific Crest and into the Anza Borrego Desert.

https://alexander-kunz.pixels.com/featured/foster-point-sunset-alexander-kunz.html

#Sunset #LandscapePhotography #Monsoon #SanDiego #LagunaMountains #AnzaBorrego #Summer #SouthernCalifornia #WestCoastBestCoast

"The Drop" for #WaterfallWednesday Standing at the edge ...

2025-08-27T20:38:01Z

"The Drop" for #WaterfallWednesday

Standing at the edge of Vernal Falls in Yosemite National Park, with a view of the famous Mist Trail and Merced River canyon below. May 2024.

#Yosemite #Waterfall #LandscapePhotography #Hiking #MistTrail #SierraNevada

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2025-08-17T21:03:16Z

#SilentSunday

Can one ever have enough photos of Sacred Datura? Maybe. But not ...

2025-08-14T20:35:26Z

Can one ever have enough photos of Sacred Datura? Maybe. But not today!

Square format, might need a click/tap...

Many more: https://www.alex-kunz.com/plant/datura-studies/

#FloralFriday #NaturePhotography #CloseUp #Datura #NativePlants #SanDiego #FlowerFriday #Flowers #FridayFlowers

Cirsium occidentale var. californicum (Bigelow thistle, ...

2025-08-14T03:29:48Z

Cirsium occidentale var. californicum (Bigelow thistle, California thistle, Cobwebby thistle), Poway, California; April 2023.

#NativePlants #BloomScrolling #CloseUp #Flowers #Herbs #NaturePhotography #MacroPhotography #WildflowerWednesday #Wildflowers

"Trees on Ledge" for #TreeTuesday This is Half Dome's ...

2025-08-13T01:53:50Z

"Trees on Ledge" for #TreeTuesday

This is Half Dome's northwest face, seen from North Dome in Yosemite National Park, California.

https://alexander-kunz.pixels.com/featured/trees-on-half-dome-ledge-yosemite-alexander-kunz.html

#Yosemite #Trees #Halfdome #LandscapePhotography #Granite #Cliff #Mountains #IntimateLandscape

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2025-08-10T18:29:27Z

#SilentSunday

"Red Clouds Over Filaree Flats" for #SunsetSaturday ...

2025-08-09T21:50:41Z

"Red Clouds Over Filaree Flats" for #SunsetSaturday

Photographed in August 2022 from the summit of Garnet Peak in San Diego's Laguna Mountains.

#SanDiego #LandscapePhotography #LagunaMountains #Sunset #Twilight #Landscape #Photography #Clouds #SouthernCalifornia #BackCountry

Delicate plants like Western Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum) and ...

2025-08-08T23:07:12Z

Delicate plants like Western Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum) and Solomon's Plume (Maianthemum dilatatum) grow directly at the foot of majestic, giant old redwood trees. Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, California; May 2025.

For #ForestFriday

https://alexander-kunz.pixels.com/featured/delicate-undergrowth-alexander-kunz.html

#IntimateLandscape #NaturePhotography #Forest #Redwood #NorthernCalifornia #Trees #OldGrowth #FernsFriday

Crazy-aspect-ratio panoramas don't sell often so I'm ...

2025-08-05T02:07:45Z

Crazy-aspect-ratio panoramas don't sell often so I'm extra grateful for the art buyer from Washington!

https://alexander-kunz.pixels.com/saleannouncement.html?id=1207b44873d7a763d63c050314a17011

#BuyIntoArt #ShamelessPlug #ShipRock #NewMexico #SelfPromo

2x Poison-oak — not a fun plant to run into (literally, I ...

2025-08-04T22:48:36Z

2x Poison-oak — not a fun plant to run into (literally, I mean), but I always found it a nice photography subject, as its appearance can be so varied!

Here it is climbing trees as a vine, but it can also be a solitary shrub, or a patch of twigs no more than 2-3 feet high, growing in the forest understory. I wonder why it isn't more thoroughly studied to explain these different growth forms... 🤔😜

#NaturePhotography #PoisonOak #SanDiego #CloseUp #NativePlants #LeavesOfThree

"Birches in Darkness" at Ibmer Moor, Austria, for ...

2025-08-03T01:19:40Z

"Birches in Darkness" at Ibmer Moor, Austria, for #SpookySaturday

Two more: https://www.alex-kunz.com/birches-in-darkness/

#BlackAndWhite #Photography #Dark #Spooky #IntimateLandscape

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2025-07-27T18:13:27Z

#SilentSunday

"Summer Bliss" in the sage scrub landscapes of Southern ...

2025-07-24T18:55:33Z

"Summer Bliss" in the sage scrub landscapes of Southern California.

Blog post with two more photos: https://www.alex-kunz.com/summer-bliss/

#IntimateLandscape #NaturePhotography #SanDiego #Summer

From a foggy spring hike this year I have... "The ...

2025-07-20T02:49:28Z

From a foggy spring hike this year I have... "The Gallows" which might be a good fit for #SpookySaturday :)

Black Oaks in fog, some struggling, some dead; Volcan Mountain Wilderness Preserve, Julian, California; April 2025.

#BlackAndWhite #IntimateLandscape #Fog #Trees #Dead #NaturePhotography #SanDiego

Thanks a lot to the art buyer from New York, NY! "If I can ...

2025-07-18T17:40:06Z

Thanks a lot to the art buyer from New York, NY!

"If I can make it there..." 😁

https://alexander-kunz.pixels.com/saleannouncement.html?id=54fe181910612afc3e89b9938d72cf8f

#ShamelessPlug #SelfPromo #BuyIntoArt #Waterfall #LandscapePhotography #SouthernCalifornia

Found a flower photo from 2018 and by setting the location ...

2025-07-12T14:21:08Z

Found a flower photo from 2018 and by setting the location manually, I got an ID with the "Seek" app, by pointing it to my computer screen. 😅 Compared with Jepson & CalFlora, and it's a match!

This is Hulsea californica, commonly known as San Diego Alpinegold. It's a rare plant that is endemic to the Peninsular Ranges of Southern California.

#BloomScrolling #Flowers #CANativePlants #Plants #CloseUp #NaturePhotography #SanDiego #RarePlants #MacroPhotography #Seek #iNaturalist

Another #FoggyFriday from that nice morning in July 2024. :) Some ...

2025-07-11T18:30:04Z

Another #FoggyFriday from that nice morning in July 2024. :)

Some additional information and how the photo was made in my photo blog: https://www.alex-kunz.com/foggy-summer-mornings/

#LandscapePhotography #SanDiego #Fog #Summer #IntimateLandscape #Sunrise #SageScrub #Chaparral #SouthernCalifornia

#MountainMonday "Constellation" Mount Scott, the shadow ...

2025-07-07T20:00:44Z

#MountainMonday "Constellation"

Mount Scott, the shadow of Watchman Peak, and last light on the cinder cone of Wizard Island. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon; September 2013.

https://alexander-kunz.pixels.com/featured/constellation-alexander-kunz.html

#Mountains #Oregon #CraterLake #BlackAndWhite #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Shadow #Volcano #Monochrome

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2025-07-06T18:51:25Z

#SilentSunday

XKCD "Dreams" https://xkcd.com/137/ #XKCD #Comic ...

2025-07-05T04:19:44Z

XKCD "Dreams"
https://xkcd.com/137/

#XKCD #Comic

My #FoggyFriday contribution is from July last year, when a dense ...

2025-07-04T21:53:10Z

My #FoggyFriday contribution is from July last year, when a dense morning fog shrouded the sage scrub hillsides here in Rancho Bernardo, California.

One of my favorites from 2024. The rest: https://www.alex-kunz.com/best-of-2024-landscape/

#NaturePhotography #IntimateLandscape #Fog #SanDiego

#ThrowbackThursday to July 3rd 2011. I found this interesting ...

2025-07-03T20:07:14Z

#ThrowbackThursday to July 3rd 2011. I found this interesting granitic rock with lichen accents that resembled half of a lion (or mask) while hiking the Gray's Peak Trail near Big Bear, California.

https://alexander-kunz.pixels.com/featured/lion-mask-alexander-kunz.html

#Abstract #Rock #NaturePhotography #LichenSubscribe #Granite #Rocks #CloseUp #IntimateLandscape #Texture

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2025-06-22T18:07:14Z

#SilentSunday

Thanks a lot to the art buyer from Ranchita, California! ...

2025-06-20T16:48:34Z

Thanks a lot to the art buyer from Ranchita, California!

https://alexander-kunz.pixels.com/saleannouncement.html?id=ba849ad8d8d290b1c959b8e8fcd4c86a

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2025-06-15T17:51:41Z

#SilentSunday

"All That Is Ephemeral" — Solana Beach, California, May ...

2025-06-12T19:57:43Z

"All That Is Ephemeral" — Solana Beach, California, May 2025.

The latest addition to my Tabletop Tide Pools portfolio, now spanning 14 years of photographs: https://www.alex-kunz.com/portfolio/tabletop-tide-pools/

#Seascape #SanDiego #LongExposure #Photography #WestCoast #SouthernCalifornia #Sunset

Redwood or Chaparral Lily (Lilium rubescens) in the sun, against ...

2025-06-01T04:48:57Z

Redwood or Chaparral Lily (Lilium rubescens) in the sun, against a naturally dark background of forest at Humboldt Redwoods State Park near Myers Flat, California; May 2025.

#BloomScrolling #NaturePhotography #Plants #Lilies #Flowers #CloseUp

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2025-05-18T15:16:28Z

#SilentSunday

Badwater Basin at Mormon Point, Death Valley National Park, ...

2025-05-17T01:55:09Z

Badwater Basin at Mormon Point, Death Valley National Park, California.

https://alexander-kunz.pixels.com/featured/badwater-at-mormon-point-alexander-kunz.html

#DeathValley #LandscapePhotography #Desert #California #Badwater

For #WrensDay here's a Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus) on a ...

2025-05-14T20:32:31Z

For #WrensDay here's a Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus) on a pale dead twig in summery sage scrug, photographed in Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, California.

#Birds #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #SanDiego #BirdsOfMastodon #Nature #Wren #SouthernCalifornia

Thanks a lot to the art buyer from Lake Forest, California! 🤩 ...

2025-05-12T16:50:50Z

Thanks a lot to the art buyer from Lake Forest, California! 🤩

https://alexander-kunz.pixels.com/saleannouncement.html?id=b69c419a0d1b6422c7e5e0264a634ace

#ShamelessPlug #SelfPromotion #Photography #BuyIntoArt

Another one from Torrey Pines... looking south towards La Jolla ...

2025-05-08T01:23:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…5ln4
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Another one from Torrey Pines... looking south towards La Jolla from Broken Hill, with Scripps Pier decorated for Christmas, just before sunrise in December 2024.

https://alexander-kunz.pixels.com/featured/broken-hill-and-la-jolla-at-dawn-alexander-kunz.html

#LandscapePhotography #SanDiego #TorreyPines #LaJolla #Twilight

Ellen Browning-Scripps Overlook at Torrey Pines State Natural ...

2025-05-07T19:47:26Z

Ellen Browning-Scripps Overlook at Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve in San Diego, California. The sandstone bluffs and coastal chaparral are simply better under overcast skies. :)

https://alexander-kunz.pixels.com/featured/ellen-browning-scripps-overlook-alexander-kunz.html

#LandscapePhotography #SanDiego #TorreyPines #California #WestCoast

1. these Lazuli Buntings are stinking cute 2. they are not very ...

2025-05-06T04:49:56Z

1. these Lazuli Buntings are stinking cute
2. they are not very big & this is cropped to the equivalent of ~800mm 😞
3. I should not be a bird photographer

#Birds #BirdPhotography #LazuliBunting #NaturePhotography #SanDiego

I can relate. I torpedoed FlyingPress with a custom .htaccess ...

2024-12-30T16:32:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…0fvw
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I can relate. I torpedoed FlyingPress with a custom .htaccess rule... (blocking access to .gz files...)

This ⬆️ is one of ten black & white photos from 2024 that ...

2024-12-29T21:42:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…kvtc
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This ⬆️ is one of ten black & white photos from 2024 that I have in a new gallery on my website:

https://www.alex-kunz.com/black-whites-from-2024/

Thanks for looking!

#BlackAndWhite #LandscapePhotography #Gallery #BestOf2024 #Monochrome #Photography #IntimateLandscape #SanDiego

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2024-12-29T16:47:31Z

#SilentSunday

Kitty just wants to play!

2024-12-27T19:01:02Z

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Kitty just wants to play!

what does Instagram do when the person viewing the photo ...

2024-12-27T03:55:32Z

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what does Instagram do when the person viewing the photo doesn’t have an HDR capable screen? What will they see?

December Fall Colors (in Willow Woodland). My latest blog post ...

2024-12-26T20:48:56Z

December Fall Colors (in Willow Woodland).

My latest blog post with 5 photos: https://www.alex-kunz.com/december-fall-colors/

Also: yes, there are fall colors in Southern California. They're just very subtle. ;)

#PhotoBlog #Autumn #FallColors #NaturePhotography #IntimateLandscape

I hope you have a spare battery ready! :P

2024-12-26T20:46:31Z

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I hope you have a spare battery ready! :P

I just had to log in to Twitter to file a DMCA takedown notice. ...

2024-12-26T20:28:53Z

I just had to log in to Twitter to file a DMCA takedown notice. I'm using a locked account that only exists for this singular purpose — meaning that I am following no one, no one follows me, and I'm blocking no one and mute nothing either.

Which means that their algorithm filled my "feed". First three posts: Elon, followed by right-winger hate and mocking, all the way to the horizon. 🤮

thanks a lot, Bob!

2024-12-26T05:03:32Z

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thanks a lot, Bob!

"Silent Night" Shipwreck Tufa under stars, Mono Lake, ...

2024-12-26T04:46:43Z

"Silent Night"

Shipwreck Tufa under stars, Mono Lake, California.

#NightPhotography #LandscapePhotography #MonoLake #Night #California #Stars #LongExposure

thank you John, and the same to you!

2024-12-24T15:20:15Z

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thank you John, and the same to you!

I accompanied a group of Western Sycamore trees through their ...

2024-12-23T21:42:59Z

I accompanied a group of Western Sycamore trees through their seasonal cycle with the camera and created a portfolio of 18 photographs:

"The Sycamore Cycle"

A different type of season's greetings, maybe...

https://www.alex-kunz.com/portfolio/the-sycamore-cycle/

#LandscapePhotography #SanDiego #Portfolio #Photography #IntimateLandscape #Seasons

ist aber Südkalifornien. :) ...

2024-12-23T15:25:54Z

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ist aber Südkalifornien. :)

https://mas.to/@alexskunz/113702809674017150

Good morning and thanks for the comments, boosts and favorites! ...

2024-12-23T15:19:48Z

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Good morning and thanks for the comments, boosts and favorites! ☀️

This is the view from Joshua Tree National Park's famous "Keys View" to the south, around 20 minutes after sunset. The city lights are the south-eastern part of the Coachella Valley.

Prints, cards & puzzles are available in my store at https://alexander-kunz.pixels.com/featured/joshua-tree-keys-view-juniper-and-coachella-valley-alexander-kunz.html

yes it is! :)

2024-12-23T15:12:52Z

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yes it is! :)

I have a slight preference for sunset because that doesn't ...

2024-12-23T01:14:08Z

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I have a slight preference for sunset because that doesn't mean I have to get up so early :P

around here, it always occurs ~20 minutes before sunrise, ~20 ...

2024-12-22T21:53:29Z

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around here, it always occurs ~20 minutes before sunrise, ~20 minutes after sunset.

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2024-12-22T17:10:15Z

#SilentSunday

haha those sounds are great.

2024-12-21T22:37:22Z

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haha those sounds are great.

hmmmm your reply must've become disconnected. Anyway, ...

2024-12-21T21:04:06Z

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hmmmm your reply must've become disconnected.

Anyway, software is a tool for a digital photographer just like a brush, canvas and paint is for a painter, or a musical instrument for a musician. Those tools and supplies aren't free. Someone makes them just like my camera has been made by someone. I'm okay paying for the tools that enable my creativity.

I know that some people are opposed to subscriptions, and that's okay, I'm not seeking that argument.

I'm lost. What are you talking about.

2024-12-21T20:00:42Z

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I'm lost. What are you talking about.

Imagine the technology that runs some 35-40% of websites ...

2024-12-21T19:03:43Z

Imagine the technology that runs some 35-40% of websites worldwide was at the whim of some immature man-child that alternates between throwing tantrums and whining & pouting because he can't have his cake and eat it too. Absolutely bizarre!

https://wordpress.org/news/2024/12/holiday-break/

#WordPress #Mullenweg #WPDrama #Automattic

I’m trying to wrap my head around the implications of “multi ...

2024-12-21T18:02:55Z

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I’m trying to wrap my head around the implications of “multi grain bread machine bread” 😅

Happy Winter Solstice! I've been looking for past photos from ...

2024-12-21T16:39:24Z

Happy Winter Solstice!

I've been looking for past photos from December 21st and found this, from 2009...

A few more from this lovely location are in the accompanying blog post: https://www.alex-kunz.com/huckinger-see-in-winter/

#Winter #Solstice #IntimateLandscape #Photography #Austria #December #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #BlackAndWhite

it's just the time of year for me I guess. Spring through ...

2024-12-21T15:46:49Z

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it's just the time of year for me I guess. Spring through fall I can begin the day with a morning run and end it with a walk with the camera, but with the shorter daylight hours right now there's less balance. Normally, I don't consider what I do to be "work". :)

and this is how we learn that a URL that ends in a $ sign ...

2024-12-21T03:05:25Z

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and this is how we learn that a URL that ends in a $ sign doesn't work on Mastodon. :)

Today I am exhausted. As much as I love tutoring and helping ...

2024-12-21T02:58:49Z

Today I am exhausted. As much as I love tutoring and helping people with their #Lightroom & photography workflow riddles, I look forward to the weekend, and a week without any appointments.

Listening to some calming ambient music I'm thinking about #MacroPhotography and how zoning in on one tiny little subject has an especially calming quality.

And from my archive, here's the very rare Short-Leaved Liveforever (Dudleya brevifolia).

#FloralFriday #BloomScrolling #FlowerFriday #RarePlants

So in French, artificial intelligence is "l'intelligence ...

2024-12-20T04:08:50Z

So in French, artificial intelligence is "l'intelligence artificielle" which could be abbreviated nicely into... LIAR. 🫠

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Language #French

worth showing — very interesting combination because the ...

2024-12-20T00:34:38Z

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worth showing — very interesting combination because the moonlit landscape almost looks pretty "sunny" in the black & white.

that’s a textbook answer to: “tell me that you’re an ...

2024-12-19T20:30:53Z

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that’s a textbook answer to: “tell me that you’re an introvert without telling me that you’re an introvert” 😅

bei den meisten Kameras ist ISO einzig eine Signalverstärkung. ...

2024-12-19T20:23:47Z

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bei den meisten Kameras ist ISO einzig eine Signalverstärkung. Du könntest also mit ISO 100 fotografieren (oder was auch immer der Basiswert deiner Kamera ist), komplett unterbelichten, und dann am Computer aufhellen. Könntest du also auch testen, und sehr viel einfacher.

Manche Kameras (meine Z8 z. B.) haben einen “Dual gain” Sensor, da gibt es dann zwei Basiswerte. Bei mir z. B. ISO 64 und ISO 500. Alles was dazwischen und darüber liegt wird eh nur verstärkt. didib_photo 📷 (npub1gw3…76x2)

ich könnte mir vorstellen, dass man da unterbelichtet, was die ...

2024-12-19T19:37:40Z

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ich könnte mir vorstellen, dass man da unterbelichtet, was die ISO weniger in die Höhe treibt und die Flammen gut aussehen lässt. Die Schatten sind halt dann wahrscheinlich arg verrauscht, was man mit AI-Denoise aber wahrscheinlich verbessern könnte? didib_photo 📷 (npub1gw3…76x2)

die Flammen sind halt komplett überbelichtet und ohne jede ...

2024-12-19T19:31:19Z

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die Flammen sind halt komplett überbelichtet und ohne jede Struktur, ausser an den Rändern. Das ist belichtungstechnisch mit das schwierigste, was man so fotografieren... wöllte... 😬 Holger (npub1xmd…qm70)

Happy puzzling to Oceanside, California! ...

2024-12-19T18:31:29Z

Happy puzzling to Oceanside, California!

https://alexander-kunz.pixels.com/saleannouncement.html?id=554ef0a6ae7183edc92d7e58bde0d743

thanks and yes. This wasn't a "showy" year but the ...

2024-12-19T15:11:39Z

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thanks and yes. This wasn't a "showy" year but the Ocotillos are reliable bloomers and grow green leaves with very little rain. :)