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michaelrussell

@michaelrussell@mas.to

I'm a photographer who lives in Metro #Vancouver, #BritishColumbia, #Canada. My #photography is mostly #naturephotography and #landscapephotography oriented though I'll photograph almost anything (but not usually people).

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michaelrussell, to washington
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For #WaterfallWednesday I have this view of Narada Falls in Mount Rainier National Park (Washington State, USA). Wider views of the falls tend to look a bit the same, so I used a longer lens and picked out some details.

#Washington #NationalPark #Waterfalls #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Photo #Photography

michaelrussell, to HikingPics
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For #MountainMonday I have another photo of this great storm I photographed last month over the mountains north of Burnaby, British Columbia.

I wrote a full blog post about it all here: https://www.mrussellphotography.com/blog/rainstorm-eagle-mountain/

#Mountains #Photography #Photo #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #BritishColumbia

timbray, to random
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Oh, joy, and now something inside Meta is crawling me. This makes me think that tthe overlords are watching YCombinator and crawling everything that gets on the front page. Meta User-Agent: "facebookexternalhit/1.1 (+http://www.facebook.com/externalhit_uatext.php)"

michaelrussell,
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@timbray Some of those may be from links to your site and a site preview image being generated. I've seen them in my logs too, but they are generally for links to my site on Fb I'm already aware of.

msquebanh, (edited ) to random
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Stealing many photographer's works, then posting the stolen images with zero credits & then doing zero AltText atop - you're a fucking shithead who should go back to META or X because that's where shit like that flies with zero pushbacks.

I am not nice to fucking shitheads.

michaelrussell,
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@msquebanh It is even more "fun" when it is a commercial entity using my work without a license etc. I treat it like shoplifting and take it seriously - often much to their surprise.

18+ msquebanh, to snails
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One of many #invasive #snails that breed more prolifically than our native ones. I was talking to 2 Indigenous friends & 1 Chinese friend today, on group conference chat. We were talking about harvesting invasive snails & eating them instead of just removing/killing & composting. We discussed harvesting & eating invasive species, like snails & American bullfrog. Harvesting & eating invasives helps to remove them from our ecosystems & aids local food security.

michaelrussell,
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@CStamp American Bullfrogs are native in Ontario I believe so they aren't causing the sort of ecological issues we have here, or at least not for the same reasons. @msquebanh

michaelrussell,
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@msquebanh Any ideas on how the snails got here? As with invasive plants I'd imagine a lot gets moved around via nursery stock and that kind of thing.

I'm all for eating invasive species providing those doing the harvesting can accurately identify and target them. @CStamp

msquebanh, to Plants
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Back in our gardens.

#SoapBush - #Ceanothus - Great for #PollinatorGarden.

It's proven to be #DroughtResistant, once established. One of very few #plants proven to be resistant to air pollution too. I highly recommend this for #ClimateAction #gardening. It's a gorgeous plant too.

#bloomscrolling #florespondence #WhatsInMyGarden #Saanich #Gardeners #VictoriaBC #Gardening #Zone8 #YYJ #Spring #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #botanical #PlantIdentification

michaelrussell,
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@msquebanh Much bigger than my apples here in the Fraser Valley at this point. Do you have any issues with Apple Maggots there? I have to bag each apple in a nylon stocking when I thin them. The ones I miss are completely riddled with worm holes/trails by harvest time.

michaelrussell,
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@msquebanh Which reminds me I need to do my own sweep for tent caterpillars soon. Have 3 trees - a 40 year old Granny Smith, and a Priscilla and Yellow Transparent that are a bit younger. The last two are smaller but the GS usually yields about two full bushels. Makes all the individual bagging worth it!

michaelrussell, to nature
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For :

A lone fir tree stands in front of Mount Larrabee in the North Cascades of Washington State, USA.

michaelrussell,
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@msquebanh Been a minute since I've been up there but I believe it is a base for an informative sign that they remove after the park office up there closes at the end of September or thereabouts.

michaelrussell, to britishcolumbia
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For #MountainMonday: Low clouds swirl around Indian Arm and Mount Underhill with Hixon Peak and Mount Bonnycastle in the background. This view of Indian Arm and the surrounding mountains was photographed from Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

#Landscape #LandscapePhotography #BritishColumbia #Burnaby #Mountains

michaelrussell, to random
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michaelrussell, to HikingPics
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For #MountainMonday: A spring rainstorm flows from the clouds to the mountains in British Columbia, Canada. Eagle Mountain and the Buntzen Lake area appear to be receiving the brunt of the rainfall while the sun breaks through the clouds to the west.

A few more photos here: https://www.mrussellphotography.com/blog/rainstorm-eagle-mountain/

#Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Mountains #BritishColumbia #Storm #Wx

michaelrussell,
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@msquebanh This and the aurora in the same week! 🀯

michaelrussell, to random
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