Joe (they/he)

@joedecker

Smithsonian-exhibited nature photographer. Polartropic. Perturbagenic. Descriptivist. Bayesian. Erdős 4. “God Hates Shrimp” creator. Enby. They/he.

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Joe (they/he)@joedecker· 3d

It's really fun gong back through this 500-image series (mostly from 2020-2022, based on what were originally outtakes from my trips) and watching how my interest in the images changes over time. In this case I love it more and more. #PPortfolioOnBSky 359

A photograph of a thin steep canyon in shade, a thin, far river flowing away from the camera centered in the wide-format image. To either side of the deep canyon are large walls of the canyon walls either side of canyon, lit up in places in bright orange sunset colors.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· 5d

Deep. #PPortfolioOnBSky 357

A photograph looking down into a very deep, steep rock canyon. At the lower left of the image a sunlit set of rocks overlooks the canyon (up and right). Sheer cliffs in shade fall to a river far below near the right hand side of the image, zig-zagging back and forth.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· 10d

It's also insanely beautiful just before sunrise. #PPortfolioOnBSky 356

A wide angle photograph of a deep river canyon, stretched somewhat by wide-angle distortion. The ciffs on either side are striated with lighter veins, the sky is pink, transitioning to blue near the horizon. The river canyon recedes back-center and gets visibly hazier further back.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· 18d

Probably the most dramatic canyon I've seen IRL, and I've seen some doozies. #PPortfolioOnBSky 354

A color photograph of a very steep, deep river canyon. The near walls of th canyon (a bit on the left, an enormous cliff face taking two-thirds of the image width right) are in shade, pink stones with somewhat lighter veins of rock. A river zigzags between, brightly reflecting sunlight, further walls are visible upper-left, colors muted and blued by haze.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· 20d

I don't often do monochrome but monochrome suits the Black Canyon very well. #PPortfolioOnBSky 353

A black and white photograph, portrait orientation, of steep, deep, rocky valley. The right rim of the valley starts foreground with dark grey spires, beyond it the valley itself is decorated with clouds among the trees, beyond that the left rim rises to near the top left corner of the image, teh canyon continuing further again upper-right. Only a thin bit of sky is visible at the top.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· 21d

A cloud. (in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison) #PPortfolioOnBSky 350

A wide format image of a a wispy, curling crowd, in front of dramatic rock canyon walls, orangeish rock with bits of green peppering the surface, tall cuts and spires everywhere.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· 23d

Unexpected abstract, a bit of earth and moss poking through the edge of a river in western Iceland. #PPortfolioOnBSky 349

A photograph of a ice surface (on a river, as it turns out), with an almost paw print shaped set of bits of earth coming up through the ice, each with a bit of moss on them.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· 26d

Sometimes the details are better than the big picture. (This is from Hjálparfoss, January 2014.) #PPortfolioOnBSky 348

An abstract time exposure photograph of flowing water, smooth shapes of water flow over rhythmic rock shapes, the latter move visible through the water along the center-right.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· 27d

So this happened. (Thanks, @nisaak.bsky.social for the pics!)

Photo of a smiling enby with colored hair, blue with streaks of purple and aurora green.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· 27d

What a winter that was. #PPortfolioOnBSky 347

a photograph into a deep snow-covered valley, mostly white with bits of black rock showing in a few areas. At the bottom of the valley, lower-right, the reflection of light off the surface of a river is visible.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· 29d

Back to that blizzard. I love how the snow blows past the frozen lake surface. #PPortfolioOnBSky 343

A photograph of a frozen lake and a mountain, the landscape and mountain covered in white snow, blowing swirls of snow appearing to blow over the grayish lake surface, a couple trees visible between lake and mountain.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· Jul 12

Along the north edge of Mono Lake, a less-travelled area. With the water still "too low", the formations there can be incredibly surreal. #PPortfolioOnBSky 342

Photograph of a lake, the coast an almost black soil with stripes of something whiter. Odd rocks pepper the surface (including a couple close to the viewer bottom right and are reflected well in the mirror-like water, as are a line of clouds sitting above some distant clouds.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· Jul 10

Volcanic rock in blizzard conditions, it was safer and easier to shoot from inside the car with the window open. #PPortfolioOnBSky 341

$A landscape photo of a snowy plain, with a curve of fractured volcanic rock curing up out of the ice into the foreground from the upper right, a few distant plants barely visible in the blowing snow.$

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· Jul 10

Old news I'm sure.

A screenshot of part of a Facebook post from "NBC Bay Area" whose text reads "Meta has unveiled a new product that lets other people use images posted publicly on Instagram to generate artificial intellgence content."

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· Jul 9

Texture study from Goðafoss #PPortfolioOnBSky 340

A photograph of a small part of a waterfall, water smoothed some by a long exposure, flowing mostly upper-right to lower-left. The water had a lot of glacial cyan to it, black rocks poke out a bit upper center and a bit right. The texture of the water feels energetic, not entirely smooth (as would be the case in a much longer time exposure.)

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· Jul 7

Hraundrangi is very cool, more so with snow.

A photograph of a snow-covered mountain range, with a cool pyramidal peak near the right. The mountains are mostly white with bits of black show9ng through, the sky is pale blue (probably thin cirrus clouds filtering an otherwise blue sky.)

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· Jul 5

A curvier bit of lakeshore ice at Þingvallavatn. #PPortfolioOnBSky 332

An abstract high-key photograph, nearly pure white on the right, with a curving save-like boundary wiggling from a bit below upper-left to a little left of bottom-right, light grey to the left/down of the boundary.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· Jul 5

Fragments of ice on the west side of Þingvallavatn. (A long way to go for some triangles but ok.) #PPortfolioOnBSky 331

A photograph, largely white triangles separated by bits of black. The triangles are sections ice frozen then broken on the surface of a lake. In a few places, the ice is thin enough that the white of the ice gives way to grey.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· Jul 4

I really haven't gotten into the Icelandic highlands, but I was able to get a few miles in in 2014 before the roads exceeded what I was willing to risk. Perhaps some Summer in my future I'll return. #PPortfolioOnBSky 330

A landscape photograph, iced-over lake in the bottom, a hill behind, the land green and brown mottled with bright white snow, the sky light grey.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· Jul 3

Minimalism? #PPortfolioOnBSky 329

A telephoto photograph of a black (or very dark brown) beach, the edge of the water making a diagonal from lower left to two-thirds up the right hand side. There's waves at the edges, but the grey-green ocean is not particularly rough and, fades almost seamlessly into the grey above the horizon.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· Jun 30

This is a broader view of that cave in 2014. Just amazing. #PPortfolioOnBSky 328

A photograph of the inside fo an ice cave. A blurred river passes from an opening (we just see it as a small bright spot) middle left towards the bottom left, glassy blue rippled ice gently curves in layers from that opening right, down, right.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· Jun 28

Tired of ice cave abstacts? #PPortfolioOnBSky 327

A vertical, somewhat abstract photograph of ice inside an ice cave, the dominant color is bright blue, chaotic curved and stripes of black (glacial till) wander form upper-left through center through center-bottom, and a bit from center toward upper-left.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· Jun 19

More ice cave goodness. #PPortfolioOnBSky 325

A photograph glacial ice from inside an ice cave, the result is abstract curves and forms in lea and aqua, with streaks of black, some nearly straight, some curved, some quite scribbly.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· Jun 17

I've only had one opportunity to experience an ice cave, a second excursion a few years later was cancelled (with good reason) because of unsafe conditions. It was magical, I wish I could experience it one more time. #PPortfolioOnBSky 324

A photograph from inside an ice cave, by appearance very abstract. curves of shades of blue and black curve approximating an upside-down tee, a small pyramid of snow speckled with black pokes into the bottom image toward the right. The textures of the ice forms are somewhat mottled, the surfaces shiny.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· Jun 15

Glacier ... and the bare plains left from a jökulhlaup. One of my favorite words, jökulhlaup is. But you wouldn't want to be in one. #PPortfolioOnBSky 321

A landscape photograph looking across a broad dark brown plain, bits of a river curving from bottom left to right middle, above which an aquamarine glacier curves between lines of snow-covered mountains in white and purple.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· Jun 13

Curves. #PPortfolioOnBSky 317

A nature photograph: In the bottom right of the image, a waterfall curves down and to the left, at the left of the image, a slide of loose rock curves toward the lower center, with some stripes of the rockfall covered with a small layer of moss, some without. The back of the image (at top) is a farther wall in this canyon, with some bits of moss on the wall surface.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· Jun 8

This beach was in the news recently, there's apparently quite a lot less of it than there used to be. #PPortfolioOnBSky 317

A monochrome photograph of a black sand beach, columnar basalt towering on the left, the water coming up to the beach on the right, in the water two tall sea stacks can be seen silhouetted against the cloudy sky. The right one of the two is particularly narrow and tall.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· Jun 6

Frozen mud puddles, or a centuries-old map? (Biggest waterfall in Europe was in view behind me but sure I'll photograph this.) #PPortfolioOnBSky 316

A set of frozen puddles on a muddy, snow-covered surface, some of the frozen surfaces have small patterns of dotted snow on them.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· Jun 5

Rush hour in Laugarvatn #PPortfolioOnBSky 314

A snow-covered road, footprints in the snow, heads forward and then right through snow-covered bare trees in dusky, foggy light.

Joe (they/he)@joedecker· Jun 3

Blesi (near Geysir, the geyser from which we get the name.) #PPortfolioOnBSky 313