Kevin Wertman

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Just getting started in photography and Bluesky seems like a place where that's happening now :) All photos are mine other than reposts

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Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 14

Got the news that my camera needs a new main board which will cost a third of what the camera costs brand new. I love it so much that I'm going to pay and just hope it lasts forever, but it has me second guessing my camera system choices. Weepy flower. #Photography #Flowers #Bloomscrolling

A bright yellow flower covered in water droplets droops down from the shadows, catching the sunlight directly. Background is dark browns with hints of green leaves here and there.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 14

Here's a lovely monarch I captured during my last session with my favorite camera before it died a horrible death, for #ButterflyWeek #Photography #Butterflies #Monarch

A bright orange monarch with its wings wide open sides on a cluster of bright red flowers. The sun lights upon its back, giving it a bit of a glow. Background is blurred red flowers and green leaves.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 14

Check out this absolute unit for today's #BirdOfTheDay from Alan. Clearly skipped leg day. 😀 #PerfectPoise #MomentsOfMajesty #Birds #Photography

A very chunky morning dove faces the camera directly, it's two tiny red feet clearly visible and contrasting against the white hard surface it is standing on. Its chest looks absolutely huge,with wings barely visible to each side.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 13

@levondymond.bsky.social has announced it's time for another #ButterflyWeek, which is a call that I can't resist. 😀 Here's a pretty eastern tiger swallowtail with a bit of its wing missing to mark the occasion. Hope to see lots more! #Photography #MacroMonday #Butterflies #Flowers #Bloomscrolling

A large yellow butterfly with black, blue, and red markings has landed on a purple flower, surrounded by other purple flowers. There is a large portion of its right wing missing, showing the flowers behind.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 13

Counter-point, I still have so many happy flowers to share as well. With bonus butterflies. 🦋🌸 #ColorADay #PinkMon #Photography #Flowers #Bloomscrolling

A very bright image of a pink flower with a bright green stem growing diagonally into the frame from the lower left corner. A bright orange gulf frittilary butterfly perches on the flowers inner yellow cone. Behind, a shadow in the bright blurry bushes frames the flower and butterfly.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 13

Alright so it turns out I still have some sad flowers to share. 🥀 #ColorADay #PinkMon #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #Photography

A very wet hibiscus flower with its petals completely soaked is drooping off the edge of a leaf that supports the top of it. Water droplets can be seen on it and the surrounding leaves. Other leaves surround and frame the flower a bit.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 13

Rob's alternate #BirdOfTheDay today is #OpenBeaks. Here's a red-winged blackbird screaming at the world. Me, I go outside and take photos a lot to try to avoid doing that. 😀 #ClassicMono #Photography #Birds #Monochrome

A black and white photo of a male red winged blackbird standing on a cattail. The blackbird has its head tilted up and beak wide open as it shrieks into the void.

The cattail stalk is broken just beyond where the bird sits and bends abruptly downward at a right angle. Background is more blurry green stalks and reeds.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 12

Sad hair day 🪮 #Photography #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #SundayYellow

A single yellow flower grows out of a set of large green leaves, its stem at a 45 degree angle towards the center of the frame. The flower is wilting and its long yellow petals are all flat and hanging directly downwards. Background is a big blurry bush with muted reds, yellows, and greens.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 12

A lovely gulf fritillary hanging out in this hairy green bush for #ColorADay and #Stunday #OrangeSun #Photography #Butterflies #HairyGreenBushes 😆

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 12

Fly-by side eye! Barely caught him before he flew out of my frame, forever. 😀 #BirdOfTheDay #BestSideEye #Stunday #Photography #Birds #Cardinals

A bright red cardinal flies from right to left, while giving the camera his best side-eye. Behind is blurry greens mostly.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 11

Alan has set today's #BirdOfTheDay theme to #UpAndDown (birds looking up or down) with the alternate of #FunnyFaces. This sandhill crane I saw out at the wetlands seems to have just discovered it has a foot. 😆 #Photography #Birds #SandhillCranes #Wetlands

An adult sandhill crane stands with its head and neck down and it is looking back towards one claw which is just barey into the lower left of the frame. Other leg and its lower half are completely out of the frame to the right. Flowers rise all around its head, and blurry reeds can be seen in the background.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 11

I'm not exactly sure how small the birds have to be for #SmallBirdSaturday, but I like this one I captured up on a hike in the mountains of Utah and it's pretty small I guess. 😀 #Quiet #BlueSkyArtShow #LittleOnes #Photography #Birds

A grayish blue bird perches on the end of a branch that has purple/blue flowers at the very tip. In the blurry background, several other of the same flowers fill the scene.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 11

I'll wrap up my sad flower shtick pretty soon for a couple of reasons. One, I'm running low on sad flower photos. Two, I'm not really all that sad. 😀 #Photography #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #ClassicMono #monochrome

A black and white photo with a tinge of blue of two wilting flowers that are bending towards the leaf covered ground. The one in the foreground is bent over enough to touch the ground and the one behind is a bit higher.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 11

Our botanical gardens has a members only hour first thing in the morning, and sometimes I'm the only person in there other than staff and volunteers. Easily my favorite time to go. 50 beautiful acres to myself, and so very #Quiet. #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #Spiders #ColorADay #GreenSat

A spider and its web, from the side. The spider is underneath the web but can be seen clearly through the strands, which are catching the rising sun and glowing a bit. In the foreground a large bright green leaf fills the left lower corner.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 10

For today's #BirdOfTheDay prompts by Alan, here's an African spoonbill I saw out at Animal Kingdom practicing to be a #Contortionist while standing on a rock. 😀 #Rocky #Photography #Birds #Spoonbills

An african spoonbill stands on a moss covered rock, its head and neck are bent down and it is reaching back up to groom under its wing with its long spoon bill. Legs and feet are bright pink

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 10

To quote the lyrics in full of the legendary song "I am So Sad, I Am So Very, Very Sad" by Crash and the Boys: So sad! #Photography #Flowers #Bloomscrolling

An orange zinnia grows into the frame from the left, and its stem has bent downwards from the weight of the blossum during storms the night before. Background is blurry dark greens.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 10

A little something for #FlyDay 🐝 #Photography #Bees #Flowers #Bloomscrolling

A large black carpenter bee hovers next to a green flower stem with red flowers. Background is blurry greens and reds from similar flowers. Bright green bokeh on the right and blurry bright green leaves in the bottom of the frame.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 10

I really enjoyed this light and the angles, but I wasn't patient enough to wait around for someone to stroll through it just so. One of my shortcomings keeping me from attempting that kind of street photography. 😀 #Scape #Photography #ColorADay #BWFri #ClassicMono

A beam of morning light shines down and left diagonally from an opening at the end of a covered area. The floor is stone and quite textured. Above a wooden beam travels diagonally at a shallower angle than the light. Lots of interesting angles.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 9

I think I'm cursed. I took my second best camera out this morning and the damn focus point joystick fell off. 😢 Luckily I never really learned to use that joystick and now there's tape over the hole where it used to be. 😀 More sad flowers. #Photography #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #Thistle

Two thistles grow, one on the foreground and one further back. Both stems grow up and then droop over due to the weight of the flower head, making both look like they have their heads bowed. The sun lights upon them from behind.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 9

Sir! Open the door! Please sir, I beg you! Do you have any idea how hot it is out here?!?! Quit taking pictures and open the damn door! 😀 #InsectThursday #Photography #Grasshoppers

A large grasshopper on the sits on the other side of a sliding glass door, with one leg raised as if in the act of knocking. Its other 5 legs are down against the glass. It appears to be looking down at the camera.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 8

The sad flower posts will continue until morale improves. #Photography #Flowers #Bloomscrolling

A purple flower with a broken stem hangs directly downward with its purple petals wilting and wet. The stem rises up from the middle right at a sharp angle and then bends directly downward at the break. Behind is blurry greens and yellows.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 8

Sneezy boi 😀 #Dozerday #Photography #Dogs #Dogsky #DogsOfBluesky

A very close up photo of a dog about to sneeze. Only the tip of his nose is in focus and his mouth slightly open so you can see his two front teef.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 8

I don't really keep track of #Lifers because I'm afraid I'll get a bit obsessed with listing given my personality. But I do have plenty of #BirdsILove to see. Cardinals and owls are easily at the top, as you may have already noticed 😀 #BirdOfTheDay #Photography #Birds #Cardinals #ColorADay #RedWed

A bright red cardinal sits in a bit of shade, only his head and neck are catching the sunlight and his lower body is in shadows. A large branch runs diagonaly across the left corner, just to the left of the cardinal who stands in the middle. Surrounded by green leaves and spanish moss.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 7

How I'm feeling about my poor dead camera. It's now in a box and ready to ship back to the manufacturer to find out how expensive it will be to repair. Fingers crossed that it's not too expensive given that it is only 5 months out of warranty. #Twosday #Photography #Flowers #Bloomscrolling

An undersaturated image of two yellow black-eyed susan flowers. The one in front is bending over the one in the background. Its petals are wilting a bit and it looks very sad. The one in the back is a little more lively. Background is dark and dull.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 7

Rob has set today's #BirdOfTheDay to #Orange. Here's a little eastern bluebird with a bright orange chest that I saw at the gardens. For whatever reason I don't come across a lot of these pretty little birds, but I'm probably not looking in right places. 🙂 #Photography #Birds #Bluebirds

A male eastern bluebird with an orange throat and chest with a blue head and back stands on a lichen covered branch. It is looking up and towards the left. Background is blurry greens and whites mostly.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 6

Today is turning into a sad day, my best and favorite camera seems to have died completely this morning during my walk around the gardens. 😢 Looking for a silver lining, if it is dead for good this is the last photo it took as its shutter closed for the final time. 🥲 #Photography #Birds #Hawks

A hawk is perched on a branch that runs diagonally across the lower left corner. It is grasping onto the branch with one talon and the other is sticking out of its feathers towards the middle of its body, clenched into a fist. Behind is blurry white and greens.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 6

Yesterday Jess and I spent a wonderful day at Bok Tower Gardens, which I recommend visiting. We saw this butterfly that I've never seen before. An Atala butterfly - apparently this particular butterfly was almost extinct 50 years ago. Lovely! #MacroMonday #BlueSkyMonday #Photography #Butterflies

A black butterfly with bright blue spots and an orange abdomen hangs from a white flower. The sun shines onto the flower from the upper right. Behind is blurry greens.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 6

Ever seen a black-bellied whistling duck whistling? 🎶 #BirdOfTheDay #Cutie #MallardMonday #BlueSkyMonday #Photography #Birds #Ducks

A single black-bellied whistling duck stands at the top of a broken off palm tree stump, its head is raised into the air and beak slightly open. It is whistling. Behind is clear blue skies.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 5

Just the cutest little butterfly for #SundayYellow and #Stunday #Photography #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #Butterflies

A very small ceraunus blue sits on a bright yellow flower with a long green stem. Background is blurry bokeh from surrounding flowers and plants, mostly green and white behind the flower, and yellow and pink in the left corners.

Kevin Wertman@kevin· Jul 5

Have I overdone the edit? Probably. Do I love it? Absolutely. 😀 #Stunday #Photography #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Flowers #Bloomscrolling