Kelson's Photos @kelsonv@photog.social

Hi, I'm Kelson (he/him), a hobbyist photographer in the Los Angeles area. I tend to shoot #cityscapes, #landscapes & #nature, and occasionally cosplay. Lately I've been taking a lot of nature photos for #iNaturalist and posting some of the better ones here & on Flickr (https://flickr.com/kelsonv).

I also have a general account on Wandering Shop (@KelsonV) & more casual photos on Pixelfed (@KelsonV).

#introductions #photography

I keep taking pictures of benches here for some reason.

#photo #bench

Repeating curve pattern on a hotel wall. Not the first time I've tried to take a photo of it, but I think I like the soft lighting on this one, taken while this section was in the shade, but still very well lit by indirect sunlight.

On Pokemon Go, it's a gym known as "Recursive Walls."

#photo #wall #pattern #tessellation

This is really cool: capturing images of birds' flight trails.

#birds #photography
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/photograph-birds-in-flight

Black Phoebe silhouette.

I could *hear* the bird singing, but had to really look before I could finally spot it.

#birds #silhouette #photo #nature #BlackAndWhite

Looking...up?...at the #moonrise over a rooftop.

#photo #silhouette #night #sky #moon

Sometimes it's worth remembering to look away from the sunset, too. I stopped to capture this view yesterday.

(Incidentally: yes, there are signs and light poles inside the pond. The park doubles as a flood control basin.)

#photo #clouds #sunset #orange #park

A fall evening in Monterey between storms. This is near Custom House Plaza, along a section of Alvarado Street that's been closed to cars and made into a pedestrian-only street. Just behind where I was standing, a temporary ice skating rink has opened for the season.

#photo #city #walking #trees #lights

Clouds over Monterey Bay.

#photo #MontereyBay #California

A flock of birds over sailboats on Monterey Bay. It was raining for most of the road trip, but Friday had some nice sunny weather in between storms, and I got to walk along the shore for a bit.

#MontereyBay #California #Birds #Sailboats #ocean #photo

Spotted while walking down the street.

#photo #TreeStump

A #gloomy #sunset over the #OilField.

Kenneth Hahn Park features a patch of semi-wilderness in the middle of suburban #LosAngeles that's great for hiking...and is also right next to the Inglewood Oil Field.

#photo

One of the (many) weird things about #LosAngeles is that there are fragments of wilderness scattered throughout the suburbs. (Mostly where it was a pain to build, or someone owned a lot of land & decided to donate it.)

I had two photos of this #trail junction and #fence. I liked the colors in one, the composition in the other, and I just couldn't get the balance right on the second. On a whim I desaturated it. Turns out it looks better in #blackandwhite anyway!

#nature #hiking #photo

Flowering #Jade. In November.

It was a pretty big one, too, probably 3-4 feet tall and maybe 7-8 feet across. Definitely bigger than you usually see it as a houseplant

Usually.

I've seen some pretty big jade plants in gardens, too!

#nature #plants #photo

Hi, I'm Kelson (he/him), a hobbyist photographer in the Los Angeles area. I tend to shoot #cityscapes, #landscapes & #nature, and occasionally cosplay. Lately I've been taking a lot of nature photos for #iNaturalist and posting some of the better ones here & on Flickr (https://flickr.com/kelsonv).

I also have a general account on Wandering Shop (@KelsonV) & more casual photos on Pixelfed (@KelsonV).

#introductions #photography

Spotted across the street a few mornings ago on my way to work.

#photo #PalmTrees #trees