A house swallow sitting on a wire fence, turned away from the camera
A bold jumping spider on a side of a tree
A hostel room with yellow curtains on the bunk beds and a blue curtain closed over the window
The scalloped corner of a large concrete building with a balcony, silhouetted against the sky

Kai Deru

Photography

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A security camera above the point of a roof

security camera in the Forbidden City

Two house swallows on top of a birdhouse appearing to scream at each other

screaming house swallows

A sand dune at sunset, shadowed on the right side and lit on the left, under a blue sky with whispy clouds.

sand dune in Idaho

Idaho

A small white dead insect upside down nestled in the green petals of a flower

Eulachnus rileyi I

A macro photo of a smaller crumb seeming to lead a larger crumb by a hair

crumb leading a crumb

A chickadee staring straight at the camera with its head tilted

sassy chickadee

A red building and a light blue building with a yellow staircase cutting sideways in front of them

primary colors

Washington

A red fire hydrant among purple flowers

wired fire hydrant

China

A pine tree branch silhouetted against the sun

Japan

A sunset with two streetlights between two trees

sunset at Kasai Seaside Park

Japan

A wire and paper lantern style light up parade float at night showing a woman holding a pair of glasses.

unknown festival float

Japan

Mt. Fuji from far away above some trees. The edge of a ferris wheel is just in frame on the right side.

Mt. Fuji from Kasai Rinkai Park

Japan

A black and white picture of a pigeon taking off from a half dark half white concrete wall

pigeon in flight

Japan

A canal through Tokyo at sunset, with lines of rocks laid across the canal as if for stepping stones

Meguro River stepping stones

Japan

A bridge over a canal at sunset, with orange-leaved cherry trees overhanging the water. Three people are crossing the bridge

Meguro River cherry trees in autumn

Japan

A restaurant on a rainy night with three bicycles parked outside.

a rainy night in Tokyo

Japan

A long exposure photo at dusk of clouds behind a truck driving past. The truck is only visible as streaks of light.

truck and clouds

Australia

A small gray bird with a yellow belly hanging on the side of a mossy tree

eastern yellow robin

Australia