Samuel Lison

@sporetrail
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🌿 Samuel Lison
🍄 Photography, hiking & slow observation
🧩 Building Worlds - Creator of SL Colonies
🧭 Working in public service & leadership
Thinking out loud, occasionally 📓
Websitehttps://samuellison.com
Pixelfed@[email protected]
PeerTube@[email protected]
My IndieGamehttps://slcolonies.com

Height meeting stillness.

Captured this giraffe lowering its head to drink — all that power moving with quiet grace.

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#TheSporeTrail #WildlifePhotography

I’m convinced this emu was mid-sentence.

Curious eyes, open beak, full personality. Australia’s wildlife always delivers.

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#TheSporeTrail #WildlifePhotography

Different stages. Same stem.

I love how this cluster shows the full progression — translucent to deep red. Nature doesn’t rush the process.

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#TheSporeTrail #MacroPhotography

A quiet bloom in soft light.

Sometimes it’s just about slowing down enough to notice texture, colour, and form. Nature doesn’t rush.

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#TheSporeTrail #MacroPhotography

Orange against green — simple, powerful.

Caught this butterfly resting just long enough for the light to hit perfectly. Nature’s contrast always wins.

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Ancient armour. Steady gaze.

Captured this water dragon basking quietly — every scale catching the light. Reptiles always feel like something from another era.

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#TheSporeTrail #NaturePhotography

2mm of quiet power.

Found this tiny green crab spider at Melbourne Zoo today. Macro never fails to reveal entire worlds hiding in plain sight.

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#MacroPhotography #TheSporeTrail

New Station Addon for SL Colonies — Free for Patrons
The Station Addon is now live — a new way to extend your SL Colonies gameplay.

Drakkhis has been building this one in the background, and it’s ready for your stations. The addon integrates with the API and opens up new possibilities for how you manage your colony infrastructure.

Pricing:

Patrons: Free (check your benefits!)
Everyone else: 100L

We’ve priced this to say ... https://samuellison.com/2026/02/24/new-station-addon-for-sl.html

Golden hour at Portsea 🌊

This Sooty Oystercatcher paused just long enough — one leg lifted, that impossible red beak catching the last light.

Sometimes you wait for the moment. Sometimes it gifts itself to you.

📍 Portsea, Victoria
📷 Print available on Ko-fi — link in comments!

Shorebird at the water’s edge. Sometimes you don’t need words. 🐦