Khürt Williams
Information security architect, amateur photographer, and nature wanderer. I blog about tech, photography, hiking, and life’s curiosities. F1 fan, IndieWeb supporter, and occasional speaker on… well, tech and stuff.
Since 2001. Thoughts, photos, and side projects.
Intelligentsia Ethiopia Bishan Fugu Natural · Saturday 14 March 2026
FujiFilm X-T3 · ISO 800 · 1/160 sec
MD Rokkor-X 50mm f/1.7 · 50 mm · f/4.0
Verdict: Promising origins, delicate execution — worth another brew before writing it off.
Carolina Chickadee · Monday 9 March 2026
FujiFilm X-T3 · ISO 800 · 1/500 sec
XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR · 391.4 mm · f/7.1
a tiny bird with a big personality that grabs a sunflower seed and vanishes before you can blink.
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) · Monday 9 March 2026
FujiFilm X-T3 · ISO 5000 · 1/500 sec
XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR · 484.5 mm · f/7.1
I was moving slowly under the juniper during my lunch break, camera up, half-expecting everything to scatter. A flock of dark birds had already bolted over the fence and away. So when I spotted the American Goldfinch perched on a branch a metre or so in front of me, I assumed the same thing was…
