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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷

@heybran@mastodon.online
mastodon 4.7.0-nightly.2026-08-14
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Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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Joined June 13, 2023
Wildlife Photos:
https://photos.heybran.tech/
Profile image alt text:
A Chinese man with short black hair, wearing a beige hoodie and a blue and gold lanyard sitting in the front row of a meeting room with a laptop open and a white mug in front of him while attending WordCamp Asia 2025 workshop.
Banner image alt text:
A female Plumbeous Water Redstart stood on a large rock against a soft dark background. It's gunmetal gray with scaly undersides and bright white on the upper half of the tail.

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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷 @heybran@mastodon.online · Jul 30, 2026
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷
@heybran@mastodon.online

Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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Young kingfishers waiting for their mom to bring back food at Fuzhou Huahai Park. #birds #wildlife #animals #wildlifephotography #birdphotography
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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷 @heybran@mastodon.online · Jul 23, 2026
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷
@heybran@mastodon.online

Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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Monochrome of three Blue-tailed Bee-eaters perched at a tall bare tree at Lingxiu Hill Forest Park yesterday. Two of them both caught a fly. https://ebird.org/species/btbeat1/ #birds #wildlife #animals #wildlifephotography #birdphotography
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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷 @heybran@mastodon.online · Jul 20, 2026
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷
@heybran@mastodon.online

Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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Another shot of Javan Plover from Pingtan Island beach. It's playing with this rock and this is the one of the moment when it's jumping from the rock and just about to land on the sands. #birds #wildlife #animals #wildlifephotography #birdphotography
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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷 @heybran@mastodon.online · Jul 15, 2026
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷
@heybran@mastodon.online

Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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Forest Wagtail captured at Meiling Mountain yesterday morning. https://ebird.org/species/forwag1 #birds #wildlife #animals #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #nature
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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷 @heybran@mastodon.online · Jul 07, 2026
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷
@heybran@mastodon.online

Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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Took a morning walk at Rushui Forest Park again, and spotted this cute pair of Speckled Piculets, a unique tiny woodpecker. The bird on the right just fed the juvenile bird on the left. Speckled Piculets: https://ebird.org/species/spepic1 See it bigger: https://photos.heybran.tech/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_0198-picked-cropped.jpeg #birds #wildlife #animals #wildlifephotography #birdphotography
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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷 @heybran@mastodon.online · Jun 30, 2026
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷
@heybran@mastodon.online

Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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Black Swan at a wetland park. See it bigger here: https://photos.heybran.tech/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IMG_6391-picked.jpg #birds #animals #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdphotography
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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷 @heybran@mastodon.online · May 08, 2026
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷
@heybran@mastodon.online

Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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Red-billed Blue Magpies captured earlier today at Jiulonggu National Forest Park, Putian City, China.

Original size: https://photos.heybran.tech/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_2738-picked-cropped.jpg

#birds #wildlifephotography

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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷 @heybran@mastodon.online · May 06, 2026
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷
@heybran@mastodon.online

Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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Replying to @Geoffreyfernandez@mastodon.social
@Geoffreyfernandez@mastodon.social Hey Geoffrey, fantastic shoot. Nice to see that you’re sharing birds photos again. By the way, it might be helpful to add some alternative text for screen readers as most photographers here on Mastodon do that, just a suggestion though. And some would only even boost posts that have alt text added.
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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷 @heybran@mastodon.online · May 05, 2026
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷
@heybran@mastodon.online

Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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Great Barbet captured at Gu Mountain, Fuzhou City, China

Original image: https://photos.heybran.tech/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_2371-picked.jpg

#birds #wildlifephotography

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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷 @heybran@mastodon.online · May 04, 2026
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷
@heybran@mastodon.online

Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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#cats #catsofmastodon

Original image: https://photos.heybran.tech/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_1609-picked.jpg

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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷 @heybran@mastodon.online · May 01, 2026
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷
@heybran@mastodon.online

Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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Rufous Woodpecker taken today at Fuzhou Forest Park.

Original image can be found at: https://photos.heybran.tech/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/IMG_1503-picked-cropped.jpg

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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷 @heybran@mastodon.online · Apr 28, 2026
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷
@heybran@mastodon.online

Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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I am really shamed of sharing this. But here we go, the story behind it: I was out birding at a local park and saw a man carrying a bird. The bird has its both feet chained to a black stick installed to a water bottle. I asked him what's going on? He said he bought the bird at a local store and now is what he claimed to be "walking" the bird. I just don't understand that there are stores allowed to sell birds. I edited the photo to be monochrome on my phone.

#birds #wildlifephotography

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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷 @heybran@mastodon.online · Apr 25, 2026
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷
@heybran@mastodon.online

Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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Replying to @mikehindleuk@mastodon.social
@mikehindleuk@mastodon.social Hey Mike, thanks. I should have the ability to write better as we started learning English at middle school when I was 13 years old. So it’s been 23 years of learning English till now and I still struggle a lot. But I think chatting with you here also helps me improve bit by bit. Have a great weekend by the way.
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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷 @heybran@mastodon.online · Apr 25, 2026
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷
@heybran@mastodon.online

Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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After using TAMRON 150-600mm G1 lens on Canon 80D for almost six months, I wrote up a short post to share some personal thoughts. I hope it's helpful to folks who want to start wildlife photography but have a small budget to start with. I'm not a native English speaker, so please let me know if some parts of the post is not clear or you have more questions on my camera and lens combo.

https://heybran.tech/blog/my-thoughts-on-tamron-150-600-g1-lens/

#wildlifephotography #birdsphotography

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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷 @heybran@mastodon.online · Apr 24, 2026
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷
@heybran@mastodon.online

Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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Not a sharp shot, but it's nice to see an Eastern Spot-billed Duck with 12 fluffy ducklings at Jiulong National Wetland Park, Lishui City, China

#birds #wildlifephotography

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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷 @heybran@mastodon.online · Apr 20, 2026
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷
@heybran@mastodon.online

Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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Replying to @mikehindleuk@mastodon.social
@mikehindleuk Thanks Mike. I think this bird is not that scared of being around people, so I waited for a while at the park, plus a bit of luck. But the ISO was a bit too high. Anyway, glad you like it, cheers.
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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷 @heybran@mastodon.online · Apr 20, 2026
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷
@heybran@mastodon.online

Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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Eurasian Hoopoe at Sanyang Wetland Park, Wenzhou City.

#birds #wildlifephotography

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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷 @heybran@mastodon.online · Apr 08, 2026
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷
@heybran@mastodon.online

Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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Replying to @mikehindleuk@mastodon.social
@mikehindleuk@mastodon.social I think many folks will resonate with this: "Numerous elements (including a contact form) require an additional plugin. Even the most basic portfolio sites would usually require 5 to 10 plugins." That's the dilemma of WordPress. For someone with that many of experiences on WordPress like you still get turned off by it, imagine it for the people who haven't touched WordPress at all. Probably we all hate and love WordPress at the same time.
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Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷 @heybran@mastodon.online · Apr 07, 2026
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷
@heybran@mastodon.online

Here to make friends instead of gaining followers. Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China. I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".

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Replying to @johnmwildlife@mastodon.social
@johnmwildlife Hi John. Welcome to Mastodon.
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