Diario de npenhollow

Just the absolute worst of my pixelated, blurry, nearly unidentifiable bird observations

N. viridescens (viridescens) tags:
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"dead" - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=dead&taxon_id=27805&user_id=npenhollow&verifiable=any
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"aberrant" - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=aberrant&taxon_id=27805&user_id=npenhollow&verifiable=any
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"N. viridescens adult" - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=N.%20viridescens%20adult&taxon_id=27805&user_id=npenhollow&verifiable=any
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"red eft" - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=red%20eft&search_on=tags&user_id=npenhollow
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"low spot expression" - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=low%20spot%20expression&taxon_id=27805&user_id=npenhollow&verifiable=any
"low spot expression- [#]"
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"high spot expression" - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=high%20spot%20expression&taxon_id=27805&user_id=npenhollow&verifiable=any
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"amplexus" - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=amplexus&taxon_id=27805&user_id=npenhollow&verifiable=any

Partially striped aberrant individual, found by me:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/134369069
Similar blended spotting in this individual:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/134204832
Partially striped aberrant individual, found by ecovore:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147537319
Broken-Striped Newt (ssp. dorsalis): (For comparison)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/237422-Notophthalmus-viridescens-dorsalis
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/237422-Notophthalmus-viridescens-dorsalis/browse_photos

Aberrant individual with a failed print job:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138719750

What I consider "low spot expression" : <5 unbroken, clearly visible spots OR spots that are so tiny they are barely visible
What I consider "high spot expression: WIP

Two adults observed mating (amplexus?):
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145462122

A Very Special Newt:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145462122

Just a notably orange adult :)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151539336
...and a particularly yellow individual:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138719202

Plethodon cinereus tags:
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"dead" - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=dead&taxon_id=27186&user_id=npenhollow&verifiable=any
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"Juvenile P. cinereus" - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=juvenile%20P.%20cinereus&taxon_id=27186&user_id=npenhollow&verifiable=any
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"lead-backed" - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=lead-backed&taxon_id=27186&user_id=npenhollow&verifiable=any
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"yellow-backed" - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=yellow-backed&taxon_id=27186&user_id=npenhollow&verifiable=any
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"iridistic" - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=iridistic&taxon_id=27186&user_id=npenhollow&verifiable=any
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"high red expression" - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=high%20red%20expression&taxon_id=27186&user_id=npenhollow&verifiable=any
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"mottled" - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=mottled&taxon_id=27186&user_id=npenhollow&verifiable=any
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"regenerating tail" - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=regenerating%20tail&taxon_id=27186&user_id=npenhollow&verifiable=any
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"tail drop" - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=tail%20drop&taxon_id=27186&user_id=npenhollow&verifiable=any
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"P. cinereus head patch individual" - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=P.%20cinereus%20head%20patch%20individual&taxon_id=27186&user_id=npenhollow&verifiable=any
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"missing eye" - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=P.%20cinereus%20head%20patch%20individual&taxon_id=27186&user_id=npenhollow&verifiable=any
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"aberrant"- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=aberrant&taxon_id=27186&user_id=npenhollow&verifiable=any

Possible Iridistic Individuals:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138722013
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138720334

High Red Expression:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136724549

Notably Mottled (Mottling extends past tail):
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/134666876
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140904219
(Same individual?)

"Head Patch" Individual:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138718275
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/135665728

Missing Eye individual:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138717564

Observations made during my 2022 summer on staff.

Observations I've submitted that I think are visually interesting, have good composition, and show the organism in a clearly identifiable way. Only including research-grade observations (for now). I want to get better at nature photography, and I want to keep track of my progress over time. I know the basic principles of photography, but I'm not used to applying them in the field. Almost all photos were taken with an iPhone.
Extremely open to suggestions from anyone who sees this. What can I do better? What is good/bad about the quality of the photography in the observations I've linked here? Tips and tricks?

Obviously only includes encounters that I remember and have uploaded. I have no way of remembering my first-ever garter or milk snake, for example, much less my first green frog.
Edit:
In the absence of my actual lifers, I will be adding the first observations I've uploaded on iNat for every amphibian or reptile species listed below:
-Eastern Red-Spotted Newt (Notophalmus viridiscens viridiscens)
-Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans)
-Eastern Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
-Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
-American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)
-Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)
-Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)
-Northern Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon)
-Eastern Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinerus)
-Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
-American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)