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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon)

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I’m a geek and I take pretty pictures. I like music too. And puppies. And kittens. Adding rainbows and unicorns. And J.R.R. Tolkien, who should have written about rainbow unicorns. portfolio.artgeek.biz Links at gravatar.com/tryonk

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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 22h
@jhaley.com OpenVibe's crossposting feature is interesting, but I found the image they created was too noisy, and, at least on my devices, it cut off a big chunk of the post.
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 22h
@msriffle.bsky.social wanted me to post more #infrared Photography, so here are a few from the agricultural fair at #GeneseeCountryVillage, a 19th-century living history museum. A Ford Model A may be an anachronism but not trucks in general. 😏 #photography #ir #monochrome #classicmono
A black vintage truck with an open back sits under a canopy at an outdoor market. The truck has a sign that reads, “RAGTIME Churn of the Century Ice Cream”. Trees with light and dark leaves surround the scene, and people gather under tents. The grass is shaded by the trees.A black vintage truck with an open back sits under a canopy at an outdoor market. The truck has a sign that reads, “RAGTIME Churn of the Century Ice Cream”. Trees with light and dark leaves surround the scene, and people gather under tents. The grass is shaded by the trees.A vintage black food truck sits on a grassy area under bright sunlight. The truck has a canopy and is surrounded by tables and chairs under another canopy. Trees and buildings are visible in the background.
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 04/10/2026
A giant day gecko at #SenecaParkZoo. As yet, he hasn't tried to sell me insurance. #photography #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #3rdPlace
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 04/10/2026
Three shots of a #BorneoEaredFrog, at #SenecaParkZoo (a favorite place where my wife and I volunteer). Remarkably, these shots were taken on three different days with two different cameras. Froggy likes this spot. senecaparkzoo.org/borneo-eare... #photography #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #3rdPlace
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 04/10/2026
My favorite third place is a toss-up between my bicycle, the Adirondack mountains,and zoos. I haven't posted many zoo shots, so they win. This is Anoki at #SenecaParkZoo in #RochesterNY. She's part dog. 😏 #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #photography #3rdPlace
Anoki the polar bear at Seneca Park Zoo
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 27/09/2026
One more street lamp in #monochrome for @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social Processing was tricky because the DOF and differences in texture make the lamppost look like it's in front of a backdrop, not a real tree. #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #photography #lights #classicmono
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 26/09/2026
When the street lamps in our neighborhood were replaced several years ago, the city installed vintage looking globes with decorative cement pillars. Shooting at #bluehour, color balancing can make them look anything from white to deep orange. #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #photography #lights
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 26/09/2026
Same lit trees as before, processed in HDR—unsure if BS will display the greater dynamic range. I realized the reason the tree was so much darker in the last shot wasn't the exposure but that there was no snow on the branches. #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #photography #lights #HDR
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 26/09/2026
Each winter, one of our neighbors lights two trees in their yard. It's a challenge to make the lights bright while preserving detail. These are from three different cameras, as my gear (and dynamic range)improved: A Canon PowerShot G15, RP, and R5. #BlueskyArtShow #lights #EastCoastKin #photography
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 26/09/2026
Night sky and trees lit only by stars and a campfire below. In the third shot, I used light painting with a small LED flashlight on the trees. #BlueskyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin #lights
A nighttime view of a starry sky above dark trees.A night sky filled with tiny white stars against a deep blue background, with dark shapes of trees framing the view.  A nighttime view of tall trees silhouetted against a dark sky speckled with faint stars.
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 26/09/2026
A foggy night outside the Strong Museum of Play in Rochester NY. I was shooting handheld with my Lumix compact and was pleasantly surprised at the quality. #lights #EastCoastKin #photography #BlueskyArtShow
A nighttime view of city buildings lit with blue and white lights. A tall building displays the words "Five Star Bank" in white. A bare tree stands in the foreground, surrounded by twinkling lights.
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 26/09/2026
The # #ErieCanal path at dusk after a first snow. I was riding my bike home from work and was carrying my newish Canon RP rather than my usual compact camera. The scene felt like I had wandered into Narnia. #BlueskyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin #lights
A snowy path winding through a wooded area under a gray sky. Three lampposts line the path, casting a warm glow.
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 20/09/2026
Sliding in one more #golden hour post. This is from a ride on the #ErieCanal Path, two days after my massively productive #MondonPonds trip. I was in recovery from a mental health crisis in late 2014, and I rode a *lot*. #BlueskyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 20/09/2026
One more from #MendonPonds at #golden hour. #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #photography
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 19/09/2026
Another #golden hour shot at #MendonPonds park from 2016. #BlueskyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin
A wide view of a calm pond surrounded by a line of trees with orange and red leaves. The sun casts a warm glow on the foliage, and the sky is a soft blue.
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 19/09/2026
Have to post more from a magical November 2016 trip to #MendonPonds Park at #golden hour. I may have enhanced the color. Just a bit. #BlueskyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 17/09/2026
I cross this bridge frequently on my route to a monthly appointment, and I've posted shots before. It was gorgeous today—sometimes I'm gobsmacked that I live less than a mile from this view. Gotta love local parks. #photography #EastCoastKin #EllisonPark #WesternNY #GoldenHour #cycling
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 13/09/2026
What strange creature could have left these #undulating tracks in the sand of #CannonBeach? #BlueskyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 13/09/2026
Fun with post processing Color and monochrome treatments of #undulating reflections from a bike ride in 2016 on the shore of Irondequoit Bay on #LakeOntario. #BlueskyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin #classicmono #classicmonochrome
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 13/09/2026
A road meanders through the glacial geography of #MendonPondsPark south of Rochester. Fall foliage courtesy of western NY. #BlueskyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin #undulating
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 12/09/2026
Obligatory waves on *Lake Ontario* Hamlin, NY Reviewing old photos, I thought I had cranked up the color on these shots, but no, this basically how they captured. Only change was to bring out the detail in the waves. #LakeOntario is amazing. #BlueskyArtShow #photography #undulating #EastCoastKin
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 12/09/2026
Obligatory waving grass. It would be easier to see that it was #undulating in the wind if I had video, but you'll just have to believe me. #BlueskyArtShow #photography
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 12/09/2026
Surf fading in an #undulating line. #BlueskyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin #CannonBeach
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 12/09/2026
Undulating waves, #undulating mountains Crescent Beach, OR with #CannonBeach in the background #BlueskyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono version for @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social 😏
A sandy beach ringed by mountains on the left and breaking surf on the right, and a second beach behind. The horizon undulates as distant mountains fade into a blue tinged mist.Monochrome:
A sandy beach ringed by mountains on the left and breaking surf on the right, and a second beach behind. The horizon undulates as distant mountains fade into a grey mist.
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 05/09/2026
I've always been a bit intimidated by drawing an illustration, but lately I've been venturing out and learning how to use Procreate. This is a #minimal pencil sketch, traced from a photograph of my neighbor's daffodil. #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin
Simple black pencil sketch of a daffodil with stem and leaves on a plain white background.Original photo of the daffodil with another daffodil bud in the foreground. The background is a blurred green lawn and bushes across the street.
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 05/09/2026
Super moon, November 14, 2016. I was taking pictures of a big, bright moon, perhaps to help process how the world was going to be different. Two versions of the same shot—there is a subtle difference between color and B&W. #photography #BlueskyArtShow #minimal #classicmono #EastCoastKin
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 05/09/2026
It's Friday evening, so I can post a few more: looking north across **Lake Ontario** from Troutburg (a tiny town west of Rochester NY). We were getting away to our friends' cabin in the middle of January. Chilly but lovely. #photography #BlueskyArtShow #minimal #eastcoastkin
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 01/09/2026
When I saw the theme this week was #minimal, I immediately knew I had to post this shot. #BlueskyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin
 A pale half moon floats alone in an empty blue sky.
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 31/08/2026
My daughters and their young cousin collecting stones on **Lake Ontario** on the last weekend of summer. Just a happy snapshot. #BlueskyArtShow #summer #photography #LakeOntario #eastcoastkin
Three young women collecting and sharing small stones on the pebbled beach of Lake Ontario in Durand Eastman Park, Rochester NY
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 24/08/2026
Something is up with my crossposting app—second time a post hasn’t shown up in the #BlueskyArtShow when it should have. The world is descending into #chaos
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 24/08/2026
My bike commute runs past the ruins of the Odenbach Shipyards on the old #ErieCanal, where it turned north to downtown Rochester (see alt text). I've always struggled to get a good shot through the riot of vegetation, so I made the #chaos a feature instead of a bug. #BlueskyArtShow#photography
Odenbach Shipyards:
In the late 1930s, hulls for tankers were
constructed in the old bed of the Erie Canal
just south of French Road. Too big to be used
on the canal, they were floated down to New
York City for final fitting to be used in deeper
water. During World War II, the company
moved off of Dewey Avenue in the Town of
Greece to build landing craft for the war effort. https://www.townofpittsfordny.gov/sites/default/files/images/trails/TrailMapsSeries_tw3.pdf
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 09/08/2026
Something went wonky with my original post, and it didn’t make it into the feed. One more try . . . #BlueskyArtShow #Water
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 08/08/2026
#Water drops on a leaf from a rainy day group photo shoot at Highland Park in 2018 #RochesterNY #BlueskyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 08/08/2026
Reflections in #water from a rainy day group photo shoot at Highland Park in #RochesterNY #BlueskyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 08/08/2026
I searched my (literally) thousands of water photos, and the first to come up was one my eight-year-old daughter took on a basic point and shoot during her sister's kayak lesson, 20 years ago. One snapshot, four treatments (see alt text). #BlueskyArtShow#water#photography#EastCoastKin#classicmono
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 02/08/2026
The only way I know to convey just how big the Cliffs of Moher are is to show how slowly the surf appears to be moving. Freaking enormous. #BlueskyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin#big
Enormous sea cliffs stretch toward the distant horizon, fading into the rain and mist
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 25/07/2026
Each year, the children's hospital where my wife and I work holds a memorial for the children who died that year, and each family lights a candle for their child. No need to say more. #BlueskyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin #classicmono #glass
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 25/07/2026
Original casting of mirror for the Mt Palomar 200" telescope at the Corning Museum of #Glass. The 20-ton blank cracked during cooling and had to be recast. Without being there, it's hard to convey how massive it is. glasscollection.cmog.org/obje... #BlueskyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin
A massive glass disc suspended in an industrial looking steel frame. The supporting honeycomb structure is visible through the translucent mirror layer, and several long cracks cross the surface.
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 08/07/2026
I work in an academic medical center, and a few years ago there was an old lab being cleared down the hall. Lots of dusty cool equipment. My first #AlphabetChallenge (HT to @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social) #WeekAForAbandoned#EastCoastKin#photography#monochrome Crossposted with @openvibe.social
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 08/07/2026
I work in an academic medical center, and a few years ago there was an old lab being cleared down the hall. Lots of dusty cool equipment. My first #AlphabetChallenge (HT to @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social) #WeekAForAbandoned#EastCoastKin#photography#monochrome Crossposted with @openvibe.social
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 05/07/2026
Lake Abanakee from our from our friends' little dock. The Adirondacks are my happy place, and they regularly let us stay at their family cottage. It's an amazing gift. 🙂❤️❤️ #BlueskyArtShow #Wide #Adirondacks #photography #EastCoastKin #MyHappyPlace
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 28/06/2026
I've been otherwise occupied but wanted to post something this week. IR and visible shots of a Borneo eared frog at #SenecaParkZoo. Although they are nearly identical, they were taken a week apart—froggy is habitual. #BlueskyArtShow #macro #photography #EastCoastKin #zoo #frog #endangered
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 27/05/2026
Some infrared snapshots I took today of the Sisters of St Joseph convent. I see a sister there for spiritual direction (I'm not Catholic, but not many Protestant churches offer this). It was a beautiful day, and the early 20th century architecture looked grand. #photography#infrared#eastcoastkin
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 10/05/2026
My daughter's grey furball, Thor, from 2017. He was pretty darn cute. He still can be, especially when he snuggles between my wife and me in bed and wheezes in his sleep. #photography #BlueskyArtShow #soft #cat #kitten
Small grey kitten lying on the back of a couch, looking directly at the viewer.A large grey cat curled into a small cat house.
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 10/05/2026
It’s still Saturday, and I haven’t posted on a #soft theme for #BlueskyArtShow, so I’ll quote my own post. The foliage is plain old green leaves and grass, but in infrared, they look like they are covered with a soft blanket of snow.
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 10/05/2026
It still breaks my brain a bit that I took these shots on a warm May evening, not in January. Infrared is weird. Cool, but weird. First is faux color balanced on the street, and the second is monochrome straight out of the camera. #photography #monochrome #infrared #classicmono #eastcoastkin
Infrared monochrome photo of my street covered by a canopy of bright white vegetation. The green grass and leaves appear incongruously snow covered, and bits of clouds and sky peek through the branches.Infrared faux color photo of my street covered by a canopy of bright white vegetation. The green grass and leaves appear incongruously snow covered, and bits of clouds and beige sky peek through the branches. Some of the houses and cars have a slight beige tint as well.
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 02/05/2026
The Erie Canal on a gorgeous day at golden hour, taken east of #RochesterNY. I shot this ten years ago on a bike ride with my little PowerShot G15 that travelled with me everywhere. Cargo pants rock. 😏 #BlueskyArtShow #ShadowPlay
A path runs next to a glassy canal under a blue sky, framed by trees. Trees line the horizon
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 15/04/2026
A rough approximation of noir (not a student of film history) —Deepened blacks and added a vignette —Highlighted one individual —Bumped contrast and sharpness —Tweaked perspective to suggest extreme camera angle Original photo by ‪@rjrock.bsky.social‬ #ECK #EastCoastKin #PostProcess #EraShift
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 15/04/2026
Wetlands on Irondequoit Creek at the south end of Irondequoit Bay. On my ride home from an appointment today. I like to take scenic routes. 😏 #photography #EastCoastKin #cycling #EllisonPark #TryonPark
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ArtGeek (Ken Tryon) @artgeek.biz · 13/04/2026
Our daffodils haven't come up yet, so I took some shots of our neighbors'. Seemed like a good candidate for monochrome. #BlueskyArtShow #new #photography #classicmono #monochrome
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