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| J a c k - Of - S t r a w | Scared of his own shadow ? #31DaysOfOctober #ECK #Photography 📷

A scarecrow decoration made by my beloved wife. I was putting her handmade decorations out and posed jack as so . . .

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Sarah @skarabara.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Today is #thecampfire where we tell our stories on the first Tuesday of every month. Stories can be sad, happy, joyful, scary. They can be hard to read or hilarious. Stories bring us closer together, connect us. We need stories and connection. I'm still thinking on mine, but I hope you join!

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Fred © @halation.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

| L e t t h e L i g h t C o m e t o You | Lemon coneflower in part shade/ sun. #ECK #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #photography 📷 #ICan'tFollowTagDays

lemom echinacea in natural appearance ,no AI.

Lemon yellow echinacea in full sun ,color graded .

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Fred © @halation.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This 2008 Olympus 1030SW with it's 10mp CCD sensor does a pretty good job with it's optical macro. Waterproof and hardened case and uses XD cards! No raw, just jpegs. I think this thing is bulletproof ! #photography 📷

A colorful macro from an 18 year old 10MP camera that has an all metal and waterproof body.

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Fred © @halation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Cooler days and outdoors .

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Jeff @themadjeff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Things I saw. today…. At Bicester Village where people go to buy pointless shit… #photography

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Fred © @halation.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

| 1 9 6 3 A u s t i n H e a l y 3 0 0 0 | Restoring some 63 year old Ektchrome 64 slides . .after 63 years. These went all magenta after several decades ,so my solution was to go momochrome. Maybe I'll clean the spots off, too. 1963 was a very good year. #ClassicMono #ECK #believeinfilm 🎞️📷

Making an curated archive for my kids , this 63 year old Ektachrome slide chems and film base have changed over time and are nearly all magenta. Black and white conversion was the only save.

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Your art challenge cheat sheet for September 21-27 is here! Let's have some fun. See comments for host list and details. #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt

Daily Art Prompts: Sept 21–27

Compiled by @handcranked

Monday, September 21
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, September 22
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#ColorADay + #BlueTue

Wednesday, September 23
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, September 24
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #MellowYellow
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, September 25
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, September 26
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #lights
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, September 27
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

All Week Art Prompts: Sept 21–27

Compiled by @handcranked

#AOFoto
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome)

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #geometric

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekLForLookingIn

#MixedMedia52 + #autumn

#PaintByWords + #HarvestMoon or #music
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #subtraction
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #fruit

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Coral King @rocketcoral.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Freshly hatched Giant Emperor #butterly At Pili Palas butterfly house, they have the hatching box inside the exhibit so you can see the newborns rather than introducing them from behind the scenes. I like that 😍🦋

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Fred © @halation.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

| A D i f f e r e n t D i f f e r e n t i a l | Smaller. Younger . Prefers Dahlias. Happiness will whisper to you - "Believe in me ." #Stunday #ECK #PhotographersOfBlueSky #macro 📷 #PhotographersUnited #Photography #RollYerOwnLens

Yet another Diffential grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis, ) resting on a yellow "Janice " Dahlia. Macro photo with adapted lens .

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Fred © @halation.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

| T h r e e T i m e s a L a d y G o t H e r H a i r D i d | Does anyone remember my OG Three Times A Lady Image ? Her tresses got so long ,she got repotted . #RollYerOwnLens #ECK #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #PhotographersUnited 📷 #AdaptedLens

A statuary vase potted with pencil vine , photographed with a projector lens adapted to my Fuji. Summer bokeh of a honeysuckle vine in the
background on a trellis I made years ago.

The original with long "hair " is somewhere on my feed . .

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Fred © @halation.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I love these such a challenge helps me go in a different direction. MyLRC Fuji Superia 100 preset with a lirttle warming / sky mask / #texture / color grading / and some dehaze. I cropped to 3 : 2 to bring the view into the landscape ; just my personal taste . #PostProcess #ECK #Photography 📷

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Shawn @ftlshawn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yellow Mushroom In Red Mulch.

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Mood in the Hood @moodinthehood.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

'Architektur in Schwarzweiß' #FotoVorschlag

Verschiedene Bürogebäude in s/w. Die Sonne spiegelt sich in einem der Fenster und reflektiert das Licht auf den Betonboden.

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Fred © @halation.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

| T h e D i f f e r e n t i a l | There is an entire world within and under our world ; photography is not in the looking , it's in the finding. #ECK #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited 📷 #Photography #Macro

A Differential grasshopper on a red hued Zinnia .

1:1 macro of a Differential ( yeah . .that's it's name . . ) grasshopper .

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Fred © @halation.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

| A n o t h e r B u c k e y e | The ragged wings tell me this Junonia coenia has probably lived most of it's twenty days , all of them beautiful . #ECK #PhotographersOfBlueSky 📷 #Macro #PhotograhphersUnited #Photography

A colorful butterfly resting on a coneflower.

Junonia coenia ,the Buckeye butterfly .A close view shows the wind and weather damage on it's wings . So beautiful . .+

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Argen @argenel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Autumn views along the Icefields Parkway 🍂 🚙 (Alberta, Canada) #canada #alberta #IcefieldsParkway #autumn #travel #photography

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mollygagne11-63.bsky.social @mollygagne11-63.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Hello=)💙Quebec City🍁–In My Garden –Purple coneflower-A floral beauty!-Have a great day! =)🫶💕 💙Ville de Québec🍁-Dans mon Jardin -Échinacée pourpre-Beauté florale! Bonne journée=)🫶💕 #Photography #Photographie #FleurisTonFil #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Flower #Fleurs #PurpleConeflower #pink #green

Native to the prairies of North America, purple coneflower has made itself at home in my garden. Its large purple bloom and elongated petals evoke the gentle warmth of a setting sun, while its vibrant orange cone-shaped center draws the eye—and brings life.

Originaire des prairies d'Amérique du Nord, l'échinacée pourpre a trouvé sa place dans mon jardin. Sa grande fleur pourpre aux pétales allongés évoque la douce chaleur d'un soleil couchant, tandis que son cœur conique d'un orange éclatant attire le regard — et insuffle la vie.

Elle se dresse telle une sentinelle, attirant une multitude de pollinisateurs abeilles et papillons en tête qui trouvent refuge et nectar dans ses fleurs généreuses. Robuste et prolifique, elle s'intègre naturellement au jardin, offrant sa beauté jusqu'à l'automne. Oui, une beauté florale !

It stands as a sentinel, attracting a myriad of pollinators—including bees and butterflies—that find both refuge and nectar in its bountiful blossoms. Hardy and generous, it blends naturally into the garden, offering beauty right through to autumn. Yes, floral beauty!

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Fred © @halation.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

| S e p t e m b e r Z i n n o l o g y | Twenty steps outside my door . Pure bliss. #Frankenlens #ECK #Adaptedlens #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited 📷 #FujiX

A red - orange zinnia photographed with an adapted lens.

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Matthew @frigginhegg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Snow squall 📷: Bronica SQ-A 🎞️: Vision 3 250D

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Fred © @halation.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

| S e p t e m b e r W e l c o m e | Another new specie this year - a fritillary . As our climate changes,warmer weather winged insects are moving North into formerly cooler climates. #ECK #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #Photography 📷 #Nikon #Macro

A orange - brown Frutillary butterfly feasting on a zinnia . As our climate cwarms ,winged insects may be the first to make the transition to formerly cool northern states . This is the second new sppecie of butterfly I've seen here in just one season.

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Fred © @halation.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We were bound together in thought and emotion those days.It is difficult to weigh this passage of time-25th anniversary of 9/11 _since it is imprinted deep in my mind. Here is my most read poem from those days , because it is so personal . 🙏🏼💛

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Fred © @halation.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

S p a r r o w S p a With heat indices of 107 degrees ( 41C ) the birdies were frequent at the shady birdbath. They. Are. Skittish . It too ISO 800 at f 5 just to get a shutter of 1/125 -through a window .. A bit blurry . better next time ? #Photography 📷

Sparrows bathing to keep cool in a very old birdbath ,very shady area. The round red-looking disc is copper to keep algae from growing in the heat of August .

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ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

single dahlia #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #botanicalphotography #fineartphotography #flowers #art white dahlia. purple tips. that spiral. love the geometry!! photograph.

macrophotograph. a white zinnia with purple tips. yellow-green center... feeling the frame. dark green leaves behind in in the upper left.

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| S a n d y ' s R o s e s | I am blessed with a good neighbor that plants roses ; the cheapest she can find. The blessing comes with stepping next door to her garden and viewing them, as I cannot seem to keep roses going . #ECK #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited 📷

My Neighbor's Roses
The roses red upon my neighbor’s vine
Are owned by (her), but they are also mine.
(Hers) was the cost, and (hers ) the labor, too,
But mine as well as (her ) the joy, their loveliness to view.

They bloom for me and are for me as fair
As for the (woman ) who gives them all (her)care.
Thus I am rich, because a good (woman ) grew
A rose-clad vine for all (her ) neighbor’s view.

I know from this that others plant for me,
And what they own, my joy may also be.
So why be selfish, when so much that’s fine
Is grown for you, upon your neighbor’s vine?

— Abraham L. Gruber

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MLAlexion @mlalexion.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I had absolute freedom to create things on my own and in silence. No rush, the artificial rush by media. Certainly no rush to grow up. We had plenty of boyhood, plenty of girlhood. Barry Hannah #HumansOfBlueSky #ECK #ClassicMono

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| P r e t t y I n P i n k | As color symbolism , pink hues speak of gentleness, happiness and love. A sweetly romantic flower color whether a person,ideal,memory,or place in my view.; pink is also a symbol of grace and innocence. Footnote in a hectic world. #ECK #Photography 📷 #Zinnology

A light pink zinnia ,not quite a double ruffle photograhed against a dark foliage background using a Meyer-Optik 80mm projection lens adapted to Fuji X .

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| S u n s h i n e O n M y S h o u l d e r s | And then about an hour ago, I was out behind my fence ready to weed. The sunflowers were shaded by our Ash tree with a little light coming through . . #ECK #PhotographersOfBluesky #Fuji #Rollyerownlens #Photography 📷

A single small ( 2 1/2 inches ) sunflower ,backlit through tree leaves. Meyer-Optik 80mm Diaplan projection lens altered to fit Fuji X . Alll manual.

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T h e M o n a r c h . Just about everyone will photograph her beautiful wings, but the entire Danaus plexippus is beautiful - and worthy of observation . So - here is a frontal view on a zinnia . #ECK #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited 📷 #Nikon #Sigma #Macro

A close macro image 1:1 of a Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus ) .

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Vita Sackville-West @thegardenvsw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Someone ought to write the biographies of persons who have had roses named in their honour. Who was Madame Hardy? Who was Charles de Mills? I don’t know, and I long for a Who’s Who to correct my ignorance. #gardening

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Common Buckeye Butterfly (Junonia coenia) . This is the first Buckeye of the Brush-Footed kind I've seen locally. Perhaps they - like me - loves the lemon coneflower ? #ECK #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #Nikon #Sigma #Photography 📷

A common Buckeye butterfly in brown , orange, and yellow hues . The butterfly is feeding on a lemon coneflower hybrid - one of several coneflower hybrids we grow .

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I thought I would pick a photo I took this February which is 1 of my favourites for #WorldPhotographyDay After I had taken close ups of 2 swans for some time and I was about to leave their final pose looked as though they were bowing for applause .👏🏻 #Swans #Birds #SurreyHills #Photography

Two swans on Frensham Pond. In the distance are two yachts with white sails and the water has reflections of grey sky and clouds. The pond is surrounded by winter trees. The swans are at the edge of the pond where there is a paved area.
They are synchronised with their heads bowing.
I felt the whole scene looked quite magical.

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mollygagne11-63.bsky.social @mollygagne11-63.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hello=) Quebec City – In my garden – Heliopsis, also known as false sunflower. Floral beauty! 💙Ville de Québec-Dans mon jardin-Héliopsis,aussi appelé faux tournesol. Beauté florale💛! #Photography #Photographie #FleurisTonFil #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Heliopsis #Garden #YellowFlower #Fleur #Yellow

Héliopsis, aussi appelé faux tournesol, plante vivace aux fleurs jaunes brillantes qui ressemblent à de petits tournesols.
Elle fleurit tout l'été et apporte une touche de couleur éclatante au jardin. Facile à cultiver, elle préfère le soleil et un sol bien drainé.
Très résistante, Héliopsis est idéale pour les jardins peu exigeants, où elle fleurit abondamment. Peut avoir une variation au feuillage panaché. Bonheur floral! Douce et bien bénéfique journée!

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