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Jason Ruona

@jayroo.bsky.social
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📷 Macro & contemplative photography 💡 Empathy. Belonging. Hope.

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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The colors of Lake Michigan - September 22, 2026 Hello Autumn #wisconsin #EastCoastKin #ECK #Photograpy #LakeMichigan #BlueSkyMonday
Half the photo is dark blue-green waves, the top half is a cloud filled morning sky of yellows and blue
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Morse code #Photography #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono #ECK #EastCoastKin #Stunday #AOPhoto
High contrast black and white of part of wooden bistro table and its full shadow on the concrete
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Curlicues #stunday #macro #bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #ECK #Stunday #photographersunited
Macro photo. A flower head of a leek starting to bloom. Among a bunch of pink and white buds there are a few open florets which have randomly curly stings at the ends of their petals
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This is my favorite shot from seeing The Head and the Heart with my oldest, July 21 at The Sylvee in Madison. Great show! #stunday #wisconsin #madison #livemusic #ECK @headandtheheart.bsky.social @thesylvee.bsky.social
Looking past silhouettes watching a six piece band on stage. The lighting is red and blue giving everything a purple cast. The stage is set with a living room feel with a couch, bookshelf, coat rack, fireplace, and portrait of the band’s first album cover.
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Shining like the sun #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #wisconsin #EastCoastKin #ECK #Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun
Macro photo of a black-eyed Susan focused on the purple center cone and a portion of the bright orange petals. Some of the petals are still forming and sticking up at different angles
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Stages of growth #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #wisconsin #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #PhotographersUnited
Macro of a Black-Eyed Susan bud, which is currently a ball made of hairy green tendrils, with fine white hairs. The tendrils will someday be orange flower petals. Behind it is leave covered in the same hairs and a brown and green bokehAnother Black-eyed Susan bud, this one is starting to open and the dark purple cone can be seen inside. It looks like an alien mouthA 3rd bud in a later stage. The tendrils are now yellow and look like feltSide view of another bud, the petals are more fully formed. They’re curled around the cone but look like they’ll be opening into a flower soon
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Trefoil after rain #macro #macrophotography #ECK #EastCoastKin #bloomscrolling #PhotographersUnited #stunday
Macro photo, side view of a Birds-foot Trefoil blossom, an a cluster of other blossoms and covered in tiny drops of water from a recent rain. It’s yellow against a backround of green bokeh
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
“It’s full of stars” #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #wisconsin #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #PhotographersUnited
Macro photo of a purple coneflower bud. The florets in the disc are forming and beginning to separate, which creates a pattern with a starlike shape in the middle
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Prairie rose after rain 2 #BlueSkyArtShow #macro #macrophotography #ECK #EastCoastKin #bloomscrolling #PhotographersUnited
Macro photo, side view of prairie rose in full bloom, covered in drops of water of different sizes. It’s pink against a background of yellow green bokeh
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Prairie rose after rain #BlueSkyArtShow #macro #macrophotography #ECK #EastCoastKin #bloomscrolling #PhotographersUnited
Macro photo of a prairie rose bud covered in drops of water. It’s pink against a background of green bokeh. One drop of water has a clear reflection of leaves
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Drop some glasses “Lenses” (November 2024) #shadows #minimalism #ECK
A pair of bifocal glasses and the shadow they’re casting in the afternoon sun. They’re lying on a textured surface. The image is mainly monotone gray
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The colors of Lake Michigan - June 21, 2026 Welcome summer #wisconsin #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #LakeMichigan #stunday
A portrait oriented photo with half water and half sky. The water reflects the wispy clouds and has sections of dark blue, light blue, and golden brown. The horizon is a bright band of white from the morning sun. The sky is blue, fading to light blue at the horizon, with scattered clouds.
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Stars 12 #ColorADay #BlueTue #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #PhotographersUnited
Macro photo of Siberian Bugloss. Small baby blue flowers with purple scad on centers, set against a green and brown bokeh
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Formation I wait all year for lilac season #MacroMonday #ColorADay #PinkMon #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #wisconsin #ECK #PhotographersUnited
Macro photo of a small cluster of light pink lilac flowers set against a green bokeh background
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Wild geranium buds #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #wisconsin #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #PhotographersUnited
Macro photo of wild geranium buds hang from a stem. They’re green and covered short white hairs lit by the evening sun. There’s a purple geranium flower in the distance
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Wild geranium #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #wisconsin #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #PhotographersUnited
Macro photo of a single wild geranium blossom. The stamen and parts of the pink violet petals are in focus. Pollen can be seen on one. The pistil makes a star shape
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🌅 🚴 🌳 ☁️ 🔌 #Stunday #powerlines #sunset #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #PhotographersUnited
A cloudy sunset sky of orange yellow and light purple shines through a corridor of high tension power lines and their towers. Immediately ahead is a bicycle path that curves out of the photo and reappears in the distance
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Weathered columbine #stunday #bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #PhotographersUnited
A purple and white common columbine blossom facing out instead of down. The outer petals and the stamen are showing signs of decay. In the background are more columbine flowers and stems white siding
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The colors of Lake Michigan - May 29, 2026 (Pelican edition) #wisconsin #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited
A portrait oriented photo with half water and half sky. The water is slate gray up close and further back reflects the light blues and pinks of the sky. An crumbling concrete pier juts into the water and a flock of pelicans flies past just below the horizon
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
It’s really cool how they go to sleep. They’ll open up again tomorrow
Wood sorrel flowers twisted into tiny cones for the evening
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Wood sorrel in bloom ☘️ #ForestFriday #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #wisconsin #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #PhotographersUnited
Macro photo of wood sorrel flowers open to the sun with a couple still curled up. The flowers are yellow against a bokeh green background
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Hello columbine #BlueSkyMonday #bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #PhotographersUnited
Looking up though purple Common Columbine, several flowers ready to open, one in full bloom. Above the sky is light blue with wispy clouds
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Semaphores #ColorADay #YellowThu #shadows #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #PhotographersUnited
The shadow of a horizontally mounted traffic light stretches down a street, next to a yellow curb. The paint on the curb is flaking off. It’s a bright sunny day
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Butter butter melting bright In the forest of the night With apologies to William Blake (May 2021) #ImageAndVerse #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #PhotographersUnited
A piece of butter melting in a cast iron pan. It has created a pattern of light and dark that resembles looking through trees at night
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Transitory This lone grape hyacinth never stood a chance out there in the open. A week later it was nowhere to be found 🦌 #bloomscrolling #nature #wisconsin #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #PhotographersUnited
Grape hyacinth in nearly full bloom. A cluster of blue purple flowers with a few immature lavender ones at the top of the stem. The leaves are various amounts of blurry and the background bokeh contains leaves and a white building with dark windows
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
#OliveArt
Black and white macro of an olive stuffed with a pimento, sitting on a paper plate. There are a few water drops. At the top right is the pleated edge of the plate with a hint of a the printed pattern it contains
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Brush strokes #bloomscrolling #tulips #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #PhotographersUnited #ArtYear #stunday
Yellow tulip in full bloom. Each petal has a pattern that looks like red brushstrokes spreading out from a hexagonal brown patch at the center of the flowerThis tulip is also bright yellow but only has hints of red at the edges of the petals. The brown shape at the center is lighter and looks like six feathers
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Vents UW Milwaukee #ClassicMono #Scape #ColorADay #BWFri #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #PhotographersUnited #wisconsin
Black and white photo of large metal HVAC vents next to a maintenance catwalk, surrounded by metal railings. Further back you can see smaller HVAC pipes
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Forest of the fiddleheads #ForestFriday #scape #wisconsin #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #PhotographersUnited
Many tall ostrich ferns, with their tops still curled into fiddleheads, growing next to a building, glowing in the morning sun
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Anticipation #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #tulips #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #PhotographersUnited #ArtYear
A top view of a yellow tulip which is just starting to open. There are hints of red the edge of some petals. The petals are tightly overlapped so the flower head is roughly round from this angle except for three petals with edges sticking out. The background is blurry leaves and ground
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Here’s where you edit layers on iPhone. From there you can edit, mask, and delete any layer. You can also insert layers between others but it takes a few steps
Screenshot of menu icons at the top of Snapseed for iPhone. The layers icon is circled
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Roses are red …sometimes Violets are… …well this one is violet #Stunday #ImageAndVerse #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #wisconsin #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #PhotographersUnited
Macro photo of a North American violet with morning dew. The shot is taken straight on. There are 5 petals, the lower three have stamen where they join
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Reaching #ferns #nature #wisconsin #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #PhotographersUnited
A clump of ostrich ferns still curled into fiddleheads against a blurred background which includes browns, greens, and grays. Many individual pinnules can be seen tightly curled in the spiral fronds and opening up along the stem
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Waiting for tulips #ColorADay #GreenSat #bloomscrolling #macrophotography #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #PhotographersUnited
Macro of an unopened tulip bud nestled inside a curled tulip leaf. There’s many shades green in the photo all with a light spring feel. In the lower right there’s a faint red lens flare which most people will probably miss
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Live Work Play College Avenue, Appleton, WI (December 2023) #scape #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #Wisconsin #PhotographersUnited
A store window stenciled with "Live work and play on the ave". It reflects the city street at sunset with two people walking, traffic, streetlights, and buildings
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Light and Angles UW Parkside, Kenosha WI (August 2024) #WallsOnWednesday #ClassicMono #WindowsOnWednesday #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography
Black and white photo of a lounge area at a university. It’s a large room with multiple angles, building materials, structures and details. The sun is shining though the slanted glass ceiling, casting a bright angled light on the wall ahead and the corner of a 4-story office structure. There’s a tiled wall sculpture on the brick wall ahead and another wall sculpture to the right
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Version 2 without the crop. I had to dial down the exposure and whites to keep some detail in the sky. I’m not happy with the noise in the clouds, but it is what it is #PostProcess #Painterly #EastCoastKin #ECK
A sunset beach scene turned into pixel art. The foreground is filled with white, blue, and magenta flowers and their greenery. Tall dried grasses on the left. The water is blue with an orange reflection of the sunset. The sky is dark at the horizon lightening to pink then white above the sun
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
For this week’s #PostProcess #Painterly challenge I attempted to make pixel art similar to 16-bit computer graphics. Since I cropped so tight, I took a screenshot to avoid blur from upscaling. At only 1MP I’m not sure what’s going to happen to it during upload Original image by @rjrock.bsky.social
Pixel art of white, blue, and magenta flowers and their greenery, filling the whole frame
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Good morning. I hope all is well with you Spring is finally in full swing here. I love watching the world wake up from hibernation #macrophotography #lilacs #wisconsin #ECK #photography #EastCoastKin
Macro photo of two sets of lilac leaves emerging from their buds at the end of a twig. The bud is red and yellow-green and the leaves are bright green. The background is a mix of green and brown shapes and blue sky
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Seeds (November 2024) #MacroMonday #macrophotography #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #nature #wisconsin #bloomscrolling
Macro photo of the partially bare seed head of a cone flower against a yellow and white background
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The colors of Lake Michigan - April 19, 2026 #nature #wisconsin #EastCoastKin #ECK #stunday #photography
A portrait oriented photo with half water and half sky. The water is brown with a large patch reflecting the blue sky. There’s a wave beginning to curl with a short line is spray as it approaches shore. Another wave further back is already curling. The sky is a rich light blue, fading to almost white at the horizon, with scattered clouds.
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Late bloom (November 2024) #BNWMacro #macrophotography #ClassicMono #nature #wisconsin #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #bloomscrolling
Black and white macro of 2 flea bane flowers. One in focus, the other out of focus in the background
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
If you see this, post or quote repost a #Bridge any bridge.. big or small.. new or old, structurally sound or a bit rickety, you know the type.. you take chances crossing them. Portage Lake Lift Bridge taken from the Houghton Michigan side (June 2025)
Standing on a grassy spot amidst birch trees looking across Portage Lake to the lift bridge. It’s a clear sunny day, the water is blue and the sky a lighter blue. On the right are wooden docks where boats park
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Bog walk (January 2023) Ranger Lake Bog, Kiel, Wisconsin The trees in these scenes are growing on top of a lake. They’re rooted in the peat that covers more of its surface every year #ForestFriday #nature #wisconsin #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography
At the top of a wooden stairway looking down at a path made out of wood pallets leading across grassy, snowy area into an evergreen woods beyond. It’s a sunny day and blue sky can be seen through the tops of the treesLooking down a path made from wooden pallets, laid amongst the vegetation that grows on a bog. There are grasses next to the path, further back birch and evergreen trees. It’s sunny and the sky is blue
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Emerging The fiddlehead ferns are making an appearance in the backyard #spring #wisconsin #nativeplants #nature #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #bloomscrolling #macrophotography
Macro photo of two young fiddlehead fern fronds, tightly curled, which recently pushed through the mulch. Tiny pinnules are tightly compacted inside the spiral frondsA top view of one of the fronds from the previous image. The macro lens has a very shallow depth of field, so the only things I’m focus are the tightly curled pinnules
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
How it's going #macrophotography #nature #wisconsin #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #bloomscrolling
Macro photo focused on a single flower in a hyacinth flower spike, with other blurry florets in the background. It’s purple at the top fading to blue at the base. There’s a drop of water on it. Macro photo focused on a single flower in a hyacinth flower spike, with Sakura bokeh ab and other blurry florets in the background. It’s blue-purple with some stops of purple. The background also has green and brown from the foliageMacro photo focused on two florets in a hyacinth flower spike, with other flowers in the background. They’re purple at the tip fading to blue at the base. There’s a drop of water on one of the floretsMacro photo focused on a single floret in a hyacinth flower spike, with other flowers in the background. It’s purple at the tip fading to blue at the base. There’s a drop of water on it
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Ice shoves (Dec. 2000) Lake Michigan doesn’t have #TidesOutTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #nature #wisconsin #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography
Photo of Lake Michigan shot past ice that’s been pushed to shore. First the ice and snow, then a wet sandy beach, then the lake with two waves stretching left to right are cresting. The sky is bright blue and partly cloudyPhoto of large pieces of ice on the shore of Lake Michigan. The ice is in focus. In the background are a blurry, wet sandy beach and the lake with two waves stretching left to right. The sky is bright blue with scattered cloudsA pile of various sized and textured chucks of ice on the shore of Lake Michigan. The ice is in focus and brightly lit by the sun. In the background are a blurry, wet sandy beach and the lake with three waves stretching left to right. The sky is bright blue with scattered clouds
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
My take on the #PostProcess #EraShift challenge. I looked through several point-and-shoot 35mm photos from the early 2000s and tried to replicate the look without obvious processing flaws. Details on my process in the thread #ECK #EastCoastKin Thanks @rjrock.bsky.social for the challenge
Night shot of a vintage theater with about 10 people on the sidewalk. Two blue neon signs above the marquee say bluebird theatre in cursive.The marquee says Sun, Christian Loffler, orbit. Most of the image is dark except foot stopping the lit sign
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Surface tension The morning frost melted into droplets on this Columbine leaf. Would that still be considered dew? #MacroMonday #macrophotography #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #nature
Macro photo of Columbine leaves in the morning sun cradling a large droplet of water. The water appears to have wrinkles due to the bottom side texture showing through. The leaves are green with rust colored tips. There’s a second smaller droplet on the left side of the leaf cluster
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Jason Ruona @jayroo.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Nice! For a second I thought this walk signal was an old Macintosh OS 6 era cursor that somehow got screenshot onto the photo
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