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Jim Balsitis Photography @jimbalsitis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

— Eilean Donan Castle, West Highlands, Scotland. — #photography

The castle sits in the lower left third. On an island with an arch bridge. Hills in the background. Shoreline in foreground. Partly cloudy.

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Jim Balsitis Photography @jimbalsitis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

— Downtown Inverness, Scotland, on a Beautiful Day. — #photography #monochrome

From a high vantage point showing old buildings. A church steeple dominates the skyline in upper left. Clear skies with scattered clouds.

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Jim Balsitis Photography @jimbalsitis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

— St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church Along the River Ness in Inverness, Scotland. — #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #classicmono #ECK #WCK

A church along a tree-lined river with rain clouds in the sky.

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Jim Balsitis Photography @jimbalsitis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

— Inverness Cathedral. Scottish Episcopal Church along the bank of River Ness. — #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome

Church of gothic style with two bell towers. A few trees slightly obscure the church.

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Jim Balsitis Photography @jimbalsitis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

— Dinosaur Egg — I found this large 4-foot egg protruding from a local field. Okay... it's really not an egg. It's a rock. Sometimes I become a child again with wild fantasies when exploring the countryside. #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #classicmono

A rock with cracks partially exposed above a grassy field.

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Jim Balsitis Photography @jimbalsitis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

— Gaviota Coast and Santa Ynez Mountains. Santa Barbara County, California. — #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #classicmono #ECK

A photo showing the coastline of the Pacific Ocean. Shrub vegetation dominates the foreground with mountains in the distance on the right. The left middle ground shows the ocean and coast. The sky is partly cloudy.

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Jim Balsitis Photography @jimbalsitis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

— Bridge over Railroad to Beach Cliff. Santa Barbara County, California. — #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #classicmono #ECK

Photograph of a path leading up to a wood bridge. There are trees on the left reaching slightly over the bridge. Some vegetation in on the right. The sky is clear.

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Jim Balsitis Photography @jimbalsitis.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

— “When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hopes seem hardly worth having, just mount a bicycle and go for a good spin down the road, without thought of anything but the ride you are taking.” — Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

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Jim Balsitis Photography @jimbalsitis.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

“River Landscape Near Lundenburg” by Eduard Peithner von Lichtenfels

A painting of trees and meadow on a river. The sky is blue with some clouds.

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Jim Balsitis Photography @jimbalsitis.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

— Tea Kettle. Sahara Desert, Morocco. — I’m not sure of the significance or meaning behind hanging used or discarded wares on ramada's in the desert, but this was a common site. #photography #blackandwhite #classicmono #monochrome #ECK

A tea kettle wired to the post of a ramada. The image is positioned looking up towards the sky with the kettled on it’s side and looking like a spaceship.

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Jim Balsitis Photography @jimbalsitis.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

— Silent Observer Ancient mountain, still Lava whispers through the time Erosion's soft sighs. —

A photograph of a shallow lake with exposed low islands of sand. The foreground to the left corner is jumbled volcanic rock. The left side has a few fir trees. The far side of the lake is forested. In the distance is a volcanic mountain. The sky is clear.

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Jim Balsitis Photography @jimbalsitis.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

— Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness, Nevada, USA. — "Wee Thump" means "ancient ones" in the language of the Paiute people.

A photograph showing a grouping of old growth Joshua Trees in the Mojave Desert. The sky is clear. The earth is rocky with sparse desert vegetation.

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Jim Balsitis Photography @jimbalsitis.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

— Desert Sky Island Tree in Winter Mojave National Preserve, California — #blackandwhite #monochrome #classicmono #photography

A photograph showing a leafless tree in the desert winter. There are some hills in the background and a distant mountain on the horizon near the right border. The sky is mostly cloudy with thin high clouds.

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 19/06/2026

On the 161st anniversary of #Juneteenth, America’s unions celebrate and commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. We’ll continue organizing and mobilizing across the country to fight for and protect our civil rights and bring economic justice to all workers.

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Jim Balsitis Photography @jimbalsitis.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

— Piedra Blanca at Full Moon. Los Padres National Forest. Ventura County, California. — #photography #blackandwhite #fullmoon #monochrome #classicmono #eastcoastkin

A photograph shot during a full moon at night of a mountain. The full moon is not visible and is behind the photographer illuminating the side of the mountain. There is a line of white rock on the mountain that is bright. The sky is clear with many stars.

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Jim Balsitis Photography @jimbalsitis.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

— “I hold this to be the highest task of a bond between two people: that each should stand guard over the solitude of the other.” — Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #classicmono #eastcoastkin

A photo showing the seed head of a flower. The flower is white and the background is dark with other stems and flower heads.

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Jim Balsitis Photography @jimbalsitis.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

— "In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost." — Dante Alighieri

A photo of a twisting sycamore tree within a forest. The forest is dark, but the sycamore is illuminated through an opening in the canopy.

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