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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️

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I'm happily retired on the MidCoast of Maine. Photography, my Cats, the Red Sox & Bruins, History, and Fountain Pens soothe my heart and tickle my brain. All photos except reposts are my own © . Please no DM's.

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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 16h
The Path to Autumn....🌳🌞🌲 (2026) Hamilton Audubon Sanctuary, West Bath ME 📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Viltrox AF 56mm f1.7 Lens #Scape, #ForestFriday, #Photography, #ECK, #Maine, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Fujifilm, #Trees
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 16h
The Golden Fleece 🌳🌞 (2026) 📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Viltrox AF 56mm f1.7 Lens #Scape, #ForestFriday, #ECK, #Photography, #Maine, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Fujifilm
Backlit orange & yellow leaves hang down from the upper edge of the frame against a dark background of shadowed trees and a pond below.  The lower left corner shows the sky and tree line reflected in the water.  This was taken today at the Hamilton Audubon Sanctuary in West Bath ME on a wonderful #ECK photo walk.  Many thanks to Janet, Heather, Scott, and Jaycee!
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Eastern Point Lighthouse, Gloucester MA (2019) ⛵⚓ 📷Fujifilm X-T1 w/Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8-4 Lens #RockinTuesday, #TidesOutTuesday, #ColorADay, #BlueTue, #ECK, #Photography, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Lighthouses, #SensoryArt, #buildings, #Fujifilm
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Somewhere in Rocky Mtn. National Park (2009) 🏞️ 📷Pentax K10D w/Pentax DA 50-200mm f4-5.6 Lens #Scape, #ForestFriday, #ColorADay, #BWFri, #Pentax, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Colorado, #SensoryArt, #roads, #ClassicMono, #NationalParks
Black & white image taken from a roadside stop in Rocky Mountain National Park, looking down into a valley that's mostly covered with evergreens.  A large bare patch extends from middle left to the upper center, surrounded by rising mountains.  The lower left contains the top of a rocky outcrop before it drops away, with some tall evergreens rising behind the descending rocks.  On the right, two parallel roads extend into, and then out of the frame (actually switchbacks of the same road).  The image was converted into black & white, and I left a little bit of the haze in the scene to preserve the moment.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Stern paddlewheel of the Steamboat Natchez in New Orleans, Louisiana (2011) ⚓📣🪕 📷Pentax K10D w/Pentax DA 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 Lens #ColorADay, #RedWed, #WaterfallWednesday, #ECK, #Photography, #NewOrleans, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Boats, #TravelPhotography, #AlphabetChallenge, #WeekMForMachinery
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Stuart Street, Boston MA (2019) 🏛️ 📷Fujifilm X-T1 w/Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8-4 Lens #ColorADay, #BlueTue, #ClassicMono (sort of...), #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Boston, #StreetPhotography, #Fujifilm
An image showing the street entrance of a small cafe in a large glass office building.  The large windows reflect the trees lining the sidewalk and another building across the street, along with a pedestrian checking his phone as he walks along.  The image was taken using a camera setting that renders the scene in black & white except for one color, in this case blue.  I wanted to isolate the blue design above the cafe's name, and I think that works well here.  The midday sun creates some complimentary shadows, which always attracts my attention.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Summer's end.......🌲🛶😎 (2026) 📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Fujinon XF 35mm f2 Lens #ColorADay, #GreenSat, #Maine, #ECK, #Photography, #PhotographersofBluesky, #kayaks
Eight kayaks rest on two levels of a red, wooden kayak rack near a wooded lake.  Another kayak and a wind surfer lay on the ground at the far end of the rack.  The green vegetation around and beyond the rack show hints of some early fall colors.  This color image was taken using Fujifilm's Nostalgic Negative film simulation.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A late Summer sail, Sloop Anjacaa (2026) ⛵😎⚓ #BlueTue, #ColorADay, #TidesOutTuesday, #ECK, #Photography, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Boats, #Abstractia, #geometric, #Maine, #Fujifilm
A bright white sail and rigging set against a brilliant blue sky, taken while aboard the Sloop Anjacaa out of Camden, ME.  I looked up, and was reminded of what was a pretty good year for me....
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Just another perfect #Caturday for Luna (2026) 🐈‍⬛ 📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Viltrox AF 56mm f1.7 XF Lens #CatsofBlueSky, #Photography, #ECK, #Cats, #Fujifilm, #PhotographersofBluesky
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Snow leopards in the Gilgit Baltistan region of Northern Pakistan: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Barque "Europa", Boston MA (2009) ⚓⛵🏛️ 📷Pentax K10D w/Pentax DA 50-200mm f4-5.6 Lens #HumansofBlueSky, #UrbanGaze, #PalacesandGardens, #PompAndPatterns, #Boston, #ClassicMono, #ECK, #Photography, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Pentax, #Ships
Black and white bow-on image of the barque "Europa", moored at Rowes Wharf in Boston Harbor during a Tall Ships event in 2009.  She started life as a lightship built in Hamburg, Germany in 1911, and was later restored/refurbished as an ocean-going vessel in 1994.  She's been sailing the globe ever since out of her home port of The Hague, Netherlands.  She's seen here with her white sails partially furled, against the dark background of an arch in the building behind her.  Numerous onlookers can be seen on the wharf off to the right and behind her.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Detail from the Roman Forum, Rome, Italy (2008)🏛️🌍 📷Pentax K10D w/Pentax DA 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 Lens #ClassicMono, #ArtYear, #Photography, #ECK, #BNWMacro, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Rome, #Pentax, #Stunday
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Evening Skies 🌲💙🌳 (2026) 📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Voigtlander Ultron 27mm f2 Lens #Scape, #ForestFriday, #ColorADay, #BWFri, #Maine, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #ClassicMono
Darkened oak tree branches & leaves, very tall pines and a darkened foreground all form a house-shaped opening to show backlit clouds in the sky above a calm lake that's catching the reflections from above.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Holding tight, Rockland Harbor, ME (2026) ⛵😎⚓ 📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Fujinon XF 55-200mm f3.5-4.8 Lens #TidesOutTuesday, #BlueTue, #ColorADay, #Maine, #MaineCoast, #Photography, #ECK, #Fujifilm, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Sailing
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Beach Street, Chinatown, Boston MA 🏙️🌎 📷Nikon Coolpix P7700 (2015) #Scape, #ColorADay, #BWFri, #ClassicMono, #Boston, #ECK, #AlphabetChallenge, #WeekIForIntegers, #Photography, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Nikon, #StreetPhotography
Black & white image of a storefront in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood.  A man in the lower right stands between a parked car and a sidewalk table filled with produce, making a shopping decision.  Another man stands at the left, also behind the parked car, leaning against a partially open door and the edge of the storefront, staring at something across the street (I don't think it was me, but I didn't linger).  The image was converted to black & white in Lightroom.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Owls Head Lighthouse, Owls Head ME 🚤⚓😎 (2026) 📷Fujifilm XT-5 w/Fujinon XF 55-200mm f3.5-4.8 Lens #RockinTuesday, #TidesOutTuesday, #ColorADay, #BlueTue, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Maine, #MaineCoast, #Fujifilm, #SensoryArt, #stairs, #Lighthouses
Color image of the Owls Head Lighthouse, taken from a sailing vessel out of Rockland Harbor.  The lighthouse stands atop a rocky outcrop dotted with evergreens, behind a long white stairway leading up to the structure.  A powerboat cruises by from right to left in front of the outcrop, leaving a white wake behind.  The image utilizes Fujifilm's Classic Negative film simulation.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Claude Monet's House & Gardens in Giverny, France 🌍🌸🌼 📷Pentax K-3 w/Tamron XR Di II 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 Lens (2014) #PalacesAndGardens, #TheWorkingGarden, #France, #HumansofBlueSky, #Photography, #ECK, #Pentax, #PhotographersofBluesky, #TravelPhotography
Color image showing a pond in the foreground reflecting the lush green vegetation lining the far edge of the water.  Slightly beyond that some flowering bushes rise up showing a bit of red.  Beyond the bushes a man and woman can be seen from the shoulders up, standing in front of a much taller wall of green ivy.  Standing beyond the ivy wall is a pink-flowering tree (cherry?), its branches draping over the ivy behind the man's shoulder.  Behind the tree the ground slopes upward with more trees & bushes, behind which can be seen Claude Monet's house with pink exterior walls and green shutters.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Ram Island Lighthouse, East Boothbay ME ⚓😎⛵ 📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Fujinon XF 55-200mm f3.5-4.8 Lens #RockinTuesday, #TidesOutTuesday, #BlueTue, #ColorADay, #Lighthouses, #Maine, #Fujifilm, #Boats
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"Ride, captain, ride, upon your mystery ship. Be amazed at the friends you have here on your trip." -Blues Image, 1970 📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Fujinon XF 55-200mm Lens (2026) #Stunday, #ClassicMono, #ECK, #Photography, #Maine, #PhotographersofBluesky, #MaineCoast, #Fujifilm
Black & white image showing a two-masted schooner on the distant horizon, approaching from the right toward a far island, slightly surrounded by light fog.  A small power boat enters from the left, in front of the island.  The sky is covered with hazy white clouds, and a lone seagull glides over the schooner and the dark waters, which still reflect some specks of the strong midday sun.  The image was taken from a tour boat on Muscongus Bay.  That's Allen Island on the horizon, seemingly awaiting the mystery ship......
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
"You missed Black Cat Appreciation Day last week....didn't you...???? You are doomed...." 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ (Luna, 2026) 📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8-4 Lens #BNWmacro, #Caturday, #CatsofBluesky, #ClassicMono, #Photography, #ECK, #Cats
Close-up black & white image of a black cat laying atop a blanket, head slightly turned, her right eye closed and left eye partially open, staring off to the right of the frame.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Evening in Newport RI 🌙 (2016) 📷Leica D-Lux Type 109 #BlueSkyMonday, #ColorADay, #PinkMon, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBlueSky, #RhodeIsland, #Newport, #Leica, #SensoryArt, #clouds
Color image taken at dusk showing a tall evergreen on the left edge, a flagpole styled as a ship's mast, a vintage streetlamp, a tree that has lost most of its leaves, and a long warehouse-type building with four large chimneys.  All of those objects, stretching  across the frame, are very darkly silhouetted against a pale blue sky with streaks of pink & yellow clouds, the setting sun lighting up the horizon at the lower right corner.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
"The Odyssey" (2026) 🌍 Departing Troy for passage to Ithaca now boarding..... 📷Pentax K-3 w/Pentax DA 20-40mm f2.8-4 Lens (2016) #AlphabetChallenge, #WeekFForFilms, #Abstractia, #liquid, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Boston, #Pentax, #Stunday
A bow-on view of the dinner cruise boat "Odyssey", docked at Rowes Wharf in Boston MA.  The late afternoon Summer sky holds a few small white clouds, and the water reflects off the ship's hull.  A small 2-masted sailboat floats at a mooring in the distance on the right.  Various shades of blue dominate here, with the sky, the water, the ship's markings, and even the mooring lines all contributing to the palette.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
"In Harm's Way" (1965) ⚓ 📷Pentax K-3 w/Sigma 18-250mm Lens (2017) #AlphabetChallenge, #WeekFForFilms, #ClassicMono, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #History, #Pentax, #Sigma, #Boston, #BNWMacro
Black & white image showing a close-up of the two aft 5-inch gun turrets of the USS Cassin Young, a World War II era Fletcher-class destroyer (DD793) that served in the Pacific, now maintained by the National Park Service and moored at the Charlestown Naval Yard in Boston MA.  The image was converted to black & white in Lightroom, and I tried to recreate the style of the 1965 film "In Harm's Way".  John Wayne and Burgess Meredith are on the bridge, plotting strategy......
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"The Last Hurrah" (1958). Spencer Tracy & Pat O'Brien are inside, enjoying a pint or two...🍺 📷Leica D-Lux Type 109 (2017) #AlphabetChallenge, #WeekFForFilms, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Boston, #Leica, #StreetPhotography
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Summer dining, mid-coast Maine (2026) ⚓🦞😎 📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Voigtlander Ultron 27mm f2 #TidesOutTuesday, #RockinTuesday, #Photography, #ECK, #ColorADay, #BlueTue, #MaineCoast, #Fujifilm, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Abstractia, #liquid
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Bell Tower at Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, Bristol ME ⛵ 📷Canon Powershot G11 (2011) #BNWmacro, #Stunday, #Abstractia, #angles, #MaineCoast, #Lighthouses, #Photography, #ECK, #Canon, #ClassicMono, #PhotographersofBluesky
Black & white image of the Bell Tower at Pemaquid Point Lighthouse.  The bell hangs from a heavy beam with angled supports on the right edge of the frame.  A large rock outcropping extends out to sea beneath the bell, pointing to the sharp horizon, while heavy clouds cover the sky.  The scene is relatively calm, but with hints of what the Atlantic Ocean might have in store.....
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Colorado River, vicinity of Lees Ferry, AZ 🏜️ (2012) 📷Canon Powershot G11 #BlueSkyArtShow, #water, #ColorADay, #GreenSat, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Arizona, #TravelPhotography, #Canon, #horses
Color image taken during a rafting trip on the Colorado River out of Page, Arizona.  A lone white horse stands at river's edge, illuminated against the shadows of the rising bank behind it.  Four other wild horses stand higher up on the bank, above the green scrub, gazing down at their hydrating mate.  The river reflects the green vegetation and the white horse, while the steeply rising riverbank behind & above the other horses displays the red, rocky landscape of the area north of the Grand Canyon.
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Keith Williamson @kwilliam8.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Glacier Peak in the distance, as seen from Park Butte on 9/6/2022.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Scene from a New Orleans cemetery, 2018 🌩️ 📷Fujifilm X-T1 w/Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f2.8-4 Lens #AlphabetChallenge, #WeekDForDark, #SensoryArt, #heavy, #ClassicMono, #ECK, #Photography, #NewOrleans, #PhotographersofBluesky, #TravelPhotography, #Fujifilm
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Outside Fenway Park, Boston MA ⚾🏟️⚾ 📷Leica D-Lux Type 109 (2018) #HumansofBlueSky, #UrbanGaze, #ClassicMono, #PalacesAndGardens, #childhood, #Abstractia, #buildings, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Boston On my first visit there in 1965 I thought it was the grandest Palace in the world!
A black & white image taken outside of Fenway Park on Lansdowne Street, Boston MA.  The park is on the left, the overhang being the seats above the left field wall (aka the "Green  Monster").  On the right is a long line of buildings along a wide sidewalk, and in the right foreground stands a hot dog/sausage vendor with several customers lined up and waiting.  In the left-center foreground, facing the camera, a father walks with his two young daughters, holding their hands, searching for the correct entrance gate.  When I attended my first game here, one player hit a home run over the left field wall and netting (the seats hadn't existed then) that landed on the upper level of a two-story parking garage at the far end of this street.  The game, the moment, and the setting all made an indelible impression on one eleven-year old boy who thought he might just be in heaven.........
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
View from atop the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France 🌍 📷Pentax K3 w/Tamron XR Di LL 18-200mm Lens (2014) #BlueSkyMonday, #Abstractia, #buildings, #Paris, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Pentax, #TravelPhotography, #Tamron
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Sunset on the lake (2026) 🌲⛵ 📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Fujinon XF 55-200mm 3.5-4.8 Lens #Stunday, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Maine, #Fujifilm, #Sunset
This is a color image taken in the late evening, after the sun had dropped below the horizon.  Tall, dark pine trees frame both sides of the image, and a blue cloud bank frames the top.  In the center the pale blue sky gradually turns pink closer to the dark tree line across the lake, interspersed with some scattered clouds just above the treetops.  The lake reflects the pink colors in the center foreground, with some dark weeds and rocks breaking the surface at the bottom of the frame.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The Vatican's famous Papal Swiss Guards (modern & traditional garb) 🗺️🏛️(2008) 📷Pentax K3 w/Pentax DA 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 Lens #HumansofBlueSky, #UrbanGaze, #PalacesAndGardens, #FamousFor, #ColorADay, #YellowThu, #Rome, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Pentax
Color image taken inside the Vatican showing a Papal Swiss Guardsman in traditional uniform standing at attention in the right center of the frame, facing to the left, atop some marble steps.  Another guard in modern uniform stands on a lower step with his back to the camera.  Strong sunlight reflects off a large marble column on the left and up the steps to the modern-dressed guard.  A diagonal line of lights on the interior columns, deeper into the frame and between the two guards, leads  up to the face of the costumed guard.  Flanking the guards are two towering green, tarnished iron doors, which are in turn flanked by marble columns.  A large lantern hangs down from the interior ceiling, casting a yellow light, and appears to be resting on the left guard's head.  The sunlight reflecting off all the marble casts a warm glow to the scene.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
New Harbor ME (2026) ⚓ 📷Leica D-Lux Type 109 #TidesOutTuesday, #ColorADay, #BlueTue, #Maine, #Boats, #Leica My partner posted a similar image earlier, and this is my take of the scene, a bit wider. Our cameras are often attracted by the same things, but using different lenses (figuratively).
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Nicholas, in his favorite three-crossed-paws position 🐈‍⬛ 📷Minolta DiMage 7Hi (2005) #Caturday, #CatsofBluesky, #ClassicMono, #ECK, #Photography, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Cats, #Minolta
Black & white image of Nicholas, a tuxedo cat who adopted me, and was with me for 11 years.  He's laying atop the couch backrest (a favorite spot), his head & chin resting on a "tripod" of one rear and two front paws, a position he always favored.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Boston Common, Boston MA (2016) 🏛️ 📷Leica D-Lux Type 109 #HumansofBlueSky, #UrbanGaze, ##ClassicMono, #Photography, #Boston, #PhotographersofBluesky, #StreetPhotography, #SensoryArt, #sound, #Leica
A black & white image, in portrait orientation, showing a large, ornate water fountain with many streams of water falling from a circular section in the middle down to a pool of water surrounding the base of the fountain.  In the lower left foreground, in front of the fountain, a man sits at a small round table stacked with shopping bags.  From this distance he appears to be staring at a woman seated in the lower right foreground, who also appears to be staring back at him.  The midday sun casts some strong shadows across the scene, but also illuminates the fountain's water streams, as well as the leaves in the large trees behind the fountain.  I wonder if they ever struck up a conversation.....
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
LaVerna Preserve, Round Pond ME (2023) ⚓🌲 📷Fujifilm X-T3 w/Fujinon XF 50mm f2 Lens My 1-year anniversary at BlueSky! Many, many thanks to all who like or comment - you all make this a truly wonderful community! 😎 #Stunday, #ClassicMono, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Maine, #Fujifilm
A black & white image of the rocky Maine coast in the mid-afternoon of a Winter's day.  The sun glistens on the wet rocks extending from the right edge and foreground, and also on the ocean close to shore.  The scattered white clouds are backlit by the sun against the clear sky, and the dark tree line extends behind the rocks from the right to the middle of the scene.  Shot with Fujifilm's Acros film simulation + red filter.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
A #quiet field in Normandy.....🌍 (2014) 📷Pentax K-3 w/Tamron XR Di II 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 Lens #BlueSkyArtShow, #ColorADay, #GreenSat, #France, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #TravelPhotography, #Pentax, #Tamron
Yellow flowers fill the foreground in front of a rolling field of green grass and freshly cleared land, with a line of small dark bare trees silhouetted against the light brown earth.  Further in the distance some farm buildings appear on the horizon under black smoke on the right edge, with the horizon stretching out in green to the left of the frame.  White clouds cover the sky except for a blue patch in the upper right.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Bass Harbor Head Light Station, Bass Harbor ME 😎 📷Canon Powershot SD600 (2007) #RockinTuesday, #TidesOutTuesday, #ColorADay, #BlueTue, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Maine, #Lighthouses, #Canon
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The House Panther waits, ever vigilant, to pounce on....the perfect moment to nap. (Luna, 2026) 🐈‍⬛ 📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Voigtlander Ultron 27mm f2 Lens #Caturday, #ClassicMono, #Photography, #ECK, #Fujifilm, #PhotographersofBluesky, #CatsofBlueSky, #Cats
This is a black & white image of a cat resting atop the back of a chair, all in black silhouette against sliding glass doors, with the underside of a deck and some trees visible beyond.  The image was taken with Fujifilm's Acros + yellow filter film simulation, combined with Kodak Tri-X 400 film recipe.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Revolutionary War Reenactment 1️⃣7️⃣7️⃣6️⃣ 📷Canon Powershot G11 (2010) #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #History, #Canon, #ColorADay, #GreenSat
Color image of a Revolutionary War reenactment held in Millis MA in 2010.  A small group of Colonials stands in the left foreground, muskets at the ready, gazing at the British line across an open green field.  Smoke from musket & cannon fire hangs over the scene and against the green trees in the far background.  Happy 4th of July to everyone at BlueSky!!!
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Old State House, Boston MA (2013) 🏛️ 📷Nikon P7700 #HumansOfBlueSky, #UrbanGaze, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBlueSky, #History, #Nikon, #Boston
The afternoon sun falls between the skyscrapers onto Boston's Old State House.  Constructed in 1713, it is the city's oldest existing public building.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Damariscotta Dusk (2026) 🌘 📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Fujinon XF 35mm f2 R WR Lens #Stunday, #ColorADay, #OrangeSun, #Maine, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Sunsets
The sun settles into a small notch in a line of very dark, backlit trees, while illuminating the scattered thin white clouds above.  A heavier, horizontal cloud is silhouetted just above the sun.  The sun's rays flare out against the dark trees, and also reflect on the rippled waters of the Damariscotta River (an ocean inlet) in the foreground.  Patches of pale blue-gray sky form a backdrop to the scene.  The image was taken using Fujifilm's Classic Negative film simulation, combined with a film recipe know as Classic Cuban Negative.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Afternoon Visitor.....🦌🌲🌺 (2026) 📷Galaxy Z Flip3 #ColorADay, #YellowThu, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Deer
The head and neck of a young male deer can be seen behind some evergreen trees, a hanging pot of red, yellow, & pink flowers, and  a hummingbird feeder.  As I took the photo, he was distracted by a neighbor's dog across the road, and soon sprinted away.
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layla victoria @laylavictoria.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
"There is always a way and always hope in the next sunrise, and in the next second, and in the next minute." ~ Ziggy Marley 🌞 #ColorADay #YellowThu #ECK
A sunrise rising over the ocean with dunes and sea oats.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Rouen Nights 🌍🌃 (2014) 📷Pentax K-3 w/ Pentax DA 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 AL Lens #UrbanGaze, #ClassicMono, #France, #Photography, #PhotographersofBluesky, #ECK, #TravelPhotography, #Pentax
Black & white image of a river cruise boat moored to a quay on the River Seine in Rouen, France.  The boat, on the right edge of the frame, is illuminated by a line of streetlamps on the left, with the illuminated quay in between.  The river is still, there are no people to be seen, and a thin fog begins to form around the streetlamps.    The scene, I think, is just waiting for Humphrey Bogart...........
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
MacMillian Wharf, Provincetown MA ⚓😎 (2013) 📷Pentax K10D w/Tamron XR Di II 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 #TidesOutTuesday, #ColorADay, #BlueTue, #Pentax, #CapeCod, #Provincetown, #AlphabetChallenge, #WeekYForYonder
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
View of the Boston skyline from World's End, Hingham MA ⚓ 📷Minolta DiMage 7Hi (2006) #BlueSkyMonday, #AlphabetChallenge, #WeekYForYonder, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Boston, #Minolta
This is a color image of the Boston skyline taken from World's End in Hingham MA.  Some bare tree branches appear in the lower half of the frame, leafless and dark, but glistening in the afternoon sun.  The blue & green waters of Hingham Bay, and Quincy Bay beyond, stretch out to the City of Boston in the distance, its hazy skyline appearing in the upper quarter of the frame in an opening among the branches.  The sky is white, and I think that just emphasizes the beauty of the water here.
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JohnJ3B 💙🐱📷🌲⛵⚾🗽✒️ @johnj3b.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Riverwalk Covered Bridge over the Ammonoosuc River, Littleton NH (2019) 🌉 📷Fujifilm X-T1 w/Fujinon XF 16mm f1.4 R WR Lens #AlphabetChallenge, #WeekXForXyloid, #SensoryArt, #portals, #HumansofBlueSky, #PhotographersofBluesky, #ECK, #Photography, #ClassicMono, #Fujifilm, #NewHampshire, #CoveredBridges
Black & white image taken inside a wooden covered bridge.  The floor, side walls, roof, and supporting beams all lead to the small square opening at the far end of the bridge, where a single person is silhouetted against the white background of the entrance.  The image was slightly cropped from the original.
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