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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Just terrific. Lost world...absolutely. I could easily see this as the opening scene in the (yet another) remake of King Kong...with Kong's ferocious roar echoing in the distance. :)

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Wolfgang Whyte 𓃦 @wolfgangwhyte.eurosky.social · 02/03/2025

A frozen riverside willow, coated in hoarfrost, whispering in the stillness of a cold midwinter morn ᚡ #stunday #bluesky #trees #bw #photography #nature #photo #blackandwhite #landscape #bwphotography #winter #bnw #bnwphotography #fineart #monochrome #classicmono #art #mono

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Lorraine Inglis @lorraineinglisd.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Bright light will always banish the dark...pass it on 🧡🖤 #MeaninglessHashtag #MHClub #Devon #photography #EastCoastKin #sunset

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Sherri Mabe @starlitwaltz.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

“I would like to spend the rest of my days in a place so silent–and working at a pace so slow–that I would be able to hear myself living.” - Elizabeth Gilbert - #MountainMonday #ClassicMono #ir #infrared #EastCoastKin #photography #Colorado #SangredeCristo

Sangre de Cristo Mountains

The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are one of the longest mountain ranges in the world covering a span of
250 miles, starting from Poncha Pass in Colorado to the lowest point Las Vegas, N.M. The highest
elevation within the range, is Blanca Peak at 14,345 feet, then Wheeler Peak at 13,161 feet, and Baldy
Peak, also known to the Tewa’s as “flower mountain,
” at 12,622 ft.

The ancestors of Pueblo Indians and the Apache, have lived within the mountains of the Sangres for
thousands of years. The mountain peaks are sources of spiritual energy, and sacred places of reverence
that encompass bodies of water which serve as doors to other realms. Rituals and prayers to these holy
entities kept a balance of harmony between man and nature.

Land was not revered in the same way by Spanish colonists. In many cases, Spanish colonists did not
individually own land; it was stewarded as a communal possession belonging to groups of settlers, or
clusters of villages. In 1719, the Spanish explorer Antonio Valverde y Cosio, reportedly was awestruck by
red-tinted snowy peaks at sunset, and called the mountain range, “Sangre de Cristo” or “Blood of
Christ.

” At the time, the Spanish referred to the mountains as the “Sierra Madre” or “Mother Mountain”
range.

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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 24/02/2025

'Acadian Blues' (2024) -- a Leisurely Hike Around the Perimeter of Bar Island is Wonderfully Scenic and a Wonderfully Isolationist Endeavor, Acadia National Park, ME #landscape #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ClassicMono #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #jayceecrawford

a large pine tree, with grand boughs, silhouetted against the beautiful and near endless 'blue' evening shades of Frenchman's Bay

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Arches National Park 037, 04/25/2005 It's been a (long) minute since I've visited this park, but this image has always been one of my fave images made there. #LandscapePhotography #Travel #MountainMonday #Monochrome #EastCoastKin #ArchesNationalPark

A black and white image of a long string of massive rock fins in bright sunlight while heavy cloud cover is moving into the area. There is a lone hoodoo in the distance and heavy shadows created by hoodoos just outside the frame from camera left.

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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 18/02/2025

'Convergence' (2014) -- at Some Point Everything Comes Together... Here the Expansive Flatland, the Foothills & the Mountains All Rejoin at a Visible Point in the Far Distance, Southern Ring Road, Iceland #photography #landscape #ClassicMono #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #jayceecrawford

a flat and barren 2 lane highway cuts through an expansive and semi arid environment and into the far distance where the foothills and the rocky, unkempt mountains rise up on the horizon

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

If you enjoy b&w infrared photography, you have a treat waiting for you on Sherri's page...

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philippr @philippr.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Combinig my passions flying and photography is one of my favourite things. Here is some golden late afternoon light illuminating the tyrolean mountains seen from onboard a small plane. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGold #lshweekend #landscapephotography #landscapehead #fujifilm #EastCoastKin #aerials

The Alps of north Tyrol/Austria shortly before sunset with some clouds shining in golden light. Captured while flying a single engine sports aircraft. Being able to position (almost) freely in a 3-dimensional space enables endless photographic possibilites but is not as easy as it sounds. (hah, who said men are bad at multi-tasking :-))

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Sherri Mabe @starlitwaltz.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Pikes Peak, it was known as Tavá Kaa-vi — the Sun Mountain. The mountain was named such by the indigenous Nuche tribe, a Numic-speaking people (Uto-Aztecan) known today as the Ute. It is the first Colorado 14er to have the sun hit its peak at dawn. #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #MountainMonday #ir

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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 17/02/2025

'Lithographic Skies' (2014) -- Between the Jet Black Sands With a Slight Blue Tonality, the Blue Ice Shards From the Glacier & the Blue-ish Clouds, it Was Magical, Diamond Beach, Southern Iceland #photography #iceland #BlueSkyMonday #ClassicMono #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #jayceecrawford

a magnificent, long black sand beach strewn with blue icy shards from the nearby glacier while the temperamental sky casts beams of bright light and heavy shadows in unpredictable patterns

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

A 2019 trip to South Dakota with a several day stop at Badlands National Park... #Nature #LandscapePhotography #Travel #MountainMonday #Monochrome #EastCoastKin

A low-key b&w mountain image from Badlands National Park in South Dakota, USA.

A sunset mountain image made in Badlands National Park in South Dakota, USA. The sun is getting low on the horizon and kind of skipping across the peaks. At the same time, the sky is a soft color palooza.

A layered mountain image of subdued warmish colors made in Badlands National Park in South Dakota, USA.

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 16/02/2025

Another suggestion for new Blue Sky photography folks... As soon as you create your profile, upload photographs and/or posts — probably before you start following folks. I check every profile that follows me to decide if I'll follow back. But if your page is empty I don't have much to go on! :-)

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Where: Don Robinson State Park, Missouri, USA When: 10/26/2024 Subject: The colors of autumn #Photography #Missouri #Nature #AutumnColor (P.S. - Please read at least one of the 'alt-txt descriptions)

A color image made in Don Robinson State Park during the autumn color palooza of 2024. The subject matter is not entirely clear. It could be of some grasses with morning dew on its tips, perhaps a shrub, or some other ground cover. The only thing definitive is the shapes would be those of Mother Nature's making with this one having a primarily yellow & orange color palette with a few sprinkles of green, a hint of purple here & there and maybe a smidgeon of red. What it is matters not one iota. It's the color palette and the shapes that are the 'She Loves You Yeah Yeah Yeah' of the image.

A color image made in Don Robinson State Park during the autumn color palooza of 2024. The subject matter is not entirely clear. It might be a canvas full of similarly sized roundish blobs oozing a color palette dominated by orange with a fair amount of red, some yellow-green and a smattering of a few other colors. Are these shapes Mother Nature's making? Judging by the color, *probably*. What it is matters not one iota. It's the color palette and the shapes that are the 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' of the image.

A color image made in Don Robinson State Park during the autumn color palooza of 2024. The subject matter is not entirely clear. At first blush, I would guess many might think the shapes have the vibe of blades of grass...maybe.(?) With maybe some morning dew resting on each blade.(?) What it is matters not one iota. It's the color palette and the shapes that are the 'I Saw Her Standing There' of the image.

A color image made in Don Robinson State Park during the autumn color palooza of 2024. The subject matter is not entirely clear. Perhaps a woodlands scene? Perhaps the trees are full of yellow leaves? Perhaps there are tidbits of sky peeking through the forest canopy? What it is matters not one iota. It's the color palette and the shapes that are the 'The Long and Winding Road' of the image.

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Three images from the same early morning hike along the Middle Prong of the Little River in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. #Photography #Travel #Scape #GreatSmokyMountainNationalPark #EastCoastKin

Image 1 of 3. An early morning long exposure image captured along the Middle Prong of the Little River in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (USA). It celebrates the vibrant greens of early spring and the S curve flow of the river. Large moss covered boulders litter the river influencing the water's direction. Captured very early morning, the entire scene is in rather deep shadow.

Image 2 of 3. An early morning long exposure image captured along the Middle Prong of the Little River in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (USA). This scene depicts a single large cascade (waterfall?) along with numerous smaller ones strewn through the large moss-covered boulders peppering the river's right to left flow. Another very early morning capture blanketing the scene in deep shadow.

Image 3 of 3. An early morning image made along the Middle Prong of the Little River in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (USA). The river runs diagonally right-to-left through the frame with a short stretch of smallish cascades dumping into a single very large cascade that I prefer to think of as a waterfall. The water flow was heavy during this visit and the sound of the water pounding its way over the falls was loud and powerful. The lower right corner of the frame displays the very large boulders that create the falls while the upper and left portions find the rhododendrons (or possibly mountain laurels?) so common in this part of the world growing right up to the edge of the river.

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Angela la la @angelalalala.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

See you next week Arizona 🤩 #photography #scape

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Adrian Rodriguez III @arodphoto.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

We are solely unique on this amazing rock. No time is the same; we are universally special. The Oculus inside of Fulton Center #NYC #blackandwhite #art #photography #eastcoastkin #digitalart

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𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 @churchstreetimages.com · 05/02/2025

Can't remember if I posted this before but seeing it just now made the bleak midwinter a little less bleak. #EastCoastKin #photography #snow #night

Big snowflakes falling through the cones of streetlights. Bare trees stretch their branches above and across the purple blue of snow light in the sky

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Use it primarily for its intended use...to provide context for those with visual impediments. I also find it a bit ironic BlueSky imposes a 300-character limit on the post itself but permits 2k characters for the 'alt-txt'. Potentially handy for those who may wish to expand on the story of an image.

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Missouri Botanical Garden, 10/16/2025 An early morning visit to the garden... #Photography #Missouri #Treescape #SunRays #EastCoastKin

An image made during an early morning visit to the Missouri Botanical Garden. The early morning sunlight filters through the spaces between branches of trees and create 'sun rays' as the garden's sprinkler system 'rains' on the scene.

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

From a 2017 trip to Ireland...the long exposure suggesting the passage of time seemed appropriate for these 'portal tombs'. #Photography #Ireland #History #Travel #BlackandWhite #Monochrome

A black & white image of a 'portal tomb' (otherwise known as 'dolmen') found in County Cork, Ireland. Constructed of a half dozen(??) or so standing stones with one large capstone resting atop those at a shallow angle. A long exposure technique to capture the movement of clouds across the sky and symbolize the passing of time for which these structures have endured.

A black & white image of a 'portal tomb' (otherwise known as 'dolmen') found in County Carlow, Ireland. Constructed of a half dozen(??) or so standing stones with one large capstone resting atop those at a shallow angle. A long exposure technique to capture the movement of clouds across the sky and symbolize the passing of time for which these structures have endured. Such structures are fairly numerous in Ireland and believed to have been constructed between ~ 3800BC and 3000BC.

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Out seeking autumn color palooza images at the local city park on this morning. Typically, I try to avoid the hand of man. But in this case, the all glass facade of the concession stand allowed me to capture more color than otherwise would have been the case. #Photography #Missouri #Nature #Autumn

Depicted is the all glass facade of a concession stand for the skating rink at the local city park. The image looks down along that facade and beyond to the wooded area behind that is in full autumn color palooza yellows and oranges. Some of that color palette is also reflected in the glass windows of the structure.

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Wow, look long & hard to find a more unique bird pic.

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

A couple more from the same land of experimentation as the previous post. I'm beginning to think this may grow into a project... #Photography #Missouri #Nature #grasses #bokeh

An image of the seed head of a blade of 'prairie grass' that runs vertically through the image against a largely dark blue-green background. That seed head is offset by a perfectly circular 'bokeh bubble very bright in tonality. Overall, that bubble has something of a lunar vibe to it.

An image of a blade of prairie grass running the entire vertical length of the frame in mostly subdued yellow-greens with hints of orange as well. The background is yellow-tan colored with maybe a hint of green in round bokeh bubble shapes. The blade of grass also has a couple bright bits of morning dew with one toward the upper 3rd of the image and the second towards the lower 3rd. Nothing in the image is 'tack sharp'

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

How much more eloquently can the utter power of water in motion be illustrated. Just terrific!

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Last year was a year of much experimentation involving grasses, very narrow depth of field, and breaking as many 'rules' of photography as possible. :) #Photography #Missouri #Nature #grasses #blur

A color image of a clump of grasses and much morning dew. Captured using a very narrow depth of field to turn the dew into perfectly circular 'dew bubbles'. A dark blue-green defines most of the background while somewhat of nature yellow green covers the blades of grass and the 'dew bubbles' have muted magenta/yellow coloration.

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I've been experimenting with the processing of an ongoing series involving ferns. A few decent results from the land of experimentation. (Please check out the ALT text) #Photography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #Nature #Ferns

A black & white image of layered maidenhair ferns.This species frequently displays something of a child's 'pinwheel' toy that parents may hang over an infant's crib.

Another b&w image of a maidenhair fern. This time, a single plant stretches from one frame edge to another with the somewhat circular opening of the 'common ground' between the numerous frond.

A b&w image of a couple 'sensitive ferns' commposed with a larger one on the left and a somewhat smaller one on the right..

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Nothing like a walk through the woodlands to clear the brain's cobwebs... (Do you like the 'ALT' text?) #Photography #Nature #Woodlands #Treescape #Landscape

An image of woodlands captured early morning when the edge of the forest is brightly lit, but the light falls off quickly looking into the forest. Captured in May, it depicts the rich vibrancy of spring greens.

A morning woodlands image captured in February. A few of the trees have held on to at least some of their leaves over the winter that creates an interesting warm color palette in the dead of winter.

A very early April woodlands capture of some of the first greens to strut their spring greens stuff. The light peeks through the forest canopy and lights up individual leaves as though the entire collection of Mother Nature having tossed a handful of green graffiti into the forest.

Another early February woodlands capture with a warm color palette. When thinking of winter, I would typically associate it with a very cool color palette, but it's surprising how often the winter woodlands can appear very warm visually....even as I'm viewing it with my down-filled parka. :)

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

If you are not familiar with Rachael's work, just navigate to her profile and give her a follow. You will be glad you did!

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I've become a big proponent of shooting locally over the last few years. Traveling is great, but finding local nuggets is also a big treat. These 3 are from Don Robinson State Park in Missouri (USA)...just a 20 minute drive from my front door. #Photography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #Nature #Fog

A black & white image captured in the woodlands in Don Robinson State Park in Missouri (MIdwestern USA) on a foggy morning. One tree in the foreground has its crown hanging downward giving an upside-down vibe. I assume the tree must have been struck by lightning in the upper reaches but not completely severed from the trunk. But that is just a guess.

A black & white image of a rather scoliotic looking tree on a snowy morning with its 'crown' overhanging a paved path for accessibility through a portion of the park. Additional woodlands visible through the fog as is the paved path winding its way through the distance.

A black & white image in the woodlands of Don Robinson State Park (Missouri, USA) on a foggy morning. A single tree sits in the center of image visible through the fog. That tree is framed on either side by a number of silhouetted trees in the foreground. That framing makes the centered, more distant tree the 'leading actor in a starring role' of the shot.

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

As zen like a moment as any I'm likely to find today...

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

What an incredibly tender moment between mother & child.

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

A handful of images from an ongoing series looking at ferns. A plant type with one of the oldest fossil records on earth...though current varieties probably 'only' extend back 70 million years. #Photography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #Nature #Ferns

A black and white image of a fern whose uppermost segments have yet to unfurl for the year.

A black and white image of a couple ferns leaning against each other...looking almost as if they're a couple.

A black and white image of the uppermost portion of a fern with the 2 topmost fronds in the process of unfurling and looking as though they are a couple of crossed fingers.

A black and white image of a couple of side-by-side ferns. One could be excused for thinking they are identical twins.

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Great Smoky Mountains @thesmokymountains.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

May the Warm Winds of Heaven Blow softly upon your house. May the Great Spirit Bless all who enter there. May your Mocassins Make happy tracks in many snows, and may the Rainbow Always touch your shoulder.

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Loads of 'Layers'... If you've not visited Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the southeastern portion of the USA, you're missing a treat... #Photography #Nature #Landscapes #Mountains #Layers

An early morning mountain image captured from Clingmans Dome in Great Smoky Mountains National Park that 'layers' out into the distance.

A sunset mountain image from Morton Overlook in Great Smoky Mountains National Park with the sun barely peeking out above a cloud layer.

A sunrise mountain image captured from Clingmans Dome in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The sun has just peeked above the horizon on a very hazy morning...creating layers of mountain ridges in the distance.

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Avalon Pier, Outer Banks, North Carolina Three from a trip to the OBX during the summer of 2015. Hard to believe it's going on 10 years since that trip. #Photography #Seaside #Travel #Sunrise

A sunrise image of Avalon Pier on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The sun has yet to break the horizon and a few incandescent lights shine along the pier.

A sunrise image of Avalon Pier on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Captured from a low angle to include the sea as it rushes into the shore.

A sunrise image of Avalon Pier on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The sun has broken the horizon and leaves a trail of light across the sea's surface.

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

A wonderful poet and terrific image maker, Lotus makes for one awesome follow...

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Forest Park 007, 01/13/2019 'All she wants to do is dance! is how I originally captioned this one. Always has been one of my favorite lone tree images. #Photography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #Nature #Trees

A black and white image of a lone pine tree on a snowy hill. The tree is a young one with a twisted trunk that creates a dancing vibe.

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

'Beginnings' is a project I've undertaken that looks at the dogwood bloom as it occurs in this part of the world. Though there are earlier bloomers, the dogwoods strutting their stuff in early spring is the true marker of the beginning of spring.

A black & white image of a single dogwood tree blooming in spring.

A black & white image of a single dogwood tree blooming in spring. This one conveys the appearance of a sea of white pointillism.

A black & white image of the blooming flowers from a branch of a dogwood tree in spring.

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

A few from my 'Silent Stories' project. Silent Stories because... theirs are. See the alt text for captions originally assigned to each. #photography #nature #landscapes #Trees #BlackandWhite #Monochrome

A long exposure image of a lone tree rooted in Reelfoot Lake on a totally overcast day. Captioned...
'His life had been marred by significant tragedy, and only recently had he begun to show signs of being made whole again."

A long exposure image of a single lone tree highlighted in the distance framed by several other trees much closer to the camera. Captioned...
'The townsfolk were known to be a little protective of their young celebrity with the big personality.'

A long exposure image of a small lone tree rooted in the vast expanse of Reelfoot Lake. Presented in something of a minimalist fashion. And captioned...
'Many thought him a loner. But he never felt lonely and thoroughly enjoyed the company of others...in small doses.'

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