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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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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Does your health insurance cover physical therapy? I've developed arthritis in my back and P.T. has done wonders for minimizing the associated pain. I would guess they might be able to help with sciatica.

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Thanks! Enjoy your fall visit. There's a l.o.t of photo ops in the Moab area.

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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

They're all terrific, but I love the upper right color palette best.

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

Indeed it is. I've always thought it was a bit ironic that few of my fave images made in Arches actually contain arches. :) And thanks for the compliment.

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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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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

If my sources are accurate, desktop accessibility is a no-go at this point...though supposedly on the way in '25.(??) Any platform that lacks desktop access cannot be considered a legit 'photo sharing' platform.

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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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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

This trip (2019) was my first to the park. And I enjoyed the heck out of it. I didn't do much exploring other than all the pull-offs along the main park road, but would love to go back and do some hiking. Thanks for the comment!

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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

Very kind of you to say. Thanks so much!

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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 · 12/02/2025

Agree 100%. That just totally stuns me.

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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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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Argh…bad enough I made that boo-boo. But heck I can’t even edit it. :)

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RJ Wilner @rjwilner.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Thanks! This idea of going in a direction totally counter to the 'everything must be tack sharp' mantra is starting to stake out a bit of space in what passes for my vision. :)

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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 · 04/02/2025

Thanks, Howard. Good to see you here as well!

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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

Thanks, Mr Brown. Much appreciated!

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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 · 23/01/2025

Have been here for a few months.

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