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Apocryphal Ostrich

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I should really think of a better name. Any suggestions? All photos by me, often recently. DMs mostly welcome. No unauthorised reproduction please. :)

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Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 16h

#UrbanGaze : Los Llanos de Aridane #photography #eck #infrared #lapalma #scape

i too would reside / between lots of volcanoes / for a view this good

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#MinimalMonday : Refracted #photography #eck #macromonday

water as a lens / light gathered from all around / scene in a droplet

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow : #Lights in a restaurant in Bangkok (2011) #photography #eck

can you count the lights? / reject minimalism / sometimes more is more

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#Scape : Joshua Tree NP (2008) Going through some ancient shots, I hadn't even got around to stitching this one. #photography #eck #coloraday #bwfri #classicmono

the joshua tree / arguably not a tree / or a joshua

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#ForestFriday : Evening #photography #eck #scape #lapalma

colours come alive / just before they disappear / catch them while you can

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#TextureTuesday : Frozen turbulence #photography #eck #tidesouttuesday #classicmono

now we can stop time / linger in a split second / but life continues

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#MinimalMonday : The Atlantic, Teneguía silhouette #photography #eck #mountainmonday #lapalma

past teneguía / mottled flecks of sun glimmer / on distant ripples

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#BNWmacro : Another nettle TIL there's a "World Nettle Eating Championship". Yes raw ones. Humans are weird. #photography #eck

oh, you say it is / covered in poisonous spikes? / let's try to eat it!

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow #Undulating : Mesquite Flat Dunes, Death Valley (2008) #photography #eck

we have to travel / to see exotic landscapes / although, not for long

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#ColorADay #RedWeds : IR trees again (I almost managed to go a whole month without posting one) #photography #eck #infrared

give me more colour / RGB is not enough / cybernetic eyes

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#MinimalMonday : Lights along a road #photography #eck

many things in life / are a lot more appealing / without the details

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow #Minimal : Shadows (Late, but I think it's still Saturday somewhere) #photography #eck

all of your shadows / are ones of your former self / nanoseconds old

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#ColorADay #BWFri : Nettle #photography #eck

if i had talent / i'd write a poignant poem / to go with this pic

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#UrbanGaze : Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo (2016) #photography #eck

some great ideas / do not stand the test of time / but keep having them

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#WindowsOnWednesday : I heard you like windows #photography #eck #wallsonwednesday #coloraday #redwed #infrared

my favourite thing / is that one little wobble / we can't quite control

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforIntegers : Numbered tree #photography #eck #texturetuesday

if this tree wrongs me / the authorities will know / where it is hiding

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#MinimalMonday : Leaves over water (Seems possible for something to be minimal and messy at the same time?) #photography #eck

if we are living / inside a simulation / it's got good graphics

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#ColorADay #OrangeSun : Sunset + jet #photography #eck #stunday

surely someday soon / airlines will charge us money / to use the window

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow #Summer : Bzzz Summer means wasps, but I don't have wasp pics so here's a bee instead. (Also, are wasp numbers down this year? I've only had to usher one out of the window.) #photography #eck

does bee will exist / or is life all beeordained / what will bee will bee

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#Scape : Cloud reflections #photography #eck #coloraday #bwfri

living on the edge / scenery changing daily / hard to leave behind

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#ColorADay #YellowThu : Silhouette against a shooting star #photography #eck #humansofbluesky #lapalma

semiconductors / biblical superstition / humans are weird

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#AlphabetChallenge : #WeekHforHearts #photography #eck

you say you love me / but without understanding / is it possible?

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#TidesOutTuesday : Lifeboat & eclipse watchers #photography #eck #rockintuesday

dotted on the rocks / like so many sea lions / who sometimes fall off

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#MinimalMonday : Ends #photography #eck

ragged tips stretch out / no longer young and pretty / but good for something

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

#ColorADay #BWFri : New coastal defences #photography #eck #scape

keep nature at bay / for just a little longer / we have a plan, right?

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGrand : Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, Yunnan #photography #eck

conflicted tourists / didn't reach enlightenment / just took photographs

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

#TextureTuesday : Transport network #photography #eck

we did not invent / avenues and cul-de-sacs / we just gave them names

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

#MinimalMonday : Branch #photography #eck

the branch is branching / life is repeating patterns / inexorable

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

#BNWmacro : "Maidenhair Spleenwort is a prolific crack filler" it says here #photography #eck

humans are useful / so many new surfaces / but when will they leave?

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#ColorADay #GreenSat : Eaten #photography #eck

man and beast differ / when it comes to etiquette / sadly little else

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

#ForestFriday : Another of these trees #photography #eck #infrared

they reflect IR / to reduce leaf temperature / looks pretty cool too

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

#WindowsOnWednesday : Nearby research institute #photography #eck #infrared #wallsonwednesday

from logical leaps / and careful calculations / come true miracles

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilms : Jurassic Park (or Jaws) #photography #eck

ooh, in the old days / things were better, people say / that's just nostalgia

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

#MinimalMonday : Artificial sun TTArtisan 50mm f1.2 at f1.4, defocused, pointed at a reflection of the evening sun off a tall building, along the beach. #photography #eck #blueskymonday

if you focus close / you might discover some things / about your workings

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

#BNWMacro (almost) & #ColorADay #OrangeSun : Spider mite on Gunnera leaf #photography #eck

imagine your world / is just one enormous plant / and you're eating it

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

#ColorADay #GreenSat : Rainbow Warrior II (2011) (From a Shenzhen-HK ferry) #photography #eck #greenpeace

when it is too late / they will claim we did not know / here is proof we did

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow #Water : Splash (A bit of a literal interpretation of the theme but hey, it works 🤷) #photography #eck

lots of physics here / understanding not required / to appreciate

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#Scape : Impenetrable The day we planned a hike based on trails that apparently once existed according to OpenStreetMap data, and made roughly no progress in any direction. #photography #eck #forestfriday #lapalma

life is a forest / you can hack your way through it / or enjoy the view

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

#UrbanGaze : Local building (Fiddling with individual channels on the tone curve here, fairly happy with the resuls.) #photography #eck #infrared

ok here's the plan / just make a boring building / but add this frame thing?!

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

#ColorADay #RedWed : Patriotic geese (IR again, 720nm, similar settings to the previous tree; I'm liking this red skies effect.) #photography #eck #infrared

o canada geese / from the true north strong and free / stand on guard for me

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEForEphemeral : Ripples #photography #eck #texturetuesday #animalarttuesday #coloraday #bluetue

each instant unique / unrepeatable patterns / but we preserve them

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

#ColorADay #PinkMon : Hydrangea #photography #eck #minimalmonday #bloomscrolling

they call you mophead / which belies your elegance / big is beautiful

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

#BNWMacro : I'm still into the hexagons #photography #eck

if bugs took photos / their amazing landscape shots / would put ours to shame

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow #Big : Spotted in Osaka (2010) #photography #eck

reincarnated / in lightweight materials / buddha is dismayed

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

#ForestFriday : IR tree It takes a certain amount of discipline to not *only* post infrared tree pics (and squirrels) here. #photography #eck #infrared

pure escapism / local scenery transforms / cheaper than travel

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

#UrbanGaze : Hong Kong (2011) #photography #eck #alphabetchallenge #weekdfordark

expat in nice flat / poor maid walks pampered pooches / one sends money home

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDark : Lights #photography #eck

just christmas lighting / that three hundred years ago / would be called witchcraft

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

#MinimalMonday : Grasses #photography #eck

shimmering golden / waves in the hot summer breeze / gone now; a fire risk?

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

#Stunday : Stunts #photography #eck

a bright idea / what if you cross a firework / with an aeroplane?

Apocryphal Ostrich @sanitycheck.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow #Glass : Heathrow (2011) I'm not in glassy places as often as I used to be, dug this one out from the archives. Pentax K200D and Pentax-A 50mm f1.7. #photography #eck #classicmono

plenty of time here / to reflect on your future / delayed by three hours