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Ian Guffogg

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📸Photographer📸 🛸Geek🛸 🍕Pizza enthusiast🍕 💀Horror junkie💀 linktr.ee/geekysnapper

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Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 18h
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𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 @churchstreetimages.com · 05/10/2026
Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday October 10, 2026 The theme is #Weather Sun, rain, snow, fog, show us your best art about the weather! Use both tags to be included in the feed. Multiple entries welcome. #art #artists #photography #drawing #painting #sketching #writing #poetry
Photo of snowflakes in front of pine trees with text reading:
Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday October 10, 2026
The theme is #Weather
Any Art. Any interpretation.
Use both tags to be
included in our feed.
Multiple entries welcome.
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Ian Guffogg @thegeekysnapper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Many thanks, Jason! 🙏
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Ian Guffogg @thegeekysnapper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thank you 🙏
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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This week we make editing choices about what to #Reveal and what should stay hidden. The photo is from Tre Cime in the Dolomites last week. You decide what stays hidden and what comes forward. tinyurl.com/3jyn869v #PostProcess #ECK #EastCoastKin
#ECK #PostProcess
Oct 5 - Oct 11 #Reveal

This week is about what we choose to reveal, in the image and consequently about ourselves. This image is an exposure bracketed landscape photo from Tre Cime shot on the Fuji GFX in the blue hour.  It has detail hiding in the high resolution files, in it's shadow, clouds and scale. Decide what stays hidden and what comes forward making the composition yours.
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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Attention Alphabetters! This is your reminder that Mon 5 Oct starts Week N and the #AlphabetChallenge is Neon. Signs, artworks, light shows - you get the idea. For the pedants among you LED signs count too as real neon light is rare now. Go big, bright, & bold! Use the # below and have fun😁
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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Your art challenge cheat sheet for Oct 5-11 is here! Let's have some fun. NEW! #31DaysOfHalloween See comments for host list and details. #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt
Daily Art Prompts: Oct 5–11

Monday, October 5 
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, October 6
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday 
#ColorADay + #BlueTue 

Wednesday, October 7
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, October 8
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #WhatsNext (see poster)
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, October 9
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, October 10
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #weather
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, October 11
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

Compiled by @handcrankedAll Week Art Prompts: Oct 5–11

#31DaysOfHalloween (Halloween, fall, or spooky)

#AOFoto 
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay 
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome) 

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette 
(See @WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #eyes

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekNForNeon

#MixedMedia52 + #concentric

#PaintByWords + #apple or #barn
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #reveal
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #buildings

Compiled by @handcranked
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𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 @churchstreetimages.com · 28/09/2026
Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday October 3, 2026 The theme is #3rdPlace The pub? The park? Church? Anywhere you frequent that isn't home or work. Use both tags to be included in the feed. Multiple entries welcome. #art #artists #photography #drawing #painting #sketching #writing #poetry
Front of a cafe at night with text reading:
Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday October 3, 2026
The theme is #3rdPlace
Any Art. Any interpretation.
Use both tags to be
included in our feed.
Multiple entries welcome.
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Ian Guffogg @thegeekysnapper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Photo taken by @rjrock.bsky.social & processed by me (brief process in alt). #ECK #EastCoastKin #PostProcess I struggled a bit with this one, much like last time we did #Silence
Black and white photo of Santa Cristina Gherdëina in Italy. The village appears silent, with nobody on the streets and no cars on the roads. The only signs of life are a few lights coming from buildings, and lights on the exterior of some buildings, the brightest of which illuminate the exterior of the Parish Church of Santa Cristina. The photo was taken by @rjrock.bsky.social and was processed by me.


The image was edited in Darktable…

I cropped the image to focus on a small portion of the village to eliminate parts of the village in which people could be seen (hopefully I’ve removed them all?!), to give the village a sense of silence.

Then I upped the exposure a little in the Exposure Module (only the tiniest smidge, so little the slider barely looked to have moved) to make as much of the village visible.

Then I activated the Colour Calibration module and converted the image to black and white, going against my usual norm and using the Fuji Acros 100 preset for once, because it gave, to my eye, the most pleasing results.

Then I activated the Denoise (profiled) module. Like the exposure module, I only moved the strength slider a smidge. The reason being two fold—if you go too far the image becomes soft, or even outright blurry, and—very much a personal preference thing, but—I don’t like all the noise to be digitally removed, to me images feel kinda soulless when that's done.
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Ian Guffogg @thegeekysnapper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Many thanks, Jason! 🙏
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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#ECK #PostProcess #Silence This week's Post Process Challenge takes us to late sunset in St. Cristina, Italy from the side of a tight switchback. It's a noisy image with great potential for stillness. Your job is to find it. #EastCoastKin tinyurl.com/2w22cvdm
#ECK #PostProcess
Sep 28 - Oct 4 #Silence

This week's Post Process Challenge is silence. This image has a volume knob. Turn it down. Whatever the original register is, busy, loud, active, or chaotic, find the version that holds still. Silence isn't always soft. A hard-contrast image with a single point of light can be the most silent thing in the room. This is about stillness, not softness.
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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Attention Alphabetters! This is your reminder that Mon 28 Sep starts Week M and the #AlphabetChallenge is Machinery. Everything from cars to factory production lines, or even the internal machinery that make things work. So lots to choose from! Use the # below and have fun😁
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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Your art challenge cheat sheet for Sept 28-Oct 4 is here! Let's have some fun. See comments for host list and details. #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt
Daily Art Prompts: Sept 28–Oct 4

Compiled by @handcranked

Monday, September 28
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, September 29
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday 
#ColorADay + #BlueTue 

Wednesday, September 30
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, October 1
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #ItsAJungleOutThere
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, October 2
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, October 3
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #3rdPlace
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, October 4
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSunAll Week Art Prompts: Sept 28–Oct 4 

Compiled by @handcranked

#AOFoto 
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay 
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome) 

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette 
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #leaves

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekMForMachinery

#MixedMedia52 + #roads

#PaintByWords + #persimmon or #railway
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #silence
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #roads
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Ian Guffogg @thegeekysnapper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Photo taken by @rjrock.bsky.social & processed by me (brief process in alt) #ECK #EastCoastKin #PostProcess #Subtraction 1st image was my “proper” attempt. Other 2, my curiosity got me wondering what my—long time tinkering with—WIP ‘daytime glow’ & ‘evening glow’ styles (presets) would look like.
Black and white photo of a train approaching a train station platform. The train is on one of a number of tracks, next to it another train is passing. Beside the tracks, opposite the platform, are a number of industrial buildings. The photo was taken by @rjrock.bsky.social and was processed by me.


The image was edited in Darktable…

I upped the exposure a little in the Exposure module. But only a smidge. I didn’t want to lose the definition of the clouds and upping it more than a smidge blew out the sky.

Then I cropped the image - in all honesty, I did so by playing around with the crop box rather randomly (set to the original image’s aspect ratio) until I got an idea of a crop I liked.

I converted the image to black and white, using the HP5 preset on the Colour Calibration Module (it’s by far the easiest method to convert an image to black and white in Darktable, and it almost always does a good job).

Then I used the Colour Balance RGB module to make small adjustments to the contrast of the image.

I activated the Tone Equaliser module, setting it to ‘strong’.

Then I activated the Local Contrast module, leaving it at its default settings.

Finally, I activated the Filmic module, leaving it at its default settings.Photo of a train approaching a train station platform. The train is on one of a number of tracks, next to it another train is passing. Beside the tracks, opposite the platform, are a number of industrial buildings. The photo was taken by @rjrock.bsky.social and was processed by me.


The image was edited in Darktable using my ‘daytime glow’ style (preset)…

I manually upped the exposure a little in the Exposure Module. I only upped it a smidge as I didn’t want to lose the definition of the clouds and upping it more than a smidge blew out the sky.

Then I cropped the image - in all honesty, I did so by playing around with the crop box rather randomly (set to the original image’s aspect ratio) until I got an idea of a crop I liked.

Then I applied my ‘daytime glow’ style:

It activated the Colour Balance RGB module - I then went in and manually made small adjustments to things such as global chroma and saturation based on the image.

Then it activated the Colour Zones module, setting chroma and lightness to a fairly pleasing default - I then went in and made some small adjustments manually.

It then activates the Filmic module, with the settings set to default as that is almost always the best.

It activates the Local Contrast module, with the settings set to default as it’s usually sufficient.

Finally, it added a colour toned graduated density filter in the Graduated Density module - which I went into and made some minor adjustments based on the image.Photo of a train approaching a train station platform. The train is on one of a number of tracks, next to it another train is passing. Beside the tracks, opposite the platform, are a number of industrial buildings. The photo was taken by @rjrock.bsky.social and was processed by me.


The image was edited in Darktable using my ‘evening glow’ style (preset)…

I manually upped the exposure a little in the Exposure Module. I only upped it a smidge as I didn’t want to lose the definition of the clouds and upping it more than a smidge blew out the sky.

Then I cropped the image - in all honesty, I did so by playing around with the crop box rather randomly (set to the original image’s aspect ratio) until I got an idea of a crop I liked.

Then I applied my ‘evening glow’ style:

It activated the Colour Balance RGB module - I then went in and manually made small adjustments to things such as global chroma and saturation based on the image.

Then it activated the Colour Zones module, setting chroma and lightness to a fairly pleasing default - I then went in and made some small adjustments manually.

It then activates the Filmic module, with settings set to default as that is almost always the best.

It activates the Local Contrast module, with the settings set to default as it’s usually sufficient.

Finally, it added a colour toned graduated density filter in the Graduated Density module - which I went into and made some minor adjustments based on the image.
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Ian Guffogg @thegeekysnapper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thank you, Jason 🙏
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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#Subtraction This week's challenge takes you to a busy frame in Munich where you need to take something away to make the frame meaningful. Color, detail, light, a subject, a corner. Your call. Tell us what you removed, and what you almost kept. #EastCoastKin #PostProcess tinyurl.com/ycx9sfry
Sep 21 - Sep 27 #Subtraction

This week's Post Process Challenge is takes you to a busy frame in Munich, Germany where you need to take something away to make the frame meaningful.

Color, detail, light, a subject, a whole corner. Your call. Then tell us what you removed, and what you almost kept.
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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Attention Alphabetters! This is your reminder that Mon 21 Sep starts Week L and the #AlphabetChallenge is Looking In. So pics you took looking in or into things- doors, holes, cups etc. Or pics taken of things looking in at you- birds, kids etc. Easy peasy Use the # below and have fun😁
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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Your art challenge cheat sheet for September 21-27 is here! Let's have some fun. See comments for host list and details. #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt
Daily Art Prompts: Sept 21–27

Compiled by @handcranked

Monday, September 21
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, September 22
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday 
#ColorADay + #BlueTue 

Wednesday, September 23
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, September 24
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #MellowYellow
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, September 25
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, September 26
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #lights
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, September 27
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSunAll Week Art Prompts: Sept 21–27

Compiled by @handcranked

#AOFoto 
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay 
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome) 

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette 
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #geometric

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekLForLookingIn

#MixedMedia52 + #autumn

#PaintByWords + #HarvestMoon or #music
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #subtraction
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #fruit
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Ian Guffogg @thegeekysnapper.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Photo taken by @rjrock.bsky.social & processed by me (brief process in alt) #ECK #EastCoastKin #PostProcess #Texture
Black and white photo of a Moab desert landscape. In the distance a towering red-rock formation is framed by the remains of two long dead (at least they look that way) trees in the foreground. The photo was taken by @rjrock.bsky.social and was processed by me.


The image was edited in Darktable…

I cropped the image. Going rogue and using a portrait orientation. I did this to focus on the most textured part of the image, and to play a little with natural framing.

I upped the exposure a smidge in the—aptly named—Exposure Module.

Then I activated the Contrast Equaliser Module, initially running its clarity preset, and then tinkering with it, fine tuning it by eye.

I then activate a second instance of the Contrast Equaliser Module, running the sharpen preset, and tinkering with it to also fine tune its the results by eye.

Then I converted the image to black and white, using the HP5 preset on the Colour Calibration Module (by far the easiest method to convert an image to black and white in Darktable, and it almost always does a damn good job).

Finally, I activated the Colour Equaliser module, repositioned it so that it was before the black and white conversion in the pixelpipe (the order in which Darktable processed the modules) so it would alter the final image, and flung the sliders around for a bit, using them to in effect dodge and burn areas of the image.
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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sunday is #Stunday! Share whatever you find stunning with the hashtag, scroll, and enjoy. #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #MobilePhotography #dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
An underwater photo of a coral garden with red and blue fish swimming around a huge brown coral. Text on it says, "Every Sunday is #Stunday. Post whatever you find stunning. All types of art & skill levels welcome. Your original art only."
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Ian Guffogg @thegeekysnapper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Haven’t left yet (I really should!), but I’m now only looking once a day to check messages & scan the forums (sometimes interesting stuff is shared). Today when I’ve checked I see that a number of people are praising someone’s problematic actions, & celebrating how her actions are upsetting people.
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Ian Guffogg @thegeekysnapper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🙏
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Ian Guffogg @thegeekysnapper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Lucky for folks like us that JPEGs are much better than they were a few years ago, so we have a decent amount of leeway to play.
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Ian Guffogg @thegeekysnapper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Many thanks, Jason! 🙏
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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Sorry for missing last week--had a long weekend in Moab and then post-labor day work craziness. This week's image is coming from Moab and the challenge is #Texture. Push it forward or pull it back. No destination is wrong--your call. #ECK #PostProcess #EastCoastKin tinyurl.com/mw97kpdy
Sep 14 - Sep 20 Texture

This week's Post Process Challenge is Texture. Destination: Moab. Everyone starts here — where you take it is up to you.

Push it forward or pull it back. Sharpen it into something you can almost feel, or smooth it into something that barely holds a surface at all. No destination in mind — just pick a direction and follow it.

Curious to see how far apart everyone lands in a scene like this.
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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Attention Alphabetters! This is your reminder that Mon 14 Sep starts Week K and the #AlphabetChallenge is Kn…. So pics showing anything starting with “Kn” - you know, like knobs, knockers, and knickers etc 🤭There’s lots to choose from in the dictionary - honestly 😁 Use the # below and have fun😁
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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Sunday is #Stunday! Share whatever you find stunning with the hashtag, scroll, and enjoy. #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #MobilePhotography #dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
Thatch-roof overwater bungalow in a stunning turquoise reef, photographed from a lookout above it. Text on it says, "Every Sunday is #Stunday. Post whatever you find stunning. All types of art & skill levels welcome. Your original art only."
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𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 @churchstreetimages.com · 07/09/2026
Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday September 12, 2026 The theme is #Undulating Oceans, hills, blankets, bring us your rolling scenes! Use both tags to be included in the feed. Multiple entries welcome. #art #artists #photography #drawing #painting #sketching #writing #poetry
Photo of grass where the camera moved suddenly with text:
Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday September 12, 2026
The theme is #Undulating
Any Art. Any interpretation.
Use both tags to be
included in our feed.
Multiple entries welcome.
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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Attention Alphabetters! This is your reminder that Mon 7 Sep starts Week J and the #AlphabetChallenge is Jocular. That’s humorous to us! Someone being silly, an odd sign, an unusual find, even an animal doing something daft - anything you found funny enough to snap. Use the # below and have fun😁
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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Your art challenge cheat sheet for September 7-13 is here! Let's have some fun. See comments for host list and details. #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt
Daily Art Prompts: Sept 7–13 

Monday, September 7
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, September 8
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday 
#ColorADay + #BlueTue 

Wednesday, September 9
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, September 10
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #PagesAndPalaces
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, September 11
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, September 12
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #undulating
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, September 13
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

Compiled by @handcrankedAll Week Art Prompts: Sept 7–13

#AOFoto 
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay 
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome) 

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette 
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #animals

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekJForJocular
(something funny or silly)

#MixedMedia52 + #graffiti

#PaintByWords + #FallColors or #stairs
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #texture
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #words

Compiled by @handcranked
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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Sunday is #Stunday! Share whatever you find stunning with the hashtag, scroll, and enjoy. #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #MobilePhotography #dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
A photo of a blurry bee flying toward a plant with purple and red leaves. The background is red, green, and purple bokeh. Text on it says, "Every Sunday is #Stunday. Post whatever you find stunning. All types of art & skill levels welcome. Your original art only."
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Ian Guffogg @thegeekysnapper.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Thank you! 🙏 I do too. Sadly my bank balance disagrees 😆
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𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 @churchstreetimages.com · 31/08/2026
Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday September 5, 2026 The theme is #Minimal It doesn't have to be strict minimalism to join. Just keep it simple! 😊 Use both tags to be included in the feed. Multiple entries welcome. #art #artists #photography #drawing #painting #sketching #writing #poetry
Photo of the moon in eclipse with text reading:
Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday September 5, 2026
The theme is #Minimal
Any Art. Any interpretation.
Use both tags to be
included in our feed.
Multiple entries welcome.
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Ian Guffogg @thegeekysnapper.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
When did Bluesky start auto numbering threaded posts for us?!
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Ian Guffogg @thegeekysnapper.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
2/2 Due to hardware limitations, I’ve basically processed it like the last painterly challenge. The processing is right on the limit of what my laptop can take, & anything extra causes the hamster powering it to have an asthma attack.
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Ian Guffogg @thegeekysnapper.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
1/2 Photo taken by @rjrock.bsky.social & processed by me (brief process in alt) Aspects of the edit don’t appear to be as noticeable as I would like in the thumbnail, but if you open the image (& zoom) they can be seen properly. #ECK #EastCoastKin #Painterly #PostProcess
Landscape photo of an expanse of water surrounded by trees, on the other side of the water three figures stand looking out. The photo was taken by @rjrock.bsky.social and was processed by me to—hopefully—look like a painting


The image was edited in Darktable…

Knowing that I would be using modules that cause my laptop a great deal of issues (a lot of noise and a slight burning smell are not uncommon!) I processed the jpeg, rather than the raw file.

I activated the Denoise (profiled) module, changing the colour mode to RGB, and increasing the strength to 4 to soften the image, removing the crisp, clean edges in a digital photo to instead emulate the softness of a painted image.

Then in the Defuse/Sharpen module I activated the ‘simulated line drawing’ preset. This introduces swirly lines (the technical term, I believe) that give a feeling of brush strokes. I changed the blending mode to Harmonic Mean, and lowered the opacity.

Then I set it exporting and pottered around for an hour and half running errands while it exported.
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Ian Guffogg @thegeekysnapper.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Many thanks, Jason!🙏
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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This week's #PostProcess Challenge is #Painterly. Push the source image toward another medium — impressionist, expressionist, watercolor, oil, graphic novel, grand master, abstract, whatever you're reaching for. No wrong answers - just your vision. tinyurl.com/yada7v6y #EastCoastKin #ECK
#ECK #PostProcess
Aug 31 - Sep 6 #Painterly

This week's Post Process Challenge is Painterly. Push the image toward another medium — impressionist, expressionist, watercolor, oil, graphic novel, whatever you're reaching for. No single right answer. The only real question: where does the photograph end and the painting begin?

Source image is a fall lake scene — conifers and gold aspens doubled in a still reflection. Grab the file, take it wherever it wants to go, tag it #PostProcess #Painterly.
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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Attention Alphabetters! This is your reminder that Mon 31 Aug starts Week I and the #AlphabetChallenge is Integers. That’s whole numbers to you & me! So pics of anything that clearly features a visible integer on them - not just a number somewhere in the periphery 😂 Use the # below and have fun😁
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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Your art challenge cheat sheet for Aug 31-Sept 6 is here! Let's go! See comments for host list. Didn't get the #PalacesAndGardens theme in time. Sorry! #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt
Daily Art Prompts: Aug 31 - Sept 6 

Monday, August 31
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, September 1
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday 
#ColorADay + #BlueTue 

Wednesday, September 2
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, September 3
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens (see Sabine for theme)
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, September 4
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, September 5
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #minimal
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, September 6
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

Compiled by @handcrankedAll Week Art Prompts: Aug 31 - Sept 6

#AOFoto 
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay 
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome) 

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette 
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #triangles

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekIForIntegers
(clearly featuring a whole number)

#MixedMedia52 + #shadow

#PaintByWords + #acorn or #stripes
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #painterly
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #stairs
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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Sunday is #Stunday! Share whatever you find stunning with the hashtag, scroll, and enjoy. #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #MobilePhotography #dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
A photo of mountains when green trees in the foreground and snow-covered mountains in the back with a blue sky and don't white clouds. Text on it says, "Every Sunday is #Stunday. Post whatever you find stunning. All types of art & skill levels welcome. Your original art only."
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Ian Guffogg @thegeekysnapper.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Photo taken by @rjrock.bsky.social & processed by me (brief process in alt) #ECK #EastCoastKin #EraShift #PostProcess
Black and white photo of a small chapel building sitting just off a small road in a valley surrounded by large hills or mountains (according to Google it’s largely subjective whether something is called a mountain or a hill, so who knows?), taken by @rjrock.bsky.social and processed by me to—hopefully—look like a scan of a silver gelatin print of the ‘30s–’50s. But not one processed by someone competent, like Ansel Adams, one processed by someone accident prone, like myself, that’s why light leaks have crept in from the enlarger.


The image was edited in Darktable…

Having found Darktable was unable to open the RAW file, I converted it with Adobe DNG Converter. Because Adobe DNG Converter works fairly fast no matter the size of a file, I forgot to check the size of the file after it was converted (that will come back to haunt me later!).

I increased the exposure a little and ran Darktable’s automated lens correction module.

I then used the Colour Calibration module to convert the image to black and white using the Ilford HP5 preset (my favourite of the presets).

Using the Tone Equaliser module I then pulled the shadows a little and recovered the highlights a smidge having affected them in previous steps.

Then I activated the Filmic RGB module, running it in automatic as it’s much, much smarter than I am, so me playing with the sliders would be a disaster.

I then used the Contrast Equaliser module to lower the mid-tone clarity a little and increase sharpening slightly.

I added some grain, playing around with a view to emulate the silver halide crystals in silver gelatin prints.

I then added a vignette, lowering the saturation a little to emulate fall-off sometimes seen when an enlarger has been used, especially when used by someone a bit accident prone, like myself.

Then, having realised that I didn’t check the file size before editing, I lowered the export quality, crossed my fingers, and hit export.

45-ish minutes later Darktable had finished exporting.
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𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 @churchstreetimages.com · 25/08/2026
Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday August 29, 2026 The theme is #Summer You should have plenty of material by now! Use both tags to be included in the feed. Multiple entries welcome. #art #artists #photography #drawing #painting #sketching #writing #poetry
Photo of bright yellow marigolds in the sun with text reading:
Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday August 29, 2026
The theme is #Summer
Any Art. Any interpretation.
Use both tags to be
included in our feed.
Multiple entries welcome.
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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Hello everyone! This week's brief: move the image to a different decade or century. Daguerreotype, '70s faded print, Polaroid, cyanotype, wet plate — your call. The era should feel lived in, not like a filter. #EastCoastKin #ECK #EraShift #PostProcess Files here. tinyurl.com/mvzwt6ed Have fun!
Hello everyone! This week's brief: move the image to a different decade or century. Daguerreotype, '70s faded print, Polaroid, cyanotype, wet plate — your call. The era should feel lived in, not like a filter.

#EastCoastKin #ECK #EraShift #PostProcess
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Ian Guffogg @thegeekysnapper.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
static.klipy.com
James Roday as Shawn Spencer: Wow, I'm Jealous
Alt: James Roday Rodriguez as Shawn Spencer in psych: “Wow… I'm Jealous”
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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Attention Alphabetters! This is your reminder that Mon 24 Aug starts Week H and the #AlphabetChallenge is Hearts. So any photo with what is clearly a heart in it. That’s it - easy peasy 😂 Feel free to be creative - but there must still be an obvious heart on show! Use the # below and have fun 😁
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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Your art challenge cheat sheet for August 24-30 is here! Let's have some fun! See details for host list & details #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt
Daily Art Prompts: Aug 24–30

Monday, August 24
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, August 25
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday 
#ColorADay + #BlueTue 

Wednesday, August 26
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, August 27
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #TheWorking Garden
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, August 28
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, August 29
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #summer
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, august 30
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

Compiled by @handcrankedAll Week Art Prompts: Aug 24–30

#AOFoto 
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay 
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome) 

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette 
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #dots

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekHForHearts

#MixedMedia52 + #lines

#PaintByWords + #SturgeonMoon or #lamp
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #EraShift
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #traffic

Compiled by @handcranked
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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Sunday is #Stunday! Share whatever you find stunning with the hashtag, scroll, and enjoy. #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #MobilePhotography #dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
A photo of a stunning Stellar's Jay with amazing white eyebrows perched on a bare beach with pine needles and branches in the background. Text on the image says, "Every Sunday is #Stunday. Post whatever you find stunning. All types of art & skill levels welcome. Your original art only."
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𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 @churchstreetimages.com · 18/08/2026
Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday August 22, 2026 The theme is #Chaos Go crazy this week! Use both tags to be included in the feed. Multiple entries welcome. #art #artists #photography #drawing #painting #sketching #writing #poetry
Photo of blurry christmas lights with text reading:
Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday August 22, 2026
The theme is #Chaos
Any Art. Any interpretation.
Use both tags to be
included in our feed.
Multiple entries welcome.
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