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aidan

@manykarz.bsky.social

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Imperfections, limitations, and the hardware of film photography are always fascinating I love cats and cars and science and music I oppose authoritarian governments

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aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 2d

Working hard to eat the whole thing.

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 160

#believeinfilm

A monarch caterpillar is halfway through eating a common milkweed leaf.

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aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 3d

Hey hey Caturday

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 160

#believeinfilm #catsonfilm

A tabby cat with white and a muted calico lounge in the warm sunlight

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aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 5d

Striped boys in the sun, alternate

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 160

#believeinfilm #catsonfilm

One orange and one standard tabby cat with white share a slice of sunlight.

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aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 6d

Striped boys in the sun

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 160

#believeinfilm #catsonfilm

An orange tabby cats sits on a windowsill and a tabby with white sits below in his bed. Both are enjoying the warm sunshine.

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aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 6d

I rarely get it on the first guess, but today was one of those 🟢 🟢 🟢 days. Thanks for making me aware of this game!

aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 9d

a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .

ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .

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aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 9d

Ivy and a fire escape

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 160

#believeinfilm

A simple 3-story brick building is being slowly covered by ivy, starting at the corner. Sunlight hits only the top half, illuminating the upper portion of the fire escape.

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aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 10d

Mist on the marsh

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 160

#believeinfilm

Morning on the edge of a marsh, trees hem in the foggy view of cattails.

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aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 10d

Ongo Gablogian, charmed I’m sure

A Lego-ized Ongo Gablogian is painted on the edge of a sidewalk in Milwaukee.

aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 12d

Merc

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 160

#believeinfilm

A red Mercedes coupe sits in the parking lot of an auto shop, waiting for some kind of service.

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aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 14d

Milkweed Mantis

📷 Pentax LX, 50mm f/1.4
🎞️ Phoenix II

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A praying mantis hangs on a common milkweed, waiting for snack-bugs

aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 15d

Rivian eyes glaring =0===0=

aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 15d

Summer sky: in the eye of the Holga

📷 Holga GCFN
🎞️ Phoenix II

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A blue sky is occluded by puffy clouds and an oak tree in the lower part of the frame. Vignetting is extreme.

aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 16d

The images are so charmering!

aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 16d

All we are… is dust

aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 17d

Thinking about snowy backroads in the UP

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 800

#believeinfilm

A Rivian R1S has snow built up around all the trailing edges after many miles of driving on deserted snowy roads.

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aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 18d

SLOW DOWN

📷 Rollei 35, f/3.5
🎞️ Cinestill BWXX

#believeinfilm #blackandwhite

A local historic house with intricate moldings has wires running to it from a very busy telephone pole, complete with a “SLOW DOWN this is not a @&$!ing freeway” sign. Black and white.

aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 19d

La Jolla house

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak ColorPlus

#believeinfilm

An intriguing house with wooden shingles overlooks the ocean, just a few blocks away.

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aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 20d

Brickwork, Spring 2025

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak ColorPlus

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Bright sunlight shines on the ornate brickwork of a corner building in a small town.

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aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 21d

Unfortunately, this is an AI image, so it does not exist. 😬

aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 21d

Bonus points are awarded if you find more than one frog.

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aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 22d

Find the frog: MSU garden

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 160

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A small frog sits on a lily pad in a raised pond near a single lily flower.

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aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 23d

Sometimes you’re just totally ready when the time is right. Awesome!

aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 24d

🟥🟧🟨

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Gold

#believeinfilm

A sheet-metal clad building with a spectrum of red to orange colors.

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aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 24d

Live every day like it’s #caturday

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Phoenix II

#believeinfilm #catsonfilm

A tabby cat with white stands in the sun, face reflected in the glass of the woodstove door. Highlights show film halation.