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@rjrock.bsky.social

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I’m an Army veteran, tech exec, and East Coast Kin member. Photography is presence--a way for me to connect with this amazing world and the wonderful people in it. I enjoy shooting landscape, street, and architecture, but love exploring all milieus.

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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · Aug 8

"Primal Light"

Before names, before paths, before forests—there was just earth, fire, ice, and water becoming the world. Iceland is still that beginning. It was like nothing I'd felt before.

#Scape #Photography #LandscapePhotography #EastCoastKin #Iceland #Fujifilm

A wide panoramic view of Iceland’s highlands at dusk, evoking the feeling of a primordial Earth. In the foreground, a dark crater rim surrounds a deep blue lake. A steep volcanic cone rises just beyond, its green and ochre slopes illuminated by the warm light of sunset. Black lava plains stretch across the middle distance, cut with braided meltwater streams and dotted with patches of snow. Soft bands of pink and orange color the horizon, while the sky above deepens into twilight blue. The scene feels untouched—elemental, ancient, and yet alive with the sense that the world is still forming.

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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 36m

Thank you sir.

Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 59m

@pressingstories.bsky.social @phantasm26.bsky.social

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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 1h

“The Mayan”

Art Deco light meets Denver dusk — a temple of cinema glowing against the city’s cool evening sky.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #BlueSkyArtShow #Glow #Fujifilm #ClassicChrome #StreetPhotography #PhotographersofBlueSky

The image shows the Mayan Theatre in Denver, a historic Art Deco cinema bathed in neon light at dusk. The building’s facade features intricate geometric tilework in turquoise, red, and gold, and a large sculptural relief of a figure in Mayan attire holding a staff. A vertical neon sign reading “MAYAN” glows in bright blue and orange, casting reflections on the cream-colored stone. Below, the marquee advertises summer comedies and classic films, while a few pedestrians walk along the quiet sidewalk beneath the fading blue sky.
The photo captures the enduring charm of vintage urban theaters—places that hold both nostalgia and living culture, glowing like relics of a more communal era in the fading evening light.

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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you! There’s something special about neon Americana. I cannot pass an example by without capturing. Especially theatres and hotels.

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ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 5h

drooping
#photography
#macrophotography
#abstractphotography
#blueskyartshow
#glow
#photographersofbluesky
#eastcoastkin
#flowers
#art
#bloomscrolling

flower that's starting to fade.
drooping. but drooping beautifully.
still glowing.

here's to glowing when you droop!

photograph.

macrophotograph of a white flower that's begun to droop. still beautiful. drooping but glowing. the entire image is white... white flower against white background, but with the green calyx at the top. and purple in the petals' shadows.

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Diana @diana-m-keener.bsky.social · 8h

Just a reminder that tomorrow is #imageandverse with #eastcoastkin

Combine a verse (either one of your own or one you love) with an image that marries the two.

We have had so much wonderful participation and I can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with! 🙂

Here’s a hint at what I am up to…

Blue book with a gold portrait of Aristotle. Book title is “Poetics”

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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 7h

“Fox Theater at Night”

The neon hums like memory—bright, defiant, and still alive against the dark.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #BlueSkyArtShow #Glow #StreetPhotography
#Denver #Colorado

The photograph shows the Fox Theater’s tall neon sign glowing in vivid red, green, and yellow against a deep black night sky. The letters “F-O-X” rise vertically in a classic Art Deco design, while the marquee below announces upcoming shows like Schoolhouse Rock Live and Lizzie. Streetlights cast warm pools of light across the sidewalk, illuminating the bike rack, marquee, and closed double doors below. The theater’s curved aluminum facade adds a faint metallic sheen, giving contrast to the bright, nostalgic glow of the neon.

This image speaks to endurance and nostalgia—the way places built for gathering still hold their presence long after the crowds fade. The Fox’s light isn’t just illumination; it’s memory refusing to dim.

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Tramonte's TrailPhotos @tramontes-t-photos.bsky.social · 1d

Late afternoon returning on the Meadow Mountain trail near Minturn, #Colorado, some rustic fencing called out to me while the clouds scattered above, waiting for their evening rays to put some extra color in them, for #FencePostFriday.

#hiking #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin #RockyMountains

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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you sir!

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jg71.bsky.social @jg71.bsky.social · 1d

corridor in a WW2 bunker #scape #eastcoastkin #photography #bunker #history

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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 1d

“Battlement Mesa at Sunset”

Battlement Mesa above the Colorado River just before sunset. The sky carries faint pink clouds reflected in the slow-moving water.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Scape #Fujifilm

A color photograph taken at early sunset along the Colorado River with Battlement Mesa in the background. The mesa’s layered slopes show soft purple and brown tones under even light, while scattered houses sit at its base among trees and shrubs. The river fills the lower half of the frame, its surface reflecting pink and blue from the sky. Grasses and sagebrush line the near bank. The sky above the mountains is clear except for streaks of pale pink clouds. The overall mood is calm and transitional, with detailed rendering of texture in both vegetation and rock.

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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 1d

“Creek Under Firs”

Slow exposure study of a mountain creek under fir and spruce. Wet rocks reflect soft morning light, and the current runs smooth through the forest shade.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #ForestFriday #LandscapePhotography #Fujifilm

A vertical color photograph of a mountain creek flowing through dense fir and spruce forest. The stream moves diagonally through the frame, its motion rendered silky by a long exposure. Rounded rocks, some wet and reflective, line the banks and bed of the stream. The surrounding trees rise straight and tall, their trunks warm brown against cool green needles. Sunlight filters faintly through the canopy, catching patches of lighter foliage in the background. The composition emphasizes texture—smooth water against rough stone and bark—and showcases balanced exposure control in low, shaded light.

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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 1d

“Guanella Pass Meadow”

My hiking partner and photography assistant Tinkerbell, standing in a mountain meadow off Guanella Pass. Early fall color on the aspens, calm weather, clear light.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #Scape #ForestFriday #PetsofBlueSky #LandscapePhotography #Fujifilm

A color photograph of a high-country meadow off Guanella Pass in Colorado. The scene shows a wide open field with dry grass and low shrubs bordered by aspen and pine trees. The aspen leaves are turning yellow and gold, signaling early fall. In the foreground at right stands a large white Great Pyrenees dog named Tinkerbell, facing the camera with her tail slightly curled. Behind her, a mountain ridge rises under a blue sky with thin white clouds. The lighting is even and crisp, showing clear detail in both the foreground vegetation and distant slopes. The composition captures the scale of the landscape and the companionship of a trail partner within it.

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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 1d

“Parachute Evening”

A wide panorama from the edge of a pond in Parachute, Colorado. The last light catches the peak while the water holds a calm reflection.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Scape #Fujifilm

A panoramic color photograph taken near Parachute, Colorado at dusk. A calm pond fills the foreground, its surface reflecting a mountain and the soft colors of the evening sky. The mountain rises steeply with exposed rock and muted vegetation, its summit catching a patch of orange light from the setting sun. A line of trees and dense shrubs borders the water’s edge, and reeds appear in the lower right foreground. The sky transitions from pale peach near the horizon to deep blue above. The overall composition emphasizes horizontal balance, natural color gradients, and stillness in both water and air.

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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 1d

“Aspen Canopy”

Looking straight up into a stand of aspens at peak color.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #ForestFriday #LandscapePhotography #Fujifilm

A color photograph taken from the forest floor looking straight up into tall aspen trees during autumn. The leaves form a dense canopy of gold and orange, with occasional greens remaining near the edges. Pale trunks rise and angle inward toward the center of the frame, converging against a patch of deep blue sky scattered with white clouds. Light filters through the leaves, creating subtle variations in brightness and hue. The image emphasizes symmetry, upward perspective, and the texture of the branches—a study in color, structure, and the season’s fleeting clarity.

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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 1d

Elk and deer for sure. Haven’t caught a moose or bear yet. But the views will be spectacular. Have fun!!

Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks. Realized I could just go to the top of the parking garage. Nice views from there.

Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you Alina. I love shooting street on wet nights. The atmosphere has a hint of magic.

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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 1d

“Civic Geometry”

Denver’s judicial and office towers after dark—two architectures of order, one stone, one glass. Light trails mark the night shift. At the corner, a man sits alone, holding a sign toward passing cars.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #UrbanGaze #HumansofBlueSky #ClassicMono #Fujifilm

A black-and-white photograph taken from the top level of a downtown Denver parking garage at night. The view looks across the intersection toward the Ralph Carr Judicial Center, its stone façade brightly lit, and a tall glass office tower to the right reflecting lines of light. Headlights and taillights streak through the crossroads below in long, smooth trails. In the bottom corner of the intersection, a solitary man sits on the sidewalk with his back to the camera, holding up a small sign to the flow of cars. The night is clear, the stars faint, and the city’s grid appears both orderly and impersonal under electric light. The composition emphasizes precision, exposure control, and the quiet human presence within an otherwise formal urban scene.

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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 2d

“Crosswalk Study”

Light, shape, and movement in a quiet downtown grid.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #UrbanGaze #HumansofBlueSky #ClassicMono #StreetPhotography
#Fujifilm
#Colorado

A black-and-white photograph of a city intersection. Wide white crosswalk stripes angle across the dark street, clean and uniform. A cyclist rides through the middle distance while two pedestrians walk near the corner. The morning light is clear and directional, brightening the street markings and the upper floors of the old brick building behind them. Above it, glass and concrete towers rise, their façades patterned with reflections and lines. No cars are moving; the frame is still except for the faint motion of people.

The image is about arrangement—parallel lines, repeating windows, measured light. Nothing performs. The stripes remain stripes, the buildings remain buildings, and together they hold a brief balance between order and calm.

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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 2d

“Cultural Constellation”

In Denver’s museum district, light becomes the language connecting stone, glass, and skyline.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #UrbanGaze #ClassicMono #Fujifilm #PhotographersofBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #Denver

A black-and-white cityscape of Denver’s cultural core: the museum’s angular planes, the round pavilion’s glass walls, and the library’s stone forms align beneath a starless night. The contrast between soft glow and hard geometry creates visual cadence—an urban nocturne of texture and tone. Trees in shadow ground the scene, while the distant skyline glimmers faintly beyond.
It reads like a quiet conversation between institutions—each building a note in the larger architecture of civic imagination.

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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 2d

“Public Forum”

Lines of light and stone converge this elevated view of the Denver Public Library.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #UrbanGaze #ClassicMono #Fujifilm #PhotographersofBlueSky #PhotographersUnited

The Denver Public Library rises in symmetry, its curved central façade flanked by angular wings of stone. Rows of illuminated windows form a soft grid against the night. Above, the triangular steel canopy hovers like a crown, lit from within. Every surface glows with restrained confidence, textures rendered in tones of graphite and marble gray.
The photograph transforms civic architecture into an emblem of equilibrium—order made luminous, permanence meeting night’s still air.

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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 2d

Thank so much!

Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 2d

“Vertical Silence”

A grid of glass and steel climbs into emptiness—geometry becoming quiet, space becoming thought.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #UrbanGaze #ClassicMono #Fujifilm #Minimalism

The photograph looks straight up along the façade of a modern high-rise, its mirrored windows forming clean, parallel lines that narrow toward the vanishing point. The composition is stark and minimalist: a play of rectangles and reflections, of light glancing across metal and glass. The sky is pale and featureless, amplifying the building’s ascent and the photograph’s graphic tension. There are no people, no clouds, no distractions—just the rhythm of form reaching toward infinity.
This image turns architecture into abstraction, where structure becomes meditation. It captures that quiet moment when the urban world sheds its noise, leaving only line, pattern, and the weightless pull of open air.

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Rock @rjrock.bsky.social · 2d

“Star Treatment”

A car wash built like a stage set—bold reds, spotlights, and the promise of transformation. All it’s missing is the applause.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #UrbanGaze #Fujifilm #PhotographersofBlueSky