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boston biped. always walking always looking often hiding from the world we've made ++queer is beautiful++ most photos taken w minolta 58mm f1.2 or c-mount lens all images are mine, except reposts ofc

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nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · May 24

new profile pic is from
a med format film photo i took

part of a series of images of decorated and painted mannequin heads. no one knew exactly where they came from.

the store where they lived has closed, and they've been scattered to the winds. i have 3

#mediumformat #120 #film #photography

medium format film 'scan' (actually a dslr photo of the negative taken with a light box) of a decorated mannequin head. photo taken from below, where the eyes seem to be looking, highlighting the damaged and cracked chin and bright red painted lips, also chipped and damaged. the nose is also chipped. despite it all, the general vibe is defiance and strength.

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nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 8h

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nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 1d

#fall #photography
#cmount

some dead and empty stick branches at the bottom of the image lead immediately to an explosion or orange and yellow leaves that fills the rest of the image

pink/purple puffballs turning brown on blackened woody stalks against a blurry green pond.

bright red berries against dieing yellowgreen leaves gathered in a half circle below blurry tree trunks in the shadows.

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nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #fall

looking up at large dying plants backlit by the sun. all the flowers and seeds have gone and the yellow leaves are curled and blackened.

nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 2d

my hobby is watching light
and sometimes i take picture to show you why
(but usually i just sit and watch and feel alive)
#photography

a large unlit lightbulb hangs from the a porch as sunlight streams through the top of the image. blurry fall colors in the background.

a windless flag hangs in bright sunshine in front of a white house gone blue in the shade , framed by bright orange fall leaves.

bright white lines of birch tree shoot up like lightning through yellow birch leaves. a few blurry power lines cross the image.

black and white of an unlit bulb hanging from a porch with now prominent sun light creating an overbright star at the top of the image. single strands of backlit spidersilk seem to be anchoring the dangling bulb

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nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 2d

#fall #photography #cmountlens

3 dried leaves on a thin purple twig against a blurry bright orange background of fall foliage

bright purple fuzzy flowers all cluster together in the sunlight

beyond a screen of birch trees, a spray of small orange berries catches the light

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nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 2d

for a few days once a year they perfectly match

i dunno what the rouge X means, but i do wonder if it was applied in the fall....
#fall #photography

looking up at a transformer on a power pole with a weathered redtaped X that matches the color of the fall foliage directly behind the power line.

nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 2d

more little things from a walk near alewife today
dried husks and dying leaves
exuberantly withdrawing
#photography #fall
#cmountens

long bright-red dried leaves droop in pairs from thin branches

looking up at rows of seed-pods? tiny flowers? decorating long stems with backlit dying leaves in browns and yellows.

an uncountable horde of backlit puffball seeds in bunches on dark branches with dead curled leaves. a strand of spider silk catches the light as it wafts between the two highest clumps of fuzzy seeds.

looking into the depths of color on a changing tree, deep orange and bright yellow to greens

nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 2d

birch tree and friends
along the public path today
#photography #fall

close-up of a bone-white birch tree with most of its grey bark gone. in the background: bright red blur of a background tree in fall colors.

a stand of trees across a small pond of all different colors red yellow orange green. an opening on the left reveals the super bright bark of 2 spindly birch trees

nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 3d

walking the dog
#fall #photography

two ppl walking a dog at the edge of a deep shadow, the grass dotted with fallen leaves

a large branch crowded with bright orange leaves hangs low over a chain link fence

photo of a distant ball court on a playground of green grass and exposed soil from running feet

looking up at chipped and weathered paint on old windows of an attic. a white porcelain cat sits and watches the world below.

nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 3d

so much fall
so much more to fall
#photography #fall #cmount

a wooden pillar on a porch with morning light on the curve of its left side. background is a deep red blur of distant fall leaves

looking through a tunnel of tree leaves in fall colors run through with sunlight

nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 4d

#city #fall #photography
#cmountlens

blurry road signs crowded on the right one speed limit sign with bright yellow matches tiny bright yellow leaves on a tree in focus in the background

folded striped grey and solid blue umbrellas in an outdoor eating area surrounded by old brick buildings and in the background one tall tree in green and yellow fall colors

a weathered public art object in the shape of a large new England style house on the top of a tall pole is surrounded by fall foliage

the tops of three trees compete in yellows reds and greens against a blue sky, crossed by dark blurry transmission lines in the foreground.

nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 4d

lynch was haruspex
in the american abattoir
gleaning murky truth in shades of offal

we need artists willing to get lost on their way to nowhere
sending out great exhalations along the way

without the lost
we are lost

#davidlynch #twinpeaks
#photography

a photo of the back of an old rusty stop sign where someone has attached a small highschool senior photo, instantly recognizable as Laura palmer's yearbook photo from twin peaks.

nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 4d

earlier today running errands in Davis square
#city #fall
#photography #cmountlens

deep red/purple leaves on bountiful display, mostly obscuring a white metal parking sign

looking through multiple layers of treetops in yellow and green to a distant american flag fully extended in a breeze. behind is a huge bank of super white fluffy clouds

bright red yellow and green leaves invade the image from bottom left consuming a distant brick wall

nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 5d

16 x 20 aka 406 x 508
print on baryta softgloss

i'm liking it but I'll walk by it for a few days in different light and maybe do one more print. it might be a bit warm.
#photography #printing

cell photo looking down at a finished printed image of a girl climbing a massive memorial and carefully placing a sign on a sitting statue that reads "power to the peaceful"

nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 6d

a crazed chicken and a pause in the action
on Boston common the other day
#photography

the enormous backlit head of a chicken on an inflatable costume seems to be squawking at the heavens next to a bright American flag.

amidst a crowd of brightly lit and blurry people, one person stops to stand in the shadow of a tree and draw. an older gentleman is sitting on the ground in the shade with his head resting on the side of the same tree.

nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 8d

#photography #cmountlens

a picture of bubbles floating around in front of a huge marble memorial pedestal where people are sitting and holding signs. the most prominent reads "MAGA is FASCISM"

nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 8d

Boston common 2 days ago
#photography #cmountlens

a distant crowd of people and signs with the city as background. a bright American flag is centered at the highest point of the crowd

nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 9d

some of the creatures yesterday in Boston
#photography

a bright pink inflatable axolotl carrying a sign reading "Axolotls Against Autocracy". part of a human face can be seen in a window in the chin of the costume

on the left , a large American flag during a lull in the wind; on the Right, the bright yellow backlot head of a clearly insane chicken whose beak hasn't been inflated properly. a human head can be seen poking out the neck but it's lost in shadow.

a backlit dinosaur (trex) walking away beside someone wearing a costume that makes it look like they're riding a horse (?), holding a sign that reads "NO CONS NO KINGS"

a crowd of people looking away. in the center is the back of a gigantic white inflated chicken costume.

nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 9d

#nokings #photography

looking up at a memorial where people are climbing to place signs and watch the crowd. 4 ppl are visible behind a sunlit statue of a woman in a robe. on the right, one person balances carefully, reaching a hand out tentatively towards the silhouette of a ww1 soldier statue.

a sea of people and signs. one extra large sign held up by two people above all the others reads in black capital letters "NO ONE IS COMING IT'S UP TO US"

nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 9d

Boston common yesterday
#photography #cmountlens
#nokings

a protester wearing a Garfield costume carries a sign that reads "i hate ̶m̶o̶n̶d̶a̶y̶s̶ FASCISTS". behind then another person carries a sign that reads "i love America"

looking up at a memorial where people have climbed and placed signs. a person behind the silhouette of the statue of a ww1 soldier waves a large American flag. another person stands arms akimbo looking out over the crowd, in a pose mirroring the pose of the soldier statue. behind them is nothing but sky

a person wearing all black and a Patriots football branded tshirt walks slowly through the crowded park carrying a large American flag on his shoulder.

looking up at a statue honoring soldiers in past wars. a round sign has been placed in the statue's hands that reads "no king then. no king now". one of the statues extended fingers seems to be pointing up at the sign it holds

nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 10d

i took a bunch of photos with the old cmount telephoto lens today
but im too tired right now
no kings Boston was like a party.theres something exhausting about it all but i hope it leads to...anything. even a tiny ripple can dislodge a dam.

heres my instant fav tho
#nokings #photography #cmountlens

telephoto of a distant memorial plinth covered in florid gold lettering. shadowy forms in the foreground seem to be swarming up the base of the statue until one girl in bright sunlight, reaching up to attach a sign and pausing, face-to-face with the dark statue. the sign reads "power to the peaceful" in cheery lettering. 2 distant blurry buildings in the background make the whole image feel like a miniature.

nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 11d

approaching a building like it's a moment in time
trapped in an architectural cage
#architecture #photography

a b&w view from down the street of an old condemned building caught in a shaft of afternoon light

b&w pic of a classic yellow school bus passing, obscuring a closer view of the condemned building

a b&w view from across the street of an old condemned building. a street sign on the top right reads "Washington st"

nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 12d

just a beautiful old building awaiting erasure. every inch of the facade is covered in precious little details
#architecture #photography

a condemned old stone building surrounded by a chain link fence, photographed from across an intersection. 4 floors with a double-tall ground floor. almost all the windows are covered by rotting boards.

looking up at the facade of the building. there is stone carving and metal sculpture and iron work and slate paneling; everything is decorated in an unobtrusive manner.

nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 12d

Boston buildings can be really great in good light.

not the new ones though. those all look gross and every time i see a new one going up i just hear einstuerzende neubauten like a ringing in the ears...
#photography #architecture

a classic Boston apartment block of blond brick with rounded corners and sections of bright green metallic patina. 6 floors, no messin around.

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nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · 12d

the pale blue of late-day capitalism
#photography
#architecture

a complex cacophony of contrasting patinas on an old condemned building. pale blue rust red streaking yellow and even olive green.

looking up at the face of an old concrete apartment block, and 2 shadowy concrete porches with dark metal railing. all of the windows reflect a pale blue sheen.

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