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Peter Barnes
@infinite8horizon.com
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Eclectic curmudgeon, bio: https://bsky.app/profile/infinite8horizon.com/post/3lgmq5wdco22d

On Turrbal land, he/him/ally.
Photos etc. here.
Politics at @infinite8horizon2.bsky.social
∃ @infinite8horizon alter-egos on mastodon & others.
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Peter Barnes @infinite8horizon.com · Mar 27
Hi, and welcome!
I have two BlueSky accounts.
This one is for my photos (and others') and other nice things.

The other account, @infinite8horizon2.bsky.social, is for politics and not-so-nice things. Choose wisely, and check the auto-complete.

Bio is the same (it's me!), link in profile.
Enjoy.
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Good Morning!
Bald Knob 053500

#photography #landscape #sunrise #BaldKnob #gift #EastCoastKin
Serried ranks of low cumulus are marching across the ocean horizon, backlit by the just-risen sun. Otherwise the sky is clear, and the coastal plain and framing trees are still dark in shadowy.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HangingAround
I'm taking a liberty here... However these birds are all definitely hanging...

Rainbow bee-eater, magpie lark (top), rainbow lorikeet, rainbow bee-eater

#photography #birds #EastCoastKin
A rainbow bee-eater in a vertical dive into the water A magpie lark in a vertical dive on a bush stone curlew A rainbow lorikeet in a vertical crash dive out of a tree A rainbow bee-eater diving from a branch
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HangingAround
The usual little suspects.
Red-backed fairy wren, azure kingfisher, superb fairy-wren pair, red-backed fairy wren pair

#photography #birds #EastCoastKin
A red-backed fairy wren quite comfortable on a nearly vertical wand. Azure kingfisher not exactly on the level... Pair of superb fairy wrens Pair of red-backed fairy wrens
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HangingAround
I need to devote a post each to the lorikeets 🤣 who do nothing *but*...

Scaly-breasted lorikeets
#photography #birds #ScalyBreasted #EastCoastKin
Scaly-breasted lorikeet feeding on flowering gum. Upside down, of course. Pair of scaly-breasted lorikeets relaxing. One hanging nearly upside down. A small flock of scaly-breasted lorikeets waiting for their noisy cousins to leave. Sideways, of course. Three scaly-breasted lorikeets waiting for their noisy cousins to leave. Sideways, of course.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HangingAround
I need to devote a post each to the lorikeets 🤣 who do nothing *but*...

Rainbow lorikeets
#photography #birds #RainbowLorikeet #EastCoastKin
A pair of rainbow lorikeets cuddling. Upside down, of course. A pair of inquisitive rainbow lorikeets. Upside down, of course. A rainbow lorikeet working on the parallel bars. Sideways, of course. "He was here a moment ago..."
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Reposted by Peter Barnes
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Driving to Rotterdam for work today, hoping for a glorious sunrise you so often hear commuters talk about. So, I got this 🤣. And traffic jams. Which were of use. Actually. So I could take these pictures 😇.

#photography #mist #fog #nature #landscape #commuting #roadtrip #thicktrunktuesday #windmill
An old windmill with a triangular shaped house at the base, surrounded by fog. There's a little bridge on it's right. Leafless trees in the fog Top branches of bushes at the lower part of the picture, enveloped in fog A row of leafless trees enveloped in fog. In the froreground wooden poles next to each other on a grass field cover the verge next to the road.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Rebuffed... (a thread)

This could be a #WordlessWednesday...
#TwosDay #AnimalArtTuesday
#photography #birds #lorikeets #courtship #EastCoastKin
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A pair of scaly-breasted lorikeets, the male courting, the female just not into him
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Water Dragons on the Brisbane River

#TwosDay #TidesOutTuesday #RockinTuesday #AnimalArtTuesday
#photography #reptiles #lizards #EastCoastKin
A pair of water dragons each jealously guarding their rock and place in the sun.
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Good evening!
Bald Knob full moon

#landscape #FullMoon #VenusBelt #dusk #sunset #gift #EastCoastKin
Full moon rising in Venus' belt
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Almost still life...
Scaly-breasted lorikeet in flowering gum

#photography #birds #highkey #art #gift #EastCoastKin
A lorikeet is just leaving one cluster of gum-flowers to fly to the next.
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Reposted by Peter Barnes
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Those last leaves 🍂🍃

#photography #nature #landscape #fens #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin
A fen on the left with the watery sun reflected in it. Some trees and tall golden grasses. Some branches with the last leaves backlit by the sun.
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Good Morning!
Contemplation - Bald Knob

(Would have done for #BirdOnAWire #BirdOfTheDay, never mind)
#Photography #birds #KingParrot #mist #landscape #gift #EastCoastKin
A lone King Parrot, back to us and head in profile, alone on the deck wiring, contemplating the misty landscape before it.
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Hibiscus harlequin bugs on ... Australian native hibiscus

#MacroMonday
#photography #macro #insects #TectocorisDiophthalmus #EastCoastKin
A cluster of hibiscus harlequin bugs on a hibiscus bud A cluster of hibiscus harlequin bugs on a hibiscus bud
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Poinciana in early morning light

#BlueSkyMonday #MinimalMonday
#photography #flowers #poinciana #bloomscrolling #art #gift #EastCoastKin
A branch of poinciana flowers transilluminated by early morning sunlight, with blue sky and white clouds out of focus behind
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Thunderstorm over Mt. Gravatt this evening

Luckily it's still #Stunday because this was stunning.
Last shot is lit by lightning, not daylight!
Last three are video frame grabs, so quality is low.

#photography #landscape #storm #lightning #gift #EastCoastKin
A cloud to cloud lightning strike silhouetting a pine tree. The cloud is still glowing pink from the last vestiges of sunset. Internal lightning lights up thunderclouds a brilliant purple (frame grab from movie) Internal lightning lights up thunderclouds blue and purple (frame grab from movie) A lightning bolt so bright it lit up the entire landscape for kilometres, turning it bright as day. This shot was nearly 19:00 at night, completely dark.
November 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Reposted by Peter Barnes
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A fen sunset

#photography #nature #landscape #stunday #EastCoastKin
A ridge behind a fen, with the top of some pinetrees standing out above it. The sun is setting behind a group of trees on the left, reflected in the water below. The water is nearly still. The sky is hazy with soft blue, yellows and white mingled.
November 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Ain't love grand...
Rainbow lorikeets cuddling

Explanation in ALT
#Stunday
#photography #birds #love #RainbowLorikeet #allopreening #gift #EastCoastKin
This rather confusing picture shows a pair of rainbow lorikeets cuddling, or technically, allopreening, which consisted mostly of gentle neck nibbles. It went on for a long time, upside down, with quiet (for lorikeet) chatter, and was very very cute.
November 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Good Morning!
Not a sunrise, for a change, but clouds at zenith lit by dawn light. A reminder to look up in wonder.

#photography #abstract #cloudscape #art #gift #EastCoastKin
A mix of high and low cloud, streaks and little puffballs, lit varying amounts by as-yet uncoloured dawn light. The darker blue of some clouds contrasts subtly with the blue of the sky and the white of others.
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Reposted by Peter Barnes
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No, I did not go to Iceland and used a drone on the beach. This is the roof of my car 😄.

#photography #BlueSkyArtShow #small #EastCoastKin #frost
Ice crystal flowers on the top of a grey car roof
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Good Morning!
Bald Knob 063923

#photography #landscape #sunrise #BaldKnob #gift #EastCoastKin
A golden sun is largely masked by messy low cumulus over the ocean's horizon, but is blazing through in places, and backlighting the whole cloud bank. Above the sky is dull blue, while below the sea is just distinguishable from the land as a lighter grey-blue. The scene is framed left and right by the intruding branches of trees in silhouette.
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Honeybee on Tabebuia

#BlueSkyArtShow #small
#photography #macro #flowers #insects #bees #diptera #EastCoastKin
A honeybee about to alight on a golden trumpet (Tabebuia) flower
November 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Native boobook

These count in #BlueSkyArtShow #small because they are Australia's smallest owl.
#photography #birds #boobook #owl #repost #EastCoastKin
Two Australian boobook owls (Ninox boobook) staring at the photographer.
November 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Fruit flies (Scaptodrosophila) on Australian native hibiscus (H. heterophyllus)

#BNWmacro
#Photography #macro #mono #ClassicMono #insects #diptera #EastCoastKin
Fruit flies (Scaptodrosophila) on Australian native hibiscus (H. heterophyllus). Exposure on the flower's centre has been increased to show the large numbers of flies clustered inside.
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Reposted by Peter Barnes
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Dark, gray, but peaceful

#photography #nature #landscape #scape #lakescape #EastCoastKin #ForestFriday #Ardennes
A wooden house floating on a completely still lake, reflecting in the water. An autumncolored forest covers the hills next to the lake. The sky is completely grey.
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Good Morning!
Bald Knob 061129

There's a reason you don't ever see all of the right-hand trees... They're huge...
#ForestFriday #scape
#photography #BaldKnob #sunrise #landscape #portrait #gift #EastCoastKin
Dawn skies over the dark timbered plain, looking out to the Sunshine Coast and the sea. There is light cloud overhead, barely touched yet by the sun, while low to the horizon denser cloud banks are lit bright yellow and softer pink. A lake gleams in the dark land around it, and the scene is framed by the silhouettes of nearby eucalypts, with the dim outlines of other trees and bushes on the steep escarpment just barely visible.
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM