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John Meyer
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Retired wordsmith. Badlands rambler. Camera slinger. Reader of books and watcher of films. Graduate of the University of Texas. A deep blue resident of a deeply red state.
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John Meyer @johnme23.bsky.social · Dec 17
Self portrait, with hoodoos

#selfportrait #hoodoos #blackandwhite
A black and white selfie of the photographer with rock structures in the background
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Regarding a cloud: Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah wilderness, NW New Mexico

#BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #badlands #wilderness #hiking #landscapephotography #bluesky #rockformation #erosion #hoodoos
A stout, flat-topped hoodoo dominates the center of the image, with a series of other eroded figures to left and right - all set against a deep blue sky, faultless except for a single cottonball cloud at right.
February 16, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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Boulder field: Bisti badlands, NW New Mexico

#Stunday #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #lowkey #blackandwhite #monochrome #bisti #newmexico #badlands #rockformation #hiking #wilderness
Dramatically darkened b&w image of a boulder field on cracked clay ground. The rocks are mottled and smooth. The ridgeline at the horizon undulates, with one prominence at center right almost peak-like. The sky is dark, streaked with white clouds that seem to emanate from a center point.
February 15, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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Point of land: Capitol Reef

#Stunday #EastCoastKin #classicmono #blackandwhite #landscapephotography #cliffs #sandstone #capitolreef #utah #nationalpark #hiking #drywash #erosion
A rocky promontory looms above a dry wash in broken canyon country. The left-most cliff faces are mostly in shadow, while the low slopes at right are sunlit. A group of small trees grows atop the low rise of the right-hand bank. The sky is shaded and dark. Canon 5DII, f/7.
February 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Gnarled bark of an ancient cottonwood

#BlueSkyArtShow #Wood #EastCoastKin #monochrome #blackandwhite #treebark
This heavily contrasted study of the bark of a stately cottonwood shows high detail. The scene might be mistaken for stalactitic pillars in an underground setting.
February 14, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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"V" for Valentine's

#BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #blackandwhite #landscape #cliffs #contrails #Vshaped #Valentines #cliffs
A steep cliff face seems small in comparison to contrails against the dark sky. One set of contrails almost forms a "V", but they don't connect at the bottom. Another set succeeds in forming an upside-down "V." There's a third "V" at bottom left of the image formed by opposing rock slopes.
February 14, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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Sky lines for #BlueSkyArtShow

#blackandwhite #concrete #bridge #sky #angles #EastCoastKin #geometrical #underthebridge
Stark black and white image taken from under a bridge, showing a mottled gray sky streaked with clouds and sunlight. On the far horizon is a large spreading tree, while closer at hand a tall weed grows up from a concrete apron.
February 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Juniper triumphant: Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

#Scape #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #sepia #monochrome #blackandwhite #stuntedtree #sandstone #rockformation #capitolreef #utah #nationalpark
A single stunted juniper rises defiantly atop a rocky knoll, silhouetted against a sky of swirling clouds. To its right, behind the foreground cliff, a dome of sandstone rises in the distance. More cliffs appear behind and to the left. Canon 5DII, f/8
February 13, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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The third option

#Scape #EastCoastKin #blackandwhite #landscape #citypark #bikepath #walker #baretrees
A copse of trees, bare of foliage, stands between a bike path at left and a road at right. Also apparent is a foot trail just to the right of the bike path, which disappears into the distance beyond the copse. The sky above is partly cloudy, lending drama. There is a person walking on the bike path at lower left.
February 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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Tooth of the titan

#blackandwhite #landscapephotography #classicmono #eastcoastkin #capitolreef #utah #hoodoos #rockformation
#geology
A person clambers beneath a huge balanced boulder that sits atop a column of highly stratified rock. In the right foreground another similar formation appears partially out of frame. Off in the left distance we see a series of cliffs beneath a washed-out sky with just a hint of cloud at top of image.
February 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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Dark falls

#WaterfallWednesday #EastCoastKin #waterfall #blackandwhite #sepiatone #classicmono #impressionistic
A waterfall pours down into a pool in the left-central part of this monochrome image, with a smaller auxiliary falls to its left. Details of the cliff face are visible on the rock surface to the right of the falls, gradually growing dimmer toward the far border. The pond in front of the falls is rippled and ends at a shoreline at bottom of frame. Canon 5DII, f/8, 1/320 at ISO 100.
February 11, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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Terminator: Capitol Reef National Park

#RockInTuesday #Landscapephotography #capitolreef #Utah #blackandwhite #classicmono #EastCoastKin
Shadow falls over a stark, steep cliff face, with bare hints of detail below the shadow line and sharp detail on the rock face above. The sky over all is featureless black.
February 10, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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When it comes to rock, you can't beat sandstone for showing such a range of shades and textures. Trail to lower Calf Creek Falls, Escalante/Grand Staircase National Monument, Utah.

#RockInTuesday #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #sandstone #geology #Utah #hiking #scenic #trail #escalante
Colorful, variegated sandstone cliff face showing multiple shades of red, tan and black, with a variety of textures thrown in. In the foreground we see verdant green bushes with a tall deciduous tree framing the image at right.
February 10, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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Crags above Porphyry Basin near Silverton, Colorado

#MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #sanjuans #silverton #ouray #peaks #forest
Craggy pinnacles loom over a dense forest of pine trees, framed by pines on either side. A puffy white cloud floats above.
February 9, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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Hoodoo group near Big Water, Utah

#BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #Utah #Escalante #Kanab #hoodoos #sandstone #bluesky
Centered is a broad, bulky hoodoo, whitish in color with an iron-red cap. Several other white hoodoos with similar caps appear at left, with a steep white cliff face behind. The sky is blue with wispy white clouds.
February 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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Making a statement: White Rock Lake Park this morning

#Stunday #EastCoastKin #sunrise #urbanwilds #citypark #trees #clouds #sunbeams
Brilliant solar rays streak above a cloud mass at picture's center. A ruddy glow remains below cloud level, while above the clouds are wispy and bright white. Bare trees with reaching branches dominate the lower half of the image.
February 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Diagonal: diving strata, outside Big Water, Utah

#Stunday #EastCoastKin #blackandwhite #monochrome #geology #landscapephotography #stratification #vintage
A dark diagonal of gray-shaded rock, thinly layered, slashes across the image from upper left to lower right, dominating the scene. The rest of the image - a series of sloping to vertical cliffs in the distance, and a rough track of road in the foreground - appears washed out and dreamlike.
February 8, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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#Sunlight dapples the forest floor in #Sequoia Natl. Park

#Sunshine #EastCoastKin #blackandwhite #sepiatone #classicmono #bigtrees #california #ferns
A forest floor covered in ferns is flanked by a huge tree in deep shadow at right. Mid-distance at left are another pair of big trees, one in full shadow and one brightly lit. The forest extends toward the back of the image out of sight.
February 7, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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Sky as art: White Rock Lake Park, Dallas, Texas

#BlueSkyArtShow #Sunlight #EastCoastKin #sunrise #clouds #landscape #photography #citypark #bluesky
A glorious sunrise as the glow brightens behind a row of trees on the horizon, with streaks of low-level clouds taking color from the blue sky sneaking through above and the blazing red sun below.
February 7, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Encroachment: undisclosed badlands locality, NW New Mexico

#Scape #EastCoastKin #landscape #photography #nature #erosion #grass #wilderness #backofbeyond #mudstone
Sparse but healthy-looking grass clumps grow in the bottom of a dry wash. At its far side the smooth sand surface undercuts a vertical mass of reddish mudstone, heavily weathered and extending upward beyond the top of the photo.
February 6, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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Complex erosional terrain: undisclosed badlands locality, NW New Mexico

#Scape #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #badlands #erosion #geology #hiking #wilderness #backofbeyond #hoodoos #NewMexico
A number of small hoodoos sit atop a yellowish mudstone cliff capped by a light gray-colored harder rock. Beyond the shoulder of this hill at left rises a huge eroded peak showing successive bands of different-colored strata, from yellow to brick to ash-gray and red. The sky is faultless blue.
February 6, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Fog clearing: Hwy. 12, Calf Creek, Utah

#scenic #vista #landscapephotography #utah #hogback #hwy12 #escalante #fog #overlook #sandstone #slickrock
Prominent spur of whitish sandstone juts out over a canyon at right, with the redder rocks of a sandstone formation below and across the canyon. Pinnacles of white sandstone tower upward, with wisps of fog or low clouds breaching the canyon rim.
February 5, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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Nine lights: White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas

#classicmono #eastcoastkin #citypark #footbridge #blackandwhite #fog #lakeshore #reflection
A deserted footbridge spans the broad inlet of a lake, with its far shore shrouded in fog. The pillars and the framework of the bridge are reflected in the lightly wavering surface of the water beneath. The near shore is represented by an untidy mass of low reeds or grasses. Clouds roil the sky above, adding drama.
February 5, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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Between two bridges: White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas

#classicmono #eastcoastkin #blackandwhite #landscapephotography #citypark #lakeshore #fog #parkbench #picnictable #cloudformation
A picnic table and a park bench occupy the foreground of this image taken at the edge of a lakeshore between two bridges. Across the lake the other shoreline is partially obscured by fog. The sky exhibits mottled, streaked cloud cover.
February 4, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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Abandoned farmhouse: Victor, Idaho

#WindowsOnWednesday #EastCoastKin #blackandwhite #moody #monochrome #abandoned #overgrown #ominous
Looking beyond a field of overgrown grasses and shrubs to a peak-roofed farmhouse structure with broken glass in the windows and a central chimney that is still surprisingly intact, given the clearly abandoned nature of the house. The image emphasizes the darkness surrounding the house, with an ominous gray cloud hovering overhead at the edge of the mostly-clear sky.
February 4, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Cherry on top: Little Egypt, S. of Hanksville, UT

#RockInTuesday #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #hoodoos #geology #utah #desert #hiking #rockformation #bluesky #badlands
Red rock badlands terrain featuring a group of hoodoos at left, leading to the prominent rock formation at right foreground, which consists of a bulbous red sandstone base with narrow neck of white rock and a red rock "ball" perched atop it. All this set against a towering mesa with steep cliffs and blue sky above with towering cumulous clouds to either side.
February 3, 2026 at 10:26 PM