J Ray R
@jresc.bsky.social
I'm here to build connections with thoughtful and creative people so that I might grow, and also find reasons to pleasantly pass the time.
All photos are mine except reposts.
Searching for authentic wherever it might be.
'Look Harder'
-Rafiki
All photos are mine except reposts.
Searching for authentic wherever it might be.
'Look Harder'
-Rafiki
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J Ray R
@jresc.bsky.social
· Feb 24
Ok, at this point, with 780 posts, I can no longer remember the photos shared or comments expressed, so allow me to apologize in advance if I repeat myself, because nobody wants to be twice as boring. ;)
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The Lookout
My photography assistant, Duke.
Holding it down for me as I try to take pictures of a wintery landscape.
#photography #landscape #winter #labby
My photography assistant, Duke.
Holding it down for me as I try to take pictures of a wintery landscape.
#photography #landscape #winter #labby
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The Lookout
My photography assistant, Duke.
Holding it down for me as I try to take pictures of a wintery landscape.
#photography #landscape #winter #labby
My photography assistant, Duke.
Holding it down for me as I try to take pictures of a wintery landscape.
#photography #landscape #winter #labby
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Deep in the mountains there's a world of untold beauty. It changes in matters of seconds, never to be repeated. Patagonia's Cerro Paine Grande, towering 2.6 km above, emerges in a spectacle of the eternal fight between light & darkness.
#photography #bluesky #landscapephotography #nature #mountains
#photography #bluesky #landscapephotography #nature #mountains
December 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Deep in the mountains there's a world of untold beauty. It changes in matters of seconds, never to be repeated. Patagonia's Cerro Paine Grande, towering 2.6 km above, emerges in a spectacle of the eternal fight between light & darkness.
#photography #bluesky #landscapephotography #nature #mountains
#photography #bluesky #landscapephotography #nature #mountains
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I really like the color and textures of this photo!
#278 taken 7:12 pm
#photography
#art
#abstract
#abalone
#278 taken 7:12 pm
#photography
#art
#abstract
#abalone
December 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I really like the color and textures of this photo!
#278 taken 7:12 pm
#photography
#art
#abstract
#abalone
#278 taken 7:12 pm
#photography
#art
#abstract
#abalone
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for #ColorADay #RedWed - fall color in my yard with a Chickadee visiting #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin
December 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
for #ColorADay #RedWed - fall color in my yard with a Chickadee visiting #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin
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An early morning walk in the woods in heavy fog. It was crisp and cool. Fall color everywhere, but of the Florida kind. There's a portal through the pine trees to photograph and immortalize. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #longexposure #nature #forests #fog #trees #autumn #fallcolors
December 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
An early morning walk in the woods in heavy fog. It was crisp and cool. Fall color everywhere, but of the Florida kind. There's a portal through the pine trees to photograph and immortalize. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #longexposure #nature #forests #fog #trees #autumn #fallcolors
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#ArtAdventCalendar 9/24 - from the long strange summer of 2020, a beautiful eerie #landscape near Kalaloch in Olympic National Park. One of my last solo camping trips; maybe someday I can go again. #photography #canonphotography
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar 9/24 - from the long strange summer of 2020, a beautiful eerie #landscape near Kalaloch in Olympic National Park. One of my last solo camping trips; maybe someday I can go again. #photography #canonphotography
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A 50 Million Light Year Structure Caught Spinning
A 50 Million Light Year Structure Caught Spinning
Astronomers have discovered a filament 50 million light years long containing hundreds of galaxies, all spinning together. This immense structure, located 140 million light years away, challenges current models of galaxy formation by showing that large scale rotation can persist far longer and more coherently than theories predicted. The discovery offers a rare glimpse into how galaxies acquire their spin and reveals the Cosmic Web as a more dynamically active place than previously imagined.
www.universetoday.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A 50 Million Light Year Structure Caught Spinning
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Elephant and Calf,
Watercolour painting.
#Elephant #Wildlife #Animal #WildlifeArt #Watercolour #Art #Painting #ElephantWallArt #ArtPrints #WildlifeGiftIdea
Watercolour painting.
#Elephant #Wildlife #Animal #WildlifeArt #Watercolour #Art #Painting #ElephantWallArt #ArtPrints #WildlifeGiftIdea
December 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Elephant and Calf,
Watercolour painting.
#Elephant #Wildlife #Animal #WildlifeArt #Watercolour #Art #Painting #ElephantWallArt #ArtPrints #WildlifeGiftIdea
Watercolour painting.
#Elephant #Wildlife #Animal #WildlifeArt #Watercolour #Art #Painting #ElephantWallArt #ArtPrints #WildlifeGiftIdea
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I love northern New Mexico; from beautiful rock formations to lush aspen forests. Once again I had to pull over while driving to capture this snow-dusted scene north of Abiquiu. (I pull over a lot 🤭)
#RockinTues #NewMexico
#RockinTues #NewMexico
December 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I love northern New Mexico; from beautiful rock formations to lush aspen forests. Once again I had to pull over while driving to capture this snow-dusted scene north of Abiquiu. (I pull over a lot 🤭)
#RockinTues #NewMexico
#RockinTues #NewMexico
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Teach a man who hates socialism and votes for authoritarianism to farm and he can receive socialist handouts for life from the government that bankrupted him in the first place.
December 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Teach a man who hates socialism and votes for authoritarianism to farm and he can receive socialist handouts for life from the government that bankrupted him in the first place.
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Nothing fancy, just some foothills stuff at #Sunset up on E. Camilo Cielo Road above #SantaBarbara tonight. #Photography
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Nothing fancy, just some foothills stuff at #Sunset up on E. Camilo Cielo Road above #SantaBarbara tonight. #Photography
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“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
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A sudden return trip to St Lucia for the final Rite of Passage for my father. Yesterday, I looked out of my window. This beauty was looking back at me.
#Birds #Ornithology #AntilleanCrestedHummingbird #Hummingbird #Photography #wildlifephotography
#Birds #Ornithology #AntilleanCrestedHummingbird #Hummingbird #Photography #wildlifephotography
December 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A sudden return trip to St Lucia for the final Rite of Passage for my father. Yesterday, I looked out of my window. This beauty was looking back at me.
#Birds #Ornithology #AntilleanCrestedHummingbird #Hummingbird #Photography #wildlifephotography
#Birds #Ornithology #AntilleanCrestedHummingbird #Hummingbird #Photography #wildlifephotography
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Namibia's feared east wind had arrived, and despite its fury, transformed sunrise in the endless coastal dunes into an ethereal and mesmerizing world of soft pastels and blowing sand.
#photography #travel #bluesky #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography
#photography #travel #bluesky #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography
December 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Namibia's feared east wind had arrived, and despite its fury, transformed sunrise in the endless coastal dunes into an ethereal and mesmerizing world of soft pastels and blowing sand.
#photography #travel #bluesky #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography
#photography #travel #bluesky #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography
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To be emotionally attentive like an owl.
December 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
To be emotionally attentive like an owl.
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Clinton Reservoir, CO
#Photography #Colorado
#MountainMonday #Nature
#BlueSkyMonday #Landscape
#Scape #EastCoastKin
#Photography #Colorado
#MountainMonday #Nature
#BlueSkyMonday #Landscape
#Scape #EastCoastKin
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Clinton Reservoir, CO
#Photography #Colorado
#MountainMonday #Nature
#BlueSkyMonday #Landscape
#Scape #EastCoastKin
#Photography #Colorado
#MountainMonday #Nature
#BlueSkyMonday #Landscape
#Scape #EastCoastKin
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For #BlueskyMonday, this is the Portland Head Light. There were scads of people walking through this composition, so I did a two minute exposure and blurred them all out. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #longexposure #clouds #lighthouse #Portland #Maine
December 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
For #BlueskyMonday, this is the Portland Head Light. There were scads of people walking through this composition, so I did a two minute exposure and blurred them all out. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #longexposure #clouds #lighthouse #Portland #Maine
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Sun rising over Mecox Bay, Watermill, NY, taken from side of the road, from my archives, for #PinkMon #EastCoastKin #photography
December 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Sun rising over Mecox Bay, Watermill, NY, taken from side of the road, from my archives, for #PinkMon #EastCoastKin #photography
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Lido Beach Florida
Reflection pool parking lot.
Arts everywhere.
@blueskyartshow.bsky.social
D7100
ISO 100
f8
1/30s
#photography
#StormHour
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Sunset
#cannabisculture
#shootingsarasota
#saltlife
#beachlife
#gulfcoast
Reflection pool parking lot.
Arts everywhere.
@blueskyartshow.bsky.social
D7100
ISO 100
f8
1/30s
#photography
#StormHour
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Sunset
#cannabisculture
#shootingsarasota
#saltlife
#beachlife
#gulfcoast
December 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Lido Beach Florida
Reflection pool parking lot.
Arts everywhere.
@blueskyartshow.bsky.social
D7100
ISO 100
f8
1/30s
#photography
#StormHour
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Sunset
#cannabisculture
#shootingsarasota
#saltlife
#beachlife
#gulfcoast
Reflection pool parking lot.
Arts everywhere.
@blueskyartshow.bsky.social
D7100
ISO 100
f8
1/30s
#photography
#StormHour
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Sunset
#cannabisculture
#shootingsarasota
#saltlife
#beachlife
#gulfcoast
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This is not my normal kind of post. I just wanted to share that I spent a lot of time today with king tides on the central Oregon coast. It was pretty amazing. I am not a videographer! You get the idea .....🌊
#EastCoastKin #KingTides #Oregon
#EastCoastKin #KingTides #Oregon
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This is not my normal kind of post. I just wanted to share that I spent a lot of time today with king tides on the central Oregon coast. It was pretty amazing. I am not a videographer! You get the idea .....🌊
#EastCoastKin #KingTides #Oregon
#EastCoastKin #KingTides #Oregon
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“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, / The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere / The ceremony of innocence is drowned; / The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity."
W.B. Yeats
W.B. Yeats
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, / The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere / The ceremony of innocence is drowned; / The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity."
W.B. Yeats
W.B. Yeats
The Most Appealing Form of Americana For Me...
(Elaboration in ALT)
(Elaboration in ALT)
December 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The Most Appealing Form of Americana For Me...
(Elaboration in ALT)
(Elaboration in ALT)
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Each time,
the found world surprises
- that is its nature.
Jane Hirshfield
the found world surprises
- that is its nature.
Jane Hirshfield
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Each time,
the found world surprises
- that is its nature.
Jane Hirshfield
the found world surprises
- that is its nature.
Jane Hirshfield