Lyn Maccallum
LightNews LightNews
banner
lynmac.bsky.social
Lyn Maccallum
@lynmac.bsky.social
1.6K followers 1.6K following 1K posts
Librarian who takes photos, more miss than hit. All photos/videos taken by me (unless otherwise noted), mostly hand held and rarely edited.
Posts Replies Media Videos
lynmac.bsky.social
Will it storm or not? It's currently 33.7°C and I can hear thunder in the distance.

#photography #clouds #weather
Storm looking clouds over trees and the top corner of a unit block.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
lynmac.bsky.social
Illumination

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowels
#windowsOnwednesday #wednesdaywindows #windowswednesday #photography
An outside wall of an office building, with a window. The window is set back and has vertical slat blinds, and a light on on inside can been seen through the slats. You can't see what is inside but there do appear to be some reflections from the light. Outside the window is a lamp post, with a cover on the top making the light from it appper on the building as creme below the cover at the bottom of the frame and a pink/purple above.
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
lynmac.bsky.social
Windows old and new, view from The Palisades Hotel.
Now an office building at The Rocks, Sydney.

#windowsOnwednesday #wednesdaywindows #windowswednesday #photography
A heritage listed building in The Rocks, Sydney, of the Victorian/Federation Free Classical style. Originally constructed as The Oswald Bond Store in 1892, the building was rebuilt as a wool store in 1903 after extensive fire damage and later converted to office premises in the late 1980s. The building has intricate architecture including sandstone detailing and brickwork facades. On top is a modern atrium, all glass and metal. The deck of the southern entrance to the Sydney Harbour Bridge is in the top left corner.
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
lynmac.bsky.social
Hibiscus flower in progress

#ColorADay #RedWed #photography #macrophotography #macro #hibiscus #flowers #bloomscrolling
Close up view of a red hibiscus flower in progress, the petals have not yet opened. At the top of the petals are some unidentified black things, could be ants but can't tell. In the background is the plant, blurred, and a white picket fence, also blurred.
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
lynmac.bsky.social
So it's been an interesting day. Trying to breath and do anything else at the same time; seeing my mother to go through important stuff but she gets easily confused; and then I cracked my favourite mug while washing up.

From my archives

#ColorADay #BlueTue #SensoryArt #lines #photography #clouds
Not long before sunset, with clouds filling about a third of the sky. In the foreground are trees in silhouette, along with ubiquitous power lines running left to right. At the base of the clouds is an orange tinge. At the top of the clouds crepuscular rays are visible.
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
lynmac.bsky.social
This little one would be a bit bigger now, the photo being taken at Taronga Zoo about five years ago.

Elephant begins with a vowel.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowels #elephants #photography
A young elephant, I'm going with Asian but don't hold me to it, in the foreground, with its mother behind it. The young elephant is stepping on a stone, with its trunk curled up to its mouth. In the background are trees and a metal pole. The elephants are in an enclosure at Taronga Zoo.
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
lynmac.bsky.social
Starting with the obvious, but also the (maybe just a tiny bit) dramatic.

From my archives as I haven't been out much lately.

#SensoryArt #lines #sunsets #sunset #photography
Sunset over rail lines. The tracks have the light reflecting on them. The sky is orange and pink with some purple mixed in. The end of a station platform is on the left of the frame. On the right is a small building fenced off from the tracks, and some trees.
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
lynmac.bsky.social
I've gone for the alternative today, in abundance (well a few at least)

From my archives

#BirdOfTheDay #yelloweyes #pelicans #birds #photography
At least ten pelicans in shallow water, at the shore of what is known as the Pelican Spot in the background. There is sand/dirt with what looks to be broken shells on it, and some grass visible making up the Spot. It is late afternoon so the water level is low, and there are some reflections of the pelicans on the water.
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
lynmac.bsky.social
Pink, hot pink

#ColorADay #PinkMon #flowers #bloomscrolling #geraniums #photography
A geranium with hot pink flowers growing on the plant. The flowers are in various stages of growing. In the background are blurred leaves.
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
lynmac.bsky.social
#Mr&Mrs masked lapwing. I didn't see them together in any other formation during the short while I worked in this building.

#BirdOfTheDay #birds #maskedlapwing
A male and female masked lapwing, standing in what was then a car park by the water. It ls the afternoon and the birds are making shadows on the concrete. The male is facing the camera, in the lower right of the frame. The female has her back to the male and is standing a short distance away from him. A low concrete wall/barrier is between the birds and the water, with a mooring post breaking partially seen.
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
lynmac.bsky.social
And still it continues

Sun's out so I can sit on the balcony at the new table, which has a spider web on it

#mood
A black tshirt on a person, only partially seen. The tshirt says 'your email did not find me well'.
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
lynmac.bsky.social
Casting nasturtiums, not I

Friday during a break in the rain

#ColorADay #OrangeSun #nasturtiums #flowers #bloomscrolling #malapropism
An orange nasturtium flower with raindrops on the petals, growing in a garden. In the background are nasturtium leaves, and dirt with leaves and sticks. The image has been cropped to cut out some leaves and dirt.
November 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
lynmac.bsky.social
A kookaburra sitting on a wire at the light rail station

🎶 Kookaburra sits on the electric wire
Jumping up and down, with its pants on fire
Ouch, Kookaburra, ouch!
Kookaburra, hot your tail must be! 🎶

#BirdOfTheDay #birdonawire #kookaburras #photography
A kookaburra sitting on a wire. The bird is looking to the right of the frame, with the sun at its back. It looks a bit windy as the bird's feathers are a bit ruffled. The background is blue sky.
November 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
lynmac.bsky.social
A small yet mighty arch, made by a tiny, tiny caterpillar on the brim of a sun hat.

I've posted this before but It fits with this week's theme.

#BlueSkyArtShow #small #caterpillars #photography #ColorADay #GreenSat
A very small caterpillar making an arch on the brim of a beige sunhat. It looks as though it could be inching along the brim. The caterpillar would be about 1cm in length, and much zoom was used to be able to see it. Not sure what is blurred in the background.
November 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
lynmac.bsky.social
I've walked past this area many, many times and last week I finally stuck my camera in between the bars of the fence.
I'm thinking this is an example of 'sometimes it's better to look and enjoy, not everything needs to be photographed'.

#ColorADay #GreenSat #photography #trees
Trees and shrubs growing at the top of sloping ground. On the slope is a dead tree trunk and grass. The trees are in dappled shade, the slope mostly in sun.
November 22, 2025 at 5:27 AM
lynmac.bsky.social
An ant is small, I didn't notice it while taking the photo. It's fast moving so that could also be why.

#BlueSkyArtShow #small
#hibiscus #flowers #bloomscrolling #photography #macro #macrophotography
A hibiscus flower that has not fully unfurled, growing on the plant. The petals are an orangey pink colour with the yellow stigma and style poking out through the top. One of the petals is folded over and is sticking out at an angle from the others. An ant is on this petal, in a horizontal position looking as if it will move to the next petal. In the background are blurred green leaves and other flowers.
November 22, 2025 at 4:14 AM
lynmac.bsky.social
More beach than bird

From my archives

#BirdOfTheDay #GroundedGulls #photography #seagulls
A silver gull standing in shallow water at a beach. The gull has its beak very close to the water and looks like it is wading. There is a slight hint of a reflection of the gull on the water. A small wave is about to break in the background.
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
lynmac.bsky.social
Puddle imitating real life perhaps, leaves at the end of branches

#SensoryArt #water #photography #puddles #reflection #perception #whoamikidding
A puddle in a wide gutter. Footpath and kerb is on the left, road on the right. A reflection of a tree is on the puddle. The tree has bare branches. On the road and in the gutter are leaves. They look like they could be on the tree, even thought they are flattened (on the road) or piled up (in the gutter).
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
lynmac.bsky.social
Back in respiratory hell. If expectorating were to be a competition, then I would be world champion. Here are some flowers in the garden from earlier today to cheer me up.

#FlowersOnFriday #flowers #photography #bloomscrolling #hydrangeas #respiratoryhell
Hydrangea flowers growing on the plant, with some leaves. Raindrops are on both the petals and leaves. In the background is a red brick fence and some bare dirt.
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
lynmac.bsky.social
This wee bicycle is left all over the neighbourhood. It's now back a few doors up from me.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #abandoned
A child's bicycle on the verge. The bicycle is pink, with training wheels. The wheel rims are blue. Rust is visible on many parts - the chain, derailleur, hub to name a few.
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 AM
lynmac.bsky.social
The power of three

#ColorADay #YellowThu #3sDay #photography #bloomscrolling #flowers
Three yellow treasure flowers among plants growing in a kerb island.
November 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
lynmac.bsky.social
Looking up while waiting for the bus as North Sydney

#UrbanGaze #photography #architecture
A corner of an office building with an an outdoor area that has a glass railing below. The building has a glass panelled wall, and is at a 90 degree angle to the street. On the edge of this wall against the sky are rectangles filled with glass one above the other, in line with unseen wall that is forming a triangle at the end of this building. These rectangles are making shadows on the glass panels of the wall in view. On the balcony are tall shrubs presumably in pots. The building is in shade, the railing in sunlight. Beside the building is a tree in sunlight. In the foreground are trees on the other side of the street, in dappled sunlight, forming a top frame.
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
lynmac.bsky.social
Currently not being loved, except maybe by tiny river creatures.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #photography #shoppingtrolleys #abandoned
A shopping trolley lying on its side, covered in silt. The trolley is half exposed on a river bed due to low tide, though pretty much all of it can be seen through the murky water. A branch is by the wheels of the trolley, sticking up and making a reflection on the water.
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
lynmac.bsky.social
Sirius windows, before the sale
Only two residents remained when I took this photo on 11 March 2017. On that day I went on a tour and visited the 10th floor apartment of the late Myra Demetriou, the last resident to leave

#windowsOnwednesday #wednesdaywindows #windowswednesday #photography
The Sirius building in The Rocks, Sydney, part view of the outside looking up towards the top. The sun is shining on the windows. Individual concrete pods each with windows are seen one on top of the other forming a building.
November 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
lynmac.bsky.social
Male superb fairy wren standing in a chain link fence

From my archives

#BirdOfTheDay #round #Wrensday #photography #birds
Close up view of a male superb fairy wren standing in a chain link fence. In the background is a painted brown door and brick wall, only partially seen due to the nature of the zoom.
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM