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Oliver Homan

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Oliver Homan is someone trying to be human. I enjoy photography, audio, music, history, and technology. Fort Collins, Colorado, USA oliverhoman.com Foto app : @oliverhoman www.youtube.com/@oliverhoman www.soundcloud.com/oliverhoman Feeds in SkyFeed

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hi all, new to BlueSky. I am a hobby photographer/videographer in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Audio is also a fun thing that I play around with. I went to community college for TV Broadcast and Live Sound Reinforcement classes and got a BS in Journalism and Media Communications. I love history too.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 18h

My family does not really decorate outside, but there are sure a lot of folks that do around the holidays. Plenty of families with kids go around trick-or-treating here.

Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 19h

Halloween decorations at this house have been great to see the past few years. There is a lot going on in the front yard with different scenes set up.

It is always neat to see what folks come up with for holiday decorations.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOpulent #PhotographersUnited
#ALTtxt

A dark creature acts as the "horse" for this wagon carrying a family of skeletons dressed up in bright colors. The creature has a yellow sign saying "Please be patient, student driver. A grey tombstone is visible in the grass of the yard. This is one of several Halloween scenes in the front yard.

A rotating hay covered pumpkin with red eyes and mouth sits on a hay bale. Other orange and brown pumpkins make for a busy front yard scene. A black metal fence is visible surrounding the Halloween themed yard.

A front yard Halloween scene with various colors of pumpkins and different decorations. The one orange pumpkin visible has black lettering stamped on it saying "real pumpkins don't spin". The yard is enclosed with a black metal fence.

An orange pumpkin in a front yard Halloween scene says "not made by china" in black stamp letters. The front yard is enclosed by a black metal fence with green fabric on it.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 20h

When in need of caps for metal stakes, use colorful laundry detergent bottle caps. At least that is what the neighbors down the street did. It made for an unusual thing to take photos of today.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOpulent #PhotographersUnited

Laundry detergent bottle caps on top of metal stakes in an alleyway. The caps are blue, yellow, red and purple. Fall leaves line the dirt alley.

A blue laundry detergent bottle cap on top of a metal stake in an alleyway. Fall leaves line the dirt alley next to a fence and white shack.

A purple laundry detergent bottle cap on top of a metal stake in an alleyway. Fall leaves line the dirt alley next to a white shack.

Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 3d

A late season Tomato harvest from our Tomato plants. The Tomatoes keep on coming in our raised bed garden.

Zucchini harvests have slowed down considerably, though there were a few surprises today.

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekOforOpulent
#PhotographersUnited

Red Tomatoes from our raised bed garden sitting in our kitchen after harvesting a lot of them from the vine today.

A small zucchini and a large one hanging off the plant today. The many twists of the green plant are coming out of a wooden raised bed box along with large Zucchini leaves.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 4d

Electric scooters line the streets and sidewalks of our neighborhood. Folks who ride leave them in a wide range of positions. Most of the time the scooters make for tripping hazards and block sidewalks.

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekOforOpulent
#PhotographersUnited

Two orange electric scooters are left on the sidewalk after use and in the verge between sidewalk and street. The rental scooters detract from the aesthetics of the neighborhood.

An orange rental electric scooter is left on someone's front yard next to the bike lane in the street.

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🅢🅗🅔🅔🅝🅐 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 5d

Attention Alphabetters!
Mon 6 Oct is the start of Week O and the theme for the #AlphabetChallenge is Opulent. Anything showing great wealth and extravagance- palaces; super yachts; diamonds; or designer couture. Basically anything we can’t afford 😂
Use the # below and have fun😊

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 5d

Your art challenge cheat sheet for October 6–12!

Back: #TheCampfire on Tuesday

Host list in the comments + posts from hosts

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt

Art challenges: October 6–12

Monday, October 6
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay (#PinkMon)
#Spooktober (#BlackCat)
#MagentaMonday

Tuesday, October 7
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#TagTuesday (graffiti/street art)
#AnimalArtTuesday
#ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue)
#Spooktober (#lightning)
#TheCampfire (tell a story)

Wednesday, October 8
#WaterfallWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt (odd/unusual)
#ColorADay (#RedWed)
#Spooktober (#zombie)

Thursday, October 9
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens (#Myth&Legend)
#ColorADay (#YellowThu)
#Spooktober (#poison)

Friday, October 10
#scape (any kind of scape)
#FishyFriday
#ForestFriday
#FoodOnFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay (#BWFri)
#Spooktober (#vampire)

Saturday, October 11
#BNWmacro
#ColorADay (#GreenSat)
#BlueSkyArtShow (#glow)
#Spooktober (#spider)

Sunday, October 12
#Stunday (stunning)
#ImageAndVerse (photos with
poems written by you or anyone)
#BNWmacro
#ColorADay (#OrangeSun)
#SelfPortraitSunday (#FrightNight)*
#Spooktober (#shapeshifter)

All week
#31DaysOfHalloween (anything fall, Halloween, or spooky)
#ArtYear (any art)
#ArtOfSelfPortraiture
#BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt)
#ClassicMono (monochrome)
#smArtist (purposeful art of any theme)
#AlphabetChallenge (#WeekOforOpulence)
#SensoryArt (#shadow)

*Playful/spooky Halloween-inspired

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 6d

This person on a motorcycle was wearing an unusual outfit with a hoodie that kept flying down and needing to be put back up.

Lane splitting has not been something that people have done well here in #FortCollins. It is creating more irritation than usefulness.

#PhotographersUnited
#ALTtxt

A person on a motorcycle wearing an outfit with brown leggings and red sweater. The hood is the same red and brown color with white on the front with cartoon black eyes.

The motorcycle has lane split to pull ahead of our car at an intersection with a red light.

Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks Luis :)

Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 6d

I think I looked at Capture One once a long time ago, but am curious what other people think of it now. Great photo.

Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 6d

I used Pixelmator for awhile, but am finding that Affinity Photo does most of what I want along with XNview for sorting photos.

Lightroom was something I used pre-subscription. I found that I could not edit on the go without an Internet connection for licensing. That became a major issue for me.

Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 6d

It was nice to take a few hours this morning and relax drawing this ceramic statue that my parents had brought back from a trip to Hawaii. The Fall weather here in Colorado is quite nice.

#BlueskyArtShow
#Relax
#PhotographersUnited

A 2B pencil drawing of a ceramic statue from Hawaii. See next photo for a picture of the statue.

A brown glazed ceramic statue that my parents brought back from a trip to Hawaii a few weeks ago.

Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 7d

Another selection of neighborhood light decoration photos from Christmas time last year in Old Town #FortCollins #Colorado.

There are a lot more photos from other parts of town that I am in the process of editing and catching up on.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNights #PhotographersUnited #ALTtxt

A row of houses and sidewalk on Mountain Ave is lit up by Christmas lights. The leftmost house has various levels lit by white lights. A smaller house in the middle of the frame has red lights on its porch. Other houses in the background have red, green and blue lights.

Homes on Mountain Ave are lit with various Christmas lights. A house in the background is lit in blue, while the closest house is lit with white lights. The cross street, Mack, is well lit from the ambient light of the Christmas lights. Textured sidewalk crossings are visible as are landscaping on both sides of the street.

A home on Mountain Ave has Christmas lights of various colors strung up from the sidewalk to the side of the house. Parts of the sidewalk, grass and home are bathed in light from the Christmas lights.

Laporte Ave is lit up from Christmas lights in the Old Town, Fort Collins neighborhood.

Yellow and White street markings are visible on the wide road in front of a very brightly lit house. A red wreath contrasts the white lights.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 8d

Here is a small selection of photos from Christmas time last year around the Old Town #FortCollins neighborhood in #Colorado

Folks had quite the display of lights up. It seemed like more people had decided to decorate than usual.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNights
#PhotographersUnited
#ALTtxt

Red light from Christmas lights bathes the front porch of a brick house. White lights frame the roof of the porch from above. A stained glass insert in the front door is lit up from inside.

Green and red Christmas lights light up the roofline and front of a brick house. Candles line the front steps. A full moon peaks out front behind the house in a dark blue sky.

Two houses have their rooflines decorated with Christmas lights in addition to trees in their front yards. The house on the left has a large inflatable lit decoration on its roof.

Ambient light from the Christmas lights gives a warm glow to the neighborhood.

A small white house is decorated minimally with colored lights in one window and strands of lights on the front porch and roofline. A red car is parked on the street and visible in the ambient light from the Christmas lights in the neighborhood.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 9d

The first night of bowling league with the Average Jane and Joe League at Chippers North.

This was my first time bowling in quite a while. It was a good group to hang out with for three games and get away from things in the world.

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekNforNights
#PhotographersUnited

A worker runs a bowling lane cleaning machine on lane two at Chippers Lanes in Fort Collins, Colorado. A cloth is being tossed towards the cleaning machine.

A man wearing a colorful blue shirt and jeans bowls down lane eight at Chippers Lanes. Bowling balls wait in a rack in a pick up area. TV screens mounted on the ceiling give the status of the game for two competing teams. Support posts are painted bright, colorful colors down the support walkway.

A woman bowls down lane seven at Chippers Lanes. Bowling balls wait in a rack in a pick up area. TV screens mounted on the ceiling give the status of the game for two competing teams.

A man in yellow shirt and blue shorts bowls down lane eight at Chippers Lanes. Bowling balls wait in a rack in a pick up area. TV screens mounted on the ceiling give the status of the game for two competing teams. Support posts are painted bright, colorful colors down the support walkway.

Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 10d

Two photos showing arborists riding the crane hook. One in the air by the tree, and one taking off from the street.

An arborist riding the crane hook in the air to get access to the top of the Willow tree.

An arborist riding the crane hook to get access to the top of the Willow tree. Seen here taking off from the side street.

Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 10d

A big Willow tree got taken down in our neighborhood today. With the street blocked off and crane in front of the house I had quite a good view. I hung out for the entire morning watching.

Seeing arborists lifted by crane hook into trees to work was quite something.

#PhotographersUnited

The Willow tree before it was cut down. Photo taken the night before.

A big yellow tree crane in front of our house on a closed off street used to lift sections of Willow tree onto the side street where limbs and branches were chipped.

A tall crane lifts a big section of a Willow tree to the ground.

The big base of a willow tree is lifted to the street by a crane.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 11d

Photos from a neighborhood block party several weeks ago with a number of local musicians that live in the area playing.

It was a fun evening with lots of people in the Old Town neighborhood in #FortCollins #Colorado

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNights
#PhotographersUnited

The names of the bands or musical acts and the time they would be on stage is written in chalk on a wood sign. A painted sign shows the years that the "Wood Block" party has happened.

A speaker on one side of the stage props up the sign. Patio chairs are set up for people to sit and walk musicians perform.

A man holds his terrier dog in his hands while listening to music. Several members of a band perform on a raised stage. The stage is lit up by holiday lights on a tarp over the stage and on a tree.

A man runs an audio mixer from a white tent to the left of the stage. People in patio and lawn chairs chat and enjoy the music.

A man in a blue shirt runs an audio mix for the "Wood Block" party with various audio equipment under a white tent.

A band with several guitarists, a drummer and keyboardist perform at an evening block party with many people watching from patio chairs or standing. Holiday lights light the stage from a tarp above and from being wrapped around a tree.

Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 12d

A photo from Christmas last year when I went out for a walk to photograph the different lights in my neighborhood.

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekNforNights

A bright and colorful photo of a stone house lit up with Christmas lights on the handrails and door frame. There is a Christmas wreath on the door.

Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 12d

Tomatoes from our garden about to be made into Gazpacho soup. I am looking forward to tonight's dinner.

Red tomatoes stacked on a plate on top of a kitchen scale.

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🅢🅗🅔🅔🅝🅐 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 12d

Attention Alphabetters!
Mon 29 Sep is the start of Week N and the theme for the #AlphabetChallenge is Night. Nights in nature, lights of big city nights, party nights, sleepy nights, hen nights, theatre nights- if it happened at night it counts 😁
Use the # below and have fun😊

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks. It was a great time to be outside right before it rained again.

Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 13d

A collection of a few photos of tree branches in water at Riverbend Ponds.

#FortCollins #Colorado

See #ALTtxt for image descriptions.

#PhotographersUnited

A bare tree branch sticks up out of a lake at Riverbend Ponds in Fort Collins, Colorado. Reflections of trees and clouds appear in the water. On the shore green grass grows and other smaller branches are scattered around.

A bare tree branch sticks up out of a lake at Riverbend Ponds in Fort Collins, Colorado. Reflections of the branch appear in the water. Yellow shrubs grow on shore with other vegetation.

Large bare tree branches sit under and above water in the blue water of a lake at Riverbend Ponds in Fort Collins, Colorado. Grass grows on the shoreline.

A large bare tree branch sits at an odd angle going into the lake water at Riverbend Ponds in Fort Collins, Colorado. Reflections of trees and clouds appear in the water. Various shrubs and grass lines the shoreline.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 13d

More photos from my walk around Riverbend Ponds last week. It is a very nice, quiet area to get away from city life.

#FortCollins #Colorado

See #ALTtxt for image descriptions.

#PhotographersUnited

A wooden walkway across part of the lake system at Riverbend Ponds in Fort Collins, Colorado. Green trees and shrubs line the dirt pathway which is wet from previous rain. There are dark clouds coming in before a storm.

Part of the lake system at Riverbend Ponds in Fort Collins, Colorado. Yellow shrubs mix in with green trees and other vegetation. There are dark clouds coming in before a storm.

A peaceful wood beach near the edge of the water on one of the lakes at Riverbend Ponds in Fort Collins, Colorado. Green trees and other vegetation line the paths and lake.

Part of the lake system at Riverbend Ponds in Fort Collins, Colorado. A path with a wooden bridge goes across the lake. Green trees and other vegetation line the path. There are dark clouds coming in before a storm.

Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 14d

This was also where I had my newish Canon 50mm 1.4 lens go berserk on me with the dreaded "Error 1" and became nonfunctional. Switching to another lens was the only option.

It had happened before, just not on this level. Lens contact cleaning did not help.

Canon Err 01 Screen on my backup camera a Canon M50.

"Err 01

Communication between the camera and lens is faulty. Clean the lens contacts"

I have done all this before and was testing this on another camera body. Pretty frustrating.