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Penelope Starr
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Not brave enough to share my photos, but I’ll appreciate yours if I like them. Left-leaning voter.
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Sasuke Uchiha in Mist - #photo #photography #nikon #nikonz5ii #z5ii #figurephotography #toyphotography #toysky #SasukeUchiha #Naruto
Black-and-white artistic portrait of an anime-style character with dark hair and a high-collared coat, emerging from swirling mist or smoke, with a dramatic, ethereal atmosphere.
February 16, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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Afternoon trip home from Mason City - #landscape #scape #ClassicMono #photo #photography #nikon #nikonz5ii #z5ii
Black-and-white photograph of a weathered, mostly blank roadside billboard on tall metal supports, standing in an overgrown field behind a chain-link fence. Wispy clouds fill the sky above, with a few birds in the distance, giving the scene a stark, abandoned feel. Black-and-white photograph of a lone, leafless tree beside a quiet rural road. The tree stands silhouetted against a wide, cloudy sky, with open fields stretching into the background, creating a calm and slightly somber atmosphere.
February 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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Nocturne in Grey - #photo #photography #nikon #nikonz5 #Moon #Viltrox135mmf/1.8 #Viltrox
Black-and-white nighttime scene showing a crescent moon glowing through a hazy sky, partially framed by the dark silhouettes of leafless tree branches, with heavy grain and vignetting creating a moody, atmospheric feel.
February 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Father and Son on the Edge of Destruction - #photo #photography #nikon #nikonz5ii #z5ii #figurephotography #toyphotography #toysky #sensoryart #love
Black-and-white photo of two anime-style action figures posed dramatically. A shorter figure with spiky hair stands close to a taller, muscular figure, placing a hand against the taller figure’s chest. Both face each other with serious expressions. The scene is lit from the side, creating strong contrast and shadows, with a dark, smoky background and a slanted light surface beneath them.
February 10, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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'White Ground, White Sky' (2025) -- We've Got 1.5 Feet of Compressed Snow With More on the Way Today... the Current Outdoor World is White on White on White, Brunswick, ME

#ForestFriday ✨ #BlueSkyArtShow #Sunlight ✨ #ClassicMono ✨

#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
Barely noticeable train tracks run to the horizon underneath a foot of snow, on both sides of the tracks giant pine trees, their branches laden with snow, stand stark black against the elements
February 7, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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Crossing Without Witness : Abandoned bridge north of Spencer, IA

📷 Nikon Zf B&W mode
🔘 Nikon 24-70mm f/2.4

#SensoryArt
#bridges

#FebruArty2026
#forgotten

#Nikon #NikonZf #ClassicMono #B&W #photography #bridge
#streetphotography #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #abandoned #urbex
A lone figure moves away from the camera, framed by the repeating geometry of an iron bridge that seems to narrow with each step. The structure holds firm—bolts, trusses, and cables doing their quiet work—while the wooden planks show the wear of countless crossings now forgotten. Light filters in from the far end, not as a promise but as a continuation, suggesting that the act of crossing matters more than what waits beyond. It’s a photograph about passage and persistence: how we keep moving forward through places built by others, carrying our own unspoken reasons with us.
February 5, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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Guardian of the Boxes aka Daisy the Office Kitty - #photo #photography #nikon #z5ii #cats #catsofbluesky
Daisy the Office Kitty on top boxes
February 3, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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Rust Water Trails - #photo #photography #nikon #nikonz5ii #z5ii #Abstractia #rust
Close-up abstract image of a weathered surface with peeling layers and rough textures, showing mottled rust-orange, brown, beige, and pale blue tones that resemble corroded metal or eroded stone.
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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'View From My Balcony on Phi Phi Don' (2022) -- Phi Phi Beach Resort, Phi Phi Don, Southern Thailand

'All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us' — J.R.R. Tolkien

#Stunday ✨ #ImageAndVerse ✨

#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
taken from a balcony halfway up a mountain overlooking the dense resort foliage and the palm trees across the bay to Phi Phi Lee (Maya Beach)
February 2, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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The Hotel That Kept Its Name (Adrian, MN; MAR 2025) Built in 1891 and originally owned by the Slade family.

📷 Nikon Zf B&W mode
🔘 Nikon 24-70mm f/2.4

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekEforEponymous

#Nikon #NikonZf #ClassicMono #B&W #photography
#streetphotography #ghostsign #ghostsigns #ghostsignproject
Painted letters cling to brick like a promise made when travel was slower and rooms were earned by the mile. Hotel Slade still announces itself—once in fading paint, once in metal—while its windows look past the present, holding the quiet dignity of a place that outlived its purpose. A parked truck, a bare tree, a winter street: time moves on, but the name stays, insisting that what was here still matters.
February 2, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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Nagoya Castle (re-edit) - #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic #photo #photography #nikon #nikonz5 #Japan #Nagoya #Japanpic
Black-and-white photograph of Nagoya Castle, viewed from a low angle, showing its tiered tiled roofs with ornate curved eaves rising above a massive stone foundation, silhouetted against dark, dramatic clouds in the sky.
January 27, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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Semaphore at Prudhoe. 9 February 2025. #railway #photography
Semaphore signal PE41 at the end of the westbound platform at Prudhoe, next to the magnificent Grade II-listed footbridge.
January 24, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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Cool and Cold -

Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday January 24, 2026
The theme is #Cold

#photo #photography #nikon #nikonz5ii #z5ii #figurephotography #toyphotography #toysky
A small anime-style figurine with tousled blond hair and a black eyepatch stands on a ledge in front of a frosted window. The character wears a bright yellow shirt with white graphic lines, black pants, and black-and-white sneakers, smiling with one hand raised near the chin against a softly blurred wintery background.
January 24, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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Broken Fence, Winter Field
(Palo Alto County, Iowa ; Jan 2026)

Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday January 24, 2026
The theme is #Cold

📷 Pentax K3 Mk III Monochrome
🔘 Pentax 20-40mm F/2.8

#countrylife #rural #barbedwire #snow #winter #icy #Pentax #K3MkIIIMono #ClassicMono #B&W #Iowa
A line meant to divide loosens into winter. Posts lean, wire slack and coiled like something set down and forgotten. Snow gathers along the boundary, softening the break between field and field, until the fence no longer holds space so much as remembers that it once did.
January 24, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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Merry.

#Toronto #WoodbineCentre #Carousel #Photography
A carousel beneath a skylight at the Fantasy Fair indoor amusement park at Woodbine Centre Mall in Toronto
January 20, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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Spider on barbed wire #naturephotography #macrophotography #spider
January 21, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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#InsectThursday #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macrophotography
#spider #tarantula

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A female Green Bottle Blue tarantula lives 12 to 15 years, three times longer than males, who live 3 to 5 years.
January 22, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Avanti at Culgaith. 4 January 2026. #railway #photography
Catching some of the the winter sun, Avanti West Coast Evero bi-modes 805013 and 805008 pass a cleared semaphore at Culgaith working 1Z33 Birmingham New Street to Carlisle.
January 21, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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Close Up

#Photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Lumix
A black and white, close-up photograph of a dandelion seed head against a dark, blurred background. The composition is centered and symmetrical, highlighting the intricate, geometric patterns of the white seeds radiating from the core. Each seed terminates in a delicate, feathery pappus, creating a soft, spherical texture. The lighting is focused on the center of the dandelion, creating a high-contrast effect where the white filaments stand out sharply against the deep shadows of the background. The image has a dreamlike, serene quality with a shallow depth of field that softens the edges of the sphere.
January 22, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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bsky.app/profile/geov... I am one of the Runner-ups for Tokyo Otaku Mode 12th contest. - #photo #photography #nikon #nikonz5ii #z5ii #toypictuesday #figurephotography #toyphotography #Witchblade #dinosaurs #Tyrannosaurus #TyrannosaurusRex #toysky
January 21, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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Close up of a dead fly past through DxO FlimPack 7's Bauhaus III - #photo #photography #Ricoh #WG-6 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp
High-contrast black-and-white image of a fly seen from above, centered against a soft, circular patterned background, with fine details of its wings, legs, and body visible.
January 20, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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Approaching Woofferton. 25 August 2024. #railway #photography
TfW DMUs 197016 and 197043 are seen passing cleared lower-quadrant semaphore signal W37 at Woofferton working 1V17 Manchester Piccadilly to Swansea. The edge of the signal box is just visible on the right.
January 19, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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#ElectricMonday with @GWRHelp #Class387 387153 departs Didcot with a stopping service to London Paddington (📷9/1/26).
January 19, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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Semaphore at Foxfield. 21 July 2018. #railway #photography
A semaphore signal at Foxfield station in Cumbria, just by the pedestrian level crossing at the north end of the station.
January 18, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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Daisy, Listening (Jan 2025): I caught our lovely office cat in repose

📷 Pentax K3 Mk III Monochrome
🔘 Tamron SP AF 90mm Macro

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp
#Pentax #K3MkIIIMono #macromonday #ClassicMono #B&W #Iowa #Blueskyねこ部 #CatsOfBluesky
A quiet close-up of Daisy (the office cat) in profile, her eye catching a soft glint of light while the rest of her face falls gently into shadow. Fine whiskers and downy fur emerge in delicate detail, turning an ordinary moment into something intimate and contemplative. The photograph lingers on her stillness, as if she’s listening to something just beyond the frame, patient and fully present.
January 19, 2026 at 12:11 PM