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Alan Kotok
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#Reporter, #publisher, #photographer, #entrepreneur. CEO, Technology News and Literature: technewslit.com. Photography chair, National Press Club in DC. Member, Natl Press Photog Assn: https://nppa.org/member-profile/technewslit #BillsMafia #IowaHawkeyes
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Alan Kotok @technewslit.bsky.social · Oct 15
Hope I'm not too late for #PortfolioDay. Alan here from #WashingtonDC with my collection at the #Alamy photo agency: spot #news, #event, #wildlife, #lifestyle, and #business #photography

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National Guard troops outside Union Station in Washington, D.C. Aug. 2025. Filmmaker Ken Burns at the National Press Club, Nov. 2024. Alligator in a Florida swamp, Apr. 2025. Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) speaking at Center for American Progress. Mar. 2025.
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Ennui is one of the #MoodyFaces seen on an American oystercatcher in Cape May, NJ, this guy photo'd June 2022 for today's #BirdOfTheDay.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#CapeMay #JerseyShore
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic
#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
Profile photo of an American oystercatcher, standing on sand.
January 10, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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"Hope is the thing with feathers" said Emily Dickinson. This great blue heron has a few, for #Feathers&Form in today's #BirdOfTheDay. Photo'd Apr 2025 at Wakodahatchee Wetlands in south #Florida.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
Profile photo of a great blue heron standing in shallow water.
January 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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If you're looking for #ShortBeaks then size matters. Here's an eastern bluebird photo'd in Jan. 2025 at Huntley Meadows Park in Groveton, #Virginia for #BirdOfTheDay.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
Photo of an eastern bluebird on the top of a stem.
January 8, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Photo-shoot last night: Jan. 6, Five Years Later. Organized and produced by the Jim Acosta Show. Featured police officers beaten on Capitol Hill (shown here), former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, and other commentators.

More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio...

#Photography #NewsPhotography
Photo of four U.S. Capitol and D.C. police officers speaking at "Jan. 6, Five Years Later" program, 6 Jan. 2026.
January 8, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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This American oystercatcher wrestles with its #FoodFinds for the #BirdOfTheDay, while a grackle asks "You going to share that?" Photo'd June 2022 in Cape May, NJ.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #CapeMay #JerseyShore
#PhotographersOfBluesky
Photo of an American oystercatcher bird pulling food from the sand with its beak, while a grackle looks on in the background.
January 7, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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This #BlackAndWhite guy is a tufted duck I'm told, for today's #BirdOfTheDay, photo'd May 2025 at St. Stephen's Green in #Dublin, #Ireland.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
January 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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These lesser yellowlegs, photo'd Nov 2024 in Cape May NJ, have plenty of #Speckles&Spots to qualify for today's #BirdOfTheDay.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #CapeMay #JerseyShore
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Three lesser yellowleg birds, with long pointed beaks, wading in shallow water.
January 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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I will stretch today's #BirdOfTheDay theme a bit with a #snowy egret photo'd Sept 2025 in Ocean City, NJ.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#JerseyShore #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
Profile photo of a snowy egret in a pine tree.
January 4, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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I'm overdue to thank Alan H and Rob Crank for their #BirdOfTheDay leadership. For today's #CaughtInMotion entry, here's an osprey over Cape May, NJ with its next meal, photo'd Jun 2024.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #CapeMay #JerseyShore
Side-view photo of an osprey in flight, with a fish in its claws.
January 3, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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This #Alexandria, #Virginia fireboat on the #Potomac offers a robust greeting to the #NewYear for the #BlueSkyArtShow. Photo'd 24 Dec. 2025.

#Photography #NewsPhotography #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
Fireboat on the Potomac River shooting water through all its four hoses at once.
January 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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A request to all birders wherever you are in the world. Please join in with the #BirdsSeenIn2026 challenge run by @tonyrinaud.bsky.social
All you need to do is add the hashtag to photos taken in 2026, adding species name and country taken. Here Common Teal at Sandbach Flashes in Cheshire yesterday.
January 2, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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For today's #BirdOfTheDay, here's a northern mockingbird in #GoodLight, photo'd in Apr 2025 at Theodore Roosevelt Island in #WashingtonDC.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
Side-view photo of a northern mockingbird on thin pine tree branches with pink flowers nearby.
January 2, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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Here's a #nook of sorts, a stairway window at Kylemore Abbey in County Galway #Ireland, a former castle turned Benedictine monastery. Photo'd May 2025.

#Photography #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic
#PalacesAndGardens #EastCoastKin #AlphabetChallenge #ThemesWeek #WeekNforNook
Photo of an elaborate cross-hatched window behind a staircase and wooden railing.
January 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Probably my most-viewed photo ever is of Highmark Stadium shot in Sept. 2014. As the Buffalo Bills get ready to play maybe their last game ever in that stadium, I tell how that photo came about in today's TechNewsLit Explores.

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#NFL #BuffaloBills #BillsMafia #Photography
Goodbye to The Ralph
Highmark Stadium, then Ralph Wilson Stadium, 14 Sept. 2014 (A. Kotok) On Sunday afternoon, the Buffalo Bills play their last regular...
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January 1, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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In the New Year's Eve literary bowl at halftime, it's the Writers Workshop 14, Fugitive Poets 3. #IowaHawkeyes #GoHawks #CollegeFootball
December 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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As we reflect on the past year, here's a #Reflections shot of a swan in Cape May, NJ from Sept 2025 for the #BirdOfTheDay.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#CapeMay #JerseyShore #Nikon #DSLR
#LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
Photo of a white swan and its reflection on a pond.
December 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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This nest-building grey heron is #branchingout for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, photo'd in Mar 2025 at Meadowlark Gardens Park in Vienna, #Virginia.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
Side-view photo of a grey heron standing on a tree branch with other branches around it.
December 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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As these wood storks fly off in the distance, they're today's #BirdButts photo for #BirdOfTheDay. Photo'd in Apr 2025 over Wakodahatchee Wetlands Park in south #Florida.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky
Two wood storks in flight under a partly cloudy sky.
December 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Serenity. Here's an eastern bluebird photo'd in Jan 2025 at Huntley Meadows Park in #Virginia that seems at ease with the world.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #PhotographersOfBluesky
#PhotographersUnited
Side-view photo of an eastern bluebird perched on a thin branch.
December 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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This pileated woodpecker is flashing #red for today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay criterion. Photo'd May 2024 in our #Arlington, #Virginia backyard.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #PhotographersOfBluesky
#PhotographersUnited
Photo of a male pileated woodpecker behind a log.
December 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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For today's #BirdOfTheDay, here's my #MostRecent bird photo, taken on Wed: a seagull over the #PotomacRiver in #Alexandria, #Virginia.

Here's why I was there: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio...

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #AdobeExpressPhotos
Photo of a seagull flapping its wings over blue water.
December 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Boathouses with condos and office buildings in a #Dublin, #Ireland Grand Canal #cityscape. Photo'd May 2025.

#Photography #UrbanGaze #UrbanArchitecture
#EastCoastKin #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic
#ContentCredentials #Scape #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
Photo of boathouses on a canal in front of modern condos and office buildings.
December 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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For today's #BirdOfTheDay here's an American #HolidayRobin photo'd last month in our #Arlington, #Virginia backyard. Best holiday wishes to all.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
Photo of an American robin on a tree branch surrounded by twigs.
December 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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I somehow missed the #Alexandria, #Virginia waterfront holiday show with Santa Claus on waterskis for the past 39 years. Not ths year. Plus the fireboat hose demonstrations were pretty cool.

More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio...

#Photography #Waterskiing #Fireboats
A waterskiier in a Santa Claus suit waves to onlookers. A fireboat displays all of its firehoses at once.
December 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay asks for a sharp #contrast image. Here's a great egret chick in a tree nest, surrounded by dark green leaves. Photo'd Apr 2025, Wakodahatchee Wetlands in south #Florida.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #Birds
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
Great egret chick in a nest, surrounded by a mass of green leaves.
December 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM