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@witchspace.bsky.social
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Exiled ancient Brit engineer living amongst horse carts and shoofly pies; conduit for creatives' dreams, explorer of edge cases, disciple of scale, envoy of the backend

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Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · Apr 9
When I am not at work, I try (although this year...) to maintain my sanity by wandering around with a camera, taking bad photos at random.

For those who need help sleeping, more can be found over at www.flickr.com/photos/shynd...

Feel free to use and abuse, but an attribution wouldn't go amiss.
Plastic multipoint 3d star lamp suspended on a black background, diffuse orange light filling it Young child crouched down digging in the yard with a trowel Sunset over Prettyboy Reservoir in Northern Maryland, trees line the right hand edge, with a vivd sky reflected in the still waters Marged HDR surreal effect on a parked aircraft at York Airport, PA
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Couple of days ago, I posted a Canada goose alighting on Lake Redman; I love the way those geese do things together, in formation. Given @robcrank68.bsky.social's choice of #TwoOfAKind as today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, perfect time to show it.

#Photography #Birds #Nature #EastCoastKin #Stunday
Color photograph of a pair of Canada geese landing on the surface of Lake Redman; in profile from right to left. The rearmost in the foreground, having broken the surface, throwing water up behind; the foremost's feet at the moment of alighting
January 18, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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bohemianrapsody.bsky.social
#blueskyartshow

Theme: #one
#northportny
#seagull
January 17, 2026 at 9:37 PM
witchspace.bsky.social
Hmm, covering of snow here, and sub-zero temperatures, so I think I will be hiding under blankets indoors and making happier post; one charged with expectation and hope, wishes for a little green and warmth.

Lets call it "Soon"

#Photography #BlueSkyArtShow #One #BloomScrolling #Flowers
Color photograph of a centered single red tulip against the rest of the garden green and blurred. More red tulips can be seen in the midground, blurred and on the left of frame. Whole scene lit by warm sunlight
January 17, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Not sure if the great egret atop this branch would say it was perfect, can imagine them being a very fussy bird, but to my eye its a #perfectperch for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme as selected by @alan678.bsky.social 🦉🐦

#Photograph #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin
Color photograph of a great egret in a treetop perch lit by morning's early light, in creamy yellow semi-backlit, with just a hint of its breeding plumage behind
January 17, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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Looking back 17 years with this #One shot for #BlueSkyArtShow, with a PA Dutch tradition for a child on their first birthday; their own cake to demolish/consume. In our case it was bittersweet, with allergic reactions, restrictive diets and always having an epipen on hand thereafter

#Photography
Color overhead photograph of a rectangle of sponge cake covered in white buttercream icing/frosting with a colorful 'one' in red and balloon decorations in red, yellow and blue, in a foil tray.
January 17, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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Not enough river photos from me this week, must correct that deficiency right now!

Hmm... monochrome #Scape the length and breadth of the Susquehanna's Lake Clarke section in two shots? Free from boats and humanity, jetties pulled ashore to avoid ice ... no not them

#Photography #ColorADay #BWFri
Black and white render from 400 ft up, looking upstream from the end of Long Level, and the very deserted shoreline of winter; no jetties or docks, as people have pulled anything that the river's icy flows can destroy up onto land. Top third of the image has the gentle contrast of a wall of grey cloud, with the horizon just showing the islands off Wrightsville and Lancaster County on the right. The Long level road and properties running down the left hand side of the image, while the waters fill the bottom right two thirds. Black and white photograph from 400 ft up, looking across Lake Clarke to Turkey Hill, and downstream to Safe Harbor from the southern reaches of Long Level. Top two thirds of the image are a slightly angry cloud filled sky, then transforming into the Lancaster County, PA landscape, with the tall wind turbines on Turkey Hill visible, trailing right to the gap through which the Safe Harbor dam can just be seen. Water of the Lake showing swirling pools and ripples from the winds coursing over its surface.
January 16, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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@robcrank68.bsky.social has selected #shortbeaks as today's #BirdOfTheDay theme; now in a similar question to how much wood can a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood ... where does short stop and normality begin? This bluebird cares not about such things

#Photography #Birds #Nature
Color photograph of a bluebird caught in profile looking left, atop a fence post, against a green blurred backdrop; taken in Gifford Pinchot State Park, York County, PA in Spring 2025
January 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM
witchspace.bsky.social
#TimePassages both the theme from the wonderful @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social for #PalacesAndGardens and coincidentally a track from the wonderful musician Al Stewart

This shot, from 18 years back (I was all in on the HDR stacking craze) is from my in-laws garden .... better days, much missed
Color stacked high dynamic range photograph of my in-laws garden in later afternoon; way overdoing on the crunch side of things. Metal garden furniture on a wooden deck sits in front of a wooden fence, with grass and a tree beyond giving way to rural fields
January 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
witchspace.bsky.social
"In preparation for landing, please ensure your seatbelts are fastened and your seats and tray tables are in their upright positions"

Today's alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay from @alan678.bsky.social is #Anatidae, birds of the family that includes geese, swans and ducks. 🐦🦉

#Photography #Birds #Nature
Color photograph of a Canada goose about to touchdown on the surface of Lake Redman in York County, PA last weekend. Wings outstretched wide as it flares, legs and feet extended; moving right to left, shot from a little behind
January 15, 2026 at 2:35 PM
witchspace.bsky.social
"Word has it it's #Gulls"

"What's #Gulls?"

"The theme"

"The theme?"

"The alt #BirdOfTheDay theme from @robcrank68.bsky.social"

"Guys, enough chatter! I'm floating here! I'm floating here!"

🐦🦉

#Photography #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin
Color photograph of a trio of gulls floating together on Lake Redman, York County, PA last weekend. Blue rippling waters with a hint of green, three near identical looking ring billed gulls (I think!) in profile looking to the left, necks pulled in, line astern of each other across the middle third of the frame
January 14, 2026 at 7:15 AM
witchspace.bsky.social
I've mentioned and posted many a sunset and starry night taken atop Chickies Ridge in Lancaster County, PA, either at Chickies Rock or Breezyview, but I don't think I've given folks a good view of the Rock from ground level; so this #RockinTuesday lets fix that

#Photography #EastCoastKin
Color photograph of Chickies Rock, from the Lenape "Chiquesalunga", meaning "place of crayfish"; the end of the Chickies Ridge, a massive quartzite and quartz schist anticline. Popular spot for people to hike and observe the Susquehanna River. Image shows the river in the bottom third, with the exposed rock cliff occupying the top and mid left two thirds. Along its top a covering of dark trees, and along its base at the river shoreline, the white barkless sycamores hiding a railroad track and trail
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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handcranked.bsky.social
Oops. This is the art challenge cheat sheet for January 12–18! Too many things to remember to update.
handcranked.bsky.social Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 6d
Your art challenge cheat sheet for January 5–11 is here!

See comments for the host list & posts from hosts.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
Art Challenges: January 12–18 Monday, January 12 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #JanuArty2026 (#wet) Tuesday, January 13 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #JanuArty2026 (#sky) Wednesday, January 14 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay (#RedWed) #JanuArty2026 (#flower) Thursday, January 15 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#TimePassages)* #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #JanuArty2026 (#half) Friday, January 16 #scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #JanuArty2026 (#nail) Saturday, January 17 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow (#one) #JanuArty2026 (#insect) Sunday, January 18 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) #JanuArty2026 (#purchase) ALL WEEK #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #MixedMedia52 (#PolkaDot)* #smArtist (purposeful art) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekBforBooks) #SensoryArt (#corners) *See Sabine’s poster for details **2 or more mediums Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social Questions? @young-spartacus.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 2:53 AM
witchspace.bsky.social
Was a solid photo day yesterday, sun deigned to show itself. Birds were busy in William Kain Park; little windy for drone stuff, still exploring the limits there. Here's an aerial shot looking across William Kain Park and Lake Redman beneath the passing front.

#Photography #BlueSkyMonday #Aerial
Color aerial photograph across William Kain Park from Dick Snyder field this weekend, showing Lake Redman, its blue waters beneath a sky banded with cloud banks from the front passing by. Landscape full of leafless trees, brown bushes and shrubs, yellowed grass all awaiting spring's warmth.
January 12, 2026 at 5:28 PM
witchspace.bsky.social
Been neglecting #BirdOfTheDay for a few days. Today's theme of #BirdsInFlight, as chosen by @robcrank68.bsky.social, is a great excuse to share this shot taken over the weekend at Lake Williams, York County, PA amongst the gulls and geese. 🦉🐦

#Birds #Photography #Wildlife #Nature #EastCoastKin
Color photograph of a skein of Canada geese flying over Lake Williams, York County, PA this weekend. Shot is taken against a clear blue sky backdrop, with the birds side on; not perfect as a couple of the birds are overlapping.
January 12, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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Apologies to those who criticize me for not reposting the bluesky political zeitgeist endlessly; not a fan of the endless echoing with nothing additive

However, I happened to catch Timecop ... not seen it since the movie theaters in 94, astounding how its villain's aims marry up 1:1 with Rump
Mixed up promotional artwork for the 1994 movie Timecop represented as a frame of film
January 11, 2026 at 6:58 PM
witchspace.bsky.social
Flowing freely,
Through valleys and meadows,
A river's sweet song
-- Matsuo Basho

Wide and windswept right now, cruel and cold as it awaits the spring, the muddy river, one of the US' oldest, makes its way through the hills to Maryland and the sea beyond

#Photography #ImageAndVerse #Landscape
Color photograph from the middle of the Susquehanna, upstream from the Wrightsville/Columbia crossing, looking downstream; on the left the rising hills of Lancaster County, PA, on the right the rising hills of York County, PA, in the center distance the Wrights Ferry bridge. Top two thirds of the image are filled with angry, grey fully clouded skies, with rising hills on either side; bottom third the green hinted river, topped with floating ice sheets
January 11, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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Late June, hot humid summer evening. Location, nothing special, a rest stop along Route 30 after work, grabbing a coffee.

I came outside and looked up, to where the sky gods had apparently dropped their palette.

#Photography #BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant #Sunset #f8AndBeThere #EastCoastKin
Color photograph of a sunset taken from alongside Route 30 just outside Hallam, York County, PA. Bottom third of the image had some trees and fields at eye level, a big rig on the highway on the left, an industrial unit or two, lit by sodium lights coming on at dusk on the right. Top two thirds, above the trees on the horizon of Rocky Ridge show a fiery sky; in the mid section burning yellows and ambers, with scarlet lit medium clouds, rising to the top third of pinks and magentas with darker sparse medium clouds
January 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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grtempleton.bsky.social
summer passed 8

#photography #landscapephotography #pnw
December 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
witchspace.bsky.social
For completeness, here's a second #scape, looking upstream from Highpoint rather than downstream; beyond the Raanch upon the hilltops above Wrightsville, to the bridges over into Lancaster County, Rocky Ridge, Marietta and all points north.

#Photography #Landscape #Drone
Color aerial photo from 400ft above Highpoint in York County, PA looking northwards upstream along the Susquehanna River. Woods in the immediate foreground give way to the Raanch rehab center on the hills above Wrightsville to the left, river and the crossing to Columbia, Lancaster County on the right. In the distance on the left, the hills that make up Rocky Ridge, on the left, and Marietta in the haze in the far distance. All beneath a bland grey sky
January 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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utafeinstein.bsky.social
#Winter reflection for #BlueSky #Scape day & #ForestFriday.

Have a good weekend!❄️🌨️🤍

#ForestFriday #nature #PhotoHour #stormhour #Blueskykin #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #photography #BlueskyNature #PhotographersUnited
#landscapephotography
#PhotographersofBluesky
#naturephotography
#BlueskyPhotography
Snow-covered local trees during rare snow in Nottingham a few years ago. I digitally mirrored the original photo to create a circular element, unity and connection.
January 9, 2026 at 12:07 PM
witchspace.bsky.social
Thank goodness its Friday ... all day apparently!

Tis a day for a #scape and a little more of my aerial experimentation. In this case the view from Highpoint over Lake Clarke, across the 'small' residences nearby and across to Washington Boro and Turkey Hill

#Photography #Landscape #Drone
The view from 400ft above Highpoint in York County, PA, looking downstream across the Lake Clarke section of the Susquehanna to the bird habitats and mudflats offshore from Washington Boro, the bend around Turkey Hill, and Safe Harbor beyond. Subdued tones beneath a gray winter grey sky that occupies the top third, the river sitting in the middle and the bottom half of the image the yellow winter grass and trees surrounding the mansion like residences south of the park
January 9, 2026 at 11:58 AM
witchspace.bsky.social
Most modern cameras have a histogram or 'zebras' to warn you when you under or over expose ... do not be like me ... use and take account of them!

#Photography #ColorADay #YellowThu #PalacesAndGardens #SunriseOrSunset
Color photograph of Prettyboy Dam, MD with the full light of the setting sun hitting the top of the dam in the far right of frame, overexposing it. Some woodland reflections from the far bank showing in the rippling water, beneath a blue sky
January 8, 2026 at 10:58 PM
witchspace.bsky.social
Some believe that every woman likes roses ... Dorothy Parker had another view

"Why is it no one ever sent me yet
One perfect limousine, do you suppose?
Ah no, it’s always just my luck to get
One perfect rose"

#Photography #ColorADay #RedWed #BloomScrolling #Flowers
Color photograph of a red rose towards the end of the season, with petals at the edges of the bloom browning. Heavily vignetted with dark green leaves blurred in the background
January 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
witchspace.bsky.social
Something a little different from me for once, a mass of red plastic/fiberglass in the form of a wide scarlet grin from 10+ years back, that just needs a 1983 backing track, one not so little red corvette.

#Photography #ColorADay #RedWed
Color photograph of a red corvette, facing the camera from bonnet height, with sunstars in the bonnet and bumper, parked in front of some slightly rusted hangar doors.
January 7, 2026 at 12:03 PM
witchspace.bsky.social
@robcrank68.bsky.social has picked #BlackAndWhite as today's #BirdOfTheDay theme; to that end, here's a delightful duck ... Swedish or some cross breed thereof ... who knows ... it is definitely, black and white 🦉🐦

#Photography #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin
Color photo of a black duck with white mottled coloring on its neck and chest, in long grass around Kiwanis Lake, PA
January 6, 2026 at 5:13 PM