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Angela Avera Selter
@artemiskick.bsky.social
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Liberal realist, cynical mirthful optimist, photog living in the middle of nowhere as peacefully as possible with my human spouse and animal companions in the wee house we built ourselves.
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While hiking today, I found a cute lil turt nestling themselves under a log. Wondering if this is going to be their season-long hibernation spot or just for today's rain...

#ForestFriday #Scape #Woods #Landscape #Turtle #Kentucky #Photography #SnapShot #iPhonePhotography #EastCoastKin
Vertical color snapshot visually divided into three parts: The bottom third is made up of dry oak leaves and the back end of a box turtle; the center is a horizontally arranged weathered log; the top sliver is a view of the sparse woods, with green and gold foliage, beyond the photographer's vantage point.
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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'Lowkey' #FotoVorschlag

Dramatic pasta.
#Monochrome #Low-Key #LowKey #Photography #Lumix #EastCoastKin
Dry pasta tubes standing on end like a bouquet of flowers collecting light from the left side. The background is black.
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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'Alltagsgegenstände im Fokus' #FotoVorschlag

Toothbrush.

#Photography #Monochrome #bnwmacro #MacroMonday #MinimalMonday #ClassicMono #EverydayBeauty #Quotidian #EastCoastKin
Head of a toothbrush. White bristles of even length set in a clear handle. It's resting on a smooth countertop tray and bright light is entering the frame from the left bleaching out the first group of bristles, then shading to grey as it's diffused toward the right side of the brush. The toothbrush is creating a shadow and light has captured the round edge of the tray in a smooth arced line which splits the image horizontally. The background beyond the tray edge is deep black and makes up the top third of the image.
October 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Breakfast prep. When the cool morning air makes visible the vapor swirling above my cup of tea. I learned a new word today while reading a piece written by a photographer... quotidian: everyday; commonplace; occurring or returning every day.

#EverydayBeauty #SmallThings #Photography #EastCoastKin
The frame is filled with buttered toast in the bottom left corner, a handmade pottery cup holding hot tea which is making beautifully swirly steam, and two clean white plates with forks crisscrossed on them. The sunshine is entering from directly across me, casting fork tine shadows on the plate surface, illuminating the steam, catching the edge of the toast, and cutting a line across the butcher-block surface beneath these items. It has a warm and cozy feel. Breakfast prep is an everyday occurrence for me and sometimes, like on this day, it strikes me as incredibly beautiful in its simplicity. The butcher block was my parent's, the stainless forks too with their 1970s aesthetic, plates from a cafeteria where our family used to work, and the cup is handmade by my brother in law who was a professional potter. Each of these objects, as well as the food and drink, offer me sustenance.
October 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Murky view from an abandoned Civil War era house.

#WindowsOnWednesday #ClassicMono #Monochrome #EastCoastKin
Looking at farmland through the dirty and broken window of the 2nd story of an abandoned house. The landscape outside is gently rolling and rows of cut hay are visible in the foreground; tiny dots of dwellings in the distance. The window glass is broken, cracked, speckled with filth, and has long drips of dirt in the center from top to bottom.
October 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Today's #Spooktober theme is #Bats! Yes, this is a real sign on an attic door in the building, which was built in the 1800s, where I work. I've never seen the bats there but that attic is properly scary!

#Halloween #iPhonePhotography #EastCoastKin
Paper sign taped to a dark wood door. The sign says in all caps, "Please keep the door closed to the attic to keep out the bats. Thank you!" Above the text is a picture of a bat.
October 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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'Dinge die mit "A" beginnen oder so aussehen ... ' #FotoVorschlag

Arachnid. Arthropod.

#Photography #Lumix #Spider #Arachnid #OrbWeaver #Macro #EastCoastKin
Macro image of a very large spider on her web. She is an Orb Weaver and her colors are black and yellow. Her web has the Orb Weaver's typical thick white zig-zag line in the center which spans diagonally through the frame. She is perched atop it in the upper right corner. In the blurred background are lush green plants with sunlight bleaching some of the leaves to yellow. The blossoms of the Jewelweed are orange.
October 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Black background with text in all caps colored in shades of yellow and orange––the colors of a ripening soybean field. This graphic is credited to Occupy Democrats: "If you can't sell your soybeans because of Trump's tariffs after Argentina stepped in and took your customers, you can take solace that the guy you voted for also just gave $40 billion of your tax dollars to the country that is bankrupting you." @RonFilipkowski
October 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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My husband's point, exactly, as he's standing in our neighbor's soybean field... see alt text for further context.
Color photograph of a man standing in a dried out soybean field. A line of trees form a horizon line, and the sky is blue with pretty white clouds. The man is on the left side of the image, looking to his left. He's holding an 18th century style flintlock gun. Attached to the end of the barrel, is a No Kings protest sign with those words and a yellow crown with a red X across it on white posterboard. The man is dressed in 18th century style clothing: brown felt hat with round brim; yellow linen shirt; brown linen waistcoat and breeches; black hosiery; black shoes. He is carrying a leather bag and powderhorn which are hanging by straps diagonally across his chest. The story: we used to participate in living history events of the Rev War Era and are struck by how the anti-king sentiment has circled back to visit us again here in the US. Today, I had to work. My husband can't drive at the moment because of an eye injury. Protest still happened in the middle of nowhere. Resist when and where you can! Never give up!
October 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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...my husband's point, exactly, as he's standing in the neighbor's soybeans. See alt text for context.
Color photograph of a man standing in a dried out soybean field. A line of trees form a horizon line, and the sky is blue with pretty white clouds. The man is on the left side of the image, looking to his left. He's holding an 18th century style flintlock gun. Attached to the end of the barrel, is a No Kings protest sign with those words and a yellow crown with a red X across it on white posterboard. The man is dressed in 18th century style clothing: brown felt hat with round brim; yellow linen shirt; brown linen waistcoat and breeches; black hosiery; black shoes. He is carrying a leather bag and powderhorn which are hanging by straps diagonally across his chest. The story: we used to participate in living history events of the Rev War Era and are struck by how the anti-king sentiment has circled back to visit us again here in the US. Today, I had to work. My husband can't drive at the moment because of an eye injury. Protest still happened in the middle of nowhere. Resist when and where you can! Never give up!
October 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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I thought so too but she's not Bondi. I fact-checked the photo a while back and found out she's a Belgian model. Info in alt-text.
Getty photo of Trump, Epstein, and Ingrid Seynhaeve at a Victoria's Secret party, 1997. Photographer, Sonia Moskowitz.
October 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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My fellow (also a veteran) is temporarily grounded but he participated in his own way. Check alt text for context.
Color photograph of a man standing in a dried out soybean field. A line of trees form a horizon line, and the sky is blue with pretty white clouds. The man is on the left side of the image, looking to his left. He's holding an 18th century style flintlock gun. Attached to the end of the barrel, is a No Kings protest sign with those words and a yellow crown with a red X across it on white posterboard. The man is dressed in 18th century style clothing: brown felt hat with round brim; yellow linen shirt; brown linen waistcoat and breeches; black hosiery; black shoes. He is carrying a leather bag and powderhorn which are hanging by straps diagonally across his chest. The story: we used to participate in living history events of the Rev War Era and are struck by how the anti-king sentiment has circled back to visit us again here in the US. Today, I had to work. My husband can't drive at the moment because of an eye injury. Protest still happened in the middle of nowhere. Resist when and where you can! Never give up!
October 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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All of us who know Rev War history are gobsmacked at the current situation. Yesterday, my husband is in the neighbor's soybeans, making his point.
Color photograph of a man standing in a dried out soybean field. A line of trees form a horizon line, and the sky is blue with pretty white clouds. The man is on the left side of the image, looking to his left. He's holding an 18th century style flintlock gun. Attached to the end of the barrel, is a No Kings protest sign with those words and a yellow crown with a red X across it on white posterboard. The man is dressed in 18th century style clothing: brown felt hat with round brim; yellow linen shirt; brown linen waistcoat and breeches; black hosiery; black shoes. He is carrying a leather bag and powderhorn which are hanging by straps diagonally across his chest. The story: we used to participate in living history events of the Rev War Era and are struck by how the anti-king sentiment has circled back to visit us again here in the US. Today, I had to work. My husband can't drive at the moment because of an eye injury. Protest still happened in the middle of nowhere. Resist when and where you can! Never give up
October 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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No Kings in a Soybean Field : : husband/artist, soybeans, 18th century Revolutionary War Era reminder of an earlier No Kings time in our history. Check Alt Text for context!

#Resist #NoKings #HeyHeyHoHoDonaldTrumpHasGotToGo #Photography #iPhonePhotography #Portrait #History #EastCoastKin
Color photograph of a man standing in a dried out soybean field. A line of trees form a horizon line, and the sky is blue with pretty white clouds. The man is on the left side of the image, looking to his left. He's holding an 18th century style flintlock gun. Attached to the end of the barrel, is a No Kings protest sign with those words and a yellow crown with a red X across it on white posterboard. The man is dressed in 18th century style clothing: brown felt hat with round brim; yellow linen shirt; brown linen waistcoat and breeches; black hosiery; black shoes. He is carrying a leather bag and powderhorn which are hanging by straps diagonally across his chest. The story: we used to participate in living history events of the Rev War Era and are struck by how the anti-king sentiment has circled back to visit us again here in the US. Today, I had to work. My husband can't drive at the moment because of an eye injury. Protest still happened in the middle of nowhere. Resist when and where you can! Never give up!
October 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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fresh produce : : support your local farmers

#Photography #ColorADay #GreenSat #Veggies #BuyLocal #EastCoastKin
Color photograph of an array of green vegetables: kohlrabi, kale, romaine, celery fill the frame with vibrant tones of green. The natural light is soft and variable, provided by the kitchen window.
October 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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'Schräg (Dutch Angle)' #FotoVorschlag

dreamscape/landscape : : foggy morning commute

digital photography, 2024 ©Angela Avera Selter
#Photography #Monochrome #iPhonePhotography #EastCoastKin
Soft, foggy black and white photo of a gravel road going through the middle of a farm field. The road has tall weeds on the sides and in the center of the two tire tracks; the farm field is growing soybeans; the sky is light and solidly foggy. The photo is almost square and tilted, Dutch Angle style, so that the horizon line goes from bottom left to top right.
October 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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shadowplay : : pine, hickory

#ForestFriday #Scape #LightAndShadow #Photography #iPhonePhotography #EastCoastKin #AltText
Green forest edge with a hickory leaf diagonally taking up half of the frame and more hickory leaves in the background. A pine's leaves (needles) show as silhouettes against the surface of the hickory leaves. Currently, the woods are dry as a bone and not looking their best because of drought but there's always something wondrous and fun to see if we open our eyes and look a little deeper.
October 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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For #ForestFriday (this is not my creation) I found this on the interwebs and thought it an apropos share. I'm heartened by the strong community of nature lovers and defenders here.
Green forest of many straight trees with very few limbs. The ground is covered in green and the light fog is even infused with color. The text on top of the image reads, "This is a community too."
October 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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'Perspektivwechsel' #FotoVorschlag

Altered Reality.

@monimartha.bsky.social – Your quote is perfect for this challenge.
"Die besten Entdeckungsreisen macht man nicht in fremden Ländern, sondern indem man die Welt mit neuen Augen betrachtet.“ (Marcel Proust)
#Photography #Landscape #EastCoastKin
Landscape reflection on a body of perfectly still water. My flipped perspective places the water lilies in the sky above the wooded and foggy hill and gives the scene a dream-like quality.
October 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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'Metall' #FotoVorschlag

Vintage cake pan.
#Photography #ClassicMono #Monochrome #Vintage #Metal #EastCoastKin
The bottom of a vintage baking pan. The metal is stamped in squares of starburst pattern which catch the light and shadow.
October 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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'Metall' #FotoVorschlag

#Photography #Rust #AccidentalLandscape #EastCoastKin
Metal in a junkyard. It was formerly painted white and the rust is slowly taking its place. There's a nicely graduated tone of rust from top to bottom, encroaching on the white paint which gives a feeling of sky. It meets a level horizon line of grungy white and the lower quarter of the image is dark rust silhouetted in a rough outline against the white in an additional horizontal line which resembles a distant treeline. Along the bottom edge, holes and one bolt can be seen.
October 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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'Im Museum' #FotoVorschlag

Lady of Fontenay, 13th century | Loretto Heritage Center, Nerinx, KY, USA
Made of unknown material with a bronze finish, this statue of the Virgin Mary and Christ child is patterned after the original marble sculpture located in Abbey de Fontenay in France.
October 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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#ribbit #resist

I wish I knew who created this image after the fabulous Shepard Fairey style so I could thank them. It's everything.
Shepard Fairey style poster of a frog or toad with neck kerchief in stars and stripes with the word "HOP" under the image and surrounded by a cream border.
October 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Morning Glory’s natural #Glow for today’s #BlueSkyArtShow.

#iPhonePhotography #Macro #BloomScrolling #EastCoastKin
Macro image of a purple morning glory flower. The throat is creamy white, illuminated by the morning sun shining from behind; white specks of pollen are on the deep purple trumpet.
October 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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'4 Elemente - 4 Fotos' #FotoVorschlag

#FourElements #4Elemente #4Photos #Photography #EastCoastKin #Earth #Fire #Water #Air
Four horizontal photographs top to bottom: 1. Blue sky with light grey and peach colored clouds on the edges. The top edge of the image is a sliver of roof line and a deer skull silhouetted against the sky. 2. Bonfire with two people sitting in front of it, silhouetted against the bright flames. 3. Green-grey rocky creek bottom with water ripples and reflections dotting the surface. 4. Brown mud with turkey tracks and small pebbles.
October 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM