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MH Benton 🇺🇸 @mhb-photo.bsky.social · 7h

Great Egret In Juniper At Edge Of Pond

#ornithology #birds #photography #egret #greategret #nature #glynncounty #mhbenton

A great egret standing atop a juniper against a dark background.

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Cam McCartney @camphoto.bsky.social · 8h

Superb Fairy Wren
(Female & Male)
Kingston, Victoria

#WrensDay
#birds #photography
#EastCoastKin
#birdphotography #naturephotography #BirdLife #wildlifephotography

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Deepak Choppa @adamsandler.click · 1d

Toxicity is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band System of a Down, released on September 4, 2001, by American Recordings and Columbia Records. Expanding on their 1998 eponymous debut album, Toxicity incorporates more melody, harmonies, and singing than the band's first album. Cat

Darrin Loeliger @darrin.bsky.team · 1d

Hey, I'm trying to learn more about toxicity on Bluesky. How often do you see toxicity on here? Where in the app do you see it?

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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 1d

Eastern Australian humpback whale population now well above pre-whaling levels, report finds - ABC News share.google/AGnVwS7IfyqZ.... #News This is great news. We also get the added benefit of them being a tourism drawcard.

These whales were hunted to 150 individuals. Now there's 50,000 of them

Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is now greater than before whaling.

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Cam McCartney @camphoto.bsky.social · 1d

I’m old enough to have visited the whaling station in Albany WA as kid back in ‘76 *when it was still operating*!

There’s not a lot to celebrate in the world at the moment, but this is a fantastic W…

Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 1d

Eastern Australian humpback whale population now well above pre-whaling levels, report finds - ABC News share.google/AGnVwS7IfyqZ.... #News This is great news. We also get the added benefit of them being a tourism drawcard.

These whales were hunted to 150 individuals. Now there's 50,000 of them

Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is now greater than before whaling.

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Cam McCartney @camphoto.bsky.social · 1d

Imagining that someone in the warehouse has been keeping those stamps in a desk drawer all this time, just waiting for an item to be dispatched with $3 postage

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Cam McCartney @camphoto.bsky.social · 2d

Judging by the size of the some of the cracks in the walls of the grand old girl, the Baptist power of prayer is strong and playing an important part in keeping it standing 😉
(Would love to see it restored)

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Jools @joolsandsid.bsky.social · 3d

#31daysofhalloween
#spooktober
#photography
#wales

A b&w photograph of a church yard. There is a heavy contrast of black and white with the church in the background standing tall with a pointy roof with a cros. The sun is strong and white to the left is a cross again striking against the mainly white sky.
The grass in the front of the picture is highlighted and there's some definition.

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JulieW67 @juliew67.bsky.social · 3d

#10minutesfromhome #SilentSunday
#Eastcoastkin #Stunday
Entwistle

A pine forest next to Entwistle Reservoir last Sunday.
The photo shows a sector tall pine trees with the forest floor covered in pine needles that are now brown.
There are also a few smaller pine trees with lush green foliage.

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Merisi Vienna @merisi-vienna.bsky.social · 3d

VIENNESE IMPRESSIONS
Saturday Morning
I love our bakery cafes! 💙
Great coffee, pastries, neighborhood gathering places,
indoors or outside in the sun, like yesterday.
Hietzing, 13th District
Image © Merisi Vienna
#EastCoastKin #Photography
#Bakeries #cafe #community
www.dermann.at/filiale/hiet...

People sitting outdoors at a bakery cafe that is less than a five minutes walk from the western gate of Schönbrunn Park.

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Paul Willson @pauljwillson.bsky.social · 3d

Loch mood

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Cam McCartney @camphoto.bsky.social · 3d

Baptist Church
Stawell, Victoria

#BlueSkyArtShow #stunday
#bluesky #photography #landscape #travel #nature #landscapephotography #scape #fujifilm
#EastCoastKin

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Cam McCartney @camphoto.bsky.social · 4d

Opening
Sun Orchids
Stawell, Victoria

#BlueSkyArtShow #stunday
#bluesky #photography #landscape #travel #nature #orchids #landscapephotography #naturephotography #scape #fujifilm #EastCoastKin #FCKNZS

Photo of three sun orchids on a stem. Two more can be seen blurred in background

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Cam McCartney @camphoto.bsky.social · 4d

Opening
Sun Orchids
Stawell, Victoria

#BlueSkyArtShow #stunday
#bluesky #photography #landscape #travel #nature #orchids #landscapephotography #naturephotography #scape #fujifilm #EastCoastKin #FCKNZS

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Cam McCartney @camphoto.bsky.social · 4d

Van Gogh Sunset
Lake Lonsdale, Victoria

#BlueSkyArtShow #stunday
#bluesky #photography #landscape #travel #nature #sunset #artphotography #landscapephotography #naturephotography
#scape #fujifilm #EastCoastKin

Photo of a sunset with a cloudy sky over a still lake. The patterns of the clouds and light are reflected on the lake

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Cam McCartney @camphoto.bsky.social · 5d

Canola Crop Looking Towards Gariwerd
St Helens Plains, Victoria

(It’s a panoramic #xpan #65x24 shot so worth a tap and tilt of you viewing device ;-)

#BlueSkyArtShow #stunday
#bluesky #photography #landscape #nature #landscapephotography #naturephotography #scape #canola #EastCoastKin

Foreground is entirely yellow canola flowers. On the horizon is Gariwerd an ancient mountain range created by Bunjil, that rises from the flat Wimmera plains. A grey moody cloudy sky is above.

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Cam McCartney @camphoto.bsky.social · 5d

Opening Soon
Sun Orchid Buds
Stawell, Victoria

#BlueSkyArtShow #stunday
#bluesky #photography #landscape #travel #nature #orchids #landscapephotography #naturephotography #scape #fujifilm #EastCoastKin #FCKNZS

Photo of two sun orchid stems close together each with 3 sun orchid flower buds

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Cam McCartney @camphoto.bsky.social · 5d

Fruit ‘n’ Veg
Coburg Market
Coburg, Victoria

From A Coburg Street Walk
2 July 2025

#bluesky #photography #landscape #streetscape #scape #fujifilm #stunday #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #FCKNZS

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Cam McCartney @camphoto.bsky.social · 4d

Van Gogh Sunset
Lake Lonsdale, Victoria

#BlueSkyArtShow #stunday
#bluesky #photography #landscape #travel #nature #sunset #artphotography #landscapephotography #naturephotography
#scape #fujifilm #EastCoastKin

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Ela Schneider @elaschneider43.bsky.social · 5d

While your world is worth of trying my world is merely cold
No chance in disillusion - only the end of the road.

(Ville-Petri Friman / "Weighted down with sorrow")

#photo #photography #EastCoastKin
#Foto #Fotografie #lock #Schloss

Foto Nahaufnahme diverse bunte Schlösser an Heringe gekettet.
Photo of a close up from various colored locks, locked on a peg

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Cam McCartney @camphoto.bsky.social · 5d

Fruit ‘n’ Veg
Coburg Market
Coburg, Victoria

From A Coburg Street Walk
2 July 2025

#bluesky #photography #landscape #streetscape #scape #fujifilm #stunday #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #FCKNZS

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Cam McCartney @camphoto.bsky.social · 5d

Canola Crop Looking Towards Gariwerd
St Helens Plains, Victoria

(It’s a panoramic #xpan #65x24 shot so worth a tap and tilt of you viewing device ;-)

#BlueSkyArtShow #stunday
#bluesky #photography #landscape #nature #landscapephotography #naturephotography #scape #canola #EastCoastKin

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Wangle-BOO-ry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 5d

The thing about AI is that it ultimately doesn't matter how realistic it gets, or looks, or sounds, or seems - those are all red herrings. The problem at its heart is that nothing it produces comes from a real person, and it therefore has no aesthetic value. That's it. No more needs to be said.

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Cam McCartney @camphoto.bsky.social · 5d

Opening Soon
Sun Orchid Buds
Stawell, Victoria

#BlueSkyArtShow #stunday
#bluesky #photography #landscape #travel #nature #orchids #landscapephotography #naturephotography #scape #fujifilm #EastCoastKin #FCKNZS

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