Don Brown
@gettheflick.bsky.social
Retired ATC (ZTL) -- NATCA founding member
Amateur Photographer
Joe Biden Democrat
Should have been a cowboy.
Ask an ATC question (or about a Photography Park) at your peril.
Amateur Photographer
Joe Biden Democrat
Should have been a cowboy.
Ask an ATC question (or about a Photography Park) at your peril.
"Sunset Angel"
I found another angel in Maple Hill Cemetery. I think I’ve mentioned it before but, I like angels. Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
300mm
F6.3@1/25
ISO 400
White Balance on Flash
DSB_1648.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
I found another angel in Maple Hill Cemetery. I think I’ve mentioned it before but, I like angels. Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
300mm
F6.3@1/25
ISO 400
White Balance on Flash
DSB_1648.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
February 13, 2026 at 1:18 AM
"Sunset Angel"
I found another angel in Maple Hill Cemetery. I think I’ve mentioned it before but, I like angels. Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
300mm
F6.3@1/25
ISO 400
White Balance on Flash
DSB_1648.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
I found another angel in Maple Hill Cemetery. I think I’ve mentioned it before but, I like angels. Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
300mm
F6.3@1/25
ISO 400
White Balance on Flash
DSB_1648.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
No one ever publishes the ugly pictures do they? The power lines. The hodgepodge color of lights to drive away the darkness around the trophy houses. The antennas that adorn the tallest mountains -- crowned with flashing lights.
You may try to filter out the ugly but it's still there. #Ugly
You may try to filter out the ugly but it's still there. #Ugly
February 12, 2026 at 4:12 PM
No one ever publishes the ugly pictures do they? The power lines. The hodgepodge color of lights to drive away the darkness around the trophy houses. The antennas that adorn the tallest mountains -- crowned with flashing lights.
You may try to filter out the ugly but it's still there. #Ugly
You may try to filter out the ugly but it's still there. #Ugly
I would have called it “Rainbow Alley” instead of “Clinton Color Walk”. I’m just sayin’.
Y’all know anybody that would like to pose at (checks data) 5:38AM in the cold rain? No? Pity.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
125mm
F8@1/5th
ISO 400
DSB_1341.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
Y’all know anybody that would like to pose at (checks data) 5:38AM in the cold rain? No? Pity.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
125mm
F8@1/5th
ISO 400
DSB_1341.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
February 12, 2026 at 2:00 AM
I would have called it “Rainbow Alley” instead of “Clinton Color Walk”. I’m just sayin’.
Y’all know anybody that would like to pose at (checks data) 5:38AM in the cold rain? No? Pity.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
125mm
F8@1/5th
ISO 400
DSB_1341.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
Y’all know anybody that would like to pose at (checks data) 5:38AM in the cold rain? No? Pity.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
125mm
F8@1/5th
ISO 400
DSB_1341.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
I'm always amazed when I see people run red lights. I used to never see it. Now I see it on a regular basis.
People that don't have time to follow the rules, betting their life that the rest of us do. Guess how that will end.
People that don't have time to follow the rules, betting their life that the rest of us do. Guess how that will end.
February 11, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I'm always amazed when I see people run red lights. I used to never see it. Now I see it on a regular basis.
People that don't have time to follow the rules, betting their life that the rest of us do. Guess how that will end.
People that don't have time to follow the rules, betting their life that the rest of us do. Guess how that will end.
Liars gotta lie.
They keep saying they have deported "millions". It's a lie.
Why do they want to build dozens of concentration warehouses if they are *deporting* "millions"? Deport them after holding them for weeks. months, years?
How many bosses that hired "illegals" have been locked up?
They keep saying they have deported "millions". It's a lie.
Why do they want to build dozens of concentration warehouses if they are *deporting* "millions"? Deport them after holding them for weeks. months, years?
How many bosses that hired "illegals" have been locked up?
February 10, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Liars gotta lie.
They keep saying they have deported "millions". It's a lie.
Why do they want to build dozens of concentration warehouses if they are *deporting* "millions"? Deport them after holding them for weeks. months, years?
How many bosses that hired "illegals" have been locked up?
They keep saying they have deported "millions". It's a lie.
Why do they want to build dozens of concentration warehouses if they are *deporting* "millions"? Deport them after holding them for weeks. months, years?
How many bosses that hired "illegals" have been locked up?
"Photographer's Protest"
It was a beautiful sunrise on Monte Sano this morning. I hope you enjoy looking at it. Before I ruin it for you.
(Rant is on Flickr, if interested.)
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
200mm
F8@1/125th
ISO 400
GND filter
DSB_1138.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
It was a beautiful sunrise on Monte Sano this morning. I hope you enjoy looking at it. Before I ruin it for you.
(Rant is on Flickr, if interested.)
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
200mm
F8@1/125th
ISO 400
GND filter
DSB_1138.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
February 10, 2026 at 11:23 PM
"Photographer's Protest"
It was a beautiful sunrise on Monte Sano this morning. I hope you enjoy looking at it. Before I ruin it for you.
(Rant is on Flickr, if interested.)
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
200mm
F8@1/125th
ISO 400
GND filter
DSB_1138.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
It was a beautiful sunrise on Monte Sano this morning. I hope you enjoy looking at it. Before I ruin it for you.
(Rant is on Flickr, if interested.)
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
200mm
F8@1/125th
ISO 400
GND filter
DSB_1138.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
Never fear, Yankees. Spring is coming. Speakers on.
February 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Never fear, Yankees. Spring is coming. Speakers on.
Dang! People are going to come out in droves.
February 9, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Dang! People are going to come out in droves.
“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honour, duty, mercy, hope.”
— attributed to Winston S. Churchill.
"Attributed". That reminds me of another great quote:
"Damn an eye-witness! Always messing up a good story!"
— attributed to Winston S. Churchill.
"Attributed". That reminds me of another great quote:
"Damn an eye-witness! Always messing up a good story!"
February 9, 2026 at 12:35 AM
“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honour, duty, mercy, hope.”
— attributed to Winston S. Churchill.
"Attributed". That reminds me of another great quote:
"Damn an eye-witness! Always messing up a good story!"
— attributed to Winston S. Churchill.
"Attributed". That reminds me of another great quote:
"Damn an eye-witness! Always messing up a good story!"
Bill Smith?
Bill Sands?
Bill Carpenter?
Bill Blasse?
Bill Gates?
Bill Clinton! The ex-President is calling and and you tell me "Bill" is calling??!!!!
It makes me NUTS!
Bill Sands?
Bill Carpenter?
Bill Blasse?
Bill Gates?
Bill Clinton! The ex-President is calling and and you tell me "Bill" is calling??!!!!
It makes me NUTS!
February 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Bill Smith?
Bill Sands?
Bill Carpenter?
Bill Blasse?
Bill Gates?
Bill Clinton! The ex-President is calling and and you tell me "Bill" is calling??!!!!
It makes me NUTS!
Bill Sands?
Bill Carpenter?
Bill Blasse?
Bill Gates?
Bill Clinton! The ex-President is calling and and you tell me "Bill" is calling??!!!!
It makes me NUTS!
(I just spent 5 minutes looking for the "cover" of the FAA's AIM. I'm hopelessly lost.)
I watch group texts like I'm watching an accident happen. Sooooo many chances for misunderstanding. People will "save" themselves from typing one word to cause mass confusion.
"Bill says hello"
"Bill who?"
I watch group texts like I'm watching an accident happen. Sooooo many chances for misunderstanding. People will "save" themselves from typing one word to cause mass confusion.
"Bill says hello"
"Bill who?"
February 9, 2026 at 12:08 AM
(I just spent 5 minutes looking for the "cover" of the FAA's AIM. I'm hopelessly lost.)
I watch group texts like I'm watching an accident happen. Sooooo many chances for misunderstanding. People will "save" themselves from typing one word to cause mass confusion.
"Bill says hello"
"Bill who?"
I watch group texts like I'm watching an accident happen. Sooooo many chances for misunderstanding. People will "save" themselves from typing one word to cause mass confusion.
"Bill says hello"
"Bill who?"
(Rant on)
Swear to God: Talking to my wife is like talking to pilots.
"Delta four thirty nine say speed"
"We can do whatever you'd like Center"
"Delta four thirty nine i presume say speed"
"uh we're doing two eighty"
Does the lack of precision in communications drive other controllers mad?
Swear to God: Talking to my wife is like talking to pilots.
"Delta four thirty nine say speed"
"We can do whatever you'd like Center"
"Delta four thirty nine i presume say speed"
"uh we're doing two eighty"
Does the lack of precision in communications drive other controllers mad?
February 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM
(Rant on)
Swear to God: Talking to my wife is like talking to pilots.
"Delta four thirty nine say speed"
"We can do whatever you'd like Center"
"Delta four thirty nine i presume say speed"
"uh we're doing two eighty"
Does the lack of precision in communications drive other controllers mad?
Swear to God: Talking to my wife is like talking to pilots.
"Delta four thirty nine say speed"
"We can do whatever you'd like Center"
"Delta four thirty nine i presume say speed"
"uh we're doing two eighty"
Does the lack of precision in communications drive other controllers mad?
Did you click on that link?
"The first mass privatization of state property occurred in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1937:..."
"However, it was in the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom and Ronald Reagan in the United States that privatization gained worldwide momentum."
"The first mass privatization of state property occurred in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1937:..."
"However, it was in the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom and Ronald Reagan in the United States that privatization gained worldwide momentum."
February 8, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Did you click on that link?
"The first mass privatization of state property occurred in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1937:..."
"However, it was in the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom and Ronald Reagan in the United States that privatization gained worldwide momentum."
"The first mass privatization of state property occurred in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1937:..."
"However, it was in the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom and Ronald Reagan in the United States that privatization gained worldwide momentum."
You’ve been warned.
February 8, 2026 at 11:04 PM
You’ve been warned.
It wasn’t hard to figure out where the Sun was going to rise this morning. That vertical beam showed up about 20 minutes before sunrise and pointed the way.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
122mm
F8@1/15th
ISO 400
GND x2
DSB_0537.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
122mm
F8@1/15th
ISO 400
GND x2
DSB_0537.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
February 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
It wasn’t hard to figure out where the Sun was going to rise this morning. That vertical beam showed up about 20 minutes before sunrise and pointed the way.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
122mm
F8@1/15th
ISO 400
GND x2
DSB_0537.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
122mm
F8@1/15th
ISO 400
GND x2
DSB_0537.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
Anybody know why IAH traffic is getting the grand tour this morning?
I noticed the contrails. 🤠 The turns were so big I figured they had to be military. Nope.
I noticed the contrails. 🤠 The turns were so big I figured they had to be military. Nope.
February 8, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Anybody know why IAH traffic is getting the grand tour this morning?
I noticed the contrails. 🤠 The turns were so big I figured they had to be military. Nope.
I noticed the contrails. 🤠 The turns were so big I figured they had to be military. Nope.
Remember last week when Trump said NATO didn’t do much in Afghanistan?
March 23,2021.
U.S. troops in country 3,500.
NATO troops in country 10,000.
TWENTY YEARS after we asked for their help.
The USA should apologize. Publicly. Trump won’t. We should.
“Peril” — Woodward & Costa
March 23,2021.
U.S. troops in country 3,500.
NATO troops in country 10,000.
TWENTY YEARS after we asked for their help.
The USA should apologize. Publicly. Trump won’t. We should.
“Peril” — Woodward & Costa
February 8, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Remember last week when Trump said NATO didn’t do much in Afghanistan?
March 23,2021.
U.S. troops in country 3,500.
NATO troops in country 10,000.
TWENTY YEARS after we asked for their help.
The USA should apologize. Publicly. Trump won’t. We should.
“Peril” — Woodward & Costa
March 23,2021.
U.S. troops in country 3,500.
NATO troops in country 10,000.
TWENTY YEARS after we asked for their help.
The USA should apologize. Publicly. Trump won’t. We should.
“Peril” — Woodward & Costa
I chose poorly. I waited until sundown and then — knowing better — started the walk back to the car a few minutes after sunset. So when the sky caught fire, I was unprepared.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
26mm
[email protected] seconds
ISO 400
GND filter
DSB_9936.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
26mm
[email protected] seconds
ISO 400
GND filter
DSB_9936.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
February 7, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I chose poorly. I waited until sundown and then — knowing better — started the walk back to the car a few minutes after sunset. So when the sky caught fire, I was unprepared.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
26mm
[email protected] seconds
ISO 400
GND filter
DSB_9936.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
26mm
[email protected] seconds
ISO 400
GND filter
DSB_9936.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
Blue State people, this is what it's like, living in a Red State.
Senator Britt isn't a nut. But she has to get the "nut vote" (GA-GOP's phrase, not mine) to win elections. So she'll send you a nutty letter to prevent you posting a calm, rational response and costing her an election.
Senator Britt isn't a nut. But she has to get the "nut vote" (GA-GOP's phrase, not mine) to win elections. So she'll send you a nutty letter to prevent you posting a calm, rational response and costing her an election.
February 7, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Blue State people, this is what it's like, living in a Red State.
Senator Britt isn't a nut. But she has to get the "nut vote" (GA-GOP's phrase, not mine) to win elections. So she'll send you a nutty letter to prevent you posting a calm, rational response and costing her an election.
Senator Britt isn't a nut. But she has to get the "nut vote" (GA-GOP's phrase, not mine) to win elections. So she'll send you a nutty letter to prevent you posting a calm, rational response and costing her an election.
"Virgines Ortūs Solis"
A couple on the mountain this morning were watching the sunrise for their first time. If you’ve never seen one before...this is the prettiest sunrise ever.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
210mm
F8@1/125th
ISO 400
GND filter
DSB_9986.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
A couple on the mountain this morning were watching the sunrise for their first time. If you’ve never seen one before...this is the prettiest sunrise ever.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
210mm
F8@1/125th
ISO 400
GND filter
DSB_9986.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
"Virgines Ortūs Solis"
A couple on the mountain this morning were watching the sunrise for their first time. If you’ve never seen one before...this is the prettiest sunrise ever.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
210mm
F8@1/125th
ISO 400
GND filter
DSB_9986.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
A couple on the mountain this morning were watching the sunrise for their first time. If you’ve never seen one before...this is the prettiest sunrise ever.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
210mm
F8@1/125th
ISO 400
GND filter
DSB_9986.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
You could have had Biden and/or Harris.
Learn from your mistakes.
Learn from your mistakes.
February 6, 2026 at 1:35 AM
You could have had Biden and/or Harris.
Learn from your mistakes.
Learn from your mistakes.
Imagine if the white unemployment rate was 8.3%.
Now do you understand why Trump (and the GOP since…forever) calls it government waste, fraud and abuse?
Some folks forgot Democrats have used the Federal Government to lift people (of all kinds) out of poverty. The GOP didn’t forget. @nytimes.com
Now do you understand why Trump (and the GOP since…forever) calls it government waste, fraud and abuse?
Some folks forgot Democrats have used the Federal Government to lift people (of all kinds) out of poverty. The GOP didn’t forget. @nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Imagine if the white unemployment rate was 8.3%.
Now do you understand why Trump (and the GOP since…forever) calls it government waste, fraud and abuse?
Some folks forgot Democrats have used the Federal Government to lift people (of all kinds) out of poverty. The GOP didn’t forget. @nytimes.com
Now do you understand why Trump (and the GOP since…forever) calls it government waste, fraud and abuse?
Some folks forgot Democrats have used the Federal Government to lift people (of all kinds) out of poverty. The GOP didn’t forget. @nytimes.com
