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@garyholpinphoto.bsky.social

Morning! Happy Sunday! I hope you enjoyed my set of photos from Brixham last week. Would love to know which was your fave in the #Sundayvote - 1,2,3 or 4? [1 is the shot of the fish market, 2 Brixham town, 3 is the minimalist tidal bell, and 4 the tidal bell with rocks)

January 11, 2026 at 7:30 AM

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Norwegian troll

@mikilelek.bsky.social

Have a nice day 💝

January 11, 2026 at 7:59 AM

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Helen Day

@lbflyawayhome.bsky.social

‘At the edge of the mere’

Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Winter, 1959)

Under a leaden sky, ducks are huddled together on a partially frozen silvery lake surrounded by reeds and bull rushes

January 11, 2026 at 8:21 AM

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Laurette

@laurette1.bsky.social

Shottermill Pond with seagulls and reflections.
#Stunday
#SurreyHills
#Reflections
#Landscape
#Photography

In the foreground are brambles with some autumn colour remaining.
The blue sky, clouds, trees, opposite bank and war memorial are reflected on the water. This pond is a magnet for seagulls and there are a number near the bank. Poking out of the trees is a typical cottage of this area. My photo is framed at the top by branches of a conifer, on the right by a silver birch sapling, on the left by a conifer and its reflection and at the bottom by the pond bank.

January 11, 2026 at 8:34 AM

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Laurette

@laurette1.bsky.social

To me one of the first signs of spring are catkins. Here are some growing in January by a crystal clear stream near St Catherine of Siena Church, Cocking, West Sussex.
#SteepleSaturday
#WestSussex
#Churches
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Vibrant
#Landscape
#Photography

In the foreground catkins are hanging over a small stream flowing towards the church. Winter trees are to the right and a tree covered in mistletoe next to the church.
In the midground on the left is a gate leading to the church as rust coloured shrubs.

January 10, 2026 at 7:23 AM

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Pipa

@pipapipia.bsky.social

With these beautiful roses I wish you a good day and that those who organize absurd wars disappear.
😘🩷💔

January 10, 2026 at 7:59 AM

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Vicky Outen Photo DPAGB

@vickyoutenphoto.bsky.social

Little grebe - older posting - Post your grebe photos in the comments

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🪶🦉 #birds #wildlife #ukwildlife #nature #photography #ThePhotoHour #vickyoutenphoto #littlegrebe

January 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM

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Malcolm Stoneman

@malcolmstoneman.bsky.social

Church of All Saints,
#Combeinteignhead #Devon

Battlemented west tower (perhaps 15th Century) with diagonal buttresses & an embattled polygonal north east stair turret.

Restored by Fulford in 1851 & 1887 with tall corner white pinnacles, when the rest of the tower is red.

#SteepleSaturday

Red sandstone north transept, nave & porch. Tall west tower with stair turret, diagonal buttresses & battlements with white stone pinnacles.

January 10, 2026 at 8:04 AM

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Rina

@rina2012.bsky.social

Wishing you a great #Scape Friday 🫶

📷 #WinterWonderland Black Forest, Germany

#photography #landscape #ForestFriday #Schwarzwald #PhotographersUnited #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin

You can see a winter landscape with several bare trees under a blue sky. Clouds and dark coniferous forest can be seen in the background.

January 9, 2026 at 7:30 AM

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JB

@johnbleakley.bsky.social

Yesterday's late call to venture upto #WutheringHeights, aka #TopWithens, paid off with some sumptuous late golden hour light, a 3 mile hike down in icy darkness was a price worth paying. #sunset #haworth #bronte #brontecountry #landscape #stormhour #photohour
@outdoorphotography.bsky.social

January 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM

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Venetia Featherstone-Witty

@venetia-witty.bsky.social

More Orchids #orchidthursday #orchids #flowerphotography #macrophotography #photographersunited #gardening #beautifulflowers #botanicals #beautifulblooms #dailyflower #floweroftheday #womenphotographers #bloomscrolling #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #macro #nature #flowersrofbluesky #closeup

January 8, 2026 at 6:01 PM

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Luci Westphal

@luciwest.bsky.social

A great blue heron flying over one of the Pinellas Refuges islands (part of the greater Tampa Bay National Wildlife Refuges). It's my great honor to be the first Featured Artist for the Friends of Tampa Bay NWR.

#birdoftheday #heron #birdphotography #TampaBay #Florida #PhotoHour

January 8, 2026 at 3:12 PM

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Brian Peterson

@drbrianpet.bsky.social

Good Morning!

This is the sunrise panorama today in my backyard

Have a fabulous #Thursday!

@stormhour.com @thephotohour.bsky.social @panophotos.bsky.social

Enough clouds, especially at the horizon, to obscure the sun. Portions of the large clouds higher in the frame catch some orange light.

January 8, 2026 at 2:50 PM

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Epiphany

@epiphanyappleseed.bsky.social

The Funky Gibbous looked mighty fine this mooning! 81.5% illuminated 🌖
@stormhour.com
@photohour.bsky.social
#astrophotography #potd

January 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM

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Pipa

@pipapipia.bsky.social

With these beautiful flowers I wish you a good day and that those who organize wars disappear. 😘💜💔

January 8, 2026 at 7:34 AM

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Pipa

@pipapipia.bsky.social

Please. Let's take care, respect and love the rivers. Us and the Public Administrations. It's urgent.😟

January 8, 2026 at 7:41 AM

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Historic Southampton

@historicalsoton.bsky.social

See Oxford Street and the rest of Southampton on my interactive Titanic Crew Map, which shows all the crew members who either lived or lodged in Southampton prior to the voyage: historicsouthampton.co.uk/crew/

5/5

Interactive Map: Titanic Crew – Historic Southampton

historicsouthampton.co.uk

January 8, 2026 at 7:45 AM

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Pipa

@pipapipia.bsky.social

Winter landscapes full of charm. Let's take advantage of this beauty.

January 8, 2026 at 7:47 AM

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Helen Day

@lbflyawayhome.bsky.social

Other work of the Ladybird artists.
‘Winter Landscape’
Artist: Rowland Hilder

Tracks in a snowy lane lead to an open gate and fields beyond. The track is flanked by winter trees and presided over by a pearly snowfilled sky.

January 8, 2026 at 7:56 AM

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Vicky Outen Photo DPAGB

@vickyoutenphoto.bsky.social

Coal tit - older posting - Post your coal tit photos in the comments

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🪶🦉 #birds #wildlife #ukwildlife #nature #photography #ThePhotoHour #vickyoutenphoto #coaltit

January 8, 2026 at 8:00 AM

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Alan H

@alan678.bsky.social

Good morning, for my friend Sabine’s wonderful #PalacesAndGardens I’ve went with a sunrise at Drenagh House. #SunriseOrSunset #photography #EastCoastKin

A wide landscape view of Drenagh House in Northern Ireland, seen across an expansive foreground of vivid green lawn, where some snow rests softly on the grass. A large, leafless deciduous tree dominates the left side of the frame, its dark, twisting branches etched sharply against a dramatic sky. In the middle distance stands the elegant, symmetrical Georgian façade of Drenagh House, built of pale stone with evenly spaced sash windows and a restrained classical design. Behind and above the house, the sky is filled with striking golden and amber clouds lit by a low sun, contrasting with darker storm clouds and creating a moody, almost painterly atmosphere. Bare winter trees frame the house on both sides, adding depth and a sense of season and stillness.

January 8, 2026 at 8:07 AM

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glastomichelle.bsky.social

@glastomichelle.bsky.social

It's quite a bit warmer today but very grey on my morning walk. Here is that lovely Wintery light over Glastonbury town from a few days ago. It might have been frost bite weather 😂 but it was just so beautiful to be up on Glastonbury Tor that day.