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TheDude
@jshynes.bsky.social
Dog Lover, Photography enthusiast and IT nerd
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A little backstory to my interest in photography. For most of my life (since I was 13) I’ve taken photos, mostly for the love it with an occasional wedding or event thrown in. Started with a 35mm Fujica ST605, then a Canon A1, then went digital Nikon D7000 and then Sony NEX 7.

D7000
Walking Iris
Orchid in a basket under a Florida palm tree
August 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Time to cleanse your feed… Here’s Gus beekeeping his favorite bee as a bonnet
May 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
African Lily for Earth Day
April 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
All alone and nowhere to go

#photographersunited
#photo
#photography
February 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
A lonely peregrina stands tall.

Sony NEX-7
2015

#photography
#photo
#flowerphotography
February 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.
February 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If chairs could talk…

Sony NEX-7
2014
February 2, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I tell my wife that my job involves clickety-clack on the internet. How do you describe your job?
Typing Maniac Click Clack GIF
ALT: Typing Maniac Click Clack GIF
media.tenor.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Here’s another Cormorant from 2014 enjoying the sun on Lake Mirror, Lakeland Fl.

Sony Nex-7
#photography
#birds
January 31, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Here are few more of my photos from yesterday, they’re certainly not print worthy and the quality is poor. But I like them because this King fisher or Cormorant caught my eye dancing on the tree tops.
January 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I was out getting my car serviced this morning and across the street from the service station is Lake Parker. I had a few minutes, stopped and took this photo.
What caught my eye in this pic was the reflection of the power plant and the saw grass in the foreground.

#photography
#photo
#powerplant
January 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Lakeland Florida is known as Swan City. Here is a pair our fine black swans taking a stroll on Lake Mirror.
#photography
#swans
#lakeland
#florida
#PhotographersUnited
January 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
open.spotify.com/episode/2nnL...

Take a minute to listen to these guys. They are former local dj’s at MAX 98.3 that are now venturing into podcasting.
You should listen to this…
Ep. 1 - A Whole New World
The Eric and Mike Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery
January 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A little backstory to my interest in photography. For most of my life (since I was 13) I’ve taken photos, mostly for the love it with an occasional wedding or event thrown in. Started with a 35mm Fujica ST605, then a Canon A1, then went digital Nikon D7000 and then Sony NEX 7.

D7000
Walking Iris
January 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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🚨 🚨 🚨 HOMEWORK 🚨 🚨 🚨

The email address for federal workers to inform on their colleagues is [email protected].

Would be a real shame if folks flooded that inbox, rendering it useless.
January 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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January 22, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Dark Day, 2023.
January 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
For those of you wishing spring was around the corner
#photography #springtime #photographersunited #butterfly #swallowtail #gulffritter #monarch
January 20, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Hey #photographersunited did you know about this new app? fotoapp.co Now in beta for android users (iPhone users are full). The app is coming along really fast and hopes to be live /public soon. Sign up on their website and try it out.
Foto
fotoapp.co
January 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I had a #catonalap. Who else has one?
January 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This is hilarious. What’s the saying? You get what you vote for.
January 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Today is your day!

Today’s quote…

“Photography is like cooking - free of rules. And it is up to the person who enjoys the result to judge whether it is good or bad”.

— Andreas Mattson chef/photographer

#quotes #photographers #photography #chef
January 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
So, I decided to make another go with bsky. So hello, from TheDude! What new?
January 8, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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I was thinking "I should set a password with my friends and family if I call to ask for money" and then I realized it won't matter, because if I don't have my phone, I'm not going to be able to remember their number anyway.
holy fuck my parents nearly got scammed by one of those AI voice calls today. They used MY VOICE TO MAKE MY PARENTS THINK I ACCIDENTALLY KILLED TWO PEOPLE WITH MY CAR AND THAT THEY NEEDED TO PAY MY BAIL
January 13, 2024 at 2:47 AM