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Bill Leitzinger
@leitzinger.photography
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Photographer & Washington Spirit fan

“Photographs capture a split second in time that would otherwise be lost forever. It’s magic, really.”

My Photo Website: https://leitzinger.photography
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My entry in today’s #ColorADay #BlueTue Art Challenge

“Mountain of Snow”
Middletown, Delaware USA
2010

#smArtist #ArtAdventCalendar #EastCoastKin #town #PhotographersUnited #Middletown #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekZForZero #urbanlandscape #SnowMountain #snowstorm
This color photograph shows a huge pile of dirty snow in the foreground and the teardrop-shaped white water tower in the distance surrounded by a blue sky.
December 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Reindeer antlers look so cute on a child!

“Photographs capture a split second in time that would otherwise be lost forever. It’s magic, really.”

#Photography #EastCoastKin #reindeer #photographersofbluesky #XtraXmas #elf #SensoryArt #joy #ArtYear #childphotography #antlers #BlueSkyArtShow #holiday
In this color photograph, a young boy tries on reindeer antlers at Christmas time.
December 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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“Photographs capture a split second in time that would otherwise be lost forever. It’s magic, really.”

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#UrbanGaze #photography #photographersofbluesky #Xmas #environmentalportraiture #smArtist #ArtAdventCalendar #ArtYear #portrait #streetphotography #HumansOfBlueSky #people
In this color portrait, take outside during the Christmas holidays, a boy with a fur lined jacket hood covering half of his face is staring directly into the camera.
December 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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My entry in today’s #Stunday Art Challenge.

Radio City Music Hall
New York City
2008

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#UrbanGaze #photography #smArtist #ArtAdventCalendar #SensoryArt #moments #StreetScene #streetphotography #Radiocity #NewYorkCity #NewYork #CityScene #Urbanlandscape #ILoveNewYork #stunning
This color photograph was taken on a busy street in New York City outside of Radio City Music at dusk. A teenager on his bicycle waits at a busy intersection as the cars zoom past.
December 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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My entry in today’s #OpenHouse #BlueSkyArtShow Art Challenge.

I took this photograph in 2010 in the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee USA

#smArtist #SensoryArt #moments #ArtYear #photographersofbluesky #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #CivilRights
This is a black and white photograph showing an art installment that featured statues of people holding protest signs demonstrating against discrimination and demanding civil rights. This display was in the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.
December 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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My entry in today’s #OpenHouse Art Challenge.

I took this photograph in 1982 of my future wife at the Benedict Temple of Music in Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island.

#smArtist #SensoryArt #moments #ArtYear #photographersofbluesky #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #blackandwhitephotography
Two large marble columns of a temple frame this black-and-white photograph of a woman in the distance standing by a lake. I took this photograph in 1982 of my future wife at the Benedict Temple of Music in Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island USA.
December 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Christmas Parade
Reston, Virginia USA 2016

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📷 Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF 100mm f/2.8 Lens

#UrbanGaze #photography #smArtist #ArtAdventCalendar #ArtYear #decoration #Christmas #Parade #SensoryArt #moments #streetphotography #XtraXmas #goodwill #HumansOfBlueSky #HumansOfBlueSky
Portrait of Santa Claus looking directly in the camera at the Christmas Parade in Reston, Virginia in 2016. .
December 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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This is my entry in the #WinterWonderland #PalacesAndGardens Art Challenge

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekYForYearPast #smArtist #ArtAdventCalendar #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #photography #ForestFriday #blancoynegro #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #deepshadows
In this black and white photograph, a tall, snow-covered tree glows in the bright sunshine as shadows in the foreground cast a mosaic of patterns on the fallen snow.
December 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Christmas Parade
Reston, Virginia USA 2016

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📷 Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF 100mm f/2.8 Lens

#UrbanGaze #photography #smArtist #ArtAdventCalendar #ArtYear #Xmas #decoration #Christmas #Parade #SensoryArt #moments #streetphotography #XtraXmas #goodwill #HumansOfBlueSky
This color photograph was taken at the Christmas parade in Reston, Virginia in 2016. The photograph shows a tall, thin man in a purple jumpsuit, white fur jacket, makeup, and a white wig, gesturing to the crowd.
December 18, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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“Brain Yoga”
Yokohama, Japan 2013

This is my entry in the #WackyWednesdayArt and the #WallsOnWednesday Art Challenges.

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekYForYearPast #smArtist #ArtAdventCalendar #ArtYear #Japan #streetphotography #photographersofbluesky #photography #japanlife #yoga
This color photograph was taken in Yokohama, Japan in 2013 and depicts a woman walking by a brick building whose entrance has wooden stairs leading up to the second floor. A sign above the entrance states that this business is called “BrainYoga” which is a non-invasive intervention that can improve memory, concentration, and cognitive abilities.
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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My entry in the #WallsOnWednesday and #WindowsOnWednesday Art Challenge.

📷Fujifilm X-T3 + XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 Lens

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekYForYearPast #smArtist #ArtAdventCalendar #SensoryArt #moments #ArtYear #streetphotography #photographersofbluesky #fotografía #walls
This color photograph is looking up from the street at a red brick wall and a large window with no glass and a broken lamp.
December 17, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Christmas Parade
Reston, Virginia USA 2017

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📷 Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF 100mm f/2.8 Lens

#UrbanGaze #StreetArt #photography #smArtist #foto #ArtAdventCalendar #ArtYear #Xmas #decoration #Christmas #smArtist #Parade #SensoryArt #moments #streetphotography #XmasParade #costume
A smiling jester's mask and colorful red and black costume adorns a man participating in the Christmas Parade held in Reston, Virginia in 2017.
December 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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My entry in the #AnimalArtTuesday Art Challenge

“Photographs capture a split second in time that would otherwise be lost forever. It’s magic, really.”

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#Silhouette #ArtAdventCalendar #cat #CatsOfBlueSky #ArtYear #Photography #Pet #photographersofbluesky #SensoryArt #moments
This color photograph shows a black cat in silhouette standing in the sunshine on a multicolored rug.
December 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Reston, Virginia USA 2017

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📷 Canon G9 X Mark II w/28-84mm f/2.8 Lens

#UrbanGaze #StreetArt #UrbanArt #photography #XmasTree #smArtist #ArtAdventCalendar #ArtYear #Xmas #Tinsel #decoration #ChristmasTree #smArtist #XtraXmas #SensoryArt #moments #streetphotography #CityArt
This color photograph has an old, balding man on the left side of the image staring at a Christmas Tree in front of a high-rise building in Reston, Virginia USA. The man's head is huge in comparison to the Christmas tree due to the wide angle lens used to take this photograph.
December 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Yokohama, Japan 2013

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📷 Canon EOS 5D Mark II + 100mm Lens

#UrbanGaze #Yokohama #Japan #StreetArt #UrbanArt #photography #ColorADay #Pink #smArtist #ArtAdventCalendar #ArtYear #decoration #Statue #StateOfLiberty #smArtist #XtraXmas #SensoryArt #moments #streetphotography #odd
This color photograph shows a light blue statue of the Statue of Liberty with a row of Christmas lights along its top and large Japanese writing on the glass wall behind the statue. This unusual statue was located on the side of a building in Yokohama, Japan in 2013.
December 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Cool water embrace
Sunlight dances on the lake
Peaceful, quiet joy.

I took this photograph in Austria in 1977.

My entry in the #Stunday and #ImageAndVerse Art Challenges

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#ArtAdventCalendar #Photography #EastCoastKin #lake #Austria #photographersofbluesky #ArtYear #smArtist
This color photograph shows a large lake surrounded by mountains somewhere in Austria in 1977. A young man and a woman are seen in the lower right corner of the photograph. The man is holding the woman’s hand and helping her out of the water. I wrote a haiku to accompany this photograph: Cool water embrace Sunlight dances on the lake Peaceful, quiet joy. This photograph was my entry in the Stunday and ImageAndVerse Art Challenges.
December 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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My entry in today’s #XtraXmas #snow #SensoryArt and #ClassicMono Art Challenges

I took this #blackandwhite #photography in 1978 of my brother stuck in a deep snowbank during a #snowstorm

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#monochromatic #ClassicMono #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #ArtAdventCalendar
This black and white photograph shows a teenager stuck in a snowbank during a snowstorm with only his head and one arm sticking out of the snow. He stares unhappily at the camera. I can almost feel the cold while looking at this photograph!
December 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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I have been beekeeping for 20 years. My sweet neighbors gave me this #gold #ChristmasTree #ornament. It’s one of my #FavoriteThings and my entry in the #BlueSkyArtChallenge Art Challenge.

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#Photography #bee #photographersofbluesky #beehive #honeybee #Macro #macrophotography
This color photograph shows a close-up of a beautiful, gold Christmas tree ornament, depicting an old-fashioned, cone-shaped beehive with three honeybees flying around the entrance of the hive.
December 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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My entry in the #ForestFriday Art Challenge

Sequoia National Park 2024

📷Fujifilm X-T3 + XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 Lens

#sequoianationalpark #sequoiatrees #sequoia #nature #forest #sierranevada #nationalpark #landscape #scape #ArtYear #trees #outdoors #eastcoastkin #photography #naturephotography
This color photograph shows a sequoia tree in Sequoia National Park bathed in sunlight while being framed by surrounding trees that are in shadow.
December 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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My entry for the #HumansOfBlueSky Art Challenge

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#photography #portrait #VirtualReality #ArtAdventCalendar #monochrome #ClassicMono #blackandwhite #blancoynegro #SensoryArt #monochromatic #AlphabetChallenge #Fotografía #WeekXForXmas #VR #B&W #blackandwhitephotograph #Funny
This black-and-white photograph is a closeup portrait of a boy with virtual reality glasses on.
December 12, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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“Singing Cowboy”

Mural of Gary McMahon by Willy Matthew
Denver, Colorado USA 2011

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#UrbanGaze #StreetArt #HumansOfBlueSky #photography #ColorADay #YellowThu #mural #urbanlandscape #Denver #Colorado #cityscape #smArtist #ArtYear #StreetPhotography
This color photograph taken in 2011 is of a famous mural painted by Willie Matthews in Denver, Colorado, that depicts a cowboy playing a guitar. The mural is of the “Singing Cowboy” Gary McMahan. The website www.singingcowboy.com describes him as a “Singer, Songwriter, Yodeler, Humorist, Cowboy Poet, and General Nuisance.”
December 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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“Times Square”
New York City 2012

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#NewYork #UrbanGaze #Broadway #HumansOfBlueSky #photography #NYC #NewYorkCity #urbanlandscape #TimesSquare #cityscape #smArtist #Theater #ArtAdventCalendar #ArtYear #AlphabetChallenge #PalacesAndGardens #FestiveLights #WeekXForXmas
This photograph shows a grandstand in Times Square, New York City with the posters of Broadway plays and musicals in the background and many people sitting on the grandstand seats in the foreground. The multiple colors and the images, and the people create and a very bright and exciting atmosphere to this photograph.
December 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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My entry for the #WackyWednesdayArt Art Challenge

Middletown, Delaware USA 2007

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#photography #HumansOfBlueSky #ArtAdventCalendar #monochrome #ClassicMono #blackandwhite #blancoynegro #SensoryArt #monochromatic #AlphabetChallenge #WeekXForXmas #blackandwhitephotograph #Funny
In this black and white photograph, a young boy in a winter jacket stands next to a sign that states, "Don't Even THINK of Parking Here." Is this boy protesting the sign by standing next to it? Nope. He was just waiting for his mother to pick him up after attending an event held in the historic Everett Theatre in Middletown, Delaware USA.
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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“Ghost Crab”
Bethany Beach, Delaware USA
2015

My entry for the #AnimalArtTuesday Art Challenge

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#Photography #EastCoastKin #nature #animal #NaturePhotography #photographersofbluesky #crab #beach #Macro #ghost #Seashore #GhostCrab #SeaAndSand #macrophoto #macrophotography
In this color photograph, a small Atlantic Ghost Crab on the beach stares back at the photographer. I captured this photograph while walking on the beach at night with my grandchildren using only a flashlight for illumination. The Atlantic ghost crab is a common species along the Atlantic coast of the United States, where it is the only species of ghost crab. The Atlantic ghost crab lives in burrows in sand above the strandline. Older individuals dig their burrows farther from the sea, some starting as much as 400 m (1,300 ft) inland. Burrows can be up to 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in) deep, and can be closed off with sand during hot periods. (source: Wikipedia)
December 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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My entry for the #MinimalMonday Art Challenge

Bethany Beach, Delaware USA

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#minimalism #photography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #monochrome #ClassicMono #blackandwhite #blancoynegro #SensoryArt #monochromatic #seascape #landscape #scape #blackandwhitephotograph
In this black-and-white photograph, a mother looks down on her child playing in the sand on a cloudy cold day. I can almost feel the wind and the cold when looking at this photograph.
December 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM