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Mark Murray
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Photographer. Educator. Foodie. Fan of all things chocolate. Executive director of the Association of Texas Photography Instructors. Support a lot of other scholastic journalism organizations including CSPA, JEA, NSPA, and TAJE. https://www.atpi.org
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Photo of the Day. 11/10/25. Sunrise, Dallas-Fort Worth. October 2025. iPhone 17 Pro. #photooftheday #iPhone #DFWAirport #WindowSeat #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday
Lake Lewisville reflects the sky under the sunrise as city lights show the early morning time on an approach from the north into DFW International Airport.
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Photo of the Day. 11/9/25. Sunrise Departing SJC. February 2024. iPhone 15 Pro. #photooftheday #iPhone #EastCoastKin #WindowSeat #Stunday
The sun peaks over the cloud cover as the warm light reflects off the jet engine as the plane departs from San Jose on a February morning.
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Photo of the Day. 11/8/25. Hallstätter See, Hallstatt, Austria. August 2023. Olympus E-M1X Mark II. #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #Hallstatt #Austria #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #GreenSat
A wooden boat makes it way across Hallstätter See, the lake next to Hallstatt, Austria, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mountains rise on the other side of the lake.
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Photo of the Day. 11/7/25. Tapas, Barcelona. March 2022. iPhone 13 Pro and Hipstamatic. Loftus lens and Kodot XGrizzled film. #photooftheday #iPhone #Hipstamatic #Barcelona #tapas #EastCoastKin #FoodOnFriday
At La Lolita, a restaurant on La Rambla in Barcelona, a variety of tapas are available, including Pan con tomate (bread with tomato), Olivas Fritas (breaded and fried green olives), and of course, Jamon.
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Photo of the Day. 11/6/25. Chevy Truck, Abiquiu, NM. August 2025. iPhone 16 Pro and Hipstamatic. Leonard lens and BlacKeys B+W film. #photooftheday #iPhone #Hipstamatic #NewMexico #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono
An old Chevy truck sits rusting in the sun on a ranch near Abiquiu, NM.
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Photo of the Day. 11/5/25. Strawberries. August 2021. iPhone 12 Pro and Hipstamatic. John S lens and Kodot XGrizzled film. #photooftheday #iPhone #Hipstamatic #EastCoastKin #ColoraDay #RedWed
Ripe, red strawberries glisten in afternoon sunlight.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Those of us in the Pacific Northwest are bracing for "King Tides" today. I shot this in 2024 during King Tides; the best clamming tides.

North Head #LightHouse on the hill at Cape Disappointment. Graveyard of the Pacific in Washington State.

#ClassicMono #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #Photography
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Photo of the Day. 11/4/25. Waiting for a Belly Rub, Grapevine, TX. January 2018. iPhone X and Hipstamatic. Jane lens and Ina’s 1982 film. #photooftheday #iPhone #Hipstamatic #EastCoastKin #DogsofBlueSky
Monty the Schnauzer lies on a bed anxiously waiting on a belly rub.
November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Photo of the Day. 11/3/25. Brugge Canal, Belgium. November 2018. Olympus E-M1 Mark II and HDR Efex Pro. #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #Brugge #Bruges #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday
One of the favorite spots to photograph the canals of Brugge, Belgium, this spot helps capture the fall leaves in the morning sunlight reflected in the still waters of the canals before the tourist boats start their daily routines.
November 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Photo of the Day. 11/2/25. Sunrise, San Jose, CA. October 2025. iPhone 16 Pro. #photooftheday #iPhone #WindowSeat #EastCoastKin #Stunday
The sun rises over a heavy cloud cover as the flight departs from the San Jose Airport.
November 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Another amazing image from @armandsarlangue.bsky.social. When will you have a book available of your work?
armandsarlangue.bsky.social Armand Sarlangue @armandsarlangue.bsky.social · 9d
Huge mountain walls emerging from the morning fog…
Always something magic & mysterious about subject coming out from fog.
Les Écrins NP, France

#photography #nature #art #landscape
November 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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on this day in 1941 "photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography."
November 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Photo of the Day. 11/1/25. Autumn Leaves, Charlottesville, VA. October 2012. iPhone 5 and Hipstamatic. #photooftheday #iPhone #Hipstamatic #Virginia #EastCoastKin #Autumn
Orange and yellow leaves on the wet ground show that Fall is well on its way in Charlottesville, Virginia on an October morning. A bicycle wheel can be seen in the top left corner of the frame.
November 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Photo of the Day. 10/31/25. Red Rooster, Harlem. March 2018. iPhone X and Hipstamatic. Jane lens and Ina’s 1982 film. #photooftheday #iPhone #Hipstamatic #RedRooster #Harlem #NewYork #EastCoastKin #FoodOnFriday
Marcus Samuelsson’s restaurant, Red Rooster, is a popular spot to eat in Harlem. One of his specialties is Deviled Eggs, which have a light and creamy center. Four servings sit on a white plate with pickled onion.
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Photo of the Day. 10/30/31. Chiang Mai, Thailand. Summer 1990. Nikon N90S and Tri-X film. #photooftheday #Nikon #Tri-X #Thailand #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #HumansofBlueSky #filmisnotdead
Two Thai boys play in the dirt with several brooms scattered around them. One of the boys looks up at the camera, probably wondering about the bandage over my left eye from the motorcycle accident I had from the day before.
October 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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T minus 3 days left for this month's social media contest 🎃 Tag us and use the hashtag #atpiorange when you post by October 31st (Halloween) at midnight. Don't let the candy 🍬 keep you from entering!
October 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Photo of the Day. 10/29/25. Taxiing to Takeoff. Santa Fe. October 2025. iPhone 17 Pro. #photooftheday #iPhone #SAF #EastCoastKin #WindowsOnWednesday #WindowSeat
A regional jet taxis to the runway at Santa Fe (NM) Regional Airport for an early morning flight to DFW. Water drips down the window from a rainstorm the night before.
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Photo of the Day. 10/28/25. Hawaii. June 2018. Olympus E-M1 Mark II. #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #Maui #Hawaii #EastCoastKin #HumansofBlueSky
Enjoying the waves at sunset near Kaanapali, a boy runs down the beach with his wakeboard while others in the background paddle board and surf.
October 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Photo of the Day. 10/27/25. Washington Square Park, New York City. March 2015. iPhone 6. #photooftheday #iPhone #NewYorkCity #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday
Snow covers the ground in New York City’s Washington Square Park on a March morning in 2015. Bare trees and empty benches are a sign that Spring has not arrived yet.
October 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Isolation. #photography
A pair of narrow rocky spires stick out from the tan-colored landscape in a valley with yellow-ish cliffs on either side. The mancos shale around the spires has eroded away over millions of year, but the more durable rock of the spires has resisted the erosion, allowed them to remain towering over the landscape.
October 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Photo of the Day. 10/26/25. Monument Valley, Arizona. April 2022. Olympus E-M1X. #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #MonumentValley #EastCoastKin #Stunday #Scape
Late afternoon sun highlights rocks and a wash in the foreground near Totem Pole, one of the well-known formations in Monument Valley.
October 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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NA ALPSKÉ LOUCE...
fotka z podzimního workshopu v mých oblíbených Dolomitech 🇮🇹

#bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature #dolomites
Morning view of meadows in the Alpe di Siusi area in the Dolomites in northern Italy. Wooden haylofts and lone trees emerge from the fog.
October 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Photo of the Day. 10/25/25. Window Seat, Western Pennsylvania. August 2018. iPhone X and Snapseed. #photooftheday #iPhone #Snapseed #WindowSeat #EastCoastKin #Scape
Wispy clouds cover the hills near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on an early morning flight from Dallas to New York.
October 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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📌 Desconexión.
(Disconnection).

#FotoDeFer #Asturias #UrbanGaze
#EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #Art
#Monochrome #BlackAndWhite
#Photography #Photo #Fotografía #Foto #ByN #B&W #BlancoyNegro #Black&White #StreetPhotography
#Minimalism #Minimal #Scape
Si miramos más allá de la moda, los dos maniquíes en este entorno clásico nos hablan de la desconexión social en la era actual. A pesar de estar próximos, parecen figuras aisladas, inmersas en sus propios mundos, simbolizando la alienación que a menudo se siente en ciudades concurridas o en interacciones superficiales, donde la presencia física no garantiza una conexión profunda o un diálogo significativo. Las robustas columnas que se extienden en la distancia refuerzan una estructura social que, aunque imponente y omnipresente, puede sentirse vacía de verdadera reciprocidad. La imagen evoca la paradoja de una sociedad interconectada digitalmente, pero donde el encuentro auténtico y el entendimiento mutuo se han vuelto más elusivos, dejando un eco de monólogos silenciosos en la vida cotidiana.
October 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM