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mayoski27.bsky.social
Still the Commish
@mayoski27.bsky.social
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I are smart. 👋🏻🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 Great White North.

Animals/music/humans - in that order. Retired IT Management Consultant. (Not a professional) photographer. Photos my own unless noted. Currently navigating the horror show cancer/insurance world with our daughter.
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We want to thank everyone who has reached out with love, prayers, kind words, and thoughtful gifts after the heartbreaking loss of our daughter, Cori. Your support has meant more than we can express, and it’s brought comfort during the hardest days of our lives.

#PhotographersofBluesky #photography
Cori riding on the back of a fellow racer during on of her Tough Mudder competitions.
June 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Our beautiful daughter Cori. Her suffering is all ours now.

January 25, 1977 - June 1, 2025

It will be difficult now for her husband and children. Thank you for thinking of them.

www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...
June 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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The Shadow. Playa Mujeres, Cancun, Mexico. 2016.

#Underneath #BlueSkyArtShow
#PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #blue #Mexico #Cancun #vacation #color #art #colour #digital #water #pool #abstract
Color photo of woman swimming underwater casting a shadow on the bottom of the pool.
May 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Still Beautiful. Maple Grove, MN. 2025.

Nearly June, and looking a little tattered, still… never stop trying to find the beauty in this world.

#flowers #photography #PhotographersofBlueSky #ColorPhotography #color #analog #film #Hasselblad #MediumFormat #120MM #MayBlooms #Golden #BloomScrolling
Color shot of golden Roses that are starting to fade and wilt.
May 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Still Standing. Bodie (Ghost Town), CA. 2003.

#photography #California #GhostTown #vacation #landscape #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersofBlueSky #monochrome #BlackandWhite #BnW #film #hasselblad #analog #MediumFormat #120mm
Black and white shot featuring the ruins of two small wooden buildings that are barely standing. There is scrub brush in the bottom 1/3 of the frame. The sky in the top 2/3 of the frame has several layers of clouds. The light is coming from the right of the frame, casting early evening shadows.
May 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Damaged Rose. Omaha, NE. 2025.

Never stop trying to find the beauty in this world.

#Nebraska #flowers #photography #PhotographersofBlueSky #BnW #BlackandWhitePhotography #monochrome #analog #film #abstract #Hasselblad #MediumFormat #120MM #MayBlooms #MacroMonday #BloomScrolling
Black and white square format closeup of a Rose with a damaged petal.
May 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Okciyapi (2021). Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. Minneapolis, MN. 2025.

Never stop trying to find beauty the beauty in this world.

#photography #art #PhotographersofBlueSky #BnW #BlackandWhitePhotography #analog #film #abstract #Hasselblad #MediumFormat #120MM #BlueSkyArtShow #LightAndShadow
Black and white photo of a bowl shaped water vessel casting a circular shadow.
May 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Cori at Paisley Park. Chanhassen, MN. 2025.

Unfortunately Cori won’t be able to do any more of her Bucket List items. The last one was a good one though.

#photography #Minnesota #color #colour #digital #PhotographersofBluesky #iPhone #Prince #PaisleyPark #iPhonePhotography
Color photo inside the Paisley Park soundstage. Color group photo inside Studio B next to the giant mural of Prince.
May 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Paper White Chrysanthemum II. Dayton, MN. 2025.

Never stop trying to find the beauty in this world.

#Minnesota #flowers #photography #PhotographersofBlueSky #BnW #BlackandWhitePhotography #monochrome #analog #film #abstract #Hasselblad #MediumFormat #120MM
Black and white closeup of a Paper White Chrysanthemum with a few other flowers peeking out from behind it.
May 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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New Vision Co-op. Worthington, MN. 2025.

#photography #BnW #BlackandWhite #analog #Minnesota #ArchitecturePhotography #architecture #abstract #PhotographersofBluesky #BlackandWhitePhotography #monochrome #film #Hasselblad #MediumFormat #120MM
Black and white photo of grain elevator and silos against a clear sky.
May 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Salt Evaporation Ponds. San Francisco Bay, California. 2011.

Moffett Airfield and Silicon Valley are visible in the distance to the West.

#Stunday #water #landscape #LandscapePhotography #SanFrancisco #photography #California #PhotographersofBluesky #color #Hasselblad #film #MediumFormat #120mm
Color square format aerial photo showing the rich reds and greens of the salt evaporation ponds. The runways and large dirigible hangar of Moffett Airfield are visible on the bay shore with Silicon Valley in the distance to the West.
May 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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The Mat. Maple Grove, MN. 2024.

I found the difference between the two textures interesting.

#Minnesota #photography #PhotographersofBlueSky #BnW #BlackandWhitePhotography #monochrome #analog #film #abstract #Hasselblad #MediumFormat #120MM #BlueSkyArtShow #Texture
Black and white closeup shot of a section of a car mat on an asphalt surface.
May 18, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Deuce the Lap Kitty. Maple Grove, MN. 2025.

Deuce made a new friend - Ariana visiting from Germany.

#photography #Minnesota #Germany #color #colour #digital #PhotographersofBluesky #iPhone #iPhonePhotography #CatsOfBluesky #Caturday
Color photo of Tuxedo cat sitting in the lap of a young woman. They are looking at each other.
May 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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The Mall of America. Bloomington, MN. 2025.

#Minnesota #photography #perspective #urban #abstract #UrbanPhotography #PhotographersofBlueSky #ColorPhotography #color #analog #film #Hasselblad #MediumFormat #120MM
Color photo of large three story atrium with an escalator and a large skylight. The escalator and the skylight are centered in the frame.
May 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Surfer. Long Beach, CA. 2016.

#WaterWednesday #California #ocean #photography #PhotographersofBlueSky #ColorPhotography #color #analog #film #Hasselblad #MediumFormat #120MM
Color photo of a lone surfer carrying his board toward the surf.
May 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Silos. Lake Prairie, IA. 2025.

#photography #BnW #BlackandWhite #analog #Iowa #LandscapePhotography #landscape #PhotographersofBluesky #BlackandWhitePhotography #monochrome #film #Hasselblad #MediumFormat #120MM
Black and white shot of 4 grain silos on the edge of an open brown grass field. There is a stand of trees behind the silos and a clear sky above.
May 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Lonely. Orange City, IA. 2025.

Never stop trying to find the beauty in this world.

#TulipTuesday #Iowa #flowers #photography #PhotographersofBlueSky #ColorPhotography #color #analog #film #Hasselblad #MediumFormat #120MM
Color closeup photo of one red Tulip in a sea of yellow ones.
May 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Open Road. Ashton, IA. 2025.

#photography #BnW #BlackandWhite #analog #Iowa #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersofBluesky #perspective #BlackandWhitePhotography #monochrome #film #Hasselblad #MediumFormat #120MM
Black and white square format photo of telephone poles lining a two lane highway all the way to the horizon. The sky which makes up the top two thirds of the frame is cloudless.
May 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Murrica. Minneapolis, MN. April, 2016.

#photography #urban #UrbanPhotography #Minnesota #bluesky #analog #film #Hasselblad #MediumFormat #120MM #lines #BlueSkyArtShow #perspective #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
Color square format photo of reflections in a building with a glass wall. Blue sky and American flags on flag poles are reflected in the glass. There are lines dividing several floors and dozens of window panes visible in the shot.
May 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Trees. Lake County, MN. April, 2015.

#photography #naturephotography #Minnesota #nature #trees #bluesky #landscape #landscapephotography #PhotographersofBlueSky #analog #film #Hasselblad #MediumFormat #120MM
Square format color photo of a grouping of four trees. The three Paper Birch and one Eastern White Pine are bunched in the middle of the frame and about six feet from the camera position.
May 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Ponytail Palm (Detail). Maple Grove, MN. 2025.

Never stop trying to find the beauty in this world.

#photography #PhotographersofBlueSky #BnW #plants #nature #PhotographersUnited #BlackandWhitePhotography #monochrome #analog #film #abstract #Hasselblad #MediumFormat #120MM
Black and white closeup detail photo of a Ponytail Palm plant.
May 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Guard Dog. Dayton, MN. 2025.

Cooper after a rough day.

#photography #Minnesota #color #colour #digital #PhotographersofBluesky #iPhone #iPhonePhotography #dogs #DogsofBluesky
Color photo of Yellow Lab lounging on a stair landing. The stairs are carpeted medium brown. His head and front paws are hanging over the top step.
May 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Three Buildings. Austin, TX. 2016.

#photography #PhotographersofBluesky #UrbanPhotography #urban #abstract #film #Austin #Texas #architecture #ArchitecturalPhotography #Hasselblad #120mm #MediumFormat
Color photo of two buildings reflected in the windows of a third.
May 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Moose Falls. Crawfish Creek, Yellowstone National Park, WY. September, 2005.

#landscape #photography #water #LandscapePhotography #nature #Wyoming #NaturePhotography #PhotographersofBluesky #vacation #color #Yellowstone #abstract #film #Hasselblad #MediumFormat #120MM
Color square format photo of a small plunge waterfall approximately in the middle of the frame. A long shutter speed softens the moving water. There is a mist rising off of the falls in the cool temperatures of the early morning. The water is flowing out of the frame to the bottom left. The rocks on both sides of the falls have patches of yellow and green moss and grass growing out of them. There is a stand of trees above the falls.
May 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Paper White Chrysanthemum. Dayton, MN. 2025.

Never stop trying to find the beauty in this world.

#Minnesota #flowers #photography #PhotographersofBlueSky #BnW #BlackandWhitePhotography #monochrome #analog #film #abstract #Hasselblad #MediumFormat #120MM
Black and white square format closeup of a Paper White Chrysanthemum.
May 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM