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@rusto88.bsky.social
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Photog, cyclist, tech dilletante, amateur expert. #Sourdough Noob. #dontridethatruss #1minmtb #photography #hiking #backpacking #cycling #mountainbikes #science #curiosity #humility #woodworking

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rusto88.bsky.social
Bolton, MA - December 2025.

#blackAndWhite #photography #cave #shadow #plato
Black and white photo of the shadow of a person cast upon a rocky cave wall. There is a small bit of reflected light in the center of the shadow, on their chest.
December 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Yes. Winter Hike.
December 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Having returned to hiking/backpacking, I realized yesterday that my idle (and boxed up) R8 body would make a lightweight companion. So, out of the box it came. This is me during a test of its built-in intervalometer, a feature I had previously ignored/overlooked.

#canonR8 #selfPortrait #cameraTest
Black and white photo of a man standing in a hallway, turned halfway towards the viewer. His pose is very similar to the very familiar freeze-frame of Bigfoot from that 8mm footage from the late 60’s. He is wearing long pants, a long sleeve shirt, and a knit cap. He is lit from below by way of a reflection of the sun off the floor out of view in front of him, his shadow projected onto the ceiling behind him. A small dog’s silhouette is visible below and behind him.
December 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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#adjacentPostHappenstance @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social @wardqnormal.bsky.social
Above: post with a photo of two girls each riding their own sheep. Below: post that reads “Denver transportation officials said an anti-car message that was displayed on traffic signs in Denver on Friday was the…”
December 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Hiked up Pack Monadnock, Petersborough, NH today. First winter hike in about 30 years. Looking forward to more…

#winterHiking #hiking #newHampshire #photography #blackAndWhite
Black and white photo of a fire tower. There is the face of a bespectacled man from just below the nose and up visible in the lower left corner. Black and white photo of a snowy backwoods hiking trail with snow covered pine trees. Black and white photo of a snow covered fallen tree, lookin along its trunk as if it was still standing and you were looking up at it. Black and white close up photo of a collection of woodpecker holes in a tree trunk.
December 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Attn @lchupacabra.bsky.social
Close up of Navy football jersey with Chupacabras patch.
December 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Color photo of a well bundled man in a red cap and leather gloves, warming his hands over a fire in a 55 gallon drum.
December 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Pull quote:
Life isn’t written according to the rules of magical realism. There is only time, and time begets death. And it’s on us to work those two ingredients into a life that matters. To live it in such a way that our life is filled with love, and to live it in such a way that we become intertwined with other lives that we can fill with love and they, in turn, replenish our own lives with love. And if we manage to do this close-to-right (because perfectly is impossible), death is earned in a way that what we leave behind weighs more than what we put in the ground.
December 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Joe. Boston, MA - December 2025.

#portrait #naturalLight #availableLight #blackAndWhite #photography
Black and white head and shoulders portrait of a young man with dark hair. He is turned slightly to the right and has the hint of a smile on his face. He is wearing a dark t-shirt. Light is falling diagonally across his face, illuminating it unevenly so that one side is more brightly lit than the other. The plain background is also lit diagonally.
December 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Found while looking for something else. Last read c1977.
Photo of a paperback copy of Ray Bradbury’s, “The Illustrated Man.” The cover depicts a naked man with shaved head sitting cross legged, facing away from the viewer, on a short and rickety wooden platform. His body is completely covered in tattoos, right up to his neck.
December 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Bolton, MA - December 2025.

#trees #winter #landscape #blackAndWhite #photography
Black and white winter landscape photo featuring a pair of differently sized leafless trees in a snow covered field on a cloudy day.
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Fave pic from last evening’s #yankeeSwap #xmasParty

#blackAndWhite #photography
Black and white photo of a woman pretending to use a candlestick telephone as a number of other party guests look on.
December 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Happy Birthday, Stew! You’ve helped me to see the world in ways I never otherwise would have. ❤️ 🎂

#brother #siblings #nearlyIrishTwins #photography #portrait
Color photo of a man bundled up for the cold standing just in front of of a stop sign on a sunny day.
December 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Didn’t count this ‘76 Honda CJ360T I rode for a few years back then…
Helmeted man on a red motorcycle photographed from a low angle.
December 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Photo of a maroon Chevrolet Chevette parked on a grass lawn.
December 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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The Nissan pickup on the right, Sippewisset Campground, Falmouth, MA.
November 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Post repair after I rear-ended a school bus (!).
November 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Here's the Duster, dubbed, "Gollum."
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Local dude on #pennyFarthing rolled past the house yesterday.

#highWheeler #ordinary #bicycle #throwback
Selfie of me with a man on a high wheeler bicycle riding past in the background on a suburban street.
November 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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#brotherStew, Maynard, MA - November 2025.

#portrait #photogrqphy #fujiX100vi
Color full length portrait of a man in a jacket and baseball cap in front of a clapboarded outside wall of a house with a single window above him.
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
rusto88.bsky.social
Cambridge, MA - November 2025.

#gloves #stillLife #blackAndWhite #photography
Black and white photo of a very well worn pair of leather gloves on a white background.
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Coulda been worse.
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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#adjacentPostHappenstance
Two adjacent posts: @WINT “im hearing now, that all the nerds who got their pants pulled down while distracted by the Northern Lights, Will be charged as sex offenders” Other poster, along with photos of last night’s auroras: “PA FOLKS LOOK OUTSIDE !! Always feel so blessed to see a celestial event”
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
rusto88.bsky.social
Bolton, MA - November 2025.

#hiking #geology #photography #blackAndWhite
Black and white photo of a man, facing away from the camera, standing with a wide stance, wearing winter clothing and a backpack. He is positioned between two very large boulders. There are tall trees in the background.
November 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Seen by a friend recently.
Photo of the back of a Cyber Truck with a bumper sticker that reads, “ELON MUSK IS A PEOCE OF SHIT.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM