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Bookish nerd. Stealth freak. Greybeard with social skills. I like taking pictures.
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For the #BlueSkyArtShow #Sky I present storms clouds over the Chicago burbs.
Sunlight creates a glow in dark grey storm clouds over the dark blue of a small pond and the rich browns of the early spring foliage on the shore.
December 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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One from the personal archives. I had A LOT of fun running around with a camera in my 20s, partying and taking pictures. Never did it for money, only because I lived what came out. This one was my friend Nikki at an apartment pool one night.
#photography #bikini #pool #water
A young woman floating in a pool of clear deep blue water at night. She's wearing a floral bikini, laying back with her eyes closed relaxing.
December 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Cold weather made me crave gumbo.
A bowl of chicken and sausage gumbo with a scoop of potato salad in the middle. I learned this from a cajun friend and I have not eaten it any other way since. Ingredient prep for making gumbo. I cheated and used store bought roux. But I chopped the chicken thighs, andouille sausage, and veggies myself.
December 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Timeline Palate Cleanser:

My brother recently went through some domestic rearranging, and this was the first Tday with the new wife and family.

The difference seeing him in a living an supportive relationship now, and the feel around the house was amazing.
My sister in law sneaking bits of Turkey to the dog, Toby, behind my brothers back, with a theatrical finger to the lips. Toby the dog having the time of his life smiling and happy. Toby is a black poodle mix of some kind. He knows you have snacks. My niece, her husband, and my mom all relaxing on the couch with all the dogs. I highly recommend this as a pre-meal activity. This is the face my mom made after taking a bite of my niece's sourdough bread. Hrler first time trying inclusions, this loaf had cranberries and orange zest. This was not a faked face for the camera or to make your relatives feel good about their special interest, it was really good bread.
November 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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For the #blueskyartshow theme #glow I present the band Indigo League at Electric Starship Arcade in Fort Worth.

#localmusic #retroarcade #concertphotography #color
A band is playing in the middle of an old school arcade. There are lights of video game screens in the background. Overhead the stage lights and fog machine create glowing colored clouds.
October 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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I got to finally do some Shibari photography again, after many years. I missed doing all the fetish photo stuff. It's good to get back out into the kink community again.

#shibari #fetishphotography #rope
Black and white photo of a leg tied up with rope. The rope is very tight and the calfuacle bulges out in between. The foot is pressed to the carpet, with the rest of the body in the background. Black and white photo of a woman tied up in shibari. Her calf is tied to her thigh while she lays on her back. You can see how tight the rope is from the way the skin bulges out between the ropes.
October 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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If you see this, quote the energy you bring to bluesky.
A dark grainy black and white photo of a the singer in a metal band at a show. His long dark sweaty hair covers his face and he's holding a microphone as he stands over the crowd. He's also throwing a thumbs up and a huge wide open smile. The band is called Hammerlord and this was at a show in Lawrence, KS back in the day.
September 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Some #infraredphotography at the Ft Worth Nature Center. 590nm EosR conversion, some channel mixer magic.

#bumblebee #falsecolor #infrared #photography
False color infrared image of a bumblebee near a wildflower. Because it's infrared, things are in a very warm reds or cool blues, instead of the normal green. False color infrared image of the marsh boardwalk. It makes a cool bluish-grey rigid form against the warm red colors and soft shapes of the grass and trees.
September 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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#infraredphotography of some local park areas. Converted Eos R with #590nm filter.

#falsecolor #infrared #photography
False color infrared photo of a creek and trees under a cloudy sky. Infrared makes all the leaves on the trees read as a deep red, with the water a dark blue. False color infrared photo of a creek and trees under an overpass with a cloudy sky. Infrared makes all the leaves on the trees read as a deep red, with the water a dark blue.
September 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Further experiments in #infrared #photography trying to mimic Aerochrome. Not used to doing this much color work, but I'm digging it.

#590nm #infraredphotography #falsecolor
A false color digital infrared image of a random park. The grass and trees are all shades of red underneath a deep dark blue sky. There is a lighter gravel path leading off into the hills. A false color digital infrared image of a random park. The grass and trees are all shades of red underneath a deep dark blue sky. A gravel path leads between two bushes.
September 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Took the plunge and had my old Eos R converted for infrared. Lots of post processing, but so worth it.

590nm filter with a channel swap and also converted to black and white.

#infraredphotography #lifepixel #eosr
A large tree in a residential area, but the sky is a teal/cyan, and the leaves on the tree are a soft pink. This image was taken with a converted Eos R and a 590nm filter. Same tree as the other photograph, but this one has been post-processed to black and white. This image was taken with a converted Eos R and a 590nm filter.
September 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Carhenge.

I have seen it with my own eyes.
The bodies of old cars, covered in flat grey primer, are stuck into snow covered ground in a way that mimics Stonehenge. The sky overhead is cloudless and pale blue. Taken at Carhenge in Alliance, NE
August 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Back in the day in #lfk #metal band The Esoteric were playing a gig. I always liked to be up front against the rail, that's where the good stuff is. I leaned forward, holding my camera up over my head pointing back. Stevie looked, saw, gave me the thumbs up. #concertphotography #music #photography
A grainy black and white flash photo of a chaotic scene in a crowded bar. The lead singer of the metal band The Esoteric is turning to look directly at the camera and giving a cheesy grin and thumbs up next to the microphone. This contrasts with his long sweat soaked hair in his face and the crazy energy of the crowd.
August 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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"...you gotta
have a *smaller* fucking phone than the next guy because I'm telling you, honey, you sure as fuck don't have a bigger dick!”

One of my all time favorite @greatdismal.bsky.social lines.

I'd really like to know where Mary Alice came from, and if she's spiritually related to Heidi Hyde
An old yellowed paperback copy of Idoru by William Gibson, open to one page. It has one of my favorite passages from the book on it. IDORU "I know you're upset" “Shit. Shit goes in the toilet, Eddie. Get in the bathroom.” Eddie took a step backward, his palms up in what he probably thought looked like an appeal to reasonableness and understanding. The Russian took a step back too. "Seven fucking years,"' Maryalice said. Seven. You weren't shit when I met you. God. You and that uppity-mobile talk. You make me sick. Who paid the fucking rent? Who bought the meals? Who bought you your fucking clothes, you vain piece of shit? You and your uppity-mobile and your image and you gotta have a *smaller* fucking phone than the next guy because I'm telling you, honey, you sure as fuck don't have a bigger dick!”
May 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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A palimpsest of an artistic turf war. What you put up had better top what was there before.

#graffiti #urbanphotography #photography #streetphotography #color
A brick wall with a large concrete platform in front of it. The wall an concrete are covered in large graffiti tags, some 15 feet across. Each one is the name of the artist or crew, executed with incredible skill. Each has a unique style and color palette. They are layered on top of each other, one upping the previous tag. A palimpsest of an artistic turf war.
April 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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I'm liking the effect of a dream filter combined with desaturated sensor noise. To much post processing in camera trying to make it 'smooth'. Fuck that. Bring the noise.

#Graffiti #photography #form #urbanphotography
Under a freeway overpass, railroad tracks running over gravel and dirt. Two concrete columns are in the middle of a still puddle of water. Their reflection is a mirror of the shape of the structures, but dark against the flat gray sky. There is simple graffiti on the center column that says "I kill Gods. Here lies yours."
April 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Take a random side street in your hometown. Follow it till the end, past fenced in yards in odd industrial spaces. Stand in the dark and the rain and look for geometry.

#industrial #blackandwhite #photography #nightphotography #railroad
Grainy dark black and white photo of a large railroad signal tower over a set of tracks. In the background is a large set of grain silos. The photo is taken at night, so the windows glow brightly against a dark and cloudy sky. The lines formed by the rail tower, the silos, the windows and the railcars all make a repetitive pattern.
April 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Don't speak to me of sensor noise, I who have push processed Tmax 3200.

#blackandwhite #EosR6 #urban #photography #lowlightphotography
A figure in a dark heavy jacket stands on cracked concrete underneath to freeway overpasses. They're facing away from us. The highways are two giant dark ribbons coming in from the top to the center, supported by the repeating forms of support pillars. A highway light shines as bright as the sun directly overhead, casting shadows onto the worn stone.
April 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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I get very peopled out at my job. No fault of theirs. So I spend my weekend free time driving around and finding pockets of still emptiness in the middle of a giant city.

20,000 people once worked here. Now it's a barely used park.

#Chicago #blackandwhite #photography #clouds
A long rock wall stretches towards the center of a field. There's bare dirt and leafless brush a few dozen yards away. The sky is dark with whispy white clouds. Only when you look closely at the wall so you see the rusted metal of former industrial machinery embedded in concrete. This is all the remains of a place where up to 20,000 people worked surrounded by fire and smoke for 145 years.
April 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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These walls are all that remain of the gigantic US Steel South Works that once employed 20,000 people. "Look upon my works, ye mighty..." indeed.

#photography #chicago #urbandecay #blackandwhite #sky
Two huge concrete walls dozens of feet high stretch off into the distance. They are covered in graffiti, crumbling from the weather. Brush and grass grow right up to their base. Whispy white clouds sit high overhead. These walls are all that remain of the gigantic US Steel Mill that employed 20,000 people at one time.
April 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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I like to keep the work bag clean. But I felt the need for an item of mental focus. A statement of attitude. I like this guy here. A big cuddly bear. Cute, but will also cut you. With a giant ass sword.
An enamel pin of grey cartoon bear. He looks burly and cuddly, except for the straight face and the giant sword he's holding. Kinda like he's saying 'You got me out of hybernation for this bullshit?'
April 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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The new lens really loves a stormy sky. Finding little pockets of pretty in the southern Chicago burbs.

#storm #clouds #wideangle #photography #lake #sky
A dark lake with brown winter grass along the edges. The sky above is full of storm clouds, some dark and forboding, some with light shining through.
March 31, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Out running around here in the southern burbs of Chicago. There are so many bits of infrastructure on display here, industrial lines and shapes towering in the sky.

#photography #monochrome #line #electricity #industrial
Black lines of a power stations wires and support beams are silhouetted against a cloudless sky. The bring spot of the sun sits atop some equipment. There is a barbed wire fence in the foreground, its own lines forming their own patterns and shapes.
March 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Been running around a different city for work. Treated myself to a new camera and lens. On a cold and grey day far from home, all of these textures and lines started popping out as the snow started to stick.

#photography #blackandwhite #trees #line #fractal
Thousands and thousands of chaotic heavy black lines branch and meander against a white sky. Peer closer and you see they are the trunks and branches of trees, flakes of snow sticking in places, bright white against the dark wet bark.
March 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM