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Sean J
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🍁in SW Scotland. All content (c) all rights reserved.
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#music #blueskymusic #smoothjazz #jazzguitar #DIYmusic #jazzsky #bluesSky
Taylor Blue (2026)
Jazzy variant of Mick Taylor's Slow Blues. Recorded 25 January 2026
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January 27, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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Newton monument, British Library.

#photography #bw #monochrome #toned #tonality #toner #film #mediumformat #TLR #Mamiya #C330 #art #artphotography #bwphotography #filmphotography #London #UK
Statue of seated figure leaning over to measure on the flat ground. (c) 2011 Sean F. Johnston
January 27, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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Lochmaben reflections.

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #mediumformat #Mamiya #C330 #TLR #bwphotography #filmphotography #artphotography #southwest #Scotland
January 26, 2026 at 9:57 AM
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Multiverse, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland.
View of two hills with spiral pathways leading to a collection of stones. Constructed in the 2010s. (c) 2020 Sean F. Johnston
January 24, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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At the 12 Apostles stone circle this morning in the fog.

#photography #stonecircle #fog #sunrise #Neolithic #landscape #art #artphotography #standingstone #Holywood #southwest #Scotland
January 21, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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This morning's optical phenomenon: a #Brocken #spectre around my head in #fog shortly after sunrise. It's unusual to see it at ground level - usually seen from aircraft over clouds. It's distinct from a #Heiligenschein, which produces a #halo around the observer's shadowed head from dew reflection.
January 21, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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18th century gravestone fragment, outside the graveyard wall...

#photography #bw #monochrome #mediumformat #6x6 #Mamiya #C330 #TLR #film #narrative #storiesuntold #filmphotography #taphophile #cemetery #graveyard #history #bwphotography #southwest #Scotland
Small fragment of a sandstone gravesetone, with "Dayed ..6 ..aged.." visible. (c) 2012 Sean F. Johnston
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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Churchyard gate.

#photography #bw #monochrome #bwphotography #art #artphotography #Fuji #X30 #iron #blacksmith #southwest #Scotland
Upper portion of a cylindrical entry beside a larger gate into a graveyard. The vertical iron bars are topped with a rough spherical knob, and other bars are shaped into a spiral and a moon-shaped blade. (c) 2019 Sean F. Johnston
January 19, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Reeds in loch.

#photography #bw #monochrome #water #art #artphotography #bwphotography #Fuji #X30 #grayscale #tonality #tone #douthwest #Scotland
(c) 2020 Sean F. Johnston
January 18, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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Swans: January 2017, November 2019

#photography #Fuji #X30 #landscape #swan #scenery #southwest #Scotland
(c) 2017 Sean F. Johnston (c) 2019 Sean F. Johnston
January 17, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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Spanish Banks, Vancouver.

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #35mm #bwphotography #filmphotography #artphotography #art #landscape #shoreline #driftwood #Vancouver #BC #Canada
(c) 2018 Sean F. Johnston
January 17, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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Twelve Apostles stone circle, January 2013.

#photography #standingstones #monolith #bw #monochrome #film #mediumformat #tlr #Mamiya #C330 #filmphotography #art #artphotography #bwphotography #landscape #snow #winter #Holywood #Newbridge #southwest #Scotland
Human-sized monolith covered in snow with leafless trees in the background. (c) 2013 Sean F. Johnston Human-sized standing stone, snow covered, with snowy landscape in background. (c) 2013 Sean F. Johnston
January 14, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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Turbine blades, 2008.

#photography #bw #art #monochrome #grayscale #artphotography #bwphotography #film #35mm #filmphotography
Close up of short turbine blades from a jet engine. (c) 2008 Sean F. Johnston
January 12, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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A song that's apparently little known outside Canada, but big on the west coast when albums on FM radio were still a new thing.

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#guitar #instrumental #cover #BillHenderson #Chilliwack #jazzguitar #jazz #jazzsky #70s #progressiverock #BC #Canada
Rain-o (by Bill Henderson, and after Chilliwack, 1970)
jazz progressive rock piece in the style of the Canadian band Chilliwack. Recorded 12 Oct 2024.
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January 10, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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#photography #bw #monochrome #chiaroscuro #art #artphotography #bwphotography #film #mediumformat #tlr #mamiya #C330 #lighting #workshop #tool #southwest #Scotland
Close-up view of a large vise in shadow. (c) 2009 Sean F. Johnston
January 8, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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Corrugated metal roof.

#photography #bw #monochrome #art #pattern #repetition #garage #bwphotography #artphotography #film #35mm #developing #scanning #tonality #dynamicrange
View of a corrugated metal roof filling most of the frame, with some rosebush and fir trees below and above, respectively. (c) Sean F. Johnston 2008
January 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Farm machine detail.

#photography #bw #monochrome #toner #sepia #developing #bokeh #depthoffield #art #artphotography #composition #pattern #repetition #bwphotography #filmphotography #film #35mm #EastCluden #southwest #Scotland
Videw of iron rotary part of farm machine. (c) Jan 2009 Sean F. Johnston
January 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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The Caul, Whitesands, Dumfries, Scotland.

#photography #Nith #River #Caul #weir #market #town #Scotland #bw #monochrome #film #35mm #filmphotography #bwphotography #landscape #water #bwphotograpny #Scotland
Water cascading over a weir on the River Nith at Dumfries, Scotland. (c) 2008 Sean F. Johnston
January 5, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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Sunrise power.
#photography #art #artphotography #sky #newyear #electricity #southwest #Scotland #rural #farm #agriculture #field #landscape
January 1, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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Retired bus, 2009.

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #mediumformat #tlr #Mamiya #C330 #sepia #toner #art #artphotography #classicphotography #filmphotography #artphotography #Dumfries #southwest #Scotland
Face-on view of old bus, last on the road in 1995, according to the road tax sticker. The destination sign reads "towing". (c) Sean F. Johnston 2009
December 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Window blinds.

#photography #bw #art #monochrome #artphotography #composition #film #35mm #fineartphotography #bwphotography #filmphotography
Vertical slats of a translucent window venetian blind, each with a different tone of gray dependent on the backlighting of the sun. (c) 2008 Sean F. Johnston
December 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Power Lines, Dora township, Decatur, Illinois, 2008.

#photography #monochrome #bw #film #electricity #powerline #landscape #35mm #grain #art #artphotography #filmphotography #bwphotography
Over two dozen power poles and associated power lines criss-crossing the otherwise flat and bare landscape under leaden skies. (c) 2008 Sean F. Johnston
December 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Snow and cemetery iron.

#photography #bw #monochrome #art #artphotography #composition #filmphotography #film #35mm #winter #southwest #Scotland
Detail of one bar of a cemetery railing, showing the elongated 3-pointed star on top and the cross railing, both dusted in fine snow. (c) 2009 Sean F. Johnston
December 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Chimney shadow and sundial, 2008.

#photography #bw #monochrome #shadow #sundial #film #35mm #filmphotography #tonality #grayscale #art #artphotography #sunlight #afternoon #bwphotography
A wooden garage with corrugated metal roof shadowed by the three-pot chimney of the nearby house, placing an afternoon sundial also in shadow. (c) 2008 Sean F. Johnston
December 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Moonset/sunrise at dawn, 24 December 2018, over the Twelve Apostles Stone Circle in southwest Scotland.

#photography #X30 #Fuji #stonecircle #standingstone #bronzeage #moon #sunrise #moonset #astronomy #dawn #solstice #Holywood #Newbridge #EastCluden #DumfriesandGalloway #D&G #southwest #Scotland.
Near-full moon setting just abov a large standing stone comprising part of the 12 Apostles stone circle, a neolithic/Bronze Age construction, between the villages of Holywood, Newbridge and East Cluden.
December 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM