Photography

Stone House (and Couch), Harvard, CA, 2010.

All the pixels, but check on water, electricity, and structural integrity before moving in, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/4611078542

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Our photography newsletter this week focuses on LGBTQIA+ photographers, including the Village Voice's Fred McDarrah and Zanele Muholi, a nonbinary artist who explores race, gender and sexuality in their work. The collection also includes a piece about the Getty Center's new exhibition on how LGBTQ+ people's long history as documentarians of their own lives.

https://flipboard.com/@photographers/framed-with-pride-uphplnu9gf166le5

#Photography #Pride #LGBTQ #LoveIsLove #PrideMonth #LGBTQRights

US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, 2021.

All the pixels, each voting Yea or Nay, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/51221569646

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#PhotoOfTheDay is the "treehouse" (on the left) we stayed in one year on our usual Oregon holiday road trip. It was like staying in the Ewok village with all of the suspended, elevated walkways... It was good fun and I surprised the family with this place to stay instead of our usual hotel. :)

#photo #photography #Oregon #RoadTrip

Queensborough (59th Street) Bridge, NYC, 2019.

Pixels to slow you down if you move too fast at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/48418025131

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#PhotoOfTheDay A large, roughly rounded boulder (sandstone?) is balanced somewhat precariously on a large rock formation, along the Mojave Road.

#photo #photography #mojave #desert #california #overland #offroad #4x4 #RoadTrip

An Ammonite fossil in a limestone wall in Newton St Loe, near #Bath #Somerset #UK. They are met with frequently in the rocks around Bath, and in the 18th Century were thought to be snakes turned to stone.
#Fossil #Ammonite #Photography #Geology

AN/FPS-24 Radar Tower, Mt. Umunhum, Los Gatos, CA, 2024.

All the pixels, none of the incoming enemy bombers, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53796724938

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Ruins of Carfloat Slip, Port Richmond, CA, 2011.

All the pixels, use at your own risk, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/5484488587

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Great White Egret

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Final photo of a Reed Warbler for today..

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Mrs Reed Warbler

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Mr Reed Warbler

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Back at my local reserve today and saw a pair of Reed Warblers

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#SilentSunday #photography #wildlife

I had fun today experimenting with an old manual flash I got from the local charity shop for £3 using it on my Powershot G9 from 2007.

Hallway, NYC, 2014.

All the pixels, complete with cozy pre-war charm, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/13337114073

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Las Vegas Strip (Daylight), Paradice, NV, 2023.

Place your bets for additional pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53029077258/

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#PhotoOfTheDay is of very distant city lights ad a low glow to the dark sky behind a low ridge, while camping along the Mojave Road in the SoCal deserts.

#photo #photography #desert #Mojave #overlanding #offroad #4x4 #camping

Il y a une route
"Sous tes semelles c'est dur et ça tient"

#blackAndWhite #outdoors #photography

Another Puffin photo....

Info: (from wwf.org)
Speedy Flyers: Puffins flap their wings up to 400 times per minute and can reach speeds of 88 km/h.

Deep Divers: They can dive up to 60 meters underwater to catch fish.

Threatened: Overfishing and pollution are causing puffin numbers to decline, with some populations predicted to drop by 90% in the next 30 years

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Keep the UK Sand eel Ban!

Stumbled across a amateur wildlife photographer here on Mastodon who is based in France, he's got some lovely photos, well worth a browse.

https://ohai.social/@[email protected]

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A recap of part 1 of my Bempton trip can be found here: Puffins, Gannets and more....

https://jimhowardbirt.com/bempton

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Woodpigeon stood on an old fence

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Guillemot

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