@Tags and hashtags in alt-text can be found using the EXPLORE search (as regular words), but they do not tag/notify the tag-ee, nor do the hashtags show up when the 'See #hashtag posts' is clicked.

Anyone know what prompted this?

So I've been offline for a couple/3 weeks, busy with several art shows and festivals I've exhibited in and Salons I curated.

Something significant must have happened meanwhile. In trying to catch up on posts I've missed, I noticed @nicholasfreeman.art has deleted all his wonderful art. WHAT THE…???

This calls for [more] cake!

<< click for more >> A nude female figure reclines on a studio floor in profile, leaning back on one hand, head tilted back with dramatic side lighting. Rendered in black and white, the composition emphasizes sculptural form through high-contrast illumination against deep shadows. ••• Title: Radiant Surrender Story: Head thrown back, releasing the guard she carries through the day, she gives herself over to the moment. Light pours over her like water, finding every curve, every breath. She offers herself to nothing and no one—just the simple freedom of surrender. Model: 🚺♀️💃🏻 IvyDream (not on bsky) This image is not explicit, and should obviously *NOT* be automatically labeled as 'Adult Content', @moderation.bsky.app‬ should really adjust their labeling model. This is getting tiresome, and they continue to get it wrong. Call/text/chat/DM about acquiring limited edition fine art prints, or open edition reproductions. Call, text, or dm if you are interested in a collaboration to create some fine art. 📧Reach out if you'd like to work together 📍Winter Park/Orlando, Florida 🔗 Links » bit.ly/m/edmedici 📷©️ Edward J. Medici All Rights Reserved. #TheMediciGallery #artnude No reposts by accounts with any explicit content or reposts. »»» If you repost, and I find any explicit content on your page, you *will* be blocked. «««

Title: Radiant Surrender
Story: Head thrown back, releasing …
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Model: Ivy Dream (not on bsky)

Not explicit, the auto-adult label is wrong.
I never post explicit images.

#TheMediciGallery #artforsale #fineartfigure #classicartnude #artnudephoto #studiofineartnude #figurenude

Should have said GNU license, running on PC. It does all I need for whatever image manipulation I might need, and it's free, not subscription like PS.
(I did use Unix back in my Systems Analyst days…)

GIMP is free (GNU) and has plugins to do photo stitching.

This fits the #BlueSkyArtShow #Flowing…

<click for full text> Monotone image of nude figure. Long exposure of moving arms punctuated with multiple strobes of a studio flash. ••• Title: Multiplicities More experiments with long exposures, slow shutter, motion, and strobes. Captured in the studio with both constant light and multiple studio strobes. Is it art? I don't know. Let me know what you think. Model🚺♀️💃: Veronica (not on bsky) This image is not explicit, and should obviously *NOT* be automatically labeled as 'Adult Content', @moderation.bsky.app‬ should really adjust their labeling model. This is getting tiresome, and they continue to get it wrong. Call/text/chat/DM about acquiring limited edition fine art prints, or open edition reproductions. Call, text, or dm if you are interested in a collaboration to create some fine art. 📧Reach out if you'd like to work together 📍Winter Park/Orlando, Florida 🔗 Links » bit.ly/m/edmedici 📷©️ Edward J. Medici All Rights Reserved. #TheMediciGallery #artnude No reposts by accounts with any explicit content or reposts. »»» If you repost, and I find any explicit content on your page, you *will* be blocked. «««

Title: Multiplicities

Experiments with slow shutter and motion…
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Model🚺: Veronica (not on bsky)

Not explicit, the auto-adult label is wrong.
I never post explicit images.

#TheMediciGallery #artforsale #fineartfigure #classicartnude #artnudephoto #studiofineartnude #figurenude

Multiplicity.

Any reason is always the right reason for [more] cake! 🎂 - but this one certainly fits the bill!

Historian James Fell has a new history book coming out called "Greedy Sexist Religious Bigots: A History of Humanity" as a followup to his two volumes of "On This Day in History, Sh¡t Went Down."

Jackson Pollock was a student of Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League in New York from 1930 to 1933. Benton became a mentor and surrogate father figure to Pollock during his formative years.
Pollock served as the model for the man playing the harmonica in the bottom-left of this painting.

It's not a Pollack, it's OF Pollack.

35mm Equivalent Focal Lengths of Bronica ETR Lenses
(Focal Length) » 35mm Equivalent (Approx. FOV)
30mm f/3.5 PE Fisheye » ~18mm
40mm f/4 MC/PE Wide-Angle » ~25mm / ~28mm
50mm f/2.8 MC/PE Wide-Angle » ~30mm / ~31mm
55mm f/4.5 PE Tilt-shift » ~34mm
60mm f/2.8 PE Wide-Angle » ~36mm

Lenses for ETR-Si:

• Wide Angle: 30mm f/3.5 PE Fish-eye, 35mm f/3.5 PS Fish-eye, 40mm f/4 MC/PE, 50mm f/2.8 MC/PE.

Note: The 30mm fisheye is a diagonal fisheye, capturing a 180-degree diagonal field of view on the 6x4.5 format, corresponding to the field of view of an 18mm lens on a 35mm camera.

<< click for more >> « screen shot of Artportico's Label Edit Layout customization screen » ••• My questions: How do I adjust the size (pt) of the fields? ('d like the title bigger to be a little more emphasized. Will the 'Title' wrap around the QR in this position, how does that work? How do I make the Custom Text pick up the Notes field (which would have the description/explanation of the image)? I find that the story/explanation helps viewers relate to the image, thus increasing sales. I was also surprised when qty/edition size listed every instance but didn't indicate '2 of 9' or something. If I have an edition size limit of 50 (ie only 50 11x14s will be produced), that will become untenable and difficult to manage in this manner. Unless of course I don't understand the theory behind this method… Generally I like this system, it seems to be really well thought out. I'd like to use this to produce labels for (and track images) on exhibit in different shows, but I'd like to customize the label layout a bit more. If you're too busy or can't (pr don't want to) make these changes, I understand. I'm just a random guy complaining about what you have obviously worked really hard on. No worries, I've got another solution I'm looking at. This seemed like a really simple, really elegant solution. Thanks for taking time to read this. Cheers, Ed PS my DMs are open if you'd like to take this offline and not answer on your public page.

I have questions on the label function, I'm having trouble making the customization I'm looking for.

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Bronica ETR-Si 645, my workhorse for decades.

4/ The only reason I haven't updated to the new OM-D E-series is because I don't want to buy new lenses, but I'm really tempted.
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3/ these days.

I pointed a gear-nerd in my local PPA guild to the Olympus Tough 7, he researched to and ended up getting it for his carry-around camera during his trip to Japan, touting the results for both stills and video. …

2/ digitals. I still use them daily professionally in my studio, preferring them to my Bronica medium-format. I use Olympus specifically because the long lenses I used were heavy, and the light body offset their weight. Newer primes for Olympus are now very light, even zooms are lighter…

1/ My unsolicited suggestion would be to research Olympus, which is renown for being the lightest of cameras as well as a workhorse. I've been using them since I retired my Dad's Olympus rangefinder in grade school and got my own SLRs OM-1 thru OM-4T, and continued with E-10/20, E-1 and E-5…

<< click for more >> Photograph of Yosemite National Park's Half Dome, a prominent granite peak, in the center-right. Rocky mountains, lush green valleys, and a dramatic sky with thick clouds and bright natural light. Leading lines from mountains and clouds draw attention to Half Dome. ••• Call/text/chat/DM about acquiring limited edition fine art prints, or open edition reproductions. Call, text, or dm if you are interested in a collaboration to create some fine art. 📧Reach out if you'd like to work together 📍Winter Park/Orlando, Florida 🔗 Links » bit.ly/m/edmedici 📷©️ Edward J. Medici All Rights Reserved. #TheMediciGallery No reposts by accounts with any explicit content or reposts. »»» If you repost, and I find any explicit content on your page, you *will* be blocked. «««

Another view of #Clouds over Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. for the #BlueSkyArtShow

Something a little different than the usual figure studies you can find on my feed.

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#TheMediciGallery #artforsale

<< click for more >> Photograph of Yosemite National Park's Half Dome, a tall granite rock formation, surrounded by pine trees with a bright blue sky and scattered clouds. Sunlight casts shadows on the dirt path in the foreground. Background shows mountainous terrain. Leading lines from the path draw attention to Half Dome. ••• Call/text/chat/DM about acquiring limited edition fine art prints, or open edition reproductions. Call, text, or dm if you are interested in a collaboration to create some fine art. 📧Reach out if you'd like to work together 📍Winter Park/Orlando, Florida 🔗 Links » bit.ly/m/edmedici 📷©️ Edward J. Medici All Rights Reserved. #TheMediciGallery No reposts by accounts with any explicit content or reposts. »»» If you repost, and I find any explicit content on your page, you *will* be blocked. «««

Some #Clouds over Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. for the #BlueSkyArtShow

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#TheMediciGallery #artforsale

<< click for more >> Photograph of a single tree left of center in a grassy hill under a bright blue sky with wispy clouds. Green grass dominates the foreground, with the tree slightly to the left. Natural light, high aesthetic quality, rule of thirds composition. ••• Call/text/chat/DM about acquiring limited edition fine art prints, or open edition reproductions. Call, text, or dm if you are interested in a collaboration to create some fine art. 📧Reach out if you'd like to work together 📍Winter Park/Orlando, Florida 🔗 Links » bit.ly/m/edmedici 📷©️ Edward J. Medici All Rights Reserved. #TheMediciGallery No reposts by accounts with any explicit content or reposts. »»» If you repost, and I find any explicit content on your page, you *will* be blocked. «««

Some #Clouds for the #BlueSkyArtShow

Somewhere in England near Hadrian's Wall.

#TheMediciGallery #artforsale

The cure is "It's a Small World After All".

<< click for more >> Black-and-white photograph of a seated nude figure viewed from behind, illuminated by soft directional lighting that highlights the contours of the back and shoulders, conveying a very high level of visual and artistic quality. ••• Title: The Shape of Stillness Story: In the quiet dark, she sits turned away, resting into her own form. Light across the back reveals curves shaped by time and calm. No explanation needed; the body is enough as it is. This is a moment without motion or noise, where stillness takes shape and simply exists. Model: 💃🏻Veronica (not on bsky) This image is not explicit, and should obviously *NOT* be automatically labeled as 'Adult Content', @moderation.bsky.app‬ should really adjust their automatic labeling model. This is getting tiresome, and they continue to get it wrong. Call/text/chat/DM about acquiring limited edition fine art prints, or open edition reproductions. Call, text, or dm if you are interested in a collaboration to create some fine art. 📧Reach out if you'd like to work together 📍Winter Park/Orlando, Florida 🔗 Links » bit.ly/m/edmedici 📷©️ Edward J. Medici All Rights Reserved. #TheMediciGallery #artnude No reposts by accounts with any explicit content or reposts. »»» If you repost, and I find any explicit content on your page, you *will* be blocked. «««

Title: The Shape of Stillness
Story: …she sits turned away, resting into…
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A classical B&W figure study.

💃🏻Veronica (not on bsky)
Not explicit, the auto-labeling is wrong.

#TheMediciGallery #artforsale #fineartfigure #classicartnude #artnudephoto #studiofineartnude #figurenude

What's up with @bsky.app?

Anyone else seeing huge gaps in posts on list/feeds?
Big gap, seems like missing posts between ~7am, jumping to 13 days ago.

Really strange behavior, hope it gets fixed.

This definitely calls for cake!
Reminder: It's never too late (or early) to have [more] cake!

Impressive work. Nicely done.

Also impressive:
182 images in 2 hours, one every 40 seconds!
That is dedication!