Thank you, Luis. It's certainly a very colorful little town! 😎

Bethlehem NH (2016)
📷Leica D-Lux Type 109
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Happy Earth Day … I hope you find a beautiful spot in nature today to warm your soul.
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# photography
#eastcoastkin
#newengland
#capecod
#chapinbeach
#dennisma

I'm so happy to hear that! It's great having memories like that, waiting to be rediscovered. 🙂

Thank you, Alina. It truly was an impressive site, where the echoes of history were still alive. I love places like that!

The remains of ancient stone structures, a pueblo constructed by Native Americans on a limestone ridge along the Verde River (near present-day Clarkdale AZ) c. 1000 AD. This black & white image shows a series of intersecting stone walls leading up to a square building atop the ridge, where a lone figure looks out across the Verde Valley under heavy storm clouds.

Tuzigoot National Monument, Clarkdale AZ (2015) 🌵
📷Pentax K-3 w/Tamron Dill VC 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 Lens
#Stunday, #ClassicMono, #AlphabetChallenge, #ECK, #Photography, #WeekOForOld, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Arizona, #TravelPhotography, #History, #Pentax

Thank you, Luis. Mother Nature always puts on a great show!

Bare oak, maple, and pine trees stand in dark silhouette before scattered pink, orange, and yellow clouds illuminated from underneath by the setting sun, now just below the horizon. A soft, pale blue sky peeks out around the clouds.

April Sunset (2026) 🌞🌳
📷Leica D-Lux Type 109 w/Vario-Summilux 11-34mm Lens
#Scape, #ForestFriday, #Photography, #ECK, #Maine, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Leica, #Clouds, #Sunset, #Trees

😃 I didn't see that, but you're right! It's always fascinating to see what's hiding in your pictures. Thanks so much for your comment, AnnaLois! 🙏

I was still learning digital photography and the perils of using a wide angle lens pointed upwards, which makes vertical lines & objects tilt inward toward the center of the image, so aptly demonstrated here with the church tower on the right and the column on the left. Who strung those utility wires across the upper left corner? And what's that thing protruding over the upper right edge of the frame? Who took this picture???? Oh...wait...........

Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, Italy (2008)
📷Pentax K10D w/Pentax DA 18-55mm f3.5 - 5.6 Len
#outtakes, #PalacesAndGardens, #UrbanGaze, #SensoryArt, #urban, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Rome, #Pentax, #TravelPhotography

Thank you, Luis. Much appreciated! 🙏

An old Dodge, Estes Park CO (2009) 🌄🛻
📷Pentax K10D w/Pentax DA 18-55mm f3.5 - 5.6 Lens
#RockinTuesday, #ColorADay, #BlueTue, #Colorado, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Pentax, #WeekOForOld, #AlphabetChallenge

Black and white image showing a closeup section of a chain link fence with dozens of small padlocks attached, many with names, initials, or dates noted. The rushing waters of a small waterfall can be seen through the fence. The image was processed with a Fujifilm film recipe based on the Ilford FP4 Plus 125 black & white film.

Lots of ❤️💙💖💚🩵💜🤎💗💛💘🤍💕🩷❣️'s
📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Viltrox 56mm f1.7 XF Lens (2026)
#ClassicMono, #ShowHeart, #SensoryArt, #people, #Maine, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Fujifilm

Our male cat Moxie, settled on the couch in perfect "loaf" position, pointedly staring off to the right and not at the camera lens. Image taken with Fujifilm's Nostalgic Negative film simulation.

Moxie's Rule #1: Always appear disinterested......🐈
📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Viltrox 56mm f1.7 XF Lens
#Caturday, #CatsofBlueSky, #Cats, #Fujifilm, #Viltrox, #Photography, #PhotographersofBluesky, #ECK

A black & white image looking straight down into a cluster of green ferns.

Ferns 🌿 (2011)
📷Pentax K10D w/Pentax DA 18-55mm F3.5 - 5.6 Lens
#BNWmacro, #ClassicMono, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Maine, #Pentax, #OutdoorPhotography

Macro mono image of leaves sprouting from the ground, waiting to blossom. They appear illuminated from within.

Late bloomer

#BlueSkyArtShow #new
#BNWmacro
#ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #ECK
#photography
#naturephotography
#Spring

The white waters of the Androscoggin River crash down through two openings of the Great Falls, flowing left to right under heavy clouds. Beyond the river lies the city of Lewiston, Maine. The river separates the cities of Lewiston and Auburn, where this image was taken from along the Auburn Riverwalk. This black & white image was processed using a film recipe based on Ilford FP4 Plus 125 B&W film.

Lewiston ME, behind the Great Falls of the Androscoggin River 📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Viltrox 56mm f1.7 Lens (2026) #WaterfallWednesday, #ClassicMono, #Abstractia, #splatter, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Maine, #Fujifilm, #Lewiston, #Auburn

Dramatic storm clouds, almost black at the left of the frame but lighter on the right, gather above two towering reddish/brown rock formations, framed at the bottom by short evergreens and desert scrub. This image was taken in Sedona AZ just as a thunderstorm arrived. You can almost see Richard Dreyfuss somewhere out there....

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 🛸🚀
📷Pentax K3 w/Sigma DC HSM 18-250mm Lens (2015)
#Stunday, #AlphabetChallenge, #WeekMForMovies, #Photogrphy, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Arizona, #OutdoorPhotography, #Pentax, #Sigma, #SensoryArt, #Sedona, #alone (maybe not alone....👽)

An open field with a few small birch & pine trees on the left, angling to the upper right. A few taller trees stand on the right, their tops angling down, with both tree lines leading to an opening in the fog shrouded distance, where much taller trees stand in the fog. The field is covered with low scrub and rocks. All of the elements combine to create a scene that evokes a sense of foreboding, I think. The distant opening leads to........?

The Road to Perdition (2002)
📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Voigtlander Ultron 27mm f2 Lens (2026)
#WeekMForMovies, #AlphabetChallenge, #SensoryArt, #alone, #ClassicMono, #LandscapePhotography, #Maine, #Fujifilm, #Trees, #BlueSkyArtShow, #openings

Beautiful tonality here, Jaycee. This image is mesmerizing!

A black & white view of Boston's Government Center, with the iconic Steaming Kettle on the corner of a building on the right. A scene from the movie "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" was filmed here (further into the image, in front of the flagpoles), with police detective Richard Jordan getting information from snitch Peter Boyle. The image uses Fujifilm's Acros + red filter film simulation.

The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) 🏛️⚖️💰👮‍♂️🍺
📷Fujifilm X-T3 w/Fujinon XF 35mm f2 Lens (2022)
#HumansofBlueSky, #UrbanGaze, #ClassicMono, #Architecture, #AlphabetChallenge, #WeekMForMovies, #Boston, #StreetPhotography, #Fujifilm

The USS Pampanito, a World War II submarine that's now a museum ship moored at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco CA. The image was converted to black & white and processed so as to mimic a vintage 1940's photograph. Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster are aboard, awaiting orders to cast off. Seaman Seagull is on duty at the bow.

Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) ⚓
📷Minolta Dimage 7Hi (2006)
#AlphabetChallenge, #WeekMForMovies, #ClassicMono, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBlueSky, #TravelPhotography, #SanFrancisco, #History

Some historical farm buildings stand in an area known as Mormon Row in Jackson Hole WY. The snowcapped Teton Mountain Range rises in the distance, and the scene is framed by a clear blue sky and a wide, flat expanse of dried, late-Summer prairie grass. Many outdoor scenes of the movie Shane were filmed in Jackson Hole, and Tetons play a memorable supporting role. Alan Ladd and Van Heflin are no doubt behind the barn, preparing to eradicate that giant, stubborn tree stump....

Shane (1953) 🐴⛰️🪓
📷Fujifilm X-T1 w/Fujinon XF 18-55mm Lens
#RockinTuesday, #ColorADay, #BlueTue, #Photography, #AlphabetChallenge, #WeekMForMovies, #NationalParks, #Wyoming, #Fujifilm, #OutdoorPhotography

A very large pumpkin, decorated and painted blue to resemble an octopus during PumpkinFest, an annual festival held in Damariscotta ME. The beast rests on a large wooden stand in front of some people sitting at outside tables next to a local restaurant, his eyes gazing skyward, wondering who is going to devour whom......I think that's Kenneth Tobey in in the blue baseball cap....

It Came From Beneath The Sea (1955) 🐙
📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Fujinon XF 50mm f2 Lens
#AlphabetChallenge, #WeekMForMovies, #BlueSkyMonday, #MacroMonday, #Photography, #PhotographersofBluesky, #ECK, #Maine

A view of an ice-covered lake at dawn. The blue sky is reflected by the ice, except for a slit of open water in the center which reflects the pink glow of the early sunrise. The center of the lake is framed by very tall pine trees, and the woods on the far shore also have a pink, early morning glow. This was processed with Fujifilm's Velvia film simulation.

Early morning on the lake a week ago. Today, nearly all the ice is gone! 🦆
📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Fujinon XF 23mm f2 Lens
#BlueSkyMonday, #ColorADay, #PinkMon, #SensoryArt, #alone, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Maine, #Fujifilm

Thank you, Jaycee. Timing is everything! 🙂

The Marshall Point Lighthouse stands in silhouette, pointing up to the afternoon sun directly over it. The sun's rays illuminate some wispy white clouds against a slightly darker sky, the ocean glistening behind the lighthouse and then darkening farther off to either side. An empty picnic table is dimly visible on the lawn in front of the rocks along the shore, the foreground largely darkened due to the chosen exposure.

Marshall Point Lighthouse, Port Clyde ME (2025)⚓
📷Leica D-Lux Type 109
#Scape, #ColorADay, #BWFri, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Maine, #Lighthouses, #Leica, #SensoryArt, #LightFlare, #ClassicMono

A topiary camel stands in front of Rough Point, a Gilded Age mansion of Newport RI completed in 1892 by Frederick W. Vanderbilt. The most recent owner was the late Doris Duke (d. 1993), who actually kept two pet camels on the premises. The mansion is now a museum, open for public viewing since 2000 and owned by the Newport Restoration Foundation.

A mansion known as "Rough Point", Newport RI 🏛️
📷Nikon P7700 (2015)
#PalacesandGardens, #UnusualEncounters, #ArtYear, #Photography, #ECK, #PhotographersofBluesky, #RhodeIsland

The photographer pauses while crossing the busy Chaps-Elysees in Paris, to shoot the busy traffic going both ways, a motorcycle waiting to make a turn. The Arc de Triomphe is seen in the distance. The road is lined with parked cars, people on the sidewalks and trees with their new spring leaves. The sky has sweeping white clouds. Mono image.

Defying death on the streets of Paris.

#UrbanGaze
#HumansOfBlueSky
#ClassicMono
#ECK
#photography
#Paris

Grand Teton National Park, near Jackson Hole, Wyoming 🏞️
📷Fujifilm X-T1 w/Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8-4 Lens (2019)
#BlueSkyMonday, #MountainMonday, #Photography, #ECK, #AlphabetChallenge, #WeekLForLayers, #Wyoming, #NationalParks, #OutdoorPhotography, #Fujifilm, #PhotographersofBluesky,