A close-up medium shot of a weathered white house's entryway. The focal point is a life-sized bronze statue of a young boy in a baseball cap, captured mid-swing with a bat, his face set in a determined expression. Heavy, silver-colored metal chains are wrapped tightly around his ankles, anchoring him to the ground. To his right stands an ornate, antique metal mailbox with a greenish patina. In the background, a vibrant red front door is visible through a glass storm door, reflecting the dark, skeletal shadows of nearby tree branches. The composition highlights the stark contrast between the cheerful "home" element of the red door and the somber, restrictive imagery of the chained statue.

#ColorADay
#RedWed
#Architecturalphotography
#statue
#photography
#EastCoastKin
#BlackRockCT

I walk past this house on my morning walks regularly, and I am always struck by the statue and the red door. I also love the shadows of the tree on the door.

A striking, wide-angle photograph of a large, heavily rusted anchor resting on a snow-covered field by the water. The anchor is the main focal point, its dark, textured metal creating a sharp diagonal line against the white snow. In the background, a wooden pier with a small gabled roof leads out toward a calm blue body of water under a pale, clear sky. Scattered footprints are visible in the thin layer of snow on the ground. The composition is balanced and serene, highlighting the contrast between the industrial weight of the anchor and the peaceful winter landscape.

#UrbanGaze #SeabrightBeach
#BlackRockCT
#urbanphotography
#PhotographersOfBlueSky #ThePhotoHour #EastCoastkin

"It is not down in any map; true places never are." — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

Part of my morning walk, turn off of Beacon and then on to Seabright.

Red berries growing through a wrought iron fence

#blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin
#photography #nature #art
#Resilience #VisualTension #ExtremeCloseUp #HighContrast #Isolation #NatureVsMachine #WinterBerries #VisualMetaphor #iPhonePhotography
#BlackRockCT

"Life breaks us, but we grow back stronger in the broken places."
-Ernest Hemingway

Flock of pigeons in flight

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#birds
#sky
#flight
#flock
#pigeons
#BlackRockCT #photography #landscape
#EastCoastKin
#photographersofBlueSky

Surely no child, and few adults, have ever watched a bird in flight without envy.
-Isaac Asimov

Pigeon flock in the sky

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#birds
#Sky
#skyscape
#BlackRockCT #photography
#EastCoastKin #pigeons
#photographersofbluesky

“Birds flying high, you know how I feel
Sun in the sky, you know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by, you know how I feel”
-Feeling Good
Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse

#BlackRockCT #photography
#Christmas
#reflections
#EastCoastKin
#photographersonbluesky

Shadow of me wading in the water at Seabright Beach.

#summer
#BlackRockCT
#photography
#shadows

I miss summer. 😢

Seagull in flight

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#BlueSkyArtShow #sky
#BlackRockCT #photography #landscape
#EastCoastKin #clouds
#birds
#gull
#photooftheday
#photographersonbluesky

“To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived,"
-Richard Bach
Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Dusk shot of sky over Rooster River.

#BlueSkyArtShow #sky
#BlackRockCT #photography #landscape
#EastCoastKin #clouds
#Bluesky #photooftheday
#photographersonbluesky

Sky at Dusk on #RoosterRiver.

Christmas trees reflected in car window.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows
#photography #urbanphotography #reflections
#BlackRockCT

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#FlowerPhotography #roses #BlackRockCT #BloomScrolling
#MayaAngelou #StillIRise #AutumnLight #BotanicalArt #PhotoOfTheDay
#PhotographersOnBlueSky
#macro
#nature

Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.
-Maya Angelou