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Lost in the gloom and crimson glow. 🦇✨ A dark fantasy aesthetic blending gothic horror with cinematic vibes. The contrast of the neon sigil against the deep shadows creates such a haunting mood. 🕯️🖤

#fcf #nsfw #art #bbb26 #nsfwart #furry #gay #beyondfriday #furryart #porn #blueskyartshow #openings

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A cave opening on the water at the base of a watch tower outside Dubrovnik. Photo by Robert Emond.

A cave opening on the water at the base of a watch tower outside Dubrovnik. Photo by Robert Emond.

#BlueSkyArtShow | #Openings

A secret opening to the tower? Dubrovnik, 19/15/06.

📷 Nikon D50 🔭 20-35 mm f3.5

#Travel #Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#ArchitecturalPhotography
#Architecture

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View  of the upper part of church over the altar, showing the diverse pattern of light through the windows onto the tree-like columns. The colour is a mixture of warm yellows and oranges.

View of the upper part of church over the altar, showing the diverse pattern of light through the windows onto the tree-like columns. The colour is a mixture of warm yellows and oranges.

View towards the altar in the Sagrada Família, Barcelona, 2017.

#Stunday #Photography #BlueSkyArtShow #Openings #Barcelona #SagradaFamilia

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#Blueskyartshow #Openings. Older painting

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A huge road sign sits to one side of the intersection of Great Northern Highway and Gib River - Wyndham Rd, at Lake Argyle, Western Australia. Solar panels at the top of the sign power LED messaging showing the latest road conditions for 7 outback roads along this route.
The sign currently indicates all the roads are open, to all vehicles types. 
Given the many creek crossings involved and the roughness of the roads, this is an important tool for travellers who don’t wish to get stranded. 
The second sign warns that this is a road train route. They can be up to 53.5 metres (175.5 feet) in length, so a warning is given to take care when overtaking. 
A third sign advises that the next opportunity to buy fuel is 341 kilometres (212 miles) away.

A huge road sign sits to one side of the intersection of Great Northern Highway and Gib River - Wyndham Rd, at Lake Argyle, Western Australia. Solar panels at the top of the sign power LED messaging showing the latest road conditions for 7 outback roads along this route. The sign currently indicates all the roads are open, to all vehicles types. Given the many creek crossings involved and the roughness of the roads, this is an important tool for travellers who don’t wish to get stranded. The second sign warns that this is a road train route. They can be up to 53.5 metres (175.5 feet) in length, so a warning is given to take care when overtaking. A third sign advises that the next opportunity to buy fuel is 341 kilometres (212 miles) away.

Many #Outback & #Remote roads in #Australia offer information & warnings for travellers’ safety.
This huge #Sign shows all roads listed are currently #Open to all vehicle types.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Openings
#Photography #Travel, #SolarPower, #DrySeason
#GibbRiver-WyndhamRoad, #WesternAustralia

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Nighttime photo with trees on a very black horizon as the moon rises just below a giant hole in the clouds making a beautiful glowing visage

Nighttime photo with trees on a very black horizon as the moon rises just below a giant hole in the clouds making a beautiful glowing visage

Now that darkness is here
#BlueskyArtShow
#Openings

Dream if you like

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Labrador mix, relaxing at the entrance to the kitchen, waiting for his snack. But he will not enter as he respects the boundaries of pack.
 Man and dog co-evolved over thousands of years, transitioning from early wolf scavenging to a deeply integrated, symbiotic partnership. This, commonly known as the "survival of the friendliest," led to shared genetic changes in diet, behavior, and social cognition, with dogs developing unique abilities to understand human communication. 
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Key Aspects of Co-evolution:
Genetic and Behavioral Changes: Dogs underwent genetic mutations (such as on chromosome 6) that reduced fear, increased friendliness, and enhanced communication skills. This includes the ability to interpret human pointing and facial expressions, such as "puppy eyes" created by specific eye muscles developed through selective breeding.
Dietary Adaptation: Both species evolved to consume similar diets, specifically in developing improved starch digestion through increased copies of the 
 gene, reflecting a shift to agricultural lifestyles.
Brain Chemistry and Social Bonding: Interactions between humans and dogs increase oxytocin levels in both, fostering strong social bonds that were not observed to the same extent between humans and hand-raised wolves.
Parallel Evolution in Diseases: Due to sharing environments, dogs and humans have experienced parallel evolution in genes related to cancer, neurological processes, and metabolism.
Shared High-Altitude Adaptation: In areas like the Himalayas, both dogs and humans independently acquired similar genetic resistance to low-oxygen environments, often through shared interbreeding with local, adapted populations (e.g., Tibetan Mastiffs and Tibetan people). 
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This unique partnership has made dogs more than just animals but a crucial part of human social history, shifting from helpers in hunting to family members.

Labrador mix, relaxing at the entrance to the kitchen, waiting for his snack. But he will not enter as he respects the boundaries of pack. Man and dog co-evolved over thousands of years, transitioning from early wolf scavenging to a deeply integrated, symbiotic partnership. This, commonly known as the "survival of the friendliest," led to shared genetic changes in diet, behavior, and social cognition, with dogs developing unique abilities to understand human communication. YouTube YouTube +5 Key Aspects of Co-evolution: Genetic and Behavioral Changes: Dogs underwent genetic mutations (such as on chromosome 6) that reduced fear, increased friendliness, and enhanced communication skills. This includes the ability to interpret human pointing and facial expressions, such as "puppy eyes" created by specific eye muscles developed through selective breeding. Dietary Adaptation: Both species evolved to consume similar diets, specifically in developing improved starch digestion through increased copies of the gene, reflecting a shift to agricultural lifestyles. Brain Chemistry and Social Bonding: Interactions between humans and dogs increase oxytocin levels in both, fostering strong social bonds that were not observed to the same extent between humans and hand-raised wolves. Parallel Evolution in Diseases: Due to sharing environments, dogs and humans have experienced parallel evolution in genes related to cancer, neurological processes, and metabolism. Shared High-Altitude Adaptation: In areas like the Himalayas, both dogs and humans independently acquired similar genetic resistance to low-oxygen environments, often through shared interbreeding with local, adapted populations (e.g., Tibetan Mastiffs and Tibetan people). Discover Magazine Discover Magazine +6 This unique partnership has made dogs more than just animals but a crucial part of human social history, shifting from helpers in hunting to family members.

The #BlueSkyArtShow theme this week is #Openings
The ever-respectful Mr. Calvin, waiting at the mouth of the cave, as did his ancestors, creating that bond between #wolf and man.
#RainbowBridge the last opening.
#MrCalvin #Calvin #DogsOfBluesky #Dogs ❤️‍🩹🐾🐾🌈 #Pets #Grief #PetPhotography #NotJustAPet

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The camera looks downward into an old, empty, storage tin. The lid is open.  Inside the lid a sticker tells the consumer to “Keep the Lid Shut”, talks about the quality of the original tea and includes a tea making recipe.
The sticker is signed off by the company: “Atcherley & Dawson, Tea Merchants, Sydney”. Behind the tin sit several old wooden crates, one bearing the incomplete word “Victoria” and then “Powder and “Made in Australia”.  Very old newspapers line the bottom of two of the crates.

The camera looks downward into an old, empty, storage tin. The lid is open. Inside the lid a sticker tells the consumer to “Keep the Lid Shut”, talks about the quality of the original tea and includes a tea making recipe. The sticker is signed off by the company: “Atcherley & Dawson, Tea Merchants, Sydney”. Behind the tin sit several old wooden crates, one bearing the incomplete word “Victoria” and then “Powder and “Made in Australia”. Very old newspapers line the bottom of two of the crates.

Here is an opening.
Look inside the old tin, once used to store #TeaLeaves. The #Tin is branded with the name: #Atcherley&Dawson, #TeaMerchants #Sydney.

#KeepTheLidShut
#WoodenCrates
#HowWeUsedToDoThings

#BlueSkyArtShow #Openings
#Photography, #Collecting #OldThings #Vintage #Art

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Two men open very large doors to a cathedral in France. The doors must be 25-30 feet tall and seem heavy.

Two men open very large doors to a cathedral in France. The doors must be 25-30 feet tall and seem heavy.

#BlueSkyArtShow #openings

Somewhere in France, 2019

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Favorite from the theme #openings today

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"You can't learn what you ain't gotta change."
Brent Cobb

#photography #openings #NewYork #change #Growth #NYC #BlueSkyArtShow

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a photo of a bridge with an arch

a photo of a bridge with an arch

#blueskyartshow theme #openings

#photography #photograph

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An open kitchen window, curtains blowing from a breeze. Microwave on the counter.

An open kitchen window, curtains blowing from a breeze. Microwave on the counter.

#BlueSkyArtShow #openings #ECK #EastCoastKin #photography #windows

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A macro image of a cluster of snowdrop buds after a rainfall. The photo has been edited in black and white. The Affinity's tone adjustments were used to shift the green tones to a display as much darker. The slender leaves of the snowdrop plant look almost cactus like while the buds themselves could be mistake for a string of Christmas bulbs.

A macro image of a cluster of snowdrop buds after a rainfall. The photo has been edited in black and white. The Affinity's tone adjustments were used to shift the green tones to a display as much darker. The slender leaves of the snowdrop plant look almost cactus like while the buds themselves could be mistake for a string of Christmas bulbs.

Tried out a B&W edit of one of my snowdrop shots I took this afternoon. I think there may just be too much going on in it to be truly effective, but I do particularly like the leaves!

#BlueSkyArtShow #Openings #BNWMacro #ClassicMono #Monochrome #Macro #Photography #ECK

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#Openings #blueskyartshow
MORGAN OAKES GALLERY will be having an opening for a Tribal Shield Show, on April 15, at 1906 Fillmore St. San Francisco.

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from a dark tunnel with stairs and train tracks the outside in visible with some green trees and an old barn like building visible (painted blue)

from a dark tunnel with stairs and train tracks the outside in visible with some green trees and an old barn like building visible (painted blue)

The joy of seeing the #opening of the mine after having been in the dark of the coal mine... for like 20 minutes and just walking around, us modern folks are wimps .

Near Scranton, Pennsylvania

#Photography
#BlueSkyArtShow #openings
#ColorADay #GreenSat

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#BlueSkyArtShow #Openings

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Miniature yellow rose bud opening

Miniature yellow rose bud opening

#blueskyartshow #openings #bloom #macro #bloomscrolling #artyear #eastcoastkin #westcoastkin #scape #allthephotos #thephotohour #photography #blueskyphotography #photographersunited #stunday #westcoastphotographers #westcoastphotography

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The image depicts a dense canopy of tree branches in a grayscale setting. In the center, a large, colorful circular frame highlights a portion of the trees. This frame consists of a gradient from yellow on the left to blue on the right. Inside the circular frame, the branches are vividly colored, adorned with bright pink blossoms, creating a stark contrast to the surrounding black-and-white foliage.

The image depicts a dense canopy of tree branches in a grayscale setting. In the center, a large, colorful circular frame highlights a portion of the trees. This frame consists of a gradient from yellow on the left to blue on the right. Inside the circular frame, the branches are vividly colored, adorned with bright pink blossoms, creating a stark contrast to the surrounding black-and-white foliage.

Spring peek #nature #photography #remix #BlueSkyArtShow #openings #ArtYear #ClassicMono #PopOfColor #EastCoastKin

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Tree trunk with a large hollow at its base, rimmed in moss, opening into dark interior; patchy snow and fallen leaves surround it on the forest floor.

Tree trunk with a large hollow at its base, rimmed in moss, opening into dark interior; patchy snow and fallen leaves surround it on the forest floor.

Base of an old tree with several hollowed cavities between thick, decaying wood columns; interior dark, surrounded by fallen leaves.

Base of an old tree with several hollowed cavities between thick, decaying wood columns; interior dark, surrounded by fallen leaves.

Close view of a tree trunk split open into a narrow vertical cavity, bark thick and ridged, with dark wood looking burnt exposed against a bed of dry leaves.

Close view of a tree trunk split open into a narrow vertical cavity, bark thick and ridged, with dark wood looking burnt exposed against a bed of dry leaves.

Tree trunk with a small, rounded hollow near the ground, framed by moss and surrounded by a dense layer of brown autumn leaves.

Tree trunk with a small, rounded hollow near the ground, framed by moss and surrounded by a dense layer of brown autumn leaves.

I enjoy taking pictures of openings in trees and wondering what magic happens there…maybe not technically art…

Only a few of the many photos I have from trees and stumps at @adkinsarboretum.bsky.social

#BlueSkyArtShow #Openings

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#Openings

#Photography
#OregonCoast #BlueSkyArtShow

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#BlueSkyArtShow #Openings

The Colosseum

#photography #PhotographersUnited #mobilephotography #architecture #Rome

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Photo of a collage made from clippings of renaissance artwork, photos from space, and decor (windows & a hanging flower lamp) with a golden leaf glued above the lamp in the corner and a cut lattice border across the top of the page

Photo of a collage made from clippings of renaissance artwork, photos from space, and decor (windows & a hanging flower lamp) with a golden leaf glued above the lamp in the corner and a cut lattice border across the top of the page

Spent some time playing around with #collage making today, really enjoyed taking an x-acto knife to some old magazines and putting this together (entry for today’s #BlueSkyArtShow #openings) #EastCoastKin #artyear #dailyart

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#openings #blueskyartshow
Acrylic on paper.

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Goodnight

#BlueSkyArtShow #Openings #photography #monochrome #scape #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin

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An archway in an old building made with brick/stone looks through to an alcove, which leads to a window. Photo is in black and white.

An archway in an old building made with brick/stone looks through to an alcove, which leads to a window. Photo is in black and white.

Through to the window
#BlueSkyArtShow #Openings

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A large brick building long neglected in the process of falling apart. Two large windows with dozens of broken panes of glass. The wall has fallen out of one section showing an opening inside the building. Some young trees sprouted up in front of it. The is the power station across the street of the main Flintkote plant in Lockport, NY.  Circa 2009.

A large brick building long neglected in the process of falling apart. Two large windows with dozens of broken panes of glass. The wall has fallen out of one section showing an opening inside the building. Some young trees sprouted up in front of it. The is the power station across the street of the main Flintkote plant in Lockport, NY. Circa 2009.

new third floor entrance

#blueskyartshow #openings #urbex #blackandwhite

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Dark broody clouds open up to let the sun shine down on a foggy ocean with seastacks near the shore. 
~Face Rock, Bandon

Dark broody clouds open up to let the sun shine down on a foggy ocean with seastacks near the shore. ~Face Rock, Bandon

Let the sun shine in.....
#BlueSkyArtShow #openings
#EastCoastKin (or #ECK)

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Starry #openings. #BlueSkyArtShow

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Sheep fleece with open window.

Sheep fleece with open window.

#BlueSkyArtShow Saturday April 4, 2026 #Openings

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