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Alan H
@alan678.bsky.social
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Love photography, a few photos actually published. 😁 All photos ( excluding reposts) posted by me belong to me. This is an inclusive of all friendly place. Host #BirdOfTheDay with Rob. #EastCoastKin Arts Collective Member
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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 2h
Good morning. Winter in #Ireland Taken yesterday though overnight there has been a decent amount of snowfall up here in the north of our island. Hope you all have a wonderful Sunday.

The snow dusted road slips into the silence.

#photography #Stunday #EastCoastKin
A quiet Irish country road curves gently through a winter landscape, its surface lightly coated with snow and marked by parallel tyre tracks. A wire fence lines the roadside, separating the road from frosted grass and a field dusted with snow. Bare, leafless trees stand against a pale blue sky, while soft peach- and gold-tinged clouds glow in the low winter light, early morning.
alan678.bsky.social
Currently in my back garden. ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶 Birds calling for seed and nuts refill so that’s my next job. #Birdsong #snow #Ireland #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
January 4, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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monicapelger.bsky.social
When my cat looks at me like that, I know I’m in trouble.
Little owl 🪶
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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monicapelger.bsky.social
For Alan’s two themes #CaughtInMotion and #BirdsOfPrey I present a hovering kestrel. #BirdOfTheDay
January 3, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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marjanknippenberg.bsky.social
One photo per day from my archive. Completely random in subject, time, location. Photos that make me happy. And hopefully you too 😊

Marjans photo #386

#photography #streetphotography #roadtrip
Picture taken from the car driving towards a double bridge with a hazy sky above where the sun is trying to push through.
January 4, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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annalois36.bsky.social
Ecclesiastical Views
for #Stunday and #ClassicMono

See comments for colour version (couldn't decide).

#EastCoastKin #photography #Church #Lychgate #Wirral #architecture #Thurstaston #blackandwhite #monochrome
(iPhone camera)
Photograph taken looking through the timber posts of the lychgate from the side at St Bartholomew's church, Thurstaston. Monochrome filter used. Traditional ecclesiastical shapes formed where large oak timbers meet to offer decorative flourishes on the lychgate to a church. Looking from the side out towards the trees gives an Alice in Wonderland feel of ever decreasing size. Contrast of the dark timbers with the brick base, which looks a little washed out in the monochrome version. Always something interesting to find and photograph in a church yard. Usually drawn to graves but tried something different here. Couldn't choose between colour or monochrome so the other is in the comments.
January 4, 2026 at 7:58 AM
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0ffkilter.bsky.social
Life is that much more beautiful when it’s not perfect and the imperfection comes from struggle, that’s the beauty of it all.
Triumph.
I am drawn to imperfection every time.
*Shasta Daisy.
#Stunday #Macro #HoverFly #Photography
#Australia #EastCoastKin
#BloomScrolling #BlueSky
Life is that much more beautiful when it’s not perfect and when the imperfection comes from struggle,that’s the beauty of it all. Triumph. I am drawn to imperfection every time. Image of a beautiful large Shasta Daisy growing sideways to greet the sun with a little tiny hover fly resting upon one of the petals . #Stunday #Macro #HoverFly #Photography #Australia #EastCoastKin #BloomScrolling #BlueSky #Photo #Flower
January 4, 2026 at 6:28 AM
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alinagrafik.bsky.social
#Stunday

Washoe Valley, Nevada during a break in the storm.

#EastCoastKin #WashoeValley #Clouds #SierraNevada #LandscapePhotography
Photo is taken from the side of a frontage road next to 395 going through a snow-covered Washoe Valley and Sierra Nevada mountains. There are dramatic dark clouds with some break-through spots that have crepuscular rays shining on the valley and mountains. Washoe Valley, Nevada
January 4, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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wheelan.bsky.social
🦋 Good Night Everyone 🦋
~~~ Sweet Dreams ~~~

#Photography
#NorthEast
#Nature
#Rivers
#SkyScape
#SunSet
#GoldenHour

THE GOLDEN HOUR IS MY
HAPPY HOUR
🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛🧡
January 3, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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laffingkat.bsky.social
I didn't even realize I had caught this bird in motion at our feeder until I went searching through my archive for something to post. I'm not sure what kind of bird it is. #BirdOfTheDay #CaughtInMotion #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin
A blurred bird in motion at our feeder.
January 4, 2026 at 6:57 AM
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belleab.bsky.social
More looking back to 2025 ~
🌷💦🗻🌲❄️🕊️☀️
#MyBest2025 #flowers #tulips #sunset #water #hudsonriver #ashokanreservoir #snow #nature #hudsonvalley #catskills #ulstercounty #dutchesscounty
#photography
January 4, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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sabineshutterbug.bsky.social
Dawn
#Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin
First light spills across the horizon, a band of molten orange and rose slowly melting into the pale blue of a winter sky. Against this distant warmth, the foreground stays hushed and cold: a rail of the balcony and snow‑capped leaves, their edges rimmed with faint, icy highlights. The small garden light, crowned with a perfect cap of snow, catches the last of the night, holding the chill even as dawn begins to burn at the edge of the world.
January 4, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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annalois36.bsky.social
Head On
for #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BirdsOfPrey

#EastCoastKin #photography #bird #kestrel #rescuecentre #birdphotography #Lancashire #TurbaryWoods
(Big camera)
Photograph taken of an American Kestrel at Turbary Woods Owl & Bird of Prey Sanctuary in Lancashire. The kestrel looked head on at me so I grabbed the opportunity to take its photo. It looks menacing head on! Close up on an American Kestrel. It has a distinctive bright yellow/orange area above its sharp grey hooked bill. It has deep grey smooth feathers over the top of its head, like a slicked back hair do from an old gangster movie. Bright yellow/orange talon gripping the wooden perch and pale brown feathers mottled with darker flashes. There is a green protective mesh separating the bird and I (for which I was grateful) which adds a new colour to the image. For further info on the sanctuary check out their website at www.turbarywood.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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jenhenders.bsky.social
I am currently stuck snowbound in the Highlands! Was supposed to leave yesterday, no chance, today told by locals to stay put as gritters not out today. May leave tomorrow, but likely to be Monday. Currently-9 & about 4 to 5ft of snow with 40mph gusts & snow drifting..🥶🚐❄️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 xx
January 3, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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rina2012.bsky.social
Your season has changed,
but you are always lovely.
You are beautiful. 🫶

#BnwMacro #ClassicMono #FineArt #ArtYear #MacroMonday #Stunday #photography #Poetry #Poem #Haiku #MicroPoem #ImageAndVerse #FreeVerse #EastCoastKin
Close-up of cotton grass; the seed heads resemble cotton wool. The background is dark and blurred.
January 4, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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rumiwhitcher.bsky.social
Such beautiful experience to witness the rising Wolf Supermoon and starling murmuration at Ham Wall Nature Reserve, UK.
The first Supermoon of the Year was spectacular! 🌑💙

Good night everyone!

#Bluesky #nature #Supermoon #WolfSuperMoon2026 #Moon #Sky #starlings #murmuration #birds #flight #flight
Wolf Supermoon rising and a flock of starlings swooping in the foreground. Ham Wall Nature Reserve, Somerset, UK Wolf Supermoon at Ham Wall Nature Reserve Somerset, UK. 3d January 2026 Starlings Murmuration, Ham Wall Nature Reserve, UK, 3d January 2026. Starlings murmuration, Ham Wall Nature Reserve, UK. 3d January 2026.
January 3, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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audjde.bsky.social
Today, nothing like
Yesterday, or tomorrow
All things possible

#ImageAndVerse #Haiku #Poetry #Stunday #EastCoastKin #Poem #Dawn #Sunrise
A just before sunrise scene. Small waves roll towards rock pools. The ocean is a metallic grey, with light shimmering on the surface. There is a long line of rolled clouds just above the horizon, white/grey in colour. Between the clouds and the ocean is a thin strip of light orange colour. Above the roll of clouds are assorted clouds in different formations, they are an orange/peach colour. The sky is shades of light blue, washed out blue, and soft gold. (Describing colours is quite the challenge.)
January 4, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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breeze420.bsky.social
I looked for an hour for a quote tonight
none were right
either too dark or too light
for today
I want to encourage
to quote of beauty and hope
of freedom and sanity
and these are the only words
I can find
A house, a barn and other roofs with snow covering them. There is a wood fence in front with a large tree to the right with a light shining through the foggy snow.
January 4, 2026 at 5:25 AM
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breeze420.bsky.social
"We may learn anew what compassion and beauty are, and pause to listen to the Earth's music."

-David R. Brower
A road in the country with grasses lining the right side and trees the left. There are mountains in the background.
January 4, 2026 at 12:46 AM
alan678.bsky.social
Good morning. Winter in #Ireland Taken yesterday though overnight there has been a decent amount of snowfall up here in the north of our island. Hope you all have a wonderful Sunday.

The snow dusted road slips into the silence.

#photography #Stunday #EastCoastKin
A quiet Irish country road curves gently through a winter landscape, its surface lightly coated with snow and marked by parallel tyre tracks. A wire fence lines the roadside, separating the road from frosted grass and a field dusted with snow. Bare, leafless trees stand against a pale blue sky, while soft peach- and gold-tinged clouds glow in the low winter light, early morning.
January 4, 2026 at 6:38 AM
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sdcushing.bsky.social
Happy Caturday from LokiTheKat, King of the Quilts!

#Caturday #EastCoastKin #quilts
January 3, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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albert-ibars.bsky.social
Aquest és el racó de mon on m'ha tocat viure. Es de vegades aspre i dur, altres verd i esplèndid. Tan se val, és on vaig néixer i on hi vull morir. Roda el mon i torna al Born, diem els catalans.
#Fotografia #Monochrome #ClassicMono #BlueSkyArtShow #NewYear #TerresDePonent #EastCoastKin
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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gdrosser.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay late contribution for #CaughtInMotion facilitated by @alan678.bsky.social
When I opened my balcony door to step outside.
January 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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sharonwelby.bsky.social
A cold afternoon but worth the wait 🌅🧡
January 3, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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young-spartacus.bsky.social
'Morning Fresh'

A landscape of the River Ure taken in Dec. Bare trees ready to start afresh in the #NewYear

Hope all my #Bluesky pals are having a fab weekend!

Sparty 🙏🏼💙

#EastCoastKin #Photography #JanuArty #Tree #ColorADay #GreenSat #Art #Travel #Nature
#BlueSkyArtShow #PhotographersofBluesky
This photograph captures a serene river landscape bathed in warm, natural sunlight, during a winter early afternoon. The primary feature is the tranquil, dark surface of the river, which acts as a near-perfect mirror, reflecting the vibrant blue sky and dramatic cloud formations above. The water is almost perfectly still, blurring the line between the physical riverbank and its mirrored image. In the foreground and to the left, a lush green grassy bank slopes down to the water's edge. The earth of the bank is visibly exposed in a small, sharp cutaway section, highlighting the rich soil beneath the verdant grass. The banks are lined with an array of vegetation, including dense bushes and scattered trees. A prominent, starkly bare tree, possibly a winter or dormant tree, stands near the centre of the image, its intricate branch structure reflected with fidelity in the calm water below. Other trees with sparse or no foliage are also present, suggestive of late autumn/winter. Beyond the immediate banks, the landscape extends into gentle, rolling hills that fade into the distance, contributing to a sense of depth and tranquility. The hills are covered in a mix of green fields and some forested areas, appearing soft and hazy under the bright sun. The sky is a spectacular canvas of deep and pale blues, filled with dynamic, wispy cirrus and puffier cumulus clouds streaked across the frame. The sun is a bright presence in the upper right corner, casting a brilliant, warm light across the entire scene and creating long shadows that enhance the three-dimensionality of the landscape. The strong sunlight and the vivid blue sky contribute to the peaceful and picturesque atmosphere of the scene. The overall composition uses light and reflection to create a balanced and very still moment in nature.
January 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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sabineshutterbug.bsky.social
Fresh snow
#BlueSkyArtShow #NewYear #details #thelittlethings #snowflake #winter #photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin
This close-up macro photograph captures a cluster of delicate snowflakes with intricate, symmetrical crystal structures against a soft, out-of-focus blue-gray background. The flakes exhibit classic dendritic patterns, featuring six-pointed stars with feathery branches and sparkling ice edges that highlight their fragile geometry. Sunlight or backlighting creates a shimmering, ethereal glow on the translucent crystals, emphasizing their uniqueness in a winter scene.
January 3, 2026 at 12:21 PM