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ArtLoverGuy
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Art lover, Artist, Nature Photographer, Tucson AZ, All Around Freedom Seeker, Brain Science & Medical News Follower, Techy, Lifelong Democrat, Buddhist Peacenik
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Colorful street in Guanajuato, Mexico.

#UrbanGaze #Photography #StreetPhotography #Guanajuato #Mexico #UrbanPhotography #EastCoastKin #ArtChallenge
Typical colorful street in Guanajuato, Mexico. The street is made of bricks arranged in patterns. The lower portion of the building is made of stones with deep red mortar. The rest of the house front is another shade of red. Each door is green and the doorframes are yellow. A lot of color!
January 15, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Bougainvillea flowers.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant
#ArtChallenges #ColorADay #PinkMon
#Photography #AlteredReality #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited, #PhotographersOfBlueSky
Photo of bougainvillea flowers edited to smooth out the details. Extreme pink with tiny lavender florets.
January 12, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Angled, closeup photo of my latest fused glass piece. (See Alt text.)

#FusedGlassArt #ArtChallenges #MacroMonday
#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin
Angled, closeup photo of my latest fused glass piece shows concentric bands of bright colors and some linear elements. I painted fusible "bubble paint" on clear glass, then covered with another piece of glass on top so that the paint is sandwiched between layers of clear glass. When fired at medium heat (~1400° F) the paint produces bubbles! Note the lacy structure to some of the color bands where I applied a thicker layer of bubble paint and too many bubbles were created.
January 12, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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Holy flying cathode ray tubes!

#WackyWednesdayArt #ArtChallenge
#Photography
Images of old style cathode ray tube televisions with wings painted on a parking lot wall. The building once housed a television store.
January 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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Pedestrian-only streets like this make for great people watching. (See alt text for the full story.)

#BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #Scape #StreetScape #CityScape #AvenidaCero #SanJose #CostaRica
Avenida Cero (Avenue Zero) in the heart of downtown San Jose, Costa Rica is a busy pedestrian corridor. I found it to be a great place for people watching. For this photo I leaned against a shuttered storefront. I pretended to be talking on my phone so I could grab a few candid shots.
December 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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File under "Compost"

#Photography #ColorADay #GreenSat
#Kitchen #CuttingBoard #Knife #Broccoli
File under "Compost": Looking down at a bamboo cutting board. A knife lies beside a few chopped pieces of broccoli stalk on the cutting board.
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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archetypal image. thank you
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Black and white photo taken hiking among the evergreens with Lake Tahoe in the distance.

#BlueSkyArtShow #ForestFriday #Scapes #Landscape #ColorADay #BWFri #Photography
#Nature #Evergreens #LakeTahoe #NaturePhotography
#PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky
Black and white photo taken hiking among the evergreens with Lake Tahoe in the distance.
November 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Thank you tiadee1031 for the info. I should have recognized it as a variation of chalcedony.
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Warping of the space-time continuum.

#BlueSkyArtShow
#Scapes #Landscape
#Science #Physics #Humor
#Photography #NaturePhotography
#PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky
Titled "Warping of the space-time continuum." Photo shows a dense evergreen forest covering a steep mountain canyon. The camera points at the sun and the lens imperfections added what appear to be rays radiating from the sun. The "rays" bend in the bottom right corner. Einstein's theories predicted that mass could bend light and warp the space-time continuum. Thus the humorous title.
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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This palm-sized piece of rock had a chip broken off, revealing layers of brown, gray and white quartz crystals under the rough surface.
Is there a geologist in the house who could explain how this sort of rock is formed?

#RockinTuesday
#Photography #Macro #Rocks #Quartz #Crystals
This palm-sized piece of rock had a chip broken off, revealing layers of brown, gray and white quartz crystals under the rough surface. Is there a geologist in the house who could explain how this sort of rock is formed?
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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The wind raged as I hiked over a ridge near Patagonia, AZ. It was hard to hold the camera steady in the gusts.
#Photography #Nature
#NaturePhotography #Hiking #Windy #Patagonia #Arizona
#PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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After the storm.

#SensoryArt #Water
#BlueSkyArtShow
#NaturePhotography
#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Zooming in on the #Bright yellow fruit of a barrel cactus. The fruit has a waxy skin with a tart and lemony flavor. Cacti provide moisture to the diet of the desert tortoise.
#BlueSkyArtShow
#NaturePhotography #Cactus
#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky
Zooming in on the #Bright yellow fruit of a barrel cactus. The fruit has a waxy skin with a tart and lemony flavor. Cacti provide moisture to the diet of the desert tortoise. Zooming in on the #Bright yellow fruit of a barrel cactus. The fruit has a waxy skin with a tart and lemony flavor. Cacti provide moisture to the diet of the desert tortoise. Zooming in on the #Bright yellow fruit of a barrel cactus. The fruit has a waxy skin with a tart and lemony flavor. Cacti provide moisture to the diet of the desert tortoise.
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Zooming in on the bright yellow fruit of a barrel cactus. The fruit has a waxy skip. Cactus fruit provide moisture to the desert tortoise.Zooming in on the #Bright yellow fruit of a barrel cactus.
#BueSkyArtShow
#NaturePhotography #Cactus
#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky
Zooming in on the bright yellow fruit of a barrel cactus. The fruit has a waxy skip. Cactus fruit provide moisture to the desert tortoise. Zooming in on the bright yellow fruit of a barrel cactus. The fruit has a waxy skip. Cactus fruit provide moisture to the desert tortoise. Zooming in on the bright yellow fruit of a barrel cactus. The fruit has a waxy skip. Cactus fruit provide moisture to the desert tortoise.
November 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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#ThickTrunkThursday
This is actually not a tree trunk. A type of vine grows up the tree trunk and eventually hardens around the tree, giving the appearance of a thicker trunk.
#BlueSkyArtShow
#ArtChallenges
#NaturePhotography #CostaRica
#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky
Photo from Costa Rican forest shows a tree with a very wide base. This is actually not a tree trunk. A type of vine grows up the tree trunk and eventually hardens around the tree, giving the appearance of a thicker trunk.
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Good Morning from Tucson!
#BlueSkyArtShow #Sunrise #CatalinaFoothills #Tucson #Arizona #NaturePhotography #Scape #Landscape #DigitalPhotoArt #Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky
Rays of the rising sun illuminate the Catalina Foothills under a cloudy but brilliant blue sky.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Fuzzy green leaves.
#BlueSkyArtShow
#MinimalMonday
#MacroMonday
#NaturePhotography #Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky
A closeup photograph of pea green leaves standing vertical on the stem. The low angle of the morning sun lights up the fuzzy surface of the leaves.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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#StunDay Looking at this photo it's hard for me to believe it is not a painting.
#BlueSkyArtShow #ArtChallenges #Photography #Macro #Flower #StillLife #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky
A cluster of pink flowers in a close up photo shot. Looking at this picture it's hard for me to believe it is not a painting.
November 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Close up of a pink flower.
#BlueSkyArtShow #ArtChallenges #MacroMonday #ColorADay #PinkMon
#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Nature #Pink #Flower
Close up of a pink flower.
November 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Happy #StunDay! I 'painted' this on my iPad using my finger in place of a stylus.

#BlueSkyArtShow #ArtChallenge #ColorADay #OrangeSun
#iPadArt #ModernArt #AbstractArt #DigitalArt #Original #IMadeThis
I 'painted' this on my iPad using my finger in place of a stylus. It features a golden yellow background with a colorful thicket of lines. The iPad app is called ArtSet.
November 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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A 4-pack of greenery. #ColorADay #GreenSat
#BlueSkyArtShow
#mobilephotography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#Photography #Nature
Grass cut into a heart shape. Peace, Love, and Understanding. A thicket of tall grass in the breeze. Now that's a banana tree! From tropical Costa Rica. The person beside it is dwarfed by its size. A closer look at banana leaves.
November 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Chips of yellow glass I broke off to use as frit in making fused glass art. Frit is one form of glass used in making fused glass art, along with stringers, confetti, ribbons, flat sheets of glass, etc.
#ArtChallenge #ColorADay #YellowThu #FusedGlassArt
#PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky
Chips of yellow glass I broke off to use as frit in making fused glass art. Frit is one form of glass used in making fused glass art, along with stringers, confetti, ribbons, flat sheets of glass, etc.
October 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Bare tree trunk. #BueSkyArtShow #MinimalMonday
#PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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The Hedgehog cactus blooms for just a few hours on a summer night under a bright moon. I snapped this profile shot in the pre-dawn light. It wilted soon after.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Stunday
#NightBlooming #Cactus #Flower #MobilePhotography
#PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography
The Hedgehog cactus flower opens on a summer night when the moon is bright. Blooming for just a few hours, these cacti rely on night pollinators like bats and moths. They attract them with a fragrance and its beastly size. This blossom was fully open and at least 10 inches across. I snapped a profile shot in the flat pre-dawn light. By the time the sun rose it will be closed and was wilting, soon to be eaten by ravens, deer, or javalina. The fruit inside the flower will be carried away, thus propagating that cactus’s genetic heritage.
October 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM