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📷 Ian Charters
@iwcharters.bsky.social
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📷 Photographer in NW England
No AI, no Photoshop and no focus stacking or blending.
One photo, one click.
All my own work, except for reposts.
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Humphrey Head from Far Arnside

#MorecambeBay
#ShareMondays2025
December 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Local Photography - Haigh Windmill
#tenminutesfromhome #photography #timeandplace #eastcoastkin
Looking across some fields to Haigh Windmill which was build to pump water to the nearby (but long gone) brewery. Houses and trees beyond form the background under a blue sky with plenty of clouds.
December 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Streetcars meet at King and Yonge Streets in Toronto with green and red lights at the intersection
December 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Northern Folk
(with a bit of colour for the season)
#EastCoastKin #Photography #Art
#HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze
#PhotographersofBluesky
#streetphotography #colourphotography
Woman carrying a seasonal shopping bag looks at the camera. An older sandstone building and a newer concrete building are background with a clock tower in the distance. Sunny day, strong shadows, and a near-cloudless sky
December 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Northern Folk
#EastCoastKin #Photography #Art
#HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze
#PhotographersofBluesky
#streetphotography #monochrome #bnwphotography #classicmono
Man dressed for winter carrying his shopping bag walks towards the camera. Shops, offices, and a bus form the background under a near-cloudless sky.
December 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Northern Folk
#EastCoastKin #Photography #Art
#HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze
#PhotographersofBluesky
#streetphotography #monochrome #bnwphotography #classicmono
Mother and two daughters walking through a shopping arcade. Mother and one daughter on their phone. All three seem underwhelmed by Xmas.
December 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Have a solid weekend, if you’re so inclined.
Take care out there.

📸: San Francisco, California
A color photo of blue hour along the wharf in San Francisco. Lights from the pier reflect off the water.
December 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Friday Cityscape
#scape #photography #timeandplace #eastcoastkin #cityscape #bnwphotography #Art
#HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze
#PhotographersofBluesky
#streetphotography #monochrome
Office buildings on both sides of a narrow street cast strong shadows from one side. Figures in the distance with a lone figure in the mid-ground casting a strong shadow
December 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Friday Cityscape
#scape #photography #timeandplace #eastcoastkin #cityscape #bnwphotography #classicmono
A bus passing close to the camera with tall distinctive buildings beyond, all lit by very strong sunshine
December 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Alphabet Challenge
#alphabetchallenge #photography #eastcoastkin #weekYforYearPast #Photography #Art
#HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze
#PhotographersofBluesky
#streetphotography
Woman sitting outside a bar at sunset. Tables and chairs in the foreground with a wall and beach beyond.
December 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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The River Tyne with reflections showing the Tyne Bridge, Swing Bridge and High Level Bridge.
#Newcastle
#UrbanGaze
#Reflections
#Photography
My photo of one my favourite cities, Newcastle upon Tyne.
December 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Avatars sense ànima simulant humanitat.
#Fotografia #Monochrome #ClassicMono #HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin
Fotografia d'uns maniquins a través del vidre del aparador d'una botiga de moda.
December 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Today in Town
#EastCoastKin #Photography #Art
#HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze
#PhotographersofBluesky
#streetphotography #monochrome
#bolton
Two men dressed for winter walk past the camera. Town centre offices form the background. Man looks surprised as he walks by a sign post and towards the camera. Town centre office form the background Man sits smoking and reading his phone. A coffee shop forms the background. Two women dressed for winter stand talking. Other pedestrians and shops form the background.
December 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Rainy Day on Market Street
#EastCoastKin #Photography #Art
#HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze
#PhotographersofBluesky
#streetphotography #classicmono
Lone figure wearing hi-vis clothing and carrying a shopping bag crosses Market Street on a rainy day. Shops on the far side of the road and street furniture form the background
December 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Alphabet Challenge
#alphabetchallenge #photography #eastcoastkin #weekXforXmas
#EastCoastKin #Art
#HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze
#PhotographersofBluesky
#streetphotography
Teachers and children roller-skate along a promenade in bright, Spanish sunshine, some dressed as Santa Claus.
December 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Window Cleaner
#ClassicMono #photography #timeandplace #eastcoastkin #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #humansofbluesky
Window Cleaner with his ladder on his shoulder walks to a bridge over the canal as the low winter sun casts strong shadows.
December 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Peter Turnley
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Alphabet Challenge
#alphabetchallenge #photography #eastcoastkin #weekXforXmas
#EastCoastKin #Art
#HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze
#PhotographersofBluesky
#streetphotography
Wet pavement with a metal bench and man walking past under an umbrella, carrying a shopping bag. Xmas lights hang between buildings in the distance.
December 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Local Photography
#tenminutesfromhome #photography #timeandplace #eastcoastkin #bnwphotography #classicmono
Double Stile: broken on the left, complete on the right,a fence extends to left and right. Telephone mast in the distance below a dramatic sky.
December 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Fog swallows the path,
lonely rider moving forward,
into the quiet.

#HumansOfBlueSky
B&W Cyclist on a foggy path between the trees. The path seems to be cobbled up by the fog at the end of the path.
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Square Saturday page

#Photography #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #ICM #BlackAndWhitePhotography #StreetPhotography #Lumix

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Square Saturday: Abstract B&W Photography from Scotland | colin cunningham
A curated collection of black and white square-format photographs from the Square Saturday series. The gallery features high-contrast architectural details, intentional camera movement (ICM) abstracts...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Eenvoudig kijken naar een prachtig einde van vandaag. #Eenvoud
#DDfotos
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Een mooie avond allemaal.
Een zwaan zwemt in een rustige sloot tijdens een warme, goudkleurige zonsondergang, met donkere dramatische wolken boven het landschap en zacht reflecterend licht op het water.
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Rétro Station Service ⛽️ ESSO ⛽️ Avec pompes & VW Cox sur l'Alpenstra ße à la limite sud de Salzbourg 1967
December 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Kew Sunrise.

#Toronto #TheBeach #TheBeaches #KewGardens #Sunrise #Photography
The sun rises over a distant Lake Ontario as seen through Kew Gardens in the Beach(es) neighbourhood of Toronto
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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‘No Nazis in Bradford’ 1972 by Don McCullin.
Two young people looking at the camera. In the background is a wall on which the words “No Nazi’s in Bradford” have been roughly painted
August 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM