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Jim Balsitis Photography
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California photographer enjoying black and white landscape, nature, and travel photography using Leica Monochrom cameras.
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Jim Balsitis Photography @jimbalsitis.bsky.social · Aug 10
Lone Pine
Oregon, USA

#monochrome #photography #art #bekind #oregon
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Time at Manzanar
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#photography #blackandwhite #leica
A photograph of a mantle clock sitting on a cabinet. Light shines from a window on the right. The left is in shadow.
December 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Block 19
Manzanar National Historic Site
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#photography #blackandwhite #leica
A photograph inside a building with a view out the window. Below the window sits a chest of drawers. On top of the drawers is a clock and a pipe holder. A corner of a bed is in the lower right. Outside the window and through a screen a distant mountain in the Sierra Nevada.
December 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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After spending a week camping in the Owens Valley of the Eastern Sierra Nevada, with rain in the valley and snow in the mountains, the skies cleared and gave me this opportunity to photograph in the early morning.
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#photography #blackandwhite #leica #snow #mountains
A photograph of snowy mountains with its reflection in water below.
December 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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I visited the Manzanar National Historic Site today and took this photo of an old 1940s truck.
#photography #blackandwhite #leica #manzanar
A photo looking through a dirty 1940s truck window showing the steering wheel.
December 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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This raven in Death Valley National Park was displaying a defensive posture towards another raven that was nearby.
#photography #leica #blackandwhite #deathvalley
A photograph of a raven standing on a rock.
December 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Cottonwood Tree and Boulder.
Eastern Sierra Nevada, California.
#photography #blackandwhite #leica #sierranevada
A photograph of a cottonwood tree in a desert wash. A large boulder is in the lower right. The horizon has mountains with snow. The sky is stormy.
December 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Double rainbow along Sierra Nevada. The sun came out as it was rising over the Inyo Mountains while it rained along the eastern slope of the Sierra.
#photography #blackandwhite #leica #sierranevada #rainbow
A photograph of a double rainbow. A rural road leads from lower left to horizon. A few trees are on the right. The background is dense clouds against mountains.
December 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Boulders and Snowy Mountains.
A winter storm let up enough for me to go out and take some shots of the fresh snow in the Sierra Nevada.
#photography #blackandwhite #leica #alabamahills #sierranevada
A photograph of rock and Boulder Hills in the foreground with snowy mountains in the background.
December 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Alabama Hills and Sierra Nevada
#photography #blackandwhite
A photograph showing nearby rock boulders in the lower right. The middle ground has flat plane with low hills. The background has distant mountains, and the sky is stormy and cloudy.
December 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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View Across Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California. It was raining at the river elevation and snowing in the mountains.
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#photography #blackandwhite #yosemite #california
A photograph of a rainy and snowy scene looking across a river and down a valley. Across the river are trees that show their reflection in the river water. A mountain on the right extends to the top corner. Lower and distant mountains are on the left. The sky is cloudy and stormy.
December 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite NP
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This photo is from my archives from a long time ago and probably photographed using a low resolution digital camera. The quality of the photo is not good but it’s still a nice photo to look at.
#photography #Yosemite #blackandwhite
A photograph of a waterfall in winter. The waterfall is in the middle distance on a mountain. The foreground shows a river with some trees.
December 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Coyote, Yosemite National Park
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#photography #coyote #blackandwhite #yosemite
A photograph of a coyote standing in snow. The coyote’s body is facing the camera and its head is turned facing to the left.
December 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Coast Live Oak at San Marcos Foothills Preserve.
Santa Barbara, California
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#photography #nature #leica #blackandwhite #santabarbara
A photograph of an old coast live oak within a chaparral habitat. The oak sits within the right third of the picture. The foreground has grasses. The background is foggy.
December 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Leaning Oak
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#photography #blackandwhite #art
A photograph of the lower section of an oak tree trunk. Grasses are at the base of the trunk and continue into the background and forest. There are some branches on the upper left.
December 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Franciscan Friar at Church Door
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#photography #blackandwhite #leica
A photograph of a friar standing next to the open door of a church.
December 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Blue Cuba #4
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#photography
A photograph inside a kitchen looking toward a window. The window has shutters and is painted a vibrant blue. Lush green vegetation can be seen through the window outside. Below the window is a table with a bright red table cloth. On top of the table is a crock pot, a potted plant, a plate with flowers and ferns, and an old metal grinder.
December 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Blue Cuba #3
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A photograph of the front of a house that is painted a vibrant blue. The house has a front porch with two rocking chairs. The porch floor is cement and painted a dark red. The side of the house is a pale yellow. The sky is clear with power lines across the top.
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Blue Cuba #2
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#photography
A photograph of a wood fence with random boards painted a teal blue. In front is bare ground with sparse vegetation. On each end is a partial view of a small house.
December 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Blue Cuba #1
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A photograph of three vintage cars on a street in Havana, Cuba. The closest car is blue, the middle red, and the far one is green. The capital building is in the background.
December 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Foggy Morning at Ellwood Beach #4
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#photography #art #blackandwhite
A photograph on a beach looking out towards the ocean. There are rocks with water swirling around them in the surf. The sky is cloudy.
December 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Foggy Morning at Ellwood Mesa #3
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#photography #blackandwhite #art #leica
A photograph on the beach looking out over the ocean. The foreground shows rocks at low tide. The water is slightly blurred. The sky is cloudy/fog and the horizon is showing some light of a possibly clearing sky.
December 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Foggy Morning at Ellwood Mesa #2
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#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #leica
A photograph of a beach looking down from a bluff. The beach stretches from the lower right to the middle horizon at about 2/3. The bluff stretches out on the left and curves toward the right at the horizon. There is a cypress tree on the right foreground. The sky is cloudy.
December 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Foggy Morning at Ellwood Beach #1
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#photography #beach #leica #blackandwhite
A photograph on a beach. The sand and rocky beach is on the left and a brushy and rocky bluff on the right. There is a line of wood pylons along the base of the bluff running from near on the right to horizon on the left. The sky is foggy and dark.
December 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Crossing at Surf
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#photography #blackandwhite #leica
A photograph of railroad tracks along a beach. The tracks lead toward the hirozon on the right. The left has crossing lights with the ocean behind. The horizon is low hills with a stormy sky above.
December 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Lost Tree of Sawmill Mountain
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#photography #blackandwhite #selenium #leica
A photograph of a dead tree on a mountain. The dead tree is in the foreground. The background shows another mountain with low clouds in the valleys on both sides. The sky is clear and the moon is slightly visible near the top of the dead tree.
December 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM