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John Soanes 🍁
@jsoanes.bsky.social
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From Canada's Left Coast. Loves Mutts & Nature. 🚫AI

Hikes, travels, roams thru neighbourhoods; takes photos while doing them.
I travel independently when / where possible.

No Hollow Follows Please, I follow those who engage me & post original content.
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Backstreet Boys

Buenos Aires old San Telmo neighbourhood is alive with pop-up art galleries, late-night bars and street murals. #TagTuesday

Buenos Aries, Argentina 🇦🇷

#photography #streetscape #UrbanArt #mural #originalcontent #travel #BuenosAries #Argentina
February 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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Rock 'n' Roll

The epic harpins of Gorges du Dadès #RockinTuesday #TravelTuesday

Ait Ibriren, Morocco
🧭 31°26'27.5"N 6°00'40.2"W

#photography #landscape #originalcontent #travel #offthebeatenpath #roadtrip #morocco #moroc
Dades Valley Iconic Hairpin Road. There's a small watercourse at the bottom of the valley. Easy to find as it's the only place where vegetation grows.
February 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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Okay Spring, I'm Ready

#BlueSkyMonday #ColorADay #PinkMon

Surrey, British Columbia

#photography #originalcontent #WildFlowers #hikingtrail #Surrey #BritishColumbia #Canada #imagesofcanada
February 2, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous

The georgous Steller's Jay gets its name from Georg Wilhelm Steller, a German-born naturalist and explorer.

#birds #photography #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin
February 2, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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Bahía de Valparaíso

#BlueHour by the Bay. #BlueSkyMonday #Scape
There aren't many places in the "New World", not named after a place in the Old World. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous

Valparaíso, Chile

#photography #originalcontent #landscape #cityscape #travel #Valparaíso #Valparaiso #Chile
The view off the back of our Inn. It's 9:00 PM, the dark blue sky sits over what appears to be a quiet evening around this neighbourhood. The city lights silently twinkle around the bay. The illusion shatters as you walk out the front door. Valparaíso was originally named after Valparaíso de Arriba, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
February 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Mouthy Pair

Brown / Antarctic Skua, beaking off: At us? A 2-fer for @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #openbeak & #openwings #BlueSkyMonday

Detaille Island, Antarctica

#photography #nature #landscape #skua #birds #LoveAntarctica #travel #offthebeatenpath #originalcontent #antarctica
Two Skua, one perched on what appears to be their favourite rock as a few more skua are out of the frame. The other in what appears to be attack mode. The rock has a jagged profile and patches of snow on it. The sky is clear and blue. Brown / Antarctic Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) are the heaviest species of skua, rivaling the largest gulls. They are aggressive, often taking on much larger birds, eating their eggs and chicks during the breeding season, and stealing food from them.
February 2, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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Woolooware Bay NSW December 2018
#photography
#sunrise
#clouds
Woolooware Bay NSW December 2018 #photography #sunrise #clouds
February 2, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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Skies On Fire

The grand finale. #StunDay #SkySunday #SunsetSunday #SilentSunday

Fès, Morocco 🇲🇦

#photography #landscape #originalcontent #sunset #goldenhour #travel #offthebeatenpath #Fès #Fez #Morocco
In the hills above Fès, Morocco. The sun sinks behind the hillside, igniting the clouds with an intense flame-red. Most of the hillside is in silhouette, only traces of the green vegetation show of this surprisingly lush hillside. The buildings are in darkness. It's our first day in Fès, we'll soon discover how this journey becomes more epic.
February 2, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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“Because sometimes strength isn't swords and steel and fire, as we are so often made to believe. Sometimes it's found in quiet, gentle places.”
― Rebeca Ross

have a good one💜
A tree with grasses in the foreground and mountains in the background are silhouetted against a blue background. There is water between the tree and the mountains.
February 2, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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High Drama

The Storr on the Isle Of Skye, 3 seasons in four hours. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic #StunDay #MountianMonday

Portree, UK
🧭 57°30'27" N 6°10'24" W

#photography #scape #landscape #nature #originalcontent #mountain #hikingtrail #scotland #IsleOfSkye
February 2, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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Skies On Fire

The grand finale. #StunDay #SkySunday #SunsetSunday #SilentSunday

Fès, Morocco 🇲🇦

#photography #landscape #originalcontent #sunset #goldenhour #travel #offthebeatenpath #Fès #Fez #Morocco
In the hills above Fès, Morocco. The sun sinks behind the hillside, igniting the clouds with an intense flame-red. Most of the hillside is in silhouette, only traces of the green vegetation show of this surprisingly lush hillside. It's our first day in Fès, we'll soon discover how this journey becomes more epic.
February 1, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Hiking Inside The Clouds

The Quiraing on the Isle Of Skye #BlueSkyArtShow #clouds #StunDay #SilentSunday

Portree, UK
🧭 57°37'46" N 6°17'20" W

#photography #scape #landscape #nature #originalcontent #mountain #hikingtrail #scotland #IsleOfSkye
Hiking along a muddy path on a majestic, chiselled hillside. The green vegetation works hard to push some brilliance through a muted palette. The clouds are wrapped around everything on the hillside and about to deliver something a lot more ambitious than mist. We will soon retreat as the trail will become nature's version of a "slip 'n' slide".
February 1, 2026 at 4:47 AM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #clouds #California #Photography #TheWildImages #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #allthephotos #thephotohour #artyear #BlueSkyPhotographers #photographersofbluesky #WestCoastPhotography #WestCoastPhotographers #PhotographersUnited
#blueskyphotography #januarty #januarty2026 #ending
#sunset kisses makes these clouds blush ☺️
January 31, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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Tuscany, a chance of a few clouds, with a wine chaser

Very happy to only have a few clouds. #BlueSkyArtShow #clouds #ColorADay #GreenSat

Montalcino, Province of Siena, Italy

#photography #originalcontent #landscape #scape #travel #Montalcino #Siena #Italia #Italy
January 31, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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There's No Such Thing As Bad Weather

Just poor clothing choices. Very much a Haida Gwaii mantra. #ForestFriday #scape

Tlell, British Columbia

#photography #originalcontent #landscape #forest #hikingtrail #HaidaGwaii #BritishColumbia #Canada #imagesofcanada
A trail with the first of many wet crossings, some just plain muddy. Trees and lush moss line the trail.
January 30, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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Bologna #UrbanGaze #ColorADay #BWFri #Scape

Bologna, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Italy

#photography #originalcontent #blackandwhite #monochrome #landscape #architecture #travel #Bologna #Italia #Italy
The sun streaks through dark, cloudy skies onto the Bologna skyline
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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Scraping the sky

2014 phone photo

#UrbanGaze #JanuArty2026 #JanuArty #sharp #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDForDramatic #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #MobilePhotography
A dramatic black and white photo of the Chrysler Building and the Socony-Mobil skyscraper from right below. The sky is black with a few clouds. There are dark shadows from other buildings on the side of the Socony-Mobil building.
January 30, 2026 at 4:18 AM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic
Folly at Mow Cop, #Cheshire.
📷 #photography
January 29, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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“Not everything that is faced can be changed,
but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
— James Baldwin

#UrbanGaze 📷 #Georgetown
#Penang #mural #streetart
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#ThePhotoHour #EastCoastKin
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic
A large, weathered mural on a concrete wall in George Town, Penang, depicting two intense, life-sized portraits. On the left, a man with a stern, almost confrontational expression stares directly outward, his face marked by deep shadows, rough textures, and bold strokes of red, ochre, and black, suggesting hardship and endurance. On the right, a woman stands close beside him, her gaze calmer yet equally direct, adorned with earrings and a red necklace, her features rendered in vivid reds and warm tones. The peeling wall, dark stains, and patches of moss amplify the raw, dramatic atmosphere, while a simple bench below the mural emphasizes the contrast between everyday urban life and the powerful emotional presence of the painted figures.
January 29, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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It's not often a pileated woodpecker is a cooperative subject.

#birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #birding #nikon #woodpecker #pileated #mcoupephotography
pileated woodpecker hanging on the side of a tree with a small wood chip in its beak
January 29, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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Montepulciano

#AdoorableThursday #UrbanGaze

Montepulciano, Province of Siena, Italy

#photography #originalcontent #architecture #art #travel
#Montepulciano #Siena #Italia #Italy
Inside a soft-orange stucco wall and brick archway sits a colourfully painted door with blues, purples and cyan. There are dried (I believe) flowers attached to it. There's another green door frame in front of it and a stone step beneath it.
January 29, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Per Alan H: The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #EyeContact When the eye steals the frame. The alt is #gardenbirds.

A close-up of a Spotted Towhee's brilliant red eye!
#birds #photography #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin
January 29, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekforDramatic
Cave above Rydal Water, #LakeDistrict
📷 #photography #Cumbria #walking
January 29, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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Venice Twilight #UrbanGaze
#HumansofBluesky #photography
January 29, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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Woodland Falls

A mid-Spring cascade, Pinecone Burke Provincial Park. #WaterfallWednesday #WaterWednesday #ClassicMono

Coquitlam, BC

#photography #originalcontent #landscape #blackandwhite #monochrome #forest #hikingtrail #waterfall #chasingwaterfalls #BritishColumbia #Canada #imagesofcanada
A late-Spring cascade sweeps through a series of small pools and over rocks, taking it to the stream below. The rocks are wet and slippery, some have moss where the sun rarely hits the ground. Hiking the extensive trail network through temperate rainforest in Pinecone Burke Provincial Park. Hiking down to the a stream that feed the Coquitlam River takes you to Woodland Falls, also known as the Lower Sawblade Falls. A 0.8 sec exposure @ f / 18.
January 28, 2026 at 6:34 PM