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Lyn Mac
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Librarian who takes photos, more miss than hit. All photos/videos taken by me (unless otherwise noted), mostly hand held and rarely edited.
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I guess today is the day to post this

From my archives, I think I've posted one previously from several taken at the time

#SensoryArt #love #pareidolia #clouds #photography
Cloud that looks like a love heart, surrounded by blue sky.
February 14, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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Feeling somewhat minimal today

#BlueSkyArtShow #Wood #ColorADay #GreenSat #leaves #Trees
Close up view of part of a trunk of a London plane tree with a very small branch growing from it. The branch is green and four green leaves are growing on the branch. The trunk is in part shade, and some of the leaves are in full shade. In the background is the top of a tree some distance away, blurred, and blue sky.
February 14, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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Sydney Opera House seen through the Sydney Harbour Bridge

From my archives

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed #photography
The Sydney Opera House is seen through the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The bridge is viewed from ground level on the northern side, in Bradfield Park. The north eastern pylon is visible on the right of the frame with two trees in the foreground partly obscuring the base of it. Two piers of the approach span are seen, the one on the left partially obscured by a tree. On the approach span part of the overhead rail lines can be seen. At the bottom of the frame are construction sheds, equipment and cyclone fencing. Some people are in the lower left of the frame.
February 13, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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Cabbage white butterfly feeding on a rosemary flower in the morning sun

From my archives

#FlyDay #ColorADay #WhiteFri #photography #butterflies #macrophotography
Close up view of a cabbage white butterfly on a flowering rosemary bush. The butterfly's proboscis is inside one of the purple flowers.
February 13, 2026 at 5:34 AM
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Didn't quite capture the flow but I think I like the photo

#FebruArty #flow #photography #puddles #reflections #leaves
A dead fallen leaf floating in a puddle on a road. In the bottom of the frame the water is flowing along the gutter at such a slow rate that it doesn't really show up in the photo. The view is almost at road level. Reflections of buildings opposite are seen on the puddle, with the sky visible between them showing as silver/grey on the surface The underside of the leaf is also seen on the puddle.
February 12, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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Bee doing bee things

#ColorADay #YellowThu #InsectThursday #photography #bees #bloomscrolling
Close up view of a bee on a flowering plant. The plant has small yellow flowers. The bee is surrounded by the flowers.
February 12, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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What you see when you're walking down the street

#ColorADay #RedWed #photography
early #UrbanGaze early #ThursdayBins
A suburban street scene with a red vehicle parked alongside two wheelie bins with red lids. The vehicle is seen from an angle, with half the bonnet of the passenger side in view. In the background is the verge, footpath and front retaining walls. Ivy is growing over and down one of the walls, made of rock. The vehicle, possibly a ute, has sunlight on it and also reflections of surrounding trees and objects.
February 11, 2026 at 7:41 AM
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Chair framed in early morning sunlight

I rather liked this building but alas we were there only for a short while before moving across the harbour
From my archives December 2019

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed #windowsOnwednesday #wednesdaywindows #windowswednesday #photography #shadows
An office setting at about 7.15 am. The office is in an historic building with wooden ceilings, wide beams and wooden multi paned windows. A chair has been left out from the long low desks, and is framed in sunlight coming through one of the windows at the right of the frame. The sunlight is making a shadow of the window frame and also chair on the floor.
February 11, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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Exfoliating bark

#TextureTuesday #photography #ThickTrunkTuesday #trees
A tree trunk, mostly smooth with some with bark flaking off. A very thin branch is growing from the trunk with a green leaf in view. Sunlight covers maybe a quarter of the left side of the trunk. Behind the trunk is a red brick wall to the left of the frame and blue sky and leaves to the right.
February 10, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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The waterfall has a natural frame (*groan*). This week will force me to think about what I photograph (or what I can find in my archives)

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed #photography #waterfalls
A waterfall is framed by eucalyptus trees. The rock is sandstone and is visible towards the lower thirds as the wager is falling off to the sides.
February 9, 2026 at 2:57 AM
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Geranium petals in the afternoon sun

#ColorADay #PinkMon #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #geraniums
Pink petals of a geranium flower in the afternoon sun. The rest of the plant is seen in the background, along with another flower in the background, that is either about to bloom, or has bloomed and is in the process of dying - it's hard to tell as it's blurred and there is some pink petals but also some brown petals, and the weather has been rather hot.
February 9, 2026 at 2:20 AM
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Leaf floating on by

#FebruArty #float #photography #leaves #water
A brown fallen London plane tree leaf floating on water, on a cloudy day.
February 8, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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Sunlight falls across water's edge

That water being Brisbane Water, named in honour of Sir Thomas Brisbane, Governor of New South Wales 1820 - 1825

From my archives as I've not been up there for some time

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous #BlueSkyArtShow #sunlight #photography #mangroves
Mangroves at water's edge, The water has ripples on the surface. A trunk is to the left of the frame, with branches to it's left and also top of the frame. Mangrove roots are seen poking through the water. Sunlight falls across the frame.
February 8, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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Orange treasure flower closing up for the evening

#ColorADay #OrangeSun #flowers #bloomscrolling #photography
A bright orange flower growing on the plant, with petals in the process of closing as they do in the evening. One of the petals looks as if it has fallen into the centre. In the background are the green leaves of the plant.
February 8, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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Late afternoon sunlight through clouds

From my archives

#BlueSkyArtShow #Sunlight #clouds #photography #crepuscular
Clouds with the sun behind them. The sun is behind those at the top with crepuscular rays over those at the bottom. The clouds are mostly grey with blue sky towards the top of the frame. A large tree is to the right of the frame, in silhouette. At the bottom of the frame are houses, trees and power poles with lines, also in silhouette, smaller as they are further away.
February 7, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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Fuzzy, as in not in focus, feline

#FebruArty #fuzzy #feline #Caturday #photography #outoffocus
A mostly black cat sitting on the footpath, head turned toward the photographer. The cat is beside a wooden fence, at the join of two fences, with different colours, one grey one naturel looking. A plant is growing through and over the top of the grey fence. The frame is not in focus as it is just after sunset and the photo taken quickly before the cat moved away, and was hand held.
February 7, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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I'm over the harsh summer sunlight (have been for a while really), roll on autumn

#BlueSkyArtShow #Sunlight #ColorADay #GreenSat #photography #leaves
A tree branch with leaves appearing to glow with late afternoon sunlight behind them. A tree is in the background, blurred.
February 6, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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Let's climb a bridge

Can't live in Sydney and not post this bridge, though it's getting harder to find different angles to photograph

#SensoryArt #bridges #photography #silhouette
Looking up at a group of people wearing overalls, hats and headsets. They are standing on the lower deck getting ready to climb a bridge. One person has their leg raised on the stairs as if to start climbing. The deck and people are in silhouette as the sun is overhead on a cloudy day.
February 6, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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This is the Lloyd Rees Fountain, named after the Australian painter. It's also known as The Matrix fountain, as seen in the movie. It's in Martin Place, which is also eponymously named

Reposting as I kinda like the photo

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous #FlyDay #photography #fountains #gulls
A waterfall style fountain with three seagulls. One of the seagulls is sitting on the rim of the fountain, with water falling over it. Another seagull is in motion, flying above the other seagull and the rim. The third gull is sitting on a fence railing behind the fountain. This is the fountain that was seen in the Matrix movie, otherwise known as the Lloyd Rees Fountain, named for the Australian painter.
February 6, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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Euryops chrysanthemoides or Bush Daisies

#ColorADay #YellowThu #Threesday #flowers #bloomscrolling #photography
Three yellow flowers growing on a plant. The afternoon sun is shining on the plant making the flowers look vibrant.
February 5, 2026 at 4:08 AM
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Marrickville, named from the subdivision of Thomas Chalder's Marrick Estate (the estate itself named after his home in England)
Photo from September 2020. The platform looks different now, (still) waiting for the Metro line to open

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous #UrbanGaze #photography
View of a train platform as seen from the other side, just after 7am. Part of the platform is in shade. The orange signs on the seat and awning say Marrickville. Behind the station is a high black fence, that runs the length of the station beside a laneway. A low white fence is at the edge of the platform, just in front of the black fence. A tree is visible behind the platform. Behind the tree is a laneway and a two story building.with shops below and residences above is on the other side. The ground floor shops now mostly covered in graffiti and are empty.
February 5, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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Red: what was, what is and what will be (or what is to come)

#ColorADay #RedWed #flowers #bloomscrolling #geraniums
A plant with red flowers growing in a garden bed at the base of a street tree. The plant is a geranium, more plant than petals. There is a dead flower on a stem with a spider web running between it and live leaves above it. There is a flower bud yet to bloom seen in front of the dead stem. Sunlight is behind the plant, so most of the plant seems to be glowing, with some the lower leaves are in shade. Some of the tree root is visible at the bottom of the frame, and grey road fills the background.
February 4, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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Reflections on windows reflected on windows (or something like that)
View of Pyrmont around the building known as One Darling Island, Pyrmont, NSW.

From my archives, January 2019

#windowsonwednesday #wednesdaywindows #windowswednesday #photography #reflections #reflection
Looking out a window of an office building, at a wall of windows of the same building. The window being looked out of has a wire screen over the top to act as a sun shade. The window being looked at has reflections of the windows opposite. The window opposite is reflecting the office surroundings and the also window being looked at. The reflections are houses, water and boats, some trees, a building opposite with scaffolding, among other things.
February 4, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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Could be almost any river at low tide, but this is the Cooks River so named after the explorer James Cook who first saw it in 1770, along with some rubbish to reflect its history.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous #rivers #photography #WaterWednesday
A river at low tide. The water is muddy, with reflections of trees on the banks seen on the surface. Mangrove reeds peek through mud, and pieces of rubbish sit between the roots and the water. It is mid afternoon on a spring day so parts of the frame are in shadow. A tree is on the left of the frame, blurred.
February 4, 2026 at 6:09 AM
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Sydney, named in honour of Thomas Townshend who was elevated to the peerage with the title of ‘Baron Sydney’ and Home Secretary in the British Parliament at time of settlement

Possibly expected and obvious but I can't not post it 😀

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous #Sydney #photography
View of Sydney CBD from Taronga Zoo in Mosman on a cloudy/showery day. The view is south southwest-ish, and The Opera House and just downtown past Centrepoint Tower is in view. In the middle of the water Is Fort Denison, a small sandstone structure on a small island. Trees are in the foreground, located in the zoo. The sky is filled with clouds, grey tinged.
February 3, 2026 at 12:20 PM