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Alan Kotok
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#Reporter, #publisher, #photographer, #entrepreneur. CEO, Technology News and Literature: technewslit.com. Photography chair, National Press Club in DC. Member, Natl Press Photog Assn: https://nppa.org/member-profile/technewslit #BillsMafia #IowaHawkeyes
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Alan Kotok @technewslit.bsky.social · Oct 15
Hope I'm not too late for #PortfolioDay. Alan here from #WashingtonDC with my collection at the #Alamy photo agency: spot #news, #event, #wildlife, #lifestyle, and #business #photography

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National Guard troops outside Union Station in Washington, D.C. Aug. 2025. Filmmaker Ken Burns at the National Press Club, Nov. 2024. Alligator in a Florida swamp, Apr. 2025. Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) speaking at Center for American Progress. Mar. 2025.
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A request to all birders wherever you are in the world. Please join in with the #BirdsSeenIn2026 challenge run by @tonyrinaud.bsky.social
All you need to do is add the hashtag to photos taken in 2026, adding species name and country taken. Here Common Teal at Sandbach Flashes in Cheshire yesterday.
January 2, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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For today's #BirdOfTheDay, here's a northern mockingbird in #GoodLight, photo'd in Apr 2025 at Theodore Roosevelt Island in #WashingtonDC.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
Side-view photo of a northern mockingbird on thin pine tree branches with pink flowers nearby.
January 2, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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Here's a #nook of sorts, a stairway window at Kylemore Abbey in County Galway #Ireland, a former castle turned Benedictine monastery. Photo'd May 2025.

#Photography #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic
#PalacesAndGardens #EastCoastKin #AlphabetChallenge #ThemesWeek #WeekNforNook
Photo of an elaborate cross-hatched window behind a staircase and wooden railing.
January 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Probably my most-viewed photo ever is of Highmark Stadium shot in Sept. 2014. As the Buffalo Bills get ready to play maybe their last game ever in that stadium, I tell how that photo came about in today's TechNewsLit Explores.

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#NFL #BuffaloBills #BillsMafia #Photography
Goodbye to The Ralph
Highmark Stadium, then Ralph Wilson Stadium, 14 Sept. 2014 (A. Kotok) On Sunday afternoon, the Buffalo Bills play their last regular...
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January 1, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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In the New Year's Eve literary bowl at halftime, it's the Writers Workshop 14, Fugitive Poets 3. #IowaHawkeyes #GoHawks #CollegeFootball
December 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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As we reflect on the past year, here's a #Reflections shot of a swan in Cape May, NJ from Sept 2025 for the #BirdOfTheDay.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#CapeMay #JerseyShore #Nikon #DSLR
#LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
Photo of a white swan and its reflection on a pond.
December 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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This nest-building grey heron is #branchingout for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, photo'd in Mar 2025 at Meadowlark Gardens Park in Vienna, #Virginia.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
Side-view photo of a grey heron standing on a tree branch with other branches around it.
December 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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As these wood storks fly off in the distance, they're today's #BirdButts photo for #BirdOfTheDay. Photo'd in Apr 2025 over Wakodahatchee Wetlands Park in south #Florida.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky
Two wood storks in flight under a partly cloudy sky.
December 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Serenity. Here's an eastern bluebird photo'd in Jan 2025 at Huntley Meadows Park in #Virginia that seems at ease with the world.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #PhotographersOfBluesky
#PhotographersUnited
Side-view photo of an eastern bluebird perched on a thin branch.
December 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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This pileated woodpecker is flashing #red for today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay criterion. Photo'd May 2024 in our #Arlington, #Virginia backyard.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #PhotographersOfBluesky
#PhotographersUnited
Photo of a male pileated woodpecker behind a log.
December 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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For today's #BirdOfTheDay, here's my #MostRecent bird photo, taken on Wed: a seagull over the #PotomacRiver in #Alexandria, #Virginia.

Here's why I was there: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio...

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #AdobeExpressPhotos
Photo of a seagull flapping its wings over blue water.
December 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Boathouses with condos and office buildings in a #Dublin, #Ireland Grand Canal #cityscape. Photo'd May 2025.

#Photography #UrbanGaze #UrbanArchitecture
#EastCoastKin #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic
#ContentCredentials #Scape #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
Photo of boathouses on a canal in front of modern condos and office buildings.
December 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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For today's #BirdOfTheDay here's an American #HolidayRobin photo'd last month in our #Arlington, #Virginia backyard. Best holiday wishes to all.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
Photo of an American robin on a tree branch surrounded by twigs.
December 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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I somehow missed the #Alexandria, #Virginia waterfront holiday show with Santa Claus on waterskis for the past 39 years. Not ths year. Plus the fireboat hose demonstrations were pretty cool.

More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio...

#Photography #Waterskiing #Fireboats
A waterskiier in a Santa Claus suit waves to onlookers. A fireboat displays all of its firehoses at once.
December 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay asks for a sharp #contrast image. Here's a great egret chick in a tree nest, surrounded by dark green leaves. Photo'd Apr 2025, Wakodahatchee Wetlands in south #Florida.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #Birds
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
Great egret chick in a nest, surrounded by a mass of green leaves.
December 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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The #BirdOfTheDay request today is #SideProfiles, so here's a ruby-throated #hummingbird photo'd in our #Arlington, #Virginia backyard in Sept.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
Side view of a ruby-throated hummingbird on a thin branch and a dark background.
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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If these moss-covered rocks qualify, then this American oystercatcher is #grounded for today's #BirdOfTheDay. Photo'd June 2024 in Cape May, NJ.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#CapeMay #JerseyShore #PhotographersOfBluesky
Photo of an American oystercatcher bird in front view walking on moss-covered rocks.
December 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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It was nesting time at Wakodahatchee Wetlands Park in south #Florida in April 2025, so it was all #AboutTheKids. Here's a great egret and chick for today's #BirdOfTheDay.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBlueSky
A great egret flaps its wings above its nest with a chick just below.
December 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Here's an #OpenHouse of sorts for the #BlueskyArtShow, the Martin Luther King Memorial in #WashingtonDC at peak cherry blossoms bloom, photo'd 27 Mar 2025.

#Photography #TravelPhotography #EastCoastKin
#TidalBasin #CherryBlossoms
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
Tourists in a paddleboat on the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. with the Martin Luther King Memorial in the background, surrounded by cherry blossoms in full bloom.
December 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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For the #BirdOfTheDay today here's a northern cardinal in #QuietMoments in our #Arlington, #Virginia backyard, photo'd last month.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
Male northern cardinal on a thin tree twig with green leaves in the background.
December 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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If want #LongLegsAndNeck for the #BirdOfTheDay, look no further than these two wood storks in flight over Wakodahatchee Wetlands Park in south #Florida in Apr 2025.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky
Two wood storks in flight, under a partly cloudy sky.
December 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Setas de Sevilla: an overhead honeycombed wooden structure in #Seville, #Spain resembling giant mushrooms (setas) with a market, restaurants, and play areas for kids. Photo'd Nov. 2023.

#Photography #StreetPhotography #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic
Setas de Sevilla: an overhead honeycombed wooden structure in Seville, Spain resembling giant mushrooms (setas) with a market, restaurants, and play areas for kids.
December 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay today wants #Groups, shown here getting one's ducks in a row. Photo'd in April at Wakodahatchee Wetlands park in south #Florida.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
A group of eight ducks in a row walking across swamp ground.
December 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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For #BirdOfTheDay, here's an American oystercatcher on the beach at Cape May, NJ in June 2024 searching at #NaturesPantry for something, but not sure what.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#JerseyShore #PhotographersOfBlueSky
Any American oystercatcher bird on a beach with its beak stuck straight-down in the sand.
December 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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For #BlueskyMonday we have a photo from Feb 2020 of a tanker crossing through the Culebra cut on the Panama Canal, with the Centennial Bridge in the background. The Culebra cut goes through the continental divide in Panama.

#Photography #EastCoastKin #PanamaCanal
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic
Ocean tanker sailing through the Panama Canal with terraced hills on either side and a suspension bridge in the background.
December 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM