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Daniel Frith
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Retired quality guy. Photographer by avocation.
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Fiestas de Taos 2017. This has been a favorite of mine for a while. I guess it’s time I posted it.

#photography
#BlueSkyArtShow
#photographersofbluesky
#HumansofBlueSky
#Humans

#monochrome
A monochrome image of a family of 4 walking together. On the left is a long haired child with a cape and a T-shirt with a raccoon on it. In the middle a younger child holds onto his mother’s hand. On the right the father is holding the mother’s other hand. He is wearing long plaid shorts and a T-shirt. Behind them is an adobe building.
October 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Another Taos sunset from a couple of weeks ago.
#sunset

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#BlueSkyArtShow
#photographersofbluesky
An image of a sunset. The horizon is at the bottom of the picture with hills silhouetted against the sky with a few tree tops also silhouetted. There are dark clouds with sunlight from below the horizon lighting them from underneath. The light is shades of plink, orange, yellow, and gold. Rays of golden light fan out across a cloud in the upper right quadrant of the picture.
August 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Taos sunset August 2025

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#BlueSkyArtShow
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An image of a colorful monsoon sunset. The foreground is dark with a tree silhouetted against the horizon. The sky is partly cloudy. Near the horizon the clouds are golden. Above that is a band of dark gray clouds with even darker clouds across the top of the frame. Across the middle of the darkest clouds is a patch of virga that is glowing pink from the sun that has already set below the horizon.
August 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Santa Fe Skies RV Park
“On days that I keep my #gratitude higher than my expectations, I have really good days” — Ray Wylie Hubbard

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#BlueSkyArtShow
#photographersofbluesky
An image of hills south of Santa Fe, New Mexico, taken from the Santa Fe Skies RV Park. The hills are in a haze that helps define the distance between the rows of hills. In the foreground is a walking path. On the right side between the path and the camera is the rust covered body of an antique car. To the right of the car is an abstract sculpture on a concrete pedestal. The sculpture is a metal circle that is red on the outside and blue on the inside. Just past the path is a wire fence, and beyond the fence is a field speckled with juniper bushes that stretches to the hills.
August 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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I shot this with my iPhone this morning. It’s Raylan taking it easy on a summer day.
#SummerDaze
#dogsky
#dogsofbluesky

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An image of a large brown and tan dog draped over the chaise end of a brown leather sectional sofa. His hind legs are visible sticking out from behind the chaise on the left side of the photograph. His snout is resting on the sofa cushion, and his right leg is hanging off of the chaise.
July 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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This was taken at the Deschutes county fair in Bend, Oregon.
#SummerDaze
#photography
#BlueSkyArtShow
#photographersofbluesky
An image of a boy in mid air. On the right side of the image is the black metal platform he jumped from. A woman is standing on the platform with her back to the camera. A vertical sign reading “The Stunt Jump” is attached to the side of the platform. The top of a Ferris wheel is visible on the bottom left side of the image. The boy is higher than the top of the wheel.
July 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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I’ve posted this before, but it seems perfect for #SummerDaze.

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Sunset on beach with a girl doing a handstand in the distance being photographed by a friend.
July 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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I got a new lens today a #Nikon Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S. I think I’m going to like it. This is a shot of my front porch. Shooting pueblo style architecture never gets old.
#NewMexico
#photography

#photographersofbluesky
An image of the front porch of a pueblo style house. The flagstone porch leads away from the camera to a wooden door. On the right side 2 large columns support the wooden ceiling above the porch. There is a large window in the adobe wall on the left side of the porch. Two turquoise colored rockers sit in front of the window. The porch continues in an L to the right with 2 smaller windows and 2 turquoise Adirondack chairs. The windows reflect the sky and the window on the left reflects a tangled wood and rock mobile that hangs from a beam. Above the beam 2 vigas are visible. A bit of the courtyard is visible on the bottom right side.
July 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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I believe this is Arches, but it might be Canyonlands.

#photography

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#MinimalMonday
An image of a red rock butte wall with a flat shelf in the foreground. The rock shelf is smooth and flat except for a few small rocks of varying sizes.
June 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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An Aztec dancer in #vibrant colors at The Gathering of Nations Powwow in 2019.
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#BlueSkyArtShow
An image of an Aztec dancer’s head and shoulders. His face is painted, he is wearing a jaguar face on his head with a feathered headdress and feathered costume. The feathers and ornamentation are vibrant shades of green, blue, red, and pink.
June 7, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Columbine in the courtyard, and a volunteer in the walkway between the house and carport. When you see columbine in the forest by a mountain stream, it seems so delicate. I never expected one to grow up through gravel in a high traffic area. These are straight from the camera with no finishing.
An image of a columbine plant with 3 yellow blooms. The plant is growing up through gravel against an adobe wall. Two columbine flowers in a tangle of stems. The one on the left is bright yellow. The bloom on the right has white outer petals with a pale yellow center. The background is blurred flagstone and dirt. A single columbine flower surrounded by parts of other flowers, stems, and leaves. The bloom is bright yellow. The background is blurred. A single columbine flower facing away from the camera. The base petals are a pale coral color. The center is bright yellow. The tails of the flower are bright yellow with coral tips. The background is blurred.
June 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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People #underneath an arch at Arches #NationalPark.
#streetphotograhy #humansofbluesky
#BlueSkyArtShow
#NationalParkStreetPhotography
An image of a stone arch in Arches National Park. There is a line of people walking toward the arch. The line moves across the image from the bottom left to center right. It crosses to the back to the center of the picture then goes up the sloping bottom of the arch. People are standing and sitting on the sloped inside of the arch in various positions silhouetted against the blue sky.
May 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Lunch at La Cueva.

#photography
#streetphotography
#Taos #NewMexico
A street scene from an outdoor dining perspective. In the foreground is the top of a latilla fence with the latillas cut to the same height. On the right side of the image rising above the fence is a street sign for Quesnel and Paseo del Pueblo. Traffic negotiating the intersection is visible through the latillas. A number of vertical poles with signage and lighting rise behind the fence. Blue and green patio umbrellas are partially visible at the top of the image. Beyond the poles are trees, and above the trees is a blue sky with wispy clouds.
May 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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All day long I have intended to post one of my redwood pictures for #BlueSkyArtShow #lightandshadow. Then I looked out at #Pucuris.
An image of a mountain in late afternoon sunlight. In the foreground is a field of sage in shades of yellow and green. Between the sage and the mountain are trees in various shades of green. Like the mountain, the evening sun bathes the trees and sage in light and shadow. The sky is clear but hazy.
May 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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A churchyard in Cerrillos, NM. I love the way the sunlight highlights the texture of the adobe.

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#texture
#BlueSkyArtShow
#monochrome
A picture of a churchyard. On the left of the image is an adobe building with an arched doorway. The steps leading to the door are obscured by a low wall that mimics the shape of the steps. To the right of the door is a window. Attached to the building is an adobe wall that curves outward. There is an arched entry way through the wall. The back right third of the picture is a back wall. There is a large cross in front of the wall. Inside the courtyard is tall grass and weeds. The late morning sun shining at an angle highlights the texture of the adobe.
May 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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The view out the back door today.
#photography #spring
A backyard scene. The foreground is a flagstone patio streaked by light filtering through the latia covering. On the left 2 columns are silhouetted. The top third of the picture is filled by a large purple lilac bush in full bloom. A white lilac is partially visible on the right.
May 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Poles and power lines in Helper, Utah.
#photography
#BlueSkyArtShow
#lines
A monochrome image of power lines and poles. In the foreground a road crosses the image. Poles and lines go across the image and toward the horizon. Some of the poles appear to be placed randomly. The landscape is grass and juniper with a few small trees.
May 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Springtime in the Sangre de Cristos
4 clusters of lilac blooms. Only a few of the flowers are fully open; most are buds. The background of the image is the dark green of lilac leaves. A mound of melting snow sits at the center of the clusters.
May 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Redwoods

#photography
#BlueSkyArtShow
#green
Redwoods in dappled sunlight. At the bottom of the image is the gnarled trunk of a dead tree. The trunk of a small fallen tree crosses the photograph just above the stump. Both trunk and stump are moss covered. Ferns and other undergrowth add even more green to the image.
May 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Even though I usually have a macro lens on my camera, I rarely shoot photos of flowers anymore. However, I had to capture the color of these hydrangeas my wife bought at Costco. The color of the blossoms is continually changing.

#photography #flowers #bloomscrolling
April 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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The summer of 2018 we spent a good bit of time around Grants, New Mexico. This is a shot of the sandstone cliffs in the El Malpais National Monument.
#blueskyartshow #earth #photography
A monochrome image with large rectangular sandstone boulders in the foreground overlooking a dry river bed and scrub vegetation. The horizon is defined by sandstone cliffs, and cumulus clouds dot the sky. Sunlight illuminates the middle portion of the cliffs and the tops of the boulders.
April 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Here’s a second image of the Sagebrush Inn in Taos. The hotel was closed due to the pandemic, but they continued to light the farolitos which were left up after Christmas. The lighted building exterior with dark windows and an empty parking lot made for unique photo opportunity.

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#taos
A black and white image of the Sagebrush Inn at night. The light adobe exterior is illuminated by floodlights. The windows and vigas are dark, and farolitos outline the roof.
April 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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This is a photograph of the Sagebrush Inn in Taos, NM. I made this image in early 2020, and I had completely forgotten about it.
#photography #taos
A black and white image of the Sagebrush Inn. In the foreground a latia fence crosses the image. Above the fence and across a street is the inn. It’s a light colored adobe with dark vigas. The inn is surrounded by cottonwood trees, just above the trees hang low level clouds.
April 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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This image of the Manzanita Mountains was taken in February of 2019 west of Albuquerque.

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#landscape
A almost sepia toned image of the Manzanita mountains in the distance and the sky streaked with clouds.
March 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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A paddle wheel steamboat on the Mississippi River docked in New Orleans. This was taken on a motorcycle trip sometime around 2010.

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A docked paddle wheel steamboat in heavy fog. In the foreground the dock and steamboat are reflected in the muddy water of the Mississippi River.
March 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM