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Flash qFiasco
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Thinker, published author & photographer; B.A. UCSC, M.Litt. cantab. A disaster in English, a bottle of wine in Italian--it's all in your perspective.

The duckwabbit image is a reference to the work of L. Witteringswine.

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Kings should be fictional and cute.

#NoKings
no king but this one: Disney's Lion King. Kings should be fictional and cute.
October 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Naked defiance -- this is barely legal !
#PortlandOregon

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Naked bike riders demonstrate against federal troops in 'quintessentially Portland' protest
Protesters are pedaling through Portland's streets wearing nothing or close to it to rally against the Trump administration.
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October 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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First snow of the season. Mt. Pilatus, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. iPhone13

#PhotographyLandscape #PhotographyiPhone
Mt. Pilatus, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland -- first snow of the season.
September 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Wood in three states: raw, lumber, paper. iPhone13. Copyright Flash qFiasco

#Photography #ArtPhotography #PhotographyiPhone #PhotographyUrban
Wood raw; wood lumber; wood paper.
September 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Don't try this at home.
copyright Flash qFiasco

#Photography #PhotographyBlueskyArt
A man blows fire.
August 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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G.G. Bridge, looking north. Today, any fool with a drone can get this image, but then (1988) you had to know exactly where to stand to get the towers aligned like this. copyright Flash qFiasco

#Photography #PhotographyUrban #PhotographyCityScape
#PhotographySanFrancisco
Golden Gate Bridge, looking north, with the towers aligned.
August 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Graffito seen in Santa Cruz, California.
Pentax K-1000. copyright Flash qFiasco

#Photography #PhotographyUrban
#PhotographyGraffiti
Graffito sprayed on a wall in Santa Cruz, Calif., "ignore authority!"
August 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Automobile recycling, Berkeley style.
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#Photography #PhotographyClassicCars
A used car turned into a flower planter, Berkeley Calif.
August 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Edelweiss.
copyright Flash qFiasco

#Photography #PhotographyNature #PhotographyFlowers
What the maple leaf is to Canada, Edelweiss is the national flower of Switzerland.
August 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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The most peaceful countries in the world: 1. Iceland, 2. Ireland, 3. NZ, 4. Austria, 5. Switzerland, 6. Singapore, 7. Portugal, 8. Denmark, 9. Slovenia, 10. Finland. Wanna know how the U.S.A. scores? Below Turkmenistan, Rwanda, & a lot of shit-hole countries.
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August 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Grrrrr (v2) !!!
Pentax K-1000. copyright Flash qFiasco

#PhotographyB&W #PhotographyClassicCars #PhotographyChromeBumper
B&W close up of a Buick with massive chrome bumper. copyright Flash qFiasco
August 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Reality Checkpoint. Parker's Piece, Cambridge, England, 1988.
Pentax K-1000. copyright Flash qFiasco

Every time the city repaints this monument, people re-graffito it. It's sort of a tradition.

#PhotographyB&W #PhotographyUrban #PhotographyCityScape
#PhotographyCambridge #PhotographyGraffiti
graffito on a moument, Parker's Piece, Cambridge; B&W sepia toned.
August 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Grrrrrr !!
Pentax K-1000. copyright Flash qFiasco

#Photography #PhotographyClassicCars #PhotographyChromeBumpers
close up image of a Packard car with massive chrome bumper. copyright Flash qFiasco
August 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Rust never sleeps.
Pentax K-1000. copyright Flash qFiasco

#Photography #PhotographyVWvan #PhotographyVWbus #PhotographyDesert
Abandoned VW bus in the desert.
August 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Deep blue sky punctuated by a deep blue skyscraper, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Ektachrome 64, Pentax K-1000. copyright Flash qFiasco

#Photography #PhotographyUrban #PhotographyIndustrial #PhotographyArchitecture
Pyramidal shaped skyscraper against a cloudless deep blue sky, Düsseldorf, Germany.
August 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Derwentwater, Lake District, England, twilight.
Ektachrome 64, Pentax K-1000. copyright Flash qFiasco

#Photography #PhotographyLandscape #PhotographySunset
#PhotographyTwilight
A moody twilight sky over Derwentwater, Lake District, England.
August 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Derwentwater (view from Friar's Crag), Lake District, England, 1982.
Ektachrome 64, Pentax K-1000. copyright Flash qFiasco
#Photography #PhotographyLandscape
Derwentwater (view from Friar's Crag), Lake District, England, moody sky with a kayaker on the water.
August 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Golden Gate Bridge in heavy fog. copyright Flash qFiasco

#Photography #PhotographyUrban #PhotographyCityScape
#PhotographySanFrancisco
Golden Gate Bridge in heavy fog. copyright Flash qFiasco
August 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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"The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." -- Mark Twain (photo copyright Flash qFiasco)

#Photography #PhotographyUrban #PhotographyCityScape
#PhotographySanFrancisco #PhotographyBeach
San Franciscans sunbathe on the beach as a fog bank rolls over the Golden Gate Bridge. copyright Flash qFiasco
August 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Turning Torso Tower, Malmö, Sweden, on a grey day, almost monochrome. copyright Flash qFiasco

#Photography #PhotographyUrban #PhotographyIndustrial #PhotographyArchitecture
Turning Torso Tower, Sweden, on such a grey day that the image looks almost monochrome. copyright Flash qFiasco
August 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge.

#Photography #PhotographyUrban #PhotographyTrinityCollegeLibrary #PhotographyArchitecture
Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge. copyright Flash qFiasco
August 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Sunflowers. copyright Flash qFiasco

#Photography #PhotographyUrban
color photograph of sunflowers (real) in foreground; bckgnd: a torn-down bldg. exposing a sunflower-tiled inner wall. copyright Flash qFiasco
August 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Rusty oil drum. Pentax K-1000. copyright Flash qFiasco

#Photography #PhotographyUrban #PhotographyIndustrial
closeup image of rusty oil drum, showing colors and textures. copyright Flash qFiasco
August 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Lone tree at dusk dwarfed by power lines and masts. (Aerial pollution.)
Ektachrome 64, Pentax K-1000. copyright Flash qFiasco

#Photography #PhotographyUrban #PhotographyIndustrial #PhotographyNatureViolated
Lone tree at dusk dwarfed by power lines and masts. Technological pollution.
August 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Mt. Tamalipas, northern California, twilight.
Pentax K-1000. copyright Flash qFiasco

#Photography #PhotographyLandscape #PhotographySunset #PhotographyTwilight
Mt. Tam, at sunset, from the East Bay. copyright Flash qFiasco
August 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM