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Jay Blackwood
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Retired engineer. Aspiring amateur photographer. Cat lover.
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Fall colors Rorschach test...

I took this beautiful shot of trees reflected onto a lake, but it was boring. Cropping and rotating it 90 degrees made it far more interesting and a bit disturbing.

#photography #landscapephotography
Trees almost perfectly reflected onto a lake but the image has been rotated so that the pattern of the trees reject a Rorschach test.
November 16, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Another shot of the #SuperMoon over #Toronto tonight taken 21km (13 miles) from the CN Tower, so the apparent Moon size was about 200m (650 ft)! I love the way the shadow of the building looks from the light of the Moon.

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#nightsky
Moon rising behind the Toronto skyline. The moonlight is reflected on Lake Ontario, but the shadow of a build blocks the middle of it (to some extent).
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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#SuperMoon over #Toronto tonight. Shot was taken 21km (13 miles) from the CN Tower, so the apparent Moon size was about 200m (650 ft)! Unfortunately, the clouds were low enough that I couldn't get an alignment shot with the CN Tower.

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#landscapePhotography
Extremely large Moon over the Toronto nightscape. Moon is obstructed by clouds and is sandwiched between the CN Tower on the right and a tall building on the left. The light from the Moon is reflected on the waters of Lake Ontario.
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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You don't see that everyday!

These are two of the goblins from #Goblins:Oedipus in #Stratford, Ontario today. And the play was fun and excellent. If you saw Goblins:MacBeth, this one is slightly better!

I added the pixelation to make it less graphic....
Two goblins, each wearing a toga. One is carrying at very large phallus.
October 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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A composite #Moonrise over #Toronto last Wednesday. The Moon is shown over about a 15 minute span with almost 3 minutes between each copy of the Moon. I found it interesting for the color shifted during the rise.

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Nightscape of Toronto and the CN Tower. It's a composite image showing the Moon at 6 different elevations, including one aligned with the CN Tower. The buildings were photographed blue hour and still have the golden glow of the Sun reflecting of them.
October 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Fall colors in #ArrowheadProvincialPark
A couple in a red canoe parking on a lake are on the right. In the background and reflect over the lake are the beautiful fall colors of the trees.
October 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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#Sunrise at #TorrenceBarrens
Sunrise over a peaceful small lake surrounded by trees. A single line of clouds is in the sky and reflected perfectly on the calm lake. The Sun is just breaking over the trees and lines can be seen radiating from it. This can also be seen reflected on the lake.
October 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Fall colors in #ArrowheadProvincialPark
A couple in a red canoe parking on a lake are on the right. In the background and reflect over the lake are the beautiful fall colors of the trees.
October 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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#Sunrise at #TorrenceBarrens
Sunrise over a peaceful small lake surrounded by trees. A single line of clouds is in the sky and reflected perfectly on the calm lake. The Sun is just breaking over the trees and lines can be seen radiating from it. This can also be seen reflected on the lake.
October 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Came by this connection of the T-birds from the early 60's. This guy clearly has a theme...

#weirdcarbs
September 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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#Sunrise over #CedarPoint Amusement Park from Sandusky Bay (Ohio). Unfortunately it was very humid and it was difficult to get a clearer shot. This was also shot with a wider angle lens than I had planned. I expected no Sun so I put my long lens away...

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#photography
A sunrise where only two thirds of the sun is up. It's behind a peninsula with an amusement park on it with many roller coasters in silhouette. The Sun is also reflected into the waters of the bay.
August 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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#EdwardsGardens #Toronto

#nature #photography
August 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Some pretty flowers and a bee in #EdwardsGarden #Toronto yesterday.

#bloomscrolling #bugsky #nature #photogrpahy
August 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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While in Barcelona I saw some paintings by Guillermo Lorca at the Moco that were both fascinating and disturbing as in this image from a postcard I bought. This picture wasn't shown, but I did go back to the exhibit several times in my stay. The tension there....

#Caturday #cats ?
#MuseumArt
The image is of a large leopard sitting above a girl in bed and licking the top of her head. While this would be completely innocent if it were a house cat, and it looks like the leopard is being friendly, there's serious tension in the scene.
August 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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The #MilkyWay from the northern coast of #LakeErie from the backyard of a friend. The light pollution on the left is from Duncan, NY. The lighting of the foreground is from his neighbors yard lights which they always leave on.

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The Milky Way framed by two trees and a lot. There are some large rocks on the shoreline as well. A flag is also visible near the MW core.
July 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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A beautiful #sunset at the #TorranceBarrensDarkSkyPreserve last night.

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A deep orange sunset on the horizon reflected into a lake. Trees and vegetation surround the lake and are in silhouette.
July 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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A serene #sunset at the #TorranceBarrensDarkSkyPreserve last night.

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#photography
An orange sky reflected into a lake after sunset. The sky is orange on the horizon and blue high above. Wispy clouds are in the sky as well. In the foreground is vegetation and a man sitting on the left in a camp chair enjoying the view.
July 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Oops...

#Toronto #PolsonPier #Photography
A viiewew
July 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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A picture of the #Toronto #Skyline just past sunset from inside the Snowy Owl at the new #BiidaasigePark in the Donlands. In the near field is a play area.

#photography
July 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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What's my #MaineCoon thinking?
jayblkwd.bsky.social Jay Blackwood @jayblkwd.bsky.social · Jul 5
What's my cat thinking?

#cats #caturday
July 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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What's my cat thinking?

#cats #caturday
July 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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#Sunset at #TorranceBarrensDark-SkyPreserve (north of #Toronto).

I love how the reflection came out and the duplicated flares.

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#landscapephotography
Sunset over a small lake. The sun is framed between two pine trees and there is a lot of low green vegetation in the foreground along with a rock. The Sun is reflected in the lake and both have a beautiful flare around them.
July 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Lightning bugs were photobombing my #MilkyWay pictures last night.

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Picture of the Milky Way between and above the silhouette of trees. There are several wiggly "worms" of light in front of the trees that are lightning bugs.
June 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Ferry at Ward's Island, #Toronto

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A well lit boat at twilight is the subject of the photo. The sky and water are shades of blue and the reflections of the lights on the boat and pier are reflected in the water.
June 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Ward's Island Ferry, #Toronto last night

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#urbanphotography
#streetphotography
A view of people from inside a ferry at night. Outside the ferry can be see the lights of downtime Toronto.
June 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM