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Jim Balsitis Photography
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California photographer enjoying black and white landscape, nature, and travel photography.
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Dogs of Peru #2
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#dogs #photography #peru
A photo of a dog lying at the entrance to a shop. Behind the dog is a chair. The dog is mostly white with a brown head.
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Dogs of Peru
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Over many trips to Peru I couldn’t help taking photos of the many dogs that hung out on the streets and markets. Most looked pretty rough.
#dogs #peru #photography
Photo of a dog lying on the floor near a doorway inside a home.
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Disaster Peak, Carson-Iceberg Wilderness
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There may be a story behind the name of this mountain, but I don’t know what it is.
#photography #blackandwhite #art
A photograph of a rocky precipice mountain centered in the frame. The sky is scattered clouds with some sky. On the right side the mountain slopes down and has some trees on the ridge. The left slope is steep with a few scattered trees. The foreground is a moderate slope with more trees.
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Carson-Iceberg Wilderness
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#photography #blackandwhite #art
A photograph within a forest of pine trees. On the right is a dark pine in the foreground. The center middle ground has several pines extending out of the top of the photo. Through the trees is more forest.
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Eternal Gift 1
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#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #art
A black and white photograph of a fallen tree lying in a mountain stream. The tree is bare of bark and shows the twisted grain. The stream flows over rocks.
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Alsace Lake, John Muir Wilderness
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#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #art
A photograph of a mountain scene looking down from a high peak to an alpine lake. There is another peak on the other side of the lake. The landscape around the lake is scattered boulders and sparse vegetation. The sky is partly cloudy with cumulus clouds.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Pilot Knob, John Muir Wilderness
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#photography #art #monochrome #blackandwhite
A photograph of a mountain against a very dark sky. There are a few light clouds. The mountain is a steep conical shape on the left with a slope on the right rising to the edge. The foreground is rocky with boulders and some vegetation.
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Dark Mountain
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#photography #art #monochrome
A mountain scene showing a dark mountain against a partly cloudy sky. The foreground is a mix of low alpine vegetation.
November 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Mono Lake, California
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#photography
A photograph showing Mono Lake with some tufa towers in the water. The shoreline is in the foreground. Mountains are in the background. The sky is mostly clear with some light clouds. The photo is black and white but the sky is tinted a light blue.
November 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican
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#photography #leica #monochrome #blackandwhite
A ceiling and column view inside the St. Peter’s Basilica. The walls and ceiling are heavily decorated.
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Lichen Kisses
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#photography
A color photograph showing red and green lichen on granite stone. The red lichen looks like red lip stick kisses over a crack in the rock that is running from lower left to upper right.
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Closed for the Day - Souk in Morocco
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#photography #leica #monochrome #blackandwhite #morocco
A photograph inside a closed market in Morocco. The scene looks through empty market stalls with light and shadow filtering in from a lattice ceiling.
November 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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McGee Creek Repose
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With some minor adjustments to the development of this photo, I’m reposting in order to announce that it will be included in a special show at the Fine Line Gallery in #Santabarbara #California.

The shows focus is western cowboy and rodeo culture.
A photograph of a female wrangler on a horse. The background is a brushy and rocky hill with a partly cloudy sky.
November 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Chair in the Morning
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#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #Leica
A wood chair next to a kitchen counter with wood cabinets on the wall.
November 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Second Thoughts
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#photography #blackandwhite #leica #monochrome
A scene of a hillside with oak trees and rocks.
November 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Sooner or Later
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#photography #blackandwhite #leica #monochrome
A photograph of dead tree branches with an out-of-focus hill in the back ground and clear sky.
November 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Swiss Guard
St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City
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#photography #leica #blackandwhite #monochrome
A photograph showing an entrance into the building with two Swiss guards in the doorway. The foreground shows steps leading to the doorway. The doors are very tall of wood with iron hardware. The doors are flanked by large marble columns.
November 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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4 Days on the Pond
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#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome
A photograph looking into the water of a pond. The water has leaves of aquatic vegetation floating on top. There is a reflection of trees at the top of the photo.
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Iron Outcast
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#photography #leica #blackandwhite #monochrome
A photograph showing a very old iron lock on an old wood door.
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Desert Oasis, Death Valley National Park, California
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#photography #deathvalley #california
A desert scene with a pool of water from the Amargosa River in the foreground with a grassy/brushy surrounding. There are bare rocky desert hills and then mountains in the background. The sky is clear with some light clouds.
October 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Torcedor de Cuba
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I spent two weeks in Cuba exploring the culture and bird watching. The people were wonderful.
#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #cuba
A man from Cuba sits in a chair with a wood board on his lap and makes cigars. The man is wearing a straw hat. Behind the man hangs tobacco leaves drying on racks in a barn.
October 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Jungle Assimilation
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#photography #panama #eastcoastkin
A photograph of a wood bench rotting in the jungle of Panama.
October 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Old Mission Santa Barbara Cemetery
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This photo is taken in the historic cemetery showing one of the markers and the original cemetery entrance in the background with the cross marker over the entrance.
#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #cemetery #leica
A photo within a cemetery of an iron fence in the foreground and tombstone on the right. The background is blurred with a stone wall topped with a christian cross. A tree is in the upper left.
October 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Introverts Contentment
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A lone boat floats off the island of Santa Cruz.

#photography #leica #blackandwhite #santabarbara #california
A photograph looking over the ocean. An island projects from the right frame to half-way across. A lone boat floats on the water near the horizon on the left. The sky is cloudy.
October 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Goleta Pier, California
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#photography #blackandwhite #leica #california
A photograph showing a wood pier projecting out into the ocean from the upper left to the horizon on the right. The water is glassy smooth. The sky is partly cloudy.
October 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM