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Artie Moffa
@ransackedroom.bsky.social
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Photography, poetry, humor, and a touch of economics now and then.
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This is not paid ad for CVS, but they are running a sale (USA) of $5 for a 16"x 20" "repositionable poster."

I had some of these printed a few weeks ago. Quality is B+, and the sticky backing is like a Post-it note. Nice wall decor for $5.

💡 ANYTHING is a JPG if you save as .jpg

#photography
a color outdoor photograph. shown is a city at night with a post-sunset glow in the sky and several apartment buildings with lit windows. a large and distinct tower is lit with dramatic lighting. the crescent moon hangs low. the caption reads "Alexandria, Virginia Fall 2025."
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Martello Tower on Dalkey Island as seen from a ruined fortification.

#Pentax K-S2 with smc DA L 18–50mm F4–5.6. ƒ/11, 1/180sec @ ISO 200.

Photographed July 2023. Thank you for looking.

#kitlens #Ireland #dalkey #napoleon
a color outdoor photograph. a stone window (without glass) frames the scene. a round stone tower, grey and sturdy, sits atop a gentle hill of green grass and scattered grey stones. there are no people, animals, or vehicles in this picture.
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Why black out the brand? I feel as though every movie/TV show with a photographer character does this, and I've never understood why.

Characters use iPhones, drive Fords, wear Nikes. Why anonymize the cameras?

Stranger Things is the exception that proves the rule:
a color screen capture from a TV show. Jonathan Byers from Stranger Things holds a 1980s era Pentax camera as if he is preparing to take a picture.
November 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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I bought this souvenir of the Jefferson Memorial for $5 from a street vendor. What do you think?

#Pentax K-S2 with #Lensbaby Twist-60 and +2 diopter #macro filter.

#photography #BlueSkyArtShow #small #washingtondc
a color outdoor photograph. a small souvenir model of the jefferson memorial occupies the foreground. this is a macro shot showing all the tiny details of the cheap toy building. in the background, out of focus, is the actual jefferson memorial.
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Fun with long exposure. J-Church MUNI line, Church Street & 15th Street, San Francisco.

#Pentax K-S2 with smc DA 15mm F4 Limited lens. ƒ/9.5, 2sec @ ISO 400.

Photographed June 2022. Thank you for looking.

#photography #longexposure #starburst #transit #bluehour
a color outdoor photograph. a train or subway streaks along a city street in the evening. this is a long exposure photograph, so the details of the passing train are blurred away. streetlights have the appearance of 14-point stars. there are no people or animals in this photograph.
November 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Cr de la Liberté, Lyons, France.

#Olympus PEN E-PL6 with M.Zuiko 12mm F2.0. ƒ5.6, 1/3000s @ ISO 400.

Photographed March 2023. Thank you for looking.

#fensterfreitag #photography #lyon #window #M43
a color outdoor photograph. a window washer rappels down the side of a building between two matching glass buildings. the two buildings each form a quarter of a semi-circle. many people mill about on the sidewalk and in the alley between two buildings. there is a café with some outdoor tables. in the foreground are stairs descending as if to a parking garage or subway station.
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Signs of autumn on Valencia Street in San Francisco

#Olympus PEN E-PL6 with M.Zuiko 17mm F2.8. ƒ/2.8, 1/15sec @ ISO 320.

Photographed 2022 in San Francisco, California. Thank you for looking.

#vespa #autumnleaves #fallcolors #bluehour #scooter #m43 #microfourthirds
a color outdoor photograph. a red maple leaf sits on a city sidewalk. behind it, defocused slightly in the background, sits a red Vespa-type scooter. the scooter and leaf are the same shade of red. streetlights and specular highlights behind the scooter are defocused so that they appear only as small circles of light and color. there are no animals or people in this photograph.
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Halloween Pumpkins. #Pentax K-S2 with smc DA 21mm Limited F3.2. ƒ/3.2, 1/250sec @ ISO 200 Photographed October 2021. Thank you for looking. #photography #halloween #pumpkin #jackolantern #humor #sanfrancisco #foundart
a color outdoor photograph. two small carved jack-o'-lantern pumpkins appear to have started to rot or dehydrate. they slump and collapse inward in ways that accentuate the silly expressions on their faces. in the background, a few parked cars sit in the sun along a town street. there are no people or animals in this picture.
November 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Photo of the week this week in my local newspaper:
a color photograph of a page from the alexandria times newspaper. shown is the "opinion" section, a letter to the editor, and a list of names and titles in the newspaper's masthead. also shown is a "photo of the week" showing a city skyline at night
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Greetings BlueSky! I'll mostly post photographs.

This one is currently the "Photo of the Week" in the @alexandriatimes.bsky.social .

#Pentax K-S2 with DA 70mm Limited F2.4. ƒ/4, 1sec @ ISO 200. #Alexandria #ALX #photography

So concludes my #firstpost . Thank you for looking!
a color photograph of a city skyline at twilight. the crescent moon is setting over the city. the sky has a slow gradient of color from after-sunset to dark sky. a set of thin magenta light beams fork into the sky. one building has a very high tower that is dramatically lit with spotlights from below. a train passes in the foreground. there are no people or animals in this photograph.
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM