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Photography by R. Samayoa
@rsamayoa.com
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Welcome to my photography haven, my own and what I find interesting. Canon
user/Lightroom lover/visual connoisseur. Take and admire nature/urban/architecture/portraiture (yes, nudes too) photography. Personal: https://bsky.app/profile/rivero.bsky.social
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Ok. So…I really need to get batteries to get this bad boy up and running. #AsahiPentax #PentaxAuto110
Pentax Auto 110 film camera, lying on its back, with two lenses and the auto film winder on a flat surface for display.
April 13, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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So…I have this thing about not posting shots from my phone onto anything that showcases DSLR shots. Not because I look down on the tool, but because it feels…I don’t know…not complex enough? Nevertheless, I have to share this here.

📱 14mm, 1/4000 at f/2.2, ISO 50
View from one of the overlooks on Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. From the middle of the shot, to the bottom, you see rolling hills and mountains, covered in trees, which are finishing dropping their leaves. The sky is the upper half of the photo, with dramatic clouds in a blue sky.
November 9, 2024 at 2:17 AM
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Woot, woot! I love that I can continue to appreciate, encourage, and showcase photography from here. Decided to split it from my general main account as I know people are all comfortable with all art subject matters. Here’s to continual growth of this amazing platform.
A sign-like image celebrating 10 million users on Bluesky, with this account being #4,894,127, Photography by R. Samayoa, @rsamayoa, Joined Feb 19, 2024.
September 18, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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I've always loved #BlackAndWhite photos, but eons ago, I became averse to muddy shots -- I don't like my photos muddy. Playing w/ film, I could expose an image onto paper to clean that up -- straightforward; with #Lightroom, I'm never happy, because I have to feel it. I'm just too picky. 🤣
Monochromatic photo of water rushing out of outlets at the bottom of a dam. There are three windows in the upper part of the image; on the image's right, there is a concrete divider and on the image's right, there are metal railings and staircases. There are shadows from those metal components being cast on the area above the water outlets.
May 3, 2024 at 5:22 AM
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Yes...you can bet money on yourself that I've been out there in the real world, enjoying it all. Gotta love #azalea season!

🎞️24mm, 1/800 at f/5.6, ISO 400
POV shot from the bottom up of an azalea bush, with pink blossoms. In the background, you see trees that tower over it, some with leaves, others with leaves barely coming out. The sky is visible, with the sun shinning powerfully in the top 1/3 of the photo.
May 2, 2024 at 2:30 AM
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You know how they say that the eyes are windows to the soul? What if I told you that windows, are just elements that contain greatness -- you just have to get closer, peer at what's on the other side. It may just surprise you. #BWphotography
Monochromatic photo of a hay barn, with hay on the floor, on the sides, and on the immediate right, on a vehicle -- with the rear tire just barely visible in the frame. In the background, halfway up the photo, and about 1/3 of the way to from the left, there is a window with a faint scene on the other side.
March 9, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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You know, whenever I come across old vehicles like this, I always hope it finds itself in the same exact spot, with its scratches, worn areas, dents -- not as a yearning for something past, but as a testament that it's held on and continues to do so.

🎞️50mm, 1/50 sec at f/3.5, ISO 200
Monochromatic front shot photo of a old Ford pickup truck, with a visible aftermarket dump contained attached to it. The hood of the pickup is popped open, and there are scratches, dents, and rust all over it.
March 7, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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You've got to love it when you see art inside art in a place with art.

This is from my early stash of photos and taken with a (You ready for a trip down nostalgia lane?): Canon Rebel XT.

🎞️ 31mm, 1/13 sec at 4/f.5, ISO 100
Monochrome image of a staircase at the National Gallery of Art, the image is taken from an angle, at the bottom is a bench with a cushion, railings is seen going up the wall of the staircase, and on what is the second flight of the stairs, a man is coming down the stairs -- you see his upper torso and head.
February 24, 2024 at 12:06 AM
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Who doesn't love a good flowering shot, right?! So, without further explanation, enjoy.

This is from the Magnolia Grove here in the city. If you go check it out, do so when I'm not around so you don't mess up my shots. :D

🎞️ 50mm, 1/5000 sec at f/4, ISO 800
A blossomed magnolia flower on the half-to-right side of photograph, situated on its own foliage, with the leaves reflecting the ambient light.
February 23, 2024 at 1:53 PM
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A few years ago, I went on a photo adventure with a friend and her family. We were doing early Urbanex -- and stumbled upon a cool rail storage. This is from inside an abandoned railcar -- the breaks didn't catch my eye, but the holes into the real world did.

🎞️50mm, 1/0000 sec, f/4.5, ISO 100
Photo taken of a broken and cracked dirty square railcar window, with rounded edges. In the background, behind the glass, in the distance, you can see the cranes used for hauling cargo off of ships.
February 22, 2024 at 5:13 AM
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I find winter to the best time for photography outdoors, with trees dropping their leaves and leaving views so bare. Makes you appreciate the mundane things out there that you'd probably ignore with color all around you.

🎞️50mm, 1/250 sec at f/2.8. ISO 800
Photograph in black and white of Rock Creek Parkway in Washington, D.C., two lanes in one direction, two lanes in the opposite direction. Cars are mostly seen on the right set of lanes. There are joggers on the far left of the image, running on a path. A creek is visible snaking down the left side of the image too, and to the far left side, the forest is seen in the winter season. In the distance, Duke Ellington Bridge is visible, with more forest and sky visible.
February 21, 2024 at 11:50 PM
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I love photos which hits the viewer -- whether by the subject, the light, or the idea that they can hopefully discover behind the photo. And that pretty much was what I was doing here with this shot.
Photo from the bottom of a fountain, with the fountain on the left hand side of the photo. The POV is of a spout from the fountain where a pigeon has sat on the outflow, that is off, with a bright sun on the right side of the photo.
February 21, 2024 at 5:40 AM