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Stephen
@shanafin.bsky.social
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You may also know me as st3ph3n@mastodon.social.

I’m a dual 🇮🇪🇺🇸citizen. I like books, motorcycles, photography, dogs, and video games. I post infrequently.
Currently living in Illinois. I hate Illinois nazis.

All photos are my own.
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Downtown Aurora, Illinois as the sun was setting this evening. It was an unseasonably warm and comfortable day for mid-November in this part of the world.

#photography #sonya6600 #auroraillinois #cityscape
Color telephoto image of a downtown Aurora, Illinois street scene. The buildings to the left and center of the frame are catching golden sunlight as the sun sets.
November 16, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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"I always feel like somebody's watchin' me
And I have no privacy"

Trying to learn how to do all the stuff I do in Lightroom in ART/RawTherapee feels like working with one hand tied behind my back... But LR is the only thing keeping me on Windows 11 now.

#photography #blackandwhite #sonya6600
Black and white photo of a dome-style security camera mounted on the wall of a building.
November 16, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Age yourself with gaming
A Commodore Amiga 600 home computer. Commodore went tenkeyless before it was cool!
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Phone photo of the #aurora earlier tonight from Aurora, Illinois.

#photography #auroraborealis #northernlights
Color photo of the northern lights shot from a suburban neighborhood. Lots of green and pink hues visible in the sky.
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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The aurora in Aurora, Illinois.

This was barely visible to the naked eye, but a 1/10 second exposure at ISO4000 and f/2 really revealed it!

#photoraphy #aurora #northernlights #illinois #nikonz6
Portrait-orientation photo of the aurora borealis over a suburban neighborhood. Pink and green hues are visible in the night sky.
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Monkey Island 1 and 2. I was a bit too young to get all of the jokes and to understand all of the puzzles the first time through, but I've come back to them so many times over the years.
Insult sword fighting was such a fun mechanic!

Aside: I just happen to be reading On Stranger Tides right now.
Box art for The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge.
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Winter has arrived in the Midwest 💀
Screenshot of iOS weather app showing snowing conditions in Aurora, IL.
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Watched episode 1 of Vince Gilligan’s #Pluribus tonight. Sucked me right in, I recommend it.

#television
Promotional poster for Pluribus featuring a screaming Rhea Seehorn on a yellow field.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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My MiSTerPi and Speedlink Competition Pro joystick. A great way to play old Amiga games without investing a fortune in a now super-rare working vintage Amiga.

#photography #52frames_showusyourtoys #misterpi #gaming
Selective color photo of a Competition Pro joystick in front of an assembled Mister Pi system. All colors except for red have been desaturated.
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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I always seem to find myself in a grocery store parking lot equipped with only a phone when a cool sunset happens…

#photography #sunset
Fiery sunset this evening in a Jewel-Osco parking lot in Aurora, Illinois.
November 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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lol
Photo of a guy in a goofy fake leather football helmet. The leather texture is just printed/painted onto a regular-ass modern helmet
November 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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This week's #52frames submission, on the subject of 'Your worst nightmare'.

#photography #52frames_yourworstnightmare #nikonz6 #fisheye
A balaclava-clad woman threatens the camera with a kitchen knife in a dimly-list red-hued scene.
November 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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I started playing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt this week. It totally passed me by at release because I wasn't much of a fan of action RPGs back then... but now I am, and it has been sitting in my backlog.

I'm enjoying the shit out of it. Playing on Xbox Series X.

#gaming #thewitcher
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cover art
October 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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#NoKings #Chicago #photography
Black and white photo of a protestor holding a sign reading 'Its giving small dicktator energy' at the No Kings protest in Chicago on October 18th, 2025.
October 21, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Chicago's Fine Arts Building, during Open House Chicago 2025.

#photography #chicago #blackandwhite #OHC
Black and white photo of a dimly lit corridor, with a bright exterior window at the end, reflecting on the floor. Some theater seats are on the left.
October 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Chicago Union Station, yesterday.

#photography #52frames_shadows #chicago #blackandwhite
Black and white photo of Metra south concourse platforms at Chicago Union Station. Trains are stationary at two of the three visible tracks, and a couple is walking towards the camera in shadow.
October 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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#Chicago Harold Washington Library at night after a very busy No Kings day

#photography #night
Night photo of the Harold Washington Library in Chicago, shot from a nearby rooftop. A CTA train station is visible in front of the library
October 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Clock

#52frames_time #photography
Black and white photo of a clock dial with temperature sub-dial just below the '3'.
October 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Rolled credits on Mafia: The Old Country this morning. That was a good-ass game.

#gaming #mafia
Cover art for Mafia: The Old Country
October 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Peace out, #gamepass.
Screenshot of my canceled Gamepass subscription
October 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Continuing...
Night shot of Ciao Roma restaurant's neon sign at North Square. People are clustered outside the building. "My Mother's Cutlets", an Italian deli... I think. Some people are hanging out by their branded Vespa outside. "The Goal" statue at TD Garden, shot at night A customer leaves Piccolo Nido restaurant. An old Boston fire box with red beacon is visible.
October 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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MORE.

#photography #boston
Outdoor book sale at Brattle Book Shop in Boston MBTA Orange line at North Station Sunset at the Bunker Hill Monument from Bill Russell Bridge. Lots of yachts moored in the foreground. Obligatory shot of the 'Cheers' sign at the bar that claims to be the inspiration for the show, the Bull and Finch.
October 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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have some more.

#photography #boston
Sunset at Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge, shot from the nearby Bill Russell bridge, with lots of vehicle traffic present. Black and white "Unbound" statue at King's Chapel, Boston, recently unveiled. The statue honors the 219 people who were enslaved by members and ministers of the church. It is 14 feet tall and depicts a black woman releasing six birds out of a cage to freedom. Sunset at Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge, shot from the nearby Bill Russell bridge, with lots of vehicle traffic present. Italian restaurants at Boston's North Square. This is a dense neighborhood of narrow streets with lots of Italian restaurants and a great atmosphere.
October 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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More!

#photography #boston
Rowing team on the Charles River meets T-Rex at the Science Museum Boston's Old State House, site of the Boston Massacre. This is the oldest surviving public building in the city and is surrounded by far more modern tall buildings. A uniformed park ranger rides a horse on Boston Common Dutch angle shot of an old church in downtown Boston, shot that way because it was shot from a moving vehicle with limited viewing angles...
October 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Some more

#photography #boston
Quincy Market at night. There are lots of people around. A large American flag hangs over the building entrance. Boston Custom House clock tower illuminated at night A carousel in motion on the Boston Greenway at night Interior of the 'living room' at the Citizen M North station hotel. Lots of eclectic things on shelves, with large hanging light fixtures with reflective copper-looking surfaces.
October 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM