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The Pentaxian
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Amateur photographer and general ne'er-do-well.
All photos are my own, no sense in blaming someone else.
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For today's #FotoVorschlag special, 'Verloren im Dunst' ('Lost In The Haze'), I submit this hazy scene over the lake on a rainy day.

📷 Pentax Zoom 105 Super
🔘 Pentax 38-105mm
🎞️ Kodak T-Max 400

#photography #streetphotography #monochrome #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #EastCoastKin #Pentax #P354
A black and white photo of a scene looking across a lake through the rain and haze to the opposite shore.
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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For the #FotoVorschlag special of the day 'Texturen' ('Textures') I submit this section of wall with seemingly random bricks in various stages of decay.

'Texturen' #FotoVorschlag

📷 Pentax K-70
🔘 Pentax 55-300

#photography #streetphotography #art #architecture #texture #EastCoastKin #Pentax #P353
A combination brick and stone wall with some of the bricks randomly placed and many crumbling away.
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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A couple of #German #Hessian reenactors from the "Battle Of Guilford Courthouse"

'Skurrile Hobbys' (Quirky Hobbies) #FotoVorschlag

📷 Pentax K-70
🔘 Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #art #humansofbluesky #reenactors #RevolutionaryWar #EastCoastKin #photooftheday #Pentax #P352
A photo of two German Hessian reenactors at the anniversary of the "Battle Of Guilford Courthouse" during the American Revolutionary War.
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Rustic wooden battens as window decorations.

'Schaufenster' #FotoVorschlag

📷 Pentax K1000
🔘 Pentax M 28mm f/2.8
🎞️ Kodak UltraMax 400

#photography #streetphotography #WindowsOnWednesday #art #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #monochrome #BnW #B&W #blackandwhite #EastCoastKin #Pentax #Kodak #P351
A black and white photo of a retail store taken through the window. There are vertical wooden battens used as decorations next to the window. Various clothing items are hanging on racks inside the store.
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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When on the road I seek out places like this if I have time. So much character.

'*' (Joker, Freispiel)' #FotoVorschlag

📷 Pentax K-70
🔘 Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #art #architecture #architectural #EastCoastKin #rural #monochrome #blackandwhite #B&W #BnW #Pentax #P350
A black and white photo of a wooden tractor barn with a tractor underneath.
November 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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This young lady has the whole lollypop thing figured out. Just leave the wrapper on so you can save it for later.

📷 Pentax K-70
🔘 Pentax 55-300mm APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #art #humansofbluesky #children #child #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #photooftheday #Lilo&Stitch #Pentax #P349
A young girl with a Lilo & Stitch shirt on and her elbow resting on a vendor's table. She has a lollypop in her mouth with the wrapper still on the stem, apparently so she doesn't have to finish it and can rewrap it for later.
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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I had to stand on an inclined ramp to take this level and #symmetrical #window #selfie.

📷 Pentax K-70
🔘 Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #art #architecture #architectural #humansofbluesky #symmetry #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #monochrome #blackandwhite #B&W #Pentax #P348
A black and white photo of a window in a brick wall with a reflection of me in the glass holding the camera to my face.
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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I don't know, is it just me who finds it heartwarming that this crusty old-timer is carrying around a large autumn wreath?

📷 Ricoh GR III
🔘 Ricoh 18.3mm f/2.8 APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #art #humansofbluesky #Autumn #wreath #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #photooftheday #Ricoh #P347
A very old man carrying a colorful autumn door wreath at a fall festival.
November 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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For today's #FotoVorschlag 'Nicht ganz scharf aber trotzdem gut' special, ('Not quite sharp but still good'). Something behind them has their attention.

📷 Pentax K-70
🔘 Pentax 18-135mm

#photography #streetphotography #art #humansofbluesky #EastCoastKin #monochrome #blackandwhite #Pentax #P346
Two women sitting on an unseen bench. Something on the wall in back of them has gotten their attention and they've both turned to look at it.
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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These two little guys gathering a lot of attention at the street festival.

📷 Ricoh GR III
🔘 Ricoh 18.3mm f/2.8 APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #dog #dogs #dogsofbluesky #dogsky #monochrome #blackandwhite #B&W #BnW #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #Thursday #art #festival #Pets #Ricoh #P345
Two cute little dogs being pushed around the festival in a cart.
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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For today's special, "Things that start with 'D'", I give you a door set into a log cabin.

'Dinge die mit "D" beginnen oder so aussehen ...' #FotoVorschlag

📷 Pentax K-70
🔘 Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #door #architecture #rural #rurex #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #P344
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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"EXTREM IZZA", if you will.

'Lowkey' #FotoVorschlag

📷 Pentax K1000
🔘 Pentax 50mm f/1.2
🎞️ Cinestill 800T

#photography #streetphotography #art #pizza #neon #sign #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #35mm #film #architecture #archtectural #urbangaze #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Pentax #Cinestill #P343
A photo of a neon sign over a pizza restaurant with not all letters lit up. It now says "Extrem IZZA".
November 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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The thrill of a swing ride is awaiting these brave souls.

Kirmes / Jahrmarkt' #FotoVorschlag

📷 Pentax K1000
🔘 Pentax 50mm f/1.2
🎞️ Cinestill 800T (converted to B&W in post)

#photography #streetphotography #art #carnival #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Pentax #P342
A black and white photo of a swing ride at the carnival with the riders loaded on and ready for the ride to start.
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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This 'Dutch angle' shot is a gentle reminder of the Robert Capa quote, "If you don't like your photos, you aren't close enough".

📷 Ricoh GR III
🔘 Ricoh 18.3mm f/2.8 APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #art #humansofbluesky #Dutchangle #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #photooftheday #Ricoh #P341
A "Dutch angle" shot of a young lady passing by the camera at a street festival.
November 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Love finding these old barns when I'm road tripping. Sometimes they're not easy to get to but well worth the trouble when I do.

📷 Pentax K-70
🔘 Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #art #blackandwhite #architecture #architectural #BnW #B&W #monochrome #rural #EastCoastKin #P340
A very old and weathered wooden barn with a tin roof in a field surrounded by forests.
November 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Here's a 'means of transport' around the farm. Any tractor guys out there know the make and year of this one-eyed beauty?

'Fortbewegungsmittel' #FotoVorschlag

Pentax K-70
Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

#photography #tractor #rural #rurex #art #farm #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Pentax #P339
November 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Be careful out there tonight. They're calling for dark with a chance of spooky.

📷 Pentax K-70
🔘 Pentax 55-300mm APS-C

#photography #nature #trees #autumn #fall #landscape #scape #art #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #Halloween #spooky #monochrome #BnW #blackandwhite #photooftheday #Pentax #P338
A very dark and eerie photo of the moon through the trees.
October 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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For today's special, #featherlight, I submit this small fluffy cloud in a blue sky. If you're someone who sees shapes in clouds give an opinion. I think I see an astronaut with a helmet floating on his/her back. What say you?

'Federleicht' #FotoVorschlag

#photography #cloud #sky #Pentax #P337
October 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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This is a very low barred window, complete with seat cushions and chair

📷 Pentax K1000
🔘 Pentax M 50mm f/1.2
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400 (converted to B&W in post)

#photography #streetphotography #WindowsOnWednesday #art #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #monochrome #BnW #blackandwhite #urbangaze #urbex #P336
A black and white photo of a very low to the ground barred window in a brick wall. There is corrugated plastic conduit running along the wall underneath and seat cushions stacked on a barely visible chair.
October 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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The stark reality of homelessness in a first world country.

'Dem Boden ganz nah' #FotoVorschlag

Pentax K-50
Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #photojournalism #journalism #homeless #humansofbluesky #urbangaze #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #photooftheday #art #Pentax #P335
A homeless man sleeping on the ground of a downtown park with all his worldly possessions nearby.
October 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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The leaves they are a-changing.

'Bäume' #FotoVorschlag

📷 Pentax K-70
🔘 Pentax 55-300mm APS-C

#photography #nature #trees #autumn #fall #landscape #scape #art #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #photographersofbluesky #blueskyphotography #photooftheday #Pentax #P334
October 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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A free ride at the street festival.

📷 Ricoh GR III
🔘 Ricoh 18.3mm f/2.8 APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #art #humansofbluesky #children #child #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #photooftheday #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #profile #B&W #BnW #blackandwhite #Ricoh #P333
A black and white profile photo of a little boy on his father's shoulders taken at a street festival.
October 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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"Hey Mom, doesn't this look just like our Max?"

📷 Pentax K-70
🔘 Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #art #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #Inside #humansofbluesky #Halloween
#31DaysOfHalloween #JackOLantern #spooktober #pumpkin #autumn #dogs #festival #sign #photooftheday #P332
A photo of the inside of a traitor's tent during an autumn festival. There are many items hanging inside and outside the stall. Inside there is a young girl showing her mother a wooden sign with a depiction of a dog with the word "Welcome".
October 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Looked all around but couldn't find its mate.

'Alltagsgegenstände im Fokus' #FotoVorschlag

📷 Ricoh GR III
🔘 Ricoh 18.3mm f/2.8 APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #art #abandoned #photooftheday #streetphotography #Ricoh #P331
A lone sneaker on the ground amidst random trash.
October 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Wondering down back alleys searching for scenes like this.

📷 Pentax K1000
🔘 Pentax M 50mm f/1.2
🎞️ Kodak Ektar 100 (converted to B&W in post)

#photography #streetphotography #art #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #BnW #B&W #monochrome #architecture #urbangaze #urbex #EastCoastKin #Pentax #Kodak #P330
A black and white photo of the back of a brick building showing two iron barred windows, one with some glass panes broken out. There's also a white wooden door and concrete steps leading to ground level. Electric boxes and graffiti are on the brick wall and climbing vines on the right side of the door.
October 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM