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@ffaelan.bsky.social

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NE based fine art photographer, looking for Paths to follow and Periphery I might have missed. 🏳️‍🌈 🚫ai All real 📷 Daily posts

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F/f Photography @ffaelan.bsky.social · Dec 3

There are a lot of "Rules" in #Photography. We like to think of them more like guidelines. 🏴‍☠️

A chart image with different photographic techniques, like the rule of thirds and leading lines.

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@ffaelan.bsky.social

"I see you shiver. With Antici..." Dr. Franke-N-Furter

#Anemone #FloralFriday #FlowerReport #ECK #WCK #Art #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Macro #FlowersOnBlueSky #Scape

Macro shot of a pale pink anemone flower. Long a symbol of anticipation in Greek mythology. This one is in full bloom filling the frame. Its center and pistils so clear, if you were a bee you would try to pollinate. It is almost monochrome in the paleness of its processing.

"I see you shiver. With Antici..." Dr. Franke-N-Furter

September 18, 2026 at 12:15 PM

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@ffaelan.bsky.social

"I try to stay strong and walk the line
to forget the pain and grief of that time,
but yet again I hit rewind
and have those flashbacks on my mind."~Jessica Vera

#Lisianthus #PrairieGentian #FlowerReport #ECK #WCK #Art #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Macro #FlowersOnBlueSky #Scape Full #Poem in Alt

A few prairie gentain flowers huddle together enjoying the summer rain that they desperately needed. Pink and swirled up like the rose buds they are often mistaken for.

Restore My Broken Soul Poem by Jessica Vera

Sometimes I think of the unforgettable past that aches within my soul
and wonder how one day I could let it all go.
I try to replace the memories with stories untold
but its hard when I feel the pain of my broken soul.

I try to stay strong and walk the line
to forget the pain and grief of that time,
but yet again I hit rewind
and have those flashbacks on my mind.

I just want to know how I can let it go.
I don't want to remember that no more.
Is there any way I can be bold, move on, and restore my broken soul?
Or do I have to die with all this on my mind and soul?

September 17, 2026 at 11:50 AM

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@ffaelan.bsky.social

"We meet so many people in life, but we connect to the heart of very few!"
~Avijeet Das

#Coneflower #FlowerReport #ECK #WCK #Art #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Macro #FlowersOnBlueSky #Scape

Macro shot of a red orange cone flower. Its center pistil stand out ike orange spikes with bloody red tips. One third of the petals are in the sun and rest in the darkness of the shade of other flowers. It looks like it is just waking up and maybe peaking out to see what the day is like before it commits to the whole thing.

"We meet so many people in life, but we connect to the heart of very few!"~Avijeet Das

September 16, 2026 at 11:35 AM

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@ffaelan.bsky.social

"It takes a very long time to become young."~Pablo Picasso

#SiberianIris #Iris #FlowerReport #ECK #WCK #Art #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Macro #FlowersOnBlueSky

Macro photo of a Siberian Iris flower. Cultivated by Dr. Currier McEwen at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. This specimen is mostly light lavender petals with yellow spotted lures at the bottom. Covered in droplets of water from recent rains.

"It takes a very long time to become young."~Pablo Picasso

September 15, 2026 at 11:15 AM

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Robyn

@handcranked.bsky.social

Update to this week's art challenge cheat sheet. I left last week's #AlphabetChallenge explanation. Sorry!

#EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt

Daily Art Prompts: Sept 14–20

Monday, September 14
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, September 15
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#ColorADay + #BlueTue

Wednesday, September 16
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, September 17
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #PompAndPatterns
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, September 18
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, September 19
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #golden
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, September 20
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

Compiled by @handcranked

All Week Art Prompts: Sept 14–20

#AOFoto
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome)

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #splatter

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekKForKn...
(anything that starts with “kn”)

#MixedMedia52 + #pink

#PaintByWords + #chrysanthemum or #bucket
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #texture
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #wheel

Compiled by @handcranked

September 14, 2026 at 5:09 PM

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mjlinde.bsky.social

@mjlinde.bsky.social

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekKforKn
#LandscapePhotography

A beautiful, pastel, clouded scene that displays the #knotted roots and growth patterns of the tree in the foreground, sitting on a gorgeous mountain lake surrounded with evergreens..

📸 Eric Girouard
ericgerard.photography

A beautiful, pastel, clouded scene that displays the knotted roots and growth patterns of the tree in the foreground, sitting on a gorgeous mountain lake surrounded with evergreens..

September 14, 2026 at 10:19 PM

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Photos by Tony #skyjunkie

@ynotg.bsky.social

#Foggy #Morning on a #TexasHwy

#Photography #ECK #DayTrip #Silhouette

September 14, 2026 at 10:11 AM

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Jacques-Yves Cousteau

@runflysmile.bsky.social

There is no them. There's only us 😊

Bono

#Oneness #Bono #Flower

September 14, 2026 at 3:35 PM

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@ffaelan.bsky.social

"Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand."~W.B. Yeats

#Coneflower #ColorADay #PinkMon #FlowerReport #ECK #WCK #Art #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Macro #FlowersOnBlueSky

Macro photo of a pink coneflower. They are quite prevalent in the north eastern United states. But they come in so many variations you could post one a day for a year an only run out of words to describe them. The camera is so close to this one the colors of the petals seem to range in tones. The center is merely a pit of spikes.

"Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand."~W.B. Yeats

September 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM

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🏳️‍⚧️Mel💜they/them🏳️‍⚧️

@meltheparadox.bsky.social

"Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done."
- Bo Bennett

Mum #Macro 🩷💛🧡❤️

September 13, 2026 at 3:20 PM

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@ffaelan.bsky.social

"Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands."~Anne Frank

#DayLily #ColorADay #OrangSun #FlowerReport #ECK #WCK #Art #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Macro #FlowersOnBlueSky

The day lily is a symbol of innocence. Its orange red petals bloom like a trumpet cone. Dark background hiding the past.

"Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands."~Anne Frank

September 13, 2026 at 11:45 AM

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Steve Diet Goedde

@stevedietgoedde.bsky.social

It’s the 30th Anniversary of my Chinatown So Hip It Hurts shoot with Midori & Kumi. To celebrate, I made a booklet limited to only 150 signed/numbered copies. 25 black and white & color photos + many BTS snapshots. Preorder yours at
stevedietgoedde.bigcartel.com/product/chin...

I wasn't planning on releasing a new limited edition booklet so soon but I had to commemorate a very special date for me. September 11, 1996. That was the day 30 years ago that I shot my iconic So Hip It Hurts Chinatown shoot with Midori and Kumi, both of whom I met that day.

The booklet features previously unpublished and behind-the-scenes photographs from the day I first met both Kumi and Midori. We convened on the morning of September 11, 1996 in San Francisco's Chinatown for an Asian-inspired photoshoot featuring my friend Molly's latex line So Hip It Hurts. The shoot began a creative and personal relationship with two of my most recognized models and helped introduce Molly's designs to latex fans worldwide. The photos would be reproduced in all the major fetish magazines and one became the cover of my first book "The Beauty of Fetish," which came out just two years later.

Limited to only 150 copies. $30.00

• Softcover 5.8" x 8.3", 32 pages
• 25 color and black and white photographs (including unpublished images) + many behind-the-scenes snapshots
• Signed and numbered by me, Steve Diet Goedde
• Introductions by Steve Diet Goedde, Molly McGee, Midori, and Kumi

PREORDER: Ships near the end of September

INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: Depending on your country, your order may be subject to tariffs, taxes, or duties upon arrival. Please consider this when ordering. Thanks!

RESERVE YOUR COPY HERE!

https://stevedietgoedde.bigcartel.com/product/chinatown96

#latex #fetish #latexfashion #fetishfashion #rubber #cheongsam #fashion

September 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM

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@ffaelan.bsky.social

"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature."~Jane Austen

#Zinnia #FlowerReport #ECK #WCK #Art #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Macro #FlowersOnBlueSky #Friendship

An orange zinnia flower. Red center of tiny pistils. Yellow orange petals that curl like tubes as they start blooming and only fully open at the edge of the bloom. Droplets of morning dew clinging on as the sun comes out from behind the clouds.

"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature."~Jane Austen

September 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM

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@ffaelan.bsky.social

"I thought I could describe a state; make a map of sorrow. Sorrow, however, turns out to be not a state but a process."
~C.S. Lewis

#Dahlia #Flower #DailyDahlia #FlowerReport #EastCoastKin #Art #BloomScrolling #flowers #Scape

The last dahlia stands alone. dark red in sorrow. Its petal tipped with tears if rain. Staring right into my soul. The background grey and faded by memory.

C.S. Lewis
"I thought I could describe a state; make a map of sorrow. Sorrow, hoever, turns out to be not a state but a process."
— C.S. Lewis

September 11, 2026 at 12:15 PM

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jen 💙🤍🕊️

@jenzsky.bsky.social

Believe in the magic that whispers
secrets to the moon…

#luna #moongazing #moonlovers
#moon #blossoms #artyear #magic
#nightsky #scape #photography
#photographersofbluesky #nature
#photographersunited #eck #art

September 10, 2026 at 10:33 AM

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Jen Bacon

@jenrbacon.bsky.social

𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺: 𝗮 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘄. ⁣
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From hand-cut paper petals to a glowing scanner art masterpiece, this series shows the journey of crafting and capturing this surreal flower.

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January 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM

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Rebecca, House of Ogg

@earthlingnoreally.bsky.social

#NatureIsArt

Rosy glow - Aug 2026

#Phonetography
#RoseWednesday #flowers #bloomscrolling #onlybeautifulthings #centershow #floatingdelicacy

Close-up/macro photo of the center of a white rose, seemingly with a yellow glow from its center. Amber-tipped stamens burst loosely around the center shaggy orange pistil cluster. A single thin center petal drapes down over the left edge of the burst

September 10, 2026 at 1:13 AM

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@ffaelan.bsky.social

"A beauty neither of fine colour nor long eyelash, nor pencilled brow, but of meaning, of movement, of radiance."
~Charlotte Brontë

#Coneflower #ColorADay #YellowThu #FlowerReport #ECK #WCK #Art #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Macro #FlowersOnBlueSky

Photo looking straight down on a brilliantly radiant coneflower. It petals orange at the center but fading to yellow towards the tips.

"A beauty neither of fine colour nor long eyelash, nor pencilled brow, but of meaning, of movement, of radiance."
~Charlotte Brontë

September 10, 2026 at 12:05 PM

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Mila 🐺

@mila83.bsky.social

September 9, 2026 at 7:21 AM

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🇬🇧PhotographyFunGuy🇬🇷

@photographyguy28.bsky.social

Good Morning BlueSky Folks!

On Friday I managed to capture a beautiful garden dahlia that I saw on my daily walk it was captured on my Canon EOS R50!

🌱 #NaturePhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PlantSky #UkGardening #Bloomscrolling #Flower #CanonR50

A close-up photograph features an eight-petaled single dahlia bloom set against a deeply shadowed background.
Key Visual Details
Petal Coloration: Soft golden-yellow at the pointed outer edges, fading into a rich terracotta-orange blush toward the flower's center.
Central Disc: A dense, dark chocolate-brown center ringed by bright yellow, pollen-covered stamens.
Flower Structure: Eight broad, slightly overlapping ray petals arranged symmetrically around the central eye.
Background & Lighting: Dramatic, high-contrast lighting that makes the warm flower pop against dark, purple-black foliage and deep shadows.

September 9, 2026 at 6:53 AM

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@ffaelan.bsky.social

“There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.”
~Jack Kerouac

#Rose #RoseWednesday #FlowerReport #ECK #Art #BloomScrolling #flowers #WCK #ArtYear

A macro photo of a pink rose just after the rain. The texture of its petals visible like veins. The background dark and shadowed and blurred.

“There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.”
~Jack Kerouac

September 9, 2026 at 11:30 AM

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@ffaelan.bsky.social

"Fiction comes in all shapes and sizes. Secrets,lies,stories. We all tell them. Sometimes,because we hope to entertain. Sometimes,because we need to distract. And sometimes, because we have to."
~Jodi Picoult

#Sunflower #TextureTuesday #FlowerReport #ECK #WCK #Art #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Macro

Macro photo of a yellow sunflower in low light. Sunflowers actually come in many sizes. This one is not the type that creates the seeds people eat. But it is a stunning example of texture as the petals spread out or curl back and over on each other. Like a yellow Cthulhu emerging from the darkness.

"Fiction comes in all shapes and sizes. Secrets,lies,stories. We all tell them. Sometimes,because we hope to entertain. Sometimes,because we need to distract. And sometimes, because we have to."
~Jodi Picoult

September 8, 2026 at 11:50 AM

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botEnSky

@botensky.bsky.social

Pl@ntNet identifies (à 62.75%) Rosa spp. (fam Rosaceae) com. Rose aube flamboyante, Rosier hybride horticole, Rose

#BeSPlantnet #IndentificationDePlantes