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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 3h

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 10h

I thought so too -- surveying its domain, thinking heroic thoughts.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 12h

California gull
#photography #birds #gull #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷🦉🪶

A monochrome image with a brown tone showing a gray and white gull sitting on top of a utility pole that is supporting and protecting a wire.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 17h

For #TextureTuesday, palm trunks
#photography #trees #palm #bark #nature 📷🌱

Detail of two brown and tan palm tree trunks -- one in focus in the foreground on the right, the other behind it, out of focus on the left.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 17h

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 17h

There's a mix here (SF Bay Area) -- some full-time residents, others passing through.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 1d

At the Canada goose rest stop
#photography #birds #geese #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷🦉🪶

A monochrome image of dozens of Canada geese grazing in the grass at a small park.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 1d

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 1d

Turkey vulture at work along the creek
#photography #birds #vulture #nature 📷🦉🪶

A turkey vulture picking at some remains in a muddy creek bed. The bird is brown with lighter brown highlights and a wrinkled red head. The bird is mostly in sunshine, leaning down toward a shadowed area.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Marsha! 🙏

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Vladi! 🙏

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

Some lines
#photography #SomeLines #stunday #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷

A monochrome image with a brown tint showing the pattern of lines in a detail of a fan palm frond.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

For #SkySunday, a waning gibbous moon in the clouds
#photography #sky #moon #clouds #night #nature #stunday 📷

$Clouds moving past a waning gibbous moon, with diffraction creating subtle tones of dark blue and rust.$

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 3d

And to you, Rike! I was just admiring your freshly posted photos (as always). 😊

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 3d

Seeing these WIPs is like watching a magic trick in slow motion, and what you do *still* looks magically impossible.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 3d

For this week's #BlueSkyArtShow theme, #Glow, some plum tree leaves glowing in a sunbeam
#photography #leaves #trees #nature 📷🌱

The red leaves of a plum tree branch glowing in a sunbeam against a dark background.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 3d

Watched this the other night with a heavy heart. Alden sucked the blood out of my once-proud San Jose Mercury News.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks, Jay! 🙏 These days, it's healthy to put your thinking mind on pause every once in a while.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, Stanley14! 🙏

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 3d

For #Caturday, pausing to groom
#photography #cats #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷🐈

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 4d

Spectacular, Michael!

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 4d

🤣 I have a feeling that in the dead of night when no one's around, this tree gives out a low groan and twists its branches into slightly different configurations.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 4d

If this tree had a favorite holiday, I suspect it would be Halloween
#photography #trees #nature 📷🌱

A bare tree with dark twisted branches against a gray sky.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks, Jimmy! 🙏 That would be interesting.