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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ
@claustral.bsky.social
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Communicator, coach and reality-challenged optimist. Grew up in Australia. Grew some more in Sweden. Grew even more at the buffet. Likes unpopular music and dislikes nostalgia. Has been known to take a photo (https://www.flickr.com/photos/claustral/).
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· 11d
Absolutely correct! And as for Radical Marxists, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone matching that description, let alone someone with enough influence to get elected!
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· 23d
The entire US submarine fleet consists of nuclear-powered vessels, with the last conventional submarine being decommissioned in 1990.
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· 28d
Cruelty was a side effect of this government's focus on "bread and circuses". Distraction from what matters is 47's core activity.
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· 28d
Not sure about clever 😁, but clearly fortunate. We stayed at a hostel in Stykki and were up before dawn to explore the town and harbour.
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· 29d
Sunrise at StykkishΓ³lmur.
I shot this as an HDR sequence in 2012, but recently, I've been reprocessing my HDRs from single exposures. The D800 clearly has dynamic range that obviates the need for HDR processing, and the results are significantly improved. #iceland #lighthouse #scape #landscape
A small red lighthouse stands on a headland outside the harbour of StykkishΓ³lmur in Iceland. The metal lighthouse, with its red lamp illuminated, is situated on a weathered, painted yellow concrete circle. In the distance, heavy cloud meets the ocean with a ribbon of yellow sky at the horizon. The sunrise casts glints of warm colour on the sea and headland. Nikon D800 | 27mm | f 10 | 1/13s [-2.3 stops] | ISO 100 | shot August 2012
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· 29d
Time for new fungi! #fungifriday #sweden #forest #fungus #skΓ₯ne #trollskogen
A larger orange fungus grows out of leaf litter on a forest floor. A smaller version of the same species is growing beneath it. To the left is the glistening, hairy, seedpod of a beech tree. The background is in soft hues of brown and green. Nikon Z8 | 105 mm | f 14 | 0.77 s | ISO 800 | Shot September 2025 in Trollskogen, SkΓ₯ne, Sweden
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· 29d
Looks like you had a wonderful trip. Nothing like shooting full on in a place like Iceland! Especially liked your long-exposures.
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· Sep 23
Welcome to the Post-Enlightenment. One candle each.
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· Sep 21
Glad they didn't ask to see your bsky account at the border!
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· Sep 16
Really nice take on this much-photographed church!
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· Sep 14
There was a lot of crawling around on a very dank forest floor to shoot this. It had stopped raining just an hour before, and as I lay on the wet leaves, I saw spiders, an earthworm, a flatworm, countless tiny flying insects and more I couldn't name.
Two wet, beige-coloured fungi grow out of the leaf litter on a forest floor. The fungi have skinny, dark brown stems and a faint spoked pattern on their wet caps. In the background are leaves in various states of decay and the hairy seed pod of a beech tree. Nikon Z8 | 105 mm macro | f16 | 1s | ISO 500 | no artificial lighting
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· Sep 13
Gilead Finance Inc
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· Sep 12
That's an incredible sky for Kirkjufjell! Nice comp too!
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· Sep 12
I'm assuming it was a software update?
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· Sep 10
Get over to SeyΓ°isfjΓΆrΓ°ur for the original. Cool town and a beautiful road that winds down to it (which was used for the skateboarding scenes in Walter Mitty).
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· Sep 1
I usually shoot landscapes, but thought I'd try a challenge with the Z8 and a 105mm lens. After changing what seemed like almost every camera setting to its opposite, I managed to get one shot worth saving. #macromonday #dragonfly #sweden #eastcoastkin #nikon #insect #insectinflight
A large blue and black dragonfly shot mid-flight over a khaki coloured out-of-focus pond. Nikon Z8 | 105 mm (cropped) | f4.5 | 1/2000s | ISO 1250
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· Aug 22
News has more than two sides.
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· Aug 7
These tariffs are a federal sales tax dressed up as punishment to the rest of the world.
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· Jul 27
"Addresses the site nicely"
#stunday #eastcoastkin #sydney #operahouse #Australia #NSW #architecture
A panorama photo the Sydney Opera House, shot from a ferry sailing past. The sky is filled with ominous dark clouds and the cream-coloured tiles of the building light up the centre of the frame. Shot in May 2025. Nikon Z8 | 30 mm | f 10 | ISO 500
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· Jul 20
Bondi Icebergs. An ocean pool at the southern end of Sydney's Bondi Beach.
#stunday #pool #Sydney #Australia #swimming #blue #pacificocean #Bondi #bondibeach #eastcoastkin #bondiicebergs #baths
Ocean baths at Bondi, Australia, on a sunny winter's day. At the top of frame is turbulent coastal water. Most of the frame is the two pools at the location. Bathers are standing, sitting and swimming. The water is blue-green.
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· Jul 17
A couple of Small Copper butterflies for #insectThursday.
#sweden #eastcoastkin #insects #summer #scania #skΓ₯ne #butterflies #lepidoptera
Two "small copper" butterflies in a field of out-of-focus purple flowers. These small butterflies have beige underwings and are bright orange with black spots on top. Shot in July 2025. Nikon Z8 | 105 mm | f 7.1 | 1/1250 s | ISO 500
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· Jul 14
There's a storm somewhere.
#blueskymonday #clouds #sweden #evening #skΓ₯ne #eastcoastkin
A vast panorama of heavy clouds over the plains of Scania, in southern Sweden. Just sky, clouds, and a thin band of ground across the bottom of the photo. Shot in June 2025. Nikon Z8 | 6 x 70mm | f8.0 | 1/125s | ISO 64 | Merged with PTGui
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· Jul 13
Green Forester moths (Adscita statices).
#stunday #eastcoastkin #moths #lepidoptera #insect #sweden #skΓ₯ne #flower
Two Green Forester moths on a purple flower. In the background are soft green and yellow hues of an out-of-focus field, speckled with other white flowers. Shot in July 2025. Nikon Z8 | 105mm | f5.6 | 1/3200s | ISO 500
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· Jul 13
And no lube
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Mark Finney πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ“·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ @claustral.bsky.social Β· Jul 10
Crunchy tacos are napalm encased in eggshell, eaten with bare hands. Burn unit on standby!
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