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Michael Larkin
@cloudmaker.bsky.social
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Australian landscape photographer
www.cloudmaker.com
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#BlueSkyArtShow #wood #Trees near #Mutitjulu, providing a sense of the imposing scale of #Uluru in the background

#photography #landscapephotography #naturephotography #Australia #NorthernTerritory
A line of bare, dead trees, stand in a straw yellow field of grass with smaller myrtle green eucalypts and acacias scattered in the background. Uluru provides a vast backdrop of rust-red stone, like the flanks of an enormous beast.
February 14, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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“The difference between a good photographer and a bad photographer has nothing to do with whether one makes better images. A bad photographer is the know-it-all person who judges the work of another photographer as being insignificant, always compares his or her work against the work of others, and who seeks to create divisions in an art form that has always been democratic and ecumenical. A good photographer, though, is the person who takes pleasure in his or her work, as well as the work of others, and who doesn’t see the art of making photographs as a competition but as a personal pursuit instead, regardless of whether they make fantastic images or not. Sadly, there are a lot of bad photographers out there making beautiful images.” — Edward Weston
February 8, 2026 at 10:18 AM
cloudmaker.bsky.social
#BlueSkyArtShow #cold A closeup of a #blue #iceberg in #Antarctica. I like the scalloped patterns that remind me of scales and the light dusting of snow, like icing sugar, along the edge of the ridges in the #ice.

#photography #landscapephotography #naturephotography #closeup #intimatelandscape
A vertical format closeup image made in Antarctica of an iceberg, with ridges running diagonally from bottom left to top right. The ice is scalloped, like scales, and is a turquoise blue colour. There is a light dusting of snow, like icing sugar, along the edge of the ridges in the ice.
January 25, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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Dear 24hr News Cycle,

Please sleep through your alarm, lie in, and leave us alone, at least for one day.

Regards,

Humans, just about hanging on.
January 21, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
― Anais Nin
January 20, 2026 at 9:27 AM
cloudmaker.bsky.social
Love these ...
optimalfocus.bsky.social Beth Young @optimalfocus.bsky.social · Dec 1
Wandering along the shoreline of a glacial lake in the Canadian Rockies, I couldn’t help but notice the intricate #patterns of lines and circles caused by decomposing plant matter at the lake’s bottom releasing methane gas #bubbles frozen in place by the frigid cold. ❄️
January 18, 2026 at 6:41 AM
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The Dogs of 2025

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The Dogs of 2025
YouTube video by WeRateDogs
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December 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Tarbet Isle, Loch Lomond #Scotland #LochLomond #Trossachs www.damianshields.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
cloudmaker.bsky.social
#BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings Our first #goldenretriever, the magnificent, mischievous, talkative, playful, independent minded, loving and loyal Mr Pickles

#dogs #photography
A black and white image of a six month old golden retriever, lying on the grass but looking up at my wife (out of frame) with love and mischief all over his face
December 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Javier, our new CEO, wanted to thank everyone for a fun and motivating first week. You all have made his transition process enjoyable. He has much to do but insisted on relaying that his initial numbers indicate that the dogs are all very good and will likely continue to be ❤️
Javier, a black wire haired terrier mix and the CEO of WeRateDogs, wears a tan suit and brown polka dot tie. he stands close to the camera, his snoot looking very boopable.
December 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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sleep well darth we will keep your spot warm for you
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
cloudmaker.bsky.social
#BlueSkyArtShow #happyfeet ... Adelie #penguins might be #small in size but they're big on personality

#photography #nature #naturephotography #antarctica #wildlife
An Adelie penguin stands alone on an iceberg, his flippers out and his head turned to the side as though he's been caught in the middle of a dance move. It's a crystal clear, sunny day, the sky in the background is cloudless blue and there is a hint of turquoise in the iceberg.
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Mikhail Germachev

“Fall Landscape” (1920).
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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The artist is John Waterhouse born in 1967, oil painter. This work "Breathing space"
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Well, hello!
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #evening
Now in the west the colours change,
the blue with crimson blending;
Behind the far Dividing Range,
the sun is fast descending.
- Henry Lawson

#photography #landscape #landscapephotography #sunset #bluemountains #sydney #nsw #australia
Ridges layered in dark blue silhouette as the sun has dipped below the horizon. The last of the light illuminates high, wispy clouds in pink, salmon and orange.
November 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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The flower gem
November 4, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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tomato mouse
November 3, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Fairy light
A favorite image of mine from
Ffos Noddun / Fairy Glen in Eryri, North Wales
Capturing the light rays is such a pleasure to witness
November 24, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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fravery.bsky.social
"I am the daughter of Earth and Water,
And the nursling of the Sky;
I pass through the pores of ocean shores;
I change, but I cannot die."
― Percy Bysshe Shelly, The Cloud

Art by Rachael Mia Allen
October 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Cherry blossom - spring has arrived.
April 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Peaks of the Dolomites shrouded in clouds.
October 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more

Lord Byron

Painting: solitude by David Lorenz
October 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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when u walk confidently into the interview room and then see who the interviewer is
October 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM