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Markus Draeger

@draegerphotography.bsky.social

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Physicist, Photographer and philosophy student. All pictures by myself, no AI (possibly except reposts). From Munich, Germany. View more or buy at www.markusdraegerphotography.com Werbung durch Verlinkung. No reposts by accounts with explicit content.

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Tero Kuittinen @teroterotero.bsky.social · 2d

The last time America hit 12% credit card delinquency rate, the country was deep in the middle of a major financial crisis that threatened to unravel the entire banking system

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Markus Draeger @draegerphotography.bsky.social · 3d

Rose

#ColorADay #PinkMon #garden #blossom #rose

A rose blossom in bright pink is seen in front of a blurred greenish background.

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Markus Draeger @draegerphotography.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you for the repost, dear @saskiamuse.bsky.social , my collaborator in this work of art! I hope you are happy and well in this strange world!

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Markus Draeger @draegerphotography.bsky.social · 4d

Poet and Model: @saskiamuse.bsky.social
Published in @ion-magazine.bsky.social Issue 19, 2020

#Stunday #ImageAndVerse (for the poem see alt text) #ClassicMono #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #naturephotography #fineartnude #artnude #artisticnude #bnw #woman #model

And there I lay, held by the Great Mother
And all her strength within me was felt.
I was left breathless, yet, nourished.
By the sense of wildness
That kindled my heart

Saskia Muse

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Markus Draeger @draegerphotography.bsky.social · 6d

A winter is to come before the wood anemone flowers show up again.

#BNWmacro #WoodAnemone #AnemonoidesNemorosa #Buschwindröschen

The black and white image shows a blossom of Anemonoides nemorosa (wood anemone) in the front and a second blossom out of focus and turned to the left side in the background.

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Rina @rina2012.bsky.social · 6d

"Know yourself" "Nothing in excess"

The ruins of the ancient Temple of Apollo in Delphi, Greece, UNESCO World Heritage Site
(more in ALT)

#BlueSkyArtShow #vertical #history #photography #landscape #scape #stunday #nature #photohour #EastCoastKin

The picture shows the archaeological site of Delphi in Greece, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In the center of the image, the Temple of Apollo can be seen. The Temple of Apollo was the center of the sanctuary and famous for the Oracle of Delphi, where the priestess Pythia delivered prophecies. The ruins visible today are from the temple of the 4th century BC, built on the remains of earlier temples. The site is located on the slope of the Parnassus mountain range and was an important religious and cultural center of the ancient Greek world.

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Markus Draeger @draegerphotography.bsky.social · 6d

Liberty Enlightening the World. The idea cannot be destroyed anymore once it has been thought.

#freedom #liberty #justice #GeneralWelfare #constitution #democracy

The picture shows the Statue of Liberty in Ney York City on a grey day many years ago. A small flagpole with the American flag is visible on th lower left of it.

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Markus Draeger @draegerphotography.bsky.social · 6d

Heliconius ismenius (?), a butterfly from Central America, visiting the Botanical Garden of Munich.

#FlyDay #butterfly #Nymphalidae #Schmetterling

A butterfly, tentatively named as tiger-striped long wing butterfly or Heliconius ismenius, is sitting on a leaf. This one was part of a butterfly exhibition within the Botanical Garden in Munich.

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Markus Draeger @draegerphotography.bsky.social · 10d

Neist Point Lighthouse, Isle of Skye, Scotland

#RockinTuesday #scotland #lighthouse #IsleOfSkye #NeistPoint #rocks #sea

One of the iconic views of the Isle of Skye in Scotland is from the other side of the bay to Neist Point lighthouse as it sits all the way out on the far end of the promontory. The weather is "Scottish" but nonetheless two vessels venture out to sea.

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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 11d

Celebrate with me. #IndigenousPeoplesDay 🪶✊🏾

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Markus Draeger @draegerphotography.bsky.social · 11d

Resting in the mountains on #Stunday! From a photography workshop organized by @thomasbichler.bsky.social , the model is @kupferhaut.bsky.social .

#ClassicMono #monochrome #blackandwhite #bnw #photography #naturephotography #fineartnude #artnude #artisticnude #woman #model

A smooth rock wall with a few crevices rises menacingly through the picture. A nude woman is lying on a ledge in the lower part of the picture with her left arm on her side and the right arm stretched out. She appears to be resting.

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Markus Draeger @draegerphotography.bsky.social · 12d

Aros park, Tobermory, Scotland, is a lovely peaceful sight. Take a break from the world and have a nice weekend!

#ColorADay #GreenSat #Tobermory #Scotland #waterlilies #Nymphaea #Seerosen

A small lake covered with water lilies, is surrounded by trees. Some branches of the tress are reflected by the calm surface of the lake.

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Markus Draeger @draegerphotography.bsky.social · 13d

Gracias! 🙏

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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · Aug 22

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

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Markus Draeger @draegerphotography.bsky.social · 14d

Hello Sabine, this place is dear to me after having read the book and visited there twice. Therefore I share it with great pleasure and thank you for instigating this topic!

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Markus Draeger @draegerphotography.bsky.social · 14d

Not exactly a palace but definitely a very beautiful garden (which is bigger than what you see here) - the home of Iris and Antonio Origo ("La Foce) in Tuscany. It has a story to tell (see alt text).

##PalacesAndGardens #Myth&Legend #Italy #Tuscany #LaFoce #Origo #travelphotography

In this beautiful building lived and worked Iris and Antonio Origo who cultivated the La Foce estate, created the garden, supported the Italian partisans against the Nazi occupiers and saved a large group of children at the end of the second World War in the region. Iris wrote a moving account of the happenings which is published as "War in Val d'Orcia: An Italian War Diary 1943-1944". Visiting highly recommended and do not forget to take a stroll into the surroundings to the little cemetery where the Origos are buried.

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taurusmom.bsky.social @taurusmom.bsky.social · 15d

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Markus Draeger @draegerphotography.bsky.social · 16d

#WindowsOnWednesday : Bavarian State Parliament in the Maximilianeum building in Munich

#travelphotography #window #chandelier #reflection #munich

A high window which ends in a half circle with ornaments at the upper end is almost black because it is night outside. The window pane reflects a modern chandelier which illuminates the room.

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Markus Draeger @draegerphotography.bsky.social · 17d

Danke für den Repost, Trisha! 🙏😊

Markus Draeger @draegerphotography.bsky.social · 18d

Nice idea for a "waterfall and model" image!

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Markus Draeger @draegerphotography.bsky.social · 18d

Dancing in the mountains on #Stunday! From a photography workshop organized by @thomasbichler.bsky.social , the model is @kupferhaut.bsky.social .

#ClassicMono #monochrome #blackandwhite #bnw #photography #naturephotography #fineartnude #artnude #artisticnude #woman #model

A model wearing a transparent white dress dances in nature on a small rock plate. A dark rocky mountain wall is visible in the back ground. On the right side a bigger rock is lit by a ray of sun light.

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Markus Draeger @draegerphotography.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks for the reposts!

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Make The Planet Great Again... @turquoisemarble.bsky.social · 22d

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 22d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Markus Draeger @draegerphotography.bsky.social · 22d

The gate of Fürstenried Palace in Munich.

#PalacesAndGardens #gates #Munich #München #Bavaria #travelphotography #FürstenriedPalace #SchlossFürstenried

Through the gate of Fürstenried Palace in Munich we look out towards the highway Munich-Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The columns on either side carry Bavarian lions and the gate is decorated with the crown of the Bavarian kings. The palace served as a home for King Otto from 1883 until his death in 1916. Otto never actively ruled in Bavaria because of a mental illness.

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