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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 1d

There are certain places on earth that leave your mouth wide open in awe & your brain trying to navigate the distance between when these land formations first appeared & the present moment. My Nikon D-3300 lives for these moments.

#landscapephototgraphy
#monumentvalley
#geology
#photography
#nature

Big Mitten and Little Mitten
Monument Valley Regional Park
Utah/Arizona border

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 3d

Many people drive hundreds of miles to get a glimpse of autumn colors & the trees with multi-colored leafs. For me, it’s a 1 mile walk to the north out my door along Lake Washington Blvd S in mid-October.

#landscapephotography
#seattle
#autumncolors
#BlueSkyPhotography
#naturephotography

In a few days after a couple of rainy days, these leaves will be on the ground.

A Saturday afternoon jogger running along the Boulevard

Looking south toward Mount Rainier, which on a cloudy, rainy day is not visible

Low lying shrubbery along the lake exhibit their fall colors.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4d

"It's anti-fascist, antifa. I don't believe in fascism. We fought fascism years ago, and we're gonna fight it again."

Thousands gathered for San Francisco's No Kings rally on Saturday. Mother Jones digital producers Peter Berger and Anna Yeo chatted with a few protesters:

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 4d

Sometimes in life we remember great contributions to societies by looking from the bottom up vertically. From Hilo, Hawaii to New Orleans, Louisiana.

#Blue#SkyArtShow
#Vertical
#louisarmstrong
#kamehameha
#jazz
#hawaii

Tribute to Satchmo, one of jazz greats in the park that bears his name in New Orleans

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 8d

Applause everyone! I did not see this when I went onto my patio this morning, but at 3pm, this remarkable arachnid had spun quite the web.

Won’t make it for a Hallowe’een decoration though.

#photography
#naturephotography
#arachnids
#nature
#spiders

The proverbial spider web. Perfect decoration for Hallowe’een, but won’t last unfortunately.

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 9d

In what is now Macon, Georgia, indigenous people lived on a thriving society over 1000 years ago. They were incredible artisans, creating beautiful earthenware pottery. Happy Indigenous People’s Day.

Christopher Columbus did not “discover” America.

#indigenouspeoplesday
#ocmulgee
#culture

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 11d

I should compliment you as well on the crispness and sharpness of the close-up photos of the flowers you post. I know how difficult it is to get the sharp focus, the lighting and the depth of field to all align.

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 11d

Glow, Glow, Glow. 1st of my 2 #BlueSkyArtShow #Glow submissions today. From my portfolio “moonshots” taken with my Nikon D-3300. The glow of a rising moon at sunset in Seattle glistens over the semi-calm waters of Lake Washington.

#landscapephotography
#moonrise
#seattle
#nikonphototography

This is a photo I stumbled (actually the term I use for my evening walk) into. Had no idea about a half hour into my walk that I would see this. Always happy to have the Nikon strapped around my neck.

This photo I actually plotted out and edited for the moon to rise. However, had no idea the reflection would be what it was.

Another photo I times my evening walk to. Again, the glow was unexpected.

This photo was jaw dropping to me. Looks more like the sun, than the moon.

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 11d

You outdid yourself today. The words and image sent a flutter through my heart. You are the best romantic. 😀

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 12d

Long view Ms. Kelly…..Ghandi and Mandela face incredible odds in overthrowing oppressive regimes that committed far worse repression than Trump & his minions. The movements they built give us hope. Also teaching us lessons on strategy and perseverance. But they won at the end of the day.

Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 13d

In my lifetime, the only other President who employed undercover masked paramilitary to cities was Nixon between 1969-73.

There were violent protests against the Vietnam War. I was tear $ pepper gassed, but both times at peaceful protests & instigated by undercover police who instigated chaos.

Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 13d

These thugs are out of control. Waste of my taxpayer money, unconstitutional, harassing and intimidating, no national emergency exists.

Comparable to what Nixon did back in 1969-1972 with John Mitchell, HR Haldeman and J Edgar Hoover. Murdered Black Panthers and fabricated “danger” scenarios.

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 13d

Gentrification of neighborhoods is the biggest change. First lived on top of Queen Anne in mid-1970’s. Was a family neighborhood. Then Cap Hill/Central area in 1980’s. High rent district now. Bought my house by Genesee Park in 1987 when my income was $15,000/year. Nothing under $1 million now

Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 13d

Judt celebrated my 50th year living in Seattle, as I came here in September 1975. The development in the suburbs was more alarming than tearing down an ugly 1950’s viaduct and linking the Elliot Way Psrk with a walking/pedestrian friendly thruway to Pioneer Square. Building I-5 thru town bad idea.

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 14d

It’s worse than dementia. It’s like he took LSD, hears voices in his head & goes through a series of vivid hallucinations.

When you are a pathological liar, one suffers from a medical condition called mythomania & pseudoligia fantastica.

It definitely caused impairment & ability to function.

Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 14d

Seattle Waterfront Park. For all you out-of-towner drop-ins or cruise ship passenger tourists, this was a long time coming, but a dream finally realized.

#seattle
#urbanphotograhy
#publicart
#landscapephotography
#travel

Hard to believe this pier was a salmon fishing ground for the indigenous tribes (Duwamish) who lived here for hundreds of years.

Public art and sculpture have a legacy in the last 50 years in Seattle.

Look closely. This ya a children’s play area on the waterfront.

Lest we forget the workers and the unions they belonged to that made this waterfront park possible.

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 14d

One of the most iconic public markets in this country is Seattle’s Pike Place Market. For over 100 years, Farmers in King Ciunty grow and harvest their flowering plants to sell at the market.

#pikeplacemarket
#flowers
#urbanphotography
#seattle
#photography
#farmers

Part of a mural on permanent display at Seattle’s Pine Place Market. Asian-American farmers have a long and storied history of farming in King County and selling their produce and flowers at the market

One of the many stalls at the pike Place Msrket in Seattle that sells floral bouquets grown locally.

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 14d

A solitary glaucous-winged gull in deep thought on the Seattle waterfront looking out to Elliot Bay. Many varieties of these gulls exist, the Pacific Gull, the Western gull and the Mew gull to name a few.

#photography
#birds
#gulls
#wildlifephotography
#seattle
#seattlewaterfront
#pugetsound

These gulls often fly over the ferries that cross this waterway to Bainbridge Island.

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 15d

Good morning BlueSky. 7:30am, looking west out my kitchen window and the moon is getting to set over Seattle.

#photography
#moon
#harvestmoin
#landscapephotography
#astronomy

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 17d

Happy Dance.

#SeizetheMoment
#Mainers

Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 18d

Is this white supremacist Miller serious? He’s cancer to our democracy & his rhetoric is so similar to what the Nazi party under Hitler accused the “communists” & Jewish intellectuals of in 1933,

Miller’s lies & exaggerations need to be exposed by the mainstream media.

#democracy
#civilrights

Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 19d

Is there not anything more relaxing than a swim on a farm in Candelaria, Zambales, Philippines.

On a recent visit, my Nikon D-3300 was loaded for Carabao (aka water-buffalo). I also utilized my IPhone 12 mini video button.

#BlueSkyArtShow
#Relax
#wildlifephotography
#nature
#philippines

Relaxing Carabao on a farm in Candelaria, Zambales, Philippines

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 22d

For my Canadian friends, & for friends who like autumn colors, here are October photos taken in Vancouver, BC.

#landscapephotography
#autumncolors
#stanleypark
#canada
#vancouverbritishcolombia
#naturephotography
#urbanphotography

Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia. Falling leaves with a view of downtown Vancouver in the background.

Autumn leaves, autumn colors in Stanley Park

More autumn colors along the promenade in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 24d

On a first Sunday in October, I walked & hiked around Yosemite photographing the jaw-dropping landscape. Yosemite Falls may lack water, but it is still quite majestic. The golden mountain ground squirrel takes it all in.

#landscapephotography
#nature
#Yosemite
#nationalparks
#naturephotogrphy

One of many waterfalls at Yosemite National Park

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