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photos, books, theology, and other outdated interests
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Continuing to muck about with cyanotype . Likely to start toning for different colors soon.
Cyanotype print of a magnolia tree in autumn
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Sometimes everything goes in loops. Cyanotype test print of a digital photo taken at Playa Grande sugar mill in Vieques, PR.
Cyanotype print of an abandoned sugar mill on Vieques, PR
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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2 recent sunset frames.
📷 Fuji GFX 50S II/Laowa 17/4
Wooden utility pole shot from a low angle with an ultra-wide lens, stretching the form out to an abstract collection of lines. Traffic moving at sunset. Shot with a long exposure emphasizing the blurred motion of the cars
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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“How could these 8 senators let us down so badly!?” is a question that only makes sense if you think the two main parties in the USA aren’t capitalism-first in their outlook.
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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There aren't enough characters available in a post to describe how much I agree with her entire piece. Go read it

"Nearly 50 years later, we’re still living in the house that Reagan built—in a politics that treats poverty as a moral failing and encourages white people to blame Black people for it."
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Visiting West Virginia this weekend, I was thinking of time, perspective, and safety. The strip of cabins illuminated against the night remind me of how narrow our habitable range really is. We're never as safe as we hope.

All images: 📸 Fuji GFX 50s II | Venus Laowa 17/4
Cabins lit at night seen in the distance. The structures stand out in warm light against a nearly black foreground and sky, providing a thin strip of welcome. Rusted pole holding a weatherbeaten volleyball net seen in the foreground. Background is a pond with a floating dock in the middle Pond and beach viewed through the porthole-shaped back of a lounge chair. Pond scene with expansive sky. Wide angle photograph, high contrast black and white image.
October 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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West End DC today.

📷 Fuji GFX 50S II | Venus Laowa 17/4
A stack of condos with glass facades seeming to teeter above the viewer. black and white image. A street scene at an intersection in Washington, DC
October 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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shooting very wide angle with the Venus Laowa 17 on GFX (~13.5mm equivalent length on 35mm/full frame)

📷 Fuji GFX 50S II | Venus Laowa 17/4
tickseed plant having lost its flower petals. the center of one flower is centered in the frame. the rest of the plant is out of focus in the background. view is directly into the flower from above. black and white image. car in a driveway shot in very low angle with a super-wide angle lens. the sun appears in the upper right as a 9-pointed star. concrete pavers shown in extreme closeup at the bottom of the image. black and white image. single stem of milkweed against a chain-link fence. sun appears in upper center of the image, with sunrays apparent cutting acros the plant. color image.
October 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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shooting some film.
📸 Fuji GS645 Pro
🎞️ Ilford Pan F+
plants seen in closeup. shed in background. sun shining in a ring in center frame. black and white image. geometric building facade shot from a low angle. numbers 2440 arranged vertically in the middle of the frame. black and white image. street scene with parked cars and electric scooters out of focus in background. bicycle with child seat in focus in the foreground. the word "CoPilot" visible on the child seat.
October 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Dr. Mrs. took 101 over the summer and is taking 102. Highly recommended courses.
September 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Huntley Meadows, Alexandria, VA.
📸: Sigma dp2 Quattro (fixed 30mm lens)
boardwalk signage at Huntley Meadows park in Alexandria, VA. Arrows point to the boardwalk and to the visitor center, as well as notifying visitors of the no dogs policy. Gravel pathway leads into the woods. High contrast black and white image. Gravel path leading into the woods with out-of-focus mother and son along the path. Foreground is largely taken up by a close-up of lichen on a tree trunk. High contrast black and white image. Foreground shows a tree trunk splintered and bent to the viewer's left. Background out-of-focus is a stand of trees in a wetland. High contrast black and white image. Trees and sky reflected in still water in a wetland. Tall grasses recede to the woods in the background. High contrast black and white image.
September 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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One from the summer.
📷: Fuji GS645 Pro
🎞️: Ilford PanF Plus
Scanned w/ GFX 50s II
Boy shown fishing in a lake standing under a tree in shadow. Black and white image
September 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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DC West End IR street scenes.
📷 Fujifilm X-Pro2 | full spectrum | 590nm IR filter | TT Artisan 27mm lens
A street scene in Washington DC's West End shot in 590nm false-color infrared. Sky appears a rich blue. Foliage looks golden yellow. A street scene in Washington DC's West End shot in 590nm false-color infrared. Sky appears a rich blue. Foliage looks golden yellow. A street scene in Washington DC's West End shot in 590nm false-color infrared. Sky appears a rich blue. Foliage looks golden yellow. A street scene in Washington DC's West End shot in 590nm false-color infrared. Sky appears a rich blue. Foliage looks golden yellow.
September 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Definitely a sign of utterly cool and reasonable things happening in the world and not at all a warning about buying into the spurious promises of technology without ethical guardrails and/or believing the hype of politicians.
August 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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I think Gavin Newsom's press team is clever, sure.
But we could really do with a whole lot more of THIS than online snark.
mayorwu.boston.gov Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · Aug 19
Boston will not back down from who we are and what we stand for.
August 20, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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4 street scenes from San Salvador.
📷 Sigma dp2 quattro.

Are Foveon sensors weird? Yes.
But is using Sigma's software to convert them an unnecessary hassle? Also yes.
But are the resulting images worth it? Sadly...yes.
the plaza in front of the Catedral Metropolitana de San Salvador. Tourists are walking in front, while unhoused people pray and ask for help on the cathedral stairs. Black and white image. A street scene in San Salvador. Black and white image 3 generations of women sitting near the pigeons in Centro Historico, San Salvador. Black and white image. Street scene in San Salvador. Black and white image
August 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Puerta del Diablo, El Salvador.
Very steep, but amazing views.

Fujifilm X-Pro2 (full spectrum camera w/ hot mirror filter) | TT Artisan 27/2.8
Puerta del Diablo, El Salvador in black and white Puerta del Diablo, El Salvador in color Puerta del Diablo, El Salvador in color Puerta del Diablo, El Salvador in color
August 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Ocean views

Fuji X-Pro2 (full spectrum, 590nm filter) | TT Artisan 27/2.8
August 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Sunset

Fuji X-Pro2 (full spectrum camera, shot with hot mirror) | TT Artisan 27/2.8
August 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Quetzaltepeque/El Boquerón crater rim.
Rim of El Boquerón in black and white
August 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Went to New Orleans.
All photos Fuji GFX50SII | GF 35-70
April 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Today on Substack, thinking about Niebuhr, saints, and so forth. Have a read if you've got 5 spare minutes: open.substack.com/pub/hermaneu...
The Lives of the Saints, part 1
on good examples
open.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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"What a civilization this is! Naïve gentlemen with a genius for mechanics suddenly become the arbiters over the lives and fortunes of hundreds of thousands. Their moral pretensions are credulously accepted at full value."

Reinhold Niebuhr in 1927 on Henry Ford. Could be about Elon Musk today.
February 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Want me to yell at you for why being white is bad but it's also kind of not your fault but actually you should do something about it?

Cool.

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January 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Went out to see the new pandas at the zoo today. Bao Li was out eating, but Qing Bao mostly stayed up her tree.
Giant panda seen in profile behind a tree stump eating bamboo Giant panda seen in profile eating bamboo partially obscured by a tree stump Giant panda seen in profile eating bamboo next to a snowy log Giant panda napping in a tree, seen through a tangle of small branches
January 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM