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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2m

Some lines
#photography #SomeLines #stunday #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷

A monochrome image with a brown tint showing the pattern of lines in a detail of a fan palm frond.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 4h

For #SkySunday, a waning gibbous moon in the clouds
#photography #sky #moon #clouds #night #nature #stunday 📷

$Clouds moving past a waning gibbous moon, with diffraction creating subtle tones of dark blue and rust.$

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 16h

And to you, Rike! I was just admiring your freshly posted photos (as always). 😊

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 23h

Seeing these WIPs is like watching a magic trick in slow motion, and what you do *still* looks magically impossible.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 23h

For this week's #BlueSkyArtShow theme, #Glow, some plum tree leaves glowing in a sunbeam
#photography #leaves #trees #nature 📷🌱

The red leaves of a plum tree branch glowing in a sunbeam against a dark background.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 23h

Watched this the other night with a heavy heart. Alden sucked the blood out of my once-proud San Jose Mercury News.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, Jay! 🙏 These days, it's healthy to put your thinking mind on pause every once in a while.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Stanley14! 🙏

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 1d

For #Caturday, pausing to groom
#photography #cats #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷🐈

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 1d

Spectacular, Michael!

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 1d

🤣 I have a feeling that in the dead of night when no one's around, this tree gives out a low groan and twists its branches into slightly different configurations.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 1d

If this tree had a favorite holiday, I suspect it would be Halloween
#photography #trees #nature 📷🌱

A bare tree with dark twisted branches against a gray sky.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, Jimmy! 🙏 That would be interesting.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Kelrr! 🙏

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, Scott! 🙏 Good pose, good light, clean background -- couldn't ask for better.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

For #FeatheredFriday and #FlyDay, a juvenile black-crowned night heron
#photography #birds #heron #nature 📷🦉🪶

A juvenile black-crowned night heron standing on an angled branch with blue sky in the background. The bird is primarily brown with lighter streaks and spots, a thick bill and an orange eye.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

🙏 Yeah, that was kind of an unexpected bonus.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Jen! 🙏

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

Snowy egret taking off
#photography #birds #egret #nature 📷🦉🪶

A white snowy egret with wings spread wide flying away from the camera over dark blue water, with an indistinct rippled reflection below it.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 3d

A watery abstract -- palms reflected in the pond
#photography #trees #nature #abstract #abstractphotography 📷

An abstract image of the distorted reflection of palm trees in a pond -- brown trunks, green foliage and blue sky.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 3d

Ah, that being the case, I defer to the voice of expertise with thanks for the clarification, sad though it may be.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 3d

I dunno, maybe. It didn't seem to be in any obvious distress, and from what I read, they commonly do this surface sunbathing thing for thermoregulation. So, in the absence of a reliable answer, that's what I'm choosing to believe. 😂

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks, Jen! 🙏 Aimed for a bit of a mood.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you! 🙏

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, Lora! 🙏

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