Herman Gilman
herm1953.bsky.social
Herman Gilman
@herm1953.bsky.social
I am a humanitarian believing in promoting & advocating for dignity, respect & equal rights for all human beings, especially at the economic level. Respect for nature & planet Earth. All Photos posted are taken by me.

Absolutely NO CRYPTO!
Night photography north of the border. A routine Saturday night in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. My weekend north of the border. Missed opportunity not photographing the street musicians.

#nightphotography
#canada
#vancouverbc
#landscapephotography
#photographersofBlueSky
December 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Aahhhh…..i would be remiss if for the #BlueSkyArtShow i didn’t post for #Sky some sunset photos. So here they are.

#photography
#sunsets
#landscapephotography
#seattle
#seaofcortez
#photographersofBlueSky
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
For the #BlueSkyArtShow today, here are a few #Sky photos i captured using my Nikon D-3300 DSLR and 18-55mm Nikkor lens. Event was the evening showcase in mid-August at the Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

#fireworks
#canada
#butchartgardens
#nightphotography
December 6, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Found these photos i took on a hike at Chiracahua National Monument in Arizona a few years ago. They are Mexican Jays. Used my Nikon D-3300 with a 75mm-200mm zoom lens.

#photography
#birds
#birdphotography
#naturephotography
#BlueSkyPhotographers
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Was around when Nixon invaded Cambodia in 1970. He had promised to de-escalate the Viet-Nam war, lied about it & expanded it. This led to National Guard troops killing student protesters at Kent St & Jackson St. Then to Pol Pot & Khmer Rouge

Hegseth doing same:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Yesterday evening the sky was clear, the neighborhood walk brought peace of mind and a pleasant view just before the sunset. Mount Rainier sits on the horizon from the shores of Lake Washington in the city of Seattle.

#photography
#mountainMonday
#landscapephotography
#seattle
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Tradition meets contemporary in this #Warmth synthesis of Native American cultural recognition for the #BlueSkyArtShow. Take a bow, artist Wendy Red Star for your creativity.

#nativeamericanart
#artphotography
#photography
#indigenousart
#feminism
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Remembering musician Jimmy Cliff today.

First saw the movie in 1973, then went out the next day and bought the album

#reggae
#jamaica
#hardertheycome
#jimmycliff
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
For the #BlueSkyArtShow today, i share a few images of #Small

My neighbor’s goat Hana gave birth last April 3rd to Abby & Jerry. Here they are at 1 day old.Abby is the goat on the right. Sadly, Jerry didn’t survive.

#photography
#goats
#nubiangoat
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Reposted by Herman Gilman
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.

Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Double crested Commorant in an inlet, just off the Atlantic Ocean by the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton, North Carolina on November 17th, 2025. Captured by my Nikon D-3300.

#shorebirds
#birdphotography
#wildlifephotography
#nature
#nationalparks
#birds
November 19, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Sunset over Pamlico Bay, North Carolina tonight. This is Hatteras Island along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

#photography
#landscapephotography
#naturephotography
#sunsets
#outerbanks
#capehatteras
#nationalparks
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM
We all have different interpretations of #Bright. This image taken with my Nikon D-3300 is from a display of cranes symbolizing a shining future of peace in a post WWII world. It is displayed at the Pearl Harbor Memorial in Hawaii.

#BlueSkyArtShow
#NationalParks
#photography
#cranes
#pearlharbor
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Something special in the aura of the evening light. We watch the waves reflect the setting sun & slowly absorb the transition of day into night. Alki Beach in West Seattle is a great place for one such reflection.

#BlueSkyArtShow
#Evening
#seattle
#urbanphotography
#landscaphotography
#nature
November 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
O’ Canada….we pledge our hearts to thee.….especially in #Autumn in Vancouver, British Columbia in Stanley Park. A reflection of colors for the #BlueSkyArtShow.

#photography
#urbanphotography
#landscapephotography
#britishcolumbia
#canada
#nature
November 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Happy Hallowe’en!

#halloween
#skeletons
#naturephotography
#pumpkins

A neighborhood walk just before the ghosts and goblins flood the streets
October 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Underneath the streets of Manhattan, the #1 line of the NYC subway runs back & forth from the South Ferry in the Battery to uptown in Harlem. Two glimpses here caught on my Nikon D-3300 waiting for the train to arrive & aboard.

#BlueSkyArtShow
#Inside
#urbanphotography
#Manhattan
#newyorkcity
October 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
On the big island of Hawaii, on the Kohala Coast, by Anaeho’omalu Bay is a cat’s paradise.

Happy Caturday.

#photography
#Caturday
#Hawaii
#beach
October 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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
October 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Reposted by Herman Gilman
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.
October 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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
October 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Reposted by Herman Gilman
"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:
October 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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
October 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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
October 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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
October 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM