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John
@krantzj.bsky.social
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I am a retired college professor. I studied how we see and perceive. I am a very amateur photographer focusing mostly on nature and night photography.


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#ColorADay #RedWed #EastCoastKin #Morning
Clouds colored red and orange by the rising sun behind trees in silhouette.
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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#Lines in nature. #SensoryArt #EastCoastKin #Yellowstone #GrandPrismaticSpring More in alt
Here are stream of water flowing out of the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park but the pattern could be a delta or raid down a hillside or many other places.
November 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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A side street in #Pompeii in the early morning #Lines #SensoryArt #EastCoastKin #Italy
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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The Pleiades and Uranus from Nov 22. A clean and labeled image. More in alt. #BlueTue #ColorADay #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #nightskyphotography #ThePleiades #Pleiades #Uranus #Planets #Taurus
The Pleiades on the left with Uranus on the right as a blue dot. Taken with a Nikon Z5 and a 150mm lens with 60 sec exposures tracked with MoveShootMove Nomad. Processed in PixInsight with 49 out of 62 frames used. This images labels various object using the plate solver script in PixInsight. It is easier to find Uranus here.
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Pollinators at work! #small #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #macro #macrophotography #Flowers #pollinators #asters
A small bee or wasp pollinating an aster in October.
November 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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A time lapse of the aurora from Nov 12 made from the same images I did the star trails through the aurora. #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #aurora #timelapse #nightsky #nightskyphotography
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Prequel Isle River! Take your pick! #Scape #ForestFriday #EastCoastKin #PorcupineMountains #PorcuponeMountainsWildernessStatePark #PresqueIsleCampground #PresqueIsleRiver #UpperPeninsula #Michigan #ClassicMono
The Presque Isle River going therapies with curved hallows caused bu the river. A black and white version of the other version.
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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#Scape Lake of the Clouds in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park #ForestFriday #EastCoastKin #PorcupineMountains #PorcuponeMountainsWildernessStatePark #ClassicMono #blackandwhitephotography #UpperPeninsula #Michigan
Looking down on Kake of the Cloudes. A mountain lake in the Porcupine Mountains in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan on a cloudy day.
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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March 16, 2025. The people of Rome still remember the Ides of March! I know, I just arrived a day late. #UrbanGaze #HumansofBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Rome #Italy #ClassicMono #blackandwhitephotography
A statue of Julius Ceasar near the Imperial Fora with a wreath on it the day after the anniversary of his assassination. There were also flowers in the area of the forum where is body was burned. I would say hmmm!
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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A grandma and her granddaughters ❤️ #HumansofBlueSky #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #NortheastMinneapolis
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Sitting compaionably! #Water #SensoryArt #EastCoastKin #birds #FossilCreekResevoir #Colorado
Pelicans and cormorants sitting on rocks in water next to each other in Fossil Creek Reservoir in Fort Collins, Colorado!
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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A male cardinal #RedWed #ColorADay #EastCoastKin #BirdOfTheDay #birds #Cardinal #backyardbirds #backyardbirding
A male cardinal sitting on a small branch checking out a bird feeder, notshown.
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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A shack, now small museum, on Baker Islac, Acadia National Park, Maine #RedWed #ColorADay #EastCoastKin #BakerIsland #AcadiaNationalPark #Maine
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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A double-crested cormorant flying along the Niagara River towards the Canadian Falls #Water #SensoryArt #BirdOfTheDay #birds #ColorADay #CyanTues
A cormorant flying ofer a churning river from water just having gone over the Canadian Falls at Niagara.
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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The harbor at Portovenere, Italy, night and day! #SensoryArt #water #EastCoastKin #Portovenere #Italy #nightphotography
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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The Pleiades for #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #nightskyphotography #Pleiades
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Stars twisting through the aurora! #Stunday #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #nightskyphotography #startrails #aurora #auroraborealis
A star trail image with the aurora glowing along the horizon.
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Star Trails looking east. I love the twist in the movement of the stars around the two poles from our perspective! #Bright #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #NightSky #NightSkyPhotography #StarTrails
Star trails looking east where the stars appear to twist to rotate around the two poles. Plus a car drove by giving some taillights.
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Forest fading into the mist #ForestFriday #EastCoastKin #scape #fog #misty
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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#loud A hydroplane boat on the Ohio River. #SensoryArt #EastCoastKin #madisonregatta #MadisonIndiana #OhioRiver
A hydroplane boa is racing across the water coming towards you with a rooster tail behind it.
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Star trails and taillights! A night #scape showing the twisted movement of the star! #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #nightskyphotography #nightsky #startrails
A star trail photo looking east. On the left, the stars cure to the left around the north star. On the right, the stars curve to the right around the south pole.
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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The aurora was not as spectacular last night but wad some nice color in camera! It also lined up nicely with the Milky Way! #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #nightskyphotography #milkyway #aurora #auroraborealis
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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It is #loud at the base of the American Falls #SensoryArt #EastCoastKin #NiagaraFalls #WaterfallWednesday #waterfall #NiagaraFallsStatePark
Looking up at the American Falls at Niagara!
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Sitting at the top of a #waterfall #WaterfallWednesday #EastCoastKin #CliftyFallsStatePark #LittleCliftyFalls #MadisonIndiana
A long exposure of the top of a waterfall, just as the water starts to fall. The top of a walkway barrier is at the bottom of the photo.
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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The sky was #loud last night with a wonderful aurora show! #SensoryArt #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #RedWed #astrophotography #nightskyphotography #aurora #auroraborealis
The aurora borealis over a rural scene. Mostly red. The aurora borealis with a bright green blob above a red arch.
November 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM