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Photo looking up at a church steeple designed by Christopher Wren, built 1677-87. English baroque, Portland stone, Grade 1 listed. Ludgate Hill, City of London, UK.

Photo looking up at a church steeple designed by Christopher Wren, built 1677-87. English baroque, Portland stone, Grade 1 listed. Ludgate Hill, City of London, UK.

St Martin Ludgate / Steeple
Christopher Wren, built 1677-87
#architecture #photography #EnglishBaroque #ludgate #london #church
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01.03.2026 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Four Greylag geese (Anser anser) walking in line through marshland

Four Greylag geese (Anser anser) walking in line through marshland

Today's #birdoftheday theme is #FourOrMore, so here are four Greylag geese playing 'follow my leader'.

#birds #photography

01.03.2026 08:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 279    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Photograph taken using a macro setting of a raindrop hanging from some tiny buds on the end of a branch in a hedge. Headed out for a walk as soon as the rain had stopped and there were lots of raindrop opportunities to photograph. 

Particularly like the strong diagonals against the subtle horizontals, plus the capture of signs of spring on the first day of the new season. It's such an uplifting season - brings hope, colour and new beginnings.

Image shows a thin red-brown branch hanging diagonally down into the frame from top right with a raindrop hanging from its lime-green budded end. Other horizontally, raindrop hosting thin branches are below and behind.

Photograph taken using a macro setting of a raindrop hanging from some tiny buds on the end of a branch in a hedge. Headed out for a walk as soon as the rain had stopped and there were lots of raindrop opportunities to photograph. Particularly like the strong diagonals against the subtle horizontals, plus the capture of signs of spring on the first day of the new season. It's such an uplifting season - brings hope, colour and new beginnings. Image shows a thin red-brown branch hanging diagonally down into the frame from top right with a raindrop hanging from its lime-green budded end. Other horizontally, raindrop hosting thin branches are below and behind.

Spring Has Sprung
for #Stunday

#EastCoastKin #photography #buds #raindrop #rain #spring #macro #macrophotography
(Android phone camera)

01.03.2026 08:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
An elaborated stone lantern sitting on a stone with water on the right side and bushes on the left and behind. A tree stretches its arms above the stone lantern.

An elaborated stone lantern sitting on a stone with water on the right side and bushes on the left and behind. A tree stretches its arms above the stone lantern.

Stone lantern.

#photography #japan #japanphotography #streetphotography

01.03.2026 08:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Goat Crag across Buttermere in full autumn colours. Cumbria

#Stunday
#Landscape
#EastCoastKin #ECK
#Cumbria
#Buttermere
#Nikon #D7100
#photography
#PhotographersOfBlueSky

01.03.2026 08:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Winter

Winter

Winter.
#Photography

01.03.2026 06:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง February sunset in the Catherine Park of Tsarskoe Selo
๐Ÿ“ท Tsarskoe Selo, Dmitry Golovenkov
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ ะคะตะฒั€ะฐะปัŒัะบะธะน ะทะฐะบะฐั‚ ะฒ ะ•ะบะฐั‚ะตั€ะธะฝะธะฝัะบะพะผ ะฟะฐั€ะบะต ะฆะฐั€ัะบะพะณะพ ะกะตะปะฐ
#photography #photohour #stormhour #worldheritagesite

28.02.2026 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rooftop - Cathedral of ร‰vora

#photography #travel #urban
#ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #WestCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #street #church #streetphotography #cityscape #scape #architecture #Portugal #Evora #BlueSkyArtShow #Round

28.02.2026 19:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 118    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This sandstone was beautiful enough on its own but I wanted to wait for the tide to come in to tell more of a story of how it was formed. After about 150 exposures, I landed on this one.

01.03.2026 04:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 117    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A photo of a large, dark tornado in a flat, dry, golden-yellow rural landscape with a dirt road leading toward it. The scene features ominous storm clouds, power lines on the left, and fences on both sides of the road. The main tornado was 0.8 miles wide. If you look closely, you'll see a second dark funnel to the left near the largest power line. This touched down moments later. Twins!

A photo of a large, dark tornado in a flat, dry, golden-yellow rural landscape with a dirt road leading toward it. The scene features ominous storm clouds, power lines on the left, and fences on both sides of the road. The main tornado was 0.8 miles wide. If you look closely, you'll see a second dark funnel to the left near the largest power line. This touched down moments later. Twins!

My kind of road. #Photography

28.02.2026 18:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 266    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Round terraces in concentric circles cut into the earth. There's grass on it and greenery surrounding it.

Round terraces in concentric circles cut into the earth. There's grass on it and greenery surrounding it.

High-altitude history

Ancient Incan ruins in Moray, Peru

#BlueSkyArtShow #round #ColorADay #green #AlphabetChallenge #WeekHForHs #EastCoastKin #photography

28.02.2026 18:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 223    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Staircase, Greenwich London #BlueSkyArtShow #Round #Photography #Architecture #Interior #Stairs ๐Ÿ“ท

01.03.2026 04:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2058    ๐Ÿ” 208    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
Winter

Winter

Winter.
#Photography

01.03.2026 06:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง The Alexander Palace of Tsarskoe Selo in February
๐Ÿ“ท Tsarskoe Selo, Katherine Novak
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ ะะปะตะบัะฐะฝะดั€ะพะฒัะบะธะน ะดะฒะพั€ะตั† ะฆะฐั€ัะบะพะณะพ ะกะตะปะฐ ะฒ ั„ะตะฒั€ะฐะปะต
#photohour #stormhour #romanov #romanovs #worldheritagesite

28.02.2026 11:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rainy street scene in Times Square, New York City, in the late 1950s.

#photography #visualart #art #fineart #artist #creative #artistic #aesthetic #composition #contemporaryart #blackandwhite

28.02.2026 11:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bluesky Art Show Series
No. 0228 | Super Blue Moon (August 30, 2023)

โ€ชJoin the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday February 28, 2026
The theme is #Round.

#artists #supportartists #makeart #photography #tomschopperphotography #bluemoon #superbluemoon

28.02.2026 11:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Sydney air traffic control tower is this strange mix of #round rooms and spiral stairs.

#BlueSkyArtShow
#Photography

28.02.2026 11:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rosy starling, Nikon D7500
#rosystarling #india #photography #birding #migratorybirds

28.02.2026 11:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Spring is just around the corner #photography #plants

28.02.2026 11:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Couple of mallards

Couple of mallards

Couple of mallards.
#Photography

28.02.2026 08:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Hyacinth flowers in the Mauve Room of Empress Alexandra Fั‘dorovna in the Alexander Palace
๐Ÿ“ท Tsarskoe Selo, Katerina Novak
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ ะฆะฒะตั‚ัƒั‰ะธะต ะณะธะฐั†ะธะฝั‚ั‹ ะฒ ะกะธั€ะตะฝะตะฒะพะผ ะบะฐะฑะธะฝะตั‚ะต ะธะผะฟะตั€ะฐั‚ั€ะธั†ั‹ ะะปะตะบัะฐะฝะดั€ั‹ ะคั‘ะดะพั€ะพะฒะฝั‹ ะฒ ะะปะตะบัะฐะฝะดั€ะพะฒัะบะพะผ ะดะฒะพั€ั†ะต
#worldheritagesite #romanov #fridayflowers #floralfriday #flowersonfriday

27.02.2026 16:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a twisty creek through the snow

a twisty creek through the snow

I am starting to see signs of spring! Running water, a warmer sun and I am hearing that the maple sap is starting to run! Bring it on! #Photography #EastCoastKIn #Guelph

27.02.2026 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 231    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Close-up portrait of a European goldfinch perched on a leafy branch against a dark, blurred background. The bird faces right, showing its vivid red face mask bordered by black and white markings, warm buff-brown body, and a bright yellow wing stripe edged with black. Fine feather detail is sharply visible, and the small green leaves beneath its feet add a fresh splash of colour.

Close-up portrait of a European goldfinch perched on a leafy branch against a dark, blurred background. The bird faces right, showing its vivid red face mask bordered by black and white markings, warm buff-brown body, and a bright yellow wing stripe edged with black. Fine feather detail is sharply visible, and the small green leaves beneath its feet add a fresh splash of colour.

Good morning. Sorry not around as much during this weekend. Todayโ€™s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #PrimaryColours any bird with a primary colour in their plumage. The alt is #Songbirds good luck!

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin

28.02.2026 06:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 363    ๐Ÿ” 58    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
Black and white image of a straight railway track, lined with gravel, leading to distant mountains and a signal tower on the side.

Black and white image of a straight railway track, lined with gravel, leading to distant mountains and a signal tower on the side.

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A walk along the Missouri River this afternoon. The only way to get to the river on this stretch is by crossing these tracks.

60หš F on February 27th. Not normal.

#EastCoastKin #Montana #Scape #monochrome #ClassicMono #photography #blackandwhitephotography

27.02.2026 23:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 156    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
One of many paths and tracks through the Forest of Dean. Used by walkers and the Forestry Commission maintaining woodland.

One of many paths and tracks through the Forest of Dean. Used by walkers and the Forestry Commission maintaining woodland.

On #forestfriday it would be wrong of me not to share an image of one of the many paths through the #forestofdean.

#forest #woodland #classicmono #landscape #photography #EastCoastKin

27.02.2026 20:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 98    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A vertical, atmospheric photograph of a solitary male roe deer, a buck with small antlers, standing proudly in a field of tall green and golden grass. The entire scene is bathed in warm, golden backlighting from the evening sun, which casts a luminous glow through the softly blurred forest background (bokeh). The light creates a beautiful rim-light around the deerโ€™s silhouette, highlighting its warm-toned coat. The buck stands in sharp focus, looking back over its left shoulder with an alert expression against the dreamy, warmly colored background.

A vertical, atmospheric photograph of a solitary male roe deer, a buck with small antlers, standing proudly in a field of tall green and golden grass. The entire scene is bathed in warm, golden backlighting from the evening sun, which casts a luminous glow through the softly blurred forest background (bokeh). The light creates a beautiful rim-light around the deerโ€™s silhouette, highlighting its warm-toned coat. The buck stands in sharp focus, looking back over its left shoulder with an alert expression against the dreamy, warmly colored background.

Found this gem from last summer. It definitely deserved a second round on the feed. ๐Ÿ˜„

#Nature #photography #Teutoburgerwald #wander #wildlife

27.02.2026 23:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1189    ๐Ÿ” 92    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Couple of mallards

Couple of mallards

Couple of mallards.
#Photography

28.02.2026 08:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง This very cute great tit (Parus major) in the Alexander Park of Tsarskoe Selo is wishing for all to #HaveAGoodWeekend
๐Ÿ“ท Tsarskoe Selo, Katerina Novak
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ #ะ’ัะตะผะฅะพั€ะพัˆะธั…ะ’ั‹ั…ะพะดะฝั‹ั… ะพั‚ ะพั‡ะตะฝัŒ ะผะธะปะพะน ะฑะพะปัŒัˆะพะน ัะธะฝะธั†ั‹ (Parus major) ะฒ ะะปะตะบัะฐะฝะดั€ะพะฒัะบะพะผ ะฟะฐั€ะบะต ะฆะฐั€ัะบะพะณะพ ะกะตะปะฐ
#featheredfriends #worldheritagesite

27.02.2026 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#DailyFlowers #Scape #Flowerscape ๐Ÿ’โœจ #FlowersonFriday #Flowers in my #garden the other day #photography ๐Ÿ’โœจ #mygarden ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’โœจ #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #GardeningBluesky #gardening #flower #gardeningfeed ๐ŸŒฑ #EastCoastKin

27.02.2026 08:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A rainy street scene outside small shops, where a worker in a hooded jacket pushes a two-wheeled hand cart loaded with bins along the wet pavement. Behind him, a fruit hand cart sits under an awning, while several pedestrians with umbrellas walk past and a bicycle is parked nearby. The slick road reflects the grey buildings and falling rain, creating a muted, overcast atmosphere.

A rainy street scene outside small shops, where a worker in a hooded jacket pushes a two-wheeled hand cart loaded with bins along the wet pavement. Behind him, a fruit hand cart sits under an awning, while several pedestrians with umbrellas walk past and a bicycle is parked nearby. The slick road reflects the grey buildings and falling rain, creating a muted, overcast atmosphere.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHs #UrbanGaze #ColorADay #BWFri #Photography #EastCoastKin

Handcart two ways

27.02.2026 08:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0