F/f Photography

"All sorts of things in this world behave like mirrors.”
Jacques Lacan, Seminar Il
ps:and I modestly add:it is the famous reciprocity

"Observatory Time: The Lovers" ,
Man Ray, 1936

blooming in silence
within the peonies mind
full moon

#Photography c
@3boxesofsighs.bsky.social

along the twilight lane

#shades #twilight #velvetskin #monochrome #lighttrail

Admire the timeless beauty

#mirrorwater #whiteswan #signsofspring #monochrome
#adore #birds #photography

Black and white macro photo of a rose. It blooms asymetrically. More on one side than the other. I makes it look off balance. Poem included "There's Always Tomorrow, To get your things done, But, Time I cannot borrow, I used it all up, And now I have, none."~Sandra Feldman

"There's Always Tomorrow,
To get your things done,
But, Time I cannot borrow,
I used it all up,
And now I have, none."~Sandra Feldman

#RoseWednesday #ClassicMono #BNWMacro #FlowerReport #EastCoastKin #SmArtist #photography #photographer
#Art #BloomScrolling #flowers #CMBG #FlowersOnBlueSky

I can't even express my joy at that comment. Thank you so much. 💜

A peacock whom I got too close to for comfort. Its bright blue head fills the center as it eyeballs me loudly. Eventually it yelled at me. Also loudly. "Follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly." — Franz Kafka

"Follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly."~Franz #Kafka

#Peacock #Birdwatching #ColorADay #BlueTue #AnimalArtTuesday
#art #Photography #Photographer #ArtChallenge #EastCoastKin #SmArtist

Macro photo of a fully open giant poppy flower center with a bee busy inside doing her job buzzily. Joined with lyrics form Duran Duran's "Careless Memories" "So soon Just after you've gone My senses sharpen But it always takes So damned long Before I feel how much My eyes have darkened"

"So soon
Just after you've gone
My senses sharpen
But it always takes
So damned long
Before I feel how much
My eyes have darkened" Duran Duran (Careless Memories)

#Poppy #bee #FlowerReport #EastCoastKin #SmArtist #photography #photographer #Art #BloomScrolling #flowers #MacroMonday

There is a beautiful eerie stillness to this. Is it falling or rising. Amazing composition.💜📷

SYCAMORE #ClassicMono #MinimalMonday #AvailableLight #LowKey #BlackAndWhite #Photography #Leaves #EastCoastKin

Black and white macro photo of a calla lily flower. Its one white petal fills nearly the whole frame. Poem Inclided "Constant Change" by Mehta Hasmukh Amathaal Life is movement Constant move with improvement Some changes at regular interval Everything changes at some good arrival Why “ups” are preferred? And “down” shivered Why do we look at highest peak? And to look down always weak No one wants to adjust No one has in fact real trust Think of abut being equal in all the respects Who would have respected nature’s act? Why does sun rise in time? Why earth rotates around many times? Each one is assigned with essential function No one is allowed to stop at any junction Life is move and can not be stopped Death and life’s reality is to be only probed One should think about one’s own position Life and nature may stand at nice composition Old things make place for new one New one makes room for fresh one It goes on until decay takes over The life need constant change and cover

"Old things make place for new one
New one makes room for fresh one
It goes on until decay takes over
The life need constant change and cover"~Mehta Hasmukh Amathaal

#ClassicMono #MacroMonday #Callalily
#FlowerReport #EastCoastKin #SmArtist
#Art #BloomScrolling #flower #Descanso #FlowersOnBlueSky

Photo of a waterfall with text reading: Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday March 7, 2026 The theme is #Flowing Any art. Any interpretation. Use both tags to be included in our feed. Multiple entries welcome. Get creative!

‪Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday March 8, 2026
The theme is #Flowing

Streams, waterfalls, hair, but not just those. Anything that suggests flow.

Use both tags to be included in the feed
#art #artists #photgraphy #drawing #painting #sketching #writing #poetry

Art Challenges: March 2–8 Monday, March 2 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) Tuesday, March 3 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) Wednesday, March 4 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WallsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay (#RedWed) Thursday, March 5 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#FashionThroughTime) #ColorADay (#YellowThu) Friday, March 6 #Scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) Saturday, March 7 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow (#flowing) Sunday, March 8 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) ALL WEEK #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #MixedMedia52 (#scribe)* #ShowHeart (hearts) #Abstractia (#faces) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekIForInteriors) #SensoryArt (#time) *2 or more mediums Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social Questions? @young-spartacus.bsky.social

Your art challenge cheat sheet for Feb 23–Mar 1 is here! Make art, have fun.

See comments for host list.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#ArtYear #dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt

A lone snowy egret alights on a roof peaks of a Chinese temple. Patiently waiting for the crowds to leave the garden so it can go fishing undisturbed. "After Love" by Sara Teasdale There is no magic any more, We meet as other people do, You work no miracle for me Nor I for you. You were the wind and I the sea - There is no splendor any more, I have grown listless as the pool Beside the shore. But though the pool is safe from storm And from the tide has found surcease, It grows more bitter than the sea, For all its peace.

"You were the wind and I the sea -
There is no splendor any more," Sara Teasdale

#Birdwatching #SnowyEgret #Egret
#art #Photography #Photographer #EastCoastKin #SmArtist #Poem in alt #PhotographersOfBlueSky

A pink cheery blossom macro shot. Its petals stretch out. The pink so light that it is only visible where overlap. "Spring Will Soon Arrive" by DM W The wind is roaring Like an angry god. Yet soon Kind spring will arrive, And she will bring myriad Wondrous things like hope, & colour & warmth to the Weary, withered earth. I perceive her healing light Glowing so softly, Like an old, expected friend, In the blue distance. O she will shortly return!

"Weary, withered earth.
I perceive her healing light
Glowing so softly,
Like an old, expected friend"~DM W

#CherryBlossom #Poem in alt
#FlowerReport #EastCoastKin #SmArtist #photography #photographer
#Art #BloomScrolling #flowers #TheHuntigton #FlowersOnBlueSky

YouTube video by Social Distortion Social Distortion - "Born To Kill"

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Close in shot of a Giboshi. A traditional ornamental finial found on Japanese temples and bridges. This copper one with its green patina is from The Huntington library's Japanese Garden in San MArino California. "Anger and Patience" by Patti Masterman Any time I don't understand something Or feel unhappy with the way things are going, Anger steps up, 'use me; let me help' And I used to give Anger a lot of free rein, Till I noticed Anger wasn't all that useful And generally tended to only make things worse. Now I try to rely more on 'Patience' As Patience doesn't keep clicking that counter, Adding up every resentment of the hour. Besides, I can look straight into Patience's face And not have one clue what Patience is thinking of. You know, Anger could learn something from that.

"Any time I don't understand something
Or feel unhappy with the way things are going,
Anger steps up, 'use me; let me help'
And I used to give Anger a lot of free rein, "~Patti Masterman

#art #EastCoastKin #Poem in alt #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #Japanese #WoodWorking #MoonBridge

A yellow orange dahlia fills the frame. Moisture glistening on its outer petals. Its orange center glowing like the sun. Its yellow corona shining in the suns rays. "You Fill My Soul with Sunshine" by David Harris. You fill my soul with sunshine my heart with tender care. You fill my world with happiness knowing that you are always there Every waking hour is filled with your love that I feel I’ve been blessed with an angel from above There are no words enough to express the way I feel knowing that this heart will never feel no ill. This old world may go on, being crazier every day. However, I have the inner warmth of knowing you fill my soul with sunshine each and every day.

"You fill my soul with sunshine
my heart with tender care.
You fill my world with happiness
knowing that you are always there" ~David Harris

#DailyDalia #FlowerReport #EastCoastKin #SmArtist #Art #BloomScrolling #flowers #CMBG #YellowThu #FlowersOnBlueSky #Poem in alt #Macro

A California Grey squirrel sits in contemplation in the parking lot of the Los Angeles Arboretum. Perhaps it is trying to remember where it parked.

A #Squirrel trying to remember where they parked for #WackyWednesdayArt at The Los Angeles Arboretum


#art #Photography #Photographer #ArtChallenge #EastCoastKin #SmArtist #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #LAArboretum

A red tulip surrounded by varying stages of purple and reds. Wet from recent rains. Preparing for its big performance. "Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow."~Langston Hughes

"Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow."~Langston Hughes

#Tulip #ColorADay #RedWed #FlowerReport #EastCoastKin #SmArtist #photography #Art #BloomScrolling #flowers #Descanso

Beautiful words for a beautiful flower. Great composition. 💜

A close-up of a yellow rose. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. August 2025. My garden.

“Like the shadow of a cypress tree in the meadow,
like the shadow of a rose, I live
close to the rose. If I separated myself from you,
I would turn entirely thorn.” ― Rumi.

#RoseWednesday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#ImageAndVerse
#EastCoastKin
A summer rose from my garden, 2025.

A photo of a section the Huntington library's Chinese Garden framed through a window in the same garden. Outside looking outside. "Windows Of The World" by Ghost Legend Our windows to the outside world See all there is to be— How many a man and woman fold Their souls into inhumanity. Greenest of greed— These lustful seas Have their waves Crashing in its wake; Those that claim To be holy, And even rows Sailing for the sake Of discovering wealth, Encountering pride, Immeasurable edits On nature's tide. The impossible beckons, For all that reckon We'll make it Through the night. They see his rising, Watch her winding, But they might as well Be clasped, eclipsed, Forgetful of that they'll Keep on shining, And our pleasures shall Be relaxed, dismissed.

"Our windows to the outside world
See all there is to be—
How many a man and woman fold
Their souls into inhumanity."~Ghost Legend #Poem in Alt

#WindowsOnWednesday #art #Photography #Photographer #poem #ArtChallenge #EastCoastKin #SmArtist
#ChineseGarden #TheHuntington

A Gulf Fritillary butterfly alights on tiny flowers. Ready to begin its journey by floating off wherever the wind takes it. Steampunk Butterflies. Fly away. Be well. So long. Farewell "Goodbye, my friend, goodbye" by Sergei Esenin Goodbye, my friend, goodbye. My love, you are inside my heart. Predestined farewell won’t die, And means we’ll meet and not depart. Goodbye, my friend, no hugs, nor word, Nor sadness, and don’t furrow your brow. - In this life dying means reward. The life won’t be newer than now.

"Goodbye, my friend, no hugs, nor word,
Nor sadness, and don’t furrow your brow. -
In this life dying means reward.
The life won’t be newer than now"~Sergei Esenin

#GulfFritillary #Butterfly #art #ArtChallenge #EastCoastKin #SmArtist #ImageAndVerse #Poet in alt

Thank you. 💜 I enjoyed shooting there. Lids of good angles to capture from.

Close-up of a softly lit purple flower against a dark background.

#photography #unedited

A single lotus blossom, in full bloom, stands tall amongst its fellows. The reincarnation cycle continues, infinite in its beauty. "Infinite Loop" by Indira Babbellapati Monotony in series day after day replays... so do dreams on one leg skip around our routine feet faceless hope thrums regular head the accustomed half darkness circles and circles somehow eyes remain constantly closed in a habitual gesture in our darkened chambers we pace up and down down and up searching and searching...

"monotony in series
day after day
replays...
so do dreams "~Indira Babbellapati

#Lotus #FlowerReport #EastCoastKin #SmArtist #photography #photographer #Art #BloomScrolling #flowers #FlowersOnBlueSky #Poem in alt

Yes. Specifically a Japanese camellia. 💜

💜🌸 Thank you for that.

A macro photo of a bloom on a cherry blossom tree. Its inner stamens, golden with pollen. Haiku by Peter S. Quinn Oh cherry blossom Firsts of new born spring's awesome - How I love thy all

"Oh cherry blossom
Firsts of new born spring's awesome
- How I love thy all"~Peter S. Quinn

#ColorADay #PinkMon #CherryBlossom
#FlowerReport #EastCoastKin #SmArtist #photography #photographer #Art #BloomScrolling #flowers #TheHuntington #FlowersOnBlueSky #Macro