James Moore

Curls in the sky, IV. Oregon, October 2025 #aowsimages #blackandwhite #photography

Autumn colour in the North Devon woods #photography #EastCoastKin

This sheep made it very clear that this wasn’t the path that I wanted to take #photography #EastCoastKin

The driver "managed to contact the control centre at Network Rail and get the train diverted onto the slow line", Calder says. "That was absolutely crucial because this train was scheduled to be travelling through Huntingdon station on the tracks with no platform at 125mph." "It didn't stop in the middle of nowhere, which would have been very difficult." Calder thinks this was handled in the "safest possible way" thanks to the "incredible professionalism from the driver and the police". Train drivers are trained on how to take appropriate action, he adds,

Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC

A path leads down to the sea. On the right is a fence. On the left a bank of wild flowers. A man is walking down the path with his young son on his shoulders. Further down the path are a variety of brightly coloured small boats.

A man carries son on his shoulders down to the beach at Bucks Mills
#HumansOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Devon #FujiFilm

It's #Stunday! I think shooting very long exposures can be stunning. This is a 6.25 minute exposure made in very heavy fog. I spent quite a bit of time on processing this beast in three different programs. And then stopped. #landscape #photography #infrared #ir #EastCoastKin #longexposure #fog

Not necessarily the rocks but the rock climbers!

#rockintuesday
#eastcoastkin
#wildlife
#photography

Many thanks. I had a very peaceful session in the woods for these.

A rainy day today so I went to the woods at Bucks Mills to practice my rain photography on the ferns. Finding beauty in the little details of life is definitely my thing these days #EastCoastKin #StunDay #Ferns #Rain #Photography

A colorful, summery graphic featuring watercolor textures in teal, blue, green, and yellow with subtle swirl accents. The heading at the top reads “#JuliArty” in elegant black script. Beneath it, the subheading says, “Daily prompts for creative inspiration throughout July 2025.” Another line beneath that reads, “Welcoming all creative mediums” in flowing script. The list of 31 daily prompts is arranged in three columns, numbered 1 through 31: 1. Maple 2. Sweet 3. Mirror 4. Spark 5. Bikini 6. Love 7. Wrapper 8. Game 9. Cookie 10. Picnic 11. Geek 12. Simple 13. Fried 14. Revolt 15. Worm 16. Dog 17. Emoji 18. Sour 19. Buzz 20. Space 21. Pleasure 22. Hammock 23. Hot 24. Family 25. Free 26. Shake 27. Sleepy 28. Splash 29. Wings 30. Beauty 31. Glow At the bottom, the graphic says, “Hosted by @whitneyyoh.bsky.social” and includes the hashtags #JuliArty and #JulyArty to be featured.

Y’all I’m SO excited right meow! This has been a long time coming; well a few months but still. It’s going to be so much fun to splash back in to the #artchallenge scene with you this month! The feed is live and ready for all your amazing #JuliArty creativity!

Art Challenges: June 30 - July 6 Monday, June 30 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #smArtist (#transience) #JuneSea (#shore) Tuesday, JuLy 1 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #ContemporaryTuesday (contemp. art) #smArtist (#elephant) #JuliArty (#maple) Wednesday, July 2 #WaterfallWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt (odd/unusual) #smArtist (#dolphin) #JuliArty (#sweet) Thursday, July 3 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #smArtist (#wolf) #JuliArty (#mirror) FRIDAY, July 4 #scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday (fish) #ForestFriday #FloralFriday #FlowersOnFriday #FiveMinFri (quick projects & WIP) #smArtist (#lion) #JuliArty (#spark) Saturday, July 5 #bnw_macro #BlueSkyArtShow (#sideways) #smArtist (#primate) #JuliArty (#bikini) Sunday, July 6 #Stunday (stunning) #bnw_macro #SelfPortraitSunday (#FireWithin)* #smArtist (#meerkat) #JuliArty (#love) All Week #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #ClassicMono (monochrome) #dyicad2025 (create on an index card a day in June & July) #smArtist (purposeful art of any theme) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekAforAlliteration) #LLJP (#OnHoliday)** #SensoryArt (#journey) *Boldness, passion, or anger through fiery hues **Life, love, joy, pain

Your art challenge cheat sheet for June 30-July 6 is here!

NEW: #JuliArty for daily challenges all July

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Two people swimming in a victorian rock pool with waves crashing about them

three RNLI coast guards waiting on the back of their truck

A family go swimming in the surf

A surfer returns from a day out in the waves

A selection of holiday makers enjoying the outdoors at Westward Ho #EastCoastKin #GetOutside #ClassicMono

Black and white image of a pebble beach with groynes

WestwardHo! Beach #EastCoastKin #scape #SeaScape #ClassicMono

Thanks Luis, much appreciated

A conversation at the golden hour...

Elliston, June 2025

#puffins #birds #wildlife #photography

A bench amongst flowers

A circular pond and statue

Lillies in the pond

A view through the arched entrance of a stable block

A visit to National Trust Knighthayes in the rain for some #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #NationalTrust #Fujifilm #Acros

abstract sand ripples in the morning light

more ripples in the sand for #JuneSea #Sand #EastCoastKin

abstract sand ripples in the morning light

ripples on the beach for #JuneSea #Sand #EastCoastKin

a wide open beach with red and yellow safety flags, an RNLI coastguard truck and groups of trainee surfers walking down the beach

Westward Ho! beach reflecting the skies for #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #juneSea #sand

Art Challenges: June 23–29 Monday, June 23 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #smArtist (#AgreeToDisagree) #JuneSea (#sand)* Tuesday, June 24 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #ContemporaryTuesday (contemp. art) #smArtist (#respect) #JuneSea (#two) Wednesday, June 25 #WaterfallWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt (odd/unusual) #smArtist (#communication) #JuneSea (#resilience) Thursday, June 26 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #smArtist (#society) #JuneSea (#grey) FRIDAY, June 27 #scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday (fish) #ForestFriday #FloralFriday #FlowersOnFriday #FiveMinFri (quick projects & WIP) #smArtist (#bond) #JuneSea (#turn) Saturday, June 28 #bnw_macro #BlueSkyArtShow (#GetOutside) #smArtist (#instinct) #JuneSea (#family) Sunday, June 29 #Stunday (stunning) #bnw_macro #SelfPortraitSunday (#YourSanctuary)** #smArtist (#GroupSurvival) #JuneSea (#dream) All Week #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #ClassicMono (monochrome) #dyicad2025 (create on an index card a day in June & July) #smArtist (purposeful art of any theme) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekZforZoology) #LLJP (#Buskers&Hustlers)*** #SensoryArt (#perspective) *Ocean or other water **In a space that feels like home ***Life, love, joy, pain

Your art challenge cheat sheet for June 23-29 is here!

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#ArtChallenges #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #dailyart #art #painting #drawing #ArtPrompts

Art Challenges: June 16–22 Monday, June 16 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #smArtist (#mutation) #JuneSea (#wave)* Tuesday, June 17 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #ContemporaryTuesday (contemp. art) #smArtist (#assimilate) #JuneSea (#sculpture) Wednesday, June 18 #WaterfallWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt (odd/unusual) #smArtist (#freedom) #JuneSea (#restore) Thursday, June 19 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #smArtist (#unique) #JuneSea (#critter) FRIDAY, June 20 #scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday (fish) #ForestFriday #FloralFriday #FlowersOnFriday #FiveMinFri (quick projects & WIP) #smArtist (#trailblazer) #JuneSea (#bubbles) Saturday, June 21 #bnw_macro #BlueSkyArtShow (#narrow) #smArtist (#unity) #JuneSea (#green) Sunday, June 22 #Stunday (stunning) #bnw_macro #SelfPortraitSunday (#HiddenTreasures)** #smArtist (#diversity) #JuneSea (#swimming) All Week #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #ClassicMono (monochrome) #dyicad2025 (create on an index card a day in June & July) #smArtist (purposeful art of any theme) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekYforYellow) #LLJP (#color #colour)*** #SensoryArt (#safe) *Ocean or other water **Include meaningful personal item ***Life, love, joy, pain

Your art challenge cheat sheet for June 16-22 is here!

NEW: #FishyFriday and #bnw_macro (Sat & Sun)

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Blue sea at the bottom, below steep coastal rocks, then a rough grass and heather hillside, with blue sky at the top. Some of the colours on the rocks are the lichens growing on them. A black zone is usually found on rocky coasts, just above the high water mark. This is not a deposit of spilt oil, but a black lichen growing on the rock. Above the black is usually an orange zone. A number of orange lichens grow there, able to cope with salt water splashing them, but not as well as the black lichens. The orange zone grades into a grey zone, of lichens able to cope with sea spray but not direct regular splashing. The grey zone then slowly grades into lichens usually found on inland rocks. The sea may still influence the lichen flora for a mile or more away from the coast. Below the black zone is the barnacle zone where the rocks are submerged twice a day. Other lichens may sometimes be found between the high water and low water marks. No lichens grow below the low water mark, where rocks are permanently submerged in the sea. In this post we look at a couple of lichens found in the lowest, the intertidal zone.

Rocks partially covered with a smooth olive green coating, with two barnacles growing on it. The smooth green coating on these rocks is the lichen Wahlenbergiella mucosa. The name reflects the fact that the original type specimens were collected by Göran Wahlenberg from northern Europe. The surface is smooth and shiny, without cracks. Its colour can vary from olive-green when growing in shaded places (as here), to black when in direct sunlight.

A close up view of a piece of rock coated with Wahlenbergiella mucosa. The lichen is black on the top, horizontal surface where it receives much sunlight, but dark green on the vertical surface which is shaded from the sun. Little detail can be seen in the lichen, which forms a smooth, shiny coating on the rock. The lichen reproduces by means of fungal spores, produced in perithecia. These are immersed within the lichen and do not protrude from it. Sometimes the tops of the perithecia may be visible as a series of small black dots, though I cannot see any in this photo from the east coast of Rona.

A close up view of a single barnacle, which fills much of the frame, though parts of two other barnacles can be seen behind it. All three are attached to rocks that are pale orange in colour and partially covered with the dark olive-green of Wahlenbergiella mucosa. The pale orange may be an alga growing on the rock. On the shell of the barnacle numerous very tiny black holes may be seen, no larger than 0.25 mm across. These tiny pits are the only evidence that a lichen is living embedded within the shell of the barnacle. The lichen is called Collemopsidium foveolatum and is common around the shores of Britain and Ireland, except in parts of the south and east of England where rocky coasts are not found. There are other species of Collemopsidium where the perithecia are more visible on the surface, but this was the only species I was able to find on Rona. Wherever barnacles, limpets or other shells are found, it is worth looking closely with a lens to see whether any have this lichen.

Exploring #lichens on the #Isle-of-Rona in #Scotland

A special set of lichens grow on coastal rocks, where they must cope with varying amounts of salt water splashing them or covering them. They grow in coloured zones on the rocks

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#lichenGBI #FungiFriends #coast

A vivid sunset over the ocean with the sun low on the horizon, casting a warm orange and red glow across the sky and water. A single bird is silhouetted in flight above the sun.

Soaring Into The Sunset

#StunDay
#Cornwall
#EastCoastKin

Black and white image taken from the cliff above a large beach. Lots of waves are rippling in. In the distance storm clouds are brewing

Stunning view across the bay this morning #EastCoastKin #Photography #Devon #Fujifilm

A vertical format photo of a sea shell with seawater rushing past it. The last light of day highlights the shell on a dark sandy shore.

Something darker for today. This little
shell is hanging on in there, against the rush of the tide.

sun rising over mist, shining a path down the river to highlight some birds looking for food in the river banks

Sunrise on the River Taw for #Scape day
#Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #Devon #Sunrise

A tree on the horizon under mist and clouds lit by the morning sun in bright orange tones

Stunning sunrise this morning #EastCoastKin #Photography #Sunrise

Enjoying the bees in the garden #BusyBee #EastCoastKin #BloomScrolling

Art Challenges: June 9–15 Monday, June 9 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #smArtist (#transformation) #JuneSea (#white)* Tuesday, June 10 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #ContemporaryTuesday (contemp. art) #smArtist (#internalization) #JuneSea (#rock) Wednesday, June 11 #WaterfallWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt (odd or unusual) #smArtist (#ancestry) #JuneSea (#community) Thursday, June 12 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #smArtist (#NaturalSelection) #JuneSea (#friend) FRIDAY, June 13 #scape (any kind of scape) #ForestFriday #FloralFriday #FlowersOnFriday #FiveMinFri (quick projects & WIP) #smArtist (#develop) #JuneSea (#seaweed) Saturday, June 14 #BlueSkyArtShow (#Joy) #smArtist (#mimic) #JuneSea (#clouds) Sunday, June 15 #Stunday (stunning) #SelfPortraitSunday (#ChasingShadows) #smArtist (#reproduce) #JuneSea (#celebrate) All Week #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekXforXs) #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #ClassicMono (monochrome) #dyicad2025 (create on an index card a day in June & July) #LLJP (#PhotoPairs)** #SensoryArt (#vintage) #smArtist (purposeful art of any theme) *Ocean or other water **Life, love, joy, pain

Your art challenge cheat sheet for June 9–15 is here!

NEW: #dyicad2025 Index card a day for June & July

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