Whole Reality

Whole Reality

@wholereality.bsky.social

Amateur photographer/writer in the PNW: macro, nature, spherical (aka 360) panoramas, abstract Exploring the relationship between regular and spherical photography and what it teaches us about how we see. Photos by me except reposts.

2,573 Followers 1,364 Following 547 Posts Joined Nov 2023
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#Horizontal lines formed by ICM at #Formby beach near #Liverpool.
#BlueSkyArtShow #landscapephotography
#beach
#ICM

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1 day ago
A tight close-up shot of a conifer branch running horizontally through the frame. The needles fan out symmetrically above and below the russet-brown stem, with shallow depth of field throwing the background into a soft green bokeh.

The tip of a horizontal branch (but with many vertical needles).
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#photography #closeup #plantphotography #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #Horizontal #bokeh

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2 days ago
This is a close-up photograph of a withered, spent rose head, showing dried brown seed structures surrounded by curled yellow-brown filaments, with pale green sepals beneath, isolated against a dark background.

The tangled remains of a previous season's rose.
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#photography #closeup #plantphotography #naturephotography #flowerphotography #beautyindecay #EastCoastKin #rosegarden #rose #bokeh

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4 days ago
This is a close-up photograph of small green clover-like leaves densely covered with delicate white frost crystals along their edges, creating a striking contrast between the vibrant green centers and the icy white borders.

Morning sun on the frost.
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#photography #closeup #EastCoastKin #plantphotography #texture #green #frost

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6 days ago
On a red velour backdrop, two open flowers. They have a somewhat rounded form and slightly ruffling on the petals. The colour is deep velvety purple-red, woth contrasting green throat.

#Hemerocallis 'Siloam Red Ruby' #daylily (Pauline Henry, 1977)
#garden #gardening #flowers #horticulture #photography #bloomscrolling #botany

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1 week ago
This is a close-up photograph of young pine cones developing on a pine branch, with sharp green needles radiating outward and small brown cones in various stages of early growth at the center.

Converging lines, all flowing into central point.
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#photography #closeup #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #Flowing #plantphotography #nature

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This is an abstract botanical composition featuring densely layered and overlapping leaves in turquoise, teal, white, and dark brown tones, with scattered touches of purple, creating a complex, textured pattern through color manipulation and processing.

More fun with abstracted leaves.
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#photography #abstract #artphotography #EastCoastKin #leaves

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Sunflower in shadow, light and monochrome

Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. - William Shakespeare
#Sunflower #flower #nature #photography #monochrome

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1 week ago

Thanks!

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1 week ago

Thanks!

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1 week ago

Thanks!

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1 week ago

Thanks! Yeah, I'll definitely keep playing around with this technique. Thanks for asking. πŸ™‚

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This is an abstract botanical composition featuring overlapping leaves in various shades of blue, white, and gray, interspersed with vibrant purple plants, creating a dreamy, ethereal layered effect through color inversion and processing. The purple plants look like flowers, but are actually green plants that look purple because of the color inversion.

Seen on the forest floor (sort of). More experiments with abstracted leaves.
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#photography #abstract #artphotography #EastCoastKin #leaves

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1 week ago
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along the twilight lane

#shades #twilight #velvetskin #monochrome #lighttrail

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2 weeks ago
This is a close-up macro photograph of a dandelion seed head, showing the intricate radiating pattern of delicate white seed parachutes (pappus) extending from the dark central seedhead against a dark green-black background.

Looking into the circle of a dandelion.
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#macrophotography #photography #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #Round #closeup #plantphotography #naturephotography #bokeh

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2 weeks ago

Thanks!

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2 weeks ago

Thanks!

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2 weeks ago

Yep, it's fun and satisfying to do things like this.

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2 weeks ago

Thanks! That's a great observation. A power of abstract pictures, I guess, in how different people can see different things. I may have to try more of this sort of thing.

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2 weeks ago
This is an abstract, heavily processed photograph featuring energetic, swirling leaf shapes in blues, browns, greens, and earth tones, creating a dynamic pattern of curved, intertwining forms across a light background.

Another processing experiment. This one is a little more heavily processed. πŸ˜‰ I like the abstract swirling shapes.
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#photography #abstract #artphotography #EastCoastKin #leaves

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2 weeks ago
A processed picture of a flower, against a white background, processes to look similar to a pen or ink drawing. It is a flower with pale purple petals and intricate dark veining, showing fine botanical detail in the five petals radiating from a green and pink center.

An experiment with stylizing photos.
#photography #EastCoastKin #flowerphotography #painterlyphto #photomanipulatio

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A carpet of moss covered logs and rocks around a waterfall in the Oregon Cascade mountains.

#WaterfallWednesday #waterfall #moss #Oregon #PacificNorthwest #LandscapePhotography #nature

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3 weeks ago
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Magnolia bloom glistens in the late day sun
Thomas Peterson Β© iiiphoto 2025-40-20

Sunkist Magnolia

Komura 85mm F1.4
#vintagelens #photography #photo #canonRP #canon #Komura #85mm #F1.4 #bloomscrolling #flowers #magnolia #photowalk #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #stunday

Β© 2025-40-20

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3 weeks ago
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Two tulips. Twolips? #BlueSkyArtShow #Two #photography #Bloomscrolling #flowers #gardening #purple #summer #eastcoastkin

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3 weeks ago

Thanks! It's a local wetlands, a favorite place to take pictures.

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3 weeks ago
This is a photograph of a weathered wooden boardwalk splitting into two diverging paths through a wetland, surrounded by bare and moss-covered trees with colorful shrubs, captured in natural daylight with blue sky visible above.

Another choice of two paths.
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#photography #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #Two #boardwalk #forest #landscape #landscapephotography #oregon

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3 weeks ago
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Duo Firework Flowers

#Photography #ColorPhotography #ChromaticFireworks #Fireworks #BlueskyArtshow #Two

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3 weeks ago
This is a moody black and white photograph of a wooden boardwalk splitting into two paths through a dark, dense forest of bare trees, creating an atmospheric and somewhat eerie scene.

A choice of two paths.
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#photography #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #Two #boardwalk #forest #landscape #landscapephotography #oregon

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3 weeks ago

Thanks!

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This is a scenic coastal photograph showing a Pacific Northwest beach at low tide, with moss-covered rock formations and old tree stump remnants dotting the wet sand, dramatic forested cliffs in the background, and buildings visible atop the bluff. This was taken at the Neskowin Ghost Forest on the Oregon Coast.

An ancient forest, emerging at low tide.
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#photography #landscape #landscapephotography #seascape #oregon #ocean #EastCoastKin

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