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Gary Rubin

@gr698.bsky.social

Hobbyist/Freelance photographer in Fairfax County, Virginia https://www.grsportsphotography.com/

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Hate these crowded beaches. #photography #Oregon #OregonCoast #beach #sand #ocean

24.06.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Interstate 70 in Black and White #road #highway #clouds #interstate #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome

30.05.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice! IR?

25.05.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is the financial battle to keep costs low? Or is it to keep profits high? Raising prices to cover the added cost of the tariffs would imply the latter.

21.05.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Slice of sunlight #frog #wildlife #greentreefrog #nature #green

19.05.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

02.04.2025 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Osprey dance #birds #photography #wildlife #osprey #animals

01.04.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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My 14YO dog enjoying some late afternoon sunshine #pet #dog #animal #sunshine

06.03.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, I'm sure. Also National Weather Service, National Parks, and anything else that has value to the public.

05.03.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I keep hearing about "running the government like a business", but I don't know of many business owners who would fire the Accounts Receivable department to improve their bottom line.

05.03.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I'm welcoming any suggestions for a printed paper subscription. And before anyone says "try a local paper", the WaPo *is* my local paper.

03.03.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just cancelled my WaPo subscription. I didn't expect it to be so emotional. I've been a subscriber for 25+ years. Having the paper around has been part of life since I was a kid. Canceling feels like separating myself from society or something even though I know it is for a good cause.

03.03.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Defense Against Dishonest Charts This is a guide to protect ourselves and to preserve what is good about turning data into visual things.

This is well worth a look: flowingdata.com/projects/dis...

24.02.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think of myself a very technical photographer for whom the process of taking pictures comes much more naturally than the creativity and content of the images. I wonder if that's why my artist statement had a different perspective. Can anyone out there relate? #photography

15.02.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My artist statement is about how I think B&W photography is well suited to architectural subjects. All the other participants wrote about their subject, not how their photography relates to the subject. (2/3)

15.02.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I am a member of a local photography club, where I am participating in a portfolio-building project. The task is to create a thematically-cohesive collection of a dozen photos and write an artist statement. (1/3)

15.02.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watching the snow start.
#photography #B&W #monochrome #dog #pet

12.02.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We all experiment and learn from what doesn't work. I'm not sure why people would think kids should approach photography any differently.

11.02.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Continuing to get out of my comfort zone by trying out some night-time street photography.

09.02.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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First Look: 'Keep Your Distance' Orders now being accepted for photo book that will be released in March 2025

A local #photographer friend is releasing a photo book in which he shares some of the scenes of the pandemic era in NYC, DC, and Alexandria, VA.
glenncook.substack.com/p/first-look...

31.01.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Did they? Or did they just tell everyone they did? I won't believe it until states and other entities report that they have access to federal funds.

29.01.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful tones!

27.01.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I photographed a swim meet last night for the first time in years. While processing, I think the physicist in me got so distracted by the cool surface tension stuff that I started seeing the water as the subject rather than the swimmer. #photography #sportsphotography #physics

26.01.2025 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We people arguing over whether a great blue heron should be called a great bluish-gray heron?

26.01.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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F/A-18 on static display at a local air show this past fall. #photography #monochrome #B&W #airshow

24.01.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's from Kolari. Each filter has a different look in B&W, but I think for me the main reason for going full-spectrum would be so that I could carry both an IR filter and a hot mirror filter and shoot either IR or visual without having to carry two bodies.

23.01.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you are just starting out, the Kolari Vision website has a wealth of information. If I were to do it again, I might consider a full-spectrum conversion to give me the most flexibility, although I really don't think I'd do much with the weird false-color stuff at lower wavelengths.

23.01.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Infrared Infrared photography is fun!

It's a lot of fun. I got a 720nm conversion a while back and often shoot with a screw-on 850nm filter. I think it works really well with cloudy, foggy weather. Some examples: www.flickr.com/photos/grpho...

23.01.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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my favorite #sports #photograph of 2024. This was a JV field hockey goalie walking past me while returning to the goal after a break in the game. I missed this shot in my initial culling, but fortunately saw its potential a few weeks later. #monochrome #B&W #photography #sportsphotography

22.01.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's definitely the expectation that photos will be taken. Also the subject isn't likely to notice you because their attention is elsewhere.

21.01.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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