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Featured Photographer: Jesse Chapman Photography (@jessechapmanphoto.bsky.social)
Reflection fills half the frame, creating symmetry through still water. Golden light illuminates sky and water equally. Mirroring becomes the compositional device here. #landscapephotography #photography

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Late afternoon sun catching the Oski bear just right — that warm golden light against an almost impossibly blue sky. Hard not to stop and point a camera at it.
Berkeley, CA, January 2026
#animalarttuesday #coloraday #bluetue #berkeley #photography

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Featured Photographer: The Pentaxian (@the-pentaxian.bsky.social)
Interior darkness gives way to light where decay meets graffiti. Great focus on this threshold between abandonment and beauty. #urbexphotography #photography

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That hazy morning light softening everything — the redwood bark, the concrete, even the pale sky. A quiet corner of the Berkeley campus.
Berkeley, CA, January 2026
#sharemondays2026 #berkeley #morninglight #architecturephotography #photography

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Flat winter light on still water, trees reflecting the sky like a mirror. That in-between moment when the snow is almost gone but nothing has greened up yet.
Madison, March 2026
#stunday #photography #landscapephotography #madisonwi #wisconsin

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The soft greens of the needles with that warm cone center—there's always something satisfying about finding these small patterns up close.

Madison, Wisconsin, March 2026

#photography #macrophotography #greensat #coloraday #madisonwi

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That orange and silver against all that cool blue — the aquarium light did something unexpected here.
Shedd Aquarium, 2026
#fishyfriday #photography #aquarium #underwater #sheddaquarium

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Featured Photographer: Marjamjars (@marjamjars.bsky.social)
Apartment blocks double in a pond. Buildings and water merge into abstraction as monochrome flattens reflections. Love the restraint and quiet observation in urban space. #blackandwhitephotography #photography

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Flat midday light, the whole skyline compressed into the corner, and then these two just walking through the frame like they own it.
Chicago, March 2026
#photography #streetphotography #chicago #UrbanGaze #HumansOfBlueSky

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The repetition got me — floor after floor of balconies, all those warm lights glowing against the cool interior. There's a certain vertigo to it.
Chicago, March 2026
#photography #architecturephotography #chicago #WindowsOnWednesday #WallsOnWednesday

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Featured Photographer: Damian Shields (@damianshields.bsky.social)
The mountain rises from the Isle of Skye's mist and merges with the clouds. Damian photographs Scottish mountains in dramatic light. Love it. #mountainphotography #photography

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHs
A hillside near Glossop.
📷 #photography #landscapephotography
#PeakDistrict #Derbyshire #hillwalking

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Two jellyfish lit against pure black — one cool violet, one burnt amber. The contrast feels almost compositional, like the tank arranged them. Shedd Aquarium, March 2026. #photography #animalarttuesday

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That stillness between seasons — frozen marsh thawing, bare trees holding on. The pale sky reflecting in dark water was the whole reason to stop.
Madison, WI, March 2026
#photography #landscapephotography #madisonwi #wisconsin #sky #sharemondays2026 #blueskymonday

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Featured Photographer: Michael Grolys (@beardedwalker.bsky.social)
The valley fills with mist. Snow marks higher fells. Michael photographs as a hiker—capturing conditions, not waiting for ideal light. Mountain work grounded in place. Check out their feed. #mountainphotography #photography

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The way that golden light hit the ornamental grasses while the building stayed in shadow—loved the interplay between warm and cool tones, brightness and darkness framing the path.
Madison, WI, January 2026

#photography #goldenhour #madisonwi #light #shadow

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That bell tower rising above the quiet courtyard—pale stone and clean lines. The paving draws you straight through, everything calm and ordered.

Uzès, December 2025

#photography #architecturephotography #travelphotography #uzès #france

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Featured Photographer: Ken Berger (@lostlenscap.bsky.social)
Crater Lake's deep blue holds gravity. The water pulls toward you. Great example of treating an iconic subject through selective vision. #landscapephotography #photography

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Spring light filtering through the canopy, a vintage truck framed by trees. One of those moments that just stopped me.
Madison, 2025
#photography #streetphotography #spring #madisonwi

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Featured Photographer: JulieW67 (@juliew67.bsky.social)
The Lowry roof becomes pure geometry. Curved cylinder meets angle—functional architecture becomes abstraction. Geometric eye! #architecturephotography #photography

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Looking through the archway to that bright sky—the pale stone glowing in the interior light, the water reflecting everything back. Layers of stone and space.

Temple de Diane, Nîmes, December 2025

#photography #architecturephotography #ruins #nimes #light

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eatured Photographer: Meandering M (@pathwaymoments.bsky.social)
Winter trees silhouette against crimson light through mist. Composition pulls the eye toward water. Renewal through transition and light. #landscapephotography #photography

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Light catching the ornate church façade while someone passes through the narrow street—the arches frame the moment perfectly. Clean light on worn stone.

Nîmes, December 2025

#photography #streetphotography #architecturephotography #nimes #france

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Now in a blizzard, yesterday's layer of ice will now be covered with snow.
#sharemondays2026

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Featured Photographer: Chris Lord (again!) (@chrislord.bsky.social)
The church rises across the river at night. Monochrome reveals stone and light. The monument becomes form. #architecturephotography #photography

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That moment when the light and colors align just right—golden sun catching frost on the ground, autumn shades.
Madison, 2024
#photography #landscapephotography #fallcolors #madisonwi

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