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The wild flower known as Davidson's Penstemon blooms in a deep pink on a cliff that overlooks Diablo Lake and a distant mountain landscape. Vibrant jewel tones invite the viewer into the great depth on display.

Thunder Knob Blooms, North Cascades National Park, WA.
#MountainMonday #PinkMon #ColorADay #FebruArty2026 #fuchsia #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday #NorthCascadesNationalPark #hike #flowers #mountain

I struggled to understand how a beach and basalt just go away in a matter of days. Then I looked at my photos and saw the power of the weather. Each of the photos were taken minutes apart and show drastic changes. The sublime power of nature should keep us humble and should remind us that we should be contributing to the imbalance that makes nature even more dangerous and unpredictable. This photo shows basalt columns and fluffy clouds with dramatic light on the black sand beach.

I struggled to understand how a beach and basalt just go away in a matter of days. Then I looked at my photos and saw the power of the weather. Each of the photos were taken minutes apart and show drastic changes. The sublime power of nature should keep us humble and should remind us that we should be contributing to the imbalance that makes nature even more dangerous and unpredictable. This photo shows snow streaking past the photographer towards a cliff face at the black sand beach. The sky is white with clouds matching the snow.

I struggled to understand how a beach and basalt just go away in a matter of days. Then I looked at my photos and saw the power of the weather. Each of the photos were taken minutes apart and show drastic changes. The sublime power of nature should keep us humble and should remind us that we should be contributing to the imbalance that makes nature even more dangerous and unpredictable. The light is blue and calm as the sun hides behind broken clouds and the basalt columns at the black sand beach.

Reynisfjara Beach, Iceland, January, 2019. I am stunned by the drastic erosion of this beach, but looking at my old photos taken minutes apart shows that change is inevitable. #Reynisfjara #Iceland #weather #Stunday #EastCoastKin #BlackSandBeach

I couldn't help but capture this springtime maiden and her dog carved from wood at the Speed Art Museum. The loving dog and the affectionate pets from flower adorned woman tugged at my heartstrings. This detail was originally from The Grange, Broadhembury, Devon, England. Hurst fortune brought the entire room of wood carvings to the USA in the early 1900's

English Renaissance Room detail, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY.
#BlueSkyArtShow #wood #FebruArty2026 #feel #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed #SensoryArt #love #SpeedArtMuseum #art #dog #flowers #arch

This photo was taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwoods State and National Park. Two massive trees stretch up hundreds of feet into the sky from the left and right sides of the photo as the photographer points the camera vertically to capture the forest canopy. The effect creates an hourglass shape of sky and forest as the two trees on left and right create an intense one point perspective.

Two of Many But Too Few.
#scape #treescape #skyscape #ForestFriday #BWFri #ColorADay #ClassicMono #Abstractia #Repetition #Redwoods #California #sky #trees #hiking #RedwoodsStateAndNationalPark #vertical #EastCoastKin

This several second exposure captured still buildings clearly, but the flowing river is blurred and the yacht cruising the river is a streak of lights and lines. The colorful lights reflecting in the water emphasize the energy of the location.

Miami River Night Lights.
#FebruArty2026 #flow #UrbanGaze #LongExposure #Miami #rainbow #city #boat #reflections #highrise #yacht #night

An elephant seal bull arches his back with his mouth open at the shoreline. His dramatic pose is backed by rocks and waves while shore birds and another elephant seal rests in the foreground.

Bull Elephant Seal, Point Reyes National Seashore, California. January 2026.
#AnimalArtTuesday #TidesOutTuesday #RockinTuesday #EastCoastKin

This photo shows a close view of a cluster of deep pink crabapple blossoms. The cluster is dense and the background is full of unfocused blooms with specks of blue sky between.

Crab Apple Blossoms.
#EastCoastKin #MacroMonday #ColorADay #PinkMon #bloom #flowers #spring

This photo shows the inside of a working covered bridge. The heavy beams are arched and trussed in shadow while the other end of the bridge lets light shine in.

Covered Bridge, Green County Indiana.
#SensoryArt #bridges #Stunday #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #wooden

This photo shows a stone lion statue laying atop a pedestal at the entrance to the Legion of Honor Art Museum in San Francisco. The corner of the pedestal juts towards the photographer and creates a leading line towards the lion. The sky behind the statue is filled with a swirl of light clouds that are illuminated by the sun which is directly behind the lion. The clouds create a halo of light and a nice contrast for the black and white image.

Backlit Lion, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California
#BlueSkyArtShow #sunshine #FebruArty2026 #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #sculpture #Art

This photo shows a frame of evergreen leaves and branches around an opening that reveals a vast landscape of forest and fog. Last month I went on a zip line tour through the redwoods in Sonoma, California. This shot shows what it is like to look through the canopy of a redwood tree after soaring through the morning mist to reach that perch.

Canopy View.
#ForestFriday #Scape #Landscape #BWFri #EastCoastKin #photography #california

In this black and white photograph there is a clear foreground, middle ground, and background. The foreground shows tree branches acting like a transparent screen. Taken in March, the tree is just beginning to bud. The middle ground shows an arched bridge with arch supports over a lake with boats. The bridge leads to the background a pagoda style pavilion fills the background. This place seemed hidden as the former summer residence of the Emperor. You walk in a gate from a congested neighborhood into a vast landscape with miles of walking trails.

Summer Palace Bridge, Beijing, China.
#EastCoastKin #SensoryArt #bridges #ClassicMono #China #history #PalacesAndGardens #SecretSpaces #photography #Beijing

This black and white photo was taken out of a car window of the passenger side mirror. The image in the mirror shows a bridge with many trusses being reflected on the car that's driving across the bridge. There's a strong sense of one-point perspective in the reflection. The background shows what's ahead of the car, a tree-filled hill, a river below, and the fast motion of the bridge itself passing by.

Looking ahead and behind.
#EastCoastKin #WindowsOnWednesday #SensoryArt #bridges #ClassicMono #reflection #RearView #car

Reynisdrangar is a viewpoint on the south coast of Iceland highlighting basalt columns, sea stacks, and a black sand beach. One of the benefits of visiting Iceland in the winter is that the golden hours are extended, so when there was sun, it was usually beautiful and angled as you see here. This photo shows a black sand beach with White Waves lapping at the shore. A snowy cliff face leads to sea stacks in the waves. The sky is dramatic with deep blues and Golden light. Shining through the clouds at an angle to highlight the sea stacks.

The Sky Over Reynisdrangar, Iceland, January 2019.
#EastCoastKin #TidesOutTuesday #RockinTuesday #ColorADay #blue #cyan #Iceland #Sunset #ocean #seascape

I took this photo while kayaking at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior. A kayak is shown moving towards a large Natural Bridge that emerges from a cliff over the lake. This colorful image shows the blue sky reflected in the water, trees highlighted by the sun, the neon green paddles of the kayakers, and the bright red kayak and life vests, creating a focal point that leads us to the Natural Bridge.

Lover's Leap Natural Bridge, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan.
#FebruArty #fun #BlueSkyMonday #SensoryArt #bridges #EastCoastKin #kayak #summer #outdoors

This close view of a frosty basketball shows the dotted texture of the ball covered in delicate frost crystals. The swooping white seam runs diagonally across the image, and the lack of color helps the viewer focus on the texture.

Basketball Frost.
#StunDay #BNWmacro #ClassicMono #FebuArty2026 #frost #EastCoastKin #dots #winter #texture #basketball

The sky above a rock formation in the Needles district of Canyonlands National Park glows at sunset as clouds wave and roll over the landscape. Blue, pink, orange, and yellow (and many colors between) are highlighted in the clouds as the sun sets behind the rocks.

Canyonlands Boiling Sky.
#BlueSkyArtShow #clouds #EastCoastKin #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic

This photo shows the outcome of the photographer looking up into the canopy of a Redwood Forest. Surrounded by trees of varying ages, some more than a thousand years, the thick trunks rise hundreds of feet into the sky where their canopies are obscured by fog. The one point perspective creates a central focal point where all the orthogonal lines arrive. I took this photo recently on a trip to California. January in the redwoods is sometimes rainy, but not on this journey. I was surprised of how few people visited this area in the winter. We saw one other person in this Grove and the hour we spent there.

Redwood Escape, Franklin Lane Grove, Avenue of the Giants, California, 2026.
#scape #treescape #BWFri #ColorADay #ForestFriday #ClassicMono #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic #EastCoastKin #Redwoods

An acrobat dressed in white performs a high tight rope act with a white fan. The gabled roof of the palace sits behind him to demonstrate the height. He is captured hovering in the air above the rope as he jumps and bounces off the rope.

Acrobat, Gyeongbokgung Palace, South Korea.
#EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #PalacesAndGardens #GrandEstates #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic

This black and white photograph highlights the interior of a classroom building on the University of Pennsylvania's main campus. It shows a central stairway that splits on a landing. The staircase is backed by large arched windows with an inscription above that states, "law is unknown to him."

Law Is Unknown To Him, University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
#EastCoastKin #WindowsOnWednesday #ClassicMono
#photography

Last week I took a hike on the beach just outside of the Redwoods National Park visitor center. There was a little Bay where the Redwood Creek met the Pacific Ocean where harbor seals were hunting and playing. My hiking party sat on a driftwood tree to watch the seals and were far less active, so I stood up and walked to get some photos of some sea stacks and they got more active and interested in what I was doing. Then I danced a little bit for them and they were really curious then. We left them in peace soon after but enjoyed the interaction. This photo shows a harbor seal in the water being curious about a hiker on the beach, with another harbor seal in the background doing the same.

Harbor Seals, Redwoods National Park, California, 2026.
#BlueSkyArtShow #TidesOutTuesday #AnimalArtTuesday #wildlife #photography

This photo shows a long, flat road flanked by police cars with their lights flashing. A sign on the right reads Alligator Alcatraz. The photographer holds a sketchbook centered below the road that has bold words written. These words read, "The new US Monument of White-Supremacist Neo-fascist male fragility."

This photo shows a slightly off-center view of a long flat road flanked by police cars with their lights flashing to the right. A blue sign reads Alligator Alcatraz. The photographer holds a sketchbook that has large words written reading, "Oh, the INHUMANITY."

This photo shows a highway and across the road from the photographer a blue sign that reads Alligator Alcatraz. To the left is a law enforcement vehicle guarding an entrance. The photographer holds a sketchbook centered below the blue sign. The image in the sketchbook shows arrows pointing towards the sign and words appearing out of hatched lines across the page reading, "for-profit fascism." The artist learned that this facility is operated by contractors that profit from The unconstitutional operations led by I.C.E. through the Department of Homeland security. This facility is still open and operational despite a court order to shut it down, the appellate court is stalling the shutdown.

On a recent road trip, I didn't realize we would be passing the infamous Alligator Alcatraz. Seeing the entrance to what is by definition, a concentration camp affected me deeply. I made these signs for the return trip. Our taxes shouldn't pay for this. This shouldn't exist. #AbolishICE #DefundDHS

This black and white photograph shows a sheet of ice with swirling lines. Inside the ice is a leaf from a red oak tree. The bottom left of the image shows a conglomerate of rocks that reveal the concrete gutter that this beautiful composition was found in.

Encased Oak.
#Stunday #BNWmacro #ClassicMono #Abstractia #nature #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCForCloseUp #JanuArty2026 #season #EastCoastKin #winter #weather

*Sorry to disappear, I am back from an adventure with more photos.

After rain, water droplets cling and rest in the grooves of long grasses. The black and white image captures the droplets looking like jewels shining in the sunlight. The composition is full of diagonal blades of grasses, but the randomness of the tangle of grass blades creates a lot of movement and visual interest.

Hydrophobic.
#JanuArty2026 #wet #MacroMonday #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #photography #grass

Two young women in colorful patterned kimonos on Nakamise Shopping Street stride through the crowd away from the photographer. The decorative musubi (knot) tied with the obi (sash) in contrasting fabrics stand out and contrast with the modern street wear of the other shoppers.

Stunning Kimonos.
#Stunday #JanuArty #clothing #Japan #EastCoastKin #pattern #kimonos #streetphotography

A portrait of the photographer while visiting Reynisfjara Beach in January 2019. The faux-fur lined hood, and colorful woven hat and scarf from Ecuador show how intense the winter weather can be in Iceland. The bright colors contrast with the grey winter background.

Bundled, 2019.
#EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #vibrant #JanuArty #woven #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #Iceland

This black and white photograph shows a rolling grassy field covered in fluffy dandelions. The dark chunks of trees Branch off and reach for the sky and beyond the trees is a vast distance obscured by moisture in the air.

Dandelion Scape.
#BWFri #scape #EastCoastKin #landscape #photography #ClassicMono

This photo shows a sign made on a sketchbook pad that says, "The new US monument of white-supremacist neo-fascist male-fragility." Behind the sign and across a highway, a long flat road stretches into the distance with two law enforcement vehicles on either side of the road with lights flashing. To the right, a blue sign reads, "Alligator Alcatraz." While on a road trip in South Florida, I passed this place and saw people joyfully pulling over to get selfies with the Alligator Alcatraz sign. I was horrified. I had never seen a concentration camp before and couldn't process the reactions that people were having to it. So I turned to my sketchbook to tell the truth about this place. I returned to the same spot a few days later, needing to balance the hyped up lies with a dose of truth, and I got my own photos to share that truth.

This photo shows a sign made on a sketchbook pad that says, "Oh, the INHUMANITY." Behind the sign and across a highway, a long flat road stretches into the distance with two law enforcement vehicles on either side of the road with lights flashing. To the right, a blue sign reads, "Alligator Alcatraz." While on a road trip in South Florida, I passed this place and saw people joyfully pulling over to get selfies with the Alligator Alcatraz sign. I was horrified. I had never seen a concentration camp before and couldn't process the reactions that people were having to it. So I turned to my sketchbook to tell the truth about this place. I returned to the same spot a few days later, needing to balance the hyped up lies with a dose of truth, and I got my own photos to share that truth.

This photo shows a sign made on a sketchbook pad that says, " For Profit Fascism" with arrows pointing beyond the sign. Behind the sign and across a highway, a blue sign reads, "Alligator Alcatraz." While on a road trip in South Florida, I passed this place and saw people joyfully pulling over to get selfies with the Alligator Alcatraz sign. I was horrified. I had never seen a concentration camp before and couldn't process the reactions that people were having to it. So I turned to my sketchbook to tell the truth about this place. I returned to the same spot a few days later, needing to balance the hyped up lies with a dose of truth, and I got my own photos to share that truth.

Sketchbook Protest, Alligator Alcatraz, Florida, USA, 2025.

#photography #protest

This photo shows a cinquefoil window on the Bow Bridge in New York's Central Park. The flower shaped window reveals the saffron fabric of Christo and Jeanne Claude's art installation, "The Gates." This was my first trip to NYC back in 2005. It was an amazing trip because I met Jeanne Claude in the park and I found out that I was accepted to graduate school while walking through the park enjoying the art installation.

Bow Bridge, Central Park, NYC, with "The Gates" by Christo and Jeanne Claude, 2005.
#WindowsOnWednesday #EastCoastKin #Art #NewYork #InstallationArt #TheGates

I took this photo of clouds and water flying over the Gulf of Mexico. The water and the sky blend together with reflections creating a dizzying effect of what is up and what is down, and where does the sky end and the water begin?

Sky Meeting Water.
#ColorADay #BlueTue #TidesOutTues #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAForAbstract #EastCoastKin #GulfOfMexico #abstract #sky

This photo shows a large brown dog bounding through the snow towards the photographer. Her flowing fur and long ears ripple in the wind as she maintains eye contact with the photographer. Her snout is snowy and bits of snow are kicked up into the air by her paws. In the background. A blue tarp covers a wood pile creating a bit of diagonal variety and making the snow more visible as it flies through the air.

Majestic Snow Beast.
#JanuArty #pet #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #dog #snow #winter