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Oidhche Shamhna – a South Uist Halloween

Ethnomusicologist, photographer, folklorist, & scholar Margaret Fay Shaw (1903–2004) recorded a traditional Hebridean Halloween on South Uist in the 1930s, in photographs & on film – via the National Trust for Scotland

https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/oidhche-shamhna-a-south-uist-halloween

#Scottish #Halloween #Hebrides #folklore #tradition #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #Samhain #culturalstudies #ethnology #photography

A black and white image of two children dressed for Halloween, standing on a flat patch of scrubby ground with a rocky hillside rising behind them. The children are wearing multiple layers of outsized clothes, bundled and knotted around them. Their hands are hidden within their sleeves, and they have huge adult work-boots on their feet. The figure on the left is wearing a crude mask with tiny eyeholes and a mouth hole; tufts of dried grass have been added to create a beard and moustache. The figure on the right doesn't seem to have a mask – just a large clump of heather for a head, protruding from a jacket collar swathed in scarves.

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Preparing to trick or treat with the grandkids tonight.
@siracusa @caseyliss @marcoarment
#Halloween #Photography

A person in a skull mask and black beanie with a leather jacket stands next to another person wearing a glittery outfit with black horns and ornate accessories; both are indoors, with colorful paintings visible on the walls behind them.

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To celebrate the end of winter, I'm offering you a 25% discount when you book a private and customized photo tour in April.

This offer is valid until Monday, March 16, 2026 only.

#photography #wildlife #nature #travel #PhotoTour #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #ExploreCanada #VancouverIslandWildlife

A barred owl up in a tree looks down at the photographer. The sky is bright blue.

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Hey #believeinfilm friends,

Though I still think that the $500 price tag on the new Pentax 17 is justifiable, there may be better options out there.

I tried most of the well-known half-frame cameras out there and reviewed them all here:

https://www.analog.cafe/r/10-half-frame-film-cameras-for-under-dollar500-rajl

Have I missed anything?

#filmphotography #photography

Text says: "10 Half-Frame Film Cameras For Under $500" and the image includes 8 half-frame cameras on white background.

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A pool of water decorated with fallen autumn leaves I chanced upon today in the forest.
#nature #naturephotography #photography #outdoors #autumn #fall #forest #water #woodland #europe #germany

Autumn leaves floating on a pool of water in the forest

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Good day sunshine.
#Photography

The image depicts a serene landscape featuring a body of water reflecting the surrounding trees and sky.

A forest of tall trees lines the water's edge, with their reflections clearly visible in the calm surface.
The sky above is a mix of blue and grey clouds, creating a dynamic backdrop.
A fallen log lies partially submerged in the water, adding a natural element to the scene.

The overall impression is one of tranquility and natural beauty, with the reflection emphasizing the symmetry and balance of the composition.

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#doorsday

#PletzfeldMomentsInTime #photography #darktable #mywork #myphoto

A close-up photograph of an old wooden double door set into a rustic stone wall. The door is arched at the top, framed by a rounded arch made of reddish-pink sandstone blocks. The door panels are constructed from vertical wooden planks arranged in a chevron or herringbone pattern, pointing inward toward the center seam where the two halves meet. The wood appears weathered, with a warm brown tone and visible grain. Surrounding the door, the wall is composed of irregularly shaped stones in shades of red, brown, beige, and gray, mortared together with some white plaster visible in the joints. To the right of the door, there's a small rectangular stone slab or cover embedded in the wall, possibly a access panel or old mailbox slot. The ground in front is paved with uneven cobblestones. The overall scene evokes a historical or medieval European building, with signs of age like dirt, cracks, and slight discoloration on the stones and wood.

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#Autumn in the Gorges du Verdon, southern #France

#TravelThursday #photography #landscapephotography #river #autumnvibes #autumncolors #autumnleaves

Color photo of a shallow clear river with a stony bottom and a forested steep riverbank on the other side with many trees in bright autumn colors.

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Backlit Pink Blossoms In Snowfall

Prints, Cards and more: https://ez-lorenz.pixels.com/featured/backlit-pink-blossoms-in-snowfall-washington-ez-lorenz.html

#Washington #PNW #Flowers #Nature #NatureLover #CherryBlossom #Winter #Spring #Photography #ArtForSale #ArtShop #WallArt #Prints #ArtPrints #GreetingCards #Gifts #Giftideas #FediGiftShop #FediArt #MastoArt #PhotoOfTheDay

Delicate pink cherry blossoms are captured against a dark background, glistening with water drops from the melting snow. The lighting highlights the pink petals and the snowfall in the background beautifully.
This intimate, delicate moment was captured near Granite Falls, Washington on March 10, 2026.

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Magical scenery as Winter meets Spring and pink cherry blossoms are gently covered with fresh snow, creating a striking contrast in March.
It was a nice treat on the road, since we didn’t have any snow this winter.

Prints, Cards and more: https://ez-lorenz.pixels.com/featured/snow-capped-cherry-blossoms-in-washington-ez-lorenz.html

#Washington #PNW #Flowers #CherryBlossom #Winter #Snow #Spring #Seasons #Photography #ArtForSale #ArtShop #WallArt #Prints #ArtPrints #GreetingCards #Gifts #Giftideas #FediGiftShop #FediArt #MastoArt #Birthday #Nature #NatureLover

Magical scenery as Winter meets Spring and pink cherry blossoms are gently covered with fresh snow, creating a striking contrast in March. The soft pink of the blossoms peeks through the white blanket in this dreamy, painterly capture just outside of Granite Falls, Washington, on the side of Mountain Loop Highway on March 10th, 2026.

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#SilentSunday

#Washington #PNW #Snow #Winter #Spring #CherryBlossom #Nature #NatureLovers #Photography #Pink

It's magical when Winter meets Spring and you find pink Cherry blossom branches blanketed in snow, creating a striking contrast of pink and white, sunlight filters through, highlighting the delicate snowflakes.
This winter scenery is so fragile, providing a short-lived experience. Glad I caught these precious moments before the snow melted near Granite Falls on the side of Mountain Loop Highway on March 10th, 2026.

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#SilentSunday

#Washington #PNW #Snow #Winter #Spring #CherryBlossom #Abstract #Abstractart #ICM #Impressionist #Minimalism #Photography

A solitary tree with pink blossoms stands in a mist-filled landscape. The ground is lightly covered with snow, adding to the ethereal, dreamlike quality.

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The forest looked beautiful today lit up by autumnal sunshine.
#nature #naturephotography #photography #autumn #forest #woodland #landscape #europe #germany #outdoors

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Earlier Today

#Autumn #Landscape #Nature #Photography

A straight, wide lane at the edge of a forest. The ground is covered with a thick carpet of fallen orange and yellow leaves.

The canopy overhead is a vivid tunnel of golden, yellow, and deep orange foliage. The light filters through these brilliant leaves, casting a warm, soft glow over the scene.

The trees lining the path are tall, with dark, straight trunks, contrasting sharply with the bright colors of the leaves. Several people are visible in the distance, walking along the path.

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Forest bathing.
#Photography

A stream winds through a dense forest of evergreen trees under a clear blue sky.

The stream bed is rocky and visible through the clear water, with fallen logs and debris scattered throughout.
Golden and brown vegetation lines both sides of the stream, contrasting with the deep green of the trees.
The forest appears thick and lush, with trees extending upwards and out of view.

The image captures a natural, outdoor scene with a focus on the flowing water and surrounding forest environment.

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Rain

#MonochromeMarch
* Zine permission granted

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #Photography

Water droplets scattered on the window. The droplets vary significantly in size, ranging from tiny, pin-sized specks to larger, more bulbous beads. Inside many of the larger drops, you can see dark, crescent-shaped shadows and bright highlights.

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How I see the World.

(Read the alt text for what I mean.)

#Photography #Photo #Picture #Pic #NaturePhotography #Autumn #World #Light #Hope #ThereIsHope

An autumn landscape at sunset. Bare trees dominate the upper frame, their branches reaching across a golden sky. Below, vibrant green grass covers the ground, and a small stream winds through the scene, reflecting the warm light. A large tree trunk stands on the right, scarred where a branch was cut, but still alive with orange leaves clinging to its younger branches.
This is how I see the world. The bare trees, what we notice most, seem dead, like today's civilization: governed by hatred, coldness, selfishness, rampant individualism. But at the base, the grass is green. Because at the base, there are wonderful people who often go unnoticed, yet they are the most important part of everything. The stream connects it all, starting from that living green, reflecting the golden light, flowing toward the horizon beneath the bare branches. Perhaps relationships, perhaps time, perhaps simply the reminder that everything flows and transforms. And beyond: light and color, because life can give us far more than these bare "trees" show right now. And the trees themselves, if not rotten inside, will bloom again.
I intentionally increased the saturation to create this contrast: to flood the scene with light.

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“Listen, primate boy. I don’t mean to judge, but I’m 72 in your years and *I* still look magnificent.” 😼🙈

#Tigger 😽
#Bengals 🐅
#Photography 📷
#CatsOfMastodon 🐈

Our brown and gold cat sitting on one of the open brown wooden steps in our house looking at me rather disdainfully. There is a wooden board on the white wall behind him.

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Sheep and foxgloves near Peter Tavy this week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography

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I just launched a new Gallery! The Drakensberg, South Africa. 🌍⛰️

This is the first time I'm sharing something like this to #Mastodon. I hope you all enjoy it :D

In March of 2024 I ventured with 5 others on the biggest trip of my life. Backpacking 🥾 a portion of South Africas mountains. We spent 6 days at 3000m asl photographing the landscape.

https://www.dyptrephotography.ca/Portfolio/The-Drakensberg-Portfolio/n-NF4C9w

#Mountains #LandscapePhotography #Fujifilm #Africa #SouthAfrica #Travel #Photography #GalleryArt #Gallery

The Dragons Teeth (2024)
A grand landscape image showing the expanse of the Mnweni Spires, a storm and rainbow can be seen in the distance.

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#WildlifeWednesday
Captured this intimate moment of a Red-winged Blackbird mom feeding her offspring. It takes just a few seconds and off she goes..
The fledgling is already almost as big as mom is, can fly, but still needs to be fed.

Available:https://ez-lorenz.pixels.com/featured/red-winged-blackbird-mom-feeding-her-offspring-ez-lorenz.html

#Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #Nature #Photography #Prints #WallArt #GreetingCards #Giftideas #FediGiftshop

Red-winged Blackbird mom -with speckled feathers- is feeding her young, both clinging to a vertical cattail at a pond where they build their nest.
The fledgling is already almost as big as mom is, but still needs to be fed.
Both birds are in sharp focus against a soft, green blurred background in their natural, tranquil habitat.
Photographed these intimate moments between mother and her offspring at a pond in Medina, Washington, PNW

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#Lucire issue 49 out now, as lavish as ever

https://lucire.com/insider/20240630/lucire-issue-49-out-now-as-lavish-as-ever/

Order your copy at: https://lucire.biz/?s=Lucire+49&post_type=product

#publishing #fashion #FashionMagazine #photography

Lucire issue 49 cover, photographed by Lindsay Adler, fashion edited by the Cannon Media Group, make-up by Joanne Gair, hair by Linh Nguyen and modelled by Molie Onyongo; gown by Hala Algharbawi from her spring–summer 2024 collection.

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A memory from July 16th, 2020 - Comet Neowise on the NW sky. We could see it over a few consecutive nights about 2 hours after sunset..

Just started out learning photography around that time, didn’t have an editing software, other than my phone, so it’s noisy…
Blended image, taken from the same spot (my balcony) few seconds apart at 560mm and brought them a little bit closer to each other to fit the frame…

#Washington #PNW #Comet #Neowise #Photography #astrophotography #Astro #Universe

Night time image. A church cross on the left of the frame and Comet Neowise to the right.

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A silent watcher beneath the green surface — this alligator was just a few feet away, perfectly hidden among the duckweed and reeds of the Florida Everglades. A reminder that in these waters, the wild is always closer than it seems.

Incredible on an oversized medium, metal, canvas and a great gift idea for the nature lover in your life.

https://rebeccaherranen.com/featured/alligator-wild-rebecca-herranen.html

#wildlife #nature #florida #reptiles #buyintoart #photography #fineartphotography #art #MastoArt #giftideas #wallart #alligator

Close-up of an alligator’s head partially submerged in the Everglades, camouflaged among green plants and duckweed with sunlight catching its eye.

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Beneath a Florida boardwalk in the Everglades, sunlight filters through weathered beams onto tall reeds below. The repeating lines create a calm rhythm of shadow and symmetry, blending human design with the quiet beauty of the wetlands. Perfect for a modern or nature-inspired home.

https://rebeccaherranen.com/featured/escape-the-heat-rebecca-herranen.html

#nature #photography #wallart #buyintoart #everglades #florida #giftideas #art #fineartphotography