ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you so much. I hope it is wonderful in your piece of the world, too.
A hobbyist photographer currently in ND. I'm married, old, and poor. All my photos are copyright by me, and are not for sale. *OK. I just gotta say it. No DMs unless we already interact in some way.*
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Thank you so much. I hope it is wonderful in your piece of the world, too.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you. I used to see them often when I worked the overnight shift.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
Mine were crappy until I got a decent tripod. It would be some freak of nature to hold a camera still for that long.
Rivera Ride the Wave (@photo-rivera.bsky.social) reposted
Hope you all are having a fantastic #scape Friday! This is a #sunrise capture from a May 2021 #roadtrip to the Bonneville Salt Flats #Utah. See comments for drone video. #landscape #photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
I used a Nikon D810 back then. I've since also added a Nikon Coolpix P-1000. I'm not very good on the technical end of it. I have lots of misses that you'll never see on here, but sometimes I get lucky. A good tripod helps a lot, too, especially for night pics.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
Canada, do what you gotta do. The sane people of Gilead (U.S.) understand. We'll see you on the other side of this.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social)
Another example of morning pics. Taken about 8:30 am on 1/19/14. #photography
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social)
Many of the pics that look like sunsets are actually sunrises I took on my way home from work. 1/10/15. #photography
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you. I think each photo looks decent separately, but tell a whole different story together.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
I have a bunch of pics from there that I haven't posted yet.
Autogrammatic (@autogrammatic.bsky.social) reposted
Converge #photography #architecture #geometric #streetphotography #urbex
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
tRump is just the useful idiot who keeps the public distracted while the Project 2025 people do their thing.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
I hear people say "uff da" all the time around here in ND, but I've never heard it anywhere else.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
After the pedestrian passed, I think I would have pulled over and flipped them off one by one as they went by. But that's just me.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social)
I'm amused by clouds that just seem out of place. Taken with my phone, 8/29/25. #photography
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
I've never swan in the ocean, but I've swam at Ludington State Park. I'm believing it's comparable, other than the temperature.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
That would be nice, but I believe they are all just cogs in a criminal fascist enterprise.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social)
Looks like a gauntlet of scattered showers ahead. 6/16/14. #photography
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
done
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🤢🤮🤡👎
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
More to the story: The crash happened on their way to Moorhead MN, across the river from Fargo ND. The promoter contacted a local kid to take the gig. Thus started the career of Bobby Vee.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social)
Someone (else) is getting some nasty weather. 6/29/25. #photography
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
Accomplished photographers like you, Luis, are a great encouragement to amatuers like me who get a lucky shot once in a while.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm in the same boat, in that I never used twitter. I figure we each decide the level of interaction that suits our individual personallities. I cherish partaking in the artistic vision of each photograph. Some are whimsical, some are full of deep meaning. All are breathtaking.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
Wow! It does look like it.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
Instead of miles per gallon, the correct term would probably be gallons per mile.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
That must mean Karoline Leavitt is a Moscow duck.
Edwin Wiskerke (@edwinwiskerke.bsky.social) reposted
Zo'n spinneweb is en blijft een kunstwerk. #art #natureart #nature #macro #photography #netherland #zeldenzomooigezien #spider
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
It has been a very wet summer, so there is much more green than usual.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
I joke to people here about how every little town has its festival, where everyone comes together around the town tree.
Mike Saunders 🇺🇦 (@hardwaterhacker.bsky.social) reposted
Even giant cottonwood trees look small under the vast sky over the plains of North Dakota. I shot this as a pano to emphasize the how small these giants look under the sky, so be sure to click to see the full photo. Additional details below. #pano #landscape #photography #Nikon #PhotographersUnited
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you. I was just out driving around, and this one insisted on some attention.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social)
I was in the area, so I got an updated view of downtown Aylmer ND. 8/23/25. #photography
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
We seem to have it happen a couple of times each year close to winter.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social)
The light in this pic seems to come from the frosted vegetation. 12/1/13. #photography
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social)
We're away this weekend, but here's some phone pics before we left. (more in alt) 8/20/25. #photography
Ponzini Photography (@ponzphoto.bsky.social) reposted
"Country Landscape" - Photographed August 26, 2011, in Fork Union, Virginia. 📷
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
Bluesky works fine for me on a vpn, but many other services I use won't.
Anna (@bornforart.bsky.social) reposted
The Swan Lake #Art #Oil #CGoilpainting #Landscape #Nature #MorningLight #Forest #Lake #Swan
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
Lots of wisdom there.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
"No one is above the law." WHO does he define as "the law?"
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
I remember going to the electronics store with my dad to buy tubes. That was mostly what they sold, various vacuum tubes to fix TVs and radios.
JBGarrity Photography (@joegarrity.bsky.social) reposted
Vietnamese Mossy tree frogs are both aboreal and aquatic. They wade in moss-covered puddles as a means of camouflage. My Portfolio: portfolio.pixelfed.social/JoeGarrity #naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #macrophotography #macro #photography #amphibian #treefrog #frog #herps
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
It is easy to block someone from seeing your posts. I'm sure each one of us has blocked people for various reasons.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
So true. Too many people pour so much of themselves into acquiring things instead of acquiring experiences that build memories.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
I had several NFT buy attempts months ago. They said much of the stuff you posted here. As soon as they tried to move it (usually to WhatsApp), I blocked and fled. One thing that helped was that I know most of my photos aren't that good once they're blown up, so I know their flattery is bullshit.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social)
Along the road in CO. A different view of a previous post. 7/4/15. #photography
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social)
Not sure of location, but I thought it was cool. 6/29/15. #photography
AX : sns name (写真表現博物館)Japan (@axphoto.bsky.social) reposted
#portraitphotography #ポートレート #streetphotography #streetsnap #ストリートスナップ #naturephotography #風景写真 #PENTAX #ペンタックス
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
Here's the original. Heavily dusted from a neighboring field.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm surprised he didn't have a drone or two waiting in Siberia to welcome him home.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
I always told people that if I'm working, the machine is not.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
That would have made some noise!
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
One of the pictures in that set is where I took my profile pic from.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
Our cowardly senator, John Hoeven, was governor when Holmberg's trips to Prague were happening. I'd love to tag Burgum with some of it, too, but he came along later.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social)
The moon almost looks like it might fall on this trucker. 12/17/13. #photography
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
I've silently pondered the history behind places I've lived, but you've really dug into it. Each house has a story, and you've worked hard to uncover their hidden character. I lived in MI for about 22 years, but I've never known much about that side of the state. Thanks.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
Hoping you get it figured out. For me, I developed a new normal when I retired. Most of my last 10 years was spent working overnight. Now, I tend to be up until 1 or 2 am, and get up around 11 or so. I'm following what my body tells me to do. The advantage of not having a schedule.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
I have read elsewhere that it is a bad site.
Den 🇮🇪 (@denterrick.bsky.social) reposted
In the Dublin hills the forest green is as bright as it gets right now. Great to get lost in. 😀 ...and you can see why it might be easy to get lost here. There is a hiking path in there somewhere. #hiking #nature #photography #trees #scape #EastCoastKin #ForestFriday #Dublin #Ireland
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
Things are never the way we remember them. I wonder, in cases like this, if my brain recorded the memory accurately? What I saw was very different than how I remembered it. The main thing that verified it was the right place was that hill.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
🤣
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
It was a special thrill to reconnect with a memory from 50 years ago.
ND John (@johnwmich.bsky.social) reply parent
It can be nothing more than willful ignorance. I was seeing news stories about their agenda for a year and a half. Many of us posted about it incessantly before the election. Unfortunately, the U.S. will have to pay some heavy consequences for things to change.