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Uncle Rickie

@richardgatley.bsky.social

Professional pilot, Gulfstream G600 and amateur photographer, Fuji X-T2, X-E3, vintage Soviet lenses, Ricoh GR III and iPhone 16 (All images are by me unless stated otherwise) the.fotoapp.co/rgatley

created May 5, 2023

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Thank you!

1/9/2025, 9:26:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“May you live in interesting times” A curse, they say. And thank you!

1/9/2025, 6:34:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Afghanistan #MountainMonday #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour

Desert mountains rising above the haze in this high altitude aerial photo
1/9/2025, 5:35:54 PM | 58 8 | View on Bluesky | view

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You never know!

1/9/2025, 3:55:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you! It’s a fine airport

1/9/2025, 1:15:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you Susan!

1/9/2025, 1:14:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Morning Susan! Doha today

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1/9/2025, 12:32:03 PM | 9 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you! You definitely don’t want to get in their way😁 Some of them have blades🫣

A red sailing vessel with hydrofoil blades
1/9/2025, 7:14:37 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you!

1/9/2025, 12:28:56 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you!

1/9/2025, 12:27:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you!

31/8/2025, 6:13:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks Alina! I’m on my way home in a few hours. It was a lovely evening

31/8/2025, 6:04:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fujifilm X-E3 with a Novoflex M42 to Fuji FX adapter

31/8/2025, 5:14:13 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ile Alatau Mountains above Almaty in Kazakhstan through a vintage Soviet Jupiter 37A 135mm f/3.5 lens from the Kazan Optical-Mechanical Factory. #Stunday #MountainMonday #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour

Late evening light in the mountains with a blue sky and wooded foothills
31/8/2025, 4:19:20 PM | 70 7 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wow!

31/8/2025, 3:32:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Soviet Tair 3 Photo Sniper 300mm f/4.5, KMZ (Krasnogorskiy Mechanicheskiy Zavod). Sharp, heavy and unwieldy with unique character. Here’s the full kit. #Photography #EastCoastKin

A camera with a shoulder stock and pistol grip mounted to a large lens and its metal carrying case A camera with a shoulder stock and pistol grip mounted to a large lens and its metal carrying case A camera with a shoulder stock and pistol grip mounted to a large lens and its metal carrying case
31/8/2025, 3:28:22 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tair 3 Photo Sniper 300mm f/4.5, KMZ (Krasnogorskiy Mechanicheskiy Zavod). Sharp, heavy and unwieldy with unique character. Moon shots will be coming! #StunDay #Vintage #EastCoastKin

Close up of a large, long focal length camera lens, made in USSR Close up of a large, long focal length camera lens, made in USSR Close up of a large, long focal length camera lens, made in USSR
31/8/2025, 3:20:59 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good thank you! Getting ready to go home😃

31/8/2025, 1:35:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you Susan!

31/8/2025, 1:35:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Morning Susan!

Ile Alatau Range above Almaty in Kazakhstan
31/8/2025, 12:25:09 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you Jason!

31/8/2025, 12:02:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😍

31/8/2025, 11:31:25 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s a nice effect I think, thank you!

31/8/2025, 9:44:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😃

31/8/2025, 9:27:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😊

31/8/2025, 9:26:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😃😊

31/8/2025, 8:59:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks Ron!

31/8/2025, 5:52:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks Alina!

31/8/2025, 5:51:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you Jaycee!

31/8/2025, 5:51:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Evening light through an old lens. Soviet Industar 61 L/Z 50mm f/2.8 #StunDay #Monochrome #EastCoastKin

Evening light glows between two apartment buildings, a hazy cityscape in the distance. Almaty, Kazakhstan
31/8/2025, 2:16:29 AM | 122 16 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you!

31/8/2025, 2:04:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You never know what you’ll find! How do you like it?

30/8/2025, 6:48:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you!

30/8/2025, 6:29:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Industar 61 star shaped bokeh at f/8 #EastCoastKin #Photography

Star shaped out of focus highlights against a dark background, created by the unique iris of this lens
30/8/2025, 6:18:47 PM | 57 7 | View on Bluesky | view

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There’s a certain something about vintage glass!

30/8/2025, 6:14:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Window cleaners, Almaty Industar 61 lens #shiny #BlueskyArtChallenge #EastCoastKin

Window cleaners hang from ropes on the side of a glass and steel high rise
30/8/2025, 5:58:12 PM | 22 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Almaty evening, Industar 61 #EastCoastKin #Photography #PhotoHour

Dusk between two apartment blocks in Kazakhstan
30/8/2025, 5:55:22 PM | 55 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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I keep coming back to mine, especially since they’re now the only primes I own. I hope you manage to get a hold of yours soon!

30/8/2025, 5:52:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1970’s Soviet lens #Shiny #BlueSkyArtChallenge #EastCoastKin

Looking through the front element of a Jupiter-37A lens, one can see the 16 blades of the iris. Image taken with an Industar 61 vintage Soviet lens
30/8/2025, 4:58:43 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you! Riding in the back on the way back home tomorrow!

30/8/2025, 2:59:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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'Rorschach' (2014) -- a Long Exposure of Light Reflected Off of Almost Still Waters Creates Fuzzy, Mesmerizing Frequencies in Linear Fashion, Central Park, Manhattan, NYC #BlueSkyArtShow #Shiny #Photography #Landscape #Monochrome #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford

a long exposure view across the Jacquelyn Onassis Kennedy reservoir at the upper west side skyline, the smooth but not quite still waters reflect the lights in long fuzzy towers that are mesmerizing and make you question what it is you are looking at
30/8/2025, 1:05:14 PM | 652 107 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is an absolute banger, Jaycee!

30/8/2025, 2:39:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hello Mr. Spence! Working at the moment and looking forward to some time off!

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30/8/2025, 2:37:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bokeh through a vintage Soviet lens, a KMZ Industar-61 L/Z 50 mm f/2.8 (shot at f/8 to accentuate the star shaped bokeh) #EastCoastKin #Macro #Photography

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28/8/2025, 4:43:16 PM | 23 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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#UrbanGaze through a vintage Soviet lens, a KMZ Industar-61 L/Z 50 mm f/2.8 #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin

An architectural bicycle rack in Almaty, Kazakhstan
28/8/2025, 4:23:46 PM | 22 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Whitecliff Bay on the Isle of Wight, 1970’s Meyer-Optik Görlitz Orestor 135mm f2.8 Lens. #HumansOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #ArtChallenge #IsleOfWight #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome

Two people fishing from a curved sea wall with white cliffs in the background The 16 blade iris of a vintage camera lens
28/8/2025, 5:04:34 AM | 31 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Whitecliff Bay on the Isle of Wight, 1970’s Meyer-Optik Görlitz Orestor 135mm f2.8 Lens. #HumansOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #ArtChallenge #IsleOfWight

A bright sunny day by the seaside. White cliffs on the right and people fishing from the curved sea wall in the centre of the frame
28/8/2025, 4:35:05 AM | 19 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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The dawn chasing Orion over Azerbaijan #PhotoHour #EastCoastKin #Sky

The lights of small towns 45,000 feet below, shrouded by a scattered layer of cloud, lie under a starry sky as the horizon brightens with the colours of dawn
27/8/2025, 12:36:11 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Interesting meteorology, a fall streak hole over the Isle of Wight #StormHour #EastCoastKin #Stunday #BlueSkyMonday #IsleOfWight #Sky

A ‘mare’s tail’ cirrus cloud precipitating from a layer of cirrostratus/stratocumulus, leaving a circular hole in the cloud layer
27/8/2025, 12:15:13 PM | 32 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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😊

26/8/2025, 7:52:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😁

25/8/2025, 7:01:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fall streak holes over the Isle of Wight #StormHour #EastCoastKin #IsleOfWight

Circular holes appear in cirrus clouds over a distant sea and rolling countryside of golden dry grass and green trees under a blue sky
25/8/2025, 6:49:46 PM | 71 6 | View on Bluesky | view

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Argiope bruennichi, commonly known as the wasp spider, is a species of orb-weaver spider found across Central and Northern Europe, several regions of Asia and Africa and the Azores. Seen here on Culver Down on the Isle of Wight #MacroMonday #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #IsleOfWight

A black and yellow striped spider with orange legs has spun a chaotic web next to a purple flower on the downland
25/8/2025, 6:14:04 PM | 37 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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Perched atop rugged cliffs probably

25/8/2025, 5:57:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lola and a blank screen. Vintage 1974 Soviet Jupiter 11A 135mm f/4 (Kazan Optical-Mechanical Factory). Fujifilm X-E3. #MinimalMonday #EastCoastKin #CatsOfBlueSky #PhotoHour

A black cat on a black background looks at the camera with yellow eyes
25/8/2025, 3:56:41 PM | 21 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good grief! I’m 60 and *walk* a mile in 15 minutes ffs

24/8/2025, 7:00:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Or maybe it was a hare. The Palace has…interesting…tastes

21/8/2025, 7:35:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’d heard they’ve got a hair trigger…

21/8/2025, 11:01:24 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Right. That’s on my list when I get back home next week!

20/8/2025, 4:05:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah, me too

20/8/2025, 4:04:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This was at dinner time 😁

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20/8/2025, 3:56:08 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😁

20/8/2025, 12:39:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is actually Istanbul, my breakfast crew😊

20/8/2025, 11:58:28 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hi Susan! Having a coffee with some little hangers-on

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20/8/2025, 11:51:47 AM | 14 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you!

18/8/2025, 10:35:03 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In the foreground, Mount Shahdagh in Azerbaijan and beyond, Shalbuzdag in Russia. #BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour

Arid mountains above scattered clouds taken from 43,000 feet
18/8/2025, 10:23:46 AM | 51 8 | View on Bluesky | view

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🤣 Euphrates. On closer inspection (you might need a magnifying glass), male I think. But definitely hugging a frog😁

18/8/2025, 8:21:14 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you!

15/8/2025, 10:54:45 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s really good

14/8/2025, 2:26:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you Susan!

14/8/2025, 2:21:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you!

14/8/2025, 2:21:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The lasagne is extraordinary! Served in cast iron…

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14/8/2025, 2:20:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you! The ice cream is homemade and has vanilla bits in it😃

14/8/2025, 11:36:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you on both counts! It’s lovely and warm in the evenings so I think I’ll sit outside on a terrace and have a nice affogato after dinner😋

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14/8/2025, 11:30:47 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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😁

14/8/2025, 11:21:25 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😁 well, there goes the neighbourhood

14/8/2025, 11:20:32 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good morning from Kazakhstan where it’s late afternoon, thinking about where to have dinner😃

14/8/2025, 11:19:16 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😁

14/8/2025, 9:19:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Massive

14/8/2025, 9:16:45 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ryde on the Isle of Wight

A scooter festooned with lights approaching as the pillion rider raises her arms wide
14/8/2025, 8:27:27 AM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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London #aerialphotography #PhotoHour #EastCoastKin #London

High above London and its parks. From left to right: St James’s; Hyde Park with Buckingham Palace above and Holland Park below; Battersea Park across the Thames and below it, Brompton Cemetery
14/8/2025, 7:59:48 AM | 38 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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Batumi on the eastern shores of the Black Sea #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #aerial #LongExposure #night #photography

Motion blurred city lights on a shoreline under a starry sky
14/8/2025, 7:30:37 AM | 52 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you Robyn!

12/8/2025, 4:24:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Of course, be my guest. And thank you!

11/8/2025, 9:51:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Zeus II #StunDay #EastCoastKin #StormHour Thunderstorm over the Pyrenees from 45,000 feet

A large cumulonimbus with a spreading anvil top that looks like the profile of an angry Greek god with curly hair and a billowing beard
11/8/2025, 8:07:23 AM | 55 8 | View on Bluesky | view

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Zeus #StunDay #EastCoastKin #StormHour Thunderstorm over the Pyrenees from 45,000 feet

A thunderstorm taken from high altitude looks like a Greek god with hair blowing in the wind
10/8/2025, 10:56:28 PM | 64 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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Getting in early too…EasyJet Airbus landing on Runway 25 at Luton Airport #Stunday #PhotoHour #Aircraft #EastCoastKin #RicohGR-III

An airbus with orange accents against a blue sky with puffy white clouds
9/8/2025, 8:39:03 PM | 19 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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9/8/2025, 8:13:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Getting in early…Ryanair 737 landing on Runway 25 at Luton Airport #Stunday #PhotoHour #Aircraft #EastCoastKin #RicohGR-III

An aircraft viewed from underneath as it descends to land over an airport approach lighting structure against a blue sky with puffy white clouds
9/8/2025, 8:08:59 PM | 27 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you!

7/8/2025, 1:28:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you! It’s a struggle during the summer months😁

6/8/2025, 9:23:05 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dawn reflections, Puckpool #PanoPhotos #panorama #Stormhour #EastCoastKin #Sunrise #IsleOfWight #reflections

Vibrant dawn colours reflecting in a calm bay framed by a wooded coastline
4/8/2025, 8:08:21 PM | 76 11 | View on Bluesky | view

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Serious question: is there a chance you might be able to reconstruct a sample menu from the remains unearthed? Or have you already done so and I’ve missed it?

4/8/2025, 6:41:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Well, if you found them inna bin…

4/8/2025, 6:29:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I wonder if there are any ornithololololologishts that might clear thish up. *hic*

4/8/2025, 6:28:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bladdered I’d say…or is that a stork🧐

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That’d be Brazier Crane wouldn’t it?😆

4/8/2025, 4:02:35 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Siblings. Vintage Carl Zeiss Jena (DDR) 28mm f/2.8 M42 fit. #CatsOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #CarlZeiss #BlackCat

Portrait of a black cat with shallow depth of field Portrait of a black cat with shallow depth of field
4/8/2025, 3:12:26 PM | 24 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Crane onna stick! Luvly 😋 Roman cuisine is extraordinary (I’m assuming roasted?)

4/8/2025, 2:40:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Straight pipe turbojet😁 I’m used to Rolls Royce powerplants but this one has Pratts. Hoping to be on the 700 eventually and that’s got Rolls. All high bypass of course. No need to for T-2 reset lol

3/8/2025, 7:46:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view