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Thank you!
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
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Thank you!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
“May you live in interesting times” A curse, they say. And thank you!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
You never know!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you! It’s a fine airport
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you Susan!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you! You definitely don’t want to get in their way😁 Some of them have blades🫣
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks Alina! I’m on my way home in a few hours. It was a lovely evening
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Fujifilm X-E3 with a Novoflex M42 to Fuji FX adapter
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
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
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Wow!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
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
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
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
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Good thank you! Getting ready to go home😃
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you Susan!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you Jason!
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😍
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It’s a nice effect I think, thank you!
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😃
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😊
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😃😊
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks Ron!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks Alina!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you Jaycee!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
Evening light through an old lens. Soviet Industar 61 L/Z 50mm f/2.8 #StunDay #Monochrome #EastCoastKin
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
You never know what you’ll find! How do you like it?
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
Industar 61 star shaped bokeh at f/8 #EastCoastKin #Photography
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
There’s a certain something about vintage glass!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
Window cleaners, Almaty Industar 61 lens #shiny #BlueskyArtChallenge #EastCoastKin
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
Almaty evening, Industar 61 #EastCoastKin #Photography #PhotoHour
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
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!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
1970’s Soviet lens #Shiny #BlueSkyArtChallenge #EastCoastKin
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you! Riding in the back on the way back home tomorrow!
Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images (@jaycee-visionlogic.bsky.social) reposted
'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
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
This is an absolute banger, Jaycee!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Hello Mr. Spence! Working at the moment and looking forward to some time off!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
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
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
#UrbanGaze through a vintage Soviet lens, a KMZ Industar-61 L/Z 50 mm f/2.8 #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
Whitecliff Bay on the Isle of Wight, 1970’s Meyer-Optik Görlitz Orestor 135mm f2.8 Lens. #HumansOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #ArtChallenge #IsleOfWight #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
Whitecliff Bay on the Isle of Wight, 1970’s Meyer-Optik Görlitz Orestor 135mm f2.8 Lens. #HumansOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #ArtChallenge #IsleOfWight
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
The dawn chasing Orion over Azerbaijan #PhotoHour #EastCoastKin #Sky
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
Interesting meteorology, a fall streak hole over the Isle of Wight #StormHour #EastCoastKin #Stunday #BlueSkyMonday #IsleOfWight #Sky
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😊
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😁
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
Fall streak holes over the Isle of Wight #StormHour #EastCoastKin #IsleOfWight
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
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
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Perched atop rugged cliffs probably
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
Lola and a blank screen. Vintage 1974 Soviet Jupiter 11A 135mm f/4 (Kazan Optical-Mechanical Factory). Fujifilm X-E3. #MinimalMonday #EastCoastKin #CatsOfBlueSky #PhotoHour
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Good grief! I’m 60 and *walk* a mile in 15 minutes ffs
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Or maybe it was a hare. The Palace has…interesting…tastes
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
I’d heard they’ve got a hair trigger…
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Right. That’s on my list when I get back home next week!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, me too
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
😁
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
This is actually Istanbul, my breakfast crew😊
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Hi Susan! Having a coffee with some little hangers-on
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
In the foreground, Mount Shahdagh in Azerbaijan and beyond, Shalbuzdag in Russia. #BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
🤣 Euphrates. On closer inspection (you might need a magnifying glass), male I think. But definitely hugging a frog😁
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s really good
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you Susan!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
The lasagne is extraordinary! Served in cast iron…
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you! The ice cream is homemade and has vanilla bits in it😃
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
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😋
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
😁
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
😁 well, there goes the neighbourhood
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Good morning from Kazakhstan where it’s late afternoon, thinking about where to have dinner😃
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
😁
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Massive
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
London #aerialphotography #PhotoHour #EastCoastKin #London
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
Batumi on the eastern shores of the Black Sea #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #aerial #LongExposure #night #photography
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you Robyn!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Of course, be my guest. And thank you!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
Zeus II #StunDay #EastCoastKin #StormHour Thunderstorm over the Pyrenees from 45,000 feet
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
Zeus #StunDay #EastCoastKin #StormHour Thunderstorm over the Pyrenees from 45,000 feet
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
Getting in early too…EasyJet Airbus landing on Runway 25 at Luton Airport #Stunday #PhotoHour #Aircraft #EastCoastKin #RicohGR-III
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Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
Getting in early…Ryanair 737 landing on Runway 25 at Luton Airport #Stunday #PhotoHour #Aircraft #EastCoastKin #RicohGR-III
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you!
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you! It’s a struggle during the summer months😁
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
Dawn reflections, Puckpool #PanoPhotos #panorama #Stormhour #EastCoastKin #Sunrise #IsleOfWight #reflections
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
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?
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, if you found them inna bin…
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
I wonder if there are any ornithololololologishts that might clear thish up. *hic*
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
That’d be Brazier Crane wouldn’t it?😆
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social)
Siblings. Vintage Carl Zeiss Jena (DDR) 28mm f/2.8 M42 fit. #CatsOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #CarlZeiss #BlackCat
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
Crane onna stick! Luvly 😋 Roman cuisine is extraordinary (I’m assuming roasted?)
Uncle Rickie (@richardgatley.bsky.social) reply parent
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