The Milky Way from the foothills of the Front Range near Denver. Visible with the naked eye, but only a long exposure brings out the color (human vision loses color perception quickly in low light).

This is the beard of an RPG interloper. Not an expert, just a guy who sometimes shows up.

Rob Donoghue@rdonoghue.bsky.social · 3w ago

I feel like I need a diagram that maps beard length to various self claimed RPG titles like thought leader, Influencer, pundit, professor and so on, so I can really say with some confidence when I move from guru to sage. Because, obviously, that’s how these things work.

Took my Speed Graphic 4x5 for a walk Saturday morning with the 1850 Petzval lens attached. This is a crop of my most successful portrait that morning-I was hand timing exposures with the shutter, so overexposed several shots. Litho film can be very unforgiving. #antiquePhotography #largeFormat #4x5

Antique cameras with red bellows, as was briefly popular in the beginning of the 20th century, especially by Eastman Kodak. Unfortunately only the two 4x5 cameras are still usable to original specs with minimal modification. #antique #cameras #kodak #conley #antiquePhotography #4x5

I got 19/20 images correct,but ended up leaving slightly less certain of my ability to detect generated images.

Janna Sophia 🏔️@jannaphia.bsky.social · last mo.

Please help me finish my thesis so I can finally be free of academia 🫶✨ aidetectionsurvey.carrd.co

Describe the economy in a single sentence

I'm lucky to be the current caretaker of portrait lens made in 1850 (for sixth plate photos, but just covers 4x5 with some vignetting). I do want to use it more.

Pookleblinky@pookleblinky.bsky.social · last mo.

I always like thinking about: what is the oldest object you regularly use, the oldest thing you're using in your normal everyday life

"We invented pornographic art tens of thousands of years before written language." (Full size image) Words by @funkittoys.bsky.social, images by @erikamoen.bsky.social (and various uncredited prehistoric artists, craftspeople, and caveperverts) Full post: www.patreon.com/posts/150935...

“America hasn't updated its consumer privacy laws since 1988 (when Congress banned the disclosure of your VHS rentals). The EU has the GDPR, but it also has Ireland, the country where all GDPR cases against Big Tech go to die, because any tax haven inevitably becomes a crime haven”

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · last mo.

Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Spying on kids to save kids from spying is very, very stupid; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/06/23/d... #Pluralistic 1/

Post your mages if you've got 'em.

Dicey "OPEN FOR BUSINESS" June@diceyjune.bsky.social · 2mo ago

mages, post 'em if you got 'em.

For you World War I fighting-scout buffs. And for Snoopy fans. Curse you, Red Baron!

UI means user interface and UX means user exerface

The Ica Icarette 500/2 is one of my favorite unexpected cameras from the estate collection I'm managing. It is 101 years old now, and works like a dream with film that's still easily available. Nice sharp Zeiss lens shooting 6x9 on 120 film. #mediumFormat #antiquePhotography #120film #zeiss

SOON.

Shitty Camera Challenge@shittychallenge.bsky.social · 3mo ago

HOLY SHIT WE ARE BACK TO MAKE MORE PHOTOS WITH SHIT CAMERAS! NO-ONE COULE HAVE PREDICTED THIS! WE WILL SAVE YOUR ASSES FROM YOURSELVES! ANOTHER FUCKING #SHITTYCAMERACHALLENGE IS COMING! JULY 1ST TILL SEPTEMBER 30TH DO WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT, BUT BEST DO IT WITH A CAMERA THAT SUCKS SHIT!

Kodak Six-16 Art Deco camera in brown from the estate collection I'm managing. These were made between 1932 and 1936 in a few variants. This one has a good shutter and clean glass, but worn out bellows. #kodak #mediumFormat #antiquePhotography #artDeco

A Kodak Rainbow Hawk Eye No.2 camera in dark green from the estate collection, made in 1931 or 1932. A simple box brownie camera that uses now-discontinued 116 film, this was a slightly premium version over the basic black cameras. #brownieCamera #kodak #photography #mediumFormat #filmPhotography

A Kodak Rainbow Hawk Eye No.2 camera in dark green from the estate collection, made in 1931 or 1932. A simple box brownie camera that uses now-discontinued 116 film, this was a slightly premium version over the basic black cameras. #brownieCamera #kodak #photography #mediumFormat #filmPhotography

folks this cover has been so hard to keep secret till now, look at this beautiful beast! click the link and really examine it! the epic quests this cover hints towards! the glorious discoveries! the tragic reveals! the magnificent journeys! i am so glad we got to work with @elemei.bsky.social here!

Unwritten Earths Symposium@unwrittenearths.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What a pleasure to finally share our cover artwork for Swords Without Master, by the incomparable @elemei.bsky.social! Swords! Sorcery! Foes defeated! Danger looms! Wonders undreamt of wait to be discovered! Truly, everything you can expect from the game. www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...

Uniflex I twin lens reflex camera made between 1947 and 1950. This copy from the estate collection I'm processing is in rough shape, but this camera's selling point was taking both 120 and 620 film. #photography #cameras #TLR

Uniflex I twin lens reflex camera made between 1947 and 1950. This copy from the estate collection I'm processing is in rough shape, but this camera's selling point was taking both 120 and 620 film. #photography #cameras #TLR

Graflex Speed Graphic 45 from the estate collection I'm processing. This one was made in 1952 or 1953, and the focal plane shutter still runs well. This is one of the few I'm keeping for myself, as I can adapt the 1850 Petzval to it. #photography #largeFormat #graflex #antiquePhotography

A Mamiya C330 from the hoarder collection, shown with the 135mm f4.5 lens set attached. I found the matching boxy hood orphaned at an antique shop while on vacation. Produced from 1969 to 1975, it is an interchangeable lens TLR. This one works, but has some frame spacing issues. #photography

I believe that large format photography exists to keep me humble. Even with a checklist I underexposed the shot of the dandelion because I forgot to account for extension factor. Luckily the scan is okay. Graflex RB 4x5, Arista Edu 100 ISO, df96 monobath. #largeFormat #antiquePhotography #film

I believe that large format photography exists to keep me humble. Even with a checklist I underexposed the shot of the dandelion because I forgot to account for extension factor. Luckily the scan is okay. Graflex RB 4x5, Arista Edu 100 ISO, df96 monobath. #largeFormat #antiquePhotography #film

Caturday cameo by one of my common studio visitors. #caturday

Polaroid J66 from the hoarder collection. Produced from 1961 to 1963, using Type 40 roll film. It is a shame there's no new film available for these. #polaroid #photography

Me and my friend's little photo show happened! It's up at Roboto for the rest of June! It came together!

it's not done because I'm probably going to keep messing with weathering but here, it's done annoyingly I was thinking this would be a good candidate to photograph outdoors but it's supposed to be cloudy tomorrow

This rascal squirrel dropped an unripe mulberry on me the other day during my regular walk. At least they repaid me by posing for pictures.