This is Cosmo. Cosmo's job is to navigate the narrow streets (too narrow for vehicles) of Castelbuono, Sicily collecting trash and recyclables from the houses. He carries these materials in two wooden boxes on his back, boxes made by local high school students. #photography #Sicily #Castelbuono

Good morning Blue Sky, from Catania, Sicily. And from the rooftop of our hotel, Mt Etna. Still smoking a little today. #Sicily. #Italy. #MtEtna. #Catania. #Volcano.

The light at the end of the tunnel and then a stairway to who knows where. #Sicily. #Ragusa #photography. #StreetPhotography

It’s #Stunday and I’m traveling in #Sicily. Here’s a shot of the Temple of Concordia. One of the most complete Greek era temples in the world. A beautiful day and very few people. #GreekArchitecture #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky

Good color after the sunset over the river tonight.

On the trail of the colourful spotted killer🧐 The ladybird is feasting on the lice it has found. #Marienkäfer #ladybug #macro #Nikon #Fotografie 📷 🌿 🐞 #photography #wildlife

Good morning Bluesky from #Matera, #Italy. One of the oldest sites of continuous human habitation in the world. Here’s a panoramic photo of the view from the deck of the hotel where we are staying. #archaeology #photography

Every year for Halloween a local town, #Cambria, puts up #scarecrows along the main street. Some of them are great photo subjects. Apologies if you are offended at how pumpkin pies are made! #Spooktober #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Halloween #DiaDeLosMuertes

Today's #ColorADay is #OrangeSun. While I marvel at the orange sunrises posted by my #BlueSky friends from the East Coast, I'm very proud of the orange sunsets here on the #WestCoast. This is just such an #OrangeSunset. No touch-up, and no, I didn't add the clouds. #photography

According to well-places sources, today's #BirdOfTheDay is #egret. So here's a #GreatWhiteEgret wading and fishing along the banks of the #ZambeziRiver in #Botswana. #Birds #Africa #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky

For Saturday's #BlueSkyArtShow, here are two #inside shots. The first, a massive statue of #RamsesII in the new #GrandEgyptianMuseum in #Cairo. The second, inside the #TempleOfRamsesII in #AbuSimbel. Statues of Ramses II were everywhere in #Egypt. #photography #travel

Good morning 🌞

#Scape #Pano A panoramic view of Morro Bay and Morro Rock (please click to see the entire image) from Black Hill trail. #EastCoastKin #Hiking #LandscapePhotography #MorroBay

#Scape Shifting morning fog in the hills and valleys of San Luis Obispo. #EastCoastKin #Hiking #LandscapePhotography

For Friday #FlyDay, here's a recent photo of an #Osprey sitting atop an unused power pole with its catch, which although hard to see, is a fish and so counts as #FishyFriday. Wow! A #TwoFer. #bird #BirdPhotography #photography #MorroBay

SHHHH! 🤫 It is the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekQForQuiet I was driving one day in the countryside of central California when I saw this from the road. The water was so still and quiet. I am one of those people that sees photo opportunities "everywhere"! #EastCoastKin #Photography #Reflection

My cohost Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has decided that today's #BirdOfTheday is #Raptors and the alternative #GardenBirds Here’s a Common Buzzard ( Hawk) Also BOTD contributors please don’t just post and go. Like and comment on a few entries you admire. It’s a community. 😊 #birds #EastCoastKin

From the #ApartheidMuseum in #Johannesburg #SouthAfrica. Mandela's words seem very appropriate right now. To get into the museum, everyone is issued a ticket (randomly) - either non-whites or whites. You MUST enter using the right entrance. #UrbanGaze #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky

It's #RockinTuesday. Here's a shot from about 2 years ago. The image shows #MobiusArch, a natural rock formation located in the #AlabamaHills near #LonePine,California. The arch is a popular subject for #photographers because it frames #MountWhitney and the #SierraNevada mountains in the background

'The Inner Bounds' (2023) -- For Several Weeks After Coming Home From My Long Weekend Stay, I Dreamt About Lazy Tom's Bog Every Night, Kokadjo, Moosehead Lake Vicinity, ME #BlueskyMonday ✨ #Photography #Landscape #Monochrome #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford

For #BlueSkyMonday, here's a mostly #blue iceberg in #Antarctica. In the iceberg's shape, perhaps you too can see a #wizard for #Spooktober. #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky

The Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut, located in the Temple of Karnak in Luxor, Egypt. A very #vertical #photography subject. #BlueSkyPhotography #Luxor #Egypt

For #ForestFriday, let's look at some VERY OLD trees. This is a #BristleconePine forest in the #WhiteMountains of eastern #California. Some of the oldest trees in the world are found here. Not impressive until you realize that the altitude here is over 10,000 feet! #photography #oldtrees

For today's #ArtChallenge, #stairs, here's a photo looking down from the top of the circular staircase inside the Arc de Triomphe in #Paris. #BlueSkyArtChallenge #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #UrbanPhotography #France

it's also #WaderWednesday so here's another #BirdOfTheDay #reflection pic of an ornamental crowned crane. #nature #birds #avian #birdphotography #wader

It's #RockinTuesday. Here's something a little out of the ordinary. From #RapaNui AKA #EasterIsland, we have a volcanic rock chicken coop on the left. The entrance is on the right. On the island, wood is rare. So volcanic rocks are used whenever possible. #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Travel

A spider catches a ride on the face of a wood duck #birds

It's #BlueskyMonday and the #BirdoftheDay theme is #wings, so here's a majestic red-tailed hawk, wings outstretched in a clear blue sky. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography

#BlueskyMonday #MountainMonday Hikers arriving at the top of Cerro San Luis under a blue sky. #EastCoastKin #Hiking #LandscapePhotography

For #MacroMonday here's a Thread-Waisted Wasp on a Sulphur Flower Buckwheat. Taken on the east side of the #SierraNevadaMountains during the spring bloom. #photography #insect #flowers

#Stunday Crepuscular rays at a nearby park. (click to see full image) #EastCoastKin #LandscapePhotography #Pano

Trillium Lake, Mt Hood, Oregon, USA

#blueskyartshow #glow #photography #landscape #Latvia #Baltic #bluehour #travel #travelphotography #nature #bluesky

#AfricanWildDogs are endangered and can be very hard to locate as they are almost always on the move. Africa's most efficient hunter, they are successful more than 70% of the time they set out to hunt. #Africa #enganderedspecies #Botswana #OkovangoDelta #photography #travel

Clouds at sunrise. Sept 8. Rainy day here in Portland Oregon. Have a beautiful day. ❤️💜🧡

How about a Pacific Coast #sunset for a timeline cleanse? Taken earlier this year, it was so peaceful and serene. #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #MorroBay

#RockinTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue I'm usually indifferent to cairns, but this one was pretty impressive, especially sitting on a rock on top of the mountain with the fog below. #EastCoastKin #Cairns #Rocks #Fog #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #LandscapePhotography #Hiking

📍Pacific Coast Highway, California.

Happy Tuesday! There was a very nice kiss of restrained clouds this morning that added some texture and dimension without getting in the way of the sun. Note the two shoreline sunrise watchers for scale. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Good morning my friends. Apologies to all who contributed to yesterday's BOTD. Due to a lack of sleep Sunday and out all day with the Red Squirrels yesterday I didn't get any Replies/Reposts done. I had tea with the boss lady,then fell asleep at 6.30pm and woke up at 9.15am this morning.

It's #RockinTuesday! And because it is October, here's an interesting rock formation from #JoshuaTreeNP, in Southern California. What does it look like to you? #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Travel #NationalParks

For #BlueSkyMonday, here's something a little different. The blue sky with sunshine coming through a #ChollaCactus. Taken in the Cholla Cactus Garden in #JoshuaTreeNP. Certainly a 'prickly subject'. #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky Support our #NationalParks.

It's #Stunday. To celebrate, here's a photo from one of my favorite experiences, a hot air balloon ride at dawn, over the #NileRiver in #Egypt. You can see the Nile on the right side of the photo. There's a lot of smoke along the ground from wood fires. #photography #travel #HotAirBalloon

Thanks for the feedback. Wow, setting out feed to attract other birds while you wait for your target is pretty serious! Most of my shots happen while traveling. The Kingfishers were all from a safari to Africa. That trip had more birds than any other I've taken.

For this week's #ColorADay #GreenSat, here's a pair of White Fronted Bee Eaters from #Zambia. Taken along the #LufupuRiver. Their green wings contrast nicely with other colors on their bodies. #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #Africa

It's #FlyDay. To celebrate, here's an #AfricanSacredIbis flying over a #GreatWhiteEgret. Photo taken along the #ZambeziRiver in #Zambia. The Ibis is an iconic #AfricanBird and can be found from Egypt to South Africa. #birds #photography #birdphotography

For the Thursday Art Challenge, #PalacesAndGardens, here's a shot of the #PotalaPalace in #LhasaTibet, taken in 2019. Although the palace is grand in daylight, it is even more stunning at night. #China #Tibet #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky

It's #WaterfallWednesday! So here's a short video clip of #VictoriaFalls taken from #Zimbabwe. The falls were running full force after heavy rains in #Angola. #photography #Africa #travel

Although they are not much to look at, #BristleconePine trees are among the oldest trees on Earth. They live in a very harsh environment where other species could not survive. The branches and small cones are quite unique. These are in the #WhiteMountains in extreme eastern #California. #photography

It's #MountainMonday. Here's a mountain and its reflection in the #AntarcticOcean. One of the few calm days we had on our recent cruise along the #AntarcticPeninsula. Not nearly as much ice as there should be. #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Travel #Antarctica #Landscape