"Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain." — Saadi Shirazi (1258).

Sunrise magic & morning rituals in Siem Reap. I wish you all a peaceful & enjoyable holiday season, & a Happy NY. See you all next year! ✌🏽🧡 #stunday #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #art #sunrise #reflection #coloraday #orangesun #sunday #bluesky #scape #landscape #photographersofbluesky #light

Following the light through the fog. You made it to Aloha Friday! #scape #monochrome #Aloha #classicmono #photography #photohour #TheMeadow #photographersofBlueSky

Mist over the River Brathay

Just got to love an early morning North Yorkshire sunrise! Been blessed with hundreds of these this year, and every one unique. #GetUpGetOut #AlwaysLookUp #JustKeepMoving #10MinutesFromHome ##AlphabetChallenge #WeekYforYearPast

Looking up in the breathtaking gothic new Cathedral of Salamanca - Salamanca, Spain #gothic #salamanca #cathedral #alphabetChallenge #WeekYforYearPast #stunday #classicMono

Sulphur-crested cockatoo acrobatics #StunDay This cockatoo performed these manoeuvres in a fairly high onshore wind on this very bendy twig for the sheer hell of it. It had no need or reason other than enjoyment 🤩 #photography #birds #SulphurCrestedCockatoo #nature #wildlife #gift #EastCoastKin

St Lucia Warbler in the garden sporting a top notch set of eyebrows. Soon be time for home but will leave this one behind. #StLuciaWarbler #Birds #Ornithology #Photography #Nature #birdphotography #Caribbean

✨️🌳☁️🧶🐦‍⬛🧶☁️🌳✨️ c a w eclipse ebony freeze frames dusk's wool yawn #BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse #EastCoastKin #inkMine #Freeze #haiku #俳句 #Poetry #Micropoetry #Photography #ClassicMono #Sunset #BirdOfTheDay #QuietMoments

In April there’ll be magnolia blossoms again. That’s the timeline for me. Who knows when you’ll get them. 🤷🏻‍♀️😘 #OpenHouse #BlueskyArtShow #flowers #BloomScrolling

It was dark all morning, then the sky cleared and the forest lit up. #Hiking #Photography #NaturePhotography #Forest #Trees #Woodland #Woods #Nature #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #GreenSat #Dublin #Ireland

warmes winternachmittagslicht bei der kirche im neudorf #stgallen #schweiz #switzerland #winter #shotoniphone #foto #photography #eastcoastkin #imvorbeigehen

The Eagle River Nature Center June 14, 2025 💙💚🌲 #BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse #AlphabetChallenge #WeekYforPastYear #Alaska #ColorADay #GreenSat #scape

#BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse Minimal #photography

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Quietmoments peaceful captures of birds. The alt theme is #colourfulcaptures colourful birds or surroundings. Good luck my friends. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Experimenting some more with black and white infra red photography. #infrared #blackandwhite #Blueskyartshow #EastCoastKin #Nikon

One photo per day from my archive. Completely random in subject, time, location. Photos that make me happy. And hopefully you too 😊 Marjans photo #372 #photography #sunset #wijchen #nature #landscape #EastCoastKin

Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn, a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter. If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of your life. ~ Wu-men ~ #BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse #minimalism #ClassicMono #photography #ImageAndVerse #nature #EastCoastKin

A Sherpa porter patiently waits for out of breath hikers to catch up! (Except me 🤥) #scape #eastcoastkin #coloraday #BWFri #photography #nature #classicmono #monochrome #blackandwhite #b&W #art #mountains #travel #nepal #hiking #stunday #friday #stormhour #photohour #bluesky #landscape #outdoors

#Alphabetchallenge #WeekYForYearPast ##ClassicMono May 2025 I found some shadows at John Rylands Library Manchester

📍Sankt Peter-Ording I Germany #scape #landscape #beach #blackandwhite #monochrome #ClassicMono #bnw #photography

A curious great egret looks over a boardwalk for the #birdoftheday theme of #longlegsandneck. #birds #egret #heron #nature #wildlife #protectnature #photography #EastCoastKin

#PalacesandGardens #WinterWonderland #MobilePhotography #Photography 📷

Small world one November morning. #WeekYforYearPast #Alphabetchallenge #BWFRI #scape #ClassicMono

It’s Friday and that means it’s time for a #scape folks. Please support the theme. It’s great. Come walk with me along the Irish shoreline and watch the small Atlantic breakers roll in. 😁 #Ireland #AtlanticOcean #Waves #photography #EastCoastKin

#ForestFriday #scape Aros Park, near Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland (September 2025) A long exposure shot of the Aros Burn in spate tumbling downstream between the trees and over the rocks. #arospark #isleofmull #scotland #nature #trees #rivers #woodland #photography #eastcoastkin

#PalacesAndGardens #WinterWonderland I have shared this before, and it was taken my my brother, but it fits so well to today's theme. Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany. ##EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #Neuschwanstein #Castle #Germany

'Street Life' A bustling W.61st Street in Manhattan early on a winter's morning. I wish all my #Bluesky friends a lovely Thursday! Sparty 🔆 #EastCoastKin #Photography #UrbanGaze #HumansOfBlueSky #ColorADay #YellowThu #ArtYear #Art #PhotographersofBluesky #BlueSkyPhotography #Travel #Architecture

Good morning and happy Thursday, BS 🦋 … I hope it’s a great day for you! ☕️🌿☀️🌳🌱💛🎄🍂✨

The highlands of Iceland seen from above… Captured from a Cessna plane few years ago, part of a series focusing on glacier water networks. #photography #art #landscape #nature

Aged 16, I watched Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. Like every other boy, I left infatuated with temples. #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #art #classicmono #monochrome #blackandwhite #b&w #scape #thursday #urban #bluesky #landscape #travel #photographersofbluesky #mono

A night in Namba - Osaka, 2025 #photography #UrbanGaze #humansofbluesky #EastCoastKin #AlphabetChallenge #WeekYForYearPast #Thursgate #urbanphotography #cityscape #urbanlandscape #streetphotography #womeninstreet #streetscenes #photoderue #namba #osaka #japan #nightphotography 📸©helene-cook.eu

"Who is the fairest of them all" Today's #birdoftheday set by @alan678.bsky.social is #QuietObservers. A satellite Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) resplendent in full (preposterously feathered) breeding plumage. Less observing surroundings than admiring one's self, perhaps? #EastCoastKin #birds

A time to reflect, inspire…spread kindness and compassion. 🤍🖤 #UrbanGaze #Urban #Melbourne #classicmono #monochrome #b&w #photography #EastCoastKin

I don’t know who sets these #BirdOfTheDay themes but they are geniuses and I’m told very handsome. 🤥😂 #QuietObservers #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Back from my walk. Sun is not rising till around 8 50am now in #Ireland. A frosty but beautiful start. Hope you are all having a wonderful day wherever you are in the world. About to check the first lot of #BirdOfTheDay entries. #sunrise #photography #EastCoastKin

'Winter Blues' An early morning worker rounds the corner of W.63rd Street and Riverside Boulevard in Manhattan. Sparty 🙏🏼💙 #EastCoastKin #Photography #ColorADay #RedWed #ArtYear #Art #WindowsonWednesday #PhotographersofBluesky #BlueSkyPhotography #BlueskyArt #Travel #WallsonWednesday #Architecture

Waxwing. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme set by @alan678.bsky.social is #NaturesPantry, birds interacting with berries, seeds, or flowers. A rare visit to my local patch by a small flock of waxings. I would contest that a kingfisher with a fish also fits nature's pantry....🤭 #EastCoastKin #birds

Morning All ! Day 16 of #MyPhotoAdvent2025, a photo a day of my favourite captures of 2025... with an explanation in Alt Text of my reason for choosing it. These are photos that, for one reason or another, give me pleasure. #BirdOfTheDay #Groups #Birds #Mull #Nature #Photography #EastCoastKin

The Huddled (February 2025). #Toronto #Winter #Streetcar #Photography

In my excitement at finally seeing these Tibetan Snowcocks, I took neither a good photo nor a video! This was up at 17,000 ft with Gokyo Lake below and Everest somewhere in the background! #birdoftheday #winterbirds #birds #eastcoastkin #wildlife #nature #scape #bluesky #mountains #video #pheasant

Peek-a-boo. Another older photo with added alt text. A coyote paused in a field partially hidden in the tall grass. #coyote #peekaboo #canine #nature #wildlife #protectnature #photography #EastCoastKin

Time for some #SundayYellow action from this beautiful Red-billed Leiothrix also known as Pekin Robin, captured at Lincoln Zoo from March 2024. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #ZooLife #wildlifephotography #BirdLife #birdphotography #naturetherapy #Robins

#BunnyMonday #ClassicMono

Favorite things: lone trees amongst the glowing red rock at sunrise in Bryce Canyon National Park. See ALT text for more. Hello everyone! Been a while 😊 #BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings #ArtAdventCalendar #art #artist #nationalparks #bryce #hiking #nature #naturephotography

Sky explosion & rainbow party at Cape Royal, Grand Canyon north Rim. #photography #light #nature #landscape #art

Find your calm in the trees. #photography #nature #ForestFriday #trees #road #classicmono #b&w #meditation

Lightfall In a world full of darkness, be the light. ✌🏽 #blueskymonday #mountainmonday #eastcoastkin #light #photography #nature #art #trees #monday #bluesky #photographersofbluesky #landscape #scape #landscapephotography #photographersunited #photohour #mountains #forest #hiking #outdoors #nepal

The red on the lake hit me all at once at dawn. 🪶 たまには趣を変えて😉 #nature #photography #animals #wildlife #LittleGrebe #カイツブリ #birds #野鳥