ArtGeek (Ken Tryon)
@artgeek
I’m a geek and I take pretty pictures. I like music too. And puppies. And kittens. Adding rainbows and unicorns. And J.R.R. Tolkien, who should have written about rainbow unicorns. Links at
The only way I know to convey just how big the Cliffs of Moher are is to show how slowly the surf appears to be moving. Freaking enormous. #BlueskyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin#big
Each year, the children's hospital where my wife and I work holds a memorial for the children who died that year, and each family lights a candle for their child. No need to say more. #BlueskyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin #classicmono #glass
@vishnumichael.bsky.social This a snapshot from 2019 of my family posing in front of a Chihuly at the CMOG.
Original casting of mirror for the Mt Palomar 200" telescope at the Corning Museum of #Glass. The 20-ton blank cracked during cooling and had to be recast. Without being there, it's hard to convey how massive it is. glasscollection.cmog.org/obje... #BlueskyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin
I work in an academic medical center, and a few years ago there was an old lab being cleared down the hall. Lots of dusty cool equipment. My first #AlphabetChallenge (HT to @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social) #WeekAForAbandoned#EastCoastKin#photography#monochrome Crossposted with @openvibe.social
I work in an academic medical center, and a few years ago there was an old lab being cleared down the hall. Lots of dusty cool equipment. My first #AlphabetChallenge (HT to @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social) #WeekAForAbandoned#EastCoastKin#photography#monochrome Crossposted with @openvibe.social
Just for @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social, this one is in mono. Lake Abanakee from our from our friends' little dock. #BlueskyArtShow #Wide #Adirondacks #photography #EastCoastKin #MyHappyPlace
Lake Abanakee from our from our friends' little dock. The Adirondacks are my happy place, and they regularly let us stay at their family cottage. It's an amazing gift. 🙂❤️❤️ #BlueskyArtShow #Wide #Adirondacks #photography #EastCoastKin #MyHappyPlace
I've been otherwise occupied but wanted to post something this week. IR and visible shots of a Borneo eared frog at #SenecaParkZoo. Although they are nearly identical, they were taken a week apart—froggy is habitual. #BlueskyArtShow #macro #photography #EastCoastKin #zoo #frog #endangered
I took this snapshot of our Japanese maple a few days ago. The IR turns the backlighting into an electric glow.
I went with the auto upright settings on this but manually tweaked the rotation and crop. #infrared #classicmonochrome #photography
Some infrared snapshots I took today of the Sisters of St Joseph convent. I see a sister there for spiritual direction (I'm not Catholic, but not many Protestant churches offer this). It was a beautiful day, and the early 20th century architecture looked grand. #photography#infrared#eastcoastkin
My daughter's grey furball, Thor, from 2017. He was pretty darn cute. He still can be, especially when he snuggles between my wife and me in bed and wheezes in his sleep. #photography #BlueskyArtShow #soft #cat #kitten
It still breaks my brain a bit that I took these shots on a warm May evening, not in January. Infrared is weird. Cool, but weird. First is faux color balanced on the street, and the second is monochrome straight out of the camera. #photography #monochrome #infrared #classicmono #eastcoastkin
The Veterans Memorial bridge in NY Rochester creates a similar illusion. This is a photo by my brother, taken while paddling in a canoe—that’s the only way to get this perspective. @pearwoodphoto.bsky.social bridgesofthegeneseeriver.wordpress.com/2021/01/18/v...
The Erie Canal on a gorgeous day at golden hour, taken east of #RochesterNY. I shot this ten years ago on a bike ride with my little PowerShot G15 that travelled with me everywhere. Cargo pants rock. 😏 #BlueskyArtShow #ShadowPlay
I had forgotten, but I think that’s it. We’d been socked in all day, and just as we gave up and turned oround to leave, the sun came out and small men in green suits rejoiced in chorus.
The creek bypasses the quarry but crosses under Old Penfield. That would actually work.
A rough approximation of noir (not a student of film history) —Deepened blacks and added a vignette —Highlighted one individual —Bumped contrast and sharpness —Tweaked perspective to suggest extreme camera angle Original photo by @rjrock.bsky.social #ECK #EastCoastKin #PostProcess #EraShift
Wetlands on Irondequoit Creek at the south end of Irondequoit Bay. On my ride home from an appointment today. I like to take scenic routes. 😏 #photography #EastCoastKin #cycling #EllisonPark #TryonPark
Our daffodils haven't come up yet, so I took some shots of our neighbors'. Seemed like a good candidate for monochrome. #BlueskyArtShow #new #photography #classicmono #monochrome
One more, hopefully not too late. Our daffodils haven't come up yet, so I took some shots of our neighbors'. My mom didn't plant them, but they'll do in a pinch. ❤️🙂 #BlueskyArtShow #new #photography
Just a few shots this week: Some ridiculously cute goslings along the Erie Canal towpath in 2016. I was riding myself out of a major depression, and they were always good medicine. #BlueskyArtShow #new #photography