Phoenix531

@phoenix531

Retired DBA. #Photographer still using my 18 year old #Nikon. Music and Nature lover. Heavy Metal and good old fashioned blues rock on my playlist. Liberal gun owner.

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Phoenix531@phoenix531· 16d

@dogsof.bsky.social our new puppy, Jack Kerouac. Jack was found 'On the Road'. He was a starving stray last month, but healthy and at weight now. We think he is at home with us.

Phoenix531@phoenix531· 17d

Hello friends & happy #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday, with the theme of #glass. Buena Vista Presbyterian Church. #Virginia #Photography #StainedGlass Buena Vista, VA

Phoenix531@phoenix531· 17d

Hello friends & happy #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday, with the theme of #glass. Here's my version, a #SelfPortrait of sorts. #Virginia #Photography Buena Vista, VA

Photo taken of photographer looing at window of building. The reflection shows the photographer and the background of another building with a mural on it. The glass gives a shadow effect to the reflection, as if in a double or triple exposure.

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Jul 11

#BlueSkyArtShow #Quiet #Pets #dog #puppy Play hard, sleep easy. Meet Jack. He was abandoned but found us 2 weeks ago.

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Jul 4

#BlueSkyArtShow #Wide #Colorado #MesaVerde Wide open spaces #photography #Landscape

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Jul 4

#BlueSkyArtShow #Wide #California #DeathValley Wide open spaces #photography #Landscape

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Jun 20

Near Attoway and Sugar Grove, VA Pugh Mountain Road/VA 601 - #AppalachianTrail crossing. Gravel road takes you out of the surrounding farmland, up to the mountain's ridge where AT hikers cross this peaceful little gravel road. #DualSportMotorcycle #BlueSkyArtShow #Curve #Landscape #Photography

curved gravel road crosses the ridge of a Virginia mountain. The sun is just off the right side of the frame casting shadows along the Appalachian Trail. A white trail maker, know as a blaze, can be seen on the tree.

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Jun 18

#ThrowbackThursday #NewHampshire #Landscape #Photography 3 years ago this week. Yes, mid June in New Hampshire atop Mount Moosilauke is chilly. While at only 4000 feet, the summit is above the tree line offering a spectacular view of some of the White Mountains and west towards Vermont.

Phoenix531@phoenix531· May 30

Phoenix531@phoenix531· May 23

#photography #clouds #scape #eastcoastkin #fotografie #blueskyartshow #tall #architecture #engineering #NewJersey High Point Monument, NJ - Tallest elevation in the state

Phoenix531@phoenix531· May 17

A bit late to the #BlueSkyArtShow but posting this #morning sky for #Stunday #sunrise #photography @pcgh.org #Louisiana #PointeCoupeeParish

Phoenix531@phoenix531· May 1

#B&W #Black&White #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #Nikon Playing around with natural light, but feel like I am missing something. Oddly enough, some of my most liked photos are black and white. Let me know. Settler's Museum, Virginia 5/2025

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Apr 29

Dalton Massachusetts. Hiked through town to meet my wife on the #AppalachianTrail. This was late May 2023. Gorgeous country up there. Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont was a joy to visit. #Photography #Massachusetts

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Apr 25

#BlueSkyArtShow #Odd #Vermont Killington / Woodstock area #Photography #Buildings

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Apr 25

#BlueSkyArtShow #Odd #Virginia #Photography #Nature A rhino in a tree. Ray's Rhino on the #AppalachianTrail about 5 miles north of Front Royal, VA.

An unusual growth on a tree that looks like a rhino's head.

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Apr 18

#BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #Landscape Sitting on the #Edge of the #GrandCanyon

A lady sits on the edge of the Grand Canyon while looking into the distance.

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Apr 18

#BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #Landscape Standing on the #Edge of #WindRock on the #AppalachianTrail, #Virginia

Wind Rock - The overlook offers sweeping views of Rocky Mountain, Fork Mountain, and Peter’s Mountain. Hiker is standing on the edge of the overlook while drinking water.

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Apr 15

Here's one from late 2022 soon after we began the cleanup at my parent's place. There were lots of vehicles that became my muses at the time.

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Mar 28

#NoKings #BatonRouge Supporting our pastor.

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Mar 28

New Mexico from last fall. #BlueSkyArtShow #Background #NewMexico #Landscape #Traveling

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Mar 15

A repost from last year, but I like this one and it fits the theme. James River Footbridge, Virginia #photography #BlueskyArtShow #horizontal #Virginia

James River Foot Bridge, Virginia. The Appalachian trail crosses this bridge. There is a couch atop a concrete pilar under the bridge in the bridge.

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Feb 7

#DHSScam #ATF #BATFE Warning to FFL dealers. According to a message & email I received this morning from ATF, these notices were posted on doors of FFL dealers. Is this a leftist chaos scheme, a right wing false flag or some other general criminality? THE NOTICE IS FAKE. The ATF warning is real.

Fake DHS notice posted on gun dealers' doors warning that ICE would be confiscating guns:

Constitutional rights are a privilege for American citizens, not a guarantee. The United States Government is committed to the protection of the brave government agents who safeguard our borders from the tyranny of foreign invaders, but recently those same agents have found themselves under assault from hostile internal adversaries.

In order to better safeguard the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during upcoming deployment actions in the Houston, Texas area, the United State Government is instituting a temporary suspension of the rights granted by the Second Amendment of the United State [sic] Constitution. You and all associated employees are hereby required to implement the following policies:

1. Should an ICE officer report to your premises, you must immediately provide a full inventory and record of any and all firearms located on site, along with a log of any personnel with access to said firearms. Failure to comply or providing an inaccurate account may subject you to criminal prosecution under 18 USC 1001.
2. Should you or any individuals located on your premises carry any firearms on their person, upon arrival of one or more ICE officers said individuals must immediately declare said firearms and peacefully surrender them to the agent(s). Failure to do so in a timely manner will be interpreted as a deliberate act of domestic terrorism, which may result in both prosecution and aggressive response by government officers.
2. This notices is to remain displayed on your premises until further instruction is received from the Department of Homeland Security. Removal of this notice will be considered destruction of government property and will result in prosecution under 18 USC 1361.

We appreciate your full cooperation and understanding during these challenging times, and are proud of the contributions of local communities to Make America Safe Again.

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Jan 30

May, 1965 Old River Control Structure - Low Sill structure. Barges trapped and eventually sunk at structure. Scanned photos from the Corp of Engineers. I have scanned in some of the more powerful ones. Not my photos. #PointeCoupeeParish #Photography #ScannedPhoto #BlackandWhite #Louisiana

Barge about to go under water at the Old River Control Structure - Low Sill facility. Photo was taken by Corp of Engineers, May 3rd and 5th 1964.

This structure is at the north tip of Pointe Coupee Parish where the Mississippi, Red and Atchafalaya rivers meet. The locks divert water from the Mississippi River into the Red River where a few miles south it becomes the Atchafalaya.

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Jan 30

Scanned photos from the Corp of Engineers. 1973 flood of the Mississippi River in Louisiana. I have scanned in some of the more powerful ones. Hope you enjoy. Not my photos. Old River Control Structure - Low Sill #PointeCoupeeParish #Photography #ScannedPhoto #BlackandWhite #Louisiana

Contractor barge about to go under water at the Old River Control Structure - Low Sill facility. Photo was taken by Corp of Engineers 1973-10-12. This structure is at the north tip of Pointe Coupee Parish where the Mississippi, Red and Atchafalaya rivers meet. The locks divert water from the Mississippi River into the Red River where a few miles south it becomes the Atchafalaya.

Old River Control Structure - Low Sill facility. Photo was taken by Corp of Engineers 1973-12-08. Work was being done on a caving bank in the outflow canal. This structure is at the north tip of Pointe Coupee Parish where the Mississippi, Red and Atchafalaya rivers meet. The locks divert water from the Mississippi River into the Red River where a few miles south it becomes the Atchafalaya.

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Jan 10

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Phoenix531@phoenix531· Dec 7

#blueskyartshow #sky #wanderlust #landscape #geology #composition #photography #blueskyart #blueskyphotography #photographersofbluesky #Clouds Possibly a repost, but #WindRock on #AppalachianTrail looking north towards Va/WV border.

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Dec 7

#blueskyartshow #sky #rockformations #rockformation #desertphotography #desert #wanderlust #landscape #geology #composition #contrast #photography #blueskyart #blueskyphotography #photographersofbluesky #Texas #PaloDuro

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Nov 16

#Photography #California #Monterey #silhouette #fish #sealife From a trip to California a few months ago. The colors just pop in this one. No correction of colors, just a crop. Sometimes I get lucky and a scene just happens.

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Nov 8

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia For the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Evening #Photography #Sunset #AppalachianTrail This is one of a series I took that evening as the sun set. I was staying in Loft Campground in the park, sitting on the Appalachian Trail when I photographed this.

Photo of sun setting behind the mountains of northern Virginia. Trees are in the foreground and the clouds glow with the last rays of the setting sun.

Phoenix531@phoenix531· Nov 1

#blueskyartshow #autumn #Colorado #photography #Nature Million Dollar Highway