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I have more curiosity than time or focus. I'm always striving to be a good friend and an ally to all humans. I value privacy but also want to connect with interesting people. So if this passes your vibe-check, please say hi, prefer he/him but "hey you" also works!

I like cute pets, #FilmPhotography, food, #FOSS, nature, #SelfHosting, scuba diving, #Trains, travel, #Woodworking, and unknown future hobbies.

If boosted media doesn't have #AltText, I wrote a #ALT4you comment before boosting.
Header: brown/orange pipefish resting on a sandy bottom with tiny green vegetation.
Profile: cartoon face with big eyes, offset toothy grin, mole on right cheek, and black hair.

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A sunset scene of a lake encircled by snow drizzled mountain peaks on the sides and trees in the foreground. The sky is shades of orange and the clouds are backlit fluffy cotton candy. The middle of the lake has a small island with a handful of trees.
A brown/orange pipefish in its long pointy nose in profile and its long body curves around to the back and can be seen out of focus. The fish is resting on a sandy bottom with tiny green vegetation.
Black and white photo of a Jumping cholla / Hanging chain cholla with small shrubs scattered about and some other cacti in the background. The cactus has a trunk with two arms spreading out with other branches come off. On the left arm, there's almost a rag doll shaped growth sitting on the branch.
In camera double exposure: A radio tower made out of lattice construction and painted red and white with several dish and cylindrical antennas sticking out against a blue sky is super imposed on top of a brick background.
A PineNote e-ink tablet with a pen on it is placed on a black mat with white grids along a collection of various coins down the side for a size comparison. The coins are (top to bottom): Canadian 2 dollars Mexican 10 pesos Japanese 500 ten UK 1 pound US 25 cents

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 A black and white photo of a brick building facade with a few glass windows and a door. The facade is painted with a giant mural consisting of three faces looking at different directions at the top and a whole mangle of hands or all different skin tones grasping each other and pointing with some butterflies scattered throughout. Shot with a Rolleiflex Standard1935 and ZeissTessar75f3.5 lens, on Kentmere400, and developed with Ilfosol3 by Shom Bandopadhaya. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
A black and white infrared photogpraph of rocks and a waterfall encased with trees on all sides. The conifer trees are all glowing white in infrared an almost looks like a winter scene, drawing a sharp contrast to the water that appears very dark save for the crashing rapids. Shot with a Voightlander BessaR2 and 7Artisan35f2 lens, on RolleiInfrared, and developed with Rodinal by Shom Bandopadhaya. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
A very monotonic color image of a winter day's dim sun lighting the beige siding of a house with a couple windows with horizontal blinds. In the closer window a black cat has wedged itself between the blinds and the glass pane sunning while looking straight at the camera. Shot with a and lens, on , and developed with by Shom Bandopadhaya. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
A color photograph of abstract geometric shapes which upon closer inspection reveal they're metal trusses holding up glass window panes at some interesting angles. The perspective is rotated from vertical to horizontal but the shapes still don't quite make sense as a triangular roof with panels. The photo is cooler on the left side and warmer on the right. Shot with a Canon CanonetG-IIIQL17 and Canon40f1.7 lens, on FujiC200, and developed with BelliniC41 by Shom Bandopadhaya. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
A color photograph of a winter wooded scene with fallen leaves and barren trees covered in a dusting of snow with a branch with some brown leaves in the middle. The left side of the frame is a color winter blue but due to a massive light leak the right side has a very bright yellow cast that changes to an orange and red sections before meeting the rest of the blue frame. Shot with a Canon CanonetG-IIIQL17 and lens, on KodakVision3500T, and developed with KodakC41 by Shom Bandopadhaya. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
An older model electric blue Camaro is gleaming in the sunshine, through its open window you see a person looking at the camera, their face partially lit by the sun. Through the windshield and other open window and above the low-rider car you can see a tourist pedicab with a white awning and a colorful bubbly sign spelling out LUCKY. There are trees and other cars in the background under a blue sky. Shot with a Rolleiflex Standard1935 and ZeissTessar75f3.5 lens, on KodakGold200, and developed with BelliniC41 by Shom Bandopadhaya. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
Text exchange between A and B (me) A: I am down like a mattress on the floor of a new apartment because the rest of the furniture hasn’t arrived yet! B: I'm down like a high end goose feather jacket (I got tied up with something else, wasn't coming up with that for 15 minutes) A: And if you did, it would have been worth it! 😂 B: I'm down like the Australian Outback, under A: Hahaha! I’m down like the inside of a pillow that hasn’t been fluffed 😂 B: I'll down like a canine yoga pose B: I'm down like the collection of tall buildings and businesses in the center of town. B: Okay, I'm down (strikethrough) done.
A sunny color photo of two old-timey street cars facing each other seperated by an intersection surrounded by palm tree lined brick laid streets. The closer tram to the left is partially visible is a very vivid yellow top and ornage bottom and the farther tram is a white top with a blue bottom, both looking very vintage and dapper. Shot with a Rolleiflex Standard1935 and ZeissTessar75f3.5 lens, on KodakGold200, and developed with BelliniC41 by Shom Bandopadhaya. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
A color photograph of a bright sunny day with a cloudless blue sky framing the top of a small eatery with a round sign that says "Pier 23". The eatery has white walls with blue windows and some red outdoor dining chairs in front next to big potted green shrubs with purple flowers. The sidewalk stretches into the distance and has a smattering of walkers and a person in a gray hoodie on a bike in the mid ground right below a white seagull. Whole image is just variations of white and blue with some accents of other colors. Shot with a Rolleiflex Standard1935 and ZeissTessar75f3.5 lens, on KodakGold200, and developed with BelliniC41 by Shom Bandopadhaya. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
Screenshot of side by side build steps and their elapsed times. Both builds have passed, the one on the left took 13 minutes and 22 seconds, while the right took 2 minutes and 45 seconds.
A double exposure color photo of a red Volkswagon Bus that is prominently taking up most of the frame under some blue skies with fluffy clouds with the Coit Tower in the background. Overlayed on it is another exposure of Alcatraz island in the distance, which is sitting right between the windshield and grill of the bus. The Alcatraz exposure has a some trees on the right that are faded in the sky and some purple flowers in the foreground which now looks painted onto the bus. Shot with a Rolleiflex Standard1935 and ZeissTessar75f3.5 lens, on KodakGold200, and developed with BelliniC41 by Shom Bandopadhaya. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
A dark path lit with a small bike headlight off-screen some shrubs can be seen on the edges and a glow in the distance from neighborhood lights.
Tiny Joy by George Penny is a red covered paperback being held on one hand and one knee with a cup of coffee with a chunky microfoam in a white cup in front of a green yard with a low warm sun lighting all of it.
A black and white photo shot on infrared film so the organic vegeation like trees looks bright white. There are many trees with a prominent pine in the front right foreground that are growing alongside a rushing creek with some rapids with white crests, the the distance there are layers of mountains with some tree coverage and rocky snow dusted peaks.
A black and white photo of a dilapidated farm house standing in a field of long grasses. The farm house is two stories with an extension on the side that is a single story which somewhere between unfinished and disrepair. There's a large tree in the background alongside a shed. The entire photo is very heavily affected by light leaks emanating from the middle right and streaking across the frame both up and down in a V shape almost as if destroyed the house and now is sweeping across the landscape.
Aurora Borealis photo with faint green glow rising from the tree lined horizon. The green is quickly supplanted by red and it is shaped almost like a flame bulging out and narrowing near the top. The middle of the "flame" has a green saucer or jellyfish type shapd that is bulbous on top and has a less defined underbelly. More creatively speaking, the scene is of an iridescent flying saucer emerging from flames.
Photo of Aurora Borealis taken in an open field with distant trees in the horizon. There's faint green turning into vivid red the higher you go up on the photo with some bright pinpricks of white stars shining through the veil. And to the left is a conch on its side shape that is glowing turquoise much brighter than the faint green ok the horizon.
A two panel photo of the same window looking out. The top panel shows a warm Autumnal scene where the left side has a large evergreen sidelit by a late afternoon sun, beyond the tree and to the right are two other trees framing a valley with distant mountains all glowing warm with a bit of blue sky peaking. The bottom panel is the same scene covered in a blanket of snow, the distant mountains are washed out but all elements remain but cool and white. The branches of the trees are not upturned anymore but laden with the weight of the snow.
A sign at the glass door of Montana Coffee Roasters that reads, "Welcome Cyclists! We have a Bicycle rack in the back of the building for customer use". With a drawing of a yellow road bike underneath.
A mountain scene of many layers with fluffy white clouds with bits of blue poking through taking up the top third. Impressive mountain peaks dusted with snow and green slopes are lit by a cool sunlight, the layers of foothills before that are covered in green pines and yellow larges. Some of them glowing from the light, even though they're in the shadow A mountain stream is weaving its way into the background from the right-hand side of the frame. And even though you can only see a little bit of it, you can devise the path it took all the way from the impressive peaks based on the arrangement of the foot hills.
A black and purple toned ebike is parked on a snowy pavement while in the background a jagged cliff with veins of snow is poking through the clouds.
A view of a tunnel through a jagged moutain side with more mountains to the left and some trees. The scene is very calm and empty and a stark contrast from the normal car packed view.
A gnarly drift wood root system is on the rocky shore of Lake McDonald with the Rockies in the background, snowy peaks and yellow larch slopes under gray and white clouds.
Sunlight is streaming across the lake and washing out the distant mountains while illuminating a hillside on the left while the one on the right stays in shadow, both hillsides are a mix of green pi e and yellow larches.
The same mountains and clouds remain but the tops of the foothills are glowing with the bright yellow light and reflecting back up on the underside of the clouds.
A zoomed in section of the foothills where most of the slope is yellow larch but the top of the hill is bathed in sun and those trees are so bright they appear to be almost burning, all of which is reflected on the surface of the lake.
Photo of a purple and black toned electric mountain bike on the side of a crushed gravel path with some green and yellow shrubs separating the path from a body of emerald water.
A black rangefinder (Bessa R2) with an IR Filter which is opaque black reflects a distant hill with with clouds and a late afternoon sun making the clouds glow. The camera is mostly out of focus and resting on some drift wood.
A yellow leaf has fallen off a tree and now rests on top of a mostly rocky and a bit sandy beach with colorful pebbles of all sizes. It has been raining and and the pebbles are wet but the water on the leaf has beaded into several round and oblong crystal balls.
A hand is holding up a folder film camera. With the digital camera on a tripod in the background on the rocky shores of a lake with some green and yellow trees on the other side of the body of water under gray skies.
Photo taken through a window counter with vertical bars of a train ticketing office with a massive window on the far side in the form on the entire wall. There are various plants along the window and a few buildings on a hillside can be seen through the window. The backs of the sign letters hanging outside the window over mirrored read GLENWOOD SPRINGS.
Photo of a person in a tram car, only their legs are visible. One leg with a brown boot is being rested on the seats opposite theirs. There a sticker on the window frame that is a mirror image of the pose of the person with a circle crossed out over it with the words "Please keep your feet off the seat".
Photo of a white tram on street grade rails. The tram reads "S-LINE" and the red lights from the top of the tram is reflected on the rails.
A storefront with the door saying "the find lab" and the window has a neon sign saying "film is not dead".
Photo of a soup bowl with savory orange sauce and crispy noodles on top with a spoon and chopsticks resting along the edge. A cute strong with french doors string lights and plants in the background. The dish is called Chiang Mai Hi.
A red bike rack in the shape of a rider on a bike is on a grassy sidewalk divider. There are cars on the street in the background. The "head" of the rider frames the wheel of one of the cars.
A sandy surface is full of tracks from vehicle tires forming different pattens and there's a single set of footprints breaking up the vertical uniform pattern.
A dense crop of aspen trees which have lost their leaves for the fall and their white trunks are glowing in the warm sunlight which is also lighting up the underbrush into a golden glow.
A prairie view of a valley and rolling hills with a variety of grasses and shrubs and trees are basking under a warm sun and a blue sky. The scene is very peaceful and vast.
Some red wild berries and orange leaves are brightly contrasted against a blue lake in the out of focus background.
The contours of a hillside full of pine and leafless silver birch / aspen are reflected in a lake which is lined with long brown grass. The grass in the foreground is being lit up by the setting sun and offers a golden glowing contrast against the blue tone of the rest of the image.
Post from tomnorthfilm: Remember, October 19 is the start of #FolderWeek. Let’s have a blast out shooting with our old folders. I’ll be shooting a folder in both 135 and medium format. I’m going all Kodak this time with my Retina IIIC in 135 and the lovely Duo Six-20 with re-spooled 120 film. I’ve got Double-X in the IIIC. Haven’t decided yet on the film for my Six-20. #BelieveInFilm With two photos attached, a Kodak Retina IIIc and Kodak Duo Six-20 both black folder cameras with silver accents.
Mountain view with trees in the foreground, a mountain with patchy snow and trees in the mid-ground, and a score capped peak under blue skies and clouds.
A striking rainbow arches over a hill sign fall colors and partly lit by the sun.
A shock of orange trees are glowing against a hill side under a gray sky lit by some sideways light.
A dramatic sky with patches of blue sky, high clouds, fluffy low clouds, and the last beams of sunset punching through almost seeming to light fire to the bright orange trees with dark contrasting trunks and branches.
A golden retriever puppy is laying on the floor with this snout wedged next to a black camera with a black lens, which has white and yellow numbering on it. The puppy is looking up at the phone camera with sleepy and adorable eyes. The camera is a Voigtländer Bessa R2 with a 7Artisans 35mm f/2 lens.
Black and white photo of the side profile of an old hot rod Chevrolet with the engine hood removed and the engine gleaming in the sun, the bug eyed headlights protruding in the front and just the radiator standing proud held up with a couple extension arms. Looks to be a powerful beast.
Black and white photo of an old Chevrolet hot rod car parked at the end of a drive way with a partial fence visible to the right. The car is very bare ones with tires mounted on exposed sprints sticking out and big bug eyed head lights and a very flat windshield. At once minimal but classy, a prized possession of someone who invested a lot of time in it.
A laminated sign with a picture of a stool with rolly wheels. With the following text: "Employees only. For safety reasons please do not sit on stool".
Black and white photo of a classic silverr Airstream camper is show from the back right and only about 70% of the length of the campter is in frame. The camper is in a parking lot under a bright sun and the sunlight is gleaming off the smooth curves of the sides and top. The back of the camper hsa two step-through electric bicycles. The whole vibe is ready for summer adventures. There's a light leak in the photo that looks like a stylistic flare across the right side of the camper.
Black and white photo of an old white man wearing a short sleeve button shirt and suspenders with a straw hat is sitting sideways on a big tractor looking rather old-timey. His face is in the shade while everything is baking in the sun, he's looking down at his hands (he's holding a phone that I worked hard to obscure from angling) the rear view mirror shows another angle of his jaw and torso. Only the back half of the tractor is visible with its oversized tires and bit of the engine compartment with a lot of trees in the background.
Black and white photo of prairie grass that is growing hazardly around other plants and amongst the chaos there's a solitairy (yellow) brightly sticking out as almost pure white in the spectrum of grays and blacks.