@elaterite@mastoart.social

Linux user since the '90s. I use Darktable to edit photos. I'm an open culture advocate & my photos are in the public domain. I follow science, history, & photography toots. Now retired, I've been a: mechanic, construction worker, cab driver, laborer, fabricator, electrical engineer, cable technician, community organizer, lobbyist, podcaster (energy & EVs), fine art framer, & professional photographer (among many other things). I'm a Nov '22 dead bird site migrant. #NoAI #OpenCulture

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Where I hang my hat:: Waší∙šiw ɁitdéɁ
Profile photo: Photo of a man standing on the rim of a crater with a snow covered volcano behind him.
Header photo: A house sized boulder in a flat lake under an orange sunset in the mountains.

Bob Tregilus
@elaterite@mastoart.social

So is 9pm too early to go to the grocery store tonight? I am the biggest moron. Yesterday, Sunday, I'm like, "I'm going to go to the store and get my shopping done." It was 4pm. When I got there, the parking lot was full. "Screw this, I'll just go Monday morning." When I arrived at 10am, again, the parking lot was full. The store is open 24hrs. I wonder if they'll be out of everything if I go at 9-10pm? I'd do 6am tomorrow--but that's like the middle of the night for me. I hate the holidays.

Bob Tregilus
@elaterite@mastoart.social

A small part of the Mukai Garden on Vashon Island, Washington.

#Flowers #Gardening #Art #Photography #Darktable

A color photo of three bright pink water lilies with one big one on the left, one a little smaller to the right, and one much smaller and not fully open to the right of the second one. Green flat leaf like disks, the lily pads, float to the left and right of the three lily flowers. The three lilies on the long four inch stems are reflected in the clear water. Some out of focus rocks are seen in the back ground.

Bob Tregilus
@elaterite@mastoart.social

Sea-Tac is a very busy airport. This shot is from Vashon island with the Moon rising over the Seattle area. The line of planes cuing up into a landing pattern for Sea-Tac went on south as far as the eye could, and was nonstop.

#AstroPhotography #AvGeek #Photography #Art #Darktable

A color landscape photo of a jetliner passing in front of a full moon. The moon is a light-yellow and a bit shrouded in hazy thin clouds. The thin clouds extend out past the moon's edge like a painter's bush strokes.

Bob Tregilus
@elaterite@mastoart.social

This is "Oscar the Bird King" by Thomas Dambo on Vashon Island, Washington, USA. He's really cool! His eyes follow you as you move around. Oscar is the 125th troll built by Thomas Dambo.

#Travel #Island #Roadtrip #Art #Photography #Darktable

A color portrait photo of a large approximatlty twelve foot tall troll made out of wood planks and sitting in a large chair made of hewed logs. He sits leaning forward in his chair with his left arm holding the arm rest, his legs spread, and his right arm extended, resting on his knee with the hand point towards the ground. The troll has a crown of bird houses. His eyes at large, a large nose, and a a long bread all made of wood planks and bark. A short stump sits up right on the ground in front of the pointing finger. He is in shadow of a forest canopy.

Bob Tregilus
@elaterite@mastoart.social

"Houston, we've had a problem."

RIP Jim Lovell.

Lovell was the commander of the ill fated Apollo 13 mission that barely made it back to Earth.

He was the only person to fly to the Moon twice, on Apollo 8 & 13, but he never got to land on the Moon.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cl7y8zq5xpno

Bob Tregilus
@elaterite@mastoart.social

Another shot of those old trucks lining the tailings pile at a stone quarry in Idaho. I couldn't figure out how to really photograph them, but there was well over a hundred. Some parts of the "wall" were cars of the same general vintage. (It was kind of a creepy place, Idaho being generally creepy anyway, so I didn't want to hang around there very long.)

#Cars #Vintage #Rock #Photography #Darktable

Bob Tregilus
@elaterite@mastoart.social

Clearing storms make such cool patterns in the trees as the clouds lift.

#Mountains #Forest #BlackAndWhite #Photography #Darktable

A black and white landscape photo of a conifer tree covered mountain side with storms clouds clear. There's spots of clouds deep down in the forest making the trees look like dark silhouettes contrasted with the white blobs of clouds as they sweep upward toward the right.

Bob Tregilus
@elaterite@mastoart.social

Ross Reservoir, North Cascades National Park, Washington (8/7/2025).

#Travel #Lake #Roadtrip #Mountains #Photography #Darktable

Color landscape photo of a lake in a mountain valley. The lake is turquoise in color due to minerals from melting glaciers. The lake is in the shape of an upside down "Y". At the head of the "Y" is a barely visible dam. The lake is wider where is disappears on the lower left and narrow where it disappears a bit below center on the right. A fairly flat piece of land sticks out from the lower right to about a quarter of the way up in the frame. Steep tree covered mountains are on the right and left. A tall cloud capped mountain is in the background under a blue sky.

A color landscape photo of a narrow turquoise colored lake extending from the lower right to center-left. The lake is confined by steep conifer tree covered mountains. In the background is a jagged mountain range with a lot of clouds breaking up on it due to a clearing storm. There is a little bit of blue sky also visible.

Bob Tregilus
@elaterite@mastoart.social

Owee! Chile pepper finger in the eye. I hate when that happens. And it wasn't even a very hot pepper, in my mouth. But in the eye...ow!

Bob Tregilus
@elaterite@mastoart.social

This pair of CM Russell paintings hung in Bill Rance's Silver Dollar Saloon in Great Falls, Montana. Russell was known to frequent the saloon often. The Russell Museum suggests that these two painting are thematically linked as predator & prey & the need to maintain balance in the natural world that was being lost at the turn of the century.

Monarch of the Forest (1900)
The Lone Wolf (1900)
Oil on canvas by CM Russell

#Art #Artist #Museum #Travel #Photography #Darktable

A color landscape photo of an oil painting of a bull elk. The elk is facing away from the viewer toward the left but it has its head turned fully the left and is in the act of bugling with hot breath seen coming from its mouth and nose. The elk stands on a hillside. In front of it is a downed tree. The hillside is mostly brown with hints of late fall colors of reds and oranges. Patches of green conifer trees are seen in the valley below. Its hazy in the distance and the sky is slightly pink with late afternoon sun. There's a snow capped mountain peak barely visible in the distance.

A color landscape photo of an oil painting of a wolf. The wolf is facing toward the right and has its head turned as if looking out of the painting. Its posture is slightly hunched and it is snarling. It stands on the hump of a hill that's mostly brown with a few blobs of gray-green sagebrush. It is late evening and the sky is hazy with a red-orange glow. A snow capped mountain peak is barely visible in the distance.