cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/74692304
Taken at Field of Vision, Meadow Creek CO 8/16/26.
Not sure it fits Renaissance, but it looks like a painting
Looked kinda fitting for this community, sorry
Original photo taken by Chantal Pinzi, awarded at World Press Photo 2026.
Only after taking this, was I reminded of paintings in similar vein (of women, not dogs).
cross-posted from: https://feddit.it/post/22897801
Last night my cat was hunting a fly that flew inside my lamp. Eventually it flew out and my cat cought it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_about_the_immortality_of_the_crab
p.s. I cribbed this from a post to !wikipedia@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/41436758
This happened one day in the window well outside my office. I got banned from r/pics for posting it.
I guess some people thought it was AI, but just a cool moment in my basement window well.
Edit: taken with my iPhone several years ago since that’s all I had with me when it happened so quickly.
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A shrouded figure offers a young flustered owl to an elder individual standing above it, which looks away and communicates disapproval with its body.
found it in this post over at !superbowl@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://50501.chat/post/188367
Originally Posted By
u/pbeenard16046At2025-05-05 10:41:48 AM| Source
AccidentalRenaissance is for photos that look like Renaissance paintings.
This means that they look like Renaissance art in their composition, their coloring, their saturation, the angle of the scene, the types of settings, etc.
👉 Must be a photo. Not a meme, drawing, art, ai-generated or ai-enhanced image, screenshot, low-effort post, meta posts, video, or anything else but a photo.
👉 Must be SFW. No gore, porn, extreme violence, blood, corpses, or similarly disturbing content. Absolutely no pornography, even if it's "tasteful".
👉 Comments must be civil. No slurs of any kind or using words to insult, demean, harass, or abuse other individuals or groups.
👉 The Renaissance part (not the photo itself) must be accidental to the photograph. In other words, no photos of Renaissance fairs, people dressed in medieval/Renaissance clothes, etc.
👉 NO influencer selfies, professional photoshoots with watermarks, any type of OnlyFans-like content. We are not the place to work your side-hustle.
📸 If you know who the photographer is, give them credit in the comment section. This is the only type of self-promotion we allow.
👩🦯 Alt-Text for vision-impaired users in the post body or in the comments is highly encouraged. Just pretend you are describing a photo to someone on the phone.
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