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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 18h

ICC Birmingham The conference center in Birmingham is always a hive of activity. Captured in this 3-exposure HDR shot. #photography #Birmingham #UK #HDR #ICCbirmingham

Triple-exposure photo of the International Conference Center (ICC) in Birmingham, UK.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Rowers On the River Charles Annual rowing race (apparently the biggest in the world) takes place two weeks from now in Boston/Cambridge (depending on which side of the river you're on). Photo taken with a 300mm lens @ 1/10 second. #photography #rowing #HeadOfTheCharles #Boston #cambridge

Photograph of rowers on the River Charles, taken with a long telephoto lens at a slow shutter speed of 1/10 second.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Chateau Chambord An amazing chateau in France's Loire Valley, Chambord looks as if they took bids from six different architects... and then chose all of them! It's a cacophony of design that somehow works. #photography #aarchitecture #Chambord #France #chateau #monochrome

A black & white photo of Chateau de Chambord in the Loire Valley region of France.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Bregagh Road, Northern Ireland Made famous as a setting for movies and TV shows, this road is now closed to vehicular traffic. I'm not sure if you can even bicycle through it as we did in 2011. I'd be surprised if you ever found it as empty as we did! #photography #Ballymoney #DarkHedges #trees

The so-called "dark hedges" of trees overhanging Bregah Road in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Devon Hillside Classic use of a telephoto lens to compress distance; this is on the South West Coast Path in Devon, near Stoke Fleming (which is just outside Dartmouth). #photography #landscape #Devon #SouthWestCoastPath #StokeFleming #Dartmouth

Hillside on the South West Coast Path in Devon, near Stoke Fleming (which is just outside Dartmouth).

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Torcross, Devon An idyllic scene, but off to the right is Slapton Ley, site of the disastrous "Operation Tiger" of WWII (a training exercise for the D-Day landings). There's a salvaged Sherman tank at a memorial there. #photography #seascape #sunset #Torcross #SlaptonLey #Devon #OperationTiger

Sunset over the English Channel at Torcross, Devon.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent St. Bavo's is an unusually dark cathedral, even though it has plenty of stained glass. Perhaps the dark stone of the interior has something to do with it. #photography #Belgium #Ghent #StBavos

The interior of St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Piccadilly Circus Underground Entrance This is a triple-exposure HDR shot of the tube entrance on the south side of Piccadilly Circus. #photography #HDR #London #Underground #tube #PiccadillyCircus

Triple-exposure HDR photo of the entrance to the London Underground on the south side of Piccadilly Circus.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wisteria in Balliol College, Oxford Old-school film photography (with Kodak Ektachrome 100). Taken with a Pentax MX and 50mm f/1.4 lens. #photography #Oxford #wisteria #BalliolCollege #Pentax

Wisteria blossoms against the stonework of a doorway in Balliol College in Oxford, UK.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Passing Bus Photographed in London next to Trafalgar Square. The classic double-decker bus is easily identifiable even when it's blurred through motion and only partially visible in the frame. #photography #London #bus #double-decker #TrafalgarSquare

Photograph of a London double-decker bus passing by Trafalgar Square.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Upstate Rainbow I made a road trip to visit some friends near Rochester, NY last weekend and caught this rainbow at their annual outdoor gathering called "Hillfest". Worth the trip. #photography #landscape #rainbow

Rainbow over farmland in Stafford, NY (near Rochester)

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Conwy Sunset From my upcoming 2026 photo calendar. A view of the Conwy estuary in north Wales taken from the bridge over the river. #photography #Conwy #Wales #susset #harbor

A view of sunset over the Conwy estuary in north Wales taken from the bridge over the river.

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Matthew Hunt @coneslayer.org · 10/09/2026

Hear me out, what if they had a weekly celebrity guest, combined with backstage shenanigans?

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Cragway Trail, Grandfather Mountain To celebrate the beginning of the fall season, here's a fall photo from a few years ago. Cragway is my favorite trail on Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina. #photography #fall #GrandfatherMountain #NorthCarolina #BlueRidge #CragwayTrail

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: Using AI makes you dumber. "students who do not use AI outperform those who do, on the average, by about 20 points — equivalent to being around one year of schooling ahead of their peers." www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcRY...

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Students who don’t use AI are ahead on every measure

YouTube video by Pivot to AI

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Conwy Castle, Wales This is actually a 3-image panorama I just assembled as part of my annual photo calendar project. I had 3 shots, each of which I found lacking ibn some aspect of framing. Putting them all together was the solution. #photography #Wales #Conwy #castle

A photo of Conwy Castle in Conwy, Wales.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Scott Monument A major landmark of Edinburgh, Scotland. Best captured in silhouette, in my opinion, because it's long overdue for a proper cleaning and restoration (the industrial revolution and the years since haven't been kind to it). #photography #Edinburgh, #Scotland #ScottMonument

Silhouette photo of the Scott Monument in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

St Nicholas' Church (phone wallpaper) I just set this shot of the beautiful St Nicholas' Church in Ghent as my own phone's background so I thought I'd put it out there for everyone else, too. #photography #Ghent #Belgium #StNicholasChurch #phoneWallpaper

Photo of St Nicholas' Church, Ghent, Belgium, formatted and sized for use as phone wallpaper (background).

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Kew Gardens Tropical House A view from inside the tropical house (currently closed for refurbishment) at Kew Gardens, London. #photography #London #KewGardens

A view from inside the tropical house at Kew Gardens, London, seeing two people approaching the door and about to enter.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Baker Street Underground This is the Bakerloo Line platform (northbound). Baker Street was the amongst the first stations ever to open, on the Metropolitan Railway, between Paddington and Farringdon (though that was not the deep level Bakerloo Line.) #photography #London #Underground #tube #HDR

Multiple exposure HDR photo of the northbound Bakerloo Line platform of Baker Street underground station in London.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Balancing Rock in the Rockies On the trail up to Grays Peak and Torreys Peak in Colorado. Who balanced that rock there? And how? Must have been a group effort of strong (and trusting) people). #photography #mountains #rockies #rock #balance #GraysPeak #TorreysPeak

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Oxford Nightlife Hight Street, Oxford, on a Saturday night. One thing I love about visiting Oxford in January is that you don't have to wait until late for it to get properly dark! #photography #Oxford #HDR

Triple-exposure HDR photo of High Street in Oxford at night.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

St. Nicholas' Church One of several amazing buildings in the center of Ghent, Belgium. I made this a triple-exposure HDR photo to try to capture the full range of light in this interior. #photography #Ghent #Belgium #StNicholas

The altar of St. Nicholas' Church in Ghent, Belgium, showing the vaulted ceiling far above.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Spring Melt at Pinkham Notch This is the Ellis River near the AMC Joe Dodge Lodge in the White Mountains of New Hampshire (right at the foot at Mount Washington).

Black & white photo of the Ellis River near the AMC Joe Dodge Lodge in the White Mountains of New Hampshire (right at the foot at Mount Washington.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Spoiler Alert This is, of course, the rear spoiler from a car. I think it was a Dodge neon but I can't remember for certain. #photography #spoiler #Automobiles #AutoParts

Tightly-dropped photo of the rear spoiler of a Yellow Dodge neon.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Fog at Moses Cone This is Moses Cone Memorial Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. A favourite area for photography no matter what the weather. #photography #fog #NorthCarolina #MosesCone

A tree in fog at Moses Cone Memorial Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

St Michael & St Gudula Cathedral This magnificent cathedral in Brussels, Belgium has some fantastic interior light. A photographer's dream! #photography #Brussels #Belgium #cathedral #Belgium #StMichael&StGudula

Interior of St Michael & St Gudula Cathedral in Brussels, Belgium.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Caernarfon Castle One of the most beautiful castles in Wales (although I kind of prefer more remote, rural settings for castles). #photography #travel #Wales #Caernarfon #castle

Ultra-wide-angle photograph of Caernarfon Castle in Wales.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Dartmoor Cross I have no idea how old this stone cross is, but I came across it when hiking on Dartmoor a few years ago. #Photography #Dartmoor

Film photograph (showing film rebate and perforations) of a weathered stone cross on Dartmoor.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

On Magdalen Bridge Oxford, UK, with the tower of Magdalen College in the background. A triple-exposure HDR shot. #photogaphy #Oxford #UK #bus #MagdalenCollege

A view on Magdalen Bridge in Oxford, UK, looking west toward Magdalen College with a bus coming toward the camera and the tower of Magdalen College in the background.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Rowers at the Regatta A 1/4-second exposure through a 300mm lens turns a shot of rowers into abstract art. This is from the Head of the Charles regatta in Boston/Cambridge. #photography #rowing #regatta #HeadOfTheCharles

Photograph of 3 rowers in a boat race taken at a very slow shutter speed.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Bruges Canal Bridge Probably my favourite shot from my recent trip to Bruges. From an early morning walk before things got too busy. #photography #Bruges #Belgium #canal

A bridge over a canal in Burges, Belgium, showing reflections of the buildings beyond.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Kingshouse, Scotland, on the West Highland Way It took a lot of willpower to drag myself outside to catch sunset after a long day of hiking on the West Highland Way. Worth it, though. #photography #landscape #Scotland #Kingshouse #WestHighlandWay

Silhouette of mountains with the sun setting behind and a small lake in the foreground in Kingshouse, Scotland.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Dedicated Photographers Graffiti Street in Ghent, a mini version of the "Banksy Tunnel" in London, where graffiti artists can freely paint. These girls spent a good 5 minutes shooting here. Amazing because Ghent's homeless have chosen this as a communal urinal. I couldn't take more than 10 seconds.

Three girls photographing each other in "Graffiti Street" (Graffitistraat) in Ghent, Belgium.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The Crystal Cascade This is easy walking distance from AMC's Pinkham Notch Visitor Center in the White Mountains of New Hampshire (it's at the base of Mt. Washington on the eastern side).

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Going for It Taken at the Mayor's Cup Criterion in Boston. This woman had the same expression on her face every lap! #photography #bicycle #cycling #criterion #MayorsCup #Boston

A nearly-head-on shot of a group of cyclists in the middle of a race.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Graffiti Alley, Ghent This is an alley in Ghent, Belgium that has been given over to street artists to paint as they see wish (like a smaller version of Leake Street in London). There's some amazing art here. #photography #Ghent #Belgium #graffiti #StreetArt #Werregarenstraat #Graffitistraat

Werregarenstraat, an alley in Ghent, Belgium that has been given over to street artists to paint graffiti.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Bruges Reflection Another upside-down shot of a reflection in water. This one is the Bruges belfort reflected in the canal. #photography #Bruges #Belgium #canal #reflection

Photograph of the bell tower in Bruges, Belgium reflected in the water of the canal that runs through the center of Bruges.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Lindisfarne Castle at Low Tide You can't help but get great photos around Lindisfarne when the might is good. One of the most picturesque castles in England. #photography #castle #Lindisfarne #dusk

Silhouette photo of Lindisfarne castle at low tide at dusk with a beached boat in the foreground.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Magritte Clouds I spotted this scene in Ghent the day after visiting the Magritte Museum in Brussels. The clouds reflected in the windows do seem like something Magritte would have inserted into one of his paintings. #photography #Belgium #Ghent #Magritte #clouds

Clouds reminiscent of a Rene Magritte painting reflected in the windows of a brightly painted building in Ghent, Belgium.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Brussels Central I love doing "street photography" on public transport. Usually it's the London Underground but in this case it's Central Station in Brussels. #photography #streetPhotography #transit #Brussels

Black & white photo of two pedestrians on the platform of Brussels Central railway station.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Canal Bridge in Ghent No extra-tricky Photoshop here, just a reflection in canal water turned upside down. From my most recent trip to Belgium. #photography #travel #Belgium #Ghent #reflection #bridge

Reflection of a pedestrian bridge over a canal in Ghent, Belgium.

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

St Nicholas' Church, Ghent, Belgium Looking straight up, obviously. Marvelous light in this huge gothic church. #photography #Ghent #Belgium #StNicholasChurch #geometry

A view looking straight up in the center of St Nicholas' Church in Ghent, Belgium

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

St Michael & St Gudula Cathedral, Ghent I'm back from my travels in Belgium and here's a classic HDR shot (3 exposures) of the cathedral in the center of Ghent. #photography #travel #Belgium #Ghent #cathedral #HDR

St Michael & St Gudula Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Mondrian Magritte This scene looks sort of like a naturally-occurring Mondrian. Photographed from inside the Rene Magritte museum in Brussels. #photography #Mondrian #Magritte #Brussels

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

In the Magritte Museum, Brussels

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I'm back in Amsterdam! (In Cafe Gollem, Raamsteeg, to be precise.) Proper photos to follow soon...

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Caernarfon Doorway I find doors and passageways incredibly evocative, especially when they're in vary old places like castles. This is Caernarfon Castle in Wales. #photography #travel #Wales #Caernarfon #castle

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Mark Roberts @gromitroberts.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Chinatown, London This is a 4-exposure HDR shot taken at the corner of Wardour Street and Shaftesbury Avenue. Taken just a few years ago but already every shop you can see in this photo houses another business now. #photography #London #Chinatown #HDR

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