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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 26/09/2026

The northern #lights explode over downtown Bellevue, Washington a couple years back. Even the setting moon and city light pollution couldn’t drown it out. #iphone capture. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #nightsky #pnw #aurora

Purples and greens of the aurora borealis, or northern lights, shimmer across the sky providing a colorful backdrop for the city below.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 19/09/2026

#Golden reflections of late-fall heathers and vegetation on hillsides surround a rock and reeds in a lake in the Tromsø area of Norway. Captured while scouting for potential aurora viewing spots on a cold and still day. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #landscape

An image of a rock and reeds in calm water of a mountain lake, the water reflecting the golden late-fall color of heather and vegetation on the hillsides.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 13/09/2026

Second image, again of the #undulating landscape of the #Palouse, for today’s #BlueSkyArtShow. The setting sun highlights the dust trails at the end of a busy day’s work during harvest season. #photography #landscape #pnw

An undulating landscape of wheat and cereal fields in the Palouse region of Washington State. The dust trails of tractors and harvesters still busy working the fields at the end of a harvest day are picked out by the setting sun.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 12/09/2026

A lone tractor works the #undulating fields of the #Palouse region of Washington State as a spring afternoon draws to a close. #BlueSkyArtShow #pnw #photography #landscape

Green and brown rolling hills form a backdrop to a solitary tractor ploughing its way across a field.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 28/07/2026

For the #EmeraldBackdrop theme for #BirdOfTheDay, a female Rufous #Hummingbird enjoys the crocosmia in our yard - shortly before the local wild deer population stripped the lot! #bird #photography #wildlife

A female Rufous Hummingbird, with orange and green body feathers, sips nectar whilst in flight from a bunch of small orange-red flowers.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 25/07/2026

Where’s the #glass you might ask? Well, it’s molten inside the glory hole of the hot shop. The heat from these ovens feels immense, even from across the shop. I really don’t know how the glass workers stand it (except in winter - I imagine it’s quite nice then, lol). #BlueSkyArtShow #photography

Somewhat abstract image of a glass hot shop’s glory hole where the glass being used is kept molten. The glow from the furnace outlines the doorway.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 25/07/2026

I’ve posted this one before but couldn’t resist doing so again given today’s theme of #glass for the #BlueSkyArtShow. A glass artist works a piece in the hot shop.

A ball of glass attached to a glass blower’s pipe glows with heat from a flame as the piece is rolled and worked.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 22/04/2026

For #WaterfallWednesday, #Palouse Falls and its plunge pool in Eastern Washington, taken during late spring. #photography #landscape #monochrome #blackandwhite #pnw

Monochrome black and white landscape image of a waterfall and river, continuing from the plunge pool, into a canyon.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 05/04/2026

Early morning view from my tent, looking towards the peaks of Taboche and Tobuche, after an overnight snow shower at our camp in Lobuche alongside the #Khumbu glacier, en-route to #Everest base camp in #Nepal. #BlueSkyArtShow #openings #photography #landscape #Himalaya

The image shows the view through the vestibule of a tent onto a snow covered rock field, with snowy peaks reaching altitudes of 20,000 feet in the distance.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 21/03/2026

“Amphitheater”, a collection of limpets watch a solid performance from the #stone 😀. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography

Monochrome black and white image of a hole in beach rock containing a large rock with limpets clinging to the walls of the hole, suggesting an audience.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 07/03/2026

An image from #Kalaloch beach on the #Olympic peninsula, waves #flowing around a drift log under a stormy sky. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #landscape #beach #pnw

Waves flow around several large logs on a beach, some partially buried in the grey sand.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 14/02/2026

“Ghost” The skeletal remains of a decaying leaf lie atop a fallen log, seeming to merge back from whence it came. #BlueSkyArtShow #wood #photography #closeup

The image shows a fallen tree trunk, reddish wood, with the remains of a leaf lying on top. The leaf appears transparent in places, giving off the impression that it’s fusing back into the log.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 07/02/2026

Morning #sunlight reflecting off dew drops lining the petals of a ranunculus bloom. #blueskyartshow #flower #closeup #photography

The yellow petals of a ranunculus flower lined with early morning dew drops reflecting the sun.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 29/01/2026

A grumpy-looking Great Horned #Owl makes #EyeContact from its nest space, wondering (I like to think) what all the commotion is about below (answer - a passing group of birders had spotted it!). #BirdOfTheDay #photography #wildlife #bird

The image shows the top of the head of a Great Horned Owl, yellow eyes peering over the edge of its nest built in a cavity of a decaying tree.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 24/01/2026

A #cold wintry scene at Franklin Falls, near Snoqualmie Pass, from a few years back. The rocks to get down to the plunge pool were like glass! #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #waterfall #pnw

A black and white image capturing a cold scene at a waterfall. Ice encrusts the rocks and mosses, while water continues to flow into the plunge pool at the base.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 17/01/2026

#One photographer seeks solitude from the workshop crowd and stands awaiting dawn’s first light. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #landscape #silhouette

A photographer stands alone atop a small ridge with just tripod and camera for company, silhouetted against the early dawn light, awaiting the perfect moment.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 10/01/2026

A small mushroom, possibly a moss bell or hooded bell, rises above a #vibrant bed of moss. Three shot #macro focus stack. #blueskyartshow #photography #closeup #fungi #nature

A small sandy-brown mushroom, less than an inch and a half high, stands above a base of fresh green moss. The upper half background is an out of focus mottled brown and green of the woodland in which it was found.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 05/01/2026

New Year’s Eve moon rising over Mount Baker (Kulshan) in the northern Cascades. 830nm #infrared capture. #mountainmonday #photography #monochrome #landscape #pnw

Black and white infrared image showing a rising and 98% full moon over the volcanic peak of Mount Baker (Mt Kulshan) in the northern Cascade range of Washington State. Recent snow cover glows white, with a small inversion at the base of the image, along a river flowing behind grassy fields making up the foreground.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 21/12/2025

For #Stunday, a short-eared #owl hunting low in the grasses at Samish in the #pnw. #photography #birds #wildlife #nature

A short-eared owl, white-feathered wings outstretched, hovers over grasses, yellow eyes fixed on the ground just ahead as it detects a potential meal.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 20/12/2025

A majestic Roosevelt #Elk in the #Hoh Rainforest gets a little too interested in me for my comfort, even with a long lens. Thankfully he got bored and wandered off! #BlueSkyArtShow #openhouse #nature #wildlife #photography

A head and shoulders portrait of a mature male elk gazing at the photographer, against an out of focus forest background.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 15/12/2025

For #mountainmonday the summit of Ama Dablam, wreathed in clouds at sunset, taken while en-route to #Everest base camp. #photography #landscape #nepal #himalaya

The flat-topped snowy peak of Ama Dablam, on the Nepalese side of the Himalaya, is surrounded by orange clouds lit up by the sunset.

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It’s actually Dave @davidacody.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

The #SensoryArt theme this week is #Monochromatic so I immediately thought of this scene from the front of the ferry to Seattle in the rain. #senses #sensory #contrast #art #photography #EastCoastKin

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 08/12/2025

A rough-legged hawk, readying itself to strike after detecting sound or motion in the grasses below. #birds #birdphotography #hawk #nature #wildlife #pnw

A rough-legged hawk stretches its wings as it prepares to pounce on food in the grass and reeds below its perch. The underside of the wings are creamy white with brown tips. Sandy colored feathers cover its legs, and it has a white head with speckled brown feathers and light blue eyes. Green and brown mottled out of focus grasses and reeds make up the background.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 06/12/2025

I think this meets today’s #sky theme for the #BlueSkyArtShow. The #aurora appearing to arc over the wing of a jet. #photography #airplane #northernlights #auroraborealis #nightsky

A green aurora arcs over the wing of a jet as it heads over Greenland en-route to Europe.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 23/11/2025

An alternative take for today’s #BlueSkyArtShow. Standing on Sourdough Ridge overlooking Sunrise Park at Mt #Rainier (Tahoma), I always feel so #small gazing at the peak and the Milky Way beyond. #photography #landscape #nationalpark #nightsky

The Milky Way arcs over Mount Rainier (Tahoma), with the lights of cars and the Sunrise visitor center below.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 09/11/2025

#Evening at the Marin headland overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #landscape

The Golden Gate Bridge spanning the entrance to San Francisco bay, with a rising moon.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 01/11/2025

Early #autumn colors reflected in the calm waters of the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #landscape #fall #pnw

Trees and bushes, tinted with early autumnal color, lean over calm river waters, the setting sun catching and highlighting the mosses on branches. The calm water reflects the bursts of color above.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 26/10/2025

A US #coastguard boat exercising in heavy swells off of First Beach, La Push last weekend. Mesmerizing watching them chilling in the surf! #photography #stunday #pnw #storm

A small coastguard vessel crashes through an incoming wave, momentarily disappearing in the rush of water, on a training exercise.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 24/10/2025

For #ForestFriday, a stand of trees, taken during fall, alongside the middle fork of the Snoqualmie river. #photography #fall #landscape

A stand of trees, some bare, some with fall color, alongside fresh green conifers. At the base a river flows past, a slower exposure lending movement to waves as they flow over hidden rocks.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 28/09/2025

Another one for #TheRoad, #California Redwoods tower over the roadway on a great drive through #Humboldt #Redwoods State Park. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #landscape

A road dappled with sunlight snakes between redwood trees.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 27/09/2025

#TheRoad to #Everest crosses several high passes in #Tibet, switchbacking laboriously up and down each side. At the Gawu La pass, Everest, with its north-east ridge, is just visible (center horizon with the ‘traditional’ plume from the summit). #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #landscape

A road descends in looping switchbacks from a high Tibetan pass toward the Himalayan range, and Mount Everest, in the distance. The brown plains contrast with the snow-capped range on the ‘roof of the world’.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 01/09/2025

#Tryfan, its north ridge, and the #Ogwen valley in #Eyri (Snowdonia) National Park, North #Wales (Gogledd #Cymru). A top 5 favorite hiking and scrambling spot since my teens. #MountainMonday #photography #landscape

The north ridge of Truman, a 3000 foot mountain in North Wales, descends to the Owen Valley. Heavy clouds above signal an approaching rainstorm! A small glimpse of Llyn (lake) Owen can be seen in the distance.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 25/08/2025

Evening, Cowlitz Chimneys at Mount #Rainier (Tahoma) NP. A gorgeous #sunset last week, whichever direction you looked. #MountainMonday #photography #landscape

A late sunset pink-magenta sky glows behind the rock pillars of the Cowlitz Chimneys on the east side of Mount Rainier. Patches of wispy cloud drift past as the evening twilight gathers.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 24/08/2025

Another shot of the #Seattle #Skyline, this time from the very popular Queen Anne viewpoint to the north of the #city. This is how the city appeared back in 2013, before the new Amazon towers and buildings between downtown and Lake Union had been built. #BlueSkyArtShow #landscape #photography

A panoramic cityscape image of Seattle, taken from the Queen Anne viewpoint to the north. This shows downtown skyscrapers behind the just right of center Seattle Needle, at dusk.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 23/08/2025

Moonset over the Seattle #skyline (circa 2012), with the Olympic mountains beyond, for today’s #BlueSkyArtShow. #photography #landscape

An image of the Seattle skyline against the silhouette of the Olympic mountains beyond range. The orange glow in the sky is the moon setting in the west. Light trails from an early morning flight arriving into the nearby airport can be seen along the mountain ridgeline.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 16/08/2025

Buddhist prayer flags, #pieces of (usually) square fabric adorned with images and texts fluttering in the wind on a bridge crossed on the approach to Namche Bazaar in the #Khumbu region, as you trek to #Everest base camp. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #travel

A wooden footbridge crossing a river in Nepal, used to convey both trekkers, locals, and animal traffic on the march to and from the base camp for Mount Everest. On the far side a steep and winding climb proceeds to the village of Namche Bazaar. The bridge rails on either side host countless prayer flags added over time by passersby’s.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 16/08/2025

Love the careful framing of this.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 15/08/2025

Another shot from my favorite bit of woodland, this time taken at the end of fall, for #ForestFriday. #photography #landscape #scape

A calm reflective forest scene, mossy rocks and old growth reflected in a seasonal pool in the foreground.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 14/08/2025

“Rolling the tea leaves”. Freshly picked leaves are rolled by hand in a heated wok as a first stage of making tea, on a plantation a few miles from Chengdu, #China #humansofbluesky #photography #portrait

An elderly lady rolls freshly picked tea leaves by hand in a heated wok in a dimly lit kitchen. Flames from the oven beneath the wok shoot out on the left side of the image, lending a warm glow to the portrait in what was otherwise a very dimly lit room.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 10/08/2025

Haven’t been here for nigh on 20 years now (almost made it on a recent trip back to the homeland!) but it still remains one of my most favorite places to hang out. Beautiful place and image.

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