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Steve Roberts

@wildoutdoorsphoto.com

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Photographer (wildlife, landscape, astro - whatever takes my interest!). Based in the Seattle area of the Pacific Northwest | Retired software developer | Expat Brit. https://www.steverobertsphotography.com

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 4h

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 · 2d

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 · 14d

Ty!

Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 14d

The #glow of glass being worked into a piece of art.

#BlueSkyArtShow #photography

Glass being rolled on a pipe glows under the heat of the glass artist’s torch.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 28d

We stopped off for a couple of short hikes into the trees - wonderful place and, I felt, superior to the national park further to the north where it was more difficult to get amongst the trees due to the undergrowth.

Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 28d

Ty!

Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · 28d

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 · 29d

#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 · Sep 2

Oh, that looks very inviting!

Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · Sep 1

#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 · Aug 30

Rows of butter lamps shining brightly at Tashilhunpo #Monastery in #Shigatse, #Tibet.

#BlueSkyArtShow #shiny #photography #Bhuddist #Bhuddism

Found while touring a Bhuddist monastery in Tibet, multiple small butter lamps arranged in ascending rows shine brightly in an otherwise gloomy shrine, letting out enough light to illuminate a beautiful painted backdrop.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · Aug 25

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 · Aug 24

“…a bit unnerving” seems like quite the understatement to me! Great photo 😀

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · Aug 23

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.

Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · Aug 23

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 · Aug 16

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 · Aug 16

Thank you

Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · Aug 16

Thanks!

Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · Aug 16

Love the careful framing of this.

Stubbino Photo @stubbino.bsky.social · Aug 16

Another one from tonights late night walk. Manchester is full of interesting architecture hidden away up side streets and snickleways.

#photography #photo #photooftheday #picoftheday #photographer #blackandwhite #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #monochromephotography #manchester

Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · Aug 15

Thank you! I love this spot.

Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · Aug 15

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 · Aug 15

Those palms look really cool in infrared; shame we don’t have any growing in the wild in the pnw!

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · Aug 14

“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 · Aug 13

Narada Falls, in Mount #Rainier national park, for #WaterfallWednesday.

#photography #landscape #waterfall #nationalpark

A slow exposure of the Paradise River at Narada Falls, dropping 188 feet over exposed rock. An example of a horsetail waterfall. In spring and summer it’s quite common to find a rainbow, whilst in water the falls have been known to freeze.

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Steve Roberts @wildoutdoorsphoto.com · Aug 10

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.

Darren Smith Photography @darrensmith.org.uk · Aug 9

One of the most #stunningareas of the #worldis #Eryri #Snowdonia #NationalPark #visit_snowdonia #visitsnowdonia.Even more during #moody #weatherlike this #imageof #llyn #Ogwen.A #beautiful #lakein #NorthWales.#landscapelovers #blackandwhitephotography #visitwales

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