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Steve Heap
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Photographer, Artist, Writer and all-round "good guy?" I write about my work at BackyardImage.com and my portfolio can be found at SteveHeap.com
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Steve Heap @backyardimage.bsky.social · Dec 30
I've upgraded the cover of my Selling Fine Art Photography book - what do you think? #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #Ebook
Cover of ebook called Selling your fine art Photography by Steve Heap
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I was printing some work for a competition and came across this of Coopers Rock State Park near Morgantown in West Virginia. It wasn't actually successful, but I liked the look of it! #Morgantown #WestVirginia #AlmostHeaven #AYearForArt
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Coopers Rock in the snow near Morgantown WV
October 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
backyardimage.bsky.social
I've started to write my extended articles about the cruise we took from New York to Iceland and have written three of them so far covering New York, Halifax in Canada and then Nuuk in Greenland. More to come.

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#myvikingstory #myviking #myvikingjourney
Leaving New York City on the Viking cruise to Iceland
October 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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A new product in my BackyardImage Etsy Store of a beautifully calm sunrise behind Hanalei Pier in Kauai. 8 second exposure to get the smooth ocean. #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #hanalei #Kauai #hawaii #Photography #Landscape
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Wall art of calm sunrise over Hanalei Pier on Kauai
October 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Are for the walls! Photographed at HorseShoe Bend in Arizona!
Please check the link for info and pricing details buff.ly/4gBaws7
#page #arizona #decor #wallart #landscapephotography #landscapelovers #artlovers #photography #nature #naturelovers #horseshoe #deser
October 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Photography from Hawaii is great way to decorate your walls, add color and add unique textures your space! #art #landscapephoto #naturelovers #artlovers #landscapelovers #photography #colorado #travel #vacation #hawaii #homedecor #wallart #art4sale buff.ly/3XfEcDQ
October 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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An American White Pelican from over the summer

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin
An American White Pelican floats i the water, turned sideways.
October 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Good morning Bluesky friends, let it be...a new day for hope...

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The sunrise brings a clouded sky and fog fills the cracks and crevices of the land below.
October 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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A new day rises over the ocean as a unique shaped lifeguard station with bold blue & yellow colors watches from the shore of Miami Beach Florida.

A New Day Rising -> chrystyne-novack.pixels.com/featured/a-n...

#Beach #Sunrise #NewDay #AYearforArt #Florida #supportthearts #BuyIntoArt #seashore
A new day is rising over the ocean as a unique shaped lifeguard station with bold blue and yellow colors watches from the shore of Miami Beach Florida. All along Miami's South Beach and Miami Beach near the Art Deco District, lifeguard stands not only act as important landmarks and gathering points on beaches but have become visual icons.
October 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Winter at my cousin's farm.

ART - deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/rus...

#art #artshop #artstore #ayearforart #buyintoart #wallart #homedecor #artforsale #buyandsellart #artist #blueskyart #winter #romantic #rustic #reddoor #farmhouse #snow
String lights cast a golden glow over a rustic farmhouse entryway one snowy evening. Warm vine covered stone walls, a red front door and wooden bench against one wall welcome visitors. On the bench sits one remaining pumpkin from autumn. The house in this image belongs to my cousin. She lives in lovely Winterset, Iowa, the county seat of Madison. Madison county is famous, among other things, for its many beautiful covered bridges and for inspiring the novel "The Bridges of Madison County." It is also the birthplace of actor John Wayne. Photo credit: Kristine Jones.
October 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Photograph at sunrise on the florida coast. #Buyintoart #homedecor #homedecorating #interiordecor #interiordecorating #wallart #photography #art #aYearforArt #artprints #artforsale Please refer to link for info and pricing buff.ly/3B9kOQX
October 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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The San Francisco Embarcadero Center consist of four towers of office buildings that support retail stores on the lower levels. This is the sidewalk that winds through the buildings.
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#SidewalkAbstract #BillGallagherPhotography #BuyIntoArt #AYearFOrArt #SanFrancisco
Sidewalk Abstract This black-and-white photograph captures a mesmerizing stretch of sidewalk within San Francisco’s Embarcadero Center. Imagine a rhythmic pattern of rectangular concrete tiles, each one precisely aligned to form a symmetrical grid that seems to stretch endlessly into the distance. The repetition creates a hypnotic visual cadence—like the steady beat of footsteps echoing through a quiet urban corridor. The surface is smooth but subtly textured, with faint seams and shadows that give depth and dimension. Light falls evenly across the scene, emphasizing the geometric precision and lending a sense of calm order. There are no people or distractions—just the pure abstraction of architecture meeting the ground.
October 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Not sure I have seen a puffin tongue before!
joancarroll.bsky.social Joan Carroll @joancarroll.bsky.social · 26d
Pfffin perched on a cliff with its colorful beak wide open and tongue sticking out. Grasses in the foreground.

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#puffin #iceland #atlanticpuffin #bird #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #giftideas #buyintoart #ayearforart @joancarroll
Puffin perched on a cliff with its colorful beak wide open and its tongue sticking out. Grasses in the foreground. The blue ocean is blurred in the background.
October 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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October lilacs

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#lilac #weather #gardening #flowers #art #artist #IrisRichardsonArt #buyintoart #fallforart #ayearforart #artshop #artstore #wallart #artprints #homedecor #macro #photography #supportlivingartist #smallbusiness #supportthearts #artistsunday
Our very confused purple lilacs are growing this October macro photograph
October 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Down by the seashore where the Sea Oats sway the Boca Grande Lighthouse stands watch.

Where the Sea Oats Sway -> chrystyne-novack.pixels.com/featured/whe...

#Travel #Seashore #Lighthouse #AYearforArt #monochrome #BlackandWhite #shore #supportthearts #bnw #BuyIntoArt #Outdoors #florida #scape
Down by the seashore where the Sea Oats sway is where you will find the Port Boca Grande Lighthouse that stands as Sentinel at the end of Gasparilla Island. In this black and white photo one can see the Lighthouse is a little weathered from Hurricane Ian but it still stands watch. I did take the liberty of fixing one of the missing shutters so that it appear whole. Built in 1890 the Port Boca Grande Lighthouse was used to safely guide ships into the Charlotte Harbor. The lighthouse is an iron screw pile design with a wood frame. When lit it is visible from up to 12 miles away.
October 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Captured with 35 mm film in the 1990’s and digitally scanned

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#ayearforart
#buyandsellart
#blueskyartists
#blueskyphotographers
#EastCoastKin
#art
#digitalart
#lighthouses
#35mm
#oldschoolphotography
#coastalphotography
#doorsandwindows
Red and White Lighthouse Read about my process here of bringing my old alt photos back to life https://kathi-isserman.pixels.com/featured/red-and-white-lighthouse-35mm-kathi-isserman.html
October 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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I have seen many birds on recent walks, but they have been uncooperative in posing. Hoping for better luck if I manage to get out with my camera today.

#photography #BirdSky #duck #PNW #birds
Duck diving into a pond such that the head is underwater and only the back and tail of the bird are visible, tail pointing straight up. It is a female duck with brown feathers. The surface of the pond is a pale green, with ripples around the bird as she dives into the water that distort the reflection of the bird's tail and back.
October 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Laughing Falcon
(Herpetotheres cachinnans)
TRR Headquarters, Cost Rica

I wasn't familiar with this gorgeous bird prior to this visit. Spectacular and distinctive raptor of tropical lowlands, often seen perched on prominent bare snags, from which it hunts for snakes. #birds #photography #portrait
October 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
backyardimage.bsky.social
Just saw another big sale occur on my Pictorem portfolio. This one was a composite that I made of the moon over WVU Woodburn Hall when clouds stopped me seeing the real thing! I was there and it would have risen there! #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #WVU #morgantown
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Moon rising over Woodburn Hall at WVU Morgantown
October 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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A blast from the past from back in the early Covid days - Halloween in 2020... This one is NOT available in my Etsy store!
#Humor #halloween2025 #Photography #halloween
Man with skull head and covid mask for halloween
October 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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My latest upload to my Etsy Store. The frozen icicles surrounding the waterfall at Cucumber Falls in Ohiopyle state park. You can add more photos now to a listing, and so I added one showing the print in a frame. #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #ohiopyle #Photography
www.etsy.com/listing/4388...
Cucumber Falls Ohiopyle state park
October 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Finally, I have managed to create my first Audiobook - A guide to selling your fine art photos online. Two hours of my best advice that has driven my own sales over the past few years. #AYearForArt #fineartphotography #BuyIntoArt
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Selling fine art photos online audiobook
October 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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This was one of the prints recently installed in the financial company office in Texas. It was taken at Valley Falls in WV with a telephoto lens using a very short exposure to freeze the water. #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt

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Frozen water over a waterfall
October 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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There is a mahogany plantation on the North coast of Kauai that you can walk around. Photos of it tend to be a little stark with the trees planted in rows, but with a bit of artistic license, it can be magic. #Kauai #AYearForArt #Photography #DigitalArt #Landscape
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Oil painting of mahogany forest in Kauai
October 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Whispers of the Tide. I created this in 2019 but recently reprocessed it to emphasize the driftwood on this beach at sunrise in Kauai. 20 second exposure smoothed out all waves, just leaving the tree stark against the background.

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#Kauai #Photography #Landscape
Whisper of the Tide driftwood on Hanalei bay beach at sunrise Steve Heap Print
Whisper of the Tide driftwood on Hanalei bay beach at sunrise - Steve Heap Print
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October 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
- Albert Camus

#autumn #leaves #nature #photography #Scotland
Old mobile photo taken back in 2020 in Hamilton, Scotland.
October 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM