Bob Soltys
@bobsoltys.bsky.social
Renaissance man. Parisian at heart. Peace correspondent on the Toltec path. Nitro's dad. Former Navy officer. Scientist. Letter revivalist. Fountain pens, Day-Timers, paper books, slide rules-not apps. 🇸🇰 🇫🇷 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 📷 ✍️ 🔭 🦉 #NoAI
https://www.bobsoltys.net
https://www.bobsoltys.net
Happy Fountain Pen Day! Noodler's Blue Ghost invisible ink under ultraviolet light. Pelikan M200 clear demonstrator, medium nib.
#FountainPenDay #invisibleink
#FountainPenDay #invisibleink
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Happy Fountain Pen Day! Noodler's Blue Ghost invisible ink under ultraviolet light. Pelikan M200 clear demonstrator, medium nib.
#FountainPenDay #invisibleink
#FountainPenDay #invisibleink
For #WackyArtWednesday and #BlueBrewMugs, this coffee cup bearing an image of the chimera #Foras at Notre Dame Cathedral in #Paris made on Tri-X film.
October 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
For #WackyArtWednesday and #BlueBrewMugs, this coffee cup bearing an image of the chimera #Foras at Notre Dame Cathedral in #Paris made on Tri-X film.
For today's #BirdOfTheDay, a Great Gray Owl in Dairyland, Wisconsin, during the 2006 irruption of these #Raptors. I liked the way Tri-X film depicted the winter scene much better than the color slides. Seeing the contact sheet inspired me to return to my roots in black & white photography.
October 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay, a Great Gray Owl in Dairyland, Wisconsin, during the 2006 irruption of these #Raptors. I liked the way Tri-X film depicted the winter scene much better than the color slides. Seeing the contact sheet inspired me to return to my roots in black & white photography.
October 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
October 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Une belle soirée ...
Driving home along Clifton Boulevard in Cleveland, I saw a couple dining by table light on the terrace at La Ville Lumière and made a note to myself to come back one evening. Then I came to my senses, turned around, and stopped to make a few pictures.
© 2025 Bob Soltys
Driving home along Clifton Boulevard in Cleveland, I saw a couple dining by table light on the terrace at La Ville Lumière and made a note to myself to come back one evening. Then I came to my senses, turned around, and stopped to make a few pictures.
© 2025 Bob Soltys
September 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Une belle soirée ...
Driving home along Clifton Boulevard in Cleveland, I saw a couple dining by table light on the terrace at La Ville Lumière and made a note to myself to come back one evening. Then I came to my senses, turned around, and stopped to make a few pictures.
© 2025 Bob Soltys
Driving home along Clifton Boulevard in Cleveland, I saw a couple dining by table light on the terrace at La Ville Lumière and made a note to myself to come back one evening. Then I came to my senses, turned around, and stopped to make a few pictures.
© 2025 Bob Soltys
The International Space Station flew by Jupiter as I ended my morning observing session. iPhone video. Next time I'll have my Leica Q2M ready. 😉 #ISS #InternationalSpaceStation #Jupiter #astronomy
September 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The International Space Station flew by Jupiter as I ended my morning observing session. iPhone video. Next time I'll have my Leica Q2M ready. 😉 #ISS #InternationalSpaceStation #Jupiter #astronomy
One of the first pictures I took with my new Leica M11 Monochrom was -of course - of my devoted friend and companion Nitro the Jack Russell Terrier. Seeing his wet pawprints inspired me to stop and make the picture. #LeicaM11M #dogs
July 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
One of the first pictures I took with my new Leica M11 Monochrom was -of course - of my devoted friend and companion Nitro the Jack Russell Terrier. Seeing his wet pawprints inspired me to stop and make the picture. #LeicaM11M #dogs
While submitting an article idea to the Leica Society International this afternoon, I learned that the LSI has posted my article 'A Love Affair With Paris' on its list of inspirational articles. www.bobsoltys.net/parisjetaime
July 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
While submitting an article idea to the Leica Society International this afternoon, I learned that the LSI has posted my article 'A Love Affair With Paris' on its list of inspirational articles. www.bobsoltys.net/parisjetaime
Honored that Photo Artfolio selected my award-winning image "City of Light" for its exhibit Heat and Light. Here, an 11 x 14 print on @ilfordphoto.com Multigrade paper, in my archival print washer. #PrintYourWork #Paris
July 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Honored that Photo Artfolio selected my award-winning image "City of Light" for its exhibit Heat and Light. Here, an 11 x 14 print on @ilfordphoto.com Multigrade paper, in my archival print washer. #PrintYourWork #Paris
Drying RC test prints of my image of Tyler Barn on Rollei 400 IR infrared film. #darkroom #PrintYourWork
July 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Drying RC test prints of my image of Tyler Barn on Rollei 400 IR infrared film. #darkroom #PrintYourWork
Honored that SXSE Gallery made a place in its current exhibit "Summertime" for my image "Saturday Night" that I made on @ilfordphoto Delta 3200 film in Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio and printed on Ilford Multigrade paper. #fridayfavourites #NightPhotography #Delta3200Film #GenevaOnTheLake
June 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Honored that SXSE Gallery made a place in its current exhibit "Summertime" for my image "Saturday Night" that I made on @ilfordphoto Delta 3200 film in Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio and printed on Ilford Multigrade paper. #fridayfavourites #NightPhotography #Delta3200Film #GenevaOnTheLake
The tonal range in the second edition of prints of this image of my dog Lucky, God rest him, is much better on @ilfordphoto Multigrade V paper. Image: "How Much is that Burger in the Window?" Lusk, Wyoming, 2006 #dogs #Wyoming #fridayfavourites #JackRussellTerrier
June 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The tonal range in the second edition of prints of this image of my dog Lucky, God rest him, is much better on @ilfordphoto Multigrade V paper. Image: "How Much is that Burger in the Window?" Lusk, Wyoming, 2006 #dogs #Wyoming #fridayfavourites #JackRussellTerrier
'City of Light', 2007. Honored that Street Photography Magazine selected this image for its book "Where the Streets Lead". #BlueSkyArtShow #LightAndShadow #Paris
May 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
'City of Light', 2007. Honored that Street Photography Magazine selected this image for its book "Where the Streets Lead". #BlueSkyArtShow #LightAndShadow #Paris
Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of summer. Lucky the Jack Russell Terrier was always up for a trip in Das Beetle Cabrio. #dogs #summer #JackRussellTerrier #convertible
May 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of summer. Lucky the Jack Russell Terrier was always up for a trip in Das Beetle Cabrio. #dogs #summer #JackRussellTerrier #convertible
WGN announcer Harry Caray leads the crowd in "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the 7th Inning Stretch at Wrigley Field. #HumansOfBlueSky #HarryCaray © 1988 Bob Soltys All Rights Reserved
May 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
WGN announcer Harry Caray leads the crowd in "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the 7th Inning Stretch at Wrigley Field. #HumansOfBlueSky #HarryCaray © 1988 Bob Soltys All Rights Reserved
Leo Skála, an author, poet, and bookbinder, engages young writers outside Shakespeare and Co.
#HumansOfBlueSky #Paris
#HumansOfBlueSky #Paris
May 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Leo Skála, an author, poet, and bookbinder, engages young writers outside Shakespeare and Co.
#HumansOfBlueSky #Paris
#HumansOfBlueSky #Paris
May 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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