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2013-05-17 15:05:59 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

             Top 1000 most followed active
        photographers sharing content on G+
                  Circle One: A to J

This  is the first of two circles,  I'll share the second circle this weekend so that they're not so on top of each other.  The circles have been divided alphabetically to help give more exposure to people with fewer followers.

Please plus, comment and share.  This circle has no requirements for future participation but your support and encouragement is appreciated. 

It has been two weeks since I announced my intent to update my circle of the 500 most followed photographers on G+.  I decided to do things a bit differently this time and so I'll share the top 1000.   To build the circles and the list I enlisted the aid of +Bill Wood +GemmaCosta +Jen Baptist +Kat Scan and +Margaret Tompkins.  They built circles and vetted p... more »

2013-05-17 14:23:25 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 54 +1s)

For +FloralFriday curated by +Tamara Pruessner +Beth Akerman +Eustace James +Kiki Nelson #floralfriday

Have a wonderful weekend!

#dandelionpoker  

2013-05-17 11:34:30 (8 comments, 2 reshares, 81 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 20: Framed
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W
Curated by +Tisha Craw, +Susan Porter, & +Lauri Novak

During regatta last weekend - we won :-)!

2013-05-17 11:30:53 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

✯✯   Macro Photographers circle   ✯✯


The New Macro Photographers Cɪʀᴄʟᴇ is out!    [17-May-2013]

This 4th edition from the Macro circle which has grown till 244 persons. This circle is a must have for people who love nature Macro photo's.

Please support yourself and the community by adding and sharing this awesome Macro photographers circle

How to get in this circle:

Ask for inclusion here when you are active on google+ and regular posting macro nature photos from yourself.

It helps ;-) when you share your Macro photos also with +Macro4All / #macro4all  theme. 

You comment, plus and share this circle

When I +1 you, you are in the next Macro circle

Special thanks to +Bill Urwin, +Chris Levers and +Mark O'Callaghan for the great efforts you make tothe theme +Macro4All... more »

2013-05-16 10:35:53 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 64 +1s)

For +VeloThursday curated by +James Thomas +Michael Loison   #velothursday

I finally found a solution how to add photos to an existing album and share only the new photo: I shared the photo from Picasa Desktop direct to the album... I had to edit the post for the mentions but it's in the correct album at least...

2013-05-16 09:49:35 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 28 +1s)

 
For #coffeethursday  by +Jason Kowing +Maki Silberberg +Sairam Sundaresan +Stuart Dyckhoff 

Have a wonderful Thursday :-)!

P.S. I tried to add the new photo to an existing album but there was no share window after the upload??? It was only possible to share the whole album (with more than one pic visible in the post) or share only one image without connecting the comments to the album??? Any ideas???

2013-05-15 13:41:06 (13 comments, 8 reshares, 74 +1s)

For #nauticalwednesday  +NauticalWednesday by +StPaul Herrmann +Annelies Kroen +Dale Collins 

One of my photos for +Beth Akerman 's wonderful book "How we see it - the natur of our world: http://goo.gl/XGBi1

Charity prints are available: http://goo.gl/1jdK9

#hwsi  

2013-05-15 13:13:26 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 38 +1s)

Happy birthday +Alan Shapiro - help yourself ;-)!

#AlanShapiroBirthdayStyle

2013-05-15 09:35:23 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 50 +1s)

#wordlessonwednesday   #wordlesswednesday  

2013-05-13 21:15:11 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 22 +1s)

For #MonochromeMonday (+Monochrome Monday) Curated by +Hans Berendsen , +Jerry Johnson , +Steve Barge, +Dominique Hilbert , +David Orr and +Martin Heller 

Let's go sailing...

2013-05-13 20:32:35 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

In conjunction with the recent release of the third How We See It book called  "How We See It...the nature of our worlds" available on Blurb.com http://www.blurb.com/b/4293600-how-we-see-it-the-nature-of-our-worlds in print, PDF and eBook form (use the WESEE3 code for 15% off through May 31st), several of the ladies involved in the project donated images for a charity print sale.  These 10 photographs and one artwork being offered in this charity print sale (100% of the proceeds will also benefit the NOW Love Your Body Foundation) were chosen by the 73 contributors to the book.  I am pleased to announce that images by +Heidi Anne Morris +Sherrie von Sternberg +Cora Triton +Ursula Broicher +Khrystiane Friedli +Erika Thornes +Frances Schermers +Cyrelle K. +Charlotte Therese Björnström +Darlene Hildebrandt & +Marie Hélène Visconti were chosen for the print sale. Congratulations l... more »

2013-05-12 08:24:31 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 35 +1s)

Happy Mother's Day - my son gave this to me last week :-)!
#happymothersday #mothersday #herestothemoms

2013-05-11 19:04:54 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 60 +1s)

For #caturday +CATURDAY! by +Shantha Marie Fountain +Cicely Robin Laing 
For #catsallovertheworld  +CATS all over the World by +Robert SKREINER 
For #onecatadaykeepsthedoctoraway  +OneCatADay - Photo Theme Page by +Sandra Deichmann 
"Zazou"

2013-05-10 13:22:14 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 73 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 19: Food
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw, +Susan Porter, & +Lauri Novak 

"Strawberries"

2013-05-10 13:18:29 (9 comments, 1 reshares, 37 +1s)

For #floralfriday  +FloralFriday by +Tamara Pruessner +Beth Akerman +Eustace James +Kiki Nelson 

"Daisies"

2013-05-09 17:35:05 (9 comments, 1 reshares, 38 +1s)

For #blastfromthepast  +Blast From The Past by +Cheryl Cooper +Isabelle Fortin +Mark Rodriguez 

My wonderful mom :-)!

#herestothemoms   #mothersday  

2013-05-09 11:01:09 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

>>>>New Limited Online Mentorship Program For Photographers<<<<

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1. Love Photography and really want to take better pictures
2. Want to learn in a unique, encouraging and proven environment
3  Are ready to see surprising changes in your photography
 
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This course is offered at a surprisingly reasonableIntroduc... more »

2013-05-09 11:04:30 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

What happens when 73 Google Plus Female Photographers, Artists and Writers get together and do a book for charity?  How We See It...the nature of our worlds is the result. Just published on Blurb.com +Blurb Books This book benefits the +HWSI  #HWSI  charity, the NOW Love Your Body Foundation (http://loveyourbody.nowfoundation.org), an organization that deals with body image issues and eating disorders.  100% of the profits of this third HWSI book will go to charity.  The book is now available on Blurb in the hardcover version and a PDF version with an eBook version coming shortly.  I am sure that the ladies involved with the project will be sharing this project with all of you as well.  Thank you to all 72 of you! You are all wonderful, and your work and support of this project is incredible! 

http://www.blurb.com/b/4293600-how-we-see-it-the-nature-of-our-worlds

2013-05-08 21:13:57 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

FABULOUS WOMEN ON G+ Part 1 of 4

My goal was to crowd-source a list of women on Google+.  I had originally expected maybe 50 names.  Much to my surprise and , I received over 400+ comments filled with love and positive energy to help curate this list of well over 1310 beautiful people. I would say this was a success and now I'm sharing with everyone (this is shared public too).

If you're getting a notification about this it's because you've been identified as a Fabulous Woman on G+ that is Actively posting and Engaging here.  See the bottom of this message for the original post where names were collected.

I thought you would want to know that you have been identified as someone the G+ community should connect with!  I don't send out notifications unless there is 100% warranted.

#Google+ will only allow me to share 500at ... more »

2013-05-08 14:55:07 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 47 +1s)

For #wildlifewednesday  by +Mike Spinak  +Morkel Erasmus 

I spotted a western green lizard  taking a sun bath last week:

2013-05-08 14:30:46 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 32 +1s)

For #nauticalwednesday  +NauticalWednesday by +StPaul Herrmann +Annelies Kroen +Dale Collins 

"Reflection"

2013-05-08 14:07:14 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 23 +1s)

#wordlessonwednesday   #wordlesswednesday  

2013-05-08 13:36:15 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 73 +1s)

Happy Birthday, +Gene Bowker  ! Have a wonderful day :-)!  #happybdaygene

2013-05-08 00:11:17 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Here it is!
The TRUE 2013 MARCH
Chrysta Rae PHOTOGRAPHY SCAVENGER HUNT circle!!!

Over the course of the next couple days 
the reveals for this round of the scavenger hunt will be posted!!
All submissions are in and being judged as we speak! (squeal)

These are the photographers who are participating!
Outstanding people, talented photographers, they are fun, engaging and definitely worthy of being added to your circles!

Thanks to all of you for playing!!

2013-05-07 17:32:01 (11 comments, 1 reshares, 52 +1s)

ROYGBIV 2.0 by +Susan Porter    
Day 7: Rainbow
A color a day - for a week :-)!
Today is the last day - thank you for the wonderful idea +Susan Porter !

Watch the event here: http://goo.gl/Mu4Ph    
#roygbiv 

2013-05-07 16:41:01 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Itching to get your hands on the third How We See It book coming out later this week?  Stay tuned for details on this great Google Plus Female Photography, Art and Writing project that benefits the NOW Love Your Body Foundation.  Some of your favorite female photographers, artists and writers have contributed to this third book that will be published on Blurb.com.  And be sure to circle the +HWSI Page for more information on this project. 

2013-05-06 12:50:25 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 51 +1s)

For #MonochromeMonday (+Monochrome Monday) Curated by +Hans Berendsen , +Jerry Johnson , +Steve Barge, +Dominique Hilbert , +David Orr and +Martin Heller 

Swan

2013-05-06 12:42:13 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 45 +1s)

ROYGBIV 2.0 by +Susan Porter   
Day 6: Violet
A color a day - for a week :-)!
Watch the event here: http://goo.gl/Mu4Ph    
#roygbiv 

2013-05-06 12:39:06 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

For #mirrormonday   #mirrorsandreflections  +Mirrors and Reflections by +Gemma Costa +Elizabeth Edwards 

Quiet evening:

2013-05-06 01:26:16 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 26 +1s)

For #LeadingLinesMonday +Pam Boling +Andreas Levi +David Murphy +Elle Rogers +Michael B. Stuart +Simos Xenakis

"Beginning"

2013-05-05 20:53:32 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 55 +1s)

ROYGBIV 2.0 by +Susan Porter  
Day 5: Blue
A color a day - for a week :-)!
Watch the event here: http://goo.gl/Mu4Ph    
#roygbiv  

2013-05-05 12:31:09 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 21 +1s)

Added photos to The Selfy Sunday Project.

2013-05-04 11:30:50 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 51 +1s)

♫Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, dear CHRYSTA, happy birthday to you♫!

Today is the birthday of one of the most inspiring persons on G+: the kind, skilled, witty, hilarious and awesome one and only +Chrysta Rae - uncrowned queen of +Chrysta Rae's Photography Scavenger Hunt !

Happy birthday, dear Chrysta and all the best to you and your family!

#happybirthdaychrystarae

2013-05-04 10:17:51 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 42 +1s)

ROYGBIV 2.0 by +Susan Porter 
Day 4: Green
A color a day - for a week :-)!
Watch the event here: http://goo.gl/Mu4Ph
#roygbiv  

2013-05-03 18:14:28 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 47 +1s)

For #floralfriday  +FloralFriday by +Tamara Pruessner 
Just a dandelion...

2013-05-03 18:12:06 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 32 +1s)

For #macrofeatherfriday  by +Robin Griggs Wood +E.E. Giorgi 
Broken

2013-05-04 10:16:53 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

ROYGBIV 2.0 by +Susan Porter 
Day 3: Yellow
A color a day - for a week :-)!
Watch the event here: http://goo.gl/Mu4Ph
#roygbiv  

For #foodfriday  +FoodFriday by +Natty Netsuwan +D. DeMonteverde +Jenn Oliver 
Eggs from our own chicken have a wonderful yellow color!

2013-05-03 15:22:43 (13 comments, 0 reshares, 52 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 18: Speed
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw, +Susan Porter, & +Lauri Novak 
 Regatta last weekend - everybody tried to sail as fast as possible...

2013-05-04 10:17:09 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 24 +1s)

ROYGBIV 2.0 by +Susan Porter 
Day 2: Orange
A color a day - for a week :-)!
Watch the event here: http://goo.gl/Mu4Ph
#roygbiv  

2013-05-02 10:31:00 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 47 +1s)

For #leavesonthursday  +Leaves On Thursday by +Ray Bilcliff +Anne Durand +Stephen Thackeray 
Spotted some new leaves yesterday:

2013-05-02 09:44:24 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 35 +1s)

Welcome back #coffeethursday  !
With thanks to the "Brew Crew" +Jason Kowing +Maki Silberberg +Sairam Sundaresan +Stuart Dyckhoff 
Have a wonderful Thursday :-)!

2013-05-02 09:36:14 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Help! I would like to create a circle with the "Fabulous Women on G+"

I'm looking for women who are actively posting and engaging here on G+.

The stats say there aren't many of us...

I know many of you have been here longer than me and I value your opinion. Who do you think I should circle?

#gplus #googleplus #helpasisterout #greatpeopletocircle

2013-05-07 17:33:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Added photos to ROYGBIV 2.0.

2013-05-04 10:17:31 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 27 +1s)

ROYGBIV 2.0 by +Susan Porter 
Day 1: Red
A color a day - for a week :-)!
#roygbiv  

2013-05-01 09:47:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

In The Spotlight –– Part 1 –– Circle Post

It's finally here, part 1 of my new In The Spotlight circle; with 100 great photographers! There will be four more to come so keep an eye open for this great circle series.

What's the In The Spotlight circle?

It's a circle for my favorite photographers as well as yourself and your favorite people (it could be people you know or people you admire but never interacted with). It's the hottest circle yet here on Google+, a circle you definitely want to be a part of. Just take a look at this first part and you'll know what I mean.

Who can participate?

Anybody. As long as the main focus is on photography. It's neither a pro circle, nor an amateur dito. It's a circle for great and active people loving the art of photography.
How... more »