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Shawn McClure

Engineer, Photographer, Mayhem Maker, Space Lord

Occupation: Software engineer, database expert, amateur photographer, occasional poet, inconsistent adventurer, armchair philosopher

Location: Fort Collins, CO

His ProfilesRankThis is the rank of 'Shawn McClure' out of all Google+ Profiles.: 1,983 (GenderRankFor the gender 'Men'.: 1,110)

His ProfilesRankThis is the rank of 'Shawn McClure' out of all Google+ Profiles. in United States: 678 (GenderRankFor the gender 'Men'.: 425)

His CircleRankThis is the rank of 'Shawn McClure' out of all indexed profiles and pages at CircleCount.com.: 4,782

His CircleRankThis is the rank of 'Shawn McClure' out of all indexed profiles and pages at CircleCount.com. in United States: 729

Followers: 28,755

Following: 2,429

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Shawn McClure was in following circles

Author	Followers	Date	Users in Circle	Comments	Reshares	+1	Links
Laura Bandiera	292	2013-05-22 14:15:46	500	0	0	0	CC G+
Laura Bandiera	292	2013-05-21 07:28:29	347	1	0	1	CC G+
Circles Circles Circles	337	2013-05-20 17:53:32	336	6	8	6	CC G+
Cesare Riccardo	41,791	2013-05-19 16:00:24	389	1	1	4	CC G+
Cableicous	1,527	2013-05-19 00:49:57	25	7	1	10	CC G+
Charles Lupica	67,061	2013-05-18 13:17:20	501	90	77	96	CC G+
Gailen Mapes	30,368	2013-05-18 11:31:41	398	14	6	17	CC G+
Gai Xinh	1,209	2013-05-17 14:32:10	204	4	2	8	CC G+
Walter Soestbergen	29,860	2013-05-17 11:25:00	248	132	45	72	CC G+
1212Scenery	0	2013-05-13 23:42:27	500	15	15	15	CC G+
Circles Circles Circles	337	2013-05-13 17:09:53	186	55	32	45	CC G+
David Pond	10,990	2013-05-12 17:27:23	162	11	4	16	CC G+
Gai Xinh	1,209	2013-05-12 12:45:42	226	4	2	7	CC G+
Magnus Ericson	26,455	2013-05-09 17:03:01	225	34	9	28	CC G+
Johnathan Yesson	644	2013-05-08 18:03:29	501	12	4	8	CC G+
Laurent Jean Philippe	15,877	2013-05-07 10:11:56	480	18	6	22	CC G+
Circles Circles Circles	337	2013-05-06 16:48:25	159	48	24	30	CC G+
HQSPwinners	11,154	2013-05-01 21:40:32	225	73	55	77	CC G+
Laurent Jean Philippe	15,877	2013-05-01 19:25:27	478	12	4	16	CC G+
Gailen Mapes	30,368	2013-05-01 10:25:57	386	20	3	10	CC G+
Zbynek Kysela	7,373	2013-04-26 13:08:55	432	43	26	35	CC G+
Rumiana Nikolova	31,923	2013-04-26 09:36:59	431	73	37	70	CC G+
Bakker Rinus	12,193	2013-04-22 15:07:04	493	200	126	219	CC G+
1212Scenery	0	2013-04-19 00:46:52	500	27	15	21	CC G+
Gailen Mapes	30,368	2013-04-18 10:40:27	398	13	2	7	CC G+
Bueller Naris	29,589	2013-04-13 16:38:28	497	25	22	28	CC G+
Walter Soestbergen	29,860	2013-04-13 13:55:18	289	173	61	91	CC G+
Summer Photos	1,890	2013-04-13 13:02:38	182	12	6	13	CC G+
Promote Photography	3,735	2013-04-13 07:32:20	300	102	66	98	CC G+
Alycia Miller	12,377	2013-04-12 17:00:15	333	90	21	86	CC G+
Robert SKREINER	166,801	2013-04-09 20:11:32	393	230	147	160	CC G+
Chris Mallory	24,491	2013-04-09 01:24:32	5	34	0	7	CC G+
Pierre Beaubié	2,139	2013-04-08 09:43:30	501	13	2	11	CC G+
David Pond	10,990	2013-04-07 18:55:40	126	12	4	27	CC G+
1212Scenery	0	2013-04-07 01:59:50	431	35	19	26	CC G+
Gailen Mapes	30,368	2013-04-04 10:55:27	397	13	5	11	CC G+
Chris Mallory	24,491	2013-04-02 04:52:58	116	7	1	14	CC G+
1212Scenery	0	2013-04-01 16:30:42	347	29	21	17	CC G+
Bakker Rinus	12,193	2013-03-29 19:11:07	333	152	72	126	CC G+
Coastal Thursday	2,356	2013-03-28 06:48:49	412	18	9	14	CC G+
Michael Earley	16,720	2013-03-23 18:55:15	496	30	3	29	CC G+
Sumit Sen	62,791	2013-03-23 15:19:41	200	0	17	83	CC G+
Brian Harrod	4,603	2013-03-23 09:07:00	480	4	1	4	CC G+
Foued Jaballah	3,853	2013-03-21 20:26:07	491	24	18	25	CC G+
Bueller Naris	29,589	2013-03-21 11:23:29	493	34	27	38	CC G+
Gailen Mapes	30,368	2013-03-18 11:03:37	393	20	6	13	CC G+
Walter Soestbergen	29,860	2013-03-17 18:45:40	240	135	76	104	CC G+
Cableicous	1,527	2013-03-14 21:07:09	99	15	4	31	CC G+
Bueller Naris	29,589	2013-03-14 19:35:27	483	38	40	43	CC G+
Robert SKREINER	166,801	2013-03-04 18:21:24	500	125	90	107	CC G+
Gailen Mapes	30,368	2013-03-04 11:19:24	388	14	7	10	CC G+
1212Scenery	0	2013-03-04 10:28:42	255	5	6	10	CC G+
Monochrome World	789	2013-03-02 03:42:27	99	6	1	6	CC G+
Bueller Naris	29,589	2013-02-28 13:18:23	500	27	27	36	CC G+
Kelly Bergman	2,769	2013-02-25 15:30:57	490	28	9	28	CC G+
Charles Lupica	67,061	2013-02-23 23:33:14	500	135	46	95	CC G+
Ela Kupiec	6,601	2013-02-23 22:30:12	52	12	1	10	CC G+
G+ Weekly Theme Circles	6,120	2013-02-21 04:00:12	478	187	56	76	CC G+
#MetallicMonday	1,089	2013-02-20 06:52:09	159	8	2	10	CC G+
AyJay Schibig	18,566	2013-02-20 00:29:16	409	2	3	5	CC G+
Gailen Mapes	30,368	2013-02-19 12:34:24	394	13	3	6	CC G+
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Walter Soestbergen	29,860	2013-02-12 22:14:47	267	68	21	31	CC G+
HQSPwinners	11,154	2013-02-09 12:21:48	249	103	53	108	CC G+
Bueller Naris	29,589	2013-02-05 13:28:07	485	7	18	16	CC G+
Bakker Rinus	12,193	2013-02-02 21:37:09	342	48	37	70	CC G+
Gene Bowker	47,920	2013-01-30 12:17:53	352	124	68	85	CC G+
Margaret Tompkins	56,752	2013-01-29 23:06:24	499	389	146	200	CC G+
Walter Soestbergen	29,860	2013-01-17 18:17:17	259	32	17	39	CC G+
Bueller Naris	29,589	2013-01-15 14:10:57	499	34	41	43	CC G+
Bueller Naris	29,589	2013-01-11 14:32:06	499	19	25	27	CC G+
Holger Gräbner	11,780	2013-01-11 11:51:22	202	60	14	35	CC G+
AyJay Schibig	18,566	2013-01-09 06:14:12	479	14	7	11	CC G+
Walter Soestbergen	29,860	2013-01-07 18:36:21	335	82	24	62	CC G+
Jeff Sullivan	1,818,595	2013-01-07 15:33:25	500	23	13	52	CC G+
Trever McGhee	28,666	2013-01-05 19:52:56	496	4	6	24	CC G+
Bakker Rinus	12,193	2013-01-04 19:50:28	495	143	58	125	CC G+
Gailen Mapes	30,368	2013-01-04 11:41:22	384	23	6	13	CC G+
David Pond	10,990	2013-01-02 21:03:43	94	9	9	24	CC G+
Bueller Naris	29,589	2012-12-27 13:57:53	496	10	8	18	CC G+
Charles Lupica	67,061	2012-12-25 22:30:22	501	46	40	54	CC G+
Walter Soestbergen	29,860	2012-12-19 21:58:06	226	24	15	22	CC G+
Gailen Mapes	30,368	2012-12-18 11:48:31	381	24	3	11	CC G+
Walter Soestbergen	29,860	2012-12-17 14:24:03	205	32	21	28	CC G+
AyJay Schibig	18,566	2012-12-17 03:38:09	497	5	0	5	CC G+
Zbynek Kysela	7,373	2012-12-15 06:32:24	491	10	2	12	CC G+
Chris Mallory	24,491	2012-12-08 22:45:19	150	29	0	17	CC G+
Monochrome World	789	2012-12-07 19:11:35	49	11	5	8	CC G+
Michael Earley	16,720	2012-12-05 17:54:11	499	16	9	20	CC G+
Walter Soestbergen	29,860	2012-12-03 21:43:32	478	158	76	122	CC G+
Chris Mallory	24,491	2012-12-01 17:54:59	125	45	17	51	CC G+
Marvin L.	14,553	2012-11-23 13:02:21	500	104	52	105	CC G+
Gailen Mapes	30,368	2012-11-18 12:31:45	379	12	5	7	CC G+
Daily Photography Themes	15,144	2012-11-15 07:53:09	381	28	26	55	CC G+
Robert SKREINER	166,801	2012-11-15 05:10:19	498	196	134	154	CC G+
Rumiana Nikolova	31,923	2012-11-14 09:50:00	286	49	7	30	CC G+
Matthias Haeussler	22,848	2012-11-12 20:48:48	110	69	21	62	CC G+
Kristoffer Garshol	5,901	2012-11-12 14:31:46	500	11	2	14	CC G+
Zbynek Kysela	7,373	2012-11-11 21:15:01	491	13	4	12	CC G+
Bueller Naris	29,589	2012-11-11 19:39:08	490	13	10	20	CC G+
Earth Pattern Saturday	441	2012-11-11 12:50:22	51	3	0	3	CC G+
Mark HELM	34,885	2012-11-10 21:49:50	407	19	8	25	CC G+
Zbynek Kysela	7,373	2012-11-10 20:34:54	407	2	0	2	CC G+
Jean-Marc Luna (juancaramel)	9,871	2012-11-08 16:08:57	501	6	2	9	CC G+
Marvin L.	14,553	2012-11-08 12:03:34	472	37	35	65	CC G+
Carlos Rosario	2,015	2012-11-06 17:50:22	501	6	2	11	CC G+
Michael Husband (DazeHub)	0	2012-11-04 23:05:54	500	6	0	6	CC G+
AyJay Schibig	18,566	2012-11-04 21:23:21	499	10	2	14	CC G+
Gailen Mapes	30,368	2012-11-04 11:46:46	389	18	5	11	CC G+
Luke Cross	15,784	2012-11-03 16:54:12	273	7	4	13	CC G+
Marvin L.	14,553	2012-11-02 12:20:37	407	76	29	77	CC G+
Margaret Tompkins	56,752	2012-10-31 20:34:29	496	358	141	247	CC G+
Pink Circle	636	2012-10-30 23:32:08	409	17	15	22	CC G+
lane langmade	8,950	2012-10-30 12:46:57	421	102	27	74	CC G+
Mountain Photos	4,471	2012-10-26 18:50:35	202	48	23	23	CC G+
Mark Gaw	5,331	2012-10-26 14:11:28	44	17	0	8	CC G+
Leading Lines Monday	3,424	2012-10-19 18:43:46	295	20	3	21	CC G+
Gailen Mapes	30,368	2012-10-18 10:55:20	393	15	6	14	CC G+
Adam Kumiszcza	26,808	2012-10-17 12:39:58	500	33	33	31	CC G+
Gene Bowker	47,920	2012-10-10 11:41:28	114	65	28	42	CC G+
Robert SKREINER	166,801	2012-10-09 14:20:44	366	224	131	207	CC G+
Margaret Tompkins	56,752	2012-10-08 18:04:38	500	330	135	269	CC G+
Gailen Mapes	30,368	2012-10-04 10:47:35	384	21	7	17	CC G+
#MetallicMonday	1,089	2012-10-04 06:59:08	150	10	2	10	CC G+
Michael Earley	16,720	2012-10-03 23:45:31	498	16	11	23	CC G+
Al Nesbit	0	2012-10-02 16:19:41	290	6	1	2	CC G+
Charles Lupica	67,061	2012-09-23 16:09:25	217	127	55	108	CC G+
Chris Mallory	24,491	2012-09-16 02:37:43	40	16	0	12	CC G+
Gailen Mapes	30,368	2012-09-04 11:04:55	393	18	3	8	CC G+
Robert SKREINER	166,801	2012-08-20 12:51:00	463	78	115	139	CC G+
Gailen Mapes	30,368	2012-08-18 11:00:43	414	11	2	11	CC G+
Gene Bowker	47,920	2012-08-15 12:32:58	320	65	52	50	CC G+
Rodney Pike	1,565,517	2012-08-10 20:26:42	312	33	26	39	CC G+
10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS	33,252	2012-08-10 11:02:28	250	48	79	57	CC G+
Trever McGhee	28,666	2012-08-09 12:06:38	498	7	0	16	CC G+
Manuel Votta	19,291	2012-08-06 09:11:34	499	38	6	53	CC G+
Grayson Hartman	22,467	2012-08-04 18:53:31	501	17	6	24	CC G+
Gailen Mapes	30,368	2012-08-04 10:37:53	420	6	2	7	CC G+
Landscape Photography	18,857	2012-07-30 13:50:46	500	11	0	10	CC G+
Manuel Votta	19,291	2012-07-28 00:05:33	263	5	8	23	CC G+
Julie Stropp	14,822	2012-07-26 18:33:59	98	14	4	14	CC G+
Margaret Tompkins	56,752	2012-07-25 23:09:23	497	213	121	211	CC G+
Gailen Mapes	30,368	2012-07-19 14:22:45	407	15	1	8	CC G+
Ray Bilcliff	69,083	2012-07-13 20:01:53	143	27	15	27	CC G+
Fabio Bucchieri	36,160	2012-07-10 09:48:08	98	17	3	12	CC G+
Jeff Sullivan	1,818,595	2012-07-08 15:27:44	332	24	7	30	CC G+
Gailen Mapes	30,368	2012-07-04 11:02:01	408	13	2	5	CC G+
Peter From	58,674	2012-07-02 10:22:36	419	81	91	86	CC G+
David D. Stanton	5,833	2012-06-25 08:47:49	501	0	1	2	CC G+
Meg Tufano	22,776	2012-06-24 01:29:13	160	28	8	19	CC G+
Johan Ottosson	0	2012-06-21 20:54:27	500	5	0	2	CC G+
Adam Kumiszcza	26,808	2012-06-18 06:02:16	490	68	63	74	CC G+
icelefant -ice-	158	2012-06-17 13:42:27	463	0	0	1	CC G+
Rodney Pike	1,565,517	2012-06-16 22:22:13	238	17	9	17	CC G+
Charles Lupica	67,061	2012-06-14 13:42:29	500	244	216	239	CC G+
Pam Boling	12,361	2012-06-12 22:59:09	267	16	2	21	CC G+
Al Nesbit	0	2012-06-11 18:06:00	388	2	0	0	CC G+
Thomas Hawk	5,198,018	2012-06-06 16:11:54	497	159	135	324	CC G+
Daily Photography Themes	15,144	2012-05-25 05:47:12	277	25	7	39	CC G+
Dennis Hoffbuhr	16,804	2012-05-20 14:31:34	234	10	3	12	CC G+
Stephen Monaco	2,765	2012-05-20 02:15:27	106	2	0	1	CC G+
Robert SKREINER	166,801	2012-05-11 01:25:51	498	70	103	74	CC G+
Christopher Prins	26,436	2012-04-29 14:25:09	336	61	29	29	CC G+
Chris Lion	24,276	2012-04-24 19:40:29	442	6	2	10	CC G+
Jeff Wendorff	30,940	2012-04-22 20:47:24	463	9	12	11	CC G+
Jerry Johnson	13,626	2012-04-18 18:00:13	468	42	10	39	CC G+
Mike Shaw	1,881,408	2012-04-17 13:39:41	498	76	55	170	CC G+
Jeff Wendorff	30,940	2012-04-15 20:56:02	429	8	15	9	CC G+
Margaret Tompkins	56,752	2012-04-14 13:09:31	105	13	7	18	CC G+
Trever McGhee	28,666	2012-04-12 15:11:29	471	85	16	34	CC G+
Nurcan Azaz	23,770	2012-04-11 20:36:01	291	39	1	15	CC G+
AyJay Schibig	18,566	2012-04-11 05:29:43	494	11	5	11	CC G+
Ravi Kumar (VTR)	5,006	2012-04-03 10:00:59	501	6	0	4	CC G+
Jeff Wendorff	30,940	2012-04-01 15:48:36	406	12	22	15	CC G+
Adam Kumiszcza	26,808	2012-03-30 07:11:05	500	57	81	68	CC G+
Gailen Mapes	30,368	2012-03-29 20:05:17	415	11	6	11	CC G+
AyJay Schibig	18,566	2012-03-20 22:58:37	495	22	13	8	CC G+
Martin OBER	20,890	2012-03-20 22:07:36	199	19	19	20	CC G+
Mark Summerfield	10,078	2012-03-19 18:06:16	249	1	0	1	CC G+
AyJay Schibig	18,566	2012-03-16 11:43:58	494	18	12	10	CC G+
Jari Huomo	14,485	2012-03-16 10:21:22	428	58	16	56	CC G+
Daniel Sandstein	15,126	2012-03-16 09:40:38	428	50	0	32	CC G+
Ravi Kumar (VTR)	5,006	2012-03-13 07:19:12	501	11	0	8	CC G+
AyJay Schibig	18,566	2012-03-12 18:03:35	494	4	0	3	CC G+
Fred Wierda	1,027	2012-03-12 10:24:30	499	16	8	15	CC G+
Anthony Fox	26,965	2012-03-06 01:36:38	170	39	23	29	CC G+
Robert SKREINER	166,801	2012-02-27 22:42:06	500	150	157	119	CC G+
Daniel Harrington	33,104	2012-02-25 03:55:23	175	1	1	1	CC G+
Martin OBER	20,890	2012-02-23 23:48:19	136	8	7	18	CC G+
Carmelyne Thompson	59,928	2012-02-23 21:29:24	501	23	15	23	CC G+
Mike Shaw	1,881,408	2012-02-22 18:33:00	500	127	80	137	CC G+
Jarek Klimek	1,967,646	2012-02-21 18:25:21	176	22	24	36	CC G+
Ken Kaminesky	31,587	2012-02-21 13:29:40	384	4	4	10	CC G+
Stuart Williams	40,958	2012-02-19 22:00:42	386	191	200	175	CC G+
Rachael Alexandra	14,980	2012-02-15 21:47:30	11	9	3	4	CC G+
Rachael Alexandra	14,980	2012-02-15 06:57:41	2	13	0	1	CC G+
Martin OBER	20,890	2012-02-12 22:14:06	97	26	12	28	CC G+
Billy Wilson	1,517,884	2012-01-31 20:54:52	501	252	142	193	CC G+
Charles Lupica	67,061	2012-01-27 16:29:32	501	144	87	78	CC G+
Bill Wood	31,698	2012-01-23 15:44:08	346	7	1	3	CC G+
Mostafa Safavi	1,209	2012-01-22 23:53:05	500	2	0	3	CC G+
Daniel Harrington	33,104	2012-01-21 19:12:14	497	9	21	2	CC G+
Michael Hensley	14,740	2012-01-20 22:47:51	134	25	1	9	CC G+
Joel Kanzelmeyer	2,009	2012-01-17 16:56:42	300	4	0	4	CC G+
Bonnie Cranmer	2,851	2012-01-16 12:13:29	500	5	0	3	CC G+
Nathan Lucking	5,173	2012-01-10 12:43:02	409	1	2	3	CC G+
Luís Pedro	14,439	2012-01-06 18:22:56	177	4	1	6	CC G+
MAURIZIO PONTINI	17,016	2012-01-05 20:40:04	500	8	4	6	CC G+
Boris Gorelik	42,149	2012-01-03 19:10:35	374	7	8	11	CC G+
Jeff Wendorff	30,940	2011-12-28 22:44:44	224	15	12	7	CC G+
Jeff Wendorff	30,940	2011-12-24 12:29:57	215	17	3	5	CC G+
Martin OBER	20,890	2011-12-15 20:54:01	451	4	0	5	CC G+
MAURIZIO PONTINI	17,016	2011-12-02 00:34:49	500	18	16	11	CC G+
Donna Shreck	11,470	2011-11-30 17:54:35	475	3	0	5	CC G+
Adam Kumiszcza	26,808	2011-11-30 10:11:20	481	25	36	24	CC G+
Adam Kumiszcza	26,808	2011-11-16 08:36:50	377	69	41	33	CC G+
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Sharon Jamie	0	2011-10-30 20:33:00	499	34	8	21	CC G+
Pantelis Roussakis	2,142	2011-10-29 06:15:37	500	6	3	5	CC G+
Chris Hoffmann	18,492	2011-10-26 00:39:14	481	18	0	3	CC G+
Adam Kumiszcza	26,808	2011-10-20 09:16:48	280	54	38	15	CC G+
Colby Brown	2,473,464	2011-10-19 15:56:16	376	25	8	15	CC G+
Donna Jordan	8,380	2011-10-17 12:08:46	296	4	0	2	CC G+
Jon Nellson	3,445	2011-10-16 15:23:13	501	7	6	5	CC G+
Gene Bowker	47,920	2011-10-14 03:00:26	277	14	1	8	CC G+
Robert Scoble	3,678,854	2011-10-12 03:14:05	493	83	78	64	CC G+

Activity

Average numbers for the latest postings:

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2013-05-22 15:02:40 (26 comments, 6 reshares, 112 +1s)

The Scaffolding Of Heaven
"What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end: what can be loved in man is that he is both an overture and a going under."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche in Thus Spoke Zarathustra

For +Bridge Wednesday / #BridgeWednesday curated by +Mara Acoma, +Mark Hall, +Alan Gurling, and +Nigel Smith, and +BridgesOverTuesday / #BridgesOverTuesday curated by +Clare Bambers, and #ArchitextureTuesday curated by +Ranjan Saraswati, and +Sky Sunday - Photography Theme / #SkySunday, curated by +Randy Scherkenbach and +Patrick Scherkenbach, and +Whatever Wednesday!!! / #WhateverWednesday, curated by +Cicely Robin Laing, and the +Breakfast Club / #BreakfastClub, curated by +Gemma Costa, and the +Breakfast Art Club / #BreakfastArtClub, curated by +Simply Arlie, and +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS curated by +Robert SKREINER, and #LeadingLinesMonday +PamBoling +Andr... more »

2013-05-21 15:21:19 (36 comments, 7 reshares, 114 +1s)

The Epiphany Of Solitude
"Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines." -Paul Brunton

For +Tree Tuesday / #TreeTuesday , curated by +Christina Lawrie and +Shannon S. Myers, and +My Town Tuesday / #MyTownTuesday , curated by +Jamie Furlong and +Melanie Kintz, and #FromTheCarTuesday by +J. Rae Chip and +Moin Ahmad, and +Grass Tuesday / #GrassTuesday , curated by +Ray Bilcliff, +Marilou Aballe, and +Margaret Tompkins, and +All Things Green / #AllThingsGreen, curated by +Cicely Robin Laing, and +SpringFeverTuesday / #SpringFeverTuesday , curated by +Vesna Krnjic, and +Landscape Photography / #LandscapePhotography curated by +Landscape Photography +Landscape Photography Show +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +David Heath Williams +Bill Wood +Jim Warthman+jeff bed... more »

2013-05-21 05:33:32 (46 comments, 9 reshares, 98 +1s)

Om Nom Nom Nom -- A tiny thrips stuffs granules of pollen into his mouth with both "hands" while perched on the stamen of a tiny white flower. After each mouthful he would gather another armload of pollen and munch busily away at it while appearing to curiously regard the photographer. I wonder what was going through his tiny mind. Probably not much... Most thrips ( Order Thysanoptera ) are about 1mm long and feed on a large variety of sources, both plant and animal. They are one of the most ubiquitous Arthropods on Earth, but are so tiny that you rarely notice them. Taking floral macros is one good way to find them. :)

For +Macro Monday / #MacroMonday , curated by +Kelli Seeger Kim, +Kerry Murphy, and +Jake Easley, and +Macro4All / #Macro4All , curated by +Bill Urwin, +Chris Levers +Mark O'Callaghan +Walter Soestbergen (+Macro4All ), and +HQSP Macro , #HQSP... more »

2013-05-19 22:51:03 (41 comments, 13 reshares, 111 +1s)

Meh.
“I never thought meeting you would be this boring.” (sez Squirrel)
― Melina Marchetta, from Looking for Alibrandi

For +Zen Sunday / #ZenSunday , curated by +Charlotte Therese Björnström, +Simon Davis-Oakley, and +Nathan Wirth, and +Squirrel Saturday / #SquirrelSaturday , curated by +Beth Blackwell and +Skippy Sheeskin, and #WholeWildlifeWeek , curated by +Diego Cattaneo, +Anette Mossbacher, +Dick Whitlock, and +Sandy Schepis, and #WildlifeWednesday , curated by +Mike Spinak and +Morkel Erasmus, and #close2home +Close2Home curated by +Brett Sivits, +David Pond, +Pia Raben, +Shaun Stewart, +José Juan Escudero, +Howard Weitzel and +john adams, and the +Breakfast Club / #BreakfastClub , curated by +Gemma Costa, and +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS curated by +Robert SKREINER, and #RelaxingNature / #NatureMonday , curated by +Rolf Hicker and +KateChurch...... more »

2013-05-18 16:03:03 (34 comments, 9 reshares, 108 +1s)

The Art Of The Unintentional -- Ramsey, Illinois
"Art is the revelation of man, and not merely that, but likewise the revelation of nature, speaking through man."
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For +Sunset Saturday / #SunsetSaturday , curated by +Dennis Hoffbuhr, and +Powerline Friday / #PowerlineFriday , curated by +Natosha Davis, and +ColorsOnFriday / #ColorsOnFriday , curated by +Karsten Meyer, and +Cableicous / #Cableicious / #Cableicous , curated by +Charles Strebor, and +Sky Sunday - Photography Theme / #SkySunday curated by +Randy Scherkenbach and +Patrick Scherkenbach, and +Sun Sunday / #SunSunday , curated by +Greg Dominguez and +Shauna Dominguez, and +AllThingsOrange / #AllThingsOrange , curated by +Nina Piccoli, +Kenneth Williams, and +Lauren Kelly, and +Landscape Photography / #LandscapePhotography , curatedby +Landsc... more »

2013-05-17 15:24:56 (54 comments, 18 reshares, 199 +1s)

On The Edge Of Time -- Fort Collins, Colorado
“Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.” -Rabindranath Tagore

For +FloralFriday / #FloralFriday , curated by +Tamara Pruessner, +Beth Akerman, +Eustace James, and +Kiki Nelson, and +Macro Monday / #MacroMonday , curated by +Kelli Seeger Kim, +Jake Easley, and +Kerry Murphy, and +Macro4All curated by +Walter Soestbergen, and +HQSP Macro / #HQSPMacro curated by +Vinod Krishnamoorthy, +Vishal Kumar, and +Rinus Bakker, and +HQSP Flowers / #HQSPFlowers , curated by
+Werner Polwein +Larry Henley and +Nicole Best, and the +Breakfast Club / #BreakfastClub , curated by +Gemma Costa, and +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS curated by +Robert SKREINER, and +NatureArtThursday / #NatureArtThursday curated by +Trisha Standard and +Dane Clingan, and +Quirky Nature / #QuirkyNature , ... more »

2013-05-16 23:40:18 (60 comments, 16 reshares, 163 +1s)

Midnight Flame -- Fort Collins, Colorado
"If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire."
-- Charles Bukowski, Factotum

For +Leaves On Thursday / #LeavesOnThursday , curated by +Anne Durand, +Stephen Thackeray, and +Ray Bilcliff, and +NatureArtThursday / #NatureArtThursday , curated by +Trisha Standard and +Dane Clingan, and +ColorsOnFriday / #ColorsOnFriday curated by +Karsten Meyer, and +AllThingsRed / #AllThingsRed , curated by +Lucille Galleli and +Stephen Thackeray, and +FloralFriday / #FloralFriday , curated by +Tamara Pruessner, +Beth Akerman, +Eustace James, and +Kiki Nelson, and +HQSP Flowers / #HQSPFlowers , curated by +Werner Polwein +Larry Henley and +Nicole Best, and #PlusPhotoExtract , curated by +Jarek Klimek, and the+Breakfast... more »

2013-05-15 21:11:13 (31 comments, 6 reshares, 124 +1s)

When Spring No Longer Comes -- Fort Collins, Colorado

For +On The Fence Wednesday / #OnTheFenceWednesday , curated by +Natosha Davis, and yet another one for +Tree Tuesday / #TreeTuesday , curated by +Christina Lawrie, +Shannon S. Myers, +Allan Cabrera, +Ralph Mendoza, and +Kim Troutman, and #COPhotoWedneday , curated by +Howard Weitzel, +Al Nesbit, and +Stan Showalter, and +Landscape Photography / #LandscapePhotography curated by +Landscape Photography +Landscape Photography Show +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +David Heath Williams +Bill Wood +Jim Warthman +jeff beddow +Tom Hierl +Michael Blyde +Carolyn Lim +Steve Gould +Jay Gould +Kevin Rowe +Dave Welling, and #HQSPLandscape +HQSP Landscape by +Rodolfo Seide +Johnny Minor +Terrie Gray +Nicolai Neijhoft and +Lani Banadera, and #PlusPhotoExtract , curated by +Jarek Klimek, and the +BreakfastClub / #B... more »

2013-05-14 21:30:23 (41 comments, 7 reshares, 117 +1s)

In The Dark Places Of The Earth -- Emerald Lake, Colorado

For #TreeTuesday / +Tree Tuesday, curated by +Christina Lawrie, +Shannon S. Myers, +Allan Cabrera, +Ralph Mendoza, and +Kim Troutman, and #WhateverWednesday / +Whatever Wednesday!!!, curated by +Cicely Robin Laing, and +NatureArtThursday / #NatureArtThursday, curated by +Trisha Standard and +Dane Clingan, and #QuirkyNature / +Quirky Nature, curated by +Carissa Braun, and +Earth Pattern Saturday / #EarthPatternSaturday, curated by +Annette Gretler and +Beat Gretler, and +TuesDecay / #TuesDecay, curated by +Ian Ference, and +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS curated by +Robert SKREINER, and +NatureMonday / #NatureMonday, curated by +Rolf Hicker and +Kate Church...

2013-05-14 16:02:04 (43 comments, 18 reshares, 145 +1s)

Rage Against The Dying Of The Light -- Ault, Colorado

My title comes from the poem Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas.

For +Tree Tuesday / #TreeTuesday, curated by +Christina Lawrie, +Shannon S. Myers, +Allan Cabrera, +Ralph Mendoza, and +Kim Troutman, and +Sunset Saturday / #SunsetSaturday, curated by +Dennis Hoffbuhr, and +My Town Tuesday / #MyTownTuesday curated by +Jamie Furlong and +Melanie Kintz, and +AllThingsOrange / #AllThingsOrange, curated by +Nina Piccoli, +Kenneth Williams, and +Lauren Kelly, and +SilhouetteSaturday / #SilhouetteSaturday, curated by +Naila Ziani, and +Sky Sunday - Photography Theme / #SkySunday, curated by +Randy Scherkenbach and +Patrick Scherkenbach, and #FromTheCarTuesday curated by +J. Rae Chip and +Moin Ahmad, and +ColorsO... more »

2013-05-13 19:24:52 (32 comments, 3 reshares, 80 +1s)

Night Watchman -- Fort Collins, Colorado

For +Monochrome Monday / #MonochromeMonday , curated by +Hans Berendsen , +Jerry Johnson , +Steve Barge, +Dominique Hilbert , +David Orr and +Martin Heller, and the +Monochrome Arty Club / #MonochromeArtyClub, curated by +abhishek chamaria, +JR Snyder Jr, +June Penn, +Seth Mayer, and +Steve Tang, and +Monochrome World / #MonochromeWorld, curated by +andi rivarola, and +All Things Monochrome / #AllThingsMonochrome, curated by +Charles Lupica and +Bill Wood, and +Sculpture Sunday / #SculptureSunday curated by +Kevin Burns and +Dirk Röber, and #close2home +Close2Home curated by +Brett Sivits, +David Pond, +Pia Raben, +Shaun Stewart, +José Juan Escudero, +Howard Weitzel and +john adams, and +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS curated by +Robert SKREINER, and +HalloweenTown / #Hal... more »

2013-05-13 16:21:31 (41 comments, 6 reshares, 99 +1s)

Humble Beauty -- It's probably fair to say that the dandelion is one of the most hated "weeds" in the world. It is also one of the most beautiful. I love the golden glow of those delicate yellow curlicues rising from the center of that lush spread of tiny petals. Rabbits love them too, for slightly different reasons. :)

For +Macro Monday / #MacroMonday , curated by +Kerry Murphy, +Kelli Seeger Kim, and +Jake Easley, and +Bill Urwin, +Chris Levers +Mark O'Callaghan +Walter Soestbergen (+Macro4All ), and +HQSP Macro / #HQSPMacro , curated by +Vinod Krishnamoorthy, +Vishal Kumar, and +Rinus Bakker, and +YisforYellow / #YIsForYellow curated by +Lucille Galleli, and the +YellowCircle / #YellowCircle , curated by +Brian Dukes, and +FloralFriday / #FloralFriday curated by+Tamara P... more »

2013-05-10 19:07:31 (28 comments, 5 reshares, 124 +1s)

The Pull Of A Smaller Sun -- Fort Collins, Colorado

For +FloralFriday / #FloralFriday, curated by +Tamara Pruessner, +Beth Akerman, +Eustace James, and +Kiki Nelson, and +HQSP Flowers / #HQSPFlowers , curated by +Werner Polwein, +Larry Henley, and +Nicole Best, and +YisforYellow / #YIsForYellow curated by +Lucille Galleli, and the +YellowCircle / #YellowCircle curated by +Brian Dukes, and +ColorsOnFriday / #ColorsOnFriday, curated by +Karsten Meyer...

2013-05-10 15:28:25 (39 comments, 7 reshares, 83 +1s)

Brood II Is Alive -- Over the next few weeks, billions of cicadas will be emerging from the ground across a swath of the East Coast ranging from North Carolina to Connecticut. This particular brood of "17-year cicadas" have been biding their time underground since the Clinton administration in 1996. Scientists suspect that these insects adopted such a long life cycle as an evolutionary ploy to overwhelm their predators with sheer numbers and surprise. This photo shows a different species of cicada taken in the Midwest, but I wanted to pay tribute to Brood II as it emerges. :)

For +Buggy Friday / #BuggyFriday, curated by +Ray Bilcliff, +Sherry McBriar, +Dorothy Pugh, and +Victoria Etna, and +BugsEveryday / #BugsEveryday curated by +Chris Mallory, and +HQSP Macro / #HQSPMacro, curatedby +V... more »

2013-05-09 20:31:53 (27 comments, 5 reshares, 135 +1s)

I Spy, With My Little Eye -- Fort Collins, Colorado

For +TheoreticalThursday / #TheoreticalThursday curated by +Jason Dell, and #StilllifeSaturday, curated by +Keneth Hoyle and +Sherri Meyer, and
+Repetitive Tuesday / #RepetitiveTuesday, curated by +Ping Doherty, +Andy Q., and +Frank Schillinger, and #LeadingLinesMonday +Pam Boling +Andreas Levi +David Murphy +Elle Rogers +Michael B. Stuart +Simos Xenakis, and +HQSP Non-Nature Photos / #HQSPNonNaturePhotos, curated by +Rhea Surgimath and +Michael Sonntag, and +DOFMonday / #DOFMonday, curated by +Mara Acoma, +Mark Hall, +Alan Gurling, and +Nigel Smith...

2013-05-09 16:26:39 (33 comments, 11 reshares, 109 +1s)

Impossible Things -- Scottsdale, Arizona

My title comes from the following conversation in Lewis Carroll's Through The Looking Glass:

"There's no use trying," Alice said: "one can't believe impossible things."
"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

For +Cactus Thursday / #CactusThursday , curated by +Evelin Inauen and +Natascha Schröder, and +Macro4All / #Macro4All , curated by +Walter Soestbergen, and +HQSP Macro / #HQSPMacro , curated by +Vinod Krishnamoorthy, +Vishal Kumar, and +Rinus Bakker, and +NatureArtThursday / #NatureArtThursday , cura... more »

2013-05-08 20:52:55 (44 comments, 13 reshares, 179 +1s)

So Many Universes, So Little Time -- Fort Collins, Colorado

For +Wet Wednesday / #WetWednesday, curated by +Jen Baptist, and +Leaves On Thursday / #LeavesOnThursday curated by +Anne Durand, +Stephen Thackeray, and +Ray Bilcliff, and +Macro4All / #Macro4All curated by +Walter Soestbergen, and +HQSP Macro / #HQSPMacro, curated by +Vinod Krishnamoorthy, +Vishal Kumar, and +Rinus Bakker, and +Macro Monday / #MacroMonday, curated by +Jake Easley, +Kerry Murphy, and +Kelli Seeger Kim, and #ThirstyThursdayPics , curated by +Mark Esguerra and +Giuseppe Basile, and +NatureArtThursday / #NatureArtThursday, curated by +Trisha Standard and +Dane Clingan, and +Whatever Wednesday!!! / #WhateverWednesday, curated by +Cicely Robin Laing, and +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS curated by +Robert SKREINER...

2013-05-08 15:10:36 (29 comments, 14 reshares, 96 +1s)

A large and very colorful Crawfish ( crawdad, crayfish ) takes a defensive posture as I slowly move the camera toward him to get a closer shot. Crawfish are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, and are mostly found in freshwater brooks and streams. They are very common in the Midwest - this was taken on a rural road in southern Illinois.

For #WildlifeWednesday, curated by +Mike Spinak and +Morkel Erasmus, and #WholeWildlifeWeek / +Whole Wildlife Week, curated by +Sandy Schepis, +Dick Whitlock, +Anette Mossbacher, and +Diego Cattaneo, and +HQSP Animals / #HQSPAnimals, curated by +Joe Urbz and +Marina Versaci, and the +Breakfast Club / #BreakfastClub, curated by +Gemma Costa, and +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS curated by +Robert SKREINER...

2013-05-07 16:05:50 (13 comments, 1 reshares, 64 +1s)

Reach For The Sky -- Seattle, Washington -- This vibrant banner was hung on a building that marked a notable transition between a quaint "old town" section and a very run-down, almost abandoned-looking section of the city, and I thought the contrast between the two was striking. :)

For #TuesDecay / +TuesDecay, curated by +Ian Ference, +Christian Gruner, and +Jean-Claude Dahn, and #ArchitextureTuesday, curated by +Ranjan Saraswati, and #StreetPhotography +StreetPhotography curated by +Tatiana Parmeeva +Maria Roco, and #UrbanThursday +Urban Thursday curated by +Laurent Chades, and the +Breakfast Club / #BreakfastClub, curated by +Gemma Costa, and +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS curated by +Robert SKREINER...

2013-05-21 07:12:24 (36 comments, 11 reshares, 112 +1s)

The Gates Of The Divide -- Looking south along the Continental Divide through battlements of rock atop Milner pass in Rocky Mountain National Park

For +Mountain Monday / #MountainMonday , curated by +Michael Russell, and +Mountain Photos / #MountainPhotos , curated by +Baki Karacay, and +Landscape Photography / #LandscapePhotography curated by +Landscape Photography +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +paul t beard +David Heath Williams +Bill Wood +Jim Warthman +Ben T +jeff beddow +Tom Hierl +Vishal Kumar +Michael Blyde +Carolyn Lim +Steve Gould +Jay Gould, and #HQSPLandscape +HQSP Landscape by +Rodolfo Seide +Johnny Minor +Terrie Gray +Nicolai Neijhoft and +Lani Banadera, and #PlusPhotoExtract curated by +Jarek Klimek, and #COPhotoWedneday , curated by +Howard Weitzel, +Al Nesbit, and+Stan Showalt... more »

2013-05-05 17:06:16 (22 comments, 13 reshares, 131 +1s)

If It Can't Be Moved, Flow Around It -- Olympic Peninsula, Washington.

The is a re-worked version of a photo I posted over a year ago. I ran across it today and wanted to see it in my stream again. Hope you don't mind... :) I loved how the tide had carved this interesting pattern around these two smooth stones.

For +Zen Sunday / #ZenSunday curated by +Charlotte Therese Björnström, +Nathan Wirth, and +Simon Kitcher, and +Beach Sunday / #BeachSunday, curated by +Ross Campbell, and +Earth Pattern Saturday / #EarthPatternSaturday, curated by +Annette Gretler and +Beat Gretler, and +Quirky Nature / #QuirkyNature, curated by +Carissa Braun, and +NatureArtThursday / #NatureArtThursday curated by +Trisha Standard and +Dane Clingan, and #CoastalThursday +Coastal Thursday curated by+David Polz... more »

2013-05-03 16:20:18 (35 comments, 7 reshares, 111 +1s)

The Color Of Thunder -- Severance, Colorado

For +Powerline Friday / #PowerlineFriday curated by +Natosha Davis, and +ColorsOnFriday / #ColorsOnFriday , curated by +Karsten Meyer, and +Sky Sunday - Photography Theme / #SkySunday , curated by +Randy Scherkenbach and +Patrick Scherkenbach, and +Weather and Natural Forces / #WeatherAndNaturalForces , curated by +Robert SKREINER, and +Weather Wednesday / #WeatherWednesday , curated by +Jason Borg, and +AllThingsOrange / #AllThingsOrange curated by +Nina Piccoli, +Kenneth Williams, and +Lauren Kelly, and +Cableicous / #Cableicous , curated by +Charles Strebor, and #StormyFriday , curated by +Reinhard Latzke, and the +Breakfast Club / #BreakfastClub , curated by +Gemma Costa, and the +Breakfast Art Club / #BreakfastArtClub , curated by +SimplyArlie, and ... more »

2013-05-02 16:02:08 (45 comments, 15 reshares, 176 +1s)

The Remnant Of A Dream -- Fort Collins, Colorado

For +Leaves On Thursday / #LeavesOnThursday, curated by +Anne Durand, +Stephen Thackeray, and +Ray Bilcliff, and +NatureArtThursday / #NatureArtThursday, curated by +Trisha Standard and +Dane Clingan, and +AllThingsRed / #AllThingsRed curated by +Lucille Galleli and +Stephen Thackeray, and the +YellowCircle / #YellowCircle, curated by +Brian Dukes, and +HQSP Natural Other / #HQSPNaturalOther, curated by +Delcour Eric and +Alison Thurston, and
+HQSP Art / #HQSPArt, curated by +Jay Gould and +Syuzanna Avetisyan, and the +Breakfast Club / #BreakfastClub curated by +Gemma Costa, and the +Breakfast Art Club / #BreakfastArtClub, curated by +Simply Arlie, and +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS curated by +Robert SKREINER, and +ColorsOnFriday /#ColorsOnFriday,... more »

2013-05-04 03:23:32 (46 comments, 7 reshares, 127 +1s)

Every Rose -- Fort Collins, Colorado

For +GardeningWednesday / #GardeningWednesday , curated by +Juliane Clausen, +Jan Aynes, and +Grant Meyer, and +Whatever Wednesday!!! / #WhateverWednesday , curated by +Cicely Robin Laing, and +HQSP Flowers / #HQSPFlowers curated by +Werner Polwein, +Larry Henley, and +Nicole Best, and +FloralFriday / #FloralFriday , curated by +Tamara Pruessner, and +NatureArtThursday / #NatureArtThursday , curated by +Trisha Standard and +Dane Clingan, and +Macro4All / #Macro4All curated by +Walter Soestbergen, and +HQSP Macro / #HQSPMacro , curated by +Vinod Krishnamoorthy, +Vishal Kumar, and +Rinus Bakker, and +Macro Monday / #MacroMonday curated by +Kelli Seeger Kim and +Kerry Murphy, and +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS curated by +Robert SKREINER...

2013-05-01 16:58:23 (31 comments, 8 reshares, 103 +1s)

Requiescence -- Horsetooth Reservoir, Fort Collins

For +Wet Wednesday / #WetWednesday, curated by +Jen Baptist, and #ThirstyThursdayPics, curated by +Mark Esguerra and +Giuseppe Basile, and #COPhotoWedneday, curated by +Howard Weitzel, +Al Nesbit, and +Stan Showalter, and +Landscape Photography / #LandscapePhotography, curated by +Landscape Photography +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +paul t beard +David Heath Williams +Bill Wood +Jim Warthman +Ben T +jeff beddow +Tom Hierl +Vishal Kumar +Michael Blyde +Carolyn Lim +Steve Gould +Jay Gould, and #HQSPLandscape +HQSP Landscape by +Rodolfo Seide +Johnny Minor +Terrie Gray +Nicolai Neijhoft and +Lani Banadera, and #PlusPhotoExtract curated by +Jarek Klimek, and the +Breakfast Club / #BreakfastClub curated by +Gemma Costa, and +HQSP Art /#HQSPArt, curat... more »

2013-04-30 19:05:08 (41 comments, 8 reshares, 139 +1s)

The Perfect Enchantment Of Now -- Rawah Wilderness, Colorado

For +On the Wings of Butterflies! / #OnTheWingsOfButterflys curated by +Cicely Robin Laing and +Sharon Jeannette, and #WildlifeWednesday, curated by +Mike Spinak and +Morkel Erasmus, and +Buggy Friday / #BuggyFriday, curated by +Ray Bilcliff, +Sherry McBriar, and +Dorothy Pugh, and +BugsEveryday / #BugsEveryday curated by +Chris Mallory, and ++In Praise of Polllinators / #InPraiseOfPollinators, by +Dusty Gedge, and +Daily Depth Of Field / #DailyDepthOfField, curated by +Vince Ong, +Nuraini Ghaifullah, +Virgil Cowen, and +f.a. fiebig, and +HQSP Bugs / #HQSPBugs , curated by +Nicole Best and +Rinus Bakker, and +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS curated by +Robert SKREINER...

2013-04-30 22:25:21 (31 comments, 3 reshares, 103 +1s)

Mount Rainier -- Washington, U.S.A. -- Mount Rainier is a tall, conical volcano located about 50 miles southeast of Seattle, Washington. It is the most "topographically prominent" mountain in the contiguous U.S., with a vertical distance of 13,211 ft (4,027 m) between its summit and its lowest contour line, a prominence greater than that of K2 in the Himalayas. I have reached the summit of Mount Rainier four times by various routes.

For +Mountain Monday / #MountainMonday , curated by +Michael Russell, and +Mountain Photos / #MountainPhotos , curated by +Baki Karacay, and +Landscape Photography / #LandscapePhotography , curated by +Landscape Photography +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +paul t beard +David Heath Williams +Bill Wood +Jim Warthman +Ben T +jeff beddow +Tom Hierl +Vishal Kumar +Mich... more »

2013-04-30 09:38:45 (65 comments, 13 reshares, 128 +1s)

Burn And Rave -- Fort Collins, Colorado

So what exactly does one do with the discarded top of a pineapple? ;)

For #MonochromeMonday (+Monochrome Monday) Curated by +Hans Berendsen , +Jerry Johnson , +Steve Barge, +Dominique Hilbert , +David Orr and +Martin Heller, and the +Monochrome Arty Club / #MonochromeArtyClub, curated by +abhishek chamaria, +JR Snyder Jr, +June Penn, +Seth Mayer, and +Steve Tang, and +Monochrome World / #MonochromeWorld, curated by +andi rivarola, and +All Things Monochrome / #AllThingsMonochrome, curated by +Charles Lupica and +Bill Wood, and +Macro4All / #Macro4All, curated by +Walter Soestbergen, and +Macro Monday / #MacroMonday, curated by +Kelli Seeger Kim and +Kerry Murphy, and +HQSP Macro / #HQSPMacro, curated by +Vinod Krishnamoorthy, +Vishal Kumar, and +RinusBakker, ... more »

2013-04-30 22:25:49 (126 comments, 117 reshares, 552 +1s)

Poudre Canyon in Autumn -- Livermore, Colorado

For +Stone Saturday / #StoneSaturday , curated by +Jen Baptist and +Antoine Berger, and +Landscape Photography / #LandscapePhotography curated by +Landscape Photography +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +paul t beard +David Heath Williams +Bill Wood +Jim Warthman +Ben T +jeff beddow +Tom Hierl +Vishal Kumar +Michael Blyde +Carolyn Lim +Steve Gould +Jay Gould, and #HQSPLandscape +HQSP Landscape by +Rodolfo Seide +Johnny Minor +Terrie Gray +Nicolai Neijhoft and +Lani Banadera, and +Mountain Photos / #MountainPhotos , curated by +Baki Karacay, and +Mountain Monday / #MountainMonday , curated by +Michael Russell, and #PlusPhotoExtract curated by +Jarek Klimek, and #COPhotoWedneday , curated by +Howard Weitzel, +Al Nesbit, and +Stan Showalter,and the +Bre... more »

2013-04-26 19:14:38 (51 comments, 15 reshares, 189 +1s)

Soul Asylum -- Fort Collins, Colorado

For +FloralFriday / #FloralFriday, curated by +Tamara Pruessner, and +HQSP Flowers / #HQSPFlowers curated by +Werner Polwein, +Larry Henley, and +Nicole Best, and #Macro4All / +Macro4All curated by +Walter Soestbergen, and +HQSP Macro / #HQSPMacro, curated by +Vinod Krishnamoorthy, +Vishal Kumar, and +Rinus Bakker, and +Macro Monday / #MacroMonday, curated by +Kelli Seeger Kim, +Jennifer Eden, and +Kerry Murphy, and the +PurpleCircle / #PurpleCircle, curated by +Lynn Langmade and +Sinead Sam McKeown, and +HQSP Art / #HQSPArt, curated by +Jay Gould and +Syuzanna Avetisyan, and +NatureArtThursday / #NatureArtThursday, curated by +Dane Clingan and +Trisha Standard, and +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS curated by +Robert SKREINER...

2013-04-26 16:31:32 (23 comments, 2 reshares, 75 +1s)

A large Turkey Tail Fungus ( Trametes versicolor ) fans out around a branch on a fallen maple tree in southern Illinois. These thick, papery polypore fungi are ubiquitous in the American Midwest and can be quite colorful. In China and Japan, a chemical compound extracted from this species, polysaccharide-K, is used as a therapy for cancer.

For +Fungus Friday / #FungusFriday, curated by +Dan Bowden and +Chris Sullivan, and +Forest Friday / #ForestFriday, curated by +Rudolf Vlček, and +ShroomshotSaturday / #ShroomshotSaturday, curated by +Patti Colston and +Michael Albrecht, and +Quirky Nature / #QuirkyNature, curated by +Carissa Braun, and +NatureArtThursday / #NatureArtThursday, curated by +Trisha Standard and +Dane Clingan, and +Earth Pattern Saturday / #EarthPatternSaturday curated by +AnnetteGretler and ... more »

2013-04-25 17:34:10 (36 comments, 7 reshares, 149 +1s)

Varia Expansum -- This is a nighttime infrared and color-tweaked image of a fern frond in central Costa Rica. The title means colorful spread in Latin.

For +Leaves On Thursday / #LeavesOnThursday , curated by +Anne Durand, +Stephen Thackeray, +Marilou Aballe, and +Ray Bilcliff, and +NatureArtThursday / #NatureArtThursday , curated by +Trisha Standard and +Dane Clingan, and the +PurpleCircle / #PurpleCircle , curated by +Lynn Langmade and +Sinead Sam McKeown, and +HQSP Art / #HQSPArt , curated by +Jay Gould and +Syuzanna Avetisyan, and the +Breakfast Club / #BreakfastClub curated by +Gemma Costa, and the +Breakfast Art Club / #BreakfastArtClub curated by +Simply Arlie, and +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS curated by +Robert SKREINER, and

2013-04-25 15:31:55 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

G+ Gaining Exposure and Acceptance
For me, the cool thing about this link is the fact that G+ Hangouts are now being mentioned and featured regularly on the front web pages of major news outlets like MSNBC. G+ has been an important and formative component of my photography workflow since its initial launch, and it's nice to see the growing acceptance and credibility that it's gaining in the mainstream media.
Go go Google Plus team! :)

2013-04-24 17:03:55 (66 comments, 10 reshares, 160 +1s)

They Say D.B. Cooper Never Made It To The Ground Alive -- They say a lot of things. But northwest forests are vast and FBI agents are underpaid.

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For +TransportTuesday #TransportTuesday
Curated by +Gene Bowker +Joe Paul +Michael Earley and +Annie Irving, and +Four Wheeled Friday / #FourWheeledFriday , curated by +Akhil Kalsh, +Annelies Kroen, +Baba Schmitz, +Kimberly Tweed, +Eric Hege, +Rob Hallifax, and +StPaul Herrmann, and +Whatever Wednesday!!! / #WhateverWednesday , curated by +Cicely Robin Laing, and +TuesDecay / #TuesDecay , curated by +Ian Ference, +Christian Gruner, and +Jean-Claude Dahn, and #FotoAmateur / +Fotoamateur, curated by +Remo Primatesta, +Britta Rogge, +Karsten Meyer, +Markus Landsmann, and +Scotti van Palm, and +Everything Is Beautiful / #EverythingIsBeautiful ,cura... more »

2013-04-23 18:30:54 (76 comments, 7 reshares, 151 +1s)

I Awoke, Once. -- Second Beach, LaPush, Washington

For +Sea Tuesday / #SeaTuesday curated by +Julia Anna Gospodarou, and +Wet Wednesday / #WetWednesday, curated by +Jen Baptist, and #ThirstyThursdayPics, curated by +Mark Esguerra and +Giuseppe Basile, and +Coastal Thursday / #CoatalThursday curated by +John Kahn and +David Polzine, and +Landscape Photography / #LandscapePhotography, curated by +Landscape Photography +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +paul t beard +David Heath Williams +Bill Wood +Jim Warthman +Ben T +jeff beddow +Tom Hierl +Vishal Kumar +Michael Blyde +Carolyn Lim +Steve Gould +Jay Gould, #HQSPLandscape +HQSP Landscape by +Rodolfo Seide +Johnny Minor +Terrie Gray +Nicolai Neijhoft and +Lani Banadera, and +Dawn On Sunday / #DawnOnSunday curated by +Ray Bilcliff, +SherryMcBriar, +linda ... more »

2013-04-22 22:14:15 (8 comments, 5 reshares, 20 +1s)

Legendary Horses To Be Slaughtered -- I have very rarely posted anything but my own photos, but I found this story especially saddening to the point where I thought I'd pass this along just in case there are any folks out there in a position to help in any way. The story appears legitimate as far as I can tell, and (to me, at least) is incredibly disheartening. The cost to transport a horse to the U.S. would undoubtedly be incredibly high, but there might be some Europeans out there who might be interested in taking one or more of these horses in. If you know anyone who might be interested in doing so, please pass this along.

2013-04-30 22:25:50 (57 comments, 7 reshares, 119 +1s)

Bighorn Mountain -- Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado -- This was taken a few weeks ago when the snow cover was disappointingly light, bringing worries of summer drought. Snowpack data for the Upper Colorado River Basin show this year's snow water equivalent is about 73 percent of normal, but those figures don't include this week's storm which brought one of the largest April snowfalls that I can remember in 20 years. So there's hope. :)

For +Mountain Monday / #MountainMonday curated by +Michael Russell, and +Mountain Photos / #MountainPhotos, curated by +Baki Karacay, and +Landscape Photography / #LandscapePhotography, curated by +Landscape Photography +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +paul t beard +David Heath Williams +Bill Wood +Jim Warthman +Ben T +jeff beddow +Tom Hierl +Vishal Kumar +Michael Blyde +Carolyn Lim +Steve Gould +Jay Gould, and +HQSPLandscape... more »

2013-04-19 18:37:17 (51 comments, 7 reshares, 104 +1s)

The Dark Places Of The Earth -- Eden Falls Cave, Arkansas -- I liked the abstract quality of the colors, layers, shapes, and shadows in this subterranean passageway deep beneath the ground in northwestern Arkansas. The "scallops" on the walls were created by turbulent water flow over the limestone of the cave. As a general rule, the smaller the scallops the faster-flowing was the water that carved them. They are generally asymmetrical, with their upstream end steeper than the downstream end. Directly behind me (as I was taking this photo), the passage emerged into the top of a large cavern about 100 feet high, and the stream flowing along the bottom of the passage plunged over the edge, forming a waterfall. It was a very dangerous spot, so I carefully inched my way to the edge so that I could turn around and take this shot. :)

For +ColorsOnFriday / #ColorsOnFriday curated by+... more »

2013-04-19 15:42:18 (27 comments, 4 reshares, 98 +1s)

Power Whiteout -- Loveland, Colorado -- This is what it looked like just two days ago in northern Colorado. Longs Peak and the surrounding foothills usually dominate the background in this scene. On this blizzard day, visibility was considerably less than a mile. Note the "black ice" on the road.

For +Powerline Friday / #PowerlineFriday, curated by +Natosha Davis, and #WinterWednesday, curated by +Antoine Berger and +Logan Miller, and #COPhotoWedneday, curated by +Howard Weitzel, +Al Nesbit, and +Stan Showalter, and +Weather and Natural Forces / #WeatherAndNaturalForces, curated by +Robert SKREINER, and +Weather Wednesday / #WeatherWednesday curated by +Jason Borg, and +White Wednesday / #WhiteWednesday, curated by +Synnøve Zynne Tilrem, and #FromTheCarTuesday, curated by +J. Rae Chip and+Moin Ahma... more »

2013-04-18 17:01:33 (43 comments, 5 reshares, 101 +1s)

So Many Worlds, So Little Time -- Fort Collins, Colorado -- If you look at this full screen, you can just see a tiny, whitish springtail near the center of the leaf. Springtails are so named because they have an abdominal, tail-like appendage called a furcula that is folded beneath their body, and which they activate like a spring for jumping when they feel threatened.

For +Leaves On Thursday / #LeavesOnThursday , curated by +Ray Bilcliff, +Anne Durand, and +Stephen Thackeray, and +NatureArtThursday / #NatureArtThursday , curated by +Trisha Standard and +Dane Clingan, and +Close2Home / #Close2Home , curated by +Brett Sivits, +David Pond, +Rebecca Johnson, +Pia Raben, +Shaun Stewart, +José Juan Escudero, +Howard Weitzel and +john adams, and +Quirky Nature / #QuirkyNature , curated by +CarissaBraun,... more »

2013-04-18 13:50:02 (38 comments, 8 reshares, 151 +1s)

The Augury Of Hope -- Fort Collins, Colorado

As a complement/counterpoint to my previous photo ( http://goo.gl/iU1aa ), here's a shot of a completely different kind of April storm that Colorado often sees.

For +On The Fence Wednesday / #OnTheFenceWednesday , curated by +Natosha Davis, and #COPhotoWedneday , curated by +Howard Weitzel, +Al Nesbit, and +Stan Showalter, and +Sky Sunday - Photography Theme / #SkySunday , curated by +Randy Scherkenbach and +Patrick Scherkenbach, and #FromTheCarTuesday , curated by +J. Rae Chip and +Moin Ahmad, and +Weather and Natural Forces curated by +Robert SKREINER, and +Weather Wednesday, curated by +Jason Borg, and +Landscape Photography / #LandscapePhotography , curated by +Landscape Photography +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +paul t beard +DavidHeath Wil... more »

2013-04-18 13:48:57 (31 comments, 5 reshares, 143 +1s)

The Gravity Of Silence -- Fort Collins, Colorado -- A bay mare paws through the snow to find forage during a blizzard. We have over a foot of snow on the ground in Fort Collins right now from one of the largest April snow storms that I can remember. With the sound-dampening effect of so much snow, everything is eerily quiet around here. Very nice... :)

Incidentally, the large tree in this photo is the same one I featured here: http://goo.gl/jsHMZ

For #WinterWednesday , curated by +Antoine Berger and +Logan Miller, and #COPhotoWedneday , curated by +Howard Weitzel, +Al Nesbit, and +Stan Showalter, and #OnTheFenceWednesday / +On The Fence Wednesday, curated by +Natosha Davis, and +Weather and Natural Forces curated by +Robert SKREINER, and +Weather Wednesday curated by +Jason Borg, and #Whi... more »

2013-04-16 18:16:30 (17 comments, 5 reshares, 85 +1s)

Sailing Within The Sphere -- Bingham, Illinois

These are cumulus clouds above a corn field on my family's farm in southern Illinois. Corn (or "maize") is in the family of "true grasses" ( Poaceae ).

For #GrassTuesday / +Grass Tuesday, curated by +Ray Bilcliff, +Marilou Aballe, and +Margaret Tompkins, and #HQSPLandscape +HQSP Landscape by +Rodolfo Seide +Johnny Minor +Terrie Gray +Nicolai Neijhoft and +Lani Banadera, and +Landscape Photography / #LandscapePhotography, curated by +Landscape Photography +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +paul t beard +David Heath Williams +Bill Wood +Jim Warthman +Ben T +jeff beddow +Tom Hierl +Vishal Kumar +Michael Blyde +Carolyn Lim +Steve Gould +Jay Gould, and +Whatever Wednesday!!! / #WhateverWednesday, curated by +Cicely RobinLaing, an... more »

2013-04-16 15:24:34 (11 comments, 2 reshares, 93 +1s)

No Escape -- Seattle, Washington

For #ArchitextureTuesday, curated by +Ranjan Saraswati, and +Repetitive Tuesday / #RepetitiveTuesday, curated by +Frank Schillinger, +Ping Doherty, +Andy Q., and +TuesDecay / #TuesDecay, curated by +Jean-Claude Dahn, +Ian Ference, and +Christian Gruner, and +Whatever Wednesday!!! / #WhateverWednesday, curated by +Cicely Robin Laing, and +HQSP Non-Nature Photos / #hqspnonnaturephotos, curated by +Rhea Surgimath and +Michael Sonntag, and +StreetPhotography / #StreetPhotography, curated by +Tatiana Parmeeva and +Maria Roco, and the +Breakfast Club / #BreakfastClub, curated by +Gemma Costa, and +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS curated by +Robert SKREINER, and the +Breakfast Art Club curated by +Simply Arlie...

2013-04-15 14:36:12 (36 comments, 12 reshares, 119 +1s)

The Master Of Small Universes -- Fort Collins, Colorado

For +Macro Monday / #MacroMonday, curated by +Kelli Seeger Kim, +Kerry Murphy, and +Jennifer Eden, and +Macro4All / #Macro4All curated by +Walter Soestbergen, and +HQSP Macro / #HQSPMacro, curated by +Vinod Krishnamoorthy, +Vishal Kumar, and +Rinus Bakker, and ++In Praise of Polllinators curated by +Dusty Gedge, and +Bee Thursday / #BeeThursday curated by +Dorothy Pugh, and +Buggy Friday / #BuggyFriday, curated by +Ray Bilcliff, +Sherry McBriar, and +Dorothy Pugh, and +BugsEveryday / #BugsEveryday curated by +Chris Mallory, +HQSP Bugs / #HQSPBugs, curated by +Nicole Best and +Rinus Bakker, and +FloralFriday / #FloralFriday, curated by +Tamara Pruessner, and +HQSP Flowers / #HQSPFlowers, curated by +Werner Polwein, +Larry Henley, and+Nicole Best,... more »

2013-04-14 18:26:58 (34 comments, 5 reshares, 103 +1s)

The Devil's Backbone -- Loveland, Colorado

For #StoneSaturday / +Stone Saturday, curated by +Jen Baptist and +Antoine Berger, and +Landscape Photography / #LandscapePhotography, curated by +Landscape Photography +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +paul t beard +David Heath Williams +Bill Wood +Jim Warthman +Ben T +jeff beddow +Tom Hierl +Vishal Kumar +Michael Blyde +Carolyn Lim +Steve Gould +Jay Gould, and #HQSPLandscape +HQSP Landscape by +Rodolfo Seide +Johnny Minor +Terrie Gray +Nicolai Neijhoft and +Lani Banadera, and #COPhotoWedneday, curated by +Howard Weitzel, +Al Nesbit, and +Stan Showalter, and #MonochromeMonday (+Monochrome Monday) Curated by +Hans Berendsen , +Jerry Johnson , +Steve Barge, +Dominique Hilbert , +David Orr and +Martin Heller, and +Monochrome Arty Club /#MonochromeAr... more »

2013-04-19 01:34:27 (44 comments, 4 reshares, 90 +1s)

Continental Drift -- Masonville, Colorado

For +Fungus Friday / #FungusFriday , curated by +Dan Bowden and +Chris Sullivan, and +ShroomshotSaturday / #ShroomshotSaturday curated by +Patti Colston, +Gary Crawford, and +Michael Albrecht, and #MonochromeMonday (+Monochrome Monday) Curated by +Hans Berendsen , +Jerry Johnson , +Steve Barge, +Dominique Hilbert , +David Orr and +Martin Heller, and +Monochrome Arty Club / #MonochromeArtyClub , curated by +abhishek chamaria, +JR Snyder Jr, +June Penn, +Seth Mayer, and +Steve Tang, and +Monochrome World / #MonochromeWorld , curated by +andi rivarola, and +All Things Monochrome / #AllThingsMonochrome , curated by +Charles Lupica and +Bill Wood, and +NatureArtThursday / #NatureArtThursday , curated by +Trisha Standard and +Dane Clingan, and +QuirkyNature / ... more »

2013-04-13 17:37:40 (34 comments, 2 reshares, 95 +1s)

Neighbor Kitty -- She has the hots for my male cat Taz (and vice versa), so this pretty girl is a frequent visitor to my yard. She's very shy. :) #Caturday

2013-04-12 20:31:22 (48 comments, 3 reshares, 108 +1s)

Dancing Days Are Here Again -- Fort Collins, Colorado

For +FloralFriday / #FloralFriday curated by +Tamara Pruessner, and +HQSP Flowers / #HQSPFlowers , curated by +Werner Polwein, +Larry Henley, and +Nicole Best, and +AllThingsOrange / #AllThingsOrange , curated by +Nina Piccoli, +Kenneth Williams, and +Lauren Kelly...

2013-04-12 15:35:17 (60 comments, 8 reshares, 114 +1s)

Modern Day Golgotha -- Eastern plains of Colorado

For +Powerline Friday / #PowerlineFriday curated by +Natosha Davis, and +Sunset Saturday / #SunsetSaturday, curated by +Dennis Hoffbuhr, and +ColorsOnFriday / #ColorsOnFriday, curated by +Karsten Meyer, and
+Repetitive Tuesday / #RepetitiveTuesday, curated by +Frank Schillinger, +Andy Q., and +Ping Doherty, and #LeadingLinesMonday +Pam Boling +Andreas Levi +David Murphy +Elle Rogers +Michael B. Stuart +Simos Xenakis, and +Sun Sunday / #SunSunday, curated by +Shauna Dominguez and +Greg Dominguez, and +Sky Sunday - Photography Theme / #SkySunday, curated by +Randy Scherkenbach and +Patrick Scherkenbach, and +Landscape Photography / #LandscapePhotography , curated by +Landscape Photography +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +paul t beard+David Heath... more »

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