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2013-05-23 13:25:52 (46 comments, 4 reshares, 68 +1s)

Love is the poetry of the senses...

 ~Honoré de Balzac

Loving moment in Plettenberg Bay, Garden Route 

#BreakfastClub +Breakfast Club +Gemma Costa 
#10000photographersaroundtheworld  
 #birdloversworldwide +BIRD LOVERS Worldwide +Robert SKREINER  #Africa   #Plettenbergbay  

2013-05-22 11:13:56 (30 comments, 3 reshares, 59 +1s)

Center Of Attention 

Plettenberg Bay, Garden Route, South Africa

#WildlifeWednesday +Morkel Erasmus & +Mike Spinak 
#Birds4All  +Ricky L Jones 
#birdsinfocus +Walter Soestbergen 
#birdloversworldwide +BIRD LOVERS Worldwide +Robert SKREINER 
#10000photographers +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS 
#birds #Africa #colors   #naturephotography  

2013-05-22 08:36:30 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 69 +1s)

The Three Mermaids

While I was in Thailand two years ago, I was lucky enough to be at BLES - an elephant sanctuary in the north. 

These three elephants were amazing friends and spent more time in the pool than the other 8 elephants combined. Their love for one another was palpable and I personally feel blessed I was able to spend a week there at this amazing place.

This is my contribution for #elephantwednesday  

shot at 1/250s, F5, ISO64

2013-05-20 10:19:09 (43 comments, 4 reshares, 69 +1s)

Monochrome Moment 

Midday stroll on Boulder's Beach, Simonstown 

#monochromemonday +Monochrome Monday +Dominique Hilbert , +David Orr  & +Martin Heller #BreakfastClub +Gemma Costa 

2013-05-19 07:19:43 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 30 +1s)

Looking forward to seeing everyone's +Sentimental Sunday Theme posts today!

Use the hashtag: #SentimentalSunday & tag me too if I miss your post with all the new changes on G+ 

The Sentimental Sunday Theme is about people, things, memories, whatever you want it to be! ♥

2013-05-18 09:59:56 (35 comments, 1 reshares, 52 +1s)

Sweet Dreams 

Boulders Beach, Simonstown

Blissful moments in the African sun...

#SleepySaturday +Sleepy Saturday +Gemma Costa  #penguin   #Africa   #Bouldersbeach   #bliss   #feelings   #naturephotography  

2013-05-17 18:41:10 (54 comments, 1 reshares, 76 +1s)

He loved discovering her inner depths...

 #floralfriday  +FloralFriday  #flowers   #love   #romance  
#BreakfastClub +Breakfast Club +Gemma Costa 

2013-05-13 15:31:25 (39 comments, 9 reshares, 63 +1s)

Wishing all the moms on G Plus a beautiful Mother's Day! 

Mother's Day Video: Kids Answer Questions About Their Moms

Edited on 13/05/13 for those of you who asked:
I photographed these  penguins at Boulder's Beach, Simonstown 

http://www.simonstown.com/tourism/penguins/penguins.htm

#MothersDay  #BreakfastClub #penguins    #Africa   #travel   #nature  

2013-05-12 07:12:42 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 38 +1s)

My Daughters 1st communion today.... Man they grow sooooo fast.  +Louisa Catharine Forsyth for #SentimentalSunday  

2013-05-11 10:38:51 (53 comments, 4 reshares, 79 +1s)

Madagascar  ;-)

I cracked up at the guide in Monkeyland as he began singing: "I like to move it move it!" as they began running between and around us, hilarious moment!

Will.I.Am - "I Like to Move It" Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa

A big thank you to +Luca Cesari & +John Kosmopoulos for making me laugh so much today, you two totally rock! 

Wishing you all a great weekend, filled with just as many smiles!

2013-05-10 15:21:17 (43 comments, 2 reshares, 64 +1s)

I See You! 

Dedicated to +Anette Mossbacher I finally went back to Boulders! ;)

South African Penguins at Boulders Beach

#Africa   #travel   #10000photographers +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS +Robert SKREINER #beach #sea #nature  

2013-05-10 12:03:53 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +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 18:51:39 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 58 +1s)

Only for +Gene Bowker's b'day would I do back to back posts ;) 

Wishing you the best day my friend, may your birthday rock!

#happybdaygene +TransportTuesday  #Africa   #travel  

2013-05-08 17:47:34 (34 comments, 2 reshares, 64 +1s)

Reunited and it feels so good! 

Feeding time on the Garden Route, Southern Africa... 

 #elephantwednesday +Elephant Wednesday  #Africa  

2013-05-08 06:42:00 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 53 +1s)

End of an Era…

Let us work hard so that we never need to say those words to talk about our Elephant population….

Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe.

With Davisons Camp.

Nikon D3s. Nikon 28-300 mm.
ISO 800. f5.6 @ 1/125 sec.
Lexar Media. 

© Dana Allen www.photosafari-africa.net


#plusphotoextract +Jarek Klimek 
#10000photographers 
+10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS 
+Robert SKREINER 
#breakfastclub +Gemma Costa 
#summerphotos +Tiina Niskanen 
#naturephotography  
#naturephoto  
#pixelworld +PixelWorld  +Alberto Carreras 
#landscapephotography +Landscape Photography 
+Margaret Tompkins   +Carra Riley 
+paul t beard 
+David Heath Williams 
+Bill Wood 
+Jim Warthman 
#awesomelandscapes  
#HQSPLandscape +HQSP Landscape   by  +RodolfoSeide +Johnny Minor  +Terri... more »

2013-05-05 11:09:36 (32 comments, 4 reshares, 66 +1s)

Love Letters

Alison Moyet - Love Letters

Wonderful time away, the vacation was super! I will be catching up slowly online, savoring the last of my days off ;) Happy Sunday all!

#BreakfastClub +Breakfast Club +Gemma Costa 
#TextureBlendPhotography +Texture Blend Photography 

Photographed at 'The Pink Geranium', Muldersvlei

2013-05-05 06:22:37 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 30 +1s)

I let this very mini brave fashionista wish you a true and tender Sunday

Her gait was more than unstable but, nevertheless, she advanced decidedly and she did not want to let go of her star accessories : white hat and big sundshades à la Victoria Beckam.

Photo taken in the York Museum's park.

For #sentimentalsunday  by the sweet +Louisa Catharine Forsyth to whom I send tender thoughts

For #breakfastclub  by +Gemma Costa 

2013-04-14 07:28:42 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 40 +1s)

#SentimentalSunday  - +Louisa Catharine Forsyth +Sentimental Sunday Theme  #HeartsOnSunday  - +Elaine Baylon  #LichenPoker  - +Chris Mallory 

You know me I like to dream a lot
of what there is and what there's not
But mainly I dream of you a lot
The power of the heart
(Lou Reed)

Askeland, Radøy, Norway

2013-04-12 15:16:42 (73 comments, 3 reshares, 99 +1s)

This is for those of you who asked to see the full pic as G+ automatically cropped it when posted as my new profile shot ;) 

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye...

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

No barriers, no textures, just a soul laid bare... Including the freckles from a few months out in this harsh African sun ;) Happy weekend all ♥

 #10000photographers +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS +Robert SKREINER 
#BreakfastClub +Breakfast Club +Gemma Costa 

2013-04-12 14:36:57 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 46 +1s)

Surfing The Sun -- Fort Collins, Colorado














For +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, and ++In Praise of Polllinators / #InPraiseOfPollinators, curated by +Dusty Gedge, and +Macro4All / #Macro4All, curated by +Walter Soestbergen, and +HQSP Macro / #HQSPMacro, curated by +Vinod Krishnamoorthy, +Vishal Kumar, and +Rinus Bakker, and +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, and +Macro Monday / #MacroMonday, curated by +Kelli Seeger Kim, +Kerry Murphy,and +Jennife... more »

2013-04-10 11:40:09 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

►Top Photographers Circle 3.0 / L-Z◄ - of ►Top Photos on Google+◄
+10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS by +Robert SKREINER
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In this 2 Circles are included all ►Top Photographers,
who contributed and participated in the daily photo theme:
#10000photographers since the G+Page and Group 
+10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS by +Robert SKREINER
is established, respectively all, whose photos were shared as
►TOP Photos on Google+◄ until today.
This circle is renewed and expanded regularly! Those who have once or even several times not shared this circle are not included in this circle. Who wants to be included in the next circle again, please share this circle. This is only a fair rule.Who wants to be promoted must also concede this to the others.
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2013-04-10 10:19:57 (56 comments, 2 reshares, 98 +1s)

All you need is faith, hope and pixie dust!

 ~ Tinker Bell 

2013-04-10 08:36:38 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 37 +1s)

Young Bull Asian Elephant
Shot this for Elephant Wednesday while I was touring southern India. The light was all wrong, hence the monochrome treatment. 
This is about the time he figured out that there was unwelcome company :).  #ElephantWednesday  by +Diego Cattaneo +Louisa Catharine Forsyth and +Matthias Haeussler 
Bandipur National park, India.

2013-04-09 17:14:52 (74 comments, 1 reshares, 96 +1s)

Blissful thoughts... 

2013-04-09 15:41:54 (43 comments, 2 reshares, 51 +1s)

He holds the key 

Four words which say it all... 

#TextureBlendPhotography +Texture Blend Photography +Gemma Costa 

2013-04-07 07:57:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 55 +1s)

Added photos to The Selfy Sunday Project.

2013-04-05 13:05:55 (60 comments, 4 reshares, 70 +1s)

Gentle Caress 

I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong,
That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend...

Poem 'The Arrow and the Song'
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#FloralFriday #ColorsOnFriday #Flowers   #textureblend   #friendship  

2013-04-04 10:30:48 (47 comments, 3 reshares, 81 +1s)

Tie Your Heart To Mine Love

Tie your heart at night to mine, love, 
and both will defeat the darkness 
like twin drums beating in the forest 
against the heavy wall of wet leaves.
Night crossing: black coal of dream 
that cuts the thread of earthly orbs 
with the punctuality of a headlong train 
that pulls cold stone and shadow endlessly.

Love, because of it, tie me to a purer movement, 
to the grip on life that beats in your breast, 
with the wings of a submerged swan,

So that our dream might reply 
to the sky's questioning stars 
with one key, one door closed to shadow.

~ Poetry by Pablo Neruda


  #10000photographers +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS +Robert SKREINER 
#TextureBlendPhotography +Texture Blend Photography  +Gemma Costa 
#love   #deepfriendship   #dreams   #clou... more »

2013-04-03 08:15:36 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 55 +1s)

Look mom, I'm balancing my toy...

Elephant at the Okaukeujo waterhole in the Etosha National Park of Namibia

* #wildlifewednesday +Wildlife Wednesdays curated by +Mike Spinak , +Morkel Erasmus
* #ElephantWednesday +Elephant Wednesday curated by +Louisa Catharine Forsyth , +Diego Cattaneo , +Matthias Haeussler
* #hqspanimals +HQSP Animals curated by +Joe Urbz , +Marina Versaci , +Nicole Best
* #10000photographersaroundtheworld +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS curated by +Robert SKREINER
* #pixelworld +PixelWorld curated by +Alberto Carreras
* #plusphotoextract curated by +Jarek Klimek
* #nikonshooters
* #wholewildlifeweek
* #LandscapePhotography +Landscape Photography curated by +Margaret Tompkins , +Carra Riley , +paul t beard , +David Heath Williams , +Bill Wood , +JimWarthman... more »

2013-04-02 10:42:39 (75 comments, 4 reshares, 97 +1s)

The day the rains came down, she lost part of her soul...

Pablo Neruda said: "You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming." 

Despite the darkness she never lost her smile as she believed light follows darkness and she refused to give up hope...

~ LCF

#BreakfastClub +Breakfast Club +Gemma Costa 

2013-04-02 07:47:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Croods: More crazy cavemen running away for giant creatures! The evolutionary dead-ends where so fun to explore on this project that no stone was left unturned: even Sabertoothed Bunnies!

2013-03-31 10:53:29 (25 comments, 0 reshares, 61 +1s)

Sending smiles and laughter to one of my most awesome and dear friend's, +Matthias Haeussler on his birthday! 

A blast from the past shot which some have seen already thanks to Kostis noticing I "haven't changed a bit since childhood" laugh wise in a recent shot! May this crack you up Matthias and fill your birthday with even more smiles!

Couldn't find a suitable song for you dear Matthias, so will have to sing for you later :D :D ♪ ♫ ♩ ♬

2013-03-29 11:29:52 (75 comments, 2 reshares, 96 +1s)

Someday's All He Needed Was Her Smile...

If you can keep your head when all about you   
    Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,   
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
    But make allowance for their doubting too;   
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
    Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
    And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;   
    If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;   
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
    And treat those two impostors just the same;   
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
    Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
   And stoop and build ’em up with worn-ou... more »

2013-03-27 17:25:32 (69 comments, 4 reshares, 74 +1s)

By removing her mask she bared her entire soul... 

Dash Berlin feat. Jonathan Mendelsohn - Better Half Of Me (Acoustic)

#TextureBlendPhotography +Texture Blend Photography 
#BreakfastClub +Breakfast Club +Gemma Costa 

#Venice   #Love   #Feelings   #Italy   #woman  

2013-03-27 10:26:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 62 +1s)

Wide angle required

These two wide boys had been wrestling in the waterhole and provided an hour of entertainment and photography in the the late afternoon. Taken in the north of the Kruger National Park. 

For #wildlifewednesday  curated by +Mike Spinak and +Morkel Erasmus  
For   #elephantwednesday    +Elephant Wednesday curated by +Diego Cattaneo   +Louisa Catharine Forsyth   and +Matthias Haeussler 

#elephant   #africa   #wildlifephotography   #krugernationalpark   #marinovich  

2013-03-26 21:24:06 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 24 +1s)

Tomorrow it's +Elephant Wednesday time again, curated by my great friends, +Diego Cattaneo , +Matthias Haeussler & myself, Louisa Catharine Forsyth. 

We look forward to seeing all your submissions, tag us by name & using the  #ElephantWednesday hashtag too...

2013-03-24 10:16:37 (143 comments, 3 reshares, 104 +1s)

At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities...

~ Jean Houston

#BreakfastClub +Breakfast Club 
#sentimentalsunday +Sentimental Sunday Theme 

Wishing you all a smile filled Sunday!

2013-03-23 10:10:16 (55 comments, 3 reshares, 80 +1s)

Growing Old is Mandatory - Growing Up Is Optional

~  Chili Davis

Wishing two of most amazing guys on G+ the best birthday, +Daniel Sjostrom & +Dean Tatooles may you never grow up and always fly as high as these two birds!

You both constantly inspire me!

#BreakfastClub +Breakfast Club +Gemma Costa #happybirthdaydaniel&dean #surreal   #celebration  

2013-03-22 14:37:08 (54 comments, 0 reshares, 86 +1s)

Summer In Africa

2013-03-22 12:32:15 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 34 +1s)

I may have blamed the wrong dogs. It may have been the yellow lab trying to play either art critic or trying to do doggie art. The weenies ignored it when I showed it to them while the lab licked it again and was very interested in it. I know it wasn't the chihuahua mix as he couldn't reach it.

2013-03-21 09:58:35 (69 comments, 6 reshares, 77 +1s)

Her Inner Fire Continues To Burn

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out... It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being... 

~ Albert Schweitzer,

#BreakfastClub +Breakfast Club   #TextureBlendThursday +The Official TextureBlendThursday Photo Theme Page 
#TextureBlendPhotography +Texture Blend Photography +Gemma Costa 

2013-03-20 07:22:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 43 +1s)

Elephant Eye

Closeup of a Kruger Park elephant

#elephantwednesday +Louisa Catharine Forsyth +Diego Cattaneo and +Diego Cattaneo +Elephant Wednesday
#wildlifewednesday +Mike Spinak +Morkel Erasmus







#10000photographersaroundtheworld by +Robert SKREINER
 +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS 
#nikonshooters +Nikon Shooters
#plusphotoextract by +Jarek Klimek 

2013-03-19 13:15:45 (25 comments, 1 reshares, 40 +1s)

This cracked me up by Andre Villeneuve :D From one of the photographers I follow on 500px Andre's work always guarantees a smile!

2013-03-19 11:56:44 (61 comments, 2 reshares, 74 +1s)

At the beach, life is different... Time doesn't move hour to hour but mood to moment... We live by the currents, plan by the tides and follow the sun...

~ Unknown

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arniston,_Western_Cape 

#AfricanTuesday +African Tuesday +Grobler du Preez , +Morkel Erasmus & +Dick Whitlock #Arniston
#BreakfastClub +Breakfast Club +Gemma Costa 

2013-03-18 11:12:30 (70 comments, 3 reshares, 74 +1s)

Your Love Gives Me Wings...

Christina Perri - A Thousand Years (Official Music Video)

#BreakfastClub +Breakfast Club +Gemma Costa 

2013-03-17 21:10:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 52 +1s)

Darling, I want to walk a mile in your shoes. I really do...

But first, these stairs...they scare me.


I put some thought into this and don't want you to think that I'm all about horsing around. I mean, I am, but I hope you see the entire picture. :)
And I hope you get a laugh out of it. :P

#SentimentalSunday - by my dear friend +Louisa Catharine Forsyth +Sentimental Sunday Theme 

Week11 of #52selfs #52selfies #52project #T3SP

2013-03-16 21:51:36 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 114 +1s)

Close your eyes an pucker up!

2013-03-15 10:58:52 (88 comments, 2 reshares, 74 +1s)

You know my name, NOT MY HEART

Forever & Always-Parachute Lyrics

#feelingsfriday +LeLinda Bourgeois  #selfy   #love  
#BreakfastClub +Breakfast Club +Gemma Costa 

2013-03-15 10:29:26 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

The new Pʜᴏᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ ENGAGERS Cɪʀᴄʟᴇ is out!    [Mar 14, 2013]
Record participation last week!!  +1s, comments, and shares!

Quick start instructions:
➀  post a URL link to a G+ photo in the comments below,
➁  check out some photos from others and +1 and comment on them,
➂  publicly share this circle-post, from a new friend's stream (instead of ours)
➃  add this circle, and replace it every week.

You will get a comment from us and be added (or stay in) the circle share next week!  Questions?  Ask in comments below - you'll get help!

Full story: This circle is for meeting engaging G+ users about photography.  The interaction happens in the comments and re-shares.  Post a link to a photo from your stream during the last week in the commentsbelow.  It can be your photo or someone e... more »

2013-03-14 07:50:33 (61 comments, 2 reshares, 80 +1s)

How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said...

 ~ Victor Hugo

Texture blended with three layers

#textureblendphotography #textureblend +Texture Blend Photography +Gemma Costa  #BreakfastClub +Breakfast Club  #rose  #love