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2013-05-19 02:03:06 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 27 +1s)

2013-05-18 13:26:27 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

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

This  is the second of two circles,  The first was shaerd on 16 May here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/103236949470535942612/posts/FPsHj9E2QEo.  The circles have been divided alphabetically to help give more exposure to people with fewer followers and shared at different times to help keep down the stream saturation. 

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 buildthe circles and the list I enlisted the aid of  +Bill Wood 
+Gemma Costa... more »

2013-05-16 23:14:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +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 »

2013-05-16 01:17:36 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

shared for...  
Bridge Wednesday ~ #bridgewednesday    
Curator(s): +Mara Acoma +Mark Hall  +Alan Gurling  +Nigel Smith    
G+ Page: +Bridge Wednesday   

Found this while scouting for good places to photograph. While I'm not crazy about the colors, I think it's interesting composition. I'm definitely going back when the light is better.

2013-05-14 00:40:08 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

shared for ...

Minimal Monday ~ #minimalmonday   
Curator(s):   +Olivier Du Tré 

2013-05-13 23:19:11 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

strangers passing in the night..

2013-05-05 01:30:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Cold shoulder?...

2013-04-29 01:11:41 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

The circle of life

2013-04-29 00:55:11 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 14 +1s)

Gaillardia Goblin with a little bee enjoying an afternoon snack.

2013-04-28 13:26:37 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 19 +1s)

Gazanias from the garden

2013-04-18 22:25:20 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

This little cutie-pie belongs to one of my co-workers, she was a joy to shoot :)

#wildflowers   #bluebonnets  

2013-04-18 00:52:03 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 28 +1s)

Wildflowers in Central Texas :)

#wildflowers   #bluebonnets  

2013-04-07 14:25:21 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

One of the "models" at a purse photoshoot the other day, she was exceptionally photogenic.

#portrait   #portraitphotography  

2013-04-02 22:32:40 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

Deep Mood...

Portrait Tuesday ~ #portraittuesday      
Curator(s): +Laura Balc   and  +Tana Teel         
G+ Page : +PortraitTuesday   

2013-03-31 21:20:50 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

Wonder-bonnets. Spring in Central Texas is wildflower time!

#bluebonnets   #wildflowers   #wildflowersforeveryday   #wildflowerwednesday  

2013-03-31 19:04:49 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

Beauty in the bluebonnets :)

#wildflowers   #wildflowersforeveryday   #wildflowerwednesday  

2013-03-31 18:25:18 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Beauty in the bluebonnets :)

#wildflowers   #wildflowerforeveryday   #wildflowerwednesday  

2013-03-23 14:39:30 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 28 +1s)

Brooding sunset

#sunsetsaturday   #sunset   #sunsetsunday  

2013-03-23 04:13:37 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 23 +1s)

That moment when you realize you shot the whole sunset in .jpg...

 :(
#sunsetsaturday  

2013-03-17 00:23:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 28 +1s)

Droplet with gel filter on the flash

#droplet   #splashmasters   #splashsunday  

2013-03-15 21:16:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

NEW: In The Spotlight –– Announcement Post

It's time to show your fellow Google+ photographers some appreciation folks –– and I will provide you with the forum for exactly that; the brand new In The Spotlight circle.

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. 

Who can participate?

Anybody. As long as the main focus lies 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 can I be a part of this?

It's verysimple. Jus... more »

2013-03-10 14:08:26 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

Oil and water over paint smeared  background

#abstract   #abstractarteveryday  

2013-03-10 14:07:46 (11 comments, 5 reshares, 36 +1s)

Oil and water over paint smeared  background

#abstract   #abstractarteveryday  

2013-03-04 01:06:02 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 30 +1s)

Droplet

Splash Sunday ~ #splashsunday    
Curator(s): +Christy Martin  
G+ Page: +#SplashSunday  

ColorSplash ~ #colorsplash   
Curator(s): +Scott Roth  
G+ Page: +Color Splash Photography  

#splashmasters  

2013-03-03 18:19:11 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 23 +1s)

Gaillardia, Goblin

#HQSPFlowers +HQSP Flowers by +Werner Polwein +Larry Henley and +Nicole Best 

All Things Orange ~ #allthingsorange   
Curator(s): +Nina Piccoli +Kenneth Williams  +Lauren Kelly (utl)
G+ Page: +AllThingsOrange  

Also for #soocsunday    curated by +John Kosmopoulos    

2013-03-03 17:45:54 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Neat place to take pictures, in Austin at Katherine Fleischer Park.

2013-03-03 17:13:16 (6 comments, 2 reshares, 18 +1s)

Behind the locked door

Rusty Sunday ~ #rustysunday     
Curator(s): +Renee Bechard  +Gary Posner   
G+ Page: +#RustySunday 

2013-03-03 16:44:04 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 16 +1s)

Splash of color for Spring  -  Gazania.

#orange  

2013-03-03 16:27:29 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Ring the bell!

#silhouettesaturday   #silhouettesonthursday  

2013-03-03 16:26:12 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 22 +1s)

mmmm, let me eat these flower bulbs..

#squirrelsaturday  

2013-03-03 04:31:10 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

Lately I've been looking for silhouettes everywhere. I love the contrast.

#silhouettesaturday   #silhouette  

2013-02-28 12:50:56 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

Spring is near

#sidewaysThursday  

2013-02-28 12:46:57 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 12 +1s)

silhouette at sunset with wifey

#sunset  

2013-02-25 00:08:04 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 19 +1s)

Found this guy shopping for some flowers at Lowe's, his wife was on the next aisle with a basked full of daisies :)

#butterfly  

2013-02-24 23:20:32 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

#SilhouetteSunday
Beautiful day for a bike ride

2013-02-23 03:28:23 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

I've been doing some ads for one of my local customers. They sell clothing on the web (ReelAttire). This is a custom background generated in Photoshop with some photos overlaid.   Had a good time at the shoot and actually enjoyed making the composite image too :)

2013-02-15 02:30:45 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 21 +1s)

The Texas Hill Country near the Willow City loop.

2013-04-09 13:55:48 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

I love it when you can look at your work just a few months ago and see that you've come a long way. It's not that the pics sucked that bad a few months ago but that I see things now that I was blind to before.  I left shadows here that I normally wouldn't because this is one of hundreds for a website and I fought off my perfectionism... still I'm pleased with the results :)

#portrait   #portraiture   #blonde   #blond   #blondesunday  

2013-02-09 03:51:59 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

Sweet little Rosie, we lost her last Sept :(

#fidofriday   +mel peifer  +Wes Lum  +Lisa Lisa  +Suhaib Ayaz 

2013-04-09 13:55:48 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

Amanda modeling jewelry, what a smile!

#portrait   #smile  

2013-02-03 02:57:57 (8 comments, 6 reshares, 36 +1s)

Skinny dancer

#splashsunday   #splashmasters   #droplets   #splash  

2013-02-01 02:05:15 (13 comments, 1 reshares, 37 +1s)

Looks like a goblet to me

#splashsunday   #splashmasters   #droplet  

2013-01-30 02:38:14 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.”

-Wayne Gretzky

2013-01-29 02:40:30 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Photo restoration.

I never gave it any thought til a friend asked me to restore a few.  I actually kinda enjoyed it :)  

This one is from 1921, apparently a funeral in the Philippines. The original was all kinds of messed up, I had to clone eyes, add arms and fix where big chunks of paper were torn out.... I had to resist the urge to "fix" the colors...

You can see the rest on my blog.. http://jeff-nichols.blogspot.com/

#restoration  

2013-01-27 17:05:48 (9 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

I'm no expert (actually this was my first attempt)  but I thought I'd share some thoughts on my experience shooting jewelry on a white acrylic sheet inside a softbox. I learned a lot :)

2013-04-09 13:55:48 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 12 +1s)

Beautiful eyes

#portrait  

2013-01-26 16:57:51 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

Expanding the business to include jewelry photography. I enjoy shooting people and landscapes but I really do like shooting in a studio environment.

2013-01-20 22:21:38 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 16 +1s)

Things are looking up!  With +Cindy Galua 

2013-01-20 21:04:39 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

The Ten Commandments

I spotted this on the lawn at the Texas State Capitol. I was surprised to find it there... I find it interesting that surprise was my first thought...

Sacred Sunday ~ #sacredsunday   
Curator(s) : +Manfred Berndtgen  +Robyn Morrison +Justin Hill  +Chatchai Rombix  +Steve Barge +Sherrie von Sternberg  
G+ Page : +SacredSunday™  

2013-04-09 13:55:48 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)