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2013-05-20 16:57:21 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 22 +1s)

Cascade 3
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon, USA

I've been to Multnomah Falls several times, but this was the first time I had a clear idea of the how I wanted the final image to look before I pressed the shutter. For the monochrome series of waterfalls that I'm currently working on, I wanted the bridge and lower portion of the falls to be the brightest and most significant elements, with the upper falls receding into the background. I used my Singh-Ray Vari-ND to get a six second exposure which gave a beautiful silky look to the water.

After doing some cropping and basic tonal adjustments in Lightroom, I exported the file to Photoshop and converted to black & white using Nik Silver Efex Pro. Then came the fun part. I masked out the bridge and used curves and level adjustments to get the right balance of light and shadows. I burned the upper... more »

2013-05-19 14:51:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Last day to take advantage of the 20% discount for the B&W Masterclass video tutorial

I'll be packing for my trip to Paris tomorrow - hopefully getting back with some beautiful fine-art photography impressions of Paris - but not before I left a final note that there's one day left to take advantage of the 20% promotion discount for my B&W and LE video tutorial. Promotional discount ends May 20.

2013-05-19 02:00:11 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

►► 326 All Star Visual Artist & Visual Art Pages Contributors & Supporters Circle for +PixelWorld By +Alberto Carreras ◄◄
PLEASE SHARE IT WITH YOUR CIRCLES- THANKS IN ADVANCE 
.         Today 17 th May 2013 - UPDATED CIRCLE
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  I share the circle with the Visual Art supporters! Every Friday Updated
.................Join the circle  You may hop on the train by following the rules!
To All My Dear Friends:  If You Share This Circle, Thanks In Advance

            ACTUAL SET OF RULES BUT VERY EASY TO FOLLOW

        If you want to support this effort please follow these rules!!

1  Are you a kind and communicative person  constantly sharing your personal visual art goodcontent in google+? if yes
2  Reshare the Circle Public  ,-If you d... more »

2013-05-18 23:54:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The Weekend Share-a-thon
I'm sharing you!
Reply with a link to your best work and I'll share it!
(But READ the RULES below first)

So I went to my profile this morning and yesterday's post is just gone.
All those wonderful comments from you folks, all your plusses and shares … gone.
I'm really frustrated with this photo upload bug right now so I thought, instead of sharing my work and the liabilities involved with the current #GooglePlusUpdate , I will share your wonderful work until it's fixed.

Here are the RULES

1– Go to your best shot in the lightbox and copy the link in the address bar and put it in the comments here. if the link you've gathered ends in "posts" it will go directly to your profile stream, NOT the image and I won't be able to share your best shot. I won'tspe... more »

2013-05-17 11:28:55 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +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 18:02:48 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The new Pʜᴏᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ ENGAGERS Cɪʀᴄʟᴇ is out!    [May 16, 2013]  Incredible participation last week!!  Record 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  +1 this post to say "thanks", and add this circle  (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.  Every Thursday, post a link to a photofrom your stream during the last week in th... more »

2013-05-16 16:49:12 (0 comments, 1 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 decide 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 +Margaret Tompkins.  They built circles and vetted profi... more »

2013-05-16 15:53:09 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

"Spice it up"

Music:  Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tear

This collection or 'set' of images is a 'colour' take on a set i'm putting together for an assignment on the +52 Shades of Gray community; I just couldn't resist a high contrast on white set :)

#allthingsred  +AllThingsRed curated by +Lucille Galleli +Stephen Thackeray 
#hqspart  +HQSP Art curated by +Susanne Ramharter +Jay Gould 
#hqspnaturalother  +HQSP Natural Other curated by +Valesa Diamontes +Delcour Eric +Blake Harrold +Alison Thurston 
#pixelworld  +PixelWorld 

2013-05-15 23:10:18 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Ok so here's an example of what I mean by the community screen automatically re-shuffling itself,  it rotates between these, whilst I sit on the community page and do nothing,  every second it changes.... WTF

+Google+  #newgoogleplus  

2013-05-15 23:00:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Ahhhh... a feature some of my friends may have not 'found' yet...

Click the 'MORE' menu at the top of the screen,  scroll to the bottom...  and there are two options on the bottom of the menu - for Stream layout -- either this new 3column,  or a single column (i.e. how we used to have it)

2013-05-15 22:51:21 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Ok here's another G+ community page screw up

+Google+ ...  what have you done to the community page.

It's also auto sorting itself every second!!!! 

#newgoogleplus  

2013-05-15 22:27:47 (16 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

So I've been watching all evening the raft of comments about the new 'style' of G+ whilst reading on my iphone;  so just thought I'd come take a look on my PC in a real browser to see what all the fuss is about.

My first thoughts ... I don't seem to get the reading order .. do I read left.. to right, then down?  that's kinda what I'd expect .. except I seem to have posts in all sorts of orders ... 

I kinda like the styling,  I like the 'refresh' button rather than having my stream inject new posts whilst I'm trying to type a post .. 

I'm not sure how G+ decides some images of some posts by some people deserve more screen real estate than others?

And like +Dave Pearson has been mentioning, the IM list on the right now replaced with what is seemingly a 'hangout' list?  I guess that's part of G+ trying topush h... more »

2013-05-15 12:17:50 (24 comments, 1 reshares, 49 +1s)

"In darkness my beauty can still be seen"




#HQSPMonochrome +HQSP Monochrome by +Luis Vivanco +Dennis Freeland and +Johnny Minor 

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

+All Things Monochrome #AllThingsMonochrome by +Charles Lupica and +Bill Wood

#pixelworld  +PixelWorld 
#10000photographersaroundtheworld   #10000photographersbwmonochrome   +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS +10000 Photographers BW Monochrome curated by +Robert SKREINER +dietmar rogacki

2013-05-14 14:14:28 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

** ANNOUNCEMENT **

As you've probably noticed, my (+Brian Dukes) time managing +YellowCircle over the last few months has been pretty limited  -- and that's a real shame,  but alas life and other project work is forcing me to re-focus my efforts elsewhere.

There is also alot of cross-over between what I was trying to do on this circle and what is being done on the +YisforYellow circle curated by +Lucille Galleli  - it seems senseless having two circles representing one focal colour and trying to do the same.

So for these reasons,  I will shortly be closing down the +YellowCircle page.

I would like to thank all of you for making +YellowCircle such a success, with over 500 followers and constant awesome photography featuring our favourite colour!

I hope you can continue to post up Yellow images, but give +Lucille Galleli the support andshare yo... more »

2013-05-13 08:07:26 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

** ANNOUNCEMENT **

As you've probably noticed, my (+Brian Dukes) time managing +YellowCircle over the last few months has been pretty limited  -- and that's a real shame,  but alas life and other project work is forcing me to re-focus my efforts elsewhere.

There is also alot of cross-over between what I was trying to do on this circle and what is being done on the +YisforYellow circle curated by +Lucille Galleli  - it seems senseless having two circles representing one focal colour and trying to do the same.

So for these reasons,  I will shortly be closing down the +YellowCircle page.

I would like to thank all of you for making +YellowCircle such a success, with over 500 followers and constant awesome photography featuring our favourite colour!

I hope you can continue to post up Yellow images, but give +Lucille Galleli the support andshare yo... more »

2013-05-10 07:41:56 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

The new Pʜᴏᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ ENGAGERS Cɪʀᴄʟᴇ is out!    [May 09, 2013]
More incredible participation last week!!  Record +1s!

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  +1 this post to say "thanks", and add this circle  (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.  Every Thursday, post a link to aphoto from your stream during the last wee... more »

2013-05-10 07:31:24 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

http://www.carmageddon.com/

Today is  FREEDAY Friday,   go grab a FREE copy of Carmageddon for your Android Device or Apple Device

2013-05-09 22:21:53 (11 comments, 3 reshares, 27 +1s)

"Wide Eyed"

For #colorsonfriday  +ColorsOnFriday curated by +Britta Rogge +Karsten Meyer 
#allthingsred  +AllThingsRed +Lucille Galleli +Stephen Thackeray 
#dailydepthoffield  +Daily Depth Of Field curated by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig 
#hqspnaturalother  +HQSP Natural Other +Valesa Diamontes +Delcour Eric +Alison Thurston +Blake Harrold 
#pixelworld  +PixelWorld 

2013-05-07 14:42:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Long exposure photography and B&W Masterclass video tutorials now released!

If you want to learn to create award winning B&W seascape and architectural photos like mine but don't have the chance to attend one of my workshops, then this is a great alternative:
As from today, a new series of video tutorials on my long exposure seascape and architectural photography and also on my complete B&W workflow has been released.
This series of video tutorials has been produced with professional videoproducers from Fototv.com (world's largest WebTV about photography) and consists of 15 separate parts and a bonus interview. See for a Youtube preview on what's covered here: Black and White Photography - Long Exposure Masterclass

You can buy the tutorial online here: https://sites.fastspring.com/fototv/instant/longexposureworkflow

As my Facebook and... more »

2013-05-04 16:03:24 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

"Forcefield Pro L2K - Back Protector"   --  *Product Review*

With many thanks to +Firecrest Motorcycle Outfitters and #womoco2000  competition, I was fortunate enough to  win this lovely Forcefield Pro L2K back protector.

I posted up some images yesterday as soon as I received the Forcefield, just to say thank you to +Firecrest Motorcycle Outfitters -- but I also promised Firecrest and the World Motorcycle Community here on G+ a little product review once I'd worn it on a ride out.

The sad truth about any review of safety equipment is unless you have an incident where you come off your bike you're never really going to know how well the product protects me ... and fortunately that's the case here too ... I don't think anyone would expect me to throw my bike down the road to test a back protector, free or otherwise!!

SoI'... more »

2013-05-03 13:54:42 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 17 +1s)

"Pepper"


#HQSPMonochrome +HQSP Monochrome by +Luis Vivanco +Dennis Freeland and +Johnny Minor 
+All Things Monochrome #AllThingsMonochrome by +Charles Lupica and +Bill Wood.

2013-05-03 12:34:41 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

"Forcefield Pro L2K - Back Protector"

With HUGE Thanks to +Firecrest Motorcycle Outfitters - this was my prize, received today  - fits perfectly :)
#womoco2000  


I have a rideout planned tomorrow, from Petersfield to Cheddar Gorge and back, around about 230ish miles;  so I will follow this post up with a product review.


Again many thankyou's -  I know this was a prize, but your service and attention to detail in ensure I got the right product is awesome - The speed in which you were able to get this to me, very well packaged too - I can see I will be making more use of your services in the very near future.

Thankyou.

2013-05-02 20:59:54 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

The new Pʜᴏᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ ENGAGERS Cɪʀᴄʟᴇ is out!    [May 02, 2013]
Incredible participation last week!!  Record +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  +1 this post to say "thanks", and add this circle  (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.  Every Thursday,post a link to a photo from your stream du... more »

2013-05-02 17:46:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

The new Pʜᴏᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ ENGAGERS Cɪʀᴄʟᴇ is out!    [May 02, 2013]
Incredible participation last week!!  Record +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  +1 this post to say "thanks", and add this circle  (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.  Every Thursday,post a link to a photo from your stream du... more »

2013-04-30 22:16:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

The draw has been made...and the prized are being prepared to be sent off!

The winners are...drum roll...

2013-04-30 11:21:17 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

http://www.greenheartgames.com/2013/04/29/what-happens-when-pirates-play-a-game-development-simulator-and-then-go-bankrupt-because-of-piracy/

+Mathew Hanley you'll probably appreciate this :)

2013-04-28 11:18:46 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 32 +1s)

"Take me to your leader"   (re-edit)

For #alienabductionfriday  +Alien Abduction Friday curated by +Alex Lapidus +Heiko Mahr +Karl Geiger Jr +Karl Geiger +Michele Cornelius +Jon Beall +Irene Kato  #owcbn   #gplusaliennation  
#hqspnaturalother  +HQSP Natural Other +Valesa Diamontes +Delcour Eric +Alison Thurston +Blake Harrold 
#10minutephotos  +10MinutePhotos curated by +Mark Hall and me

2013-04-26 09:44:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

I've just created a map with my followers on +CircleCount! And you are part of it: +Pam Scanlan, +Indio Jones, +Nick Oman, +Stephen Ewing, +Jasbir S. Randhawa, +Robson A. Lima, +Jessica Cleveland, +Michael Kohloff, +Nextor Klaus (randomly chosen by CircleCount ;) ) You can create your own with the button below. #circlecountfollowermap

Hmmm... need to get some followers from Greenland :)

2013-04-25 22:51:59 (5 comments, 3 reshares, 28 +1s)

"Beautiful Magnolia"

Oh beautiful Magnolia, you're blossoming again. 
It's early Spring and there you are like you have always been.
Your glorious Spring time beauty is wondrous to behold,
But it is such a little while until your blossoms fold.

It only seems a day or two from when you're in full bloom
That petals start to flutter down and leave me with sad gloom
The reason I feel gloomy is that just once each year
I see your gentle beauty, then wait another year.

Upon this wondrous earth of ours are many lovely things.
In spring I marveled at the sights the kind your beauty brings.
Oh beautiful magnolia, you are by Heaven blessed.
Spring time has many wonders but you're one of the best. 

  - William M. Wismer


#floralfriday  +FloralFriday +Tamara Pruessner 
#flow... more »

2013-04-25 17:33:04 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 40 +1s)

"On a sunny day, even weeds are allowed their hour of glory"


#dailydepthoffield  +Daily Depth Of Field +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig 
#HQSPFlowers +HQSP Flowers by +Werner Polwein +Larry Henley and +Nicole Best 
#floralfriday  +FloralFriday +Tamara Pruessner 
#pixelworld  +PixelWorld 
#10minutephotos  +10MinutePhotos curated by +Mark Hall and me.

2013-04-25 16:59:22 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 2 +1s)

The new Pʜᴏᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ ENGAGERS Cɪʀᴄʟᴇ is out!    [Apr 25, 2013]
Great participation last week!!  So many +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 thecomments below.  It can be your photo or ... more »

2013-04-24 00:45:24 (53 comments, 3 reshares, 65 +1s)

"Beyond the wormhole lies the dreams of the youth"

For:
#wetwednesday  +Wet Wednesday curated by +Jen Baptist 
#whateverwednesday  +Whatever Wednesday!!!  curated by +Cicely Robin Laing 
#HQSPMonochrome +HQSP Monochrome by +Luis Vivanco +Dennis Freeland and +Johnny Minor
+All Things Monochrome #AllThingsMonochrome by +Charles Lupica and +Bill Wood
#pixelworld  +PixelWorld 

2013-04-23 17:57:59 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 30 +1s)

"Marina"

Port Solent, Hamshire, UK
#ukpcphoto  +UK Photography Community  #southeastuk  
#repetitivetuesday  +Repetitive Tuesday +Ping Doherty +Andy Q. +Frank Schillinger 
#HQSPLandscape +HQSP Landscape by  +Rodolfo Seide +Johnny Minor +Terrie Gray +Nicolai Neijhoft and +Lani Banadera
#landscapephotography +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
#pixelworld  +PixelWorld 
#10minutephotos  +10MinutePhotos curated by +Mark Hall and me

2013-04-18 17:45:54 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

The new Pʜᴏᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ ENGAGERS Cɪʀᴄʟᴇ is out!    [Apr 18, 2013]
Great 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 »

2013-04-18 08:34:51 (12 comments, 3 reshares, 43 +1s)

"Wrinkled"

I have to give a huge thank you to +Charles Lupica and his +52 Shades of Gray project; I took this image almost a year ago now, but didn't really know what to do with it to get it to look how I imagined the shot when I took it.   Charles introduced me to the Orton Effect, which I've used here which helps give the bird a soft but detailed look.

#birds4all  +Ricky L Jones +Walter Soestbergen +Birds4All 
#hqspbirds  +HQSP Birds +Marina Versaci 
#birdloversworldwide  +BIRD LOVERS Worldwide +Robert SKREINER +Robert SKREINER - PHOTOGRAPHY +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS  #10000photographersaroundtheworld  
#pixelworld  +PixelWorld 
#hqspmonochrome  +HQSP Monochrome +Luis Vivanco +Dennis Freeland +Johnny Minor 
#allthingsmonochrome  +All Things Monochrome +Charles Lupica +Bill Wood 

2013-04-17 12:07:40 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Hi Folks, apologies for the delay...we've been really busy here at Firecrest lately, adding lots of great products to our website! You may remember we announced that we would be running a competition to celebrate #womoco reaching 2000 members...

Well here it is #womoco2000  version V2.386 :)
Prizes to be won are:

1st Prize = Signed Stranglers Tour Poster.
2nd Prize = Forcefield L2K Back Protector.
3rd Prize = Oxford Aquatex Motorcycle Cover.

To enter you must do 3 things (otherwise we won't know you've entered!):
a) +1 this post
b)  Add to the comments on this post  #womoco2000  
c) Share this post

Poster signed by: Baz, JJ, Dave and Jet. Thanks Mrs Baz!

 ...it would also be nice if you added us to your circles (if you haven't already).

Competition closes Friday 26th April 2013, when thewinne... more »

2013-04-17 11:26:31 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Added photos to Telephoto.

2013-04-16 08:22:40 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

►Top Photographers Circle 3.0 / A-K◄ - of ►Top Photos on Google+◄
+10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS by +Robert SKREINER
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In this 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. Whowants to be promoted must also concede this to the others.
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░... more »

2013-04-15 22:31:57 (50 comments, 20 reshares, 91 +1s)

"Too Stern"

This is a re-realisation of an image of a Golden Eagle I took last year.

music: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird (BBC - 1975)



#MonochromeMonday (+Monochrome Monday) Curated by +Hans Berendsen , +Jerry Johnson , +Steve Barge, +Dominique Hilbert , +David Orr and +Martin Heller 
+All Things Monochrome #AllThingsMonochrome by +Charles Lupica and +Bill Wood.
#HQSPMonochrome +HQSP Monochrome by +Luis Vivanco +Dennis Freeland and +Johnny Minor 
#hqspbirds  +HQSP Birds curated by +Marina Versaci 
#Birds4All by +Ricky L Jones & +Walter Soestbergen (+Birds4All)
#birdloversworldwide  +BIRD LOVERS Worldwide +Robert SKREINER +Robert SKREINER - PHOTOGRAPHY +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS  #10000photographersaroundtheworld  
#pixelworld  +PixelWorld 
#ukphotographycommunity  +UK Photography Community  #southeastuk  

2013-04-14 15:50:12 (4 comments, 5 reshares, 37 +1s)

"Ready for the British Spring"

We've had a pretty rotten sprint so far in the UK, but this little one has a nice thick coat on!

Old Winchester Hill, Hampshire, UK

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2013-04-13 14:02:45 (6 comments, 5 reshares, 34 +1s)

"Purdey"

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2013-04-12 14:27:36 (4 comments, 4 reshares, 15 +1s)

"Shadows & Light"

Music: Simple Minds - Shadows And Light


Believe it or not, this image is just a shadow, cast by a very colourful bottle .. but the shadow in isolation....   I am thankful for the few minutes of extremely bright sunshine earlier today that made this shot possible.


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2013-04-12 11:14:43 (20 comments, 1 reshares, 28 +1s)

"Bottled Rainbow"

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2013-04-11 21:08:48 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

The new Pʜᴏᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ ENGAGERS Cɪʀᴄʟᴇ is out!    [Apr 11, 2013]
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2013-04-11 21:07:47 (14 comments, 1 reshares, 46 +1s)

"Banana Split"

Music: 1968 The Banana Splits - Tra La La Song

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2013-04-05 15:20:24 (2 comments, 4 reshares, 40 +1s)

"Put a pin in that"

Sometimes in life, you just need to mark something to come back to later,  oddly enough this shot as simple as it is, was also one of those moments :)


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2013-04-05 01:43:11 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

The new Pʜᴏᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ ENGAGERS Cɪʀᴄʟᴇ is out!    [Apr 4, 2013]
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2013-04-03 22:47:42 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 35 +1s)

"Hypnotic Ball"

Music: Vangelis - Spiral [stereo]

This is a closeup of one of my cat's toys.

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2013-04-03 21:09:37 (12 comments, 2 reshares, 59 +1s)

"Shellf"

No, not an accidental typo, just me playing with words :)   A shell on a shelf ... 'Shellf'  :)

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2013-04-03 09:51:51 (6 comments, 3 reshares, 30 +1s)

"Trig Point"

For #grasstuesday  +Grass Tuesday curated by +Ray Bilcliff +Margaret Tompkins +lizett Beltran 

Trig Points, or 'Triangulation Stations' as they're often know is a fixed point with a known coordinate and elevation.  For more information on what a trig-point is read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trig_point

This one is located on top of Old Winchester Hill, Hampshire, UK - just by the old Iron Aged Hill Fort.

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