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2013-05-18 13:51:18 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +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 »

2013-05-14 04:17:29 (34 comments, 18 reshares, 83 +1s)

Up-Close
Indian Pond Heron-In Breeding Plumage
(Ardeola grayii)


#birdwatcher   #naturephotography   #nikon   #pullu   #kerala   #hqspbirds  
+HQSP Birds +Marina Versaci +Joe Urbz 
     #nikon   #birdspecieslink   #birdsinfocus
 +Birds in Focus +Risto Talman  
   #birds4all  +Birds4All +Walter Soestbergen +BIRD LOVERS Worldwide +Robert SKREINER +Heinrich Wagner 

2013-05-13 17:47:18 (18 comments, 2 reshares, 56 +1s)

Landscape

#hqsplandscape  +HQSP Landscape  by  +Rodolfo Seide +Johnny Minor +Terrie Gray +Nicolai Neijhoft +Lani Banadera  #landscapephotography  +Landscape Photography +Margaret Tompkins  #balram   #nikon   #oman  

2013-05-13 17:29:34 (13 comments, 1 reshares, 57 +1s)

#hqspflowers  +HQSP Flowers +Marina Versaci +Carina Marsh +Rinus Bakker +HQSP Macro +Vinod Krishnamoorthy +Sandra Deichmann  #hqspbugs  +Nicole Best +Rinus Bakker  #balram   #nikon   #thrissur  

2013-05-13 17:16:55 (10 comments, 4 reshares, 43 +1s)

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)

#birdwatcher   #balram   #nikon   #pullu   #hqspbirds  +HQSP Birds +Marina Versaci +Joe Urbz  #birdspecieslink   #birdsinfocus  +Birds in Focus +Risto Talman  #birds4all  +Birds4All +Walter Soestbergen +Ricky L Jones 

2013-05-12 06:37:11 (24 comments, 2 reshares, 50 +1s)

Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)

Breakfast Time

#birdwatcher   #naturephotography   #hqspbirds  +HQSP Birds +Marina Versaci +Joe Urbz  #pullu   #nikon   #balram   +Jasbir S. Randhawa 

2013-05-12 06:15:01 (9 comments, 4 reshares, 40 +1s)

Breakfast Time

#birdwatcher   #birdphotography   #balram   #pullu   #nikon   #hqspbirds  +HQSP Birds +Marina Versaci +Joe Urbz 

2013-05-10 11:26:20 (36 comments, 20 reshares, 106 +1s)

#naturephotography   #hqspmacro  +HQSP Macro +Vinod Krishnamoorthy +Sandra Deichmann #hqspbugs +Nicole Best +Rinus Bakker  #hqspanimals  +HQSP Animals +Marina Versaci +Joe Urbz  #hqspflowers  +HQSP Flowers +Carina Marsh +Marina Versaci  #allthingsred  +AllThingsRed  #nikon   #balram   #pullu   #macro4all  +Macro4All +Walter Soestbergen 

2013-05-10 02:33:27 (33 comments, 15 reshares, 86 +1s)

Awe·struck

White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

#birdwatcher   #naturephotography   #nikon   #pullu   #kerala   #hqspbirds  
+HQSP Birds +Marina Versaci +Joe Urbz 
    #nikon   #birdspecieslink   #birdsinfocus  +Birds in Focus  #balram  +Risto Talman 
    #birds4all +Birds4All +Walter Soestbergen +Ricky L Jones  #birdloversworldwide  +BIRD LOVERS Worldwide +Robert SKREINER +Heinrich Wagner 

2013-05-08 17:20:20 (40 comments, 10 reshares, 104 +1s)

Indian Pond Heron-In Breeding Plumage
(Ardeola grayii)

#birdwatcher   #naturephotography   #nikon   #pullu   #kerala   #hqspbirds  +HQSP Birds +Marina Versaci +Joe Urbz      #nikon   #birdspecieslink   #birdsinfocus  +Birds in Focus  +Risto Talman      #birds4all  +Birds4All +Walter Soestbergen +Ricky L Jones 

2013-05-08 17:10:20 (16 comments, 1 reshares, 47 +1s)

INDIAN POND HERON
Paddybird (Ardeola grayii)

#birdwatcher   #naturephotography   #nikon   #pullu   #kerala   #hqspbirds  +HQSP Birds +Marina Versaci +Joe Urbz  #nikon   #birdspecieslink   #birdsinfocus  +Birds in Focus +Risto Talman  #birds4all  +Birds4All +Walter Soestbergen +Ricky L Jones 

2013-05-08 16:28:19 (53 comments, 13 reshares, 112 +1s)

Oriental Garden Lizard

(Calotes versicolor)

#balram #nikon   #thrissur   #nature photography #hqspnaturalother  +HQSP Natural Other +Alison Thurston +Delcour Eric #hqspanimals

2013-04-27 13:43:43 (51 comments, 5 reshares, 111 +1s)

Sundown Ocean
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The ocean is aglow as the sun
starts to set
What a glorious experience to
behold such a sight

So calming, so serene, is this
moment in time,
The ultimate of beauty, the apex
of sublime.
An evening of splendor was mine
for the taking,
As will be the sunrise upon
awaking.
 
Betty Kulawik



#naturephotography #balram   #oman   #nikon   #hqspnaturephotography  +HQSPPromotion 

2013-04-27 09:43:44 (48 comments, 13 reshares, 122 +1s)

Sandwich Tern
(Thalasseus sandvicensis)

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#hqspbirds  +HQSP Birds +Marina Versaci +Joe Urbz  #birdspecieslink   #birdsinfocus  +Birds in Focus +Risto Talman  #birds4all  +Birds4All +Walter Soestbergen +Ricky L Jones  #birdwatcher   #birdphotography   #balram   #oman   #nikon  

2013-04-24 18:23:12 (33 comments, 4 reshares, 92 +1s)

Flying High

These wings, 
on loan from angels, 
have lifted me higher
they have kept my spirit nourished
and my heart ample with such a love.
They have been keeping me suspended
so high up in disbelief, 
that these good things that have happened
have happened to happen to me.

Chris Weersing

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#birdwatcher   #hqspbirds  +HQSP Birds +Marina Versaci +Joe Urbz +Rinus Bakker  #birds4all  +Walter Soestbergen +Birds4All +Ricky L Jones 
#birdspecieslink  +Birds in Focus  #birdsinfocus  +Risto Talman  #oman   #nikon   #balram  

2013-04-22 12:44:13 (57 comments, 5 reshares, 84 +1s)

The Morning Sun

You are the morning sun, 
Its luminance never extinguished 
By overcast skies.
The morning sun’s splendour
is not in it great beauty.
Nor is it most cherished 
for its great radiant glow.
The morning sun is most loved
Because of the hope it brings.

Despite toss turned tumultuous 
Nights that seem to never end, 
in the morning 
its light will always shine.
And so you with your smile, 
Bring new hope on those
Hapless days when I 
feel the world’s weight.

You are the most radiant glow, 
the spark of hope 
At dawn's first light, 
What keeps me going
When all seems lost. 
Hal Caufield

#naturephotography #phonography   #oman   #landscapephotography  +Margaret Tompkins  #landscapephoto   #balram  

2013-04-18 10:29:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Best Top Photographers, here we go...

Please read, it's interesting
Please add, it enriches your stream significantly
Please share, it support the hard working photographers
Please share also if you are in, more shares generate more attention

Congratulations to 87 people shared on the website. You was here when in last 4 weeks 2519 people did 4516 visits and 11322 pageviews!
How do you know if you was shared, please read more down this message.

Congratulaions to 29  "BTP verified 5 star photographers" who I put in however they are not shared on the web page.

Congratulations and thanks to +Marina Versaci and +Syuzanna Avetisyan who are here for their work on BTP

Congratulations +Luc Thibau and +Jean Michel Missri who were here anyway because of their shares but special thanks for yourwork.... more »

2013-04-15 13:06:42 (30 comments, 14 reshares, 101 +1s)

Life, Life, Life

Life is full of ups and downs
Nobody said life was going to be easy
When you really want something, 
Sometimes you just have to take big risks
You can't give up just because things don't go right
You have to overcome the obstacles, 
And face your fears.
Don't let anybody bring you down, 
Keep your head up.
Never underestimate yourself, 
Believe in yourself.
Life comes with no guarantees, 
No time outs, 
No second chances.
Just live in the moment, 
Because every second you spend angry, 
Or upset is a second of happiness you cant never get back. 
Kell Rvs
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#naturephotography   #landscapephotography  +Landscape Photography +Margaret Tompkins  #hqsplandsca... more »

2013-03-29 18:14:10 (43 comments, 6 reshares, 123 +1s)

Black-winged Stilt

#hqspbirds  by +HQSP Birds +Marina Versaci +Joe Urbz  #naturephotography   #balram   #nikon   #oman  

2013-03-29 17:18:33 (35 comments, 5 reshares, 94 +1s)

Shades of Green

#hqspflowers  by +HQSP Flowers +Marina Versaci +Carina Marsh  #allthingsgreen   #macro4all  by +Macro4All  #balram   #nikon   #oman  

2013-03-29 17:00:51 (13 comments, 0 reshares, 44 +1s)

Dragon Flowers
#hqspflowers  by +HQSP Flowers +Marina Versaci +Carina Marsh  #naturephotography   #balram   #oman  

2013-03-22 10:16:27 (36 comments, 6 reshares, 108 +1s)

I stand under the golden canopy of thine evening sky 
and I lift my eager eyes to thy face. 

I have come to the brink of eternity from which nothing can vanish 
no hope, no happiness, no vision of a face seen through tears. 

Oh, dip my emptied life into that ocean, 
plunge it into the deepest fullness. 
Let me for once feel that lost sweet touch 
in the allness of the universe. 

Rabindranath Tagore
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#hqspmacro  +HQSP Macro +Vinod Krishnamoorthy +Vishal Kumar 

2013-03-21 17:34:50 (36 comments, 5 reshares, 99 +1s)

Give me the sunlight and the sea
And who shall take my heaven from me? 
Alfred Noyes
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#naturephotography   #landscapephotography   #hqsplandscape  +HQSP Landscape +Ara MO +Rodolfo Seide  #allthingsred  

2013-03-08 20:01:59 (26 comments, 4 reshares, 112 +1s)

Sea of Gulls
I rise on spirit wings.
I soar over the waters of life.
I glide to Otherworlds
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#monochromephotography   #birdwatcher   #hqspbirds  by +HQSP Birds +Marina Versaci +Joe Urbz  #birdspecieslink   #birdsinfocus  by +Birds in Focus +Risto Talman  #birds4all  by +Birds4All +Walter Soestbergen +Ricky L Jones  #balram   #oman   #nikon  

2013-03-08 19:43:52 (14 comments, 3 reshares, 76 +1s)

These Chains

These chains I hold compressing the truth within
The lies I hold you will never understand
Blood tears run down my face 
Angel wings of white, halo of gold the scars run deep within this flesh

Beauty on the outside, fear and hurt on the in
Looks can be deciving, what am I hiding? 
I would tell you if I knew. 
Amanda Testino
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#abstractphotography #hqspnonnaturephotos  by +HQSP Non-Nature Photos +Rhea Surgimath +Alexandre Fagundes de Fagundes  #dailydepthoffield  by +Daily Depth Of Field +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig  #balram   #nikon   #oman  

2013-03-07 18:17:56 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 62 +1s)

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
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29-07-2012,Marari,Alappuzha,Kerala.

#balram   #nikon   #marari  

2013-03-07 18:15:12 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 37 +1s)

Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
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25-7-2012 ,Pullu,Thrissur,Kerala

#balram   #nikon   #pullu   #thrissur  

2013-03-07 15:25:44 (41 comments, 5 reshares, 104 +1s)

Nameless White Flower

Eucharis amazonica
Amazon Lily
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+Grant Meyer Thank you so much for the ID
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You are gentle to the touch; 
You mean so much.
You're the reason why; 
I refuse to die.
You are my lil white flower; 
For you, my love will shower. 
Adam M. Snow
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#naturephotography   #allthingswhite   #hqspflowers  by +HQSP Flowers 
+Carina Marsh +Marina Versaci +Syuzanna Avetisyan  #balram   #nikon   #dailydepthoffield  by +Daily Depth Of Field +f.a. fiebig +Virgil Cowen +Nuraini Ghaifullah 

2013-03-06 16:27:34 (31 comments, 20 reshares, 129 +1s)

Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
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#birdwatcher #hqspbirds by +HQSP Birds +Marina Versaci +Joe Urbz +Rinus Bakker  #birds4all  by +Birds4All +Walter Soestbergen +Ricky L Jones  #birdspecieslink   #birdsinfocus  by +Birds in Focus +Risto Talman  #oman   #nikon  

2013-03-04 18:21:19 (67 comments, 16 reshares, 116 +1s)

The Lily

The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,
The humble sheep a threat'ning horn:
While the Lily bright shall in love delight,
Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright. 
William Blake
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#hqspflowers  by +HQSP Flowers +Marina Versaci +Carina Marsh 
#balram   #nikon   #allthingsyellow  

2013-03-03 15:08:34 (18 comments, 2 reshares, 84 +1s)

Qantab beach

Muscat ,Oman

#monochromephotography   #balram   #nikon   #oman   #abstractphotography  

2013-02-28 14:22:45 (17 comments, 3 reshares, 66 +1s)

Textures-Seedpod
纹理种子荚 , テクスチャ·シードポッド
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#abstractphotography   #naturephotography   #macrophotography   #macro4all  by +Macro4All +Walter Soestbergen  #balram   #nikon   #oman  

2013-02-28 14:21:21 (34 comments, 3 reshares, 96 +1s)

Euphorbia milii (Crown of thorns)
ハナキリン（イバラの冠）,虎刺梅（荆棘冠冕）
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#floralphotography   #hqspflowers  by +HQSP Flowers +Marina Versaci +Carina Marsh  #balram   #nikon  

2013-02-28 06:45:41 (50 comments, 6 reshares, 81 +1s)

<3
I do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire.
Pablo Neruda
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#allthingsred  by +AllThingsRed  #hqspnonnaturephotos  by +HQSP Non-Nature Photos +Alexandre Fagundes de Fagundes +Rhea Surgimath  #hqspflowers  by +HQSP Flowers +Carina Marsh +Carina Marsh +Marina Versaci  #macro4all  by +Macro4All +Walter Soestbergen 

2013-02-27 16:21:28 (32 comments, 1 reshares, 73 +1s)

Palm Tree

Palm-tree: single-legged giant,
topping other trees,
peering at the firmament -
It longs to pierce the black cloud-ceiling
and fly away, away, 
if only it had wings.

The tree seems to express its wish
in the tossing of its head:
its fronds heave and swish -
It thinks, Maybe my leaves are feathers,
and nothing stops me now
from rising on their flutter.

All day the fronds the windblown tree
soar and flap and shudder
as though it thinks it can fly,
As though it wanders in the skies,
travelling who knows where,
wheeling past the stars -

And then as soon as the wind dies down,
the fronds subside, subside:
the mind of the tree returns.
To earth, recalls that earth is its mother:
and then it likes once more
its earthly corner. 
RabindranathT... more »