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2013-05-25 10:44:51 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

He was so busy he had no idea that I was almost on top of him.

2013-05-24 18:36:50 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 19 +1s)

If only they were so quiet and peaceful all the time.

2013-05-23 04:21:53 (16 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

StreetPics Photo Theme
StreetPics is a weekly photo theme here on G+. The theme has been operating for a year now.  Due to a little thing called "life" I can no longer curate the theme.

Should you be interested in street photography and want to run a photo theme I will gladly transfer ownership of the G+ page (+StreetPics ) to you. My fellow curators on the theme will receive preference should they be interested.

Should anyone be interested please let me know via a comment here. I will transfer ownership on Saturday 25 May 2013. Should there not be any interest the page will be coming down.

My thanks to all the photographers who faithfully shared their photos with the theme, it was fun. I will still be seeing all these marvelous photos as most of the relevant photographers are in my circles.

2013-05-18 06:32:30 (14 comments, 0 reshares, 77 +1s)

I loaded this photo straight from Picasa albums. Doing things this way is a bit tedious but at least you can share the entire album just the way we were used to it in the old G+. 

I did this by adding the photo to the relevant album in Picasa. I then made this particular photo the cover photo for the album and then shared the album directly from Picasa. If you are prepared to live with the thumbnails to the right this will work until G+ rectifies the situation.

2013-05-15 03:39:32 (33 comments, 1 reshares, 92 +1s)

Riding High
For #CapsAndHatsWednesday  curated by +urszula masilela and +Magdalena Szczygieł 

2013-05-13 03:15:30 (13 comments, 0 reshares, 73 +1s)

Arcade
#MonochromeMonday (+Monochrome Monday) Curated by +Hans Berendsen , +Jerry Johnson , +Steve Barge, +Dominique Hilbert , +David Orr and +Martin Heller 

2013-05-12 03:56:07 (14 comments, 1 reshares, 87 +1s)

Pony Tail

2013-05-10 12:06:30 (18 comments, 1 reshares, 77 +1s)

About This Size

2013-05-10 12:04:33 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 15 +1s)

Thursday 9 May 2013
+StreetPics 
Some wonderful photos were shared with #streetpics  this week. My thanks to all these photographers for contributing their work.

2013-05-08 03:34:20 (45 comments, 2 reshares, 100 +1s)

Friendly Waitress
For #CapsAndHatsWednesday  curated by +urszula masilela and +Magdalena Szczygieł 

2013-05-06 12:55:20 (41 comments, 13 reshares, 30 +1s)

The DON'T Circle
If you don't want your stream brightened up by great photos from across the different genres then you should not add these people to your circles.
If you don't want people to interact with you then this would definitely not be the circle for you.
If you don't want nice friendly people in your circles I would not recommend this circle.

2013-05-06 04:41:42 (15 comments, 0 reshares, 66 +1s)

Different Perspective
For #MonochromeMonday (+Monochrome Monday) Curated by +Hans Berendsen , +Jerry Johnson , +Steve Barge, +Dominique Hilbert , +David Orr and +Martin Heller 

2013-05-05 05:11:55 (21 comments, 4 reshares, 91 +1s)

Scowl

2013-05-03 14:48:54 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

Thursday 2 May 2013
+StreetPics 
My thanks to all the photographers who contributed to #streetpics  this week.

2013-05-03 03:46:52 (8 comments, 2 reshares, 91 +1s)

Relaxing in the Shadows

2013-05-02 10:20:35 (41 comments, 5 reshares, 125 +1s)

Street-Style Studio Photos

2013-05-01 06:05:51 (17 comments, 2 reshares, 88 +1s)

Showboating
For #CapsAndHatsWednesday  curated by +urszula masilela and +Magdalena Szczygieł 

2013-04-29 13:31:49 (22 comments, 1 reshares, 93 +1s)

Pipe Smoker
Not a very common sight these days so I thought I would play around in Silver Efex Pro to make the image appear a bit older.

For  #MonochromeMonday (+Monochrome Monday) Curated by +Hans Berendsen , +Jerry Johnson , +Steve Barge, +Dominique Hilbert , +David Orr and +Martin Heller 

2013-04-28 07:49:44 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 89 +1s)

Group Chimping

2013-04-27 11:19:14 (22 comments, 1 reshares, 74 +1s)

Freedom Day 2013
This year’s Freedom Day marked 19 years since South Africa became a democratic country.  Pretoria was transformed into a sea of colour. Happy Freedom Day to all my fellow South Africans.

2013-04-26 12:06:59 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

Thursday 25 April 2013
+StreetPics 
Some very nice photos were shared with the photo theme this week. My thanks to all the photographers who contributed to #streetpics  

2013-04-24 03:31:44 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 94 +1s)

Rain Rain Go Away

2013-04-20 10:07:30 (21 comments, 4 reshares, 151 +1s)

Wet and Miserable

2013-04-15 03:21:15 (39 comments, 0 reshares, 95 +1s)

Is This a Street Photograph? #2
For my friends at  #MonochromeMonday (+Monochrome Monday) Curated by +Hans Berendsen , +Jerry Johnson , +Steve Barge, +Dominique Hilbert , +David Orr and +Martin Heller

Yesterday I posted the first of four photos to try and demonstrate just how difficult it is to define what a street photo is and what it should not be. In case you missed it the first photo can be found at https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ArnoldGoodway/posts/GoaeeuxBnao

This photo definitely appears to be posed but is it really?

This guy was walking towards me and I held back on clicking the shutter button as I knew that he would eventually spot me and I also knew exactly what kind of shot I wanted for this mini-series. This image has not been cropped and if this guy had taken any longer to spot me I would have had to back off to catch his entire face with the 50mml... more »

2013-04-14 05:59:57 (58 comments, 3 reshares, 115 +1s)

Is This a Street Photograph? #1
As a co-curator at +StreetPics I often get asked what constitutes a street photograph. This is not an easy question to answer and that is the reason why the photo theme does not attempt to answer this question and rather leaves this up to the photographer.

In an attempt to reach some or other definition of street photography I have shot four very specific photos which I will be posting this week. These four will not provide a definite definition but they should prove my point that this is not something that can easily be defined.

Personally I subscribe to the old school of thought that says a street photograph has to have three very specific elements to it. The photo has to be candid, it has to be shot in a public space and lastly it has to tell some or other story. I use the word story very loosely. By this I mean the photo has to have... more »

2013-04-12 15:49:35 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Thursday 11 April 2013
+StreetPics  
Thanks to all these photographers for sharing their marvelous photos with #streetpics  this week.

2013-04-12 02:46:50 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 86 +1s)

Sidewalk Chat

2013-04-10 03:17:32 (12 comments, 3 reshares, 91 +1s)

Holding Up The Pillar
For #CapsAndHatsWednesday  curated by +urszula masilela 

2013-04-08 03:22:16 (17 comments, 1 reshares, 104 +1s)

Making Faces
For #MonochromeMonday (+Monochrome Monday) Curated by +Hans Berendsen , +Jerry Johnson , +Steve Barge, +Dominique Hilbert , +David Orr and +Martin Heller

2013-04-05 16:11:45 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

Thursday 4 April 2013
+StreetPics 
Thanks to all these photographers for sharing their marvelous photos with #streetpics this week.

G+ seems to have a slight glitch on their search results. Every time I search with the theme's hashtag I find different results being returned. I do hope that I have not missed too many contributions to the theme this week. If I have missed your submission, I do apologise.

2013-04-05 03:27:21 (41 comments, 2 reshares, 122 +1s)

Get Out Of My Face

2013-04-03 03:24:35 (16 comments, 3 reshares, 113 +1s)

Lost
For #CapsAndHatsWednesday curated by +urszula masilela 

2013-04-01 05:16:09 (15 comments, 0 reshares, 111 +1s)

Laugh Out Loud
For #MonochromeMonday (+Monochrome Monday) Curated by +Hans Berendsen , +Jerry Johnson , +Steve Barge, +Dominique Hilbert , +David Orr and +Martin Heller

2013-03-31 05:41:32 (21 comments, 1 reshares, 103 +1s)

Shoppers

2013-03-29 15:46:09 (19 comments, 3 reshares, 14 +1s)

+StreetPics 
Thursday 28 March 2013
We might not have had many photos shared with the theme this week but the quality of the photos were superb. If you are looking for a quick way of getting some interesting photos in your stream, adding the folks in this circle to your circles would be recommended.

2013-03-29 05:14:32 (17 comments, 2 reshares, 89 +1s)

Shooting Into The Light

2013-03-27 03:22:19 (20 comments, 3 reshares, 112 +1s)

Hats For Africa
For #CapsAndHatsWenesday  curated by +urszula masilela 

2013-03-25 05:56:19 (24 comments, 0 reshares, 99 +1s)

Photographers Galore
For #MonochromeMonday (+Monochrome Monday) Curated by +Hans Berendsen , +Jerry Johnson , +Steve Barge and guest-curators +Dominique Hilbert , +David Orr and +Martin Heller

2013-03-24 05:57:59 (15 comments, 1 reshares, 90 +1s)

Jewelry Shopping

2013-03-22 03:21:22 (24 comments, 1 reshares, 118 +1s)

Eavesdroppers

2013-03-21 09:11:37 (32 comments, 1 reshares, 122 +1s)

What's Up There
This is not a cap or a hat in the real sense of the word but I am hoping this will qualify for #CapsAndHatsWednesday  curated by +urszula masilela 

2013-03-18 03:07:09 (18 comments, 0 reshares, 84 +1s)

Tourist Season in Full Swing
For #MonochromeMonday (+Monochrome Monday) Curated by +Hans Berendsen , +Jerry Johnson , +Steve Barge and guest-curators +Dominique Hilbert , +David Orr and +Martin Heller 

2013-03-17 04:13:25 (27 comments, 1 reshares, 122 +1s)

Friendly Little Guy

2013-03-13 03:19:58 (20 comments, 3 reshares, 93 +1s)

For #CapsAndHatsWednesday curated by +urszula masilela 

2013-03-12 03:28:26 (20 comments, 0 reshares, 97 +1s)

Lord of the Rings
Standing in the shadows but he obviously wanted me to see the rings.

2013-03-11 03:14:32 (27 comments, 2 reshares, 112 +1s)

Drama
For #MonochromeMonday (+Monochrome Monday) Curated by +Hans Berendsen , +Jerry Johnson , +Steve Barge and guest-curators +Dominique Hilbert , +David Orr and +Martin Heller

2013-03-10 14:25:15 (16 comments, 0 reshares, 95 +1s)

Day Out With Granny

2013-03-08 03:18:56 (18 comments, 1 reshares, 114 +1s)

Technology on the Move

2013-03-07 03:20:06 (30 comments, 1 reshares, 116 +1s)

Life is not Always a Bed of Roses

2013-03-06 03:29:37 (39 comments, 4 reshares, 98 +1s)

Dirty Old Ladies
For #CapsAndHatsWednesday curated by +urszula masilela