Red House On the (Not So) Raging River... Soda Springs, CA

Last July 4, while 62' of snow was melting from our Sierras this spot looked something like this: http://goo.gl/IqSId. Just a couple months later the same spot was positively picnic-lunchable! I love before/after shots, don't you?

Exotica I

First in my series of black & white florals from the Orchid Show at the NY Botanical Gardens.

Tranquil scene over the Nile River near Aswan, Egypt. The vast sands of the Sahara spread from very close to the shore.
Canon EOS1Ds. Canon 70-200 2.8L IS. ISO 200. f5.6 at 1/2000 second.
Lexar Pro 600x CF. LowePro ProTrekker. Edited on HP DreamColor.


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http://www.cmphoto.co.nz/

Taken in our garden last summer.
Contribution to:
#PlusPhotoExtract curated by +Jarek Klimek
#SquareSunday curated by +Matt Soave
#Photography #Flower #Czech

Hello G+ friends, an old forgotten picture from my archive, here with a 2012 editing.
The oppurtunity to thank you all for your warm welcome on google+ ! :-)

Scituate Lighthouse - Cedar Point, Scituate, Massachusetts - Built in 1811
Seascape Photography is an addiction and with a 24% chance of cloud cover we never thought twice about the single digit temperatures and bitting windchill (well maybe a little). This morning myself and my good friend +Frank C. Grace headed out for yet another cold weather adventure to the Scituate Light. A lighthouse that has been well captured by other local photographers but I have never been there with the low light I generally like to shoot.

ISO 100, 80 Seconds, f/5.6 with a 3 stop ND Grad
#PlusPhotoExtract +Jarek Klimek
#Massachusetts #Seascape

My submission to the Best of 2011 - G+ Photography Book, a great charity project driven by +Ivan Makarov

#PlusOneCollection

In search of

As I was walking out on the pier I noticed this surfer enjoying the end of what was perhaps a great day on the water. Was she thinking about the waves that she caught or what might be? I thought I would take the time to walk back down the pier then out onto the beach to see if she might possibly still be there. I don't think she moved from this spot on her board for at least 15 minutes that I was there.

There was a cruise ship off in the distance yet she seemed to be just in deep thought gazing into the ocean.....

It made me want to go up and ask her what she was thinking about as she was staring off in the distance, yet I didn't want to interrupt her thoughts....

#SilhouettesOnThursday Curator is +Siddharth Pandit
#ThirstyThursdayPics Curator is +Giuseppe Basile and +Mark Esguerra