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early morning in Nea Smyrni Square, Athens

I intended to post a LE today for LEThursday, but after starting to process one that I had in mind for some time now, I realized that I won't be able to finish it in time so I decided not to post anything. But because I'm not a good girl and I can't stay away from my photos, I ended up fiddling with them again (...sometimes I think I should put a padlock on my photo folder so I can get to do other things :) and I finally turned to my other big love...
So, since the dice have decided for me today, this is going to be a "street day"...

#SilhouettesOnThursday & #StreetSaturday both by +Siddharth Pandit

Good Morning/Day & Night Google+!
Have a great weekend.

pelican poser

This guy kept flying away as soon as I would get close enough to be in focal range.... I wore him out enough to just sit there for me for a bit. ;-)

The End

It almost feels like the end of the world here - especially after the sun goes down and the last of the light is leaving the sky. This particular winter evening a few weeks ago, the late light just drenched the sky in color.

Enjoy! ~joe

"Autumn Zen"

About the image--- Tranquility. It is one of the things I seem to chase after besides light a great deal when photographing. Smaller, more intimate scenes that I imagine many would otherwise look over. This spot has long been a favorite location of mine, there is just something about it. I have never really gotten a Fall photo though worth much though until this year. See, here in Colorado, just before sunrise (when I am often shooting) we have this thing we call "the solar mountain breeze (among other things depending on your level of frustration at the time lol) in which the breeze picks up. It usually starts 30 minutes before sunrise and can make shots like this next to impossible. I lucked out with it on the morning when I photographed this. Big time. It was completely still for once, with the gentle breeze only being caused from the water rushing by.

Technical stuff--- Sony a550, Minolta 18-200mm lens, stacked Fotodiox CPL and ND8, about 3.5 seconds at f14, tripod and wireless shutter release. Also anchored my backpack on the center column hook for more stability. Other than that?

Video of location I shot while photographing this--- I shot a quick little cell phone vid of us shooting this scene http://youtu.be/Fh1bJhM07XI if you would care to check it out, a little shaky as the light was low

---John

#thirstythursdaypics #thirstythursday curated by +Giuseppe Basile & +Mark Esguerra
#longexposurethursday curated by +Le Quoc & +Francesco Gola
#plusphotoextract #exposedphoto #Colorado #landscape #nature #fall #autum #photo #photography

Snow

#BirdPoker Feeding curated by +Phil Armishaw

Down the hatch!

this is what I want right now, summer!

Snowbells

#photoextract

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This is why I love the landscape in northern Europe. Vast and untouched.

A butterfly
..couldn't identify it.. a butterfly taken in Brazil.
For #buggyfriday (+Ray Bilcliff +Margaret Tompkins)

Another from this mornings sunrise over the Northumberland coast, UK
More long exposure goodness via the B+W 10-stop filter.

Nikon D700, f/14, ISO-100, 38 sec. exposure, 16-35mm lens @22mm
Processed in PS & Nik Software

Here is my selected photo for today. Maybe this ant was looking a way back to home? #PlusPhotoExtract

Have nice day everyone - especially all the women :)

Hey buddy, what are you drinking? :DD

#PlusPhotoExtract
#nature
#animals

mistlover... :)