~ Smooth ~
Good morning! Can't believe it's #waterfallwednesday  again thanks to +Eric Leslie. I've been gone for an extended weekend shooting more waterfalls and having some family fun. But this image is from my trip from the Gorge a couple of weekends ago shot from Eagle Creek. I really didn't think I had any photos from the bottom that would be good because the light changed and the sun really came out all over the falls. I wasn't too concerned as I had a photo from last year I was happy with. Have a great day!

Punchbowl Falls from Eagle Creek ~ Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
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#landscapephotography  by +Margaret Tompkins 
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Swan Lake_V

Last one of this collection...hope you enjoyed it..

Another new one. I call it "Hero". Hope you like!

"African Tank"
Black Rhinoceros
Location Undisclosed

Sticking with monochrome visions of wildlife, as this week's Wildlife Wednesday ( #WildlifeWednesday curated by myself and +Mike Spinak) is in its last throes and we make way for Threatened Thursday I felt it necessary to shed light again on the current Rhino poaching crisis in Southern Africa.

The Black Rhino is the least populous of Southern Africa's rhinos and it listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List of species (http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6557/0). It was awesome finding this bull on a grassy plain as they normally prefer thick woodlands and shrubs since they are by nature browsers. I feel the monochrome presentation here evokes a feeling of days gone by, a longing for a view of an animal in times where man has been kinder to it.

The total number of rhinos killed illegally in 2012 to support the black market rhino horn trade in South Africa as of 17 July 2012 is 281, with the totall loss since 2010 standing at 1062. What an actrocious situation!

Please check out these organisations for more info:
www.stoprhinopoaching.com
www.savetherhino.org

RHINO HORN IS NOT MEDICINE! IT DOES NOT CURE ANY DISEASE AND IT DOES NOT IMPROVE VIRILITY OR BOOST LIBIDO! YOU CAN JUST AS WELL SNUFF SOME GROUND UP HUMAN FINGERNAILS OR HUMAN HAIR - IT'S THE SAME STUFF: KERATIN.

A submission for:
1. #threatenedthursday (+Threatened Thursday) curated by +Sumit Sen +Sandy Schepis +Anette Mossbacher and +Diego Cattaneo
2. #plusphotoextract curated by +Jarek Klimek
3. #natureartthursday (+NatureArtThursday) curated by +Trisha Standard & +Dane Clingan
4. #monochromeartyclub (+Monochrome Arty Club) curated by +abhishek chamaria +JR Snyder Jr +June Penn +Seth Mayer & +Steve Tang
5. #bwfineartle (+Black and White Fine Art Photography Gallery) curated by +Joel Tjintjelaar
6. #wholewildlifeweek
7. #trueportraits (+True Portraits) curated by +Ray Bilcliff
8. #hqsppromotion (+HQSPPromotion) curated by +Mukundh B +Thierry Raemaekers +Tammy Boldt +Syuzanna Avetisyan +Rinus Bakker and +Marina Versaci

Good morning G+ People ;)

Just a quick post before we hit the road - the plan is to visit Holy Island and then Bamburgh Castle.  Not sure how much shooting I'll be able to do before getting shouted at by other members of the family - but perhaps a few snapshots ;)

This is another waterfall above Thirlmere Reservoir, Lake District.

#breakfastclub  curated by +Gemma Costa 
#waterfallwednesday  curated by +Eric Leslie 

Among the menagerie of research insects at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign are Odontomachus rixosus trap-jaw ants from Cambodia, used for studies on the biomechanics of ant mandibles. Here, one threatens to kill me.

A Good Day A Bad Day A Sad Day Or What

insecure about her knees
and what the rest of the world sees
about her feet, her back and thighs
embarrassed to be in front of noticing eyes
is it a good day a bad day a sad day or what
she wants to know how the jeans fit her butt
screw it, she says, and decides instead
to go back to bed and cover her head

-jj bentley


Done here? I suggest this street portait:
http://goo.gl/6ExqL (Close Your Eyes)

Hello g+ buddies...this is Gina, a beautiful Abyssinian, a wonderfully intense cat who acts like a dog.

I am nearly finished my new website and hope to be around g+ a little more very soon!

For #plusphotoextract by +Jarek Klimek
#caturday by +Jules Falk Hunter +Shantha Marie Fountain +Cicely Robin Laing
+CATURDAY!