Over on Google+, photographers have gotten together using hashtags to create daily themes. This idea has been around forums and flickr for years. However, on Google+, it has been taken to a whole new level. Eric Leslie is the keeper of the Google+ daily theme lists which currently has over 70 different themes. If you are a photographer, I am sure you could find a theme or two to join. I contribute to about a half dozen each week including #WaterfallWednesday (to create a linkable hashtag on Google+, you put a pound sign (#) in front of words which must not contain spaces. Just like on Twitter).
Last week, I shared this photo of a fisherman at the foot of Ithaca Falls for Waterfall Wednesday.
A fisherman near Ithaca Falls in Ithaca, New York. Nikon D700/28-300VR, 1/30s, f/5, ISO 200, EV +0.3, 85mm focal length.
This week, I will be sharing this HDR image of Ithaca Falls. I used a set of five photos spread out over a 5 stop range from -2 to +2. Without this set of photos, the falls would have been properly exposed with the cliff wall in total darkness.
Ithaca Falls in Ithaca, New York. Nikon D700/28-300VR, f/16, ISO 200, +0.3, 36mm focal length.
Next week, I think I will complete the Ithaca Falls trilogy with another HDR image combining the falls, Fall Creek and another fisherman on a stunningly beautiful autumn morning.
Fall Creek below Ithaca Falls accompanied by a fisherman on a beautiful autumn morning. Nikon D700/28-300VR, f/16, ISO 720, EV 0, 42mm focal length.
If you are on Google+, come join in on the daily photo themes. If you are not on Google+, why aren’t you? 😀
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OK, Google+ scares me! LOL
I spent ten minutes over there one day and was so incredibly confused! That was back when it was just getting started though…maybe I just couldn’t envision how it would work.
Here I am stepping away from Twitter, and stepping back from FB so I can devote more time to blogging and photography, do I really want to get entrenched over there? Opinion please.
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That is up to you, KD. Google+ can be a bit overwhelming at first but I am guessing so was FB and Twitter when you first started using them. Colby Brown wrote up a good introduction to using Google+ for Photographers (and for most anyone else) which should help to demystify the G+ world called the Google+: The Survival Guide for a Photographer’s Paradise.
While only you can judge if it is a paradise, I sure do enjoy it more than Twitter and FB combined. That is, of course, my own personal opinion.
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That last waterfall image….WOW!!! Magestically beautiful!!!!
I’m with KD…Google+ completely confused me and I am also not sure I want/need another technology item taking up more time than it should. Sigh…yes, even I as write this I realize how old I sound… 😉
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Thank you, I really like the last one as it goes beyond the photo into the realm of artwork like a painting.
LOL You old fuddy-duddy! See my reply to KD’s comment. As I said, only you can determine if G+ is something you wish to use. Like anything, you’ll get back as much as you put into it. We could all Hangout together there.
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Last photo is breath-taking.
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Thank you, Sybil!
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Shared one of my allready uploaded picture from my Album with the mark #WaterfallWednesday but it does show up there….what else I have to do ? When click on #WaterfallWednesday I do see a way to upload there…. What I am doing wrong ?
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You did fine, Reinhard! The hashtag is correct and if you click it you’ll see other posts using it.
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thank you …yes, now i can see my pictures there ….
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ah yes my profile on google+ https://plus.google.com/107078639726042849618
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Wow, beautiful! I can almost hear the rushing water.
I don’t spend much time on Google+ Not much going on over there anyway.
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I’ll let Thomas Hawk answer your statement about Google+: Google+ is Soooooooo Not Dead!
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I absolutely love the last image. It is beautiful beyond words!
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Thanks, Mary!
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I’m echoing everyone else here now, but I do love that last image – really spectacular. I haven’t even peeked at Google+, and can’t decide if I want to!
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I will be making a big print of the last one for sure.
Click on the links I have posted in the thread and to my G+ profile (right above the Twitter button in the right column) and check it out.
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These are great Scott. I particularly like the last one very much. Such color and depth really makes these photos pop.
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Thank you, Preston! You and Anna are an inspiration to me. After I was done with the bottom photo it reminded me of your works. I am thrilled you like it!
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The last image is gorgeous.
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