WOW

now this is what you call WHALE WATCHING! ♥ 

phew! lol superb video clip from Graham Snape and daughter :) 

Mr Calypso ~ Ambanja Panther Chameleon

#PlusPhotoExtract

                    EVERYONE IS INVITED ~ PUBLIC EVENT

                    Who Are YOU?     Share a COLLAGE / say hello  :0)

                                          WHO? .... all about you!
                                              please scroll down

Please post ONE COLLAGE of your images or Art works etc.
If you would like help creating a COLLAGE please take a look at these links
Picasa 3 Collage
Shape Collage - Free Automatic Photo Collage Maker
other options are available on the web
if you're stuck just ask

                                      ↓  WHAT to post.....

ONE PICTURE ONLY - YOUR IMAGES ONLY per person please (must be a COLLAGE) 
naughty people posting more or anything that is not a COLLAGE will be shamed

Once you have posted your image, locate the image in the Event stream & add some information about yourself. Please feel free to post a short note and links to you elsewhere on the web if you wish

                               WHEN .... the Event will start and end

when the event starts a red button will appear at the top saying something like 'add photo'. You can either select and add a photo from your existing albums or upload a new one directly to the event from your computer. There is no opportunity to add any text though at the time you post so you would add the additional info as a comment under your image which should be right at the top of the stream depending how busy it is.

Find out when this Event starts in your time zone here http://goo.gl/hVnam

The Event will be open for posting images from 6pm  GMT (ish) Friday 26th October - you will not be able to add images until then - Event closes Monday 29th October 2012. See link for your time zone http://goo.gl/1HzHM

Looking forward to getting to know some new folks!

All my best Heidi 

 
I cannot believe I've ONLY JUST discovered +HootSuite *!!!! Bl**dy Awesome 

I just came across this feature where you can see multiple circles at once!! Cool, this should make managing the +UK Photography Community page a whole lot easier  :))) 

Do you use +HootSuite ? If you don't yet ... you might really INSTANTLY love it like I do :))))) 

Now.... can someone in Yorkshire post something so I can see if the page updates in real time or if I need to refresh every few minutes .... lol 

...arrrh the joys of social media lol

Do you like learning about PS?

free trial download here http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=photoshop

I'm creating a circle of peeps who like learning "Stuff" about Photoshop.

With the idea of sharing tips I find on the web .. if you want in please leave a comment below ~ cheers ! X

Also if you have any great sites please share too ! X If I've plus'd you I've added you :)

Will share the circle in a day or so, perhaps you'd like to make your own from that so we can share back and forth :O)) ???

All my best Heidi

1.20am Just got back from rushing Woody to the vet with suspected bloat, poor dog, ... they are doing what they need to do and I'm waiting to hear .....

49,078 HAVE YOU IN CIRCLES ! 

ooooh I say ! Hello everyone  :))) ♥♥ let me know where in the World you are from :) 

.
A choice in every single moment...


Misty Monday ~ #mistymonday

Curator(s): +Martin Rak
G+ Page: +Misty Monday


Moody Monday ~ #moodymonday
Curator(s) : +Philip Daly +Carole Buckwalter
G+ Page : +Moody Monday


Mystery Monday ~ #mysterymonday
Curator(s): +Marie Hélène Visconti +Marie Hélène Visconti


Relaxing Nature: ~ #naturemonday
Curator(s): +Rolf Hicker +Kate Church +Rolf Hicker +Kate Church

Leading Lines ~ #leadinglines
Curator(s): +Pam Chalkley +Jakob Nilsson
G+ Page: +Leading Lines Monday

Plus Photo Extract ~ #plusphotoextract
Curator(s): +Jarek Klimek
G+ Page : +PhotoExtract Photography Magazine

WOW things move so fast here on Google Plus ... only last November I post something similar to this ...that was when I realised that 10,000 people were bothering to look at my work ...

Today approximately 26, 000 are people viewing my images. I find that kind of incredible. Humbling too and amazing at the same time.

So here is my challenge to you ..........


Okey dokey ♥ .... lovely people .... 26,000 of you "Have Heidi Anne (that's me) in their circles" ... I'd love you all to say hello and tell me about yourself in 13 words ....

here are my 13 words ..... friendly, helpful, love ~ music, animals, photos, people who smile & the kindness of strangers ..... x

over to you .......... GO...
:O)))

RESHARE:
↓
not happy  -at all  :(

This has to be the stupidest idea I've heard of without providing the ability to choose whether or not your image is downloaded on mass by someone else. 

There is no way to turn this feature off and even if your own images are "supposedly" protected from being downloaded (in your own settings) it doesn't apply if you enter them into an event... or so it seems at the moment.

Bad idea +Chrys Bader Please can you provide the option to turn this feature off. (unless i'm missing something and it's there already - I have looked, if it's possible to disable this "feature" please point me in the right direction. Thank you)

Reshared text:
Downloading all photos from an event

One of my favorite parts about Google+ Events is how it puts everyone's event photos into a single, shared album. Many of you have asked for the option to download all of these photos, all at once, and today we're excited to launch precisely this feature!

Simply visit your event page on the desktop, click 'Actions,' then click 'Download event photos.' And voila. Let us know what you think in the comments.

#googleplusupdate

                      EVERYONE IS INVITED ~ PUBLIC EVENT

                    Who Are YOU?     Share a COLLAGE / say hello  :0)

                                          WHO? .... all about you!
                                              please scroll down

Please post a COLLAGE of your images or Art works etc.
If you would like help creating a COLLAGE please take a look at these links
Picasa Collages - Part 1
Shape Collage - Free Automatic Photo Collage Maker
other options are available on the web
if you're stuck just ask

                                      ↓  WHAT to post.....

ONE PICTURE ONLY - YOUR IMAGES ONLY per person please (must be a COLLAGE) 
naughty people posting more or anything that is not a COLLAGE will be shamed

Once you have posted your image, locate the image in the Event stream & add some information about yourself. Please feel free to post a short note and links to you elsewhere on the web if you wish

                               WHEN .... the Event will start and end

when the event starts a red button will appear at the top saying something like 'add photo'. You can either select and add a photo from your existing albums or upload a new one directly to the event from your computer. There is no opportunity to add any text though at the time you post so you would add the additional info as a comment under your image which should be right at the top of the stream depending how busy it is. thanks to Paul for the summary x

Find out when this Event starts in your time zone here http://goo.gl/Mo9hO

Event will be open for posting images from 6pm  GMT (ish) this Friday - you will not be able to add images until then - Event closes Monday 1st October 2012. 
See link for your time zone http://goo.gl/tA1ML 

Looking forward to getting to know some new folks!

All my best Heidi 

Good news & a feeling of relief x ♥ Just got the call from the vet to say Woody is doing well in recovery and can come home this morning. Off to fetch him shortly. I asked how he looks and following his operation (due to having a twisted stomach/bloat) he has a scar that stretches almost the length of his underside, from where his rib cage opens up to along side his penis. Big wound.
Still once he's home he'll have the best nursing I can offer and some roast chicken for his dinner.

Thank you again to all who have offered their support and kindness ♥ H catch you later x

 
My question is... can I create an RSS Feed from my G+ Profile that will in turn share my images elsewhere ?

Hi folks is anyone good with RSS FEEDS please. I'm trying to use my Google Plus posts as an RSS feed. 

I have to say I only partially know what i'm doing....

I was using this one 
http://gplus-to-rss.appspot.com/rss/114045800510530461940  and it appeared to work fine.... until a few weeks ago (no idea what happened) 

The content of the one above seems to be missing the .jpg and "image url's" unlike the flickr one here
http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?id=37528068@N04&lang=en-us&format=rss_200

My brain hurts ;(

Thank you in advance Heidi x 

 
I wished that I had a little of his money...

 

This image started life as a multi coloured umbrella being twirled by my friend for me :)

Umbrella Twist

Calling all DOG owners!

The second "Day of the Dogs" Event on Google Plus is this Wednesday!!!
previous event photos here... http://goo.gl/VFr8j

You are cordially invited to post your canine images here 

a few side notes

- please only post your own images
maximum of 3 images per person please
(I'm sure you have loads to share, there will be other opportunities!)
event is open for OVER 24hrs starting  - 23rd October  - 8.30pm GMT
You won't be able to add your photos until the Event opens :) 

Looking forward to seeing your dog photos once more ! Have fun ♥

+The G+ DogPark  +Dog Lovers Worldwide - DLW  +The Good Dog Guide  +Lost Dogs  +We Love Dogs!  ♥♥♥

 
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

I carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

final verse of I carry your heart ~ E.E Cummings

Woody, Frodo & Ruben ♥
Louis Armstrong - When You're Smiling

                      EVERYONE IS INVITED ~ PUBLIC EVENT

                    Who Are YOU?     Share a PHOTO COLLAGE / say hello  :0)

                                          WHO? .... all about you!
                                              please scroll down

I'd love to know/see what you've been creating lately :O))
Please post just "ONE" PHOTO COLLAGE of your images or Art works etc.
If you would like help creating a PHOTO COLLAGE please take a look at these links
Picasa Collages - Part 1
Shape Collage - Free Automatic Photo Collage Maker
other options are available on the web
if you're stuck just ask

                                      ↓  WHAT to post.....

ONE PICTURE ONLY - YOUR IMAGES ONLY per person please (must be a COLLAGE) 
naughty people posting more or anything that is not a COLLAGE will be shamed

Once you have posted your image, locate the image in the Event stream & add some information about yourself. Please feel free to post a short note and links to you elsewhere on the web if you wish                            

Looking forward to getting to know some MORE new folks!

All my best Heidi 

 
does this post of a post have you stumped?


tee hee hee

↓
Do you have an ABOUT ME page?

I really really like this, it's like an internet business card. So easy to customise it too! If you have one leave a link below and I'd drop by :O) Promise !

If you don't have one... get one & let me know when you have, I'll visit you to! ;O) 

http://about.me/heidiannemorris  

 
Dogs on a rock, Ham Hill, Somerset
+Fido Friday  #fidofriday   :) 
+mel peifer +Lisa Lisa +Suhaib Ayaz +Wes Lum 
+The G+ DogPark +We Love Dogs! 
Woody & Ruben explore the Iron Age Fort

www.heidiannemorris.com

REMOVING CIRCLES

I mentioned yesterday that I intended to "tidy up" the many many circles I've accumulated over the last year.... well I'm all done, for now.

I've gone from around 50 different circles to just 9. Quite refreshing in a strange kind of way.

I thought I'd share this tip with you in case, like me, you've been considering doing your own clean up...

I had a minor revelation (half way through). I wondered whether I could share my "your going to be deleted circles" so that I could find them later and add them back if I wanted to.

You can do that if you share them with an empty circle you've created, mine's "read it later". So I shared them (privately) , checked they were in my stream and made sure I could added them again if I wanted to do. It all worked fine. I even signed out and back in and they are still available. ( _finding them again in a few months might prove to be a challenge, although If I really wanted to I could save the links to them somewhere _ )

If you were in one of my circle and you're not now, I'm sure I'll find you again soon... :)

x H

 
YIPPEEEEE!!

List of artists who's photography will appear in the print version of Plus One Collection 2012 (HINT: do CTRL/CMD+F to seach for your name) 

Are you there too?? ♥ 

You are 
+Andy Gray +Andy Lee +Andrew Clifton-Brown just a few i've spotted so far !!! 

Hey fellow stream surfers ♥ I feel the need to watch a GREAT movie any recommendations, please?

The only think I don't really enjoy is Horror ....

lol

fascinating Tilt shift of the Carnaval party in Rio de Janeiro, thanks to +Cláudio Luís Melo Bichuetti for mentioning this to me :)

Created by Jon Arnold +Jon Arnold

Do you have a camera and would like to learn more about ISO, APERTURE, SHUTTER SPEED and LIGHT? you might want to take a look at this interactive tool.

It's a great learning resource ♥

All my best Heidi

 
All my stuff is on it's way to Buckinghamshire...just a few loose ends to tie up here and I'll be on my way soon too.

The removals company were excellent and super fast too - 7.30 am start and on the road by 9am. Highly Recommended http://www.moveremovals.co.uk/

Ruben and Woody are making the most of the extra space in the kitchen, I think it's called "who can pull the toy apart and hump at the same time" lol.

So long Somerset....&..... The Royal Crescent, Bath.....

It's been an interesting few years but i'm ready for a brand new start now. 

Paul Weller Brand New Start Acoustic

My Flickr Pro account is about to expire and I don't feel like I want to renew it ....

 
Italian Spinone ~ Bird Dog

Woody enjoys the delights of chasing a Red Kite over the Buckinghamshire countryside this evening...

Tossed on the glittering air they soar and skim,
Whose voices make the emptiness of light
A windy palace.

excerpt from Thrushes ~ Siegfried Sassoon

www.heidiannemorris.com
http://www.thegooddogguide.com/buckinghamshire/chesham/dog-pet-photography-portrait-artists/heidi-anne-morris-photography/14903

 
Then am I
A happy fly,
If I live,
Or if I die.

excerpt from The Fly by William Blake

Hoverfly Jazz

www.heidiannemorris.com

Testing sharing this via Picasa ... it appears that All of my Google Plus Albums have disappeared. I keep getting a 500 server error, so will try to find them again later. My G+ profile says that I have not uploaded any images.

However, my images are still visible on Picasa (web) but the links between my Picasa desktop and my G+ page seems to have gone.
Not sure if it's a temporary blip and whether others have the same the problem? 

oh dear :(

Glastonbury Post Office ~ Somerset #oculusimages

I have a Three Thousand Five Hundred word essay to write, relating to photography, before February, for my degree course , I figure If you all send me one word (there are 4476 of you that could possible read this), lol, I could come up with something really unique

It could be on The G+ Community !


Har har :O))

 
I say :O) COVER PHOTOS JUST GOT HUGE ON GOOGLE PLUS!

the possibilities are endless although I really don't want to let my swirly, twirly creations created by +Dunken K Bliths go...  :O) not sure what to do with all this creative opportunity yet....what have you done with yours??? 

:O)) 

 
thanks Ruben...for head butting me accidently earlier this evening, not only have I got a rotten cold but now I can't even see out of my right eye - I look like I've been in a boxing ring....you might be cute in those glasses mate but your head is like concrete ♥ ouch x

and no I'm not taking a picture  :)

Hello ! :) I've just been for a walk....MASSIVE double rainbow best one i've ever seen, right from one side of the valley to the other :O)) only had my 50mm so didn't get it all but it sure was beautiful ♥ .... got soaked on the way back by hail, good times ! Have a great time yourself the sun is STILL out here !!

(the hail is visible at the top of the rainbow :)

Image available on my website here ~ http://www.redbubble.com/people/heidiannemorris/works/8279776-rainbow-6963

All my best Heidi x

I can't touch the clouds for you,

I never reached the sun for you.

I've never done the things that you need done for you.

I stretched out high as i can reach,

I guess im not the one for you.

Cause I can't touch the clouds or reach the sun for you

No i can't reach the clouds or touch the sun.

4.22am - just back from second trip to the vets with Woody this evening/morning. In discomfort since late evening. He's resting now - sedated. Vet had to put a tube down his throat to try to relieve a mild bloat in his stomach. Pain killers and sedative have knocked him out. Will have to wait to see how he is in the morning before i'll know what to do next.

very scary stuff. poor Woody xxxx :( Still he's managed to have some fluid drained from his stomach so it is not twisted, prob due the fact that this time last year he did have bloat and had to be operated on. At that time they stitched his stomach to the body wall thereby stopping it from twisting in future and this seems to have worked in his favour this evening  Still not sure how he will be in the morning, it was not possible to remove all the gas, only possible to relieve it slightly. 

i hope it doesn't fill up again, will have to wait and see. 

I'm shattered and off to bed x

All my best Heidi

....bill over £600 already ... will be phoning the insurance in the morning to make sure it's covered. 

 
the nature of the beast

last Summer I turned around to see Frodo returning to me with a dead hare he'd found in a hedge. I suspect a fox had already killed it, I know Frodo didn't.

Dogs do things like this, they bring you dead things, like cats do. They are driven by their canine instinct. 
Whether we like it or not... it's in their blood.

www.heidiannemorris.com/Galleries/CanineCompanions

Does anyone else have a website domain via GO DADDY?

The service appears to be broken and has been for quite a while....

 
GONE WITH THE WIND II ~ featuring Ruben Spinoni

After all... tomorrow is another day

Who are You

Well Hello There!

.... I thought I'd step out a little.... I've just added 500 people to my circles, you already had me circled ...if you're in the circle shared here I'm taking about you! :O)

I have no idea who you are, but all that could change in the comments that follow down there ↓ :O)

if you're a weirdo we might part company a bit sharpish, lol, so take it easy and lets get to know each other ♥ in a friendly sort of way (artistic creative weirdo's accepted and encouraged)

Why am I in your circle????

All my best Heidi

WIKI The Royal Crescent is a residential road of 30 houses, laid out in a crescent, in the city of Bath, England. Designed by the architect John Wood the Younger and built between 1767 and 1774

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Crescent

thistle

 
I really don't understand this "377 likes · 662 talking about this"  business? Why are more people talking than liking?  lol

 

.
My friends, we will not go again or ape an ancient rage,
Or stretch the folly of our youth to be the shame of age,
But walk with clearer eyes and ears this path that wandereth,
And see undrugged in evening light the decent inn of death;
For there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen,
Before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green..

excerpt from The Rolling English Road ~ Gilbert Keith Chesterton

I'm switching my photographic work to Smugmug Pro :O) It wasn't a hard decision to make, it looks awesome over there... :O))

Does anyone have any discount or voucher codes they would like to pass my way? Pretty please ... before I press the final button ♥

Any tips or advice you can offer would be gratefully received too.
+SmugMug Users Group ? x
Many thanks in advance x

All my best Heidi

Matt +Mathew Hanley saw these and thought of you :) 

 
landscape around Avebury, Wiltshire, UK

Meet me along by Bristol
We'll go ridin' down
Down by Avalon
In the countryside in England
With your red robe danglin' all around your body free
Let your red robe go.
Goin' ridin' down by Avalon
Would you meet me in the country
In the summertime in England
Would you meet me?
"Summertime In England" Van Morrison

I'd meet you :) ♥
 

People say....you need to specialise if you're a photographer....

Which way shall I go.... I wonder... any thoughts? I promise to listen to useful information, take it on board ... and digest it... :)

just got my Pinterest account set up :O) let me know if you are on there too ! ♥ +Pinterests

Hi fellow 7D users :O) Can anyone recommend a speedlite to me please?

Highways

 
fly and be free!

www.heidiannemorris.com

Quote from article linked below

*

Photographers who compose a picture in a similar way to an existing image risk copyright infringement, lawyers have warned following the first court ruling of its kind.

UK souvenir maker Temple Island Collection Ltd has won a ruling against New English Teas which it had accused of breaching copyright by using a photo of a London bus on its packaging.
+UK Photography Community

#PlusPhotoExtract

 
Yes Your Honour, I confess ....sometimes I make stuff up

:)  Ray LaMontagne - Trouble [Live]

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aGvTjY0Tj-w/Tm-qbNCzXzI/AAAAAAABMOo/rnByvmiDbqA/w497-h373/monkey%2Bnut%2Brainbow%2Bcopy.jpg

If you feel so inclined :O)) please leave a caption in the comments and +1 your favorite captions!

For Caption This Thursday, curated by +Jenness Dory Asby

#CaptionThisThursday.

If this should be shared original post is here :O) https://plus.google.com/114045800510530461940/posts/dAcS3U5mnvE

that's cow poop he's been eatin' ... sigh ... bad dog Woody lol

  
 
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.


Confucius

Woody, Frodo, Ruben & Keltoi

 
“In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one place to-day, it is vain to seek it there to-morrow. You can not lay a trap for it.”
Alexander Smith

www.heidiannemorris.com +OCULUS IMAGES  #oculusimages  

A hooded vulture ~ thanks to Patrick for ID'ing the bird for me :O)
and to everyone who tried but failed miserably to help LOL ... just kidding xxx thank you x

he/she belongs to these lovely folks http://www.jrcsfalconry.co.uk/

Hello friends ♥ How are you doing ?

:O)

.

Woody, Italian Spinone

RESHARE:
reshare 

thinking about days gone by...

Reshared text:
The Royal Crescent, Bath, Somerset in miniature ~ http://www.redbubble.com/people/heidiannemorris/works/4832145-the-royal-crescent-bath-somerset-in-miniature

WIKI The Royal Crescent is a residential road of 30 houses, laid out in a crescent, in the city of Bath, England. Designed by the architect John Wood the Younger and built between 1767 and 1774

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Crescent

 
One too many mornings - Bob Dylan

 

 
#©issues  

I've just found one of my copyright protected images "being with trees heidiannemorris (82)" http://goo.gl/wwjon on this site http://icipk-wallpapers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/being-with-trees-heidiannemorris.html?showComment=1352498848254#c1347946590173128520 .
It has been posted there and here on Google Plus http://goo.gl/GQqrx by   +Sumira Batool 

I'm sharing this because I'm not sure if there are other stolen images on the site and thought you might like to check that yours are not there too. 

+Copyright Violation for information.

All of my images are Copyright Protected

© 2012 Heidi Anne Morris All Rights Reserved

If you wish to feature my images on a website or blog, I'm more than happy to share my photography on request, please contact me to request permission first. 

Please read this information :) http://goo.gl/BWx6Q

 
Roll Out The Barrel the Sun made an appearance in Somerset today! The cumulus clouds were AWESOME!

Bring on the cider! ♥

http://www.heidiannemorris.com/Galleries/TheGreatOutdoors

self portrait

The Seed-Shop ~ Muriel Stuart

Here in a quiet and dusty room they lie,
Faded as crumbled stone or shifting sand,
Forlorn as ashes, shrivelled, scentless, dry -
Meadows and gardens running through my hand.

In this brown husk a dale of hawthorn dreams;
A cedar in this narrow cell is thrust
That will drink deeply of a century's streams;
These lilies shall make summer on my dust.

Here in their safe and simple house of death,
Sealed in their shells, a million roses leap;
Here I can blow a garden with my breath,
And in my hand a forest lies asleep.

 
snow goose

 "Release Me" by Swedish band "Oh Laura"

RESHARE:
↓
I'm fed up & unhappy. ...... I've just contacted Google "removals" and once again reported my stolen, manipulated and made ugly looking by +luigi Martinelli  image for a second time https://plus.google.com/114045800510530461940/photos/photo/5833394825707338354 

He took the image without asking and put some idiotic face on it. What a stupid thing to do. This is not how I intended this image to be viewed and I'm very annoyed.  :(

Please don't bother writing any comments about "well you post it on the internet what do you expect". I expect people to have respect for others and their forms of expression and not impose their own ideas on to my images. The original image is here https://plus.google.com/photos/114045800510530461940/albums/5633248315968218833/5629988612269669730?hl=en_GB I have proof it belongs to me. I would like it removed. 


grrrr. #rantover  

Reshared text:

UK based question

Good morning folks, does anyone know the best site to check travel conditions on the web?? I've been looking at the AA, BBC and Sky but none seem really useful...

Any help appreciated x Need to Check the M4 from London to Bristol. 

Heidi

listening..are you?

HELP PLEASE? :)  

Dear friends :O) if you have a couple of minutes to spare and you fancy submitting a review (a couple of lines) on my brand NEW listing over on the +The Good Dog Guide website here's a link for you to follow ♥

http://www.thegooddogguide.com/buckinghamshire/chesham/dog-pet-photography-portrait-artists/heidi-anne-morris-photography/14903

The staff at +The Good Dog Guide were fantastic and helped me customise my listing completely until it was just right. A HUGE thank you to the all the team there for answering all my queries and promptly making all the alterations I suggested. 

If you do choose to post a review for me, whether its about my images or my listing I'd be very very grateful. Your review won't show up immediately the +The Good Dog Guide support the listing by reviewing the submissions before they go live - another excellent service. so no naughty words get through tee hee :)  

Many thanks & all my best Heidi ♥ 
www.heidiannemorris.com

got +SmugMug ? You might like this from Ryan +Ryan Oakley :)

 
Whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind  ....

Sting - Windmills Of Your Mind

www.heidiannemorris.com/Galleries/CreativelyConjuredConcoctions

just had this idea... stuck a broken windmill on the bed post with some blue tac .. daylight behind me, got the hairdryer in one hand .... 100mm in the other ... :) good fun

ooooh paste your own G+ ID to see yours :)

thanks to Dana +Dana Moyer for the instructions ♥

For those still trying to figure out how to do it. Here's some info. that might help.  Do you see where the numbers start near the end of the link? Just delete the numbers before the & symbol and replace them with the numbers from your profile link. http://www.googleplussuomi.com/thumbs.php?id=114045800510530461940&width=250  Mine looks like this:  http://www.googleplussuomi.com/thumbs.php?id=102395567804342742523&limit=600&width=250

Has this happened to you??

Current problem. If it's happening to you head on over to the discussion click the blue link on this post and add a "me too"

Hi Folks, happy Sunday morning to you all ! :)

This is my BRAND NEW ................... ACOUSTIC GUITAR circle of friends ... for people who love that kind of music like I do.


If you enjoy ACOUSTIC GUITAR music, comment below and I'll add you to my circle.

If I find music I enjoy I'll let you know when I post it

If I've plus'ed your comment you've been added

if you should see this as a reshare please comment on the original post here https://plus.google.com/114045800510530461940/posts/R7rZGd8J6Zt thank you

cheers ♥

x H

p.s if you are in the circle already you should get a notification when I post this, similar to future posts

see you in the slipstream !

for +Teresa Atkinson ♥ ~ Woody

WATCH THE VIDEO > HAVE A GO > POST A PHOTO

This is the first of what might become a regular event...of FUN ON FRIDAYS!
I thought it might be fun to GET CREATIVE with the G+ Community via an EVENT :) This one is all about FILM STRIPS created from your own pictures.

Attached is a 2 minute tip from +Gavin Hoey on how to create a film strip using +Adobe Photoshop.

Gavin is a superb tutor and makes learning new photographic skills a lot of fun, it's so easy! I often post his excellent tutorials over on my G+ page +Photographic Learning Resources 

Why not have a go? I'm posting my first attempt from a few years ago, it's not all that .. lol, I'm sure I could do better but it was great fun.

I look forward to seeing yours here soon - you can post as many as you like so long as they are in the film strip format. Anything else will be removed - cheers ♥

All my best Heidi 

www.heidiannemorris.com

 
SHOOTING DOGS IN ACTION AT HIGH SPEED with a CANON 7D

A little bit of shooting info for +Evelyn S. Lamprey  :)) who has some dogs to photograph soon

this picture... Ruben & Keltoi
Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 100

I like to keep my ISO as low as possible, I dislike seeing noise. Of course the available light is never always as nice as it was on this day. 

My next consideration is of course the speed they are moving at so I shoot these in "shutter priority".

I use Manual selection: Spot AF and focus on the dogs eyes but sometimes I use the AF Points 19-point all cross-type AF ... I can focus and then "Lock" the focus so the the 7d tracks them as they move. There's a video that is really great at demonstrating this but i'm not sure how much use it would be for you since you have a Canon 5d and I'm not familiar with the specs. :) let me know if you would like the link and i'll find it for you. 

I'll generally favour a shallow depth of field - which leaves me free to maintain a higher shutter speed.

I also always shoot High-speed continuous 8.0 frames per second. 

Keep an eye on over exposure if your shooting white dogs on a bright sunny day - watchout for blown out highlights.

Hope that helps ♥ 

Best of luck with your shoot and please let me know if you post some images :)) I'd love to see them x 

All my best Heidi 

http://www.heidiannemorris.com/Galleries/CanineCompanions

http://www.thegooddogguide.com/buckinghamshire/chesham/dog-pet-photography-portrait-artists/heidi-anne-morris-photography/14903

my SMUGMUG USERS circle

Question about +SmugMug & the elusive Google Plus 1 Button....

I've just spent over an hour Googling and searching Smugmug and Digital Grin, I also checked out +SmugMug Users Group here on G+, to no avail..... 

Could anyone please tell me and others what the latest news on the integration of the Google Plus 1 Button to +SmugMug  is?

I've not been able to find any recent updates or comments about the subject.

I've read a little about adding the Plus 1 Button manually but CSS and Java script and all that code frighten the pants off me...

Does anyone have an "idiots guide" on how to manually add the button while we wait for +SmugMug to add it fully, please? I know I can find the button info here 
https://developers.google.com/+/plugins/+1button/ (I think thats correct)

Any time saving tips greatly appreciated :O)) 

Many thanks Heidi