My Photo Guides

How is G+ Doing For You? Are your posts getting seen?  Do you see enough of the posts that your contacts make?  How does the overall site feel? See the comments in the original post for an interesting discussion. #shakeupthestream Originally shared by Tamara Pruessner New Day's Hope I have been doing a lot of thinking about how my main stream no longer shows everyone, or even a few and their newest posts, about how my own posts get increasingly smaller interaction, and how if my posts are doing that, then everyone's are.  I think the algorithm that governs what we see and what others see of our own stuff has gotten too restrictive.  And it frustrates me to no end - especially when I have 100 new posts in my stream and most are either 24 hours old, something I have already seen (and plussed or commented) or both.  Fresh isn't happening anymore and it is FRUSTRATING. I don't normally notify anyone of my posts but for this, I am (and I am not even sure how many will get t...

Sunrise at Topaz Lake Yesterday This was one of my favorite moments during yesterday's sunrise.  In fact I loved it so much I added a little saturation, which I rarely do (blue and purple saturation were selectively decreased).  I was just in that sort of mood... hopefully I didn't over-do it! Exposure and processing details: Canon 5D Mark III with 16-35mm lens Cokin #121 GND filter Processed in   5.2 and Photomatix 5.0 White balance 5412, boosted vibrance +6, selectively decreased saturation blue -10 and purple -21 while boosting orange +5 and yellow +3 (reduce slight purple color caste in the GND filter, and reduce blue from Camera Standard color table). I also adjusted exposure, brightness, whites and shadows to get a decent image while avoiding "color puke" loss of detail in the highlights which can when trying to correct color  (a symptom of inadequate color dynamic range).   Prints:  http://jeffsullivan.smugmug.com/ #landscapephotography   #sunrise   #Nevad...