“And if these mountains had eyes,

“And if these mountains had eyes, they would wake to find two strangers in their fences, standing in admiration as a breathing red pours its tinge upon earth. These mountains, which have seen untold sunrises, long to thunder praise but stand reverent...” (Donald Miller)

Valley of Fire, Nevada

#tgsmu   #tgsmu2015  #tgsmu15

#LandscapePhotography with thanks to Margaret Tompkins Jim Warthman Toshi Nakamura and Landscape Photography
#rgwoodpost #photography #googleplusphotos #hqsplandscape #BTPLandscapePro #Nevada #SunrisePhotography #Sunrise #Travel #TravelPhotography #Sky

Toe Stubbers

Toe Stubbers

;o))


#ThirstyThursdayPics with thanks to Giuseppe Basile & Mark Esguerra #thirstythursday
#CoastalThursday with thanks to
David Polzine Jon Kahn Coastal Thursday
#LandscapePhotography with thanks to Margaret Tompkins Jim Warthman Toshi Nakamura and Landscape Photography

#rgwoodpost #photography #googleplusphotos#hqsplandscape #BTPLandscapePro #California#MalibuBeach #SunsetPhotography #Sunset #Travel#TravelPhotography #Sky #digitalart

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Please feel free to ask me,
if you would like any of my images
available for print at www.robingriggswood.com

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––> https://plus.google.com/photos/+RobinGriggsWood/albums

Can Gurus think

Can Gurus think
like Kangaroos,
or would we think
it just a ruse?

The Gu, he shrieked,
“I must recuse!
Your harsh decree
does not enthuse!”

The Roo, he winked,
as one amused.
“You, Gu,” said he,
“try to confuse.”

“Pray, please rethink
what you accuse,
for all agree,
I have no clues!”

#WordfulOnWednesday ... ;o7


#rgwoodpost #photography #googleplusphotos #wildlifewednesday #wildlifephotography #hqspanimals #btpanimalpro #animalphotography #animallovers #canon #canonphotographers

Peace On Earth

Peace On Earth



#rgwoodpost #photography #googleplusphotos #caturday   #catsbigandsmallthebest #catsallovertheworld #CatLovers
#CATURDAY2015 #leopard   #naturephotography   #hqspanimals   #BTPanimalpro   #animalsphotography   #animalphotography    #animallovers

Another Angel Gets Her Wings

Another Angel Gets Her Wings
OK, not those wings! ... Laurie Rubin appropriate wings ... ;o). If you caught my post yesterday, (https://goo.gl/NnK1mu) where I explained about dragging Karen Hutton and Laurie, along with lightdancer extraordinaire Sassi Sassmannshausen out into the cold (well, it's Summer, so not that cold), dark (well, we were in the parking lot of the hotel, so not that dark) night and forced them to stand for hours (well, it was seconds really, but I'm sure they thought it was hours) while I stumbled through my set-up with the long-exposure and the PixelStick (www.thepixelstick.com/). I'd made wings for them both ... butterfly seemed to suit Laurie, nature-photog phenomenon that she is.

I admit (sheepish grin), I embellished it a "skosh" ... ;o) ... because Laurie is a magic woman and I had to make sure that her true self was on the represent here, ya know?!

Thank you so much for your patience, Laurie!
I just adore this woman ... and, I've been hanging out a lot with her of late ...
A little announcement coming up soon (with prizes!) ...



#TreyUSA #LAphotowalk

Karen Hutton, what a trooper you are!

Karen Hutton, what a trooper you are! Sassi Sassmannshausen and I brought a PixelStick to the #TreyUSA  photowalk and during the after-party I asked Karen and Laurie Rubin if they would be willing to be my models for an experiment: I made wings for them both, for long exposures with the lightstick. I scuttled them outside the hotel and I told Karen, "Ok, these are your wings, especially made for you; be who you would be if you weren't confined by this universe." It didn't take her more than a heartbeat to be her full self ... Karen, the "life is light" lady ... her true self is pure light!

I did say "experiment" above, as this turned out a little blurry because, to get the wings, I made her hold that pose for 13 seconds! So, it's more of an illustration right now ... ;oD. I'll get better at this!

"Why", you may ask "not just take a shot of Karen quickly and then composite wings behind her?!" ... because ... being around 13 seconds of Karen in all her unbearable-lightenss-of-being awesomeness ... heheh, who could resist? ... ;o)

Thank you for being so wonderful, Karen!

Optical Delusions

Optical Delusions

;o)


#ThirstyThursdayPics with thanks to  Giuseppe Basile & Mark Esguerra #thirstythursday
#CoastalThursday with thanks to David Polzine Jon Kahn Coastal Thursday
#LandscapePhotography with thanks to Margaret Tompkins Jim Warthman Toshi Nakamura and Landscape Photography

#rgwoodpost #photography #googleplusphotos #hqsplandscape #BTPLandscapePro #California #MalibuBeach #SunsetPhotography #Sunset #Travel #TravelPhotography #Sky #digitalart

And then the city slept. Los Angeles

And then the city slept. Los Angeles

What's your favorite city and why?



#LandscapePhotography with thanks to Margaret Tompkins Jim Warthman Toshi Nakamura and Landscape Photography
#SunsetSaturday with thanks to Dennis Hoffbuhr
#rgwoodpost #photography #googleplusphotos #hqsplandscape #BTPLandscapePro #California #SunsetPhotography #Sunset #cityscape #Travel #TravelPhotography #Sky

Wishing you some glorious moments in your week!

Wishing you some glorious moments in your week!

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.  ~Martin Luther



#TreeTuesday ( Tree Tuesday ) with thanks to Christina Lawrie, Allan Cabrera, Ralph Mendoza , Kim Troutman  and David R Robinson
#LandscapePhotography with thanks to Margaret Tompkins Jim Warthman Toshi Nakamura and Landscape Photography
#rgwoodpost #photography #googleplusphotos #hqsplandscape #BTPLandscapePro #California #NaturePhotography

Woohoo, #FloralFriday and #FridaysAreBokehlicious are crashing intoeach other again, and the result is always an explosion!!

Woohoo, #FloralFriday and #FridaysAreBokehlicious  are crashing into each other again, and the result is always an explosion!!

Happy weekend, everyone!!


#FloralFriday with thanks to Tamara Pruessner Eustace James Beth Akerman Kiki Nelson and FloralFriday

Fridays are #bokehlicious  :o) … ˚ºoOoº˚
With a nod and grin to those #bokeholics, Leo Deegan Michael B. Stuart Dave Besbris Art through the Aperture Photography Wesly Smith Angie Smith  Wendy Chase Paul Moody Shannon Adelson and sundry (that may rival the non-curator list of a certain non-theme! … ;o7)

#rgwoodpost #photography #googleplusphotos #Friday #TGIF #naturephotography #macrophotography #FlowerFriday  #flowerphotography #floralphotography #hqspflowers

Sunrise at the "Valley of Fire", Nevada

Sunrise at the "Valley of Fire", Nevada

Funny, every time I look into that folder, the sky seems somehow different ... ;o)



#tgsmu #tgsmu15 #lasvegas #tgsmu2015

#LandscapePhotography with thanks to Margaret Tompkins Jim Warthman Toshi Nakamura and Landscape Photography
#rgwoodpost #photography #googleplusphotos #hqsplandscape #BTPLandscapePro #Nevada #SunrisePhotography #Sunrise #Travel #TravelPhotography #Sky

Mesmera

Mesmera

So, this happened ... ;o)
It started out as a bit of play because my boyfriend pointed out to me some cool effects a polarizing filter makes over common, crumpled cellophane (that stuff you get wrapped around blu-ray/dvd movies). Using my laptop screen (with a white background on full screen in Photoshop), which also happens to be polarized, and then turning the filter, the cellophane comes up with these crazy colors and makes for some interesting abstracts ⇒ see a screenshot of those here: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQaTCvG0UjCalpipjd3encIVqORGY_YNNJztB7zYnYSkbklaKBnHjCG3qbLhFLJ-WKrXjGM_Qa3eJtJ-d7PnSo_jGdK7MSykO9ObS7t26lDbr65J9pOBJqgBhS5z1IbYwJ9VOPXExS3ew/s0/.

I was inspired to play with them after doing a critique hangout with Lou McCorkle ... she made these gorgeous abstract works, and there really wasn't much to "critique" with them; they were fantastic. But I think the mood of playing with abstract work stuck with me after spending time ooh-ing and ah-ing at her work ... :o). It's all your fault, Lou ... ;o)))

Layering, masking, applying textures, rearranging, applying blend modes ... 50 some layers worth of etcetera ... and voila!

I see it in my mind's eye as printed large, so it may be better for you to click on it and view it in the lightbox.



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#SurrealArtSaturday with thanks to Mikko Tyllinen & SurrealArtSaturday
Fantastic & Surreal Photos with thanks to Gemma Costa Rob Heron #fantasticandsurrealphotos
HQSP Photo Art with thanks to Anja Wessels Enrique Pelaez #hqspphotoartmanipulation
#rgwoodpost #photography #googleplusphotos   #fantasy #fantasyart #fantasydigitalart #digital #photoshop #creative #hqspart #DigitalArtSaturday   #surrealart   #photomanipulator #photomanipulation

Mmmm ... bokeh!

Mmmm ... bokeh!
You can just ignore the flower ... ;o))

Fridays are #bokehlicious  :o) … ˚ºoOoº˚
With a nod and grin to those #bokeholics, Leo Deegan Michael B. Stuart Dave Besbris Art through the Apeture Photography Wesly Smith Angie Smith  Wendy Chase Paul Moody Shannon Adelson and sundry (that may rival the non-curator list of a certain non-theme! … ;o7)
Michael B. Stuart +Leo Deegan +Wesly Smith & +Dave Besbris

Possibilities

Possibilities
Don't fall into negatives about yourself. Don't spend any time thinking that you have wasted time, because that is a waste in itself. Focus on now and the future only. Focus on what it possible.

Everything you need is right there in you already.

Don't make less of yourself, not ever. When you do that, you are tearing down that which you are trying to build. YOU are the best thing you have; don't forget that.


#LeavesOnThursday with thanks to Mehdia Ridder and Leaves On Thursday  #rgwoodpost #photography #googleplusphotos

Sidewalk Toasted Flatbread

Sidewalk Toasted Flatbread
#WhatsOnTheMenu   #SparrowLunchDate
#giggle

#BackyardBirdingMonday with thanks to Ricky L Jones Celeste Odono and Marilou Aballe  Backyard Birding Monday #BackyardbirdingMonday

#rgwoodpost #photography #googleplusphotos

Centered

Centered

A mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.
ᴡᴀʏɴᴇ ᴅʏᴇʀ


#FloralFriday with thanks to Tamara Pruessner Eustace James Beth Akerman Kiki Nelson and FloralFriday
#MacroAddict MacroAddict with thanks to Sandrine Berjonneau and Didier Caron
#rgwoodpost #photography #googleplusphotos #Friday #TGIF #naturephotography #macrophotography #FlowerFriday  #flowerphotography #floralphotography #hqspflowers #hqspmacro #Macro4All #MacroManiacs

Meanwhile...

Meanwhile...
Somewhere In Another Universe

Sometimes ya just gotta go crazy.

#damnthecritics   #fullspeedahead

#rgwoodpost #googleplusphotos #hqspart #Sky #digitalart #digitalpainting #photoshop #photomanipulation  #mattepainting

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out forsomewhere else. (Buckminster Fuller)

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else. (Buckminster Fuller)

Funny, every time I look into that folder, the sky seems somehow different ... ;o)

Valley of Fire, Nevada ... um, fire-quenched ... ;o)

#tgsmu   #tgsmu2015

#MountainMonday with thanks to Michael Russell and Mountain Monday
#MonochromeMonday  with thanks to HBE Jerry Johnson Steve Barge Dominique Hilbert David Orr and Monochrome Monday
#LandscapePhotography with thanks to Margaret Tompkins Jim Warthman Toshi Nakamura and Landscape Photography

#rgwoodpost #photography #googleplusphotos #hqsplandscape #BTPLandscapePro #Nevada #Sunrise #Travel #TravelPhotography #Sky

”Dive?“

”Dive?“
Bright orange flippers and matching mask ($19.95 at Walmart).
Blue Speedo swimsuit ($3.00 at secondhand store).
Diving lessons over the entirety of last Summer ($99.00).

#SeagullButtInADuckCostume … priceless


#SeagullButtsInDisguise


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If you've made it this far, please know that there is NO such photography theme as #SeagullButtSaturday. The following people, sometimes posting to the #FunniestNonthemeOnGplus, are actually the #FunniestNonCuratorsOnGplus.

Robin Griggs Wood Ursula Klepper Christin McLeod Sassi Sassmannshausen Lauri Novak Richard Ball Craig Szymanski Melissa Beagle Ellie Kennard Cora Triton Steve Savoie Pam Wolfe +Joy Mum Jon Cassill Tom McGowan Annie Irving Diana Boyd Debby Moran Alex Lapidus Lou McCorkle Rob Lopes Kimmetal Smith Bette Kauffman Liz C Jacqueline Hodsdon Darion Jackman Steven Kennard Sharon Stone Dawn Siadatan Sumit Sen Jasbir S. Randhawa Gazzaroonii T. John Wade Dave Bell Swee Oh Leo Deegan Nancy Battis Vita Patrick Kelly Marilyn Benham Mari Luukkonen Lora Lee Chapman Giselle Savoie Carin Bruce David Q. Cohen Gernot Glaeser Maureen Roberson Brian Grzelewski cobalt please Darcee McCutcheon Annelies Jansen Rachel Ferris Margaret Tompkins Jan Vermeulen Christi Nielsen

Real themes:
#birds4all curated by Walter Soestbergen Ricky L Jones & Birds4All
#birdloversandwildlife curated by Robert SKREINER  BIRD Lovers & WILDLIFE
#birdsgallery  with thanks to Heinrich Wagner

Must-have hashtags (for hackling the hashtag-haters … ;o))
#SeagullButtSaturday (duh!)
#SeagullButtShots
#SeagullButts
#notatheme
#SeagullButtsInDisguise (for other birds; a fine way to use up all those bird shots you took that are "not quite what you were shooting for" and currently languishing on your hard drive.)
#Gulluminati (what the group of non-curators have come to be known as)
#FunniestNonthemeOnGplus (because, isn't it?! … ;oD)
#Splatterday (Jasbir's invention, applicable for, ahem, some conditional shots … ;o7)

#rgwoodpost #Gulluminati #Gullarazzi #FunniestNonthemeOnGplus
#googleplusphotos #hqspbirds #btpbirdpro #birdsgallery

Floral Fridays Are Bokehlicious?

Floral Fridays Are Bokehlicious?

:o))

Fridays are #bokehlicious  :o) … ˚ºoOoº˚
With a nod and grin to those #bokeholics, Leo Deegan Michael B. Stuart Dave Besbris Art through the Apeture Photography Wesly Smith Angie Smith  Wendy Chase Paul Moody Shannon Adelson and I've lost track of who else .. ;o)

#FloralFriday with thanks to Tamara Pruessner Eustace James Beth Akerman Kiki Nelson and FloralFriday

#rgwoodpost #photography #googleplusphotos #Friday #TGIF #naturephotography #macrophotography #FlowerFriday  #flowerphotography #floralphotography #hqspflowers