Google photos on Flickr

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Tulip Heaven (Lisse, Netherlands 2015) by Alex Stoen

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Keukenhof, also known as the Garden of Europe, is considered the world's most beautiful spring gardens with more than seven million tulips, daffodils and hyacinths filling over 32 hectares with incredible colors. Timing your visit is a must if you are going to avoid the big crowds!

No Group Invites/Graphics Please.

www.alexstoen.com

Follow me on 500px * Google+ * Facebook * Twitter * Instagram .

Google Maps, 2022 by Toma Gerzha

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Lap up by A.G. Photographe

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My Facebook / My Google+

On the river by Zoltan Hagg

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Google Glasses by Tomitheos

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"On my wish list, can't wait for this photo-technology to be implemented." -Tomitheos

Google Chrome Dinosaur by Joffre Bricks

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Googled by Paul Wicks

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Found in the wild

gOOgle by Jess Manea

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Ok we got a bit excited about the Google sign

Google Pixel 2XL by Ngoc Le

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portrait

Google by Giorgio Puddu

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Top 10 Tips on Google+ for Photographers by Thomas Hawk

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As some of you know I received an early invite to test out and participate in Google's latest entry into the social networking world Google+. I did an early comparison piece between Google+, Facebook, Flickr, 500px and Twitter the week before last. I wanted to write and update my thoughts on Google+ for photo sharing now that I've gotten a few weeks under my belt, as well as share with you all my own strategy for sharing photographs going forward.

Google+ completely changes the photo sharing game. Not just a little bit -- alot. This may be the most significant shift in photo sharing that we've seen since the introduction of Flickr. There is more engagement going on with photographs on G+, more ways to share photographs on G+, and it is growing at a rate that blows my mind away. Photos are elegantly presented as large oversized thumbnails in stream views (in contrast to Facebook's stingy microscopic photo thumbnails that I've never quite understood). When you click through the photo you get the most elegant lightbox view (on black) of any photo sharing site out there today.

Here are some tips for those of you who would like to maximize your photo sharing potential on Google+

1. Post your photos directly to Google+. This is probably the number one most important thing to do to promote your work there. If you post a link to Flickr, a link to your blog, a link to some other site, you get a small little thumbnail at best. If you upload your photo *directly* to Google+ you get a massive oversized thumbnail (is that like saying jumbo shrimp?). The larger your work is presented, the more likely it is to be engaged with. Even better, photos posted to G+ don't count towards your Picasa storage limits so Google is effectively giving you unlimited photo sharing on G+ for free. What a deal.

2. Get the balance right. You don't want to post too little or too much to G+. Your photos posted to G+ have a limited life. In the first hour that you post your photo it will receive 50% of the attention. In the next 3 hours 25% more, in the next 6 hours 10% more. In the next 24 hours 12% more. After a day and a half your photo will likely be buried. So it's important to regularly be adding photos to your stream. On the other hand, if you inundate people with too many photos (like 10 in a row within 10 minutes) people will drop you faster than a hot potato and you will lose visibility -- there's a fine line between sharing photos and whoring photos. Find a rate for uploads that feels right. At present I'm uploading about 5 photos a day to G+ spread out throughout the day and night. This feels about right to me.

3. Share your best work. Don't upload *everything* you take to G+. If you want to archive all your work use Flickr or Picasa. Save G+ to showcase some of what you feel is your strongest work. This will encourage other people to share your work and promote it more.

4. Don't use watermarks and signatures on your work. Don't hate me for this one. I'm so tired of haters. If you want to watermark the crap out of your work, go for it. It's your work, do WHATEVER you want with it. YOU own it. It's YOURS. Don't shoot the messenger. I'm just saying that watermarks, sigs, logos, etc. look *especially* bad when people pull up your photos in the large lightbox view. I've noticed that photos that are mared up by watermarks tend to not do as well on G+.

5. Make sure you understand sharing and make your posts *public*. Alot of people make the mistake early on of only sharing their photos with their circles without even realizing that they are limiting themselves. This means that your photo goes out to *alot* less people. This would be the same as marking a photo as private on flickr so that only your friends and family could see it. These photos will get alot less attention because most people *can't* see it due to Google's privacy settings. When people first start using G+ if they are browsing in a circle of their contacts and they share a photo from that screen, it limits the photo to only that circle. If you want your photo to be seen, make sure when you post it that it says "public" when you are sharing it.

6. Invite people from your other social networks. Post on your Facebook Wall about your Google+ stream. Offer to send invitations to your contacts there. Tweet links out to your G+ stream. Post it on your blog or tumblr account. Most importantly, post to FLICKR your Google+ stream so that your photo sharing contacts on Flickr can add you on G+. There is no easy way to transfer flickr contacts to G+ other than by word of mouth. It's up to you to get the word out to your other photo sharing channels and get them to follow you on your new G+ account.

7. Engage with people who engage with you. Pay attention to the +1's (fave/like) your photos receive. Pay attention to the comments. Go check out the people that are faving and commenting on your stuff. Social networks are largely about reciprocation. If they are a talented photographer consider adding them to a circle. If you like some of their work fave and comment on it too. Don't just post your own stuff. Engage with the community there.

8. Try some hangouts with other photographers. I've hosted a few hangouts so far. It was great hanging out with Scott Jarvie who is one of the top wedding photographers out there. Trey Ratcliff seems to always be hosting them. Popular ones will fill up quickly (hangouts are video chats limited to 10 people) -- but keep trying to get in those or maybe even set up one of your own. Don't be shy on a hangout. Talk about photography. This is a great opportunity for you to virtually network with some other great photographers. It's easy. Drop in, drop out. Make sure you've got your clothes on though, this is not Chatroulette.

9. Write good titles and descriptions for your photos. If you enter a description in for a photo in Lightroom or whatever other photo processing tool you use and write it as the photo's caption, it will automatically populate into Google+ when you upload it. You'll still need to manually add a title or headline. Make your titles interesting and engaging. Don't upload something as DSC10989. Give it a good strong title. Don't overkill on the caption, but a nice one or two sentence caption can be nice.

10. Be early. Don't wait to get involved with G+. Get yourself an invite and signup NOW. Photo Sharing on G+ feels alot like the earliest days of Flickr. It's the early frontier. Many of Flickr's most popular users are popular because they got on the site EARLY and built a following before there was as much competition. Right now there is a huge brand new audience, HUNGRY for great photography on G+. It is early still and people are figuring out who to follow. Get involved and super active early to help build your own audience there. If you wait six months, or six weeks, or heck, six days as fast as Google+ is growing, you'll miss out on some of the strongest, fastest early growth.

Bonus Tip: check out who your other photographer friends have added to *their* circles. You will likely find alot of people you know to add by doing this.

One final note. I've been asked by TONS of people about what the Google TOS means for photographers. There is a lot of FUD flying around out there about that now. As a policy I no longer comment about anything copyright related, so please don't ask about that here or on G+. I won't answer any questions about it. I will point you to an insightful post on the topic though written last night by Vincent Mo (who works for Google) on the matter.

If you don't have an invite to Google+ yet and want one, either email me tom(at)thomashawk.com or flickrmail me your email address and I will try and invite you. I'm doing the best I can to keep up with the invite requests, so bear with me if it takes some time to get it out to you.

Also if you are already on Google+ and want to follow my work there you can do that here.

Blue moon rising over the trees, Jul 2015 - for #moonmonday +MoonMonday curated by +SyLvAiN RoUx... by G Martin

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Google Butt by Billy

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Stockton, CA

The Gherkin PXL_20261015_122317860.RAW-01.MP by Stephen Govan

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London. Blue added.

#маникюрковров#nailartkovrov#kovrovmanikur#шеллакковров#ковровгельлак#маникюрвковрове#shellakkovrov#sndkovrov#ногтиковров#покрытиеногтейгельлакомковров#дизайнковров#флэштатуковров#педикюрковров#spakovrov by nail.nast - Ковров by Sergei Shestopalov

Место отправки - Ковров - maps.google.com/?q=56.3667,41.3333&z=16 от nail.nast оригинал - www.instagram.com/p/BC2Wk1OQmZC/

google maps hubcaps by Hubcaps Scotland

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Google master plan: service offerings by Niall Kennedy

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Notice the check marks noting accomplishments on the path to global domination.

By the way, this is board is a joke created by Google employees but, as you can see, some things come true. Anyone can pick up a dry erase marker and make changes.

Google pixel 4a by marijus kazlauskas

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google map today by momomura zehetbauer

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2015 april fool's day 　maybe only today lool

www.google.co.jp/maps/@35.7818482,139.6722061,18z/data=!1e3

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考えたら引越した直後でNET つながってなかったんだなぁ

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www.flickr.com/photos/momomuller/8609161394/

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www.flickr.com/photos/momomuller/7032267751/

Google HQ by Thomas Hawk

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Google Maps #3 by Marco Di Fabio

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I will use Google before asking dumb questions by Andréia Bohner

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Google Play Store'de Virüs Alarmı! by Mobil Yaşam

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Android işletim sisteminin resmi uygulama mağazası Google Play Store’de virüs alarmı başlatıldı.

www.mobilyasam.com/google-play-storede-virus-alarmi/

Sunrise Over The Rails by Way Tall Ginger

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The sun rises over a Canadian-Pacific freight train outside Thunder Bay, Ontario. Taken with my Google Pixel 2 with some finessing from PS/LR

Google photoscan by Ujwala Prabhu

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Google Pixel Macro by Tom Berrigan

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Google Pixel

Seattle Cream Cheese Dog by Evans Photographs

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Google it, it's a thing! I found the recipe online accidentally. Large grilled hot dog, lightly toasted bun, cream cheese, caramelized sweet onion, sauerkraut and brown mustard. It was really good! Next time I make it, though, I'll put a little more of everything on!

Google kitty rocks by ♥moorz84♥

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como cortarse un dedo by OjoconejO

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google fail

Google Pixel 2. by Loraine Blythe

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Google Android mascots by Niall Kennedy

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Google Android robot with his fiberglass donut, cupcake and éclair friends outside Google.

Google by dorombach

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Google

Latte Google Style by Thomas Hawk

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PANO_20131227_135037 by Eric Gervais

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Google bridge by turgidson

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Barrow Street

Google TechTalk: Jay and Ma'am Janette Toral by Eugene Alvin Villar

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Google It Now by Jeremy Brooks

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2010 Challenge, Week 44. The theme is "Architecture".

Magdeburg 017 by wim van der ent

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Een lijn 10 met motorrijtuig 115 komt langs de August Bebel Damm de helling op om via een brug de spoorlijn met station Magdeburg Eichenweiler over te steken. Dankzij de thans nog bestaande bebouwing aan de rechter kant is op "Google Earth" de plek waar Henk Ontrop deze dia maakte, nog terug te vinden.

Eine Linie 10 mit Triebwagen 115 fährt den Hang entlang des August Bebel Dammes hinauf, um über eine Brücke die Bahnlinie mit dem Bahnhof Magdeburg Eichenweiler zu überqueren. Dank der noch vorhandenen Gebäude auf der rechten Seite ist der Ort, an dem Henk Ontrop dieses Dia gemacht hat, immer noch in "Google Earth" zu finden.

When Google talk... by Wazari Wazir

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Dr Vinton Cerf, Vice President & Chief Internet Evangelist, Google, speaks during World Congresson Information Technology WCIT at Kuala Lumpur May 21 2008.

When he talk, everybody listen, the plenary hall was pack with people, I really enjoy listen to him as much as photographing him, talking about the future of the internet. I was so lucky to watch him in person, not to mention photographing him..

More about him, just Google it... :-)

I don't use flash for this shot, available light only...

Google by Jimmy

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2010.3.23

Today is the day of Google without China, in the face of shameless BaiDu, I can only smilence( smile+silence)...

Good luck,Google.

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club.tgfc.com/attachments/forumid_41/20100324_91e298d3f94...

google by super bond1

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