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"The Original" SOOC I know I've been ignoring this blog for a while and I apologize for that indiscretion. While I haven't stopped taking pictures, both with Android and with Pentax; and while I haven't stopped sharing them on both Google+ and Streamzoo, I just haven't been in a place to sit down and type out posts. Today, hopefully that changes. The image to the right is one I snapped at the dog park a few days ago. This shotgun shell was just sitting out there on the walking path in a place designated for dogs, horses, cyclists and runners. It's not really a place for shot guns or their shells. Now, granted, this area used to be a gun-dog training area, but casual dog walkers eventually took it over from those trying to teach their hunting dogs not to fear the sound of a shotgun firing and to retrieve on command. Occasionally a shotgun shell is found in the park, some older than others. For giggles I played with a handful of photo-editing software option...

Are you using Google's PicasaWeb to show and tell your pictures? If not, why not? It's the easiest way to share them on Google+. If you are, and you want to be able to see analytics on your images, Trey Radcliff has discovered the way. As he states on Google+ : How to hook up Google Analytics to your Google+ Photos Ever wonder how many views your photos are getting? Here is a fairly hidden way to connect your G+ Photos to Google Analytics!  1) Go to  picasaweb.google.com 2) Click on the Gear Icon in the top right - Photo Settings (notice the gear there shows DIFFERENT things than the gear on Google+ (Why?!!) 3) At the bottom turn on Photo Tracking 4) Enter a new Google Analytics Tracking Code How do you get a Google Analytics Tracking Code? 1) Go to  https://www.google.com/analytics/web   2) Click on the Gear icon on the right, then click  New Account 3) Give it any name you wish and for URL use: https://picasaweb.google.com   4) Finish the other fiel...

The BLOG THIS button in Picasa doesn't seem to be working for me today. It's not really uploading anything to Blogger leaving only a small empty square where an image should be. Very inconvenient. From Stuff