Something About Followers from The Tony Burgess Blog

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Gun Roswell

I have nearly 2500 followers on this blog. This is not to brag to but to bring up a larger point in that about 5% of them have regular engagement (commenting and liking). Perhaps it says something about bigger not always being better. Some of my fellow bloggers have 4 times the followers I do and have way more activity. I wonder if its the content or the person that keeps them coming back. In either case you have to offer something to keep people interested in you and what you are writing.

Sure there are case studies about such things but when it comes down to it you have to just be yourself and hope that can be the magic that draws people in. Everyone has their own sauce so to speak and the ingredients are as varied as their are recipes for this social thing.

But there is…

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Darkness in the Daylight: 2017 Solar Eclipse — –FlyTrapMan–

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Gun Roswell

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Daylight turned into darkness—the Great American solar eclipse shutoff all the lights. People all over America lost a little bit of sunshine, and if you were one of those people, please blame the Moon! The cosmic event inspired lunatics to stare at a blazing ball of fire, however, not everyone was able to observe the […]

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My homestead (WP Developing Your Eye II) One

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Gun Roswell

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Day Six: “Landscape” — Crop Your Image

Today, let’s walk in the footsteps of masters like Ansel Adams and focus on landscape photography.

Landscapes generally focus on wide, vast depictions of nature and all of its elements, from formations to weather. In this genre of photography, you won’t find much of a human presence: nature itself is the subject. A focus on nature isn’t mandatory, however — you can also capture a sweeping panorama of a city.

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“I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued” Galen Rowell

Mäkkylä, Espoo, Finland

Mäkkylä is a small area of the Leppävaara district of Espoo, near Helsinki. The area had 3936 inhabitants at the turn of 2013-2014. The housing has grown steadily since the 1960s, and most of the buildings in the area are residential buildings. Mäkkylä has a railway station, small industries, two schools , a couple of day care centers and a ball field. It is also the home for the Central College of Arla for the seeing impaired.