On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:54:20 +0000, Tim Watts
wrote:

Used to be able to with with old Google photos but since getting a Google+
account, viewing a photo is now an Ajax "pop up"... Google ironically is not
my friend...

View page source and try to hook out the pic/pop-up referrer - works
sometimes.
Does the old method still work if you log in with a different browser
that doesn't know about your G+ account?