The Jeopardy answer is: “Because I laughed”. You can guess the question. 🙂 Geraint Rowland shot self-titled “Hola, Greetings from Machu Picchu” on Sept. 10, 2014, using Canon EOS 5D Mark II and EF 85mm f/1.8 USM […]
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Flickr a Day 178: ‘Taking Cover’
Glastonbury Festival 2015 wraps up tomorrow, which is reason enough to feature a photo from last year’s musical and arts brouhaha today. Rain is the forecast, again, making self-titled “Taking Cover” timely selection. Americans doing fests like Coachella are more accustomed to sandals, sneaks, or bare soles rather than the rubber boots Glastonbury-goers wear.
I originally chose “Glastonmudbury” from the photostream of Paul Townsend. He explains the history of the event, and his storytelling is worthy of taking the Day. But I couldn’t authenticate the image, which in context of others on his Flickr is unlikely his to share. This series respects copyrights. So Tom O`Malley wins with a photo shot using iPhone 5 on June 28, 2014. Vitals: f/2.4, ISO 80, 1/120 sec, 41mm. The Glastonbury Weather Twitter feed promises brighter skies today than yesterday’s bleak rain.
Flickr a Day 177: ‘Windmill Farm in Mid-Michigan’
I don’t think much of modern, electricity-producing windmills. Surely there will be negative environmental effects on wildlife (eh, birds) and air currents (eke, weather), when solar is free energy if only we would take more […]
Flickr a Day 176: ‘Cowboy’
Welcome back to the street! What a return comes with this bold and busy pose that Sebastian Rieger captured on May 31, 2014. He shot self-titled “Cowboy” with Canon EOS M and EF-M22mm f/2 STM kit […]
Flickr a Day 175: ‘The Ladybug’
This series doesn’t feature enough large-as-life closeups. So we remedy that misstep today. “The Ladybug”, says Steffen Ramsauer, “is from my garden”. What a gorgeous poser she is captured with the Canon EOS 550D and EF […]
Flickr a Day 173: ‘My Treasures’
I came to the photostream of Jone Vasaitis by way of self-titled “A Strangely Alive Silence“, which is worthy choice and popular, with about 21,000 views. But resolution of just 1,000 pixels disqualified the still […]
Flickr a Day 171: ‘Fear of the Dark’
Our second of three photographers discovered by searching Flickr for “silence” returns us to an artform explored on Day 8: Abandoned structures. If not for the decay, the room looks ready to receive guests for […]
Flickr a Day 170: ‘Gigi Sibble-Horton’
We begin three days of photographers discovered by searching Flickr for “silence”. Today’s selection jumped from the computer screen; composition takes the Day. Easily. Ted Van Pelt shot self-titled “Gigi Sibble-Horton” on May 25, 2015, using […]
Flickr a Day 169: ‘Galleria Vittorio Emanuele’
With nearly 22,000 views, self-titled “Galleria Vittorio Emanuele” is appreciated by someone—me none the least. Paul Bica used Olympus E-5 on May 24, 2014. Vitals: f/8, ISO 100, 1/60 sec, 70mm. Italian architect Giuseppe Mengoni […]
Flickr a Day 168: ‘Nerf Gun FUN’
While this series favors candid and street photography, often the most challenging art is produced in the studio. “This shot honestly took almost an hour-and-a-half to get perfect’, Robby Mueller says of self-titled “Nerf Gun […]
Flickr a Day 167: ‘Changing of the Guard Pipe Band’
The photostream of Rennett Stowe is delightful—filled with, as he says, “stock photographs, art photos, and a few family photos”. The stock stuff is fine example of what this type of work should be. Composition, […]
Flickr a Day 166: ‘Life Through the Eyes of the Orphan’
Photos of needy children in some developing countries are so often cliché. Sad face, wide eyes, and even emaciation. Self-titled “Life Through the Eyes of the Orphan” takes the Day for being something more. You […]