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STRAY DOG Mathew EVOX Skin for ACCESS
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[Noble Creations] Will of Fire Black for MENSELECTED
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PITAYA Clock Tower Backdrop for ACCESS
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In 2005 architects Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins designed a building of nine apartments known as Reversible Destiny Lofts in Tokyo. Resembling a combination of Legos and fast food restaurant playgrounds (click image for detail), inside, each apartment features sloped floors, hard to find switches and no closets. The result is that occupants constantly lose balance and fall over and finding everyday items can be trying. Arakawa argues that this "makes you alert and awakens instincts, so you'll live better, longer and even forever." Each apartment had a $763,000 price tag when they first went on the market. Don't worry, the apartments actually meet every building-code requirement. Keep a look out, Arakawa plans similar complexes in Paris and New Jersey.
The Steller's Eider does not have the stunning beauty of the King Eider. It is nevertheless a real privilege to have been able to see it up close and to photograph it. Accordingly to Sibley's their population is declining in North America and you can only find a few thousands individuals. Barrow is one of the rare location where the Steller’s Eiders still regularly nest in North America. Recovery Plans have been developed for the Steller's Eider and the Spectacled eider by the North Slope Borough.
More information on the steller's and spectacled eiders is available at the following site.
www.north-slope.org/departments/wildlife-management/studi...
watch what he did on his birthday!
Ghostface got his birthday request. To bark all day at my office.
read the photostory as well to see what else happened >>
Happy Birthday to me, from my Last Paycheck.
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PUDDING IN WHICH TO FIND PROOF: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
"The Things", a book by Norm (Manuel Krebs and Dimitri Bruni), Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin, 2002.
ISBN: 978-3-931126-75-9
More about the book :
www.gestalten.com/books/detail?id=402881820693dcee010693d...
Norm website :
back to pictures of Petrol
Petrol's dress: House of Pinku
Petrol's Snork and Cosmo's dress by Eurotrash
This is the loco that pulled our train on the lovely little trip up to Boscarne Junction,North Cornwall: A guest on the footplate was Keizo Kitagaru,from Yamaguchi,Honshu,Japan...and how he enjoyed his day here!
I saw this little guy on
JOY☠TOY's photos and fell in love. I looked and looked to find him and could not find a thing. Last week he arrived in the mail, a gift from a friend. It really warms my heart to have made great friends on Flickr. Thank you so much Joy☠Toy! I am touched.
私は日本語を話さないし、英語を話さないが、私が私の友人と考慮しないことをそれは意味しない。
ありがとう
Happy Free Dove Friday! Check the blog post for more info on the FREE outfit from Marquesse and FREE shoes from Duh!
(Both products are completely free: no group required.)
Moreinfo, LMs, and credits: digitalregeneration.com/free-dove-fri...
LOVE her! I had only about 30 seconds to take photos with somebody holding the baby and I was only at the meet for about 20 minutes but it was nice to see everybody!see her set
"What is more pleasant than the benevolent notice other people take of us, what is more agreeable than their compassionate empathy? What inspires us more than addressing ears flushed with excitement, what captivates us more than exercising our own power of fascination? What is more thrilling than an entire hall of expectant eyes, what more overwhelming than applause surging up to us? What, lastly, equals the enchantment sparked off by the delighted attention we receive from those who profoundly delight ourselves? - Attention by other people is the most irresistible of drugs. To receive it outshines receiving any other kind of income. This is why glory surpasses power and why wealth is overshadowed by prominence."
Caterina Fake, Co-founder of Flickr, 2005.
A couple of years ago I wrote a post called Top 10 Tips for Getting Attention on Flickr that proved fairly popular. A lot has changed at Flickr in the past 2 years though and how imagery is rated and ranked on the site has also changed. That said, I thought I'd write a fresher updated post on the top 10 ways, presently, to get attention on Flickr.
Back in 2006 when I wrote my original article on how to achieve popularity on Flickr my photostream had been viewed almost 400,000 times. According to a Flickr stats page that's been added since that time, the view count for my pages on Flickr now stands at 9,953,328. It should pass 10 million sometime this week. I'm averaging about 14,000 page views a day on Flickr.
Some of how one gets attention on Flickr has remained the same since 2006. Other stuff has changed.
1. Take great pictures. This was my number one way to achieve popularity on Flickr in 2006 and remains the number one way today. Despite all the other things that you might do to promote your photography, none of it will matter if your photos are not interesting. Everyone can be creative. Some are more creative than others. Sometimes your gear and photo processing matters, other times it doesn't. I've seen incredibly beautiful and creative photos taken with a $10 toy camera. And I've seen incredibly beautiful and creative photos taken with a $40,000 digital Hasselblad. I've seen people upload interesting things from a crappy iPhone camera and I've seen people upload interesting things that they spent 8 hours on Photoshop with. But, the better your photos are the more likely that you will get attention. Taking great photos is a prerequisite to everything else in this article.
This said, there are certain types of photos that tend to become more popular on Flickr than others. Provocatively posed female self portraits or photos of attractive women in interesting poses, extremely saturated photos rich with eye candy like color, cityscapes, night photography, photos depicting movement and motion, silhouettes, dramatic architecture, unique portraits, creatively arranged macros and cross processed and some film photography.
2. The order that you post your photos to Flickr counts. The number one way that your photos will likely be seen in Flickr comes from your Flickr contacts looking at their Flickr contact's photos. At present Flickr allows you to set your contacts most recent photos to their last photo, or their last 5 photos. Anything beyond 5 photos in a single batch upload will largely be buried on Flickr. If you are uploading more than 5 photos at once, make sure that you upload your best 5 photos last and what you consider your very best photo last of all. Frequently people will upload a batch of 30 photos from a concert or something with no thought as to which will be the last 5 of the 30 in order.
3. Consider places outside of Flickr to promote your photography. Do you have a blog or a photoblog? If you want more attention on Flickr you should. Flickr makes it very easy to blog your photos, you simply cut and paste the html code above your photo and you are now photoblogging with a direct link back to your photo. My blog, thomashawk.com is my number two external referrer of pageviews to my Flickrstream. Are you on FriendFeed yet? You should be. It's easy to set up and makes sure more people see your photos. Pownce (when it is working) is another place to post interesting photos.
4. Do you have your settings on Flickr configured for maximum exposure? After Flickr itself, Google drives more traffic to my Flickrstream than any other source, even my blog. Yahoo search and both Google and Yahoo image search drive traffic as well. But your photos will be blocked from appearing in search engines unless you authorize Flickr to display your images in search engines. Make sure your photostream is set to not "hide your stuff from public searches," here.
Same goes for the Flickr API. Lots of people are using the Flickr API in interesting ways. I get traffic from places like Flickrleech, Compfight, Technorati and lots of other places that use the Flickr API to extend your photos outside of Flickr. Make sure that you've authorized Flickr to allow API access to your photos here.
5. Explore. Explore still remains the number one way to get photos viewed on Flickr. Explore uses Flickr's "Magic Donkey" algorithm to each day highlight 500 of what Flickr feels are the best photos on Flickr for that day. It's a very popular section of the site despite the fact that everyone seems to constantly hate Explore and decry its mediocrity in selecting exceptional photos. Explore has changed and evolved a lot since it was first introduced at Flickr a few years back. Initially things like *when* you posted your photos mattered.
Whether or not Flickr chooses your photos for Explore is still very much a mystery. But there are some things that we do know. The more faves, comments, tags, etc. your photo gets, the more likely it is that it will appear in Explore. Explore also uses averaging in their algorithm now. This means that if your average photo gets 5 faves, then you'll need to do considerably better than average if you hope to see that photo in Explore.
Photos are also constantly dropping in and out of Explore. I've got 157 photos in Explore at present but I've had 446 that have appeared in Explore at one time or another. You can check out which and how many of your photos that have been showcased by Flickr in Explore here. Just change my Flickr ID at the link above for your own.
6. Groups. Speaking of Explore, if you really want to get a particular photo in Explore consider adding it to a group that encourages tagging, faving and comments of photos. Photo critique groups are good examples of this. Some of the photo critique groups play games where tagging and commenting on a photo are part of the game. Flickr does not distinguish between a photo that has been commented on or tagged organically vs. one that is included in some sort of photo critique game. If you want to boost the likelihood that your photo will be selected for Explore consider putting a strong photo into one of these pools. Photo critique groups on Flickr run the gamut from nice and friendly photo critique groups like TWIP's, to hostile and brutal photo critique groups like DeleteMe Uncensored (note NSFW and maybe not the best group if you are easily offended).
Whatever the case, the key to groups is participation. If you simply dump a bunch of photos blindly into random groups you will likely not get much benefit. In fact, Flickr actually penalizes photo rank if someone posts their photo to too many groups. But posting your photo to selective groups where you participate will encourage activity on your photos and photostream.
7. Tag for Exploration (especially your most popular photos). Why has this photo of mine been viewed over 27,000 times on Flickr? Well in part because it shows up on the first page search results on Flickr for the search term guitar. And why does it show up in searches for the word "guitar?" Because I've got the photo *tagged* guitar. By tagging your photos appropriately you can ensure that more people will see them in search. Think of other ways that you can tag your photos. Are all of your photos taken in San Francisco also tagged "California?" They should be. Are all of your photos tagged "self portrait" also tagged with your name? Again, they should be.
The better you keyword and tag your photos, the more likely they will show up in searches that take place on Flickr. Even if you think that your photos will never be popular enough to rank highly in search, remember that there are other ways that Flickr users can filter search. You can search just by your contacts photos on Flickr for instance. So even if you don't have the most popular sunset photo amongst millions on Flickr, you might have the most popular sunset photo amongst your contacts because you tagged it.
A note that I've seen some people on Flickr abuse tags. They will tag every photo with girl, sunset, cat, etc. Even if these things are not in their photo simply to try and trick people into getting to their photos through search. This sucks. I'm not sure what/if/how Flickr penalizes people who do this, but it's a crappy thing to do and ruins the search experience for everyone. Tag early and often, but only tag your photos with tags that truly are accurate and descriptive.
8. Geotag. One of the more interesting ways to find photos on Flickr is through exploring photos that are geotagged on a map. When I'm going to a new place that I'm not familiar with, frequently Flickr's "Explore the World Map," is one of my first destinations. But of course your photos will not show up here if they are not geotagged. The best way to geotag your photos is actually at the file level before you upload them. I use Geotagger on the Mac which allows you to use Google Earth to geotag your photos. You can also download the free software program from Microsoft Pro Photo Tools to geotag photos on a PC.
Check what Flickr considers your most popular photos and make sure that you geotag (and more descriptively tag) these photos especially -- even if you have to geotag these shots on Flickr using their tools. Geotagging has been documented by Flickr staff as increasing the Flickr "interestingness" rating of a photograph.
9. Consider creating a few "best of" sets and feature them prominently on your Flickrstream. Frequently when people first discover your photostream they don't have time to check out your entire stream. But if you make it easier for them and create a few sets that highlight some of your best work they may stick around longer. I've created two such sets myself. My 10 faves or more set and my 25 faves or more set. These sets highlight what are some of my best work according to the Flickr community and are my two most visited sets on Flickr. As my photos are faved 10 or 25 times I add the tag fav10 or fav25 to these sets and then use SmartSetr to automatically generate these sets.
Make sure also that you change your Flickr page layout from the boring default one to one that highlights your collections and sets better.
10. Tell everyone you know about your Flickrstream. Are you active on other social networks? Is a link to your Flickrstream prominently displayed on your blog? On your Facebook profile page? Be sure to include a link to your Flickrstream in every profile that you are on with other sites. Consider buying Moo cards (even though Moo.com has been lousy for me lately and won't let me buy anymore cards from them) which highlight your photostream that you can give out to people that you run across while out shooting. Tell your friends and family and your offline "real life" contacts about your Flickrstream.
Bonus tip: Reciprocation. Above everything else, perhaps the most important thing about Flickr is that it is a community and a reciprocation based community. If you think that you can just post your photos on the site and they will garner thousands of faves and views simply because, you are wrong. Even the best photos on Flickr will not get very much attention if you simply upload them to the site and never participate.
Flickr has been built to encourage reciprocation. In fact a recent study cited reciprocation as the number one key to popularity on Flickr. Every single time you fave or comment on someone else's photo you are giving them a link back to your own photostream. While you may not have the time to check out *everyone* who faves your photos, spend time each day faving and commenting on other people's photos on Flickr. By sharing with others the fact that you appreciate their photos they will return the favor. Be generous with your faves and comments. Remember, other people like the attention as much as you do.
Update: An interesting link to comments Flickr staff have made about the Explore algorithm here. Thanks, Ole!
I'm sure I am not the only one to get this email forward but I always do the research and this time ... NOT A FAKE!!
also posted here.
Happy Free Dove Friday! Check the blog post for more info on the FREE outfit from Marquesse and FREE shoes from Duh!
(Both products are completely free: no group required.)
Moreinfo, LMs, and credits: digitalregeneration.com/free-dove-fri...
photo taken by s0ren (as my camera battery had died by that point) ... had to ps it a bit so you could see what was going on ... a funny mirror in a shop
Day 25, cloudy, warm, day off, went an aquarium with my daughter
Me-Made: Rompers
I love the airplane print! Perhaps it was used this shirt. It was a product of the Japanese famous comic ”JoJo's Bizarre Adventure”. I was very glad to obtain such a rare fabric!
This wonderful old building at Central and University in NE Minneaplis was recently torn down to make way for some nasty, overpriced, 80's looking glass condos and a grocery store. This is one of the last remaining neighborhoods that still has some of the buildings that survived the 1960's modernification period. The condos that will go here look completely out of place. Nice going guys!
yes, I freely confess, I am a bit of a dork. I went to a Blythe meet in Seattle, met wonderful nice friendly people then managed to take ONE blurry Blythe shot and several shots of MY PUPPY!!!! It was so nice to meet everyone, I hope I wasn't TOO rude.
On top of being puppy focused I haven't been online for more than 5 minutes before today so this is the first chance I've had to catch up at all.
This lovely lady belongs to lolablueocean who brought her adorable daughter to the meet.
224 / 366
Santiago cake served with caramel-coated almonds and home-made milk liquor @ El Faro, Docklands, London
49 / 365 for 365 blythe
I went to take my usual lunch photo when I noticed a missing piece of tuna maki ... it's okay because only ONE piece will give a girl her size something to consider before doing it again.
... Looks like Flickr's contacts pages are broken again.
Mixed tempura @ So Restaurant, Soho, London.
A cute quiet little restaurant in Soho - the set lunches at great value for money! (**** stars!)
Japan style flowers painted by Paris/Taiwan based artist Michael Lin @ 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art at Kanasawa
with avacado, sweet corn, yum.
I am really committed to eating only meat products from sustainable farming and which are humanely treated. This leaves me pretty much with SUPER expensive stuff or bison. Most of my meals are meat free these days but, let's face it, meat is more photogenic.
Bison range free feeding on real grass and are killed by a single rifle shot to the head before being turned over the the processing facility.
nutrition facts linked on this photo
Bodmin & Wenford Railway
1942-built GWR Steam Locomotive No. 4612, seen in action, changing ends at Boscarne Junction, on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway, England, UK.
More information at:
www.bodminrailway.co.uk/stock/moreinfo/2
1940s 40s 1942 GWR Steam Loco Locomotive 4612 "Boscarne Junction" England UK rural shunt shunting tank "tank engine" engine Boscarne Junction old vintage retro transport train rail railway station "railway station" "steam railway" Bodmin Wenford And "Bodmin And Wenford Railway" "Bodmin & Wenford Railway"