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When I met Cody (code_joe on Flickr, foreground right) at a Flickr meetup I organized last February, he told me about a group called Shutterbugs that organizes events on Meetup.com. I've subscibed to the group for months now, but finally went to a meetup of theirs.
It is interesting to note the differences between Flickr / Upcoming and Meetup.com. On Flickr, when you post photos from a meetup, others can comment, favorite, add notes, view your EXIF data, see your photos on the map, tag your photos with keywords (as can you), invite your photos to groups (as you can add them to groups), order prints, use your photos via Creative Commons licenses, etc. On Meetup.com, you can add photos to an album and give them a caption, but that's about all. What Meetup.com does have that neither Flickr nor Upcoming.org has is that there are more event organizing tools, including the ability to review events you have attended. I thought that was handy. It's nice to have alternatives, but I think I still prefer meeting other photographers online on Flickr and offline through Upcoming.org events which can be populated by photos on Flickr. But maybe that's just because it's what I'm used to.
These are my photos from a group outing with the AZ Shutterbugs at the Goldfield Mining Ghost Town in Apache Junction, AZ
Ben and Josh at the protest against the Keystone XL pipeline project. Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC.
Even though I was trying to take a picture of the Sparrow, I really like this photo of the Pine branch with the Bokeh of the Sparrow in the background.
Sad members at the cemetery.
Photo taken during our Meetup excursion to Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore.
This is the baby flying over to feed itself. Not sure if momma is done taking care of the babies. This tree is about 3 feet from the lemon tree, don't see the babies go much further, yet.
I can tell this is the baby because it's back is not as blue/green as mom's, but it is getting there.