Overland bicycle travels around the world

Flickr is a fant­astic photo archiv­ing solu­tion, espe­cially for the trav­el­ler. But the real bene­fit of Flickr is the com­munity that’s shaped the net­work over the years since it was launched. Now, a whole Flickr cul­ture exists, with thriv­ing sub-communities for any sub­ject you might ima­gine. Par­ti­cip­a­tion is encour­aged, and the best shots tend to ‘bubble up’ and are pro­moted accord­ingly through­out the site.

I’ve been able to share and develop my interest in pho­to­graphy using Flickr in a way I would never have been able to do oth­er­wise. Look­ing crit­ic­ally at what people are drawn to, from my pho­to­stream as well as in the site-wide ‘Explore’ sec­tion, really helps me to develop ideas about how to cre­ate an attract­ive, enga­ging image. The $30 annual sub­scrip­tion for unlim­ited stor­age and use of all of Flickr’s ser­vices is a steal — provided you use it, of course.

Here are the ten most ‘inter­est­ing’ pho­tos on my Flickr account to date, as chosen by the com­munity. My pho­tos get rel­at­ively few views, so more would be nice! Guess I need to keep at it…

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The most pop­u­lar shot by a coun­try mile is this dusk image from deep in the Sahara. It seems to prove that, as with many things, sim­pli­city is best. But get­ting into this situ­ation in the first place required quite a bit of effort! Read More »