Landscape, Nature And Travel Photography

So you use Flickr… what else is out there that is going to enable you to get the most out of it?

Thanks to Flickr’s API a lot of people have come up with some very interesting tools. As I’ve learned there are a lot of things to discover from GreaseMonkey scripts to external sites that enhance the Flickr experience. Below (in no particular order) are my favorite external sites that enable me to more quickly review the photos of others and monitor my photos.

Scout
A quick and easy tool to find out which of your photos are in Explore, but if you look closer on the site there is a larger set of Flickr Toys.

Darckr
A quick and easy way to see the current 20 highlighted images in Explore.

Note: You can authenticate by clicking on “Mine” at the top for an alternate view of your images.

Flickrleech
See in a very quick fashion via small thumbnails the top 500 most interesting photos for any day.

Flickr Grab
Flickrleech + Scout = Flickr Grab
The result is a quick way to see the top 500 most interesting for the day, your favs, the order of your photos based on interestingness and interestingnessly weekly.

Interesting Photo Builder (my photos as an example)
A neat tool to present x number of your photos in a one page display on black. Unlike the one page “On Black” toy from BigHugeLabs this application lets you present multiple images on one page.

A bonus tool for Flickr and iPhone users that I’ve recently discovered…

GetLeafLets
One of the many lightweight web applications provided is a Flickr viewer. It’s the best Flickr viewer I’ve found to date for the iPhone.

Know of another Flickr tool I’ve left out that I should have listed? Let me know what it is.

Technorati Tags: Flickr, tools, web, application, iPhone, Scout, Darckr, Flickrleech, Flickr Grab, Leaflets, GetLeafLets

From my trip last November to the Wave in Arizona. Hiking out in the dark my friends and I ended up swinging wide on our approach to the Wave. The detour proved to be an added perk to the hike. The diffuse light from the coming sunrise provided a very dramatic view of this amazing landscape.

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This has been a long time favorite of mine and recently has become a favorite of quite a few others on Flickr via the Explore page. The story behind this image is quite painful. After hiking through 30 miles of the back country of Crater Lake National Park along the Pacific Coast Trail I decided to venture into the crater. A little too sore and with a few too many blisters on my feet I walked down the Cleetwood Cove trail (a 700 foot descent or about 60+ stories). In the end it was worth the discomfort after getting my slide film back and seeing this…

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I took this photo of the San Francisco skyline through the Golden Gate Bridge about two weeks ago on a semi-warm afternoon that turned to chilly evening. I was pretty please with how it came out. I think it might be one of the better San Francisco photos I’ve taken in sometime. I suppose that makes it a personal favorite of mine.

After posting this on Flickr it would seem I’m not alone in liking this shot. I was pleasantly surprised it made the Flickr Explore page. Seeing that others enjoy it as much as I makes freezing my butt off in the Marin Headlands all the worth while.
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I’m flattered to see that my “Turning Tide” image of the Golden Gate Bridge has been coming up on Flickr Explore and front page. I think it might have first appeared on Sunday and seems to be coming up still today. Kinda neat

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I woke up this morning to a pleasant surprise… my Full Moon Over San Francisco made the Flickr Explore page (the straight image can be seen below the screencapture image). I’m not sure how their “Interestingness” system works, but its fun to see the addition and receive additional comments.