Comments on: How to Get Your Photos Explored on Flickr http://www.mywestworld.com/fresh-trax/how-to-get-your-photos-explored-on-flickr/ Share Your World with the World Tue, 25 May 2010 04:48:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: BCAA http://www.mywestworld.com/fresh-trax/how-to-get-your-photos-explored-on-flickr/#comment-1527 BCAA Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:21:14 +0000 http://www.mywestworld.com/?p=939#comment-1527 @James - That would be the fault of the site admin (me) - Will update shortly. @James – That would be the fault of the site admin (me) – Will update shortly.

]]> By: John http://www.mywestworld.com/fresh-trax/how-to-get-your-photos-explored-on-flickr/#comment-1526 John Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:28:38 +0000 http://www.mywestworld.com/?p=939#comment-1526 Excellent post. Great advice! Thanks. Excellent post. Great advice! Thanks.

]]> By: James http://www.mywestworld.com/fresh-trax/how-to-get-your-photos-explored-on-flickr/#comment-1525 James Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:42:51 +0000 http://www.mywestworld.com/?p=939#comment-1525 Okay - loved this. But how can you write about pictures and <em>not have a Gravatar???</em> Just askin'. Now I gotta go find me a hot chick with a koala bear by some leafy botanical stuff with Christmas tree lights in the background and the sun shining through my lens. Okay – loved this. But how can you write about pictures and not have a Gravatar???

Just askin’.

Now I gotta go find me a hot chick with a koala bear by some leafy botanical stuff with Christmas tree lights in the background and the sun shining through my lens.

]]> By: Steve http://www.mywestworld.com/fresh-trax/how-to-get-your-photos-explored-on-flickr/#comment-1509 Steve Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:20:36 +0000 http://www.mywestworld.com/?p=939#comment-1509 Fantastic article. Always interesting to get a new take on Flickr's photo community and what's driving it. Seems like the quality has risen tremendously over the past few years. Fantastic article. Always interesting to get a new take on Flickr’s photo community and what’s driving it. Seems like the quality has risen tremendously over the past few years.

]]> By: princess http://www.mywestworld.com/fresh-trax/how-to-get-your-photos-explored-on-flickr/#comment-1117 princess Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:47:13 +0000 http://www.mywestworld.com/?p=939#comment-1117 :O ! thanx for the tips -_- ive been on flickr for a few months n only ONE of my photos was dropped in explore :S sux -_- sumtimes they put some really bad shots too -_- check out my photosstram http://www.flickr.com/photos/_-princess-_/ :O ! thanx for the tips
-_- ive been on flickr for a few months n only ONE of my photos was dropped in explore :S sux -_-
sumtimes they put some really bad shots too -_-
check out my photosstram
http://www.flickr.com/photos/_-princess-_/

]]> By: char http://www.mywestworld.com/fresh-trax/how-to-get-your-photos-explored-on-flickr/#comment-707 char Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:29:00 +0000 http://www.mywestworld.com/?p=939#comment-707 lol great list. laughed outloud when reading the hot chick instructions. I have always wondered how photos were chosen. i didn't know it wa just admin group picking favs so to speak. lol great list. laughed outloud when reading the hot chick instructions. I have always wondered how photos were chosen. i didn’t know it wa just admin group picking favs so to speak.

]]> By: Chris http://www.mywestworld.com/fresh-trax/how-to-get-your-photos-explored-on-flickr/#comment-549 Chris Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:43:57 +0000 http://www.mywestworld.com/?p=939#comment-549 Haha excellent post... i sense a little irony... brilliant. Haha excellent post… i sense a little irony… brilliant.

]]> By: fernando http://www.mywestworld.com/fresh-trax/how-to-get-your-photos-explored-on-flickr/#comment-501 fernando Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:53:01 +0000 http://www.mywestworld.com/?p=939#comment-501 I just want to point out that, «Explore is Flickr’s Daily Artist Showcase. Every day Flickr admins choose 500 of the most interesting images determined by “interestingness”.» this is not true. There are no admins. It is a computer algorithm that calculates that interestingness based on some social behaviour that the photo receives — hence it cannot be elite or artistic. Still, your classification of the images that would make it are quite spot on, and very true... though in recent times, other types of images can make it based on breaking down the algorithm. Flickr, it seems, will stop this version of Explore. You can check discussions on FlickrCentral group for recent vitriol, discussions, and insults about this issue :) I just want to point out that,
«Explore is Flickr’s Daily Artist Showcase. Every day Flickr admins choose 500 of the most interesting images determined by “interestingness”.»
this is not true. There are no admins. It is a computer algorithm that calculates that interestingness based on some social behaviour that the photo receives — hence it cannot be elite or artistic.

Still, your classification of the images that would make it are quite spot on, and very true… though in recent times, other types of images can make it based on breaking down the algorithm.

Flickr, it seems, will stop this version of Explore. You can check discussions on FlickrCentral group for recent vitriol, discussions, and insults about this issue :)

]]> By: John Flinchbaugh http://www.mywestworld.com/fresh-trax/how-to-get-your-photos-explored-on-flickr/#comment-497 John Flinchbaugh Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:51:24 +0000 http://www.mywestworld.com/?p=939#comment-497 At first this article just struck me as too snarky, but as I paid more attention...it's all true. I especially like the observation about titling images. At first this article just struck me as too snarky, but as I paid more attention…it’s all true. I especially like the observation about titling images.

]]> By: Richard http://www.mywestworld.com/fresh-trax/how-to-get-your-photos-explored-on-flickr/#comment-490 Richard Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:58:00 +0000 http://www.mywestworld.com/?p=939#comment-490 The interesting question is, if you learn how to please the crowds on flickr (amp up saturation and contrast, follow above tips), does that help you become a better photographer or simply a more popular photographer on flickr? http://www.richardsnotes.org/archives/2007/08/24/flickr-explore/ The interesting question is, if you learn how to please the crowds on flickr (amp up saturation and contrast, follow above tips), does that help you become a better photographer or simply a more popular photographer on flickr?

http://www.richardsnotes.org/archives/2007/08/24/flickr-explore/

]]> By: Pawas http://www.mywestworld.com/fresh-trax/how-to-get-your-photos-explored-on-flickr/#comment-220 Pawas Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:07:14 +0000 http://www.mywestworld.com/?p=939#comment-220 love this post realllyyy love this post realllyyy

]]> By: Susan http://www.mywestworld.com/fresh-trax/how-to-get-your-photos-explored-on-flickr/#comment-100 Susan Tue, 05 May 2009 20:55:02 +0000 http://www.mywestworld.com/?p=939#comment-100 Wow. I love image#1. I had never heard of lens baby before but now I have a new toy to add to my shopping list. Wow. I love image#1. I had never heard of lens baby before but now I have a new toy to add to my shopping list.

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