Photo of the Day (4.15.10)

by Kent Wien on

Leave it to Max Waugh, a.k.a. fiznatty on Flickr to capture a shot of an animal I’ve never come across. It’s a tamandua, a species of ant eater native to Costa Rica.

Max describes the encounter:

I was very excited to have an opportunity to photograph a tamandua again. It’s one of the first animals I saw back in 2005 and that encounter was very brief. This lovely girl stayed up in the trees, but out in the open, for quite a while (long enough to even get some video). The tamandua is one of Costa Rica’s three anteater species… I’ll let you guess what the giant claw and big snout are for.

It’s worth taking a look at some of the amazing shots Max has collected over the years. He’s one of our most popular contributors to the Photo of the Day at Gadling.

Are you a Flickr user who’d like to share a travel related picture or two for our consideration? Submit it to Gadling’s Flickr group right now! We just might use it for our Photo of the Day!

Photo of the Day 4.14.10

by Melanie Nayer on


Sometimes taking the road less traveled will lead you to some of the best kept secrets. This photo from boo*radley was captured somewhere in South Dakota. Boo writes, “Sometimes an unnamed stretch of road in the middle of nowhere (this time, South Dakota) can be just as lovely as a famous landmark.”

Well put, Boo. Great shot on the road to nowhere!

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Photo of the Day (4.13.10)

by Stephen Greenwood on

This is what travel photography is all about. If I decided to omit any sort of caption from this image, you’d probably still be able to guess quite a few things about where it’s taken and what’s happening in the picture.

But since it’s not my job to make you guess, I’ll reveal that this is a shot taken near the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. It was captured by Flickr user and regular contributor Ohad*, who describes that this man was seemingly overwhelmed from the emotional experience at the wall. Kudos to Ohad for snapping such an intimate picture in a place like this – certainly something that many people wouldn’t have the courage to do.

If you’ve captured an emotional moment in your travels, we want to see it! Submit it to the Gadling Flickr Pool and share it with us – it might just be our next Photo of the Day!

Photo of the Day (4.11.2010)

by Jeremy Kressmann on

I’ve never been to the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, but today’s photo from Flickr user borderfilms (Doug) gives me a pretty good idea of what to expect. Endless plains of grass, blue skies with little puffy clouds and striking pastoral landscapes. It looks desolate and beautiful in the best possible sense. Perfect for some aimless wandering and great photography.

Taken any beautiful photos of the world’s desolate places? Why not add them to our Gadling group on Flickr? We might just pick one of your shots as our Photo of the Day.

Photo of the Day (04.10.10)

by Mike Barish on

Strolling along the shore at sunset can be magical. But is it better to be alone so that you can enjoy some quiet introspection or with someone so that the setting can help set a mood that you hope to sustain back at your house with some wine and a Barry White CD? Are sunsets best enjoyed in solitude or with company? There are merits to both. On the one hand, enjoying nature’s beauty alone allows you to reflect on the day’s events, their context in your life and what promise the following day may hold. On the other, sharing such a moment with a loved one allows you to get lost together and feel as if the rest of the world has ceased to exist. I wonder if Flickr user Andy Bokanev was with anyone when he captured this stunning image at Puget Sound. I wonder if he likes Barry White.

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