Photo of the day 12.07.09

by Karen Walrond on

This beautiful shot shared by Code N in the Gadling Flickr pool is a masterful example of showing how a photographer can maximize and manipulate the light to the utmost advantage. Code N has perfectly exposed all the streetlights, the sunset in the background, and the reflections in the water in Shanghai to stunning effect. Beautifully done.

If you’ve got some great travel shots you’d love to share, be sure to upload them to the Gadling pool on Flickr. We might just pick one as our Photo of the Day.

Photo of the Day (12.6.2009)

by Jeremy Kressmann on

Today’s shot comes to us courtesy of Photo of the Day regular t3mujin, who captured this vibrant image during a trek near Sa Pa in Vietnam. Trying to take a picture of falling rain is no easy feat, but this photo manages to look “wet” simply through a great use of color. The verdant green hills, shrouded in mist, are complemented nicely by that extremely colorful rainbow umbrella.

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Photo of the Day (12.5.2009)

by Brenda Yun on


This is a typical sight on the Pacific coast — one that brings back lovely memories of breezy coastal strolls. I love the balance in this photo, the contrasts of color, and the curved lines throughout. The kelp that gathers into a nest and spreads its thick reeds toward the viewer is a perfect focal point as well.

Today’s photo comes to us from Bryn Tassell, who has an amazing array of natural shots from all over the world. This one was taken during the calm after a series of storms in Victoria, Canada.

If you have some great travel shots you’d like to share, be sure to upload them to the Gadling pool on Flickr. We might just pick one as our Photo of the Day!

Photo of the Day (12.4.2009)

by Aaron Hotfelder on


This shot from Gadling favorite Nestor Lara-Baeza was taken in the super-buoyant Dead Sea, located between Jordan (in the distance) and Israel. With its incredibly high salt content, the Dead Sea allows swimmers to float effortlessly– and even kick back with the latest edition of OK! Magazine to get the latest on Rihanna and Chris Brown.

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Photo of the day (12.03.09)

by Kent Wien on

I’ve mentioned the wonderful effects achievable with HDR software before. HDR, or High Dynamic Range photos are usually a combination of 3 to 5 differently exposed photographs that are merged together to create a very detailed and perfectly lit picture.

This shot, called Brandywine River, by Floyd Dean was created by creating an infrared look with an HDR picture. Most of Floyd’s pictures aren’t manipulated to this extreme, but the results in this shot make me want to look over some of my HDR pictures to see how they’d look with some different effects applied.

Yet another nice job, Floyd!

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!