Photo of the Day (6.5.09)

by Aaron Hotfelder on

It’s okay– I was fooled by this photo at first, too. But Gadling’s crack research team has informed me that this is not the world’s largest man or the world’s tiniest waterfall.

Flickr user AlphaTangoBravo brings us this creative forced perspective shot of McWay Falls in California’s Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. I’m always up for a little humor in photography, whether it’s holding up the Leaning Tower of Pisa (or pushing it down), touching the tip of Matterhorn from thousands of feet away, or holding your friend in the palm of your hand.

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Photo of the Day (6/4/09)

by Kent Wien on

Getting just the right shot in a Kayak can’t be very easy, but this one by Adam Baker turned out great. Taken in Cambria, CA, which is just off of HWY 1 on the coast.

Congratulations, Adam. Nice shot!

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Photo of the Day (6.2.09)

by Grant Martin on

Since we have a new blogger coming onto the team soon, my mind has been on Hong Kong a lot (guess where he’s from?). I’ve often referred to the former British colony as “Southeast Asia on training wheels,” where you can experience all of the virtues of the far east yet still enjoy the comforts of the west. Signs in English, easy public transportation, horse racing and plush hotels all contrast with night markets, street food and a strong dollar. What’s not to love?

lecerle snapped this photo at Happy Valley in the north of Hong Kong Island and it makes me miss the country dearly.

Got any cool photos that you’d like to share with the world? Add them to the Gadling Pool on Flickr and it might be chosen as our Photo of the Day. Make sure you save them under Creative Commons though, otherwise we can’t use them!

Photo of the day 6.1.09

by Karen Walrond on

I love this great shot shared by t3mujin, of a hostel in Estonia. I think the more predictable shot would have been to just take a photograph of the stained glass window; instead, t3mujin shoots down the hallway, showing the play of colour caused by the window — which, really, when you think about it, is why we love stained glass in the first place. Lovely capture.

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 (5.31.09)

by Jeremy Kressmann on

Light and shadow are the photographer’s secret weapons, something artfully demonstrated in this image from Flickr user nabil.s. Nabil took this shot of the Andean Mountains in Peru, darkened by eerie clouds and enveloped by the oncoming dusk. I love the tiny plot of brightly-lit mountain in the background. It looks like it’s about to be swallowed by an approaching monster.

Do you have any travel photos you’d like to share with our Gadling readers? Why not add them our group on Flickr? We might just pick one of yours as our Photo of the Day.