Photo of the day (4.21.09)

by Grant Martin on

I have fond memories of the DC subway system, a series of long, ovular tubes that ferry passengers through the nation’s capital. In addition to being one of the deepest metro systems on earth, the sweeping brutalist architecture in each station is an awe inspiring sight to behold — whether or not you’re an everyday metro passenger.

Today’s photo of the day is from a POTD regular, ultraclay!. Curiosity finally got the better part of me about how and where all of these magnificent photos come from, and my scouring led me to ultraclay’s very own blog over at (you guessed it) ultraclay.com. Swing by for an interesting look at food and culture from Brooklyn New York.

And if you have 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 4.20.09

by Karen Walrond on

You know, I’ve been to England tons of times. I used to live in England. I’m even *married* to an Englishman. So I’ve taken the exact same shot you see above dozens of times. And yet?

And yet, I’ve never been able to capture the detail and the colours captured by skinnymalinki1 above, and shared in our Flickr pool. Really lovely work — skinnymalinki1, you should be proud!

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 (4.19.09)

by Jeremy Kressmann on

Welcome back, sun! It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? Flickr user HazardousPaste could not have had better timing for this sun-drenched nature shot. The color contrasts here are fantastic – the warm yellows of the sunflower and crisp blues of the sky complement one another perfectly. Throw in the detail of two buzzing bees in the middle for extra interest and you’ve got the perfect photo to help us welcome the onset of Spring.

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

Photo of the Day (4.18.09)

by Brenda Yun on

My Cuba Libre posts will be ending in a few days, but until they do, I feel it’s only appropriate to continue with my Cuba-themed posts! Our photo of the day comes to us from JKEvgen, who snapped this gem five years ago in Havana. This photo really captures how timeless the country and its people are, which in my opinion is one of the greatest things about Cuba. The nations bright colors, photogenic faces, and enormous cigars are still thriving today as they did fifty years ago.

As the photographer so eloquently states it, “In a country where a doctor or lawyer can expect to make the equivalent of 12 U.S. dollars per month, many Cubans of varying ages hang out in the old city center, eager to gratify a tourist’s romantic notion of a people whose day-to-day lives are anything but romantic.” Indeed, while there is something awfully romantic yet sadly realistic about Cuba and its people.

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 (4.17.09)

by Aaron Hotfelder on

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It’s officially race season– Boston’s world-famous marathon is this Monday, St. Louis’ is on Sunday, and Nashville’s is next Saturday. It’s enough to make even the most shiftless degenerates among us think about maybe getting in shape. Possibly. (Screw it, there’s always next year.)

The photo above from flickr user ultraclay! was taken in 2006 at (obviously) the Thomas G. Labrecque Classic, a four-mile race in New York’s Central Park. This year’s TGL race is going to be held this Sunday in Central Park, so if you’re in New York, head on out there to see some of the whitest thighs this great nation has to offer.

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