Photo of the Day (3.12.09)

by Kent Wien on

Today’s photo of the day comes from Willy Volk at Lake Worth, Florida. So often when I’m browsing through Flickr, I’ll see a picture like this and exclaim, “why didn’t I think of this?!”

Clicking on the metadata to Willy’s picture shows he used the aperture priority mode (as explained by Karen Walrond) which gave him a shutter speed of 1/8th of a second. Just the right amount of time to blur the wave, making it look like it’s floating above the sand. He took another picture with a faster shutter speed here so you can see the difference.

As for the bottom right corner… Willy, is that your foot?

Nice shot! Karen also used this picture as an example of why you just might want to shoot some blurred pics.

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 (3-11-09)

by Jamie Rhein on

I was first attracted to this photo because of the stance of the girl perched on the cart. Then the words Hai bôn´ caught my attention. Aha, Vietnam, I thought. The shoes are another give away that this is a Vietnamese scene. The shoes that these three have on are sold everywhere throughout the country. The red hat adds interest to the composition besides. Along with the visual appeal, jabry1221 has captured a scene that exudes happiness and delight.

If you’ve captured a scene somewhere, share it with us a Gadling’s Flickr Photo Pool. It might be chosen as Photo of the Day.

Photo of the Day 3.9.09

by Karen Walrond on

I’ve always been a sucker for photographs that have strong colours and geometric patterns — so it’s not surprising that I’m drawn to this photograph taken by malaycobra and shared in our Gadling Flickr pool. According to malaycobra, this beautiful statue is “one of the many statues on the Malecon in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.” It’s beautifully shot.

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 (3.8.09)

by Jeremy Kressmann on

Today’s photo comes to us from Guillermo Esteves, who took this “portrait” of a statue head at the Vizcaya Museum & Gardens in Miami, FL. You just don’t see a lot of close-ups of like this, but it’s a great photographic trick. All too often when shooting a statue or a building, the tendency is to step back and get the entire subject in your frame. But frequently it’s just as useful (and more interesting) to get REALLY close. You’ll capture tiny architectural details, textures and even facial expressions that might otherwise have been missed.

Think you’ve got some great statue portraits you’d like to share with our readers? Why not upload them to the Gadling pool on Flickr? We might just pick one of yours as our Photo of the Day.

Photo of the Day (3.7.09)

by Brenda Yun on


March marks the shifting of weather from cold to tolerable or from warm to cool. For those of you who are looking forward to warmer days and a little more fire, even a brief glance at this gorgeous photo from tysonwilliams will brighten your day.

Talk about fire in the sky — and I’m not alluding to the aurora borealis this time, I’m actually referring to that bright orange, fiery glow that is perfectly captured at sunset in Cannes.

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!