Photo of the Day (2.28.09)

by Brenda Yun on

So that color green does in fact exist in nature — and plentifully. This morning’s green tea has never been put in such perfect perspective as today, looking at this gorgeous shot of the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia. The closest I’ve gotten to seeing a tea valley is during the drier part of the season in Myanmar.

Gadling’s Caffeinated Traveler, an expat living in Seoul, is one lucky globetrotter. She really captures a vast green nearly beyond belief, a color I will one day see that yet eludes me.

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 (2.26.09)

by Kent Wien on

I’ve always wanted to visit Machu Piccu in Peru. This might be the best shot I’ve seen yet of the area, taken by Magnusvk. He even gives a few tips on capturing such a sight:

Go in the rainy season, get up as early as you can, take the first bus up and just ignore the rain. That’s the only way to have Machu Picchu more or less for yourself for a couple of minutes. The morning mood, as you can see, is beautiful and really does reward all hardship.

I think it’s only fair to award the Photo of the Day to Magnusvk for his effort.

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 (2-25-09)

by Jamie Rhein on

Given that I’m from Kentucky, when “Kentucky” appears in a sign, I’m a sucker. If the sign is on an historic building in one of my favorite small U.S. cities, I’m even more intrigued. jrodmanjr took this shot in Lexington, home of Mary Todd Lincoln and Henry Clay. This is a city steeped in history and horse-racing. If you’re ever there, park downtown so you can stroll through the neighborhoods to take in the granduer of buildings that can remind you of wedding cakes. Although Donna the Buffalo has already come and gone, The Kentucky Theatre, opened in 1922, shows first run movies and various performances year-round.

If you have a photo that has you intrigued, send it our way at Gadling’s Flickr photo pool. It might be chosen as a Photo of the Day.

Photo of the day (2.24.09)

by Grant Martin on

Most people don’t think “art” when they see a train yard, but as dydcheung shows in this picture, the right perspective and frame can really bring out the beauty in an otherwise mundane setting. This photo was taken at the Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, one of largest train stations in Germany and reminds me how much I enjoy watching trains and people move, commute and flow through a maze of public transportation.

Have any cool photos 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 (2.22.09)

by Jeremy Kressmann on

For someone like me who grew up in Chicago, seeing the image above of a man planting his rice paddy in Bali is wildly exotic and beautiful. I think Flickr user StrudelMonkey had the same thought in mind when taking this photo. At the same time though, I wonder what someone who grew up in Bali might say. Perhaps this is the equivalent of taking a photo of a janitor mopping the floor of a hallway? It’s all a matter of perspective, isn’t it? And certainly beauty is something that’s highly contingent on perspective.

Have any serene photos of Bali rice paddies you’d like to share? Why not add them to our Gadling pool on Flickr? We might just pick one of yours as our Photo of the Day.