Photo of the day (2.10.09)

by Grant Martin on

I happen to be in Chicago this Tuesday evening, en route to an extra special Virgin America event and visiting our Editor at Large, Justin Glow.

Since I grew up only a few hours east of here, I spent a lot of time growing up in the city, wandering around thrift and army surplus stores on Clark and Belmont, shopping around Michigan Avenue and running around Navy Pier. Buckingham Fountain, located in Grant Park has always been a trademark landmark that reminds me of the city and all of the fun that I used to have there. Flick user mce323 captured the fountain against the Chicago skyline here perfectly.

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 (2.9.09)

by Karen Walrond on

Try as I might, I could not stop staring at this shot captured by ultraclay! and uploaded into our Gadling Flickr pool. Ultraclay! apparently took this photograph at New York Comic Con, which was held this past weekend — and morbidly, this zombie Spiderman kinda makes me want to go to the next one.

Which, you know, I’m not sure what that says about me.

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 (2.8.09)

by Jeremy Kressmann on

When I picture “wine country” in my head, this is exactly the sort of idyllic vista that comes to mind. Which is exactly why I chose this shot from jrodmanjr, taken in Sonoma County, CA. The artfully arranged wine barrels, the rustic villa and the sloping vineyards covered in grape vines all combine to create a rather majestic view, don’t they?

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

Photo of the Day (2.7.09)

by Brenda Yun on


I’ve been to Alaska twice and not once did I see the northern lights. Maybe it was the wrong season or maybe I wasn’t looking hard enough, but I’m sure when I do see them (and I will) I won’t forget the sight.

That’s what one of our dedicated and intrepid adventuring photographers, localsurfer, discovered on a trip to Norway four years ago. He writes, “It’s impossible to really take a picture of what the lights look like. This was like a pulsing river of light from horizon to horizon.”

The eerie green color reflecting off the water and the purple-brown night sky are nature’s way of saying what human words cannot.

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 (2.6.09)

by Aaron Hotfelder on

Flickr user Darren.Murph took this beautiful shot (click to enlarge) of the Grand Tetons in Wyoming, where, I would imagine, it’s pretty difficult to take a bad picture. Many thanks to the photographer for providing me with my new desktop background. [Your royalty check is in the mail.]

Want to have your photos considered for Gadling’s Photo of the Day… and possibly my desktop? Submit your best shots here.