Photo of the Day (05/29/08)

by Kent Wien on

Getting a good picture from an airline seat is pretty difficult. The plexiglass often has scratches on it, and the window is small enough that you might not get just the right angle for your shot. But this photo by Sarah.and.Michael may have been one of their best shots from their trip to Sydney.

The lighting is perfect and the exhaust blur toward the middle makes the other features look extra sharp. A well done capture of a place that’s on the top of my list to visit.

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 (5-28-08)

by Jamie Rhein on

This photo that woofboy111 calls “Giant Swimmer” is an example of a photo taking technique that works well when taking pictures of monuments. Choose an interesting angle. Taken at Daytona Beach in Florida , this reminds me of a scene in an Esther Williams movie or Beach Blanket Bingo. Seeing just part of this scene draws me in wanting more.

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Photo of the Day (05.27.2008)

by Martha Edwards on


I’m an urban girl at heart. I grew up in the city and that’s where I feel most comfortable: surrounded by blaring horns, blazing lights, people as far as the eye can see. Neon signs and the noises of strangers are seared into my psyche in a way that is inescapable.

So it goes without saying that I love night photography, particularly when it captures the lights of a busy urban nightscape. This photo of Nanjing, China by Matt Hintsa captures that perfectly. It’s a little grainy, a little blown out, but so is the city. So is any city.

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Photo of the Day (5/26/08)

by Iva Skoch on

Since I am still on my Russian kick this week, I couldn’t resist picking this photo from St. Petersburg by Radim.

I just saw this sight in St. Petersburg this weekend. Right outside the Alexander Nevsky Monastery are two major cemeteries. One of them houses graves of prominent Russian artists such as Dostoevsky or Rimsky-Korsakov. The other cemetery, buried in unkept grass and bushes houses graves of “atheists and communist scientists.” Yes, it is hard to believe that right outside a monastery, there is a resting place for the most non-believing of non-believers. Russia is full of strange paradoxes.

Poetic it is. Just like this picture illustrates. The red star of communist’s grave and a cross in the background.

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Photo of the Day (5/25/08)

by Jeremy Kressmann on

I decided to stay home this Memorial Day weekend, but this shot is making me rethink my decision. Flickr user brw9100 caught this sunset snap near Captiva, Florida. The silhouette of the bird adds a nice focal point to this beautiful setting. Make sure to invite me to your beach house next time, OK?

Did you take a picture of a beautiful sunset you’re dying to share with the world? Add it to the Gadling photo pool on Flickr and it might just end up our Photo of the Day.