Photo of the Day (8/24/07)

by Neil Woodburn on

Another Photo of the Day from former Gadling blogger Willy.

This one features a Lemon Shark, so named because of the ripe lemons they usually keep pinched between their teeth and gums. Lemon Sharks like to do this to keep their breath smelling fresh; they are, after all, the so-called Gentlemen of the Seas.

Lemon Sharks are also very generous sharks. They simply love it when divers reach deep into their serrated pie holes and pull out the lemons they have cached there. I don’t see any lemons on this particularly fine specimen so that means Willy must have already plucked them out. Great job, Willy. Keep up the good work!

Photo of the Day (8/23/07)

by Neil Woodburn on

Former Gadling blogger Willy has really been loading up our Flickr Pool with some fantastic shots of his most recent underwater adventure.

While most have been wetsuit-wetting photos of man eating sharks, this one offers a far more playful side to the denizens of the deep. There’s something about the angles of the dolphins contrasted against the diver that’s just visually arresting here. And the smiles. Gotta love those dolphin smiles.

If you have some equally cool photos from your last vacation that you want us to consider for our Photo of the Day, jump on over to our Gadling Flickr Pool and upload away. No matter how crappy they might be, we’ll still publish them if you work for Gadling (just kidding, Willy!).

Photo of the Day (8/22/07)

by Jamie Rhein on

Ywlstonegirl’s shot of Castle Geyser in Yellowstone National Park reminds me of the Glass Eye Studio globes that I saw the day before yesterday at the Ohio Craft Museum. But, the difference is, instead of looking into the marble from the outside, the angle here gives the impression of being pulled towards the center of the scene. I missed this geyer when we went to Yellowstone two years ago. Maybe the timing was off. It only errupts every 10 to 12 hours. We did see Old Faithful do her thing. I have to say, as touristy as it is to do the thing that everybody else does, it’s worth hanging around to see that geyser shoot up to 8,400 gallons of water into the air. (Old Faithful does a show every 65 to 91 minutes.)

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Photo of the Day (8/21/2007)

by Erik Olsen on

This photo almost looks like the photographer, Stormygirl, was a little heavy-handed with the orange color adjustment in Photoshop. Alas, the colors here are apparently real, and make for a wonderfully soothing photo of the Northern California coast. She apparently shot this on the Fourth of July, though it is thankfully bereft of any chintzy fireworks explosions. You might say that the oohs and ahhs you hear are the appreciative sighs from those of us who share her love of the Golden State. Then again, you might not.