There’s no caption on this photo, but I chose it anyway because it really caught my eye. I like the contrast of light in the picture, but more than anything, I just love the way it depicts the old West. Shot by MarkHout, you have expect to see the Marlboro Man amble into frame.
Photo of the Day (7/16/07)
Not a beautiful scene, but a poignant one. The shore of Lake Tanganyika in Congo, shot by Martin Baran.
Not every beautiful beach is a peaceful one. It may be the world’s second largest (by volume) and second deepest freshwater lake, but it’s in a region where trouble is constant.
The first Western explorers to find it were Burton and Speke, while searching for the source of the Nile. The Congo side was used by Che Guevara to stage a coup against the Congolese government over a hundred years later.
Here’s hoping this region can find lasting peace, and future pictures taken here will show children making sandcastles.
Photo of the Day (7/15/2007)
I decided to go waaay back for today’s Photo of the Day. Far back into the deepest reaches of the Gadling Flickr site to find this lovely photo from the Gasa Dzong and Kang Bum mountain, Bhutan. I actually just read a fabulous article about Bhutan and decided to search Flickr for a photo from there. This shot by BluePeak takes us back to December 2006 and reveals the jaw-dropping scale of the peaks in a place I’m told is incredible but that most of us will never see: Bhutan.
Photo of the Day (7/14/07)
Ms. Nancie McKinnon better known as LadyExpat has taken the lead for most photos submitted in our Gadling Flickr pool, but we don’t pick based on quantity alone. This misty, early evening mountain shot between the palms and other tropical looking plant variety from Taiwan exhibits quality. Nicely done!
Photo of the Day (7/13/07)
Photography experts always warn against centering your subject in the very middle of the frame. Geyser Gary, however, has dutifully ignored them with this fine shot of hikers tackling Mt St. Helens in Washington State. I love the way the eye is drawn immediately to the center and then slides down the row of hikers to the marine layer beyond with its island-like dollops of mountain peaks. Very cool!