Orange and brown are two of my favorite colors, so it is easy to understand why my eyes took such a fancy to this shot taken from an airplane as Patrick Powers took off and away from the Hawaiian islands. At first glance you’d think it was a fiery sunset over gently rolling waves in the Pacific, but it’s really a sunset captured at 35,000 feet. Mind-boggling when you think about it – don’t you agree? Fabulous work on Patrick’s behalf and I hope to see more in the Gadling Flickr Pool.
Photo of the Day (8/18/06)
This wouldn’t be such a terrific photo without this mysterious figure overlooking his, his… domain? Property? Conquered lands? There’s just something very unique about how he has his hands tucked deep into his coat and is gazing out at the Aletsch Glacier with some type of purpose in mind other than simply enjoying the view.
There is a sense of “overseeing” suggested by the shoulders and body language. It sort of reminds me of the old shots of Hitler at The Eagles Nest looking out over Austria. Hmm…
Photo of the Day (8/17/06)
Entitled, Going Home, Ko Lanta, Thailand, this great shot wonderfully captures just another elephant heading home after a long day at the office. There is something about his casual gait and the weird dip in the road that pushes this photo from the realm of “strictly average,” to the lofty standards we hold so dear for Photo of the Day. Congrats to leelefever who snapped this beauty.
Photo of the Day (8/16/2006)
Not that I need any inspiration to haul my arse back to California to appreciate the relaxed, outdoors life…I think about it pretty much every day…but this photo from Misha Logvinov, buy, it really brought back some fine memories of hikes and camping trip in the Sierras. This shot of the Alpenglow over Glacier Divide from Lower Desolation Lake is marvelous. Ah, the Sierras.
Photo of the Day (8/14/06)
Recently, on my personal site, I wrote about how my favourite part of travel wasn’t seeing the famous monuments or landmarks, but rather the connections that I make with the people of the countries where I visit. I think that’s why I was moved by this photo of a local Cameroon barber giving a tourist a haircut, taken by the indefatiguable localsurfer. He says, “Everywhere we go we have to have at least one photo of a barber shop. Dunno why, it’s just what we do.” I’m guessing it’s because he values travel connections as much as I do.
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