Photo of the day – 23-10-2010

by Catherine Bodry on

One of the quintessential photo ops for Americans traveling abroad is, as far as I’m concerned, a traffic jam caused by some kind of livestock. Sheep, cows, horses, whatever: surely you’ve either taken or seen a photo taken through a windshield, the car’s ceiling and sides framing a shot of a herd of animals moseying across a country road. While it’s not entirely obvious whether or not these giants are holding up traffic, they’re clearly on a road. Flickr user t3mujin captured this scene in Portugal.

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Photo of the day (10.22.10)

by Alex Robertson Textor on

It’s possible, of course, that Gadling Flickr pool contributor Favio@Flickr staged this photo, but it looks to me like a random slice of Roman life: a young woman eats gelato demurely, while behind her a wheatpasted poster on a wall creates a political context. The result is a fragment of a fragment of urban life, compelling in its pleasing simplicity and strongly evocative of the city and country where it was shot.

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Photo of the Day (10.18.10)

by Mike Barish on
Street markets are a magical place. Various sights, smells and sounds assault your senses and you stuff your face with things you can neither pronounce nor identify. It’s easy to get lost in the excitement and energy of the market. That is, of course, until you see a tail. Americans aren’t used to seeing tails in their grocery stores or butchers. We see finished products. We buy trimmed steaks and boneless chicken breasts. We’re just not ready for the experience of seeing a boiled dog torso complete with tail.

That’s why this photo by Flickr user pirano caught my attention. At first glance, I thought that maybe it was an oddly-shaped pig. Would you believe that it’s boiled dog? After reading the blog post that went along with his photo, I learned the story about his conversation about dog meat in China. It’s worth a read if you want some background on this picture. No matter what you think about eating dog, you have to admit that seeing that tail is pretty mesmerizing.

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Photo of the day (10.15.10)

by Alex Robertson Textor on

In the shared imagination, Spain is associated with big cities, beaches, and sunny islands; aridity, treeless interior landscapes, and palm trees are commonly associated with Spain. The country’s green and wet northwest seldom impinges upon these popular images, despite the fact that the northwest has extraordinary appeal for tourists. Today’s Photo of the Day, snapped by Flickr user t3mujin, magnificently captures the physical beauty of this less visited corner of the Iberian Peninsula.

This image was taken in Balouta in the extreme northwestern edge of the region of Castile and León, a stone’s throw from Asturias to the north and Galicia to the west.

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Photo of the day (10.14.10)

by Meg Nesterov on

For many of us, dreaming about travel and planning a trip is a favorite part of a travel process. Those early days of discovering a destination and imagining the delights it may hold, before the reality of long airport security lines, bad hotel rooms, and jet lag spoil the fun, are some of the sweetest. This photo by Flickr user Chris Maki titled “Wanderlust” recalls the immense possibilities a map and a few guidebooks can hold. When traveling on frequent flyer miles, I used to look at places where American Airlines and Marriott hotels intersected (a lot of South America and Western European destinations), and now my inspiration tools include a Turkish Airlines timetable, a stack of inflight magazines, and a Kindle full of Lonely Planet guides.

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