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Boink!

04-10-2006, 16:55

As more and more of us here are using flickr (http://www.flickr.com) for photo storage and galleries, a single thread is probably best to collate all the different aspects and threads into one place.
Feel free to post any links and hints here and I'll update this first post.

flickr
flickr website www.flickr.com (http://www.flickr.com/)
Flickr FAQ - link (http://www.flickr.com/help/faq/)
Upgrading to Pro Account: price is £14 a year or £25 for two years - link (http://www.flickr.com/upgrade/)
flickr tools, including uploading software - link (http://www.flickr.com/tools/)
Explore (http://flickr.com/explore/) is a daily gallery of 500 photos that are considered the best for that day. The algorithm, says the people behind flickr, is based on many different criteria. You can check to see if you have anything logged here (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/scout.php?) or view the whole 500 here (http://www.flickrleech.net/)

The DVDForums flickr group which everyone should join - link (http://www.flickr.com/groups/dvdforums/)

Working with your photos
fd's flickr toys (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/) which has lots of things to work your photos, including the excellent profile widget (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profile.php):

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/23721099@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/random/000000/ffffff/23721099@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="spookygonk. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="spookygonk. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

See your photo in an art gallery with Museumr (http://www.dumpr.net/flickr/museumr.php):

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/3755/museumran0.jpg (http://www.dumpr.net/flickr/museumr.php) thanks Rob

The view of your photos
View your Flickr photos on a plain all-black or all-white background, which can look better. This is another free widget from fd's flickr toys. - link (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/onblack.php)

Photofront is "a better frontend for your photos," using your flickr galleries. It's also free, but for a single payment $10 you can get some added functions and remove the adverts from the top of the screen.
photofront website - link (http://www.yesterdayslife.com/photofront/)
flickr photofront group - link (http://flickr.com/groups/photofront/)

Business cards to help promote your photography ('cos you'd like to make some money off it)
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spookygonk/260533532/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/116/260533532_3c3d761180_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Moo cards" /></a>

moo.com (http://www.moo.com/flickr/) business cards only $19.99 per 100 and free shipping until 15/10/2006.
flickr moo cards group here (http://www.flickr.com/groups/moo/)
Thread on moo slim business cards here (http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6749947).

Oh and flickr has a million photos uploaded to it on a good day.

Tintop

04-10-2006, 18:22

I really like the profile thing. Still waiting for my 10 free moo cards. If they're as good as I'm expecting them to be then I know what I'll be spending $20 on :) Free shipping until 15th Oct now as well :thumbs:

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/84553868@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/recent/000000/ffffff/84553868@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="tintop. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="tintop. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

John C

04-10-2006, 18:36

Yay - I still have nothing in explore, but as we all have our widgets out anyway;

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/31726387@N00/"><img src="http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/profilewidget/interesting/000000/ffffff/31726387@N00.jpg" alt="John the Monkey. Get yours at flagrantdisregard.com/flickr" title="John the Monkey. Get yours at flagrantdisregard.com/flickr" /></a>

Boink!

04-10-2006, 18:39

My ones in explore weren't showing until I reran the profile widget and then five appeared.

Highlander

04-10-2006, 19:05

Great idea ;)
Here's my profile:
<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/52655817@N00/"><img src="http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/profilewidget/recent/000000/ffffff/52655817@N00.jpg" alt="sypix1. Get yours at flagrantdisregard.com/flickr" title="sypix1. Get yours at flagrantdisregard.com/flickr" /></a>

Lorne.t

04-10-2006, 19:13

Here's mine...

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/72334929@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/recent/000000/ffffff/72334929@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="Lorne Thomson. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="Lorne Thomson. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

Highlander

04-10-2006, 19:24

BTW here's a direct link to the page where you can find out what you have in 'explore'.
http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/scout.php?

Paul490

04-10-2006, 19:32

Here's mine. Still working flickr out so far:

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/87408136@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/random.explore/000000/ffffff/87408136@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="lancashireman. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="lancashireman. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

kerzo

04-10-2006, 19:35

I am doing a final year project to develop a Flickr application (more than likely to be PHP) so I will probably ask you guys to test it out etc although this will be a few months down the line! So far I am just thinking of the basic gallery style with some frills however any ideas you, as photographers would like to see then please do let me know and I will see how feasible it is with my time constraints/skill!

emeyedeejay

04-10-2006, 19:36

:wave:
<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/97633685@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/interesting/000000/ffffff/97633685@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="emeyedeejay. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="emeyedeejay. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

chet-lee

04-10-2006, 19:38

And here's mine

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/29315961@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/randomint/000000/ffffff/29315961@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="bongo bongo. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="bongo bongo. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

What does the explore part mean?

ifijay

04-10-2006, 19:49

Radiohead

04-10-2006, 19:55

w00t

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/93986930@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/recent/000000/ffffff/93986930@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="Mr Radiohead. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="Mr Radiohead. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

mazportico

04-10-2006, 20:03

sideshowbob

04-10-2006, 20:06

sworrall

04-10-2006, 20:33

heres mine

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/57602777@N00"><img src="http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/profilewidget/randomint/000000/ffffff/57602777@N00.jpg" alt="Stu Worrall. Get yours at flagrantdisregard.com/flickr" title="Stu Worrall. Get yours at flagrantdisregard.com/flickr" /></a>

Boink!

04-10-2006, 20:40

I am not so discerning about what I put on flickr, obviously.
How many photos? :eek:

The Cleaner

04-10-2006, 20:47

Seems like I may as well join in! :D

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/11516475@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/randomint/000000/ffffff/11516475@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="pete arkestra. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="pete arkestra. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

Highlander

04-10-2006, 21:20

Hope you guys don't mind me doing this, but ...
I was going to start a Canon 100-400mm L IS group, as I couldn't see one, but found that someone had beaten me to it by a couple of days. The group is a bit lacking at the moment, both in members and photos. Just the 2 of us!! So if anyone wants to join and hopefully contribute, the group can be found here (http://www.flickr.com/groups/81265875@N00/).

Jur@551c

04-10-2006, 21:31

And Mine

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/74984421@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/random/000000/ffffff/74984421@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="Gareth Houghton. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="Gareth Houghton. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a> (http://)

mike.durie

04-10-2006, 21:39

Cool
<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/34863893@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/interesting.explore/000000/ffffff/34863893@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="mike_durie. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="mike_durie. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

Fozzybear

04-10-2006, 21:55

I am not so discerning about what I put on flickr, obviously.

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/51253970@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/interesting/000000/ffffff/51253970@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="mazportico. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="mazportico. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

Holey moley, that's a lot of shots! I thought I was going mad putting up 600!

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/99354413@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/interesting/000000/ffffff/99354413@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="Paul Forsdick. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="Paul Forsdick. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

ifijay

05-10-2006, 07:10

roar349

05-10-2006, 08:00

GreyJackal

05-10-2006, 08:14

I thought I was going to be the winnar until Maz posted :D

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/88322951@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/interesting/000000/ffffff/88322951@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="Flying Badger. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="Flying Badger. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

emeyedeejay

05-10-2006, 08:30

I thought I was going to be the winnar until Maz posted :D

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5720/gjdr7.jpg

:p

emeyedeejay

05-10-2006, 08:32

I know I've seen it mentioned before (and probably worth putting in this thread), how's best to prepare pictures for flickr? ie do you save them via software to jpegs? Which size is best etc? I managed to blow 63% of my monthly allowance on flickr with only a handful of pictures... :(

I usually save to a jpeg and try use compression to keep the images around 200-300kb at most. usually 700 wide or 525 wide depending on orientation (525 wide gives 700 high at 4:3)

I managed to post a photo a day fro the whole of PAD 2006 (was that July? :thinking: ) and used less quite a bit less than my allowance for that month ...

John C

05-10-2006, 09:04

I do mine at a maximum size of 1024 on the longest edge, and between 400kb and 500kb.

mazportico

05-10-2006, 09:29

I've used flickr for a while. I use it mainly to avoid visits to relatives. Stick all the photos of our trips and days out there and we don't need to bother to visit them as often. I am thinking about getting a second account for my proper photos. And no it isn't a record there are lots of people with a lot more photos. At one point my FIL had 30,000 contacts but he is mad.

mnementh

05-10-2006, 09:51

littletreasure

05-10-2006, 12:20

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/81597777@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/recent/000000/ffffff/81597777@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="Littletreasure. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="Littletreasure. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

Okay, so I noticed that I only had 1 photo in explore instead of the 2 that I did have and when I checked I found out it is a different photo. So that means I have had 3 photos in explore so far!

Highlander

05-10-2006, 13:14

Yeah, i had 7 (my highest) at the weekend, there were five when I posted here yesterday, and now I've only got 3 :(

ifijay

05-10-2006, 18:32

Great idea Jon. Good thinking :thumbs:
I don't have anything in explore - yet :shrug: :(

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/39659071@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/randomint/000000/ffffff/39659071@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="ifijay. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="ifijay. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

Yay, got my first pic in Explore :clap:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ifijay/199619971/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/77/199619971_fcfaf0394c_m.jpg" width="240" height="178" alt="27th July - Squirrel" /></a>

Boink!

05-10-2006, 19:24

All my five photos have dropped off and four others turned up. This one got to #32!

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spookygonk/260533532/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/116/260533532_3c3d761180_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Moo cards" /></a>

Supposedly this "dropping off" lark isn't uncommon, though some people discuss it constantly.

roar349, regarding photo size, I have all my images resized to 800 pixels at longest side and file size is kept to around 250kb. That seems to be good enough for online viewing.

Fozzybear

05-10-2006, 19:34

I have pics appearing and disappearing from Explore all the time, there is a random element in the calculations for which photos appear in the top 500 list. I have a core of about 8-10 that are pretty much permanent features though.

Whenever I see a pic of mine on Explore I add it to a flickr set (http://flickr.com/photos/paulforsdick/sets/72057594140772020/) and I've now got 28 shots in there that have been on Explore. I think the highest position I've seen one of my pics at was 6, but over the last few months I've not really had any in the top 100.

Boink!

05-10-2006, 19:44

Good idea, I've just done the same.
<s>Now back up to 5 on Explore.</s> :suspect:
Gone up to 6 photos now. Must stop checking! :nuts:

Heck, now at 8!!!111 wtf? :eek:

mazportico

05-10-2006, 20:58

Indeed a good idea. Have done the same. I once had one at #4 though that isn't currently in explore at all. My most consistent picture, as in permanently in explore, is this.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mazportico/44343798/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/26/44343798_f90f06dbee.jpg" width="500" height="323" alt="Michael Park and Mikko Martin" /></a>

It's a picture of Michael Park's car less than 24 hours before he was killed at Margam.

still average joe

05-10-2006, 20:59

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/71324009@N00/"><img src="http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/profilewidget/interesting/000000/ffffff/71324009@N00.jpg" alt="cmcbeth.com. Get yours at flagrantdisregard.com/flickr" title="cmcbeth.com. Get yours at flagrantdisregard.com/flickr" /></a>

My most in explore is seven....

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmcbeth/253229791/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/80/253229791_e0545261a0.jpg" width="500" height="142" alt="My creation" /></a>

RPG

05-10-2006, 21:03

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/randomint/000000/ffffff/84768005@N00.jpg

Highlander

05-10-2006, 21:10

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/randomint/000000/ffffff/84768005@N00.jpg

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/scout.php?
Was posted earlier in the thread.

I've also started a set for my photos in Explore. :)
Looks like I have definitely had 9, but there are 3 or 4 I think have been in, but am not 100% sure, so have not added those. As I said above, I've only ever noticed 7 of them in there at the same time.

EDIT: You edited as I quoted :brickwall

RPG

05-10-2006, 21:22

Yes, sorry! I saw it mere moments after posting!

mnementh

06-10-2006, 07:59

I've had 4 or 5 in explore but they've all dropped out now, and buggered if I can remember which ones they were (I know 2)

GreyJackal

06-10-2006, 08:12

:p

I don't get it?

emeyedeejay

06-10-2006, 08:21

It was pretty lame I'm the first to admit - I was just in a weird mood ...

It's "the wrong way around" - get it?

Just a little forums humour there - or not as the case may be :nuts:

GreyJackal

06-10-2006, 08:22

Nope, still none the wiser :D

emeyedeejay

06-10-2006, 08:26

:lol:

John C

06-10-2006, 08:48

Woo, yay, and hoopla.

Flickr Scout tells me I've hit the big time, with this one;

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/191989072/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/75/191989072_a2a19e3592_m.jpg" width="154" height="240" alt="17th July 2006" /></a>

Number 399 with a bullet :lol:

cat

06-10-2006, 19:12

tecnobabble

06-10-2006, 20:56

Here's mine :)

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/30496880@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/recent/000000/ffffff/30496880@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="tecno-babble. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="tecno-babble. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

Sorry if it seems like I spammed the photo section I didnt realise it would bulk add them!

downhillbiker

06-10-2006, 22:07

davepop

08-10-2006, 13:59

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/53464892@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/random/0e005f/ffffff/53464892@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="davepop. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="davepop. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

Look at me Billy some mates.

Paul490

08-10-2006, 14:26

When do the pictures you've taken appear in 'Everyone's Photos'? I've been waiting since Tuesday and they haven't appeared yet.

Boink!

08-10-2006, 15:14

Is that everyone's photos in general, or a particular group? flickr has roughly a million photos uploaded every day and you may have missed them.

Paul490

08-10-2006, 16:45

In general. I set tags specifically so I could easily find them. They haven't appeared yet.

pauls2

08-10-2006, 17:52

Here are mine..

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/48204363@N00/" target="_top"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/interesting/aaf5ff/000000/48204363@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="paul_stewart. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="paul_stewart. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

jmdomain

08-10-2006, 21:19

I've joined flickr.

shlunk

08-10-2006, 21:45

GreyJackal

08-10-2006, 22:29

When do the pictures you've taken appear in 'Everyone's Photos'? I've been waiting since Tuesday and they haven't appeared yet.

Instantly.

You'll have missed them if you didn't refresh the page within about a microsecond :D

downhillbiker

08-10-2006, 23:17

I finally ended up with a photo in Explore... although it appears to have been bouncing around there for a bit. Highest position of 276 apparently.

liamail

08-10-2006, 23:50

I'm so ronery...
http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/randomint/22229c/f5f5ff/74575945@N00.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/74575945@N00/)

Pheonix

09-10-2006, 12:49

Join The DVD Forums group then!

lticket

09-10-2006, 13:10

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/interesting/22229c/f5f5ff/lee_tickett.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tickett/)

I'm trying to be very picky about what i upload- hence bugger all on ther at the moment :)

mnementh

09-10-2006, 13:41

Want to see your pics in an Art Gallery ... dumpr (http://www.dumpr.net/)

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/robgallop/264962630/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/106/264962630_7050356615_o.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="Gallery" /></a>

lticket

09-10-2006, 14:24

why is flickR so much more popular then deviantART by the way? :)

Boink!

09-10-2006, 14:45

Less up it's own bum?

GreyJackal

09-10-2006, 14:46

Deviant Art's far too l33t for the likes of me. Innit.

RPG

09-10-2006, 17:08

why is flickR so much more popular then deviantART by the way? :)

Simplicity, ease of use, features people want.

PC_Bod

09-10-2006, 17:11

And DeviantArt is about as quick as a gnats chuff.

And gnats chuffs arent quick.

Pheonix

09-10-2006, 17:37

The API for flickr is very open...

lticket

09-10-2006, 18:51

hmm don't think this one has been mentioned yet... tis wikid- gives a proper rundown of a user...

check it out http://netomer.de/flickrtools/inspector/?search_user=lee_tickett

mine's a bit crap because i don't have many photos on there etc sure some of you can do much better :D

still average joe

09-10-2006, 22:27

Dumpr is fun, for a wee while.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmcbeth/265441278/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/96/265441278_eceaa548b5.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="My dumpr" /></a>

jmdomain

09-10-2006, 22:29

After using Flickr for a while I can't stand the interface.

John C

09-10-2006, 22:58

hmm don't think this one has been mentioned yet... tis wikid- gives a proper rundown of a user...

check it out http://netomer.de/flickrtools/inspector/?search_user=lee_tickett

I like that - I have a flickr score of 2300, it seems.

Boink!

10-10-2006, 00:30

A mere 1668 for me. :suspect:

mnementh

10-10-2006, 07:45

a score of 1955 for me, however it doesn't seem to recognise my photos in explore. First time I ran it I had 3 in explore, I've tried again this morning with 1 in explore and both times it said there were none.

Boink!

10-10-2006, 07:56

New fd's flickr toys fd's flickr toys (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/) widget, showing only the best photos on flickr! (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/best.php) :D

cat

10-10-2006, 08:43

A mere 1668 for me. :suspect:

Bah I sniff at your 1668 and bottom it at 896 .... is that good or bad by the way? :suspect: :lol:

Highlander

10-10-2006, 09:57

Don't know what it means exactly, but mine is 1715

lticket

10-10-2006, 13:06

haha- i knew i'd start some sort of my ego is bigger then yours contest :)

i just liked the way it kinda "bound" all my stuff together with a nice simple yet stylish ui... guess that's the beauty of flickR... the API-ability if that's even a word :p

PC_Bod

19-10-2006, 12:12

How do you all keep track of your groups?

I have about 470 shots in my stream, (These are all my keepers for the past few years). Naturally with me only getting a flickr(and pro) account recently, it takes a while to add them to various groups bit by bit.

What I do find I have trouble with, is keeping track of all the groups. Normally I just open the groups list in one window, and my organise page in the other.
I go through the groups list from bottom to top, checking the limit, checking none of my shots are on the first few pages still (ie a slow group), then I check the "Photos uploaded by me" page, to see what the last one was. I then go to the organise page, go to the last shot uploaded then work through and select some more (chronologically) , then go onto the next group up the list.
I do this until I reach the most recent shot on my stream, at which point I stop uploading to the group.

Ive had a look through some peoples lists and what not and they seem to have joined dozens upon dozens of groups. How do you keep track of them all?
Say, you take a shot, do you scroll through the list and pick them out one by one and think "Ahh it'll go into that group....Add". And keep going?

puddleduck

24-10-2006, 15:54

I'm not a flickr user, but am thinking about migrating over to it as my Gallery driven site is starting to creek at the seams lately.

Has anyone here done anything like a migration from Gallery to flickr - is this even possible?

I'd like to migrate most of my Japan and Alaska galleries over, as well as some wildlife shots, but the idea of doing it all manually doesn't appeal. Anyone here moved from Gallery to Flickr??

A quick Google shows that even migrating Gallery from one host to anyone is a major PITA..!

DeadKenny

24-10-2006, 16:38

I'm just using flickr as a place to spread my photos but not as my main gallery. I just upload 800x600 max resolution photos and just a subset. That way I can use the free account. I just use the flickr upload tool and drag images I want to upload across, then use their online organiser (quite nice) to group photos.

I've not migrated to flickr entirely and I'm sticking to my own gallery software as it's on my own server and easy to keep under control and manage plus I have a huge amount of storage space by comparison. I've switched recently to Exhibit Engine which is very powerful and has a more professional photographer appeal to it (not that I'm pro by any sense :D). EE 2 has just been released and looks very good and nice support from the guy who develops it. http://photography-on-the.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=94

puddleduck

24-10-2006, 18:15

Thanks DK - I've just joined and I must say the "flickr upload tool" makes life remarkably easy - I just dragged all my _web optimised files over from my hard drive, so no worries about porting from Gallery etc.

PC_Bod

24-10-2006, 21:04

A word of warning, I think it's in Flickrs T&C's that if you offsite link to a shot (like integration on another website), then you must provide a link back to the shot on Flickr. Not sure if it's ever enforced though.

I know someone who basically adds the 'Portfolio' tag to his shots, and his website is set up to parse any shots with such tag, onto his website, from flickr. Pretty neat :D

RPG

24-10-2006, 21:30

I try to do that, but I can't always link the images which sucks :(

meyek

25-10-2006, 11:05

Hi all,

I'm new to the photography forum, just got my first digital SLR a few months back. I got a second hand Nikon d70 off ebay and I'm having great fun learning everything :)

Anyways, I came across the flickr thread, and have just noticed one of my pics is in explore :clap:

meyek

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/threepwood/278471623/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/111/278471623_3201b6a0ca.jpg" width="413" height="500" alt="Scaleber force (non-HDR)" /></a>

Sprout Crumble

25-10-2006, 17:58

Like that. Very nice.

John C

25-10-2006, 19:13

Well done - it took chuffing ages for Explore to appreciate any of mine, and even then, the bloody thing pops in and out of the 500 all the time.

still average joe

25-10-2006, 22:36

I'v been in flickr for approx 2 months, to begin with i always had pics in explore, 7 at one time once. For the last week or so I have had sod all in it. Wierd.

meyek

25-10-2006, 23:30

Thanks folks :) It started off at about 260th today, now it's 80th :clap:

mnementh

31-10-2006, 15:28

PC_Bod

13-11-2006, 23:38

Thanks Rob. I think I've got a similar script installed already (although never used it).

Here's one for you all...Is there any way to stop Flickr oversharpening shots when they resize them?

I upload them at 700px (longest edge), normally having had only a couple of small passes with the smart sharpen filter. The 700px shots often look quite soft, because I know flickr will sharpen them heavily and the flickr preview shots will look OK.
The problem is, I'm uploading soft full size ones and I don't want to do that.

Why can't flickrs sharpening be turned off ....grrrrr

silverpenguin7

14-11-2006, 07:49

I just joined flicky myself a couple of days ago, seems quite good. I like the way you can add notes to pictures, nice feature!

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/87146839@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/recent/000000/ffffff/87146839@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="Richard Peters. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="Richard Peters. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

Boink!

14-11-2006, 08:46

Here's one for you all...Is there any way to stop Flickr oversharpening shots when they resize them?

I upload them at 700px (longest edge), normally having had only a couple of small passes with the smart sharpen filter. The 700px shots often look quite soft, because I know flickr will sharpen them heavily and the flickr preview shots will look OK.
The problem is, I'm uploading soft full size ones and I don't want to do that.

Why can't flickrs sharpening be turned off ....grrrrr
You could always not sharpen the ones you post to flickr?

PaulDCocker

14-11-2006, 10:09

I'm on Flickr too, will get round to uploading some images once I take some I actually like! :D

RomerojpgX

14-11-2006, 17:51

Never see this thread :) like the profile thing.

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/18705743@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/random/000000/ffffff/18705743@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="romerojpg. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="romerojpg. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

Boink!

14-11-2006, 17:58

Welcome, mate. :)

PC_Bod

14-11-2006, 23:37

You could always not sharpen the ones you post to flickr?

That's what I'm doing at the moment Boink (or at least undersharpening them).

The only problem is...I like to put the 700px version into threads etc, and also uploaded to my website. This means that I just get comments of "Could do with more sharpening" etc, or would mean uploading a more sharpened version to my website......

Grrr at flickr again ;p

puddleduck

15-11-2006, 06:46

The flickr oversharpening is pretty bad, and quite destructive.

Flickr version:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andydrake/297518852/

Served from my website:

http://odysseus-software.co.uk/photos/albums/Wildlife/DSC2213_web.jpg

The flickr thumbnails have a nasty "digital" look although the full size images are unsharpened - most folks just see the thumbnails though.

Fozzybear

18-11-2006, 08:06

I know it's pretty meaningless really but I've just looked on Flickr scout and I've got 18 shots in the Explore/Interestingness daily pages. :clap:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulforsdick/299939630/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/105/299939630_edbbb41eb3_o.jpg" width="924" height="485" alt="18 shots in Flickr's explore pages!" /></a>

It seems to like my moon shots for some reason - there's three in the list. :shrug:

John C

18-11-2006, 08:19

Congrats Fozzy - you've got a great eye for composition, you deserve to have a few in there at least.

youngteam

18-11-2006, 10:20

I don't have much up there at the moment, and I haven't a clue what I'm doing, but here's mine.

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/82363633@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/recent.explore/000000/ffffff/82363633@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="youngteam. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="youngteam. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

PC_Bod

18-11-2006, 10:44

Thats fantastic mate. 18 shots in explore at once!

silverpenguin7

18-11-2006, 19:35

I finally ended up with a photo in Explore... although it appears to have been bouncing around there for a bit. Highest position of 276 apparently.
How do you know what photo has gone in to the Explore bit and when?

downhillbiker

18-11-2006, 19:45

How do you know what photo has gone in to the Explore bit and when?

You use the tool that's on the first page of this thread... I've not looked to check again since that post though!

Fozzybear

18-11-2006, 19:45

Flickr Scout is what you need, it's where I got the image of my photos in explore:

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/scout.php

just put in your flickr moniker and away you go.

silverpenguin7

18-11-2006, 19:56

Ah ha! 3 in there apparently.

Ones gone up 1 to number 18 whilst another has gone down from 34 to 454, what does it all mean :thinking:

Fozzybear

18-11-2006, 20:44

There's a random element to it and you'll find some pics bounce up and down and in and out of the listings.

silverpenguin7

18-11-2006, 21:02

Gotcha, thanks :)

RomerojpgX

19-11-2006, 14:27

Haha :) very funny what people seem to look at and get into Intrestingness.

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/output/scout7890204.jpg

1. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/18705743@N00/287034252/">Tip Of The Moon</a>, 2. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/18705743@N00/250004232/">The Inquisative Little Snail</a>, 3. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/18705743@N00/225648220/">STOP LOOKING AT ME Argggghhh</a>, 4. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/18705743@N00/214082011/">Baby Ladybird macro</a>

puddleduck

20-11-2006, 19:42

That widget thing is pretty cool!

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/92813182@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/interesting/000000/ffffff/92813182@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="puddleduckz. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="puddleduckz. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

Highlander

23-11-2006, 22:35

A couple of months back I was going to set up a Canon 100-400mm group, as I couldn't see one. However, when I eventually got round to it, I found I had been beaten to it by a few days!! Anyway, I'd like to see the group grow a bit more, even though it's not my group. It is my favourite lens though (that I own). So if you've got a Canon 100-400mm L IS, please consider joining and posting in here (http://www.flickr.com/groups/81265875@N00/).

Fozzybear

24-11-2006, 06:47

Thats fantastic mate. 18 shots in explore at once!

Just looked on Scout and it's up to 19 now! :thumbs: The number dropped during the week to about 10 but I've been a bit more active on flickr the last couple of days and have had quite a few comments/faves, which is probably what's done it. I know the 19th shot was viewed/commented on over the last day.

Highlander: I set up a flickr group a while ago which was supposed to be for landscape shots in an urban setting but I had so many inappropriate images added (not rude, they broke the rules I'd set) and the discussions I started were only commented on by one member that I really got the hump with it so I quit the group and left them to it.

silverpenguin7

24-11-2006, 08:33

I find most of the groups only seem to get commented on every now and again unless its big ones like the Nikon group which gets regular traffic. Loads of the ones I joined say the last comment was weeks or even months ago, yet new photos get added all the time.

JimLin

26-11-2006, 22:53

Just got round to sorting out flickr. Here's my widget thingy! Still need to sort out and upload more photos. The two nice ones from Normandy don't show in the widget.

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/15386144@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/recent/000000/ffffff/15386144@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="jimlin1965. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="jimlin1965. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

JimLin :)

Mojo Risin

29-11-2006, 09:45

I only just found this thread after searching for 'flickr'
will check your photos out

happy flickring :-)

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/24575769@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/interesting/000000/ffffff/24575769@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="hazabaza. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="hazabaza. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

doesnotcompute

29-11-2006, 10:27

Rabbi of Caerbannog

29-11-2006, 12:55

My beginnings :thumbs:

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/95884922@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/random/000000/ffffff/95884922@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="rabbi of caerbannog. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="rabbi of caerbannog. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a> :wave:

Ian Vinten

29-11-2006, 13:18

Hi guys :wave:

Been on flickr for a while but hadn't seen this thread.

I take it that this profile thing is too big to use as a sig?

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/38098903@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/interesting/000000/ffffff/38098903@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="Ian Vinten. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="Ian Vinten. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

Boink!

29-11-2006, 15:36

Unfortunately, it is. But you can show it off here.

RomerojpgX

29-11-2006, 17:01

You can resize it with HTML coding I am sure of that, but thats beyond me :D one of you HTML experts can give us some edited re-size code so it can be shrunk to a size we want :D get working it out. I used to have some code to do this, but I aint got it anymore as I dont resize animated gifs and links anymore.

liamail

29-11-2006, 20:24

:clap: Woohoo! One in explore, highest position of 155 on 13th Nov :D

I'm clearly overexcited, but I've not had time to shoot much recently, so this is a nice motivator.

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/randomint/22229c/f5f5ff/74575945@N00.jpg

1966

29-11-2006, 20:37

Well, my stats aren't exactly earth-shattering yet, but here you go!

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/61893502@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/randomint/000000/ffffff/61893502@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="PeteWilliams. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="PeteWilliams. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

In fact, they were better last week when I had one in explore, but that one seems to have crept out the top 500!

RomerojpgX

30-11-2006, 16:43

Its quite amazing how many dvdforums members have joined Flickr :D keep em coming.

Tomfoolery

30-11-2006, 22:34

Here's mine, nothing hugely interesting though!

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/90942167@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/recent/000000/ffffff/90942167@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="Tom Thorpe. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="Tom Thorpe. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

puddleduck

01-12-2006, 11:51

I've got 4 in Explore.

It all seems a bit random too be honest!

lticket

06-12-2006, 10:09

Not half as impressive as Paul's but i'm fairly proud (not bad considernig i've only uploaded 23 photos to flickR)

http://gallery.tickett.net/scout7725429.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tickett)

sworrall

07-12-2006, 22:47

doesnotcompute

11-12-2006, 18:22

Finally one of my pics ended up in explore (http://flickr.com/photos/doesnotcompute/306870890/) :)

RomerojpgX

11-12-2006, 18:56

Itsa cracker too :)

doesnotcompute

11-12-2006, 19:03

Itsa cracker too :)

<proud>

Thanks! Whenever I see your (both yours and the general group) photos, I always think mine are well below standard. Still, I'll get there! I'm off to LA in January, for 3 months, should have plenty of free weekends to spend with my camera!

downhillbiker

11-12-2006, 21:08

Just went through my photos and added tags... never bothered before. It's been a boring day.

Pheonix

11-12-2006, 21:20

ive been adding geotags to my most interesting picture set tonight and found that you can link to all your pictures in an area that youve taken. heres mine for about 30 photos in north wales

North Wales Flickr Map (http://www.flickr.com/map/?&user_id=57602777@N00&fLat=53.044102&fLon=-3.836974&zl=9)

How do you do that? Not found that function on Flickr yet.

Also the geo tags. Have ou got them from google maps, or did you record them on your GPS?

1966

11-12-2006, 21:38

How do you do that? Not found that function on Flickr yet.

Also the geo tags. Have ou got them from google maps, or did you record them on your GPS?

If you click 'Organise' from 'Your Photos', then click 'Map', you can just drag and drop your photos onto the map. Pretty nifty!

I've geotagged all my photos so far: map (http://www.flickr.com/photos/petewilliams/map/)

DeadKenny

11-12-2006, 23:15

Just went through my photos and added tags... never bothered before. It's been a boring day.
Worth doing to make flickr 'work'. Certainly affects the 'interestingness' of the photos. Still won't get me into Explore as my photos are too crap :D

Not sure of the benefits of geotagging though.

Jur@551c

12-12-2006, 07:05

Here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghoughton/map/) all my geo-tagged ones, Put every single one of my Flickr pics up.

Highlander

13-12-2006, 10:46

When leaving comments, is there an easy way of adding 'seen in ...' or do I have to code it myself?

1966

13-12-2006, 11:02

When leaving comments, is there an easy way of adding 'seen in ...' or do I have to code it myself?

There is indeed, so long as you are a Firefox user:

http://6v8.gamboni.org/Flickr-Add-referer-into-comments.html

Highlander

13-12-2006, 11:11

Ta. Yes I'm a FF user. :thumbs:

John C

15-12-2006, 10:14

Saw this mentioned on Nikon Cafe;

Someone may have mentioned this on another thread, but for the holidays, they added a fun feature on Flickr. If you create a photo note and set the text to "ho ho ho hat", it draws a stretchable Santa hat that you can place on people's head. If you label it "ho ho ho beard", it makes a Santa beard.
Now obviously we're all too serious and arty to indulge in that, but if you have more frivolous chums, maybe it's worth telling them...

1966

15-12-2006, 11:41

Cheers John, that's great fun!

Me and Mrs Clause in NY: http://flickr.com/photos/73415418@N00/289956359/in/set-72157594362597854/

instant christmas card material!

sworrall

15-12-2006, 11:43

Saw this mentioned on Nikon Cafe;

Now obviously we're all too serious and arty to indulge in that, but if you have more frivolous chums, maybe it's worth telling them...
i would never use it John (http://flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/140268831/) ..... stu.gregorys santa doggie (http://flickr.com/photos/89573805@N00/322389818/) ;)

Boink!

15-12-2006, 12:04

I'm not particually happy about this (http://flickr.com/photos/spookygonk/180667391/)
I can't see, Dad! (http://flickr.com/photos/spookygonk/25537407/)

:D

sworrall

15-12-2006, 12:31

I can't see, Dad! (http://flickr.com/photos/spookygonk/25537407/):D
i just spat my tea after seeing that one :lol:

doesnotcompute

15-12-2006, 23:07

First time I've seen it, but it appears Flickr is down at the moment.

kerzo

15-12-2006, 23:19

Seems to be ok for me at this moment, I have noticed it down/very slow a few times but nothing to get worried about really :)

Highlander

21-12-2006, 17:11

Just discovered this (http://interestingby.isaias.com.mx/) alternative to scout, which doesn't seem to give the same results as scout. I think it's all your photos that have ever appeared in Explore, although I still seem to be missing a few.

EDIT: Sorry, I think it might just list your most interesting photos, rather than those that have been in explore. However, you can view other people's lists.

RomerojpgX

21-12-2006, 17:19

Thanks Highlander

Crikey! I didnt know I had that many in Intrestingness! quite a shock, at least I like some of the pics that went into it, a lot of people I just see moaning that there crappy shots get in. I like mine :) and no semi naked ladies in sight, yet.

meyek

21-12-2006, 19:45

Highlander

23-12-2006, 10:02

Anyone used scout today :nuts:
I see greenguy has.

greenguy

23-12-2006, 10:14

Yep, I was a bit miffed as I wanted to see what was in explore itself.........ho hum

Merry Christmas all and best wishes for 2007! May your clicking finger never tire!

downhillbiker

23-12-2006, 14:49

Aye, I have one in Explore again, but no idea what it is dammit! Ah well, who cares - MERRY CHRISTMAS!

liamail

23-12-2006, 15:10

Won't it be your most 'interesting' photo?

downhillbiker

23-12-2006, 15:38

Not neccessarily - it varies depending on what it has to "compete" against on the day it was submitted. So my most interesting photo might have been submitted on a very competitive day, but my second might be the most interesting of a pretty dull day, and will therefore get into Explore.

If that makes sense.

doesnotcompute

24-12-2006, 08:47

Run Scout again, and you'll note a small piece of text "Turn off Christmas Scout" - click it, run again, you'll get the genuine results.

Boink!

26-12-2006, 08:12

Whoo, my Sunset tree has made it to #26 in Explore!

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spookygonk/329280481/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/329280481_3d11abcadd_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Sunset tree" /></a>

Then again, probably most people are off t'internet with the Christmas present giving and food munchin'

John C

26-12-2006, 09:30

Then again, probably most people are off t'internet with the Christmas present giving and food munchin'
You're too modest Jon, it's a belter of a shot, and fully deserving of its placing, well done.

ifijay

26-12-2006, 15:20

What he said! It is a corker :notworthy

lticket

29-12-2006, 01:24

This probably deserves its own thread... but seeing as we've already got this one!

BigHugeLabs bring us "enhance dynamic range post processing thingybob";

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/dxolighting.php

Haven't had a good play yet but looks pretty cool on a few of my club shots :p

RomerojpgX

08-01-2007, 17:05

Anyone had this problem?

I just tried to put a picture in a group, it says this

This photo is already in the maximum number of groups allowed. To add it to (insert group name here) you will first have to remove it from at least one other group.

This is happening with all my images, even ones in a few groups, is this me or Flickr?

ifijay

08-01-2007, 17:14

Anyone had this problem?

I just tried to put a picture in a group, it says this

This is happening with all my images, even ones in a few groups, is this me or Flickr?

It's probably due to the fact that you're using the free option. I think pro users have unlimited access to the number of groups they can join.

RomerojpgX

08-01-2007, 17:35

Nope thats not it :) as I have added some images to an infinate amount of groups before, it wont even let me add a pic to 1 grop now, its crashed or something I guess, as there is no limit to the amount of gropus for free accounts, even tried taking some images out of groups and it still wont add any :(

Highlander

08-01-2007, 17:44

No there was a new rule introduced a week or so ago.
Free accounts can submit to 10 groups, and Pro accounts 60 groups.
There are loads of threads about it on flickr, eg: here (http://www.flickr.com/groups/central/discuss/72157594465888215/).

ifijay

08-01-2007, 17:45

ifijay

08-01-2007, 17:47

Then I don't know, unless their system is down :shrug:

There you go then! Highlander has answered your question.

RomerojpgX

08-01-2007, 18:04

Holy Crap thats odd as some of the pics I am trying to add are les than 10. Strange.
Not that I join hundreds of groups mind you :)

John C

08-01-2007, 18:32

No there was a new rule introduced a week or so ago.
Free accounts can submit to 10 groups, and Pro accounts 60 groups.

About time, I reckon.

A few of the groups I belong to have been spammed by people posting the same thing to hundreds of groups.

Edit: A Flickr guy explains the rationale here;
This wasn't an attempt to restrict your sharing freedoms or kill groups as much as a way to improve the general browsing experience for Flickr members. (Note- we recently lifted the monthly upload cap on Pro accounts, as well as raised that for free accounts, and you can join as many groups as you like.)

It's been noted by some posters in this thread that this will cut down on page load problems, and indeed, this is definitely an issue. At what point the page load degrades depends a lot on individual factors which are not in our control: how robust your network connection is, how 'free and clear' the route is back to Flickr, your computer, your browser, your additional applications/add-ons that affect Javascript performance and maybe something I am forgetting. Add these factors up and for some people, browsing Flickr can be a chore when you visit a lot of photos that have a very high number of pools they reside in. We've seen images posted to hundreds of groups, and we'll get help cases opened with us over why someone can't open a Flickr page or why their browser crashes on one and it turns out it's been top loaded with an extreme number of groups.

As to the limitation being lower for a free account, well, differentiating a feature restriction for free versus paid users has always been present.

See <a href="http://www.flickr.com/forums/help/31517/page4/#reply158044">this thread</a> for the quoted explanation, and lots of whinging about it.

RomerojpgX

08-01-2007, 18:35

Yup a few people must spend hours just putting images in groups, no wonder some people get 100000 views when they post in alomost every group on the site! well not anymore :D may not give the spammers so much recognition, as a lot of them dont deserve to be looked at anyway.

Highlander

08-01-2007, 20:16

DeadKenny

08-01-2007, 20:32

I must admit that I put photos into a lot of groups myself, but only maybe 15-20 at the most. The problem is that there are so many similar groups around, and when you post in one, you get invited to another etc. So you end up joining and posting to loads of groups.
Same here, though I haven't submitted to that many groups yet that I'd be over the limit but could see it happening with some group subjects. I'm too tight to cough up for pro though :D

Well, plus the fact I see pro as mainly being about getting lots of web space for photos and really I don't need it. I use my home server for that, and flickr is just space to show off a selection of my photos and get feedback.

I'd prefer a limit much like the upload limits, e.g. only submitting to 10 groups within a month or something like that.

RomerojpgX

26-01-2007, 20:49

Odd Problem time :(

I can log into Flickr as normal etc.. but when I go to look at a picture I cannot use any of the options aobve a picture, they are there, but not highlightable at all. So I cannot add any to a group, or see a bigger picture or add notes etc..

I rebooted my PC as I thought it was just a one off, and its still happening? anyone else had this?! as its crap as I cannot see big pics :(

Fozzybear

26-01-2007, 21:03

It's a flickr-wide problem and I think it's fixed now. I had the same thing and it seems to be working again for me.

RomerojpgX

26-01-2007, 21:07

Ahh yup your Right :) odd I thought it was only me.

Boink!

29-01-2007, 13:42

Top ten hacks on flickr (http://thomashawk.com/2007/01/top-10-hacks-on-flickr.html#links)

mnementh

01-02-2007, 08:24

Any 'Old Skool' Flickr members having trouble finding a replacement Yahoo ID for login ?

Not surprisingly for me RobGallop isn't available and I don't particularly want Rob Gallop93864 as an ID :(

John C

01-02-2007, 08:34

Oddly no one else had John_Campion_the_Monkey :)

Highlander

01-02-2007, 08:37

Oddly no one else had John_Campion_the_Monkey :)

Damn, I was just going to register that!! :D

How old is old skool? I registered in June last year (for the photo a day challenge) and *think* I'm on a Yahoo ID already.

mnementh

01-02-2007, 08:40

I joined in late 2004/early 2005 then got a pro account in Nov 2005

lticket

01-02-2007, 10:22

have you lot seen; http://photos.tickett.net (photos.tickett.net) (available from; http://www.yesterdayslife.com/photofront)

i like it... remember seeing something similar a while back (probably in here) with the background colour adapting to the photos... but i don't think it was this "nice" :)

mnementh

01-02-2007, 10:31

Yep - mentioned before (I think by Boink!)

http://www.yesterdayslife.com/photofront/robgallop

lticket

01-02-2007, 10:34

hehe- my bad (must be my old age setting in!)

mnementh

01-02-2007, 12:59

http://wii.yahoo.com/

Yahoo are using peoples photos stored on flickr on their web portals - at the moment even if the photos are marked with the CC All Rights Reserved.

Flickr are apparently working with Yahoo to only use photos with less of a CC restriction, (http://www.flickr.com/forums/help/32752/) but you might want to review what your settings are at if you don't want your photos used 'as advertising' without your permission.

lticket

01-02-2007, 16:22

could rebel by tagging millions of photos with wii when they clearly aren't anything to do with it??? :)

Boink!

01-02-2007, 18:44

mnementh

02-02-2007, 07:00

sigur

03-02-2007, 08:58

Might as well post my flickr link in here. All the photos were taken with a Canon A70, I have now upgraded to a 350D and will get some new ones up soon.

downhillbiker

03-02-2007, 10:54

could rebel by tagging millions of photos with wii when they clearly aren't anything to do with it??? :)

Or start invoicing Yahoo for using your photos...

RomerojpgX

03-02-2007, 12:41

£50 per use, per day please.

Lorne.t

17-02-2007, 14:07

Anyone having problems today?
I've noticed several odd pictures taken by other people showing up in my sets.
Very strange...

RomerojpgX

17-02-2007, 14:24

Yup I have some odd images in my sets! freaky.Click on em and yu get your photo, but the thumbnails are very queer.

still average joe

17-02-2007, 14:28

Yup I have some odd images in my sets! freaky.Click on em and yu get your photo, but the thumbnails are very queer.

Same here.

DeadKenny

17-02-2007, 14:44

Same also. As said the thumbnails are odd. Looks like blurred out prOn in some cases :suspect:

baffled

20-02-2007, 03:25

started getting this tonight, one was definately soft porn and the others were just randon photos.

Flickr is currently down as they try to correct the problem.

mazportico

20-02-2007, 06:24

I am suprised it has taken so long. Flickr is just waiting to be hacked and spammed and has huge security holes. Letting non paying members do as much as they can being the biggest.

John C

20-02-2007, 08:29

Tonight's problem was a result a few of the photocaches going berzerk and instead of returning the correct image file when a particular photo was being requested, it just returning some random image that happened to be in the cache. The result was web pages which had some correct photos, and some random ones. And the random ones would change when you reloaded the page.

This is not a permenant problem: the primary storage, the database and the software that runs Flickr is all fine. The problem was with the internal directory of a few photocaching servers - the bit that keeps track of which image files correspond with which photo URLs (and therefore items in the database).

To be clear, we regard this as a serious problem, but it is something that goes away as soon as we restart the malfunctioning servers (tonight we found that the servers were going insane again shortly after restarting, but we have isolated the problem and believe we have a permanent fix).

We want everyone to understand that there are no permanent problems with any data, we have not been "hacked" and you don't need to do anything in order to have your photos return to normal (though you might need to do a "hard refresh" in order to clear your web browser's internal image cache where the wrong photos might still be stored). In particular, you do NOT need to delete, replace or reupload any photos.
From the <a href="http://blog.flickr.com/"> flickr Blog</a>

mazportico

20-02-2007, 09:05

I saw that John. Still only a matter of time until they are 'hacked' big style I would have thought.

Boink!

21-02-2007, 01:26

Been going through my subscribed groups and have chucked off a few, mostly the HDR ones that now hold no interest for me.
Currently stuck on a second night shift in two weeks, so no chance of daylight photography until next week. Bugger. So, to pass the small hours I'm going through Explore (http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/?) to get some inspiration.

raymondlin

28-02-2007, 03:30

ok...

finally got myself an account....i know i know.

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/7121598@N05/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/randomint/000000/cacaca/7121598@N05.jpg" border="0" alt="Raymondlin. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="Raymondlin. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

Just loaded a bunch of pictures, not really had time to group them or tag them or anything.

raymondlin

28-02-2007, 14:20

How exactly do you add contacts ?

Highlander

28-02-2007, 14:27

If you hover over anybody's buudy icon, and click the 'down arrow', you'll get a drop list, one of which is 'Add xxx as contact'.

PS: Just added you as contact.

raymondlin

28-02-2007, 15:03

anyone having trouble signing up with Photofront ?

http://www.yesterdayslife.com/photofront/http://www.yesterdayslife.com/photofront/

I've tried everything, username, email address, yahoo email address, permanent email address and it still says it can't find my profile.

Boink!

28-02-2007, 16:22

http://www.yesterdayslife.com/photofront/ gets me in OK, though one of my sets should have ten photos in, but it's only showing two photos. Hm.

raymondlin

28-02-2007, 16:25

Is there a way for it to show latest taken photos first not latest uploads ?

1966

28-02-2007, 17:13

If you mean on the 'Your Photos' page, then no, I think this just lists them as they are uploaded. However you can change the order of photos within a set - open a est then click 'Arrange' and the options are there.

Fozzybear

11-03-2007, 22:03

Looks like sets within sets is going to be implemented over the next few days judging by discussion going on in some groups and the flickr ideas forum, which will be very useful!

Also I've got <s>23</s> 24! shots in explore now - woot! ;)

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulforsdick/418012262/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/118/418012262_b2cadaf748_o.jpg" width="924" height="485" alt="Explore whore" /></a>

RomerojpgX

11-03-2007, 22:14

Show off :thumbs:

Mine have went down and down and down, only have a few on there now. I guess I am not pimping them well enuff :n0rty:

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/output/scout9321784.jpg

Fozzybear

12-03-2007, 06:44

A lot of mine have stabilised their positions now, after a period of going up and down like a bunnie's bum! I think if they stay in explore for a long time they settle down.

I'm doing a lot less pimping now though, just a bit on selected shots that I like. I don't think I was that bad with it though - certainly in comparison to some people posting tilted badly exposed photos of their cat to 150 groups. :D

1966

14-03-2007, 10:31

Anyone sussed out what the new 'collections' are on flickr? Seem just like sets to me except they can have subgroups :S

Boink!

14-03-2007, 11:21

I think a lot of people were hankering for sets with subgroups.

still average joe

14-03-2007, 12:42

Fozzybear.

Is that approx 1 in every 40 of your flickr shots?

yaffle

14-03-2007, 15:13

<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/63397661@N00/"><img src="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/randomint/000000/ffffff/63397661@N00.jpg" border="0" alt="domo kun. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" title="domo kun. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr" /></a>

I've joined. Not a "real" photographer, but given I've loads of photos on flickr seemed a good idea to join the fun here.

Fozzybear

14-03-2007, 17:42

Fozzybear.

Is that approx 1 in every 40 of your flickr shots?

About right - 1 in 42 I think.

John C

14-03-2007, 19:18

About right - 1 in 42 I think.
That's a pretty good batting average.

I dread to think what mine is, I think I've only ever had 3 pics in explore at any one time :/

Fozzybear

17-03-2007, 17:55

I've had a go at another of fd's flickrtoys - the hockneyizer. It takes a photo and turns it into a collage of polaroids:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulforsdick/423953714/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/184/423953714_a6bd0ffb3e.jpg" width="500" height="328" alt="Hockneyized Tindal" /></a>

The tool to do it is here:

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/hockney.php

The arrangement is random but you can choose the number of polaroids and keep refreshing it to get an arrangement that works (must be expensive in their bandwidth though!).

RomerojpgX

18-03-2007, 00:22

Interesting little toy :)

Not gonna upload to Flickr, but heres one I tried. Fun stuff. Shame I dont have the text on the Polaroids, I like that :)

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/4478/eyepolaroidfk2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Fozzybear

18-03-2007, 07:45

That came out well. The text gets pulled from the tags you assign to photos in flickr, although you probably knew that already. ;)

John C

18-03-2007, 09:06

Interesting little toy :)

Not gonna upload to Flickr, but heres one I tried. Fun stuff. Shame I dont have the text on the Polaroids, I like that :)

Whoah - that's chuffing brilliant. I hope you don't mind my saying so Romero, but to my eye that's way better than your original shot!

If you uploaded it, I'd fave it.

Pheonix

18-03-2007, 10:00

yeah that did work well mate!

RomerojpgX

18-03-2007, 12:15

Thanks :) I had to shuffle it a lot over and over to get it right with the eye and her head. I have loads of tags on the picture, I guess if I upload to Flickr with taht toy they would follow. Shame the quality and size isnt bigger, as they would be very good largescale :)

What like this :lol: see how it goes, but may well have to delete it when space gets short on Flickr, I have a list of pics to get rid of when going gets tuff :)

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18705743@N00/425209728/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/425209728_9a6056afda.jpg" width="404" height="500" alt="Keeping An Eye Out (hockneyized)" /></a>

Sadly the tags ddnt go onto the polariods, stupid thing (or stupid me).

fakethearoma

18-03-2007, 23:46

Boink!

19-03-2007, 10:46

Has everyone who was an "Old Skool" flickr user updated their email to the Yahoo! login now? This is the last day for the old login.

mazportico

19-03-2007, 11:58

I still haven't - must do it.

jec

19-03-2007, 13:50

I did mine yesterday.

raymondlin

19-03-2007, 14:04

Has everyone who was an "Old Skool" flickr user updated their email to the Yahoo! login now? This is the last day for the old login.

What do you mean?

I signed up about 2 weeks ago.

1966

19-03-2007, 14:20

What do you mean?

Flickr was bought by Yahoo a couple years ago; since then logins have been based on Yahoo accounts, whereas previously they were specific Flickr logins. From tomorrow, the old flickr accounts will no longer work. Doesn't effect you though as your account is new :)

Tastydirt

19-03-2007, 14:39

Last time I tried I couldn't find a decent Yahoo username, so I just left it. Going to have to now :(.

1966

19-03-2007, 14:55

Last time I tried I couldn't find a decent Yahoo username

It's not easy! Hence my current ID being the Spanish translation of 'Where is the cheese??' :shrug: The English version was already gone :nuts:

RomerojpgX

19-03-2007, 16:04

I signed onto Flickr in September am I OK as I havent got a clue what mine is :(

Tastydirt

19-03-2007, 17:43

I signed onto Flickr in September am I OK as I havent got a clue what mine is :(

You should be fine, they started making all new users use Yahoo long before that.

If you do need to merge accounts then you'll get notices on the home page and through the internal mail system.

RomerojpgX

19-03-2007, 19:34

Thanks for that :)

I am stunned to see I joined Flickr in September! scary, how thats flown by :)

Seen so many photos now its scary, must be hundred thousand surley! I am addicted to the Intrestingness pages, find an artist you like then look thru all their pictures, hard when some have thousands :)

I am about to pass 10,000 views too which is also odd as some people have more than that many views for a single picture, ussually pictures of sexy ladies in not much of anything, swimsuits or just doing something dirty. :oh-hum:

Theres some pathetic photos of ladies with their bits out on Flickr, yet they get 40000 views, basically if it looks like a lady, with little cloths on you may as well be the pimp and sell that image as god theres some nasty pictures on Flickr :eek: yet it seems they get viewed more than anything else. Theres some real stalkers on Flickr.

Boink!

19-03-2007, 20:15

I am about to pass 10,000 views too...
That's good, I'm only on 6,646 and 230 photos (must get my act together and put some more up).

Tastydirt

19-03-2007, 20:23

I'm on 38K view and have nothing decent on it! Is there any way to check any photos that have gone on Explore?

Boink!

19-03-2007, 20:48

Yes there is, hop over to Scout (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/scout.php), put your username in and it will show you what you've got in Explore. It's a part of fd's Flickr toys (http://flickr.com/groups/flickrtoys/) group.

John C

19-03-2007, 21:06

By chuff, I have 1,475 photos / 14,254 views - and nary a lady in her pants in sight!

Who'd a thunk it?

RomerojpgX

19-03-2007, 21:33

I see many people with not many views at all and they are staggering photograhers, so your not alone :D

I guess the people that pimp the most get a lot of views and some of the sexy lady photographers (they are good at what they do) draw in many viewers in a snowball effect. Still some people dont even join groups or tag pictures and still draw in crouds of 50 thousand of some pictures!

Stil I cannot imagine putting pictures in hundreds of groups, it must take forever! then adding hundreds of tags.

I add lots of tags, as a joke a lot of the time :D

The strange thing is my most viewed image is still my image I class as dirty porn :D my close up on the eye that looks like ladies bits, add some sexy tags and watch people look, I did it as an experiment and by god it drew the people in. I like the photo and its techincally good I think and I havent seen anything quite like it, but to be honest its not nice to look at :D imagine a massive poster of that on your wall! :eek:

This one
(Pimp Mode Activated)

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18705743@N00/370151257/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/64/370151257_18148a48fb_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Eye Porn (My 1st Picture to HIT 1000 VIEWS!)" /></a>

(Pimp Mode Deactivated)

still average joe

19-03-2007, 22:18

Looks like that problem that we had a couple of weeks ago where random images where showing up amongst our photos has re-apeared.

For me anyway.

Pheonix

19-03-2007, 22:21

And here I was thinking that was just the new version of Explore ;)

greenguy

20-03-2007, 12:47

I joined for the photo-a-day challenge last year (July), since then I have uploaded 625 images and had 7,708 views. My Explore contribution hovers between zero and three :(

I have never seen anyone with a 'dirty' photostream apart from one time where it appeared as though one user had their account hacked and someone was uploading lots of mucky pictures. That was when I was looking at the the old 'view latest images' function, I don't like the change they have made to it.

RomerojpgX

20-03-2007, 16:30

I have never seen anyone with a 'dirty' photostream apart from one time where it appeared as though one user had their account hacked and someone was uploading lots of mucky pictures.

Hell I am not sure if your joking there! theres a staggering amount of porn/smut.dirt on Flickr, porn, bondage, violence,esspecially housewives posting naked pics and the like, pretty sad, depressing stuff it has to be said.

Some even gets on Explore, just becuase of some old ladys baps :oh-hum:

Some of these people have added me as contacts, I ran like the wind! :eek: I dont say dont stick what you like on your photostreams (its up to you), but god I thought Flickr would stop most images, as some are pretty nasty. These sorts of images ruin a lot of groups too, and yet they get thousands of views. Bassically semi nakes upgly birds get thousands of views, if you pimp them right.

Boink!

20-03-2007, 17:09

I've blocked some people like that, do't want to know about the dark side of flickr thank you very much (though the series of photos of a middle aged man cross dressing were priceless :lol: ).

RomerojpgX

20-03-2007, 17:30

Arrghh Cross Dressing Grandads!

Pheonix

20-03-2007, 22:23

You see its wierd, I never run into any smut particularly. But then I don't spend ages looking through Explore I suppose.

PC_Bod

20-03-2007, 23:53

Strange I've looked for smut on Flickr, but cant find any good smut :p

ifijay

21-03-2007, 06:33

Strange I've looked for smut on Flickr, but cant find any good smut :p
Which means you've found the bad smut :n0rty: ;)

Boink!

21-03-2007, 08:50

Arrghh Cross Dressing Grandads!

Here's the photo in question (not linked back to the rest of the set):

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/1226/thatsyourdadju6.jpg

Peachy.

RomerojpgX

21-03-2007, 15:26

Jesus man, thats put me right off my dinner :)

greenguy

21-03-2007, 16:29

Hell I am not sure if your joking there! theres a staggering amount of porn/smut.dirt on Flickr, porn, bondage, violence,esspecially housewives posting naked pics and the like, pretty sad, depressing stuff it has to be said.

Nope, I was deadly serious :shrug: I'm obviously not looking in the right places :n0rty:

What did make me laugh was when I searched for images of my home town, Telford, and stumbled across one of the images lower down the page........WTF???

Linky (http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=telford&s=int) :lol:

Oh and, OMG!!! at the picture above, thats just WRONG :nono:

RomerojpgX

21-03-2007, 16:40

The main way I fond dodgy pics, is I use Explore a lot :) find an intresting picture, click it and look at that persons photostream, and my god some people are freaks :lol:

I will have to post some of these odd pics, but I dont want them to get more views :lol: as they already have to many :eek:

Still I am one to talk, I just stuck this one Flickr :lol: and joined the Fridge Portraits group :lol: plenty of ladies on there exposing there baps for the camera :eek:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18705743@N00/429380967/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/88/429380967_f9a6b5a1aa.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Evil Fridge Of Death" /></a>