ILPhoto Gallery (a thread to show off your pictures)

You know, I used to tag heavily but for some reason stopped doing so AND deleted most of my old tags about a year ago. Something about it just bugged me (among other things, probably the fact that my dad was such a relentless tagger that all of his photos would have things like "photography" "color" "mountain" "hill" "blue" "california" "united states" "landscape" etc.). I think seeing tags next to a picture seemed too literal and clunky! This is why only some pictures get titles too. I was also envious of people who seemed to get high viewing rates but not only had untagged photos, but had un-grouped photos.
I can tell myself that flickr stats are pretty useless, except that I do nothing with my pictures *except* put them on flickr. So that is really my only payoff. I don't anticipate ever making money from photography, so I'd at least like as many people as possible to see and enjoy a picture that I make, if it's any good.

Nearly binned this as i was messing about at the time, it's kinda grown on me
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2328/5808700623_4deeb9ec3d.jpg
Untitled by carljgodwin, on Flickr

But it isn't getting the views that I'd hoped for

Do you comment on other people's photo's much? I found once i started looking around and commenting on what i liked, people returned the compliment.

I have to admit that I don't comment as much as I probably could or should. I lack words too often and just end up saying things like "nice!" or "wow!" so instead I tend to favorite pictures relentlessly.

hey chinavision:

- is that a dan paterson (that might not be his name) piece? it's amazing

- & your picture at the crossing is ace. it has this drama of like jeff wall or something.

(oh, no, it's this guy; i thought it was this

Yeah the Madison Square Park piece is pretty nice! It is surprisingly disorienting to look at since that sort of spatial distortion is so completely associated with 2d pictures.
And thank you about the crossing photo! I was really into the way that woman was holding the camera. When I got the photos back I was pretty surprised at how posed everyone looked to me.

I must admit I used to be quite addicted to the Flickr stats page - I'd like the photostream as a whole to get 100+ hits each day. If the graph dropped down to low double figures and I didn't have anything new to share I'd usually freshen things up a bit by blogging an old picture or uploading something random from the archives. (When I've just uploaded a load of kids' party pics and sent out Guest Passes, the hit count goes through the roof).

Well, now, it doesn't seem like I have to do anything to get those 100+ hits - mostly due to "unknown source" referrals. Not entirely what they are - ppl blogging my pictures? Accessing them via a phone app? Stuff like Tumblr does actually show up, so it's not necessarily that. 70% of all my traffic on a quiet day (no new content for a while) comes from these unknown sources. Any ideas?

I don't publicise my flickr acct much or do much tagging so when I get comments it's always kind of amazing to me. This one dude even wrote an entire POEM abt one of my pictures. That's what he does, apparently, leaves poems on pictures that 'inspire' him.

Another guy complimented my photo album full of Arshavin photoshops: "I love this series of shrugging Arshavin"

From what I've read, unknown source hits can include blogs etc. that block referral data, but also from direct hits, like from a bookmark or an email etc. I also wonder if sites like flickriver have something to do with it.

Hmmm. I was curious because, on quiet days when I've not uploaded anything new for a while and there's no compelling reason for friends to be ploughing through my photos, instead of a total daily hit-count of around 60 (search engine hits for stuff within and without Flickr, usually), I now get a hit-count of around 150 and it's overwhelmingly "unknown source" making up the difference.

For example, yesterday (having not uploaded anything since Jun 2):
136 views - 41 within Flickr, 20 Google/Yahoo image search, 1 Facebook, 1 ohdeedoh, 73 unknown source.

Occasionally, I'll get a big spike on one image - 55 views in a day, all unknown source.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2762/5815395882_7de343088c_z.jpg

I'm still very pleased with the lower-contrast look I can get with the new lens and scanner. This is around Bowling Green after work the other day.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5278/5874559859_698fc0ecfd_z.jpg

Modest and pleasant.

I liked this one, when I had cropped the top
http://completelyinthedark.com/main.php?g2_itemId=14411

An older one, that I am not too bothered about, but my dad likes so I don't feel so bad about him chipping in to mend my lens
http://completelyinthedark.com/main.php?g2_itemId=13363

This, as I had such a hellish weekend trying to get an article about boring restaurants and tourists, that it was so nice to find that the monks alms giving was not a tourist trap for this pious little fella
http://completelyinthedark.com/main.php?g2_itemId=13909
Bless him

http://completelyinthedark.com/main.php?g2_itemId=13897

1st one I've posted for a month, I need to get shooting more.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5318/5902263538_b197aa3d4d.jpg
Chips by carljgodwin, on Flickr

Another,
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6149/5915754059_c64f566afa.jpg
Justice by carljgodwin, on Flickr

Both gorgeous

Thought I'd contribute to the thread:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drystereo/5918931335/"; title="Voyeur by John Vincent Aranda, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6124/5918931335_58cb24156f.jpg"; width="500" height="405" alt="Voyeur"></a>

and if anyone's interested I have more stuff here

Let's try that again:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drystereo/5918931335/

Here you go JVA
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6124/5918931335_58cb24156f.jpg
Voyeur by John Vincent Aranda, on Flickr

Great light and composition btw.

Thanks for the kind words and saving me from my inability to post my own photo properly, not_goodwin!

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6005/5924550321_e709b87b79.jpg
flags blurry by dysign, on Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6001/5924436607_3c378d39e7.jpg
Moth by davejm, on Flickr

oohh - nice!

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6123/5925112436_dedbe8d9c5.jpg
Canada Day concert by dysign, on Flickr

Playing with some colour

http://completelyinthedark.com/main.php?g2_itemId=14104
http://completelyinthedark.com/main.php?g2_itemId=14107
http://completelyinthedark.com/main.php?g2_itemId=14122
http://completelyinthedark.com/main.php?g2_itemId=14113
http://completelyinthedark.com/main.php?g2_itemId=14128
http://completelyinthedark.com/main.php?g2_itemId=14155
http://completelyinthedark.com/main.php?g2_itemId=14194
http://completelyinthedark.com/main.php?g2_itemId=14215
http://completelyinthedark.com/main.php?g2_itemId=14341

Thanks for looking if you do, sorry, used to be able to post directly but seems to screw up each time

the pig one is awesome

where do you live?

These were in bangkok markets, for a mag article

http://completelyinthedark.com/main.php?g2_itemId=14164 More pig, the stench made me feel quite ill

Asia is good for gross meat shots. A market in Laos http://completelyinthedark.com/main.php?g2_itemId=13528
Thanks for looking.

Love the pig.

Messing with tones and trying something different, not sure about it yet!
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6129/5970161493_6cedc0e53a.jpg
Untitled by carljgodwin, on Flickr

I like it

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6028/5978025417_79644c3cda_z.jpg
DSC_8897

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6016/5978581558_5529f2c3d1_z.jpg
DSC_8230

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5978603394_af5539aa47_z.jpg

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6127/5978043171_b0566a78a7_z.jpg

Still fighting the urge to do a sunset, don't think i'll last much longer.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6020/5985337126_94b5f2b2a6.jpg
Gas Tower by carljgodwin, on Flickr

Great work on this thread.

A fancy-schmancy car...
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6010/5995665706_ecddc0bf7f.jpg

Already posted this on the Parenting board, but what the hell...
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6007/5995240346_0d6f57ab56.jpg

I'm no Richard Gin but - should I ever get out of the house - I would like to be the dude at the front with the DSLR a little more often...
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/5994691501_a6974efe5d.jpg

Grabbed this as we were packing our bags to return from a holiday. Didn't expect it to turn out so well.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/5997720690_9e0acc82db.jpg
Morning by davejm, on Flickr

I like that a lot Millsner, especially the composition and the detail of the bed. If there were one small thing it's that the top right is a little too bright at the expense of the left, but I love how you can still see the hand on the foot, which - for me- is the punctum. It's lovely.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/6002595737_8e9b9497ff_z.jpg

the photos that i like that i have taken are mostly just friends of mine.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5067/5861995475_67ba77da68_z.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5184/5688478698_bb026a045b_z.jpg

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6013/5957886624_4946511370_z.jpg

whatever, that picture is delightful

thanks gbx

plax otm, those pics are great. i'm way more invested in trying to capture something that captures one of my friends than i am getting a good landscape or w/e, & the gestures & expressions in the above are really nice.

I have a snapshot to share. I've been shy b/c 99% of my photos for the last couple years have been iPhone, and often Hipstamatic. Be kind?

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/284944_2284224067639_1309983927_32655914_140336_n.jpg

Wow, that's an extraordinary image.

Thanks. That's the lobby of my apartment building, and that's vomit (99% sure). Public vomit is not as upsetting when its color and setting are interesting.

Looks like someone had too much red wine. Or they have serious stomach issues.

Anyway here's another none sunset shot from the Lake District.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6020/6013944137_4298e30987.jpg
i prefer it on black here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carljgodwin/6013944137/lightbox/