Re: [RBW] Re: Riv on Flickr

2013-05-08 Thread cyclotourist
Ohhh, your use of a shallow depth of field is exceptional! :-) Cheers, David On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Deacon Patrick wrote: > The Flickr algorithm looks for photos with everything just so that include > an ironic stray hair snagged in the snap. Grin. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > > O

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv on Flickr

2013-05-08 Thread Deacon Patrick
The Flickr algorithm looks for photos with everything just so that include an ironic stray hair snagged in the snap. Grin. With abandon, Patrick On Wednesday, May 8, 2013 5:27:40 PM UTC-6, rperks wrote: > > One more data point in what makes a pic interesting to flickr will never > be understood

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv on Flickr

2013-05-08 Thread rperks
One more data point in what makes a pic interesting to flickr will never be understood, by me at least. My photo from the other day detailing the light mount with an old chain ring and a nitto bolt made it to the explore page. The shear number of favorites and comments expounding on my use of

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv on Flickr

2013-05-02 Thread cyclotourist
Adding beer to any bicycle picture tends to exponentially increase views! Big Huge Labs has a bunch of cool flickr stuff. Cheers, David On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Philip Williamson < philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh, that's cool. I had no idea that two of my pictures were > "Exp

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv on Flickr

2013-05-02 Thread Philip Williamson
Oh, that's cool. I had no idea that two of my pictures were "Explored." Definitely explains the popularity of the beer Quickbeam picture. Philip www.biketinker.com On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 8:59:07 PM UTC-7, cyclot...@gma

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv on Flickr

2013-05-02 Thread Will Mill
Thank you for the kind words. Actually, no, Flickr did not notify. I happened to notice that the view statistics were increasing at a rate of 60/hour which is unheard of for me, so I started Googling around. At first I noticed our fearless leader Mr. Cyclofiend posted the image on tumblr -- and

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv on Flickr

2013-05-02 Thread Will Mill
Hugh, Thanks for the kind words -- and I agree with your comments about film. I urge you to try film again. It has reawakened the joy in photography for me. Cheers, Will On May 1, 2013, at 12:42 PM, hsmitham wrote: > Hi Will, Congratulations it's a wonderful image and transcends the bicycle,

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv on Flickr

2013-05-02 Thread Will Mill
Jim, That is interesting. Maybe something about posting our images in a well-viewed group adds to the chances of the Flickr algorithm grabbing it? I also notice that your view statistics are about same as mine. Nice lookin' bomb-proof Hung. Cheers, Will On May 1, 2013, at 10:48 AM, "Jim M."

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv on Flickr

2013-05-01 Thread cyclotourist
Scout is the way to find out: http://bighugelabs.com/scout.php Just enter your flickr id and see what's happenin. * * Cheers, David On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Allingham II, Thomas J < thomas.alling...@skadden.com> wrote: > I don’t think so. I had a Mystery Bike pic chosen for Explore

RE: [RBW] Re: Riv on Flickr

2013-05-01 Thread Allingham II, Thomas J
I don't think so. I had a Mystery Bike pic chosen for Explore and I only found out because there was a sudden flood of comments and faves, and one of them congratulated me on Explore. From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of jinxed Sent: W