My Friend Flikr--Thing #7

Sept10, a set on Flickr.

A few pictures that I took this morning...
I went outside and snapped a few pictures of the horses. they were more interested in eating.  Mocha is really starting to dapple with her fall coat growing in; it shows great on the black and white.  I took a picture of  Calista Rae in the den, posing was least she could let me do--this is a cat that requires a lot of food. I actually took several pictures-- horses, goats, cats, dog.  When I was downloading, I found that I still had a bunch of pictures on my card. My favorite shot of Molly in the leaves was begging for a thought bubble so I added it.


Anyone who knows me knows that I will spend an enormous amount of time wasting time on Flikr  now that I've found it. It gives me the tools I need to play with. I don't know whether I will use it in the classroom or not, although it is a great source of images that could be used for any subject.  I had used Photobucket in the past to edit my pictures and re-size them for other uses, but had not used it for many years.   I consider Flikr to be an excellent application. It was extremely easy to use....I downloaded my pictures off of my camera rather than onto my computer, and it was fast. Flikr has tons of storage space and downloaded my high resolution pictures with ease. I love the editing capabilities because often I end up with a very different version of my picture, which can be fun.

I love the galleries of photos and the ability to search for specific images. I searched Flatiron building and found some awesome shots of the Flatiron building...not likely too difficult to find.  The I searched Woodhull Landing which is nothing more than about 300 feet of beachfront in Sound Beach, New York.  Other than real estate websites there is very little information on the web that proves this place exists, other than somebody's Flikr pictures-- which to me is the coolest!

Woodhull Landing is where this photo was taken, long long ago. I'm the cute one. I believe the photo was taken by my father or grandmother.

Photos are such an important part of my life, so I enjoy sharing them. My love for photography stems from my grandmother,  Adele (Polacek) Ericson who always had a camera in hand, and my father, David Ericson, who loved to reproduce images of nature with his camera. I am not overly concerned with the fact that my pictures are public. What good are these things if we keep them to ourselves? If I can make somebody think, or smile, about my pictures, they have served a purpose.