Flickr Weekend Samplr XIII/2014
Every weekend we present you a selection of photos we noticed during the last week. Read on to check out this week’s selection and be inspired by these great photographers.
Surreal underwater photo shoot
Benjamin Von Wong likes to light people on fire, transport them into surreal worlds, and sink them in underwater shipwrecks. The 27-year-old photographer aims to blur the line between fantasy and reality with his epic photo shoots, and the results are mesmerizing larger-than-life images.
Flickr Friday: Alien
It’s Flickr Friday, and they are among us! Uur new challenge is ALIEN! Show us little green men and women, discover their abandoned vessels camouflaged as modern architecture and show us where you spot them in your every day life. Start shooting today for our week-long challenge.
Flickr Friday: The Morning Commute selection
Looking at the Flickr Friday group pool, you thoroughly enjoyed our last challenge Morning Commute. We selected a few of our favorites to curate them on the blog for you. Click through to see all of them, and stay tuned for our announcement of the new weekly theme.
Throwback Thursday: Homes
In this week’s throwback journey, let’s explore the housing of the past: the 1930s Sonneveld House of The Netherlands, a Norwegian farmhouse, a Native American hut, company houses in Canada’s clear-cutting operations, and more offered in the archives from The Commons.
Get the Shot: Making of the “Lady and the Last Flower”
Josh Malik, a conceptual photographer based in Los Angeles, shares the secrets behind the magic of one of his photos. He details the steps he took over 60 hours to make “The Lady and The Last Flower,” a haunting surrealist portrait.
Beautiful and unusual clouds
Flickr members made some amazing captures of these unusual clouds. Take a look … which one is your favorite?
Wildlife Wednesday: Macro world
In this week’s photo selection, let’s explore a few small species in all their glorious tiny details, including the eyes of a dragonfly to the protected entrance of a hornets’ nest. Here’s photography taken in Canada, U.S., India …
Twitter Tuesday: The Bugs selection
Yesterday, our theme was Bugs, and here’s our weekly selection of Twitter Tuesday favorites.
Photographer Spotlight: Mark McCaughrean, Senior Science Advisor at ESA
Today, after more than 10 years, ESA’s comet-chasing space probe “Rosetta” finally meets up with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. We spoke with Mark McCaughrean who shares exciting details about Rosetta, his job as an astrophysicist as well as astrophotography with us.
Recap of Flickr Global Street Art photo walks
What a weekend for a Flickr photo walk! We’re so happy to see the amazing turn out for the Street Art Flickr Global Photo Walks in more than 35 cities around the world.
Pro Tips for Flickr’s iOS app
With the recent update to the the Flickr App for iOS to version 3.1.1., we wanted to share a number of great “Pro Tips” for features you might not have used yet. Read this post for some of our favorite.