Thing 7

I’ve used Flickr before, but just to browse – never to upload photos.  I attended Amy’s Flickr class on 22 September, which gave me a look at some of the other features available.  I tend to use Facebook to share photos online, though, so I doubt I’ll put many of my own photos onto Flickr.  It is fantastic for browsing, though.  You can find an image of basically anything, from the mundane to the bizarre, and many of them are professional quality.

One of my favorite features on Flickr is the “map of the world”.  Members can tag their photos based on geographic location, and then you can look at pictures which correspond to specific places on the map.  For example, I studied abroad at the University of Glasgow.  So I can search for “university” in Glasgow, Scotland, and find pictures of the campus (over 2000 pictures, to be exact).  Here’s one of my favorites, of the cloisters I walked through on my way to class every day:

I also made a lot of use of Flickr when I was choosing a digital camera to buy earlier this year.  You can search Flickr based on camera model, so I used that feature to look at images taken on the type of camera I was interested in purchasing.  I ended up with the Nikon D40, though I am entirely too much of an amateur to really make use of all its features (so far).  Here’s one of my favorite images on Flickr taken with a Nikon D40:

I hope eventually I’ll be able to take such beautiful pictures.  This cat even looks quite a bit like my cat, Byron!