A sunset

A Colorado Sunset, originally uploaded by anyjazz65. oldog_oltrix says: I have Faved this. After pondering it awhile, I realized I was seeing something explosive being conveyed at the photo's bright focal point. Some days the sun dies quietly and other days it sets the sky ablaze. On this day it shattered, spreading fiery remnants and windswept debris, before being overtaken by the night. Too allegorical? I wonder how many people are taking time to ponder any Flickr photos. I get the sense that Flickr is pretty much a snap-decision universe. Posted 6 weeks ago. anyjazz65 says: Thanks for the visit oldog oltrix. Having a photo added to your favorites list is an honor, especially since you had to dig back into the archives a bit to find it. Your poetic observation means the photograph connected for you. That means a lot. You are probably bang-on about the fickle habits of the average Flickr follower. Possibly many contributors on Flickr have only a few seconds to review the just latest postings from the members in their contact circle. Well, I guess that’s better than nothing at all. I have noted that a few of us though, scan or slideshow through the whole stream or at least a set. We are looking for that photo that stops us, inspires, connects, tells a story or just presents something stunning. We are looking for consistent quality, or an interesting approach, or just a different idea. We exchange comments and observations. Back in my business days we called it “brainstorming.” We pooled our ideas and efforts and the result was an improved output both generally and personally. Flickr members are wide and varied. I ran across one a few days ago that has more than 60 thousand photos of horses posted, each watermarked with his signature. Others like Digital Gurl and soozika are serious about quality photography, challenge themselves and make only a scant few postings of their delightful work. And some like opie jeanne, meagain625, corner of the field, myself and several others seem interested mainly in the photograph itself, whether it came from our own camera or not. We do indeed find some stunning work. There are many others I could name but just look at my contacts list or go through my favorites, you will find them there. Of course there are many who just post every historic “photo” from their cell phone of the party last night or today or last week, rotated to the left, color distorted, poorly lighted and blurry. It means something to them. I spend a bit of time each day looking at the latest postings from my contacts and through their favorites. And sometimes I follow the links to their contacts and other “favorites” and groups. Then if there is time, I follow the stream of the latest arrivals, the newest postings on Flickr. I suppose I look at a thousand or more photographs in each Flickr session. I seem to be member number 49,024,304. And I have been on Flickr more than a year. My latest posting, according to the URL, is numbered somewhere above 331 million on Flickr. That’s a lot of photographs. Finding one to collect as a favorite is special. Thanks.