Riv on Flickr

[Will M]

Hi all.  This is interesting. I was having fun quietly shooting my Rambouillet (with my grandfather's circa-1950 Leica lenses and supersaturated Fuji Velvia color slide film), and posting the images to the Rivendell Bicycles Flickr pool for y'all to see. Then for whatever reason Flickr selected one (http://flic.kr/p/ef3nDF) among the top 500 images uploaded on April 29, 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/explore).  Why this image?  I've seen better photography in the Rivendell Bicycles Flickr group (a big fan of sferranti's postings).

[cyclotourist]

Congratulations!

Explore on flickr is a fickle thing. It takes into account a combo of page views, plus comments and faves. Often times an image will make that top 500 through the regular bicycle groups & flickr contacts, but when when it gets Explore, the general flickr public notices it. That's when the views grow exponentially.

BTW, this is a really great photos as well: http://www.flickr.com/photos/millhiser/8682644620/in/photostream

Cheers,
David

On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 5:27 AM, Will M <wpm...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all.  This is interesting. I was having fun quietly shooting my Rambouillet (with my grandfather's circa-1950 Leica lenses and supersaturated Fuji Velvia color slide film), and posting the images to the Rivendell Bicycles Flickr pool for y'all to see. Then for whatever reason Flickr selected one (http://flic.kr/p/ef3nDF) among the top 500 images uploaded on April 29, 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/explore).  Why this image?  I've seen better photography in the Rivendell Bicycles Flickr group (a big fan of sferranti's postings).

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[Jim M.]

Great looking photo! I think yours is far higher quality than this one of mine that made it onto Explore: http://www.flickr.com/photos/20986098@N04/4689448618/

 I like to think someone at Flickr likes Riv's or reinforced main triangles.

jim m
wc ca

[hsmitham]

Hi Will, Congratulations it's a wonderful image and transcends the bicycle, I think in large part because of the mood it embodies. I think organic film and it's controls are magical in a different sort of way to the magic of Digital photography. It makes me want to shoot on film again.

Hugh

On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 5:27:13 AM UTC-7, Will M wrote:

[jinxed]

Your entire photo stream is pretty impressive! It doesnt surprise me in the slightest one of your images became popular. I am curious though...does flickr notify you in some way that a photo has been chosen and posted in popular or explore?

[Manuel Acosta]

What's flickr?

[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.

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[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

[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

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[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

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[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 wondered if it was possible that he had that many followers -- then saw the image in Explore.  

On May 1, 2013, at 8:30 PM, jinxed <hbc...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Your entire photo stream is pretty impressive! It doesnt surprise me in the slightest one of your images became popular. I am curious though...does flickr notify you in some way that a photo has been chosen and posted in popular or explore?

[Philip Williamson]

It's a really good picture. And film!

Philip

www.biketinker.com

On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 5:27:13 AM UTC-7, Will M wrote:

[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

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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.A...@skadden.com> wrote:

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.

 

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Your entire photo stream is pretty impressive! It doesnt surprise me in the slightest one of your images became popular. I am curious though...does flickr notify you in some way that a photo has been chosen and posted in popular or explore?

 

 

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[cyclotourist]

Adding beer to any bicycle picture tends to exponentially increase views!

Big Huge Labs has a bunch of cool flickr stuff.

Cheers,
David

[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 tonality and composition are what I am finding the most "interesting"

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rperks1/8718438496/

Rob

Ventura, CA

[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

[cyclotourist]

Ohhh, your use of a shallow depth of field is exceptional! :-)

Cheers,
David