Flickr Galleries

A brief form of this post appears on my photoblog, Creative Endeavors.
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Flickr has introduced Galleries, a way for flickrites to share photos they find and like on flickr. By limiting the galleries to 18 photos each, they force people to be a bit fussy. You get to act as a curator for a mini-online photo exhibition which is quite fun. I went through my favorites on flickr last night and created these galleries.

One annoying thing is that many photos I'd faved didn't allow me to add them to galleries, the photographer having turned off the feature. I fail to see any basic difference in allowing people to make a picture a favorite, which anyone can see by clicking on the favorites link on a person's page and allowing people to add them to galleries, also linked to on the person's page, which is essentially a grouping of favorites. And one would think people would want the extra publicity.

I've already been thanks by 8-10 photographers whose photos I've included in one or more of my galleries. Yet I read on discussion threads on flickr that some people got nasty notes from people whose photos they added, demanding they remove those photos from the galleries post haste. Sheesh.

Anyway, it's fun showing off the best of the best I've found on flickr and have them bunched together. I'm trying to not get carried away. :)

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