A Flickr of Excitement

As I have said in a previous post, most of the “newer” things I know about the internet I have learned from my daughter; well, from my sisters, too.  Remember, I’m old-fashioned.  Well, my daughter was the first person to introduce me to slide.com, which I use pretty often.  My older sister introduced me to Photobucekt, which I use often, and my younger sister introduced to me Picasa which I have never used.  As you may have guessed, I have never used Flickr.  I don’t have a reason to use Flickr; I don’t have a digital camera and I very rarely have a reason to borrow one from someone.  I’m not much of a picture person.  After exploring Flickr these past few days, I see why the site is so popular.  It’s amazing to me that people post pictures not only to show friends and family thier vacation pics, but also as a way of communicating with the world at large.  I wasn’t quite sure where to start, but wouldn’t you know, Flickr has a link for exploring the photostreams on the site.  I found a handy tool for finding pics called “geotagging”.  Simply type in a location, and you can find pictures about or of the location.  I typed in Hong Kong.  There were several pictures to choose from, but I chose one from a great photographer who goes by the name of Stuck in Customs.  From what I can gather, Stuck is a world-traveler, and he takes pictures of sunsets around the world.  He doesn’t do sunsets exclusively, but he has a fair amount of fans who love his sunset pics, so he posts quite a lot of them.  As a side note, Stuck takes great pictures, period.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/95572727@N00/953669278

I wanted to put the picture in my blog, but I couldn’t get it to work right.

I chose this picture because I have a thing for Hong Kong; I really want to visit some day.  This picture is quite breathtaking, in its beauty.  It looks almost surreal.  One person even commented on Stuck’s page that it looks like the trees and mountains are moving in on the city.  I love how the clouds seem almost ghostly. The lights of the city against the darkness of the sky….it’s remarkable.  This makes me want to visit Hong Kong even more.