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01 Feb 11:38

The Best 100 Flickr Entries in 2013

by Admin

This post must be a reward for a year long patience, there had been so much of rejections and we are awestruck at your never give-up  attitude to keep submitting those incredible photographs to our Flickr group pool over and over again. Most importantly photographers had always questioned about contributing to 121clicks. Currently we are working on something which could well be an ideal answer to this question, until then..

A Grand tribute to all our Flickr fans, who has been submitting their wonderful pictures to our group pool.  We hope this would be of great inspiration to the photographers out there. Keep Clicking and thanks a lot for all your support. A hearty congrats to all those photographers who made this list and for those whose pictures are there in the pool but didn’t make the cut don’t worry it must be our mistake then.

Wishing all the photographer lots of luck and beautiful light whenever you pick your camera, walk down a lane or travel against your comfort.

Cheers and keep clicking!!

Please join our Flickr Group and submit your wonderful pictures.

 


Photo By: Gabi Ben avraham

 


Photo By: George Marazakis

 


Photo By: Swapnil Jedhe

 


Photo By: Frédéric Le Mauff

 


Photo By: Eduardo Basto

 


Photo By: Nicolas Portnoï

 


Photo By: Joel Dousset

 


Photo By: Nikos Pavlidis

 


Photo By: Md. Khalid Rayhan Shawon

 


Photo By: Milo Baumgartner

 


Photo By: Jerome Lorieau

 


Photo By: Bryan Leung

 


Photo By: Oscar H Grand

 


Photo By: Abdullah Al Maymun Chowdhury

 


Photo By: Yaman Ibrahim

 


Photo By: Mio Cade

 


Photo By: Sasikumar Ramachandran

 


Photo By: Thahnan Ferdous

 


Photo By: Karthi KN Raveendiran

 


Photo By: Prashanth Nayak

 


Photo By: Abdullah Al Maymun Chowdhury

 


Photo By: Fredcan

 


Photo By: Yaman Ibrahim

 


Photo By: Thahnan Ferdous

 


Photo By: Dinesh babu

 


Photo By: Erekle Sologashvili

 


Photo By: Anurag Agnihotri

 


Photo By: Aninda Kabir

 


Photo By: Prasath

 


Photo By: Rakesh JV

 


Photo By: Maramarenka

 


Photo By: Arun Titan

 


Photo By: Mahesh Balasubramanian

 


Photo By: Maciej Dakowicz

 


Photo By: Nayeem KALAM

 


Photo By: Pierre Belhassen

 


Photo By: Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak

 


Photo By: Rasem Bappy

 


Photo By: Slavina Bahchevanova

 


Photo By: Alice True

 


Photo By: Konstantia Mazaraki

 


Photo By: Federica Santolamazza

 


Photo By: Óscar Barrera

 


Photo By: Oleg oprisco

 


Photo By: Stefan Beutler

 


Photo By: Greg pths

 


Photo By: S. Khan Photography

 


Photo By: Molly meador

 


Photo By: Oleg oprisco

 


Photo By: Paola Rojas H

 


Photo By: Charles Hildreth

 


Photo By: Anh Tu Nguyen

 


Photo By: Edi Valcheva

 


Photo By: Hannes Caspar

 


Photo By: Faber Franco

 


Photo By: Ashokarsh

 


Photo By: Razor Brown

 


Photo By: Roeselien Raimond

 


Photo By: Koichi ITO

 


Photo By: Dung Hoang

 


Photo By: Angela Taylor

 


Photo By: Keith Williams

 


Photo By: Andrew

 


Photo By: Gareth Jenkins

 


Photo By: C.Aranega

 


Photo By: Hannes Steyn

 


Photo By: Jamie MacArthur

 


Photo By: Philip Selby

 


Photo By: Brooke Pennington

 


Photo By: Meer Sadi

 


Photo By: Imran Kadir

 


Photo By: Luis Mariano González

 


Photo By: Rolland Flinta

 


Photo By: Gabi Ben avraham

 


Photo By: Alain-michel boley

 


Photo By: Roberto Deri

 


Photo By: Yubai Li

 


Photo By: Dinesh Babu

 


Photo By: Cathy katie

 


Photo By: Saptarshi Mandal

 


Photo By: Konstantinos Zarmakoupis

 


Photo By: Felix Lupa

 


Photo By: Jorris Martinez

 


Photo By: Miguel Grattier

 


Photo By: Bérenger ZYLA

 


Photo By: John Trent

 


Photo By: Amy Spada

 


Photo By: Jo Wallace

 


Photo By: Frank Freytag

 


Photo By: Alain laboile

 


Photo By: Praveenkumar Palanichamy

 


Photo By: Georgie Pauwels

 


Photo By: Eleni Rimantonaki

 


Photo By: Chris Soukup

 


Photo By: Jianwei Yang

 


Photo By: Natalia Gladysheva

 


Photo By: Víctor Quijorna

 


Photo By: Saravanan Dhandapani

 


Photo By: Daida Suárez

 


Photo By: Mirko Arganese

 


Photo By: M Ponir Hossain

 


Photo By: Edas Wong

 


Photo By: Santosh Korthiwada

 


Photo By: Krystian Kujda

 

Please check our previous months Flickr best entries:

01 Dec 07:17

morning dream by Milan Malovrh



morning dream by Milan Malovrh



Milan Malovrh: Photos · Blog

30 Nov 13:12

Cloud Forest by Kilian Schönberger

27 Nov 13:39

машенька и три медведя... by Oksana Tatsenko

27 Nov 13:17

As Long As You Love Me by Kim Leuenberger



As Long As You Love Me by Kim Leuenberger


Taken earlier today in the streets near my beloved St-James Park… Creativity and Inspiration run in my veins again… My website has been updated, you're welcome to check it out :)


Kim Leuenberger: Photos · Blog

27 Nov 13:12

Piercing Through by Michele Dalessandro



Piercing Through by Michele Dalessandro


Taken while hiking on the Kimberley Northstar Mountain nordic track, in British Columbia, Canada. by Philippe Clairo


Michele Dalessandro: Photos · Blog

25 Nov 10:23

Hobbit by Sam Moore



Hobbit by Sam Moore


The path up to the Halnaker Windmill in Sussex, making the most the Autumn colours


Sam Moore: Photos · Blog

24 Nov 08:11

Untitled by Elena Shumilova



Untitled by Elena Shumilova



Elena Shumilova: Photos · Blog

24 Nov 08:09

Pastoral by Roza Vulf



Pastoral by Roza Vulf



Roza Vulf: Photos · Blog

24 Nov 08:05

'MYSTIC LANDSCAPES' by jo williams



'MYSTIC LANDSCAPES' by jo williams


A recent image of mine (not this one) has been chosen for the cover of an amazing new book 'mystic landscapes' please take a look at the image that was chosen CLICK HERE All the profits made from the book will be donated to the Vuka Nomtoboyi home for HIV orphans in Cape Town, South Africa. Each mystical landscape image inspiring a brighter landscape for these children. If you are interested in finding out more about the book or even buying a copy go to this link CLICK HERE We are a growing group of photographers who joined creative forces to realize photography projects for charity organisations, click here and make your image make a difference. Image above was taken on a recent trip to New Hampshire, i waited 2 hours in the freezing cold for the mist to lift, it was worth getting cold fingers i think ?


jo williams: Photos · Blog

24 Nov 08:02

Prague by Martin Froyda



Prague by Martin Froyda



Martin Froyda: Photos · Blog

23 Nov 06:30

Winter silence by Chris Herzog



Winter silence by Chris Herzog


www.chris-herzog.ch


Chris Herzog: Photos · Blog

16 Nov 12:15

SuperPuppy by Michal Szydlowski



SuperPuppy by Michal Szydlowski


http://michalszydlowski.com/ http://www.facebook.com/photographermichalszydlowski


Michal Szydlowski: Photos · Blog

16 Nov 12:02

Morning three by Rickard Forsberg



Morning three by Rickard Forsberg


Early october morning - Yosemite Valley


Rickard Forsberg: Photos · Blog

12 Nov 07:33

. by Silena Lambertini



. by Silena Lambertini



Silena Lambertini: Photos · Blog

11 Nov 07:39

50 Color Photographs Which Will Tell You Light Is Everything In Photography

by Admin

Light cannot be kept outside the equation when speaking about pure photography. Obviously, Photography as we all know is about capturing light. Having said that, every art form is bound to get ruled or separated by genre norms, with due respect to all categories, light enhances the very essence of producing some exquisite stuff.

Adding glory to the beauty of all that comes its way, light makes it a must-have ingredient when it comes to true photography. Here in this yet another inspiring photo gallery of ours, I have handpicked some of the astonishing creations of magnificent photographers from all around the globe. Some stupendous compositions, incredible characters with ocean-like emotions, and most importantly that godly light.

All photos are linked and lead to the sources from which they were taken. Please feel free to explore further works of these photographers on their collections or their personal sites.

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Pepijn Hof

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Andrew

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Oleg Oprisco

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Tommy Martin

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Emmanuel Rosario

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Junya Hasegawa

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Travayegeur (Sahil)

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Jacek Ksiazek

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Khánh Hmoong

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Taya Iv

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Kiara Rose

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Sassy Chris

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Alfred Pleyer

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Philip Male

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Zack Schnepf

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Mio Cade

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Raphaël

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Recordcx

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Slavina Bahchevanova

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Anastasia Volkova

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Chip Phillips

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Katherine Squier

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: CTR Image Photography

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Josh Soskin

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Vicky

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Mathijs Delva

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Heather Gilson & Jon Almeda

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Irene Suchocki

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Himanshu Khagta

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Makayla Rogers

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Adrian

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Nadav Bagim

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Mateus88

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Cristina Ramos

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Swapnil Jedhe

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: El.Justino

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Karthik M

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Jessica Christ

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Alessandro cirillo

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Caitlyn East

50 Photographs which will tell you light is everything in photography
Photo Credit: Dale


Don’t miss to check our previous interesting Photo Galleries:

11 Nov 06:18

LAVANDAS EN UN MUNDO DE COLOR by Jose Maria Ramos Montero



LAVANDAS EN UN MUNDO DE COLOR by Jose Maria Ramos Montero


Gracias por pasarte


Jose Maria Ramos Montero: Photos · Blog

09 Nov 09:21

سنترال پارک

by هدا رستمی

یه روز بارونی بری و قدم بزنی تو سنترال پارک. اینجا یکی از محبوب ترین جاهاییه که این نیویورکیا بهش افتخار میکنن. کل پارک یه سری آدمن که دارن دسته جمعی دو تایی یا تکی با آهنگ و لباسای رنگی ورزشی نرمش میکنن. چند جایی هم دو به دو نشستن وفضا رو رومانتیک کردن.  بهترین قسمتش هم اینه که هر چند متر یک بار یه سنجاب میبینی که یه فندق رو از ته دل بغل کرده و یاد آیس ایج میفتی!
این سنترال پارک رو میشه خیلی دوست داشت! انقدر که دلت براش صبح به صبح تنگ بشه!

09 Nov 08:25

*** by grekovamashulya



*** by grekovamashulya



grekovamashulya: Photos · Blog

04 Nov 06:13

Magic Morning by Paweł Uchorczak



Magic Morning by Paweł Uchorczak


:)


Paweł Uchorczak: Photos · Blog

02 Nov 08:53

The Last We Saw of Bob by Ashley Vincent



The Last We Saw of Bob by Ashley Vincent


* CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENHANCE * Giving a picture a caption or title is something I have always enjoyed, as while I may not be able to think up something real zippy or memorable all the time every now and then I come up with something that really makes me smile. Sometimes a title will shout itself out to me soon as it come up large on my screen – as was the case with “Roaring Practice” for the little lion cub in my avatar – though on other occasions I may struggle a while before I can think of anything that seems to be apt. And then there are times when I'll come up with a picture like this one, with the yellow-billed ox-peckers doing what they do on this marvellous Cape buffalo as he studiously kept an eye on me, that seems so overloaded with potential captions that I'm hard put to choose a favourite to go with. I had been wanting to capture an image of this commonly seen symbiotic relationship between these two African species since I first saw them interact on my first Kenyan safari back in 2006, but I was looking for something a little more unique from other images I'd seen, so last June in the Masai Mara again soon as I saw one of the ox-peckers go the extra mile with the buffalo's nose I knew this was the moment I'd been waiting for. In case you're interested, below you will find some of the other captions I came up with before settling on “The Last We Saw of Bob”, oh, and feel free to let me know if you come up with any more! But I Saw Him Climb In He Can't Just Disappear! I Know You're In There It's No Use Hiding! You Can't Hide Forever We Charge Extra For Nose Jobs This Is Going To Cost Extra The Cleaning Crew Be The Job Big Or Small How Deep You Wanna Go? You Sure It's Up There? The Nostril Vice Hold OK You Win, Let Him Go! Let Go, He Didn't Mean It! Searching For An Idea No Light at End of Tunnel New Website: www.ashley-vincent.com | Blog | Fine Art America | Facebook | Flickr


Ashley Vincent: Photos · Blog

02 Nov 08:52

Crosswind by Sitzwohl Bernhard



Crosswind by Sitzwohl Bernhard


Austrian Bald Eagle attemtping to land and fighting crosswinds.


Sitzwohl Bernhard: Photos · Blog

02 Nov 07:54

Rainy by AG Photographe



Rainy by AG Photographe



AG Photographe: Photos · Blog

02 Nov 07:05

dog-snowflakes-winter by HZR PICTURE

30 Oct 07:30

Logatec -14- by Gorazd Kranjc



Logatec -14- by Gorazd Kranjc



Gorazd Kranjc: Photos · Blog

29 Oct 07:50

Summertime by Alina S



Summertime by Alina S



Alina S: Photos · Blog

27 Oct 13:44

The Hedges by Stephen Emerson



The Hedges by Stephen Emerson


The Dark Hedges, County Antrim, N Ireland.


Stephen Emerson: Photos · Blog

27 Oct 09:06

5 Painless Steps for Getting Rid of the Fear of Street Photography Once and for All

by Guest Author

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“Look at me,” he said. Complying, I turned in the man’s direction. “Look me in the eyes!”… I tried to raise my eyes and look into his, but I couldn’t. Actually, I couldn’t look anyone in the eyes at that point, it felt weird and uncomfortable. That man… was my own older brother.

That’s how shy I was and how much I feared people … I couldn’t even look at my own brother in the eyes! But nowadays, I am a changed man, a documentary-street photographer that is not afraid to approach people and photograph them.

If you’re like I was, here are a few steps I suggest you take to get into street photography without fear. If someone who used to be afraid of looking his own brother in the eye can do it, so can you — plus, these tips are both effective and painless.

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Step 1: Understanding Fear

Fear is good… Crazy, right? It’s a built-in system that aims to keep you from danger. It’s fear, for example, that tells you to step on the gas when you’re driving through a shady neighborhood. Fear is simply a warning system, and it can be trained to suit your needs. But it’s like a fork in the road, the further you go down the path of fear, the further away you get from the path of fearlessness, and vice versa.

You will not wake up one day and be fearless; it’s small steps and small victories that lead to fearlessness. Take it one step at a time, but take the first step and start turning the tide towards fearlessness. The next steps are all about these small victories, continue doing them at your own pace and you will be amazed how much you will change. Trust me, I’ve been there, and only focusing on the small victories did it for me.

Step 2: Acknowledge people

Look at this picture I took in Haiti:

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Eek. Way to go to freaking us out, right!? Well, here’s the funny thing: Somebody showed him the picture, and he absolutely loves the photograph, here’s what he said:

“Look at me! I look like a tough dude! I look so cool! I like it so much!!! Can I have a copy of this picture? Please! Send me a copy”

Weird, huh? Here’s this guy who looks like the last guy on Earth you want to take a picture of, and yet he is so happy about the photograph. You see, in the streets people are anonymous, they are just one in a million. But when you point a camera at them you acknowledge them. You take notice of them, and everyone wants that. Including you, including me.

I remember I was in a subway once and a guy was drawing. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that he was in fact drawing … moi. It felt really good, let me tell you, and it’s the same as pointing a camera at someone.

Start going out on the streets without your camera and acknowledging people. How do you do that? You smile, you say “Hi,” and “Good Morning!” or “Hi! How are you?” and strike up a conversation. Do this and you will start building up your street karma.

Here’s an idea to ponder on: people react to you depending on the energy you put out. Plus, you also have a chance to brighten someone’s day. Simply saying “Hi” and smiling will start changing your state of mind in preparation for when you go out with a camera in hand. Not only will you see that there’s no reason to fear people, it will also have an impact on your photography.

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Step 3: Making photographs

Armed with a camera, you can be one of two things on the street: a Thief or an Image Maker. The first takes pictures, the second makes pictures. We fear street photography in large part because we feel that we are stealing pictures, but if we had the mindset of creating photographs, our approach would be different.

If we have the Thief mentality, we will act like creeps with cameras; but if we adopt the Image Maker mentality, our posture will change. You can spot image thieves easily, they’re the photogs who look like they’re up to no good.

Acknowledging people starts conditioning, not only you, but also your subjects that you mean no harm — you are not there to steal but to create something. I saw a video once of a guy walking out of a store with a brand new Bike … without paying for it. He wasn’t spotted because of his attitude and non-suspicious actions. He didn’t act like a thief, he just walked out of a store like anybody.

Once you are feeling comfortable acknowledging people without a camera, start going out with your camera and being conscious of your mindset. If you think you are there to steal images, change your thinking to actually making photographs.

The first is reactionary, the second is intentional. Just think about the karma principle: when it comes to people, they react depending to how you put yourself out there. You are there to create something with your camera, not steal someone’s image.

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Step 4: Engage and Disengage

Part of gaining confidence and fearlessness as a street photographer is understanding that what you are doing is ok. In order to prove to yourself that it is, ask people before you take a shot. After making the picture, show them the back of the screen or send them a .jpg by email.

Having enough positive response about what you are doing will change your mindset about others. Not only are you not stealing, your subjects themselves are flattered. Out of everything you could shoot, you took the time to take a picture of them — you made them feel special and acknowledged them.

After getting comfortable with asking people for their photos, start not to. It’s like taking the training wheels off your bike when you first learn to ride. After a while, you won’t need the feedback, you will know that most people are ok, if not flattered about getting their picture taken

Take note, however, that it’s also important to know who not to shoot. You have to read their energy, I’m not telling you to fear everyone, but I wouldn’t point my camera at a guy who looks like the Mafia, would you?

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Step 5: The “You are not close enough” Lie

It’s a shame Capa is still being misunderstood and misquoted 100 years after he was born. There are far too many who take the quote “If your photos aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough” too literally and reduce street photography to a game of getting close.

The be all end all of street photography is not how close you get to your subject, that’s pointless. Do you really think that one of the greatest photographers of all time would say something so obvious? Look at it the other way, you can’t make a nice photograph if you are not close.

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What Capa meant was to get closer to your work, to what you are doing. If your photographs aren’t good enough, you are not connected enough. How does that help in regards to fear and street photography? It tells you that you do not have to get physically close to your subject as the sole goal.

Some try to push the buttons of closeness and invade people’s personal space — that’s not the point. Street photography is not about getting as close as you can to people, it’s about expressing what you feel when you are in the streets.

Take Capa’s quote to heart: when you are out on the street, don’t think “how close can I comfortably get to that person without loosing consciousness” and start asking “how can I photograph what I feel inside of me?” It takes the weight off those who fear street photography because it’s not about getting physically close, it’s about expressing yourself. If your photographs aren’t good enough, you are not connected enough, just like Capa said.

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Conclusion

Hopefully you’ve never heard the advice I’ve laid out here quite this way before. Most of the advice I’ve heard others give (in my opinion) deals with symptoms. What I’ve described is aimed at the root causes of fear in street photography. Take your time, do it in small steps. If you suddenly hit reverse on a car running at 60mph, you’ll break it … so go slow with yourself.

Not being afraid as a street photographer is a state of mind and composure, which will affect how people react to you. If you follow the steps I’ve outlined, and you do just a little bit everyday, I know you can do it. And this coming from the guy who couldn’t look his own brother in the eye.


About the author: Olivier Duong is a Haitian-French-Vietnamese documentary and street photographer. He is the editor, designer and co-founder of Inspired Eye Magazine and Presets. He also owns a male Unicorn. Join his newsletter for a free issue and more articles, or keep in touch through Google Plus, Facebook or Twitter.

26 Oct 10:49

Dusk by Masumi Nakahashi



Dusk by Masumi Nakahashi



Masumi Nakahashi: Photos · Blog

24 Oct 13:52

Way to the autumn (1) by Jorge Cacharrón



Way to the autumn (1) by Jorge Cacharrón


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Jorge Cacharrón: Photos · Blog