If you’re not a regular Flickr user, this probably won’t mean anything to you. And in the grand scheme of things, it’s not that important.
But … here’s the deal …
Every day, 500 pictures are chosen as Flickr’s most “interesting” photos for that day. Now, these 500 photos are constantly rotating. So you might have a photo that’s #35 on the list and then not even on the list an hour later. It’s based on a number of things, but it’s pretty cool to have a picture included out of the 3 to 5 million pictures uploaded to Flickr every day.
And then, for whatever reason, random photos from the top 40 {I think} are chosen to be displayed on the front page of Explore.
That is a very very basic explanation, and I’m not even sure if 100% accurate, but there you go.
Allllll of that to say … one of my photos hit the front page on Friday. Yes, it’s the same picture that was just on the Maternal Lens blog, so I’m sorry that you have to keep seeing it over and over.
But I was pretty excited about it and thought I would share.
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That is *so* awesome!! Your photos are AMAZING!
yaay. that is so cool! woo hoo!
Congrats!! That’s awesome. Though, of course, I’m not really surprised. :)
This is awesome! Not too hard to believe, that’s for sure!
So awesome! You are such a great photographer, it’s wonderful that your work is being recognized!
That is so amazing. Not surprised at all, since that photo is so fabulous. I don’t mind looking at it 20 times a day!
Congratulations!
Very cool …. And I’m not surprised that one of yours was chosen!
that’s awesome! what a great picture.
Awww… That’s so sweet. She’s getting so big! I have totally been snuggling and loving on my 3 year old a lot lately. You’re right, before we know it we’ll be moving them in the dorm. Waaaahhhh!
Uh… sorry, that last comment was meant for the post about your daughter. I’m doing good to even comment on blogs at all these days, and then I can’t even comment on the right post. ugh! :-)
We may never have our garage sale that I’ve been planning for months. I’ll trade you to do lists… pretty please?? ha!
Hi, I’m back. Very cool being on the Flickr home page. You rock!