AFlickrNewYear

Midnight City

It’s December 31st and the clock is ticking. Tomorrow will be the first blank page of a 365 page album you can fill with your photos. Whether you decide to participate in a 365 Project or have your own pace, we want to invite you to celebrate the first minutes of 2014 with the Flickrverse:

No matter if you are enjoying the fireworks, toasting with friends, or enjoying the celebrations by yourself, simply take a nice shot when it’s past midnight in your timezone, and tag your upload AFlickrNewYear. We’ll showcase some of our favorites here on FlickrBlog tomorrow.

Photo from LividFiction.

Posted by Kay Kremerskothen
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Your Best Shot 2013: Fire & Ice

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Fire Water

Ice Caving V - Falljökull - Iceland

01:48 - El Pulpo Mecanico

DSC_1441

#8 - 26 by 26 - Something Wicked This Way Comes

Frozen Frog

A selection of photos frozen and ablaze from the Your Best Shot 2013 group pool inspired by the gallery Fire & Ice – Your Best Shot 2013, curated by Dancing Bohunk.

To view more photos or share your own best shot, check out Your Best Shot 2013.

Photos from Tim Rehpenning, Nonac_eos, Cat Laine : Painted Foot, PacotePacote, Miles Winterburn Photography, and Zen Roxy.

Posted by Kay Kremerskothen
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Recap of 2013: Design and architecture

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Veins of Dubai

Dear Ginza building, Tokyo, Japan

Turning Torso

Fairytale Castle

Aqueduto de Segóvia - Espanha

From Dubai’s ultra-modern skyscrapers to the ancient architectural facade of Petra’s monument, the structures created by humankind are the focal point for many of you. And when you shared them with us, we’ve done our best throughout the year to highlight them via Flickr on Twitter. Now that 2013 comes to an end, here’s a recap of some of the remarkable photography featured in our tweets.

See more photography we’ve appreciated this year in the Architectural Shots 2013 gallery.

Photos from night86mare, Ken Lee, Johan Gustavsson, UrbexGround, Francisco Aragão, and Photo CIG.

Posted by Arnold Chao
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#FlickrFriday: Hotel California

Flickr Friday

HOTEL ENTRANCE Hotel California from the Eagles

Hotel California (Wisconsin Style) … she lit up a candle and showed me the way...

Hotel California Welcome to the Hotel California

(H/M)otel Zean

Bring Your Alibis

# Our last Flickr Friday theme was #HotelCalifornia. This is a selection of our favorites from your submissions.

Memories came across from all of your submissions. You shared with us some lyrics related to the band The Eagles and found the way to express them in a couple of metaphores. You can start the trip from a snowy beach to the warm candle light in a hotel room. Have a look, enjoy and share more of this theme in the Flickr Friday group pool.

We want to thank you for the galleries of favorites that you’ve been sharing with us. Check them out and feel free to share yours with us too.

For our next theme we want you to focus on the most important things in life because it will be about #TheBestMemoryOfMyLife. We are sure that suddenly all the images from the most special moments in your life just appeared in front of you. Choose your favorite one and share it with us in the Flickr Friday group. The selection of the week, will be showcased right here on the Flickr blog. And if you want to invite your friends to take part in the challenge you can reteweet us, or share our status.

Photos from Allenda Simpson, Alastair Eccles, Franz Walter, Tom Landretti, Dondu.Small, CoolMcFlash, _palmera_, Joao Otavio Dobre Ferreira, Khánh Hmoong, and Randy Heinitz.

#FlickrFriday is a weekly photography project that challenges your creativity. For a chance to be featured on FlickrBlog, follow @flickr on Twitter & like us on Facebook and look for the weekly theme announcement every Friday. Browse the Flickr Friday category for more.

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Recap of 2013: Nature

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Waterfalls in Pewit's Nest

Snæfellsnes Peninsula

Moonbow

Solar Eclipse

Saharan Dusk

4891 The Kaidu River at sunset--Uyghur Autonomous Region ( Xinjiang ) , China

Sunset

Throughout this year, we’ve tweeted single shots via Flickr on Twitter to show our appreciation of spectacular nature photography of 2013, and these are some of the many popular shots featured. It’s an honor having such talented photographers sharing their work in our community, and we look forward to commending more outstanding pictures in 2014!

See, and share, more photos in the Scenes of Nature 2013 gallery and Nature’s Landscapes group.

Photos from *Steve Shi*, Sverrir Thorolfsson, Cat Connor, gnomovtt, dcg.photos, ngchongkin, and th.go.

Posted by Arnold Chao
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#TwitterTuesday: Christmas

Biltmore Christmas

Cookies for Santa Merry Christmas from LIB

Billions and Billions

Destello Christmas Cat

Xmas rush

Catch me if you can.........[Explored#77]

This Twitter Tuesday we were happy to celebrate Christmas with you. Live the spirit and have a look to your submissions.

Check them all out and follow us on Twitter to see the next challenge directly in your feed. We will be back with the new theme next Tuesday.

Photos from Jason Frye, MelissaCamille, Khánh Hmoong, Adam Kaningher, sergis blog, Daniel Hadley, Antti Tassberg, and Mark Winterbourne.

Posted by Ursula Rodriguez
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Wishing you a merry Christmas

Winter in Venice - Las Vegas Nevada USA

The blue colored path

This is Christmas decorating.

Christmas 2013

Kitte Building Christmas Tree

rockerfeller christmas tree

Merry Christmas

To celebrate this holiday season, here’s a highlight of various Christmas trees from around the world in 2013, leading with ones photographed in Las Vegas and Berlin.

Have a wonderful Christmas Day!

See, and share, more photos in the Christmas Trees 2013 gallery and Christmas Trees group.

Photos from Swissrock, pianocats16, Ming, Fil.ippo, lestaylorphoto, hdr360, and Waldemar Halka.

Posted by Arnold Chao
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Your Best Shot 2013: The Weekly Flickr Edition

As 2013 comes to an end, we asked you to share Your Best Shot 2013. We loved seeing your interesting, beautiful and thought-provoking photos!

In this edition of The Weekly Flickr, we put together some of our favorites, and we hope they inspire you to get out there and take more photos.

We can’t wait to see what’s behind your lenses in 2014!

After you watched the video, be sure to check out the photos in the Your Best Shot 2013 group and the Your Best Shot 2013 galleries curated by Yahoo Editorial.

Masai Village (Kenya, Day 1)

Sandy feet.

Valais, Switzerland

Mortal combat

Papua New Guinea

என்னை குளியல்...

Bassin

Untitled

Photos from rcrhee, whooosh., philippe julien, ~andre, Stephen Walford Photography, rafimmedia Photography, Rainer Hamburg, and New Dan. Also check out Yahoo’s 2013 Year in Review for more of this year’s highlights.

WeeklyFlickr LogoDo you want to be featured on The Weekly Flickr? We are looking for your photos that amaze, excite, delight and inspire. Share them with us in the The Weekly Flickr Group, or tweet us at @TheWeeklyFlickr.

Posted by Ameya Pendse
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#FlickrFriday: Time Travel

The child and the camera

TimeTravel Time travel

Time Travel Flyby Then and Now FlickrFriday#TimeTravel Old Fashion

Time Travel Looking Back in Time...

Frozen in Time | #TimeTravel #FlickrFriday

# Our last Flickr Friday theme was #TimeTravel. This is a selection of our favorites from your submissions.

You showed us your film and black and white photos from the past and interpreted what time travel might look like. Chronographs, cars traveling through time and space, and even Dr. Who-esque phone booths, you showed us all of it. Thanks for all your contributions. Don’t miss to check out the whole collection in the Flickr Friday group pool. Also take a look at your galleries of favorites of last week’s theme.

Our new theme is inspired by an Eagles’ song from the 1970s. We want to see your interpretation of #HotelCalifornia, but of course not only in a lyrical way. If you are in California right now, even easier, but we’re sure you can also come up with great interpretations if you are somewhere else in the world. Build your own hotel california from building blocks, be creative with papercraft, or draw something. You can also do some other handycraft or come up with something completely out of the box, and then share your shots with us in the Flickr Friday group. The selection of the week, will be showcased right here on the Flickr blog. And don’t forget to reteweet us, or share our status so you can invite your friends to take part in the challenge.

Photos from Carine fel, ♫CoolMcFlash♫, Madhusudanan Parthasarathy, doctah, Kate Adams 1993, norahlfy, Surto fotográfico, kaniths, and londondesigner.com.

#FlickrFriday is a weekly photography project that challenges your creativity. For a chance to be featured on FlickrBlog, follow @flickr on Twitter & like us on Facebook and look for the weekly theme announcement every Friday. Browse the Flickr Friday category for more.

Posted by Kay Kremerskothen
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Shooting the moon

The Moon at 10:40 am

Chance favours the prepared..

Explored #117 Moonrise at the Garden of the Gods

"Farmer's Moon"

Heure bleue lunaire au phare de Trévignon

Moondance DSC5653.Explored

When the moon emerges in the sky, many of you take advantage of its brilliance by capturing lunar phases and surroundings in pictures. Here’s a small selection of the wonderful photography we’ve noticed lately.

See, and share, more photos in the Moon in December gallery and MOON Shots group.

Join the #Flickr12Days photo contest for a chance to win $5,000 USD with your joy-themed photo!

Photos from *Jonina*, Bhalalhaika, Matt Payne Photography, bertdennisonphotography, Ronan Bzh, and iloleo.

Posted by Arnold Chao
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