Sunset at Silver Lake Wisconsin. Shot with Hipstaprint.

Flickr versus Instagram

Jockey's Ridge
Originally uploaded by photo516.
After weeks of being addicted to Instragram, I started to miss my old love, Flickr.

I spent some time on Flickr this evening. It is so rich (and complicated) with features. I can imagine Instagram adding features, but I hope not too many. I think Instagram is supposed to be simple like Twitter.

There is one thing that I'm trying with Flickr that I learned on Instagram. Be generous with the likes and favorites. We'll see what happens on Flickr if I do that.

There's tons of great stuff to like on Flickr. You can browse it for hours. The web site works great. Unfortunately, favoriting a photo with the Android app isn't as easy as double-tap.

Pelicans

 The Pelicans in the Outer Banks are wonderful to watch. They are beautiful creatures that fly so gracefully over the surf. The fly in groups and individuals looking for food. The fly and dive over and over.

I've taken hundreds of pictures of them, but I'm never satisfied. I told my wife I was going to quit trying recently. I'm never quite satisfied. I have some popular versions on instagram. I like the one in this post too, but they are not as clear as I would like.

I don't like many of them because:

• They are too small in the picture. You can see the environment that they are flying in, but they are black blobs.
• They are not sharp in the picture. Zooming in on them just doesn't make a crisp picture. They are moving too fast.
• They blend in with the water or sky. 
• Capturing the right moment is always hard. I get tons of picture with a wing frozen in an odd pose.
• The beauty of the formation needs to be wide screen. Then they are too small or have moved so fast, I'm disappointed.

Will I keep trying? Absolutely.