Zoom Zoom Zoom

Having another quick comparison between Flickr and Zooomr for photo views & stats. An earlier post on this subject can be found here.

The photo below was posted to both Flickr and Zooomr on 10 September 2008. So after one year, how do the stats compare.

Flickr Stats
Views: 153
Favorite: 5

Zooomr Stats
Views: 1275
Favorite: 29

As you can see, Zooomr still generates more interest in my photography and this picture is currently listed as my most awesome shot on Zooomr.

Love the Mixtape

Remember mixtapes?. Those were the days!

Flickr Rejects

Every time that I have logged in to Flickr in recent weeks I have been reminded that I am approaching their golden 200 picture limit for a free account! After you go over the limit, the pictures are still stored but not publicly available....unless you purchase a Pro account that is!

At the moment I don't see the point in spending $20 on a Pro account as I don't post enough pictures there so thought to extend my use of the site I would clear out some of my least (in Flickr users opinion) interesting pictures.

I have removed 10 so far and thought I'd post them here.

Time Square


Early Morning Moon


Firewood


Forked Tree


Tree Graveyard


Canadian Goose


West Broadway - Vancouver


Downtown Vancouver At Sunrise


Clock Tower - South Vancouver

Flickr v Zooomr - Update

A quick update on yesterdays post.

After posting the blog entry I put a link to it on my Zooomr Zipline and added the photo to a few groups on Flickr.

This propelled the picture on Zooomr to my most popular and the first to reach 10 faves. It also generated more contacts which is always good.

Here are the stats as of this morning...

Flickr Stats (my Flickr pics)
Views: 34
Favorite: 0
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Zooomr Stats (my Zooomr pics)
Views: 64
Favorite: 11
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Flickr v Zooomr

As you can see from my previous post, I've been using Zooomr now for around a month and have been interested to see the different exposure photographs get compared to Flickr so I decided to run a little test.

The test involved uploading the photograph below to both Flickr and Zooomr. The picture had the same title and tags on both sites and was not added to any sets or groups.



A week has now passed so here are the results.

Flickr Stats (my Flickr pics)
Views: 13
Favorite: 0
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Flickr Contacts: 90

Zooomr Stats (my Zooomr pics)
Views: 39
Favorite: 2
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Zooomr Contacts: 30

As you can see I've had 3 times more views on Zooomr even though I've only got of third of the contacts that I have on Flickr. Also, 2 people consider the photo one of their favorites.

I would have thought that the more contacts that you have the more views you would get as I'm always browsing through my contacts photos (especially on Flickr). Apparently that is not so! Either way, 39 views of a picture in a week is pretty poor which ever way you look at it :(

Zooomr does generate more traffic (well, to that picture anyway) but that may just be because the community is smaller or that particular picture was of more interest there than on Flickr. Either way, I will continue to post pictures to both sites and see how it goes.

Sometimes Life Can Be a Blur

Days, months & years seem to go by so quickly the older that you get. The pace of life can sometimes be a blur!

On Flickr I have been following the exceptional work of a photographer called rosiehardy. She produces some amazing and creative work and I wish I had a fraction of her talent. I read this post on her and aknacer's (another exceptional photographer) blog about using textures and was inspired to give it a go.


Here is the finished image - better viewed large (click on image)


Here is the original


It was a bit of a quick basic go at the technique but I am pleased with the results.

Zooomr

I have now been using Flickr for quite some time and have decided that I would also join up and have a go with Zooomr to see what it has to offer.

To start with I'm going to upload my top 20 or so Flickr photos in small batches then see how I go from there.

In the very short time that I've been using the site (a couple of days) I have found that it's similar to Flickr in some ways but also that it has some useful extra features such as being able to share photos with a touch of a button to sites such as Facebook, My Space and many others.

My Zooomr photo page can be seen here and my Zipline (another useful feature) can be seen here.

FriendFeed

Taking in to account some of the suggestions from Thomas Hawk's recent post I have joined FriendFeed so if you're a member then please feel free to subscribe to my feed and if you're not then why not join up. My profile can be seen HERE



You may have also noticed that I've changed my blog template back to the classic black one that I used in the past but adjusted the width so that Flickr photos can be posted in medium size without going off the screen. This will also allow me to post larger (non-Flickr) photos which I think will improve the blog.

Any comments or suggestions then please let me know.

Top Flickr Photos

Been getting in to reading a number of Blogs recently and noticed a post over at Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection titled Top 10 Tips for Getting Attention on Flickr, All Fresh and New for 2008.

I found this post very interesting as I'm not getting many views/comments/favs on new posts to Flickr these days although I put a lot of that down to the fact that I'm not as active on the site as I used to be. I do still need to go through the site and clear out the dead wood and start posting some newer and better shots.

Started looking at my most "interesting" Flickr photos and it's fairly surprising, especially the #1 shot.

Here are my top 10 most interesting Flickr photos...


#1 - Modular Origami Creations


#2 - Slow Traffic Lights By Night


#3 - Naked Blue Flame


#4 - Light Side of the Moon


#5 - Dark & Light


#6 - PC Hard Drive Motor (Super Macro)


#7 - Blue Moon


#8 - Building NYC


#9 - Lava Lamp Macro


#10 - Infrared Cathedral

Flickr Revisited

Have been neglecting flickr over the past months and realised that I hadn't uploaded anything since August last year! Thought I'd revisit the site and start by uploading some of my more more recent pictures then when I get round to it, go through my stream and delete any dead wood.

Here are the newest 4 that I've uploaded so far...


     

     

Most Interesting Flickr Photos

With the views of my flickr stream quickly approaching 15,000 I thought I'd have a play with some of my pictures that flickr users find most interesting. Interestingness of a photograph on flickr is calculated by the number of views, number of times added to other users favorites, total comments etc.

Thanks to this post from novemberfive.co.uk I found animoto.com and created some videos featuring my 15 most interesting Flickr pictures.

My First Ever Post!

Over the past year or so I've been actively reading various blogs on the Internet so I thought what the hell, I'll start my own one.

Not sure what it will contain yet but as I'm interested in photography no doubt there will be loads of photos posted (if nothing else).

A bit about me then to get us started. I'm Steve, a 29 year old computer engineer living in little city called Salisbury in the south of England. I really enjoy life and having a laugh with like minded people. Got a lot of time for good friends and family. As previously mentioned I'm interested in photography although still a novice I like to try out new things...see My flickr Photos.

Hope you enjoy the blog and please feel free to comment.