The Trigger Happy SQ

Flickr’s Interestingness still, and will always baffle flickritis around the world when it comes to choosing pictures for Explore.

There are lots of things that make a photo ‘interesting’ (or not) in the Flickr. Where the clickthroughs are coming from; who comments on it and when; who marks it as a favorite; its tags and many more things which are constantly changing. Interestingness changes over time, as more and more fantastic photos and stories are added to Flickr.

A long time in the making, interestingness is a ranking algorithm based on user behavior around the photos taking into account some obvious things like how many users add the photo to their favorites and some subtle things like the relationship between the person who uploaded the photo and the people who are commenting (plus a whole bunch of secret sauce).

Here are some photos of mine from flickr that got ‘explored’:

This picture is my ‘highest’ ranking picture in flickr. It reached #24 last November 9. This was taken in Santiago Cove, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. It is a perfect disc-shaped shore. I first went here when I was still in college.

One of my favorite pictures. This is a couple walking in Burnham Park Lake, Baguio City, Philippines.

The picture below was taken in Mines View Park. Early morning fog is not uncommon here in Baguio City. Mines View Park, as its name suggests, provided a view of the mines, particularly those owned by the Benguet Corp.

Still taken in Mines View Park. This time, a shot of the observation deck.

These pictures were taken at Asin Road, Baguio City, Philippines. People are one of my favorite subjects and I was lucky to take pictures of these enthusiastic kids from an elementary school there.

Birds of Paradise flowers. Taken in Botanical Garden, Baguio City, Philippines.

A flower given to me by my husband…

This was taken with my Nokia N70 Camera Phone…

Underneath a sayote leaf…

A Chinese temple near SLU Hospital…

Fog in Baguio

Web with water droplets…

Macro of flowers. Macro photography is very interesting and I love it. I used a Canon S3is on this one, in Super Macro mode. I love this feature of my S3is and I highly recommend the camera for beginners. Saving up for a Nikkor micro lens… :)

A Victory bus along Marcos Highway.

The Baguio Botanical Garden is along Leonard Wood Road, going to Wright Park. The morning we visited the place, there were not many people so we had the park to ourselves. I remember there were many flowers there when I was a child. If you ask me, I think it has not been kept as it should be over the years (just like the other parks of Baguio). It is kinda sad to see these beautiful parks in this state and I hope the local government will take action on it ASAP.

I managed quite a number of shots but was disappointed when I reviewed the images in the computer. The pictures I took were over-saturated. I had the wrong settings! Lesson learned.

Here are some shots from the botanical garden.

>> Mother and Child statue in the Baguio Botanical Garden

The statue, named “Mother and Child” is one of the three statues in the Baguio Botanical Garden. The tablet below the statue describes how infants and young children were taken care of in the Cordilleras. Babies were carried on a sling on the back as the mother does her chores.

>>Birds of paradise and a statue of a Cordilleran Warrior

below : Lady of Peace statue