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.

A photo taken this morning with SK and SS in Mines View Park.

When I was a kid, I remember children climbing the steep slopes of the lookout to catch coins thrown by visitors. This was of course dangerous and has now been banned by the city government.

From the name of the park, one could see the Cordilleran mountains and the mines operated then by Benguet Corp. The mines however have stopped their operations and are now replaced by residential houses.

While in the park, one can take pictures of pink-haired horses (for 10 pesos), buy souvenirs, handicrafts, food (like inihaw na pusit or grilled squid) and plants.