The changes that have occurred at Flickr have prompted my migration here, together with many others, it seems, and it's nice to find myself among friends again!
With a new environment, one always thinks of the possibilities of doing things in other ways, and the internet is no different, so although I initially thought that I would transfer all my Flickr stuff here, and I did transfer one block of pictures, using the Greasemonkey script, I am now considering importing only those images that have given me particular pleasure.
Similarly, as & when I post new images here, I'm not sure whether I will continue to put pictures into groups, (incidentally, does anyone know how to view an entire list of Ipernity groups? I have searched in vain!). Some of the groups on Flickr had become enormous, the speed of uploads meant that a picture only remained visible on the home page for a few minutes!
This is exactly the sort of frenetic, thoughtless, posting, that Yahoo is trying to encourage, presumably to attract more profitable advertising, and I want no part of it, and this might stimulate other changes in my postings. I had thought also to abandon my practice of writing a little description of the image, and equipment used, but since one of my goals when I started posting on Flickr was to demonstrate what is possible with an old camera, further, some of my more obscure pictures are almost meaningless without some kind of explanation, and since my goal here is just the same, I will continue to inflict my observations on you all!
I have the impression that this is more calm environment than Flickr, and I hope it continues to remain so, and once again, I am delighted to see so many friends here.
Mike
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Mikeinlagardette said:
Richard, I totally agree about Flickr size, and also with the idea that it is geared to a momentary interest, rather than any attempt to actually spend time looking at an image!
Greg, you are too kind! But, it's good to hear that my ramblings are not too much of a cure for insomnia ! :-)
Best, Mike
imagesfrugales said:
quite the same thoughts here. I'm not interested in the faster-higher-wider game either. These articles are new to me, I like this way of sharing thoughts, and thanks to the really usable "news"-page here I didn't miss yours.
Some peple are still posting here and there, but I soon will delete my old account. What was the name of the old site? Hm, almost can't remember anymore.
A new start? Definately!
Cheers - Reinhold
Mikeinlagardette said:
Yes, it does seem as if all is now lost at Flickr, - I did sign a petition, asking for the chance to have the choice of using the earlier version, but I had an email today from the organiser, saying that he had been banned from Flickr, and that they were considering banning anyone who had signed the petition!
So, I think we have made a sensible choice to migrate here!
Best, Mike
Mikeinlagardette said:
For sure, there is going to be a period when we need to familiarise ourselves with this site, and it's not without it's faults, but compared to the nonsense at Flickr, it is a huge improvement!
Perhaps all the migrants should start a group called "Renaissance"!!
Best, Mike
Blueman said:
On Flickr, i had some 800 photos since3 or 4 years.
When i decide to join Ipernity (sorry for my so-so english because i am a french québecois!)
i try to download all my files from Flickr to Ipernity.
Me too, this is a new start.
On Flickr, i had some 800 photos since3 or 4 years.
When i decide to join Ipernity (sorry for my so-so english because i am a french québecois!)
i try to download all my files from Flickr to Ipernity.
Fortunately, it took a lot of my time and I realized that I would start fresh on this new site for sharing photos.
I stopped the transfer of photos.
As I organize my photos expostion in 2014 in Montreal, I thought it would be a good idea to start by sorting my best photos.
By the way I am an amateur photographer. These are people who like my photos that have asked me to organize a expostion 20 or 25 of my photos;)
However, I wanted to keep track of the pictures I upload Flicrk.
I found a small, effective software that copies ensembe sent my photos on Flickr and photos grouped into albums.
I have an exact copy of my Flickr account saved on my hard drive.
It is valuable to sort photos and even choose which could be
reworked later.
This software is called:
FlickrEdit
- "The Better Way to Backup and Access Your Flickr Photos".
On Google, you can search if you're interested.
I'm glad to be currently on Ipernity.
I find old friends and I'm doing nouveaus.
Good luck to everyone!
Blueman.
Mikeinlagardette said:
As for groups, one of the problems of Flickr was that there were far too many groups covering the the same, or very similar, topics, which, if you want to collect view statistics, like train numbers, I suppose was a good thing! However, I'm not sure that I need to be a member of every group about subjects that interest me, and I think I will be far more selective than I was on Flickr about joining groups.
I notice that many new groups are being formed here, and I wonder exactly how many Flickr clients have arrived here since the big change, it must be tens of thousands, and I think the relatively tiny management of Ipernity should be congratulated over the way they have coped with this influx!
Mike
imagesfrugales said:
So I think that ipernity is a much better place for our passion in the future.
Don't look back - Reinhold
Mikeinlagardette said:
In truth, we would probably still be happy Flickrites, if things had not changed so dramatically, and with no options to use the older interface. However, the move to Ipernity made me realise that there were quite a few things that were wrong with Flickr, but I'd just got used to them, and it seems I'm not alone in thinking that way.
After a few weeks here, it has become clear that this is a more serious vehicle for photography than Flickr had become. By serious, I don't mean to imply any superiority, my photos are no better than millions of others, but the difference here, is that I have the impression that they often get looked at for more than 3 seconds !!
And that is the bottom line, I think. There is no point in posting photos on a site whose only criterion seems to be the number of hits! What has that got to do with looking at photographs? Surely, any photo, of any subject, deserves some consideration by the viewer, simply because someone thought it was worth taking, but if the only reason for taking & posting an image is to get "hits", then it demeans the whole idea of photography!
I'm not a "serious" photographer, there was a period in my life when I spent a lot of time working on, and using, optical & photographic equipment, often in difficult & challenging environments, but that was then, now I'm just a guy who likes restoring & using old cameras, and showing what is possible with them, and, more importantly, looking at what other people can produce, because looking is a kind of learning, not just the technical stuff, but also learning how others see their world, and how they portray that world, and I reckon Ipernity is the right place for this to happen.
In short, I'm a happy bunny!!!
Best, Mike