Plurkfiends

I usually wait until n.1 of any software upgrade to actually upgrade. This tiime, with WP 3.0, I didn’t. I’ve now installed 3.0 on this and one other blog and will be installing a third and configuring a fourth later. Quite impressive, so far.

Even more impressive, though, is the sunset photo above is by Plurkfiend Dave who is also photographer Dave. Visit the flickr page of that photo, look at it at original size. Set it as your dekstop, even. It’s grand. Truly.

3.0 is less grand, though still grand in its own right. :)

The next Plurk Worldwide Sunset will be on 23 June 2010 – be sure to join in for another round-the-world sunset event.

Shoot the world around you as the sun goes down and post it to the group.

We look forward to seeing your photos for this year and hope you enjoy the slideshow as it stands to date:

The thing about Plurk people is they soon get a bee in their bonnet.  Circle mania is a case in point.  First seen on the timeline under the artistry of our good friend Rantz.  (working in Gimp and as is his character, he duly shared the method in a tutorial.)  Having played with polar distortion in the past using photoshop, I quickly realized the error of not selecting good images or the correct image area in the past!  A fire was lit under my tail and I mirrored the tutorial for people using photoshop.  In a very short time Amazing circles were being traded regularly and circle submissions to PPAD reached a level where a sub group was required… and so Plurk Amazing Circles was formed.  At the time of posting: 14 members and already 150 submissions… Congratulations my friends!

Thanks to the wonderful Tamsie, Plurkers have started a new flickr group: Plurk Worldwide Sunset. The slideshow above contains the images from this group so grab a cuppa, enlarge the show to full-screen and sit back and see the beauty of our world.

If you Plurk and flickr and are not yet in this fantastic group, visit Plurk Worldwide Sunset and join – we’d love to have you for our next Worldwide Sunset – date to be determined and will be announced as soon as a decision has been made.

If you Plurk and are also a flickrer, you could well be interested in the Plurk People Photo-a-Day group on flickr.  The idea is to post a photo that you’ve made each and every day.

We’d be pleased to have you join us as we begin this photographic journey through 2010 – visit the group via the link above and request membership – either myself or the Mad Poet will add you to the group as soon as we possibly can.

See you there!

Your goal: identify the images used in this  panorama.

Your prize: a cloth version of said  image at full resolution (ie 6760 x 3380).  This will go to the person who identifies the highest number of distinct images.  Other prizes may be awarded for originality.

How to enter: leave comments either here or on the flickr page of the above image.

Your deadline: 23:23 on 23 Jun 2009.

Your clue: visit the image on flickr and note that I’ve already documented one image used in the above panorama.

Any more questions? Leave a comment and I’ll get back to you as soon as practical.