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A kitten on an iPhone at (HDR) sunset

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A kitten on an iPhone at (HDR) sunset by bitrot.
What a gorgeous image. I think you'll agree it's one of my best. It's a kitten on an Apple iPhone with a beautiful HDR sunset in the background.

I expect it to go straight to #1 in Explore of course.

And this is nothing: just wait until you see the video version...

All source material used under a Creative Commons licence:
- Sage's Kittens by T. Keller
- Another iPhone Desktop Wallpaper by Sigalakos
- Rural Sunset by sunsrfr

UPDATE: This breathtakingly beautiful work of art made the Flickr Blog on 14 November 2008. Future historians will remember this as the day Flickr ground to a halt as everyone realised the top of the mountain had finally been reached. Thank you, my friends, and good night. 
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βlope  Pro User  says:

wow!!!
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mikefranklin  Pro User  says:

um, no babies?

nice tags. haha
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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rizingstar  Pro User  says:

Haha! Classic tags, it's a cert!
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Jim Grady  Pro User  says:

lol
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bitrot  Pro User  says:

No, I didn't want to overdo it.
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tootdood  Pro User  says:

You crack me up LMAO ; )))

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Wooscary  Pro User  says:

ZOMG LOLLERSKATES!1! Number 1 here we go!!!11
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distantLights  Pro User  says:

no cupcake?
i would of expected better of you......
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Mr Dayglo  Pro User  says:

but where's the rather soulful looking lady in a long flowing frock?
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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i.rashid007  Pro User  says:

Impressive work !!!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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SimonWhitaker  Pro User  says:

Hi! We'd love you to post this photo to our group, Cats and phones, and sunsets. And shit.!!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Valdo!  Pro User  says:

Good tags! no wonder I never get to explore. Oh and never get as many (more than 3) comments as I would like ;¬) and thanks for usually being one of those 3 commenters :D
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mikefranklin  Pro User  says:

I admire your restraint, which appears to be second only to a few...
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

FatPete [deleted] says:

Where's the naked ladies and dangly bits, dammit? ;-)
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Mojo...  Pro User  says:

hahahahhaha - so true!

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bitrot  Pro User  says:

"Danny, this is not about cats, phones or sunsets. Or shit!"
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Fotofigg  Pro User  says:

I think you've cracked the algorithm for sure, Mark!!!! This will be number one on explore in no time.
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Reciprocity  Pro User  says:

Wot - no bokeh? I think you've admirably captured the mood. Have a fave Mark for your ingenuity. :)

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Saiful Ismail  Pro User  says:

I expect this to go straight to explore no. 1 and stay there for three weeks no less with this threesome lethal combo.
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Atavachron  Pro User  says:

You are a Man on Fire with this.
The thumbnail jumped out and hit me.No idea how you did it but it gets my vote.
Congrats on the explore to surely come.
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carljgodwin  Pro User  says:

This is the most beautiful image I have ever seen, and/or ever likely to see. Never has a single image moved me in such a way to produce such emotion I thought I never had. A single tear of joy rolled down my cheek upon viewing it for the 1st time. With images like this, what’s the point of there being other photographers in the world? ;)
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mikefranklin  Pro User  says:

verily, I concur, though I had a single tear from each eye roll down my cheeks.

and upon further review, there are more tears, though I struggle to differentiate between allergies and mirth, at this point...
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Reciprocity  Pro User  says:

I thought the clue was in 'video' and 'Explore'.

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bitrot  Pro User  says:

Thank you everyone. I knew you'd all appreciate genius when you saw it.

Carl, your comment has moved me immensely. Please add your comment to Your Comment Is Beautiful And Made Me Cry. You are in harmony with the Cosmos, the power of seven rivers flows through your soul and your buttocks have an indefinable nectarine-like quality.
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SimonWhitaker  Pro User  says:

I've been similarly moved, although I had a single tear running down each bum cheek, which was a bit odd.
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eddiemalone  Pro User  says:

This is rubbish, unrealistic and badly composed....oh hang on there's a little kitten!!!

awwwwwwwww...instant fav!

Right I'm off to find a squirrel on a skateboard...
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bitrot  Pro User  says:

No need to even Photoshop that one, Eddie...


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markrellison  Pro User  says:

Some people will stoop to anything to get their "fix" of hits, but I thought you were better than this Mark.

The only person you're cheating is yourself, you know that, don't you?

Honestly, I don't know :-)

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Zach_ManchesterUK  Pro User  says:

You are missing the 'cupcake', will never make Explwhore now!
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danisoul  Pro User  says:

loving you!
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eddiemalone  Pro User  says:

Hi I'm an admin for the group 'squirrels gone wild'...God I love flickr, more of this stuff and less wars I say!

Now horse in hat, dog in sunglasses and a cow wearing a feather boa and we are really getting somewhere!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Werewolf Puppy says:

Beautiful, stunning, gorgeous. :D I like the colors.
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Bob_24798  Pro User  says:

Cool
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th3g  Pro User  says:

nice one Mark, how is this doing in explore?
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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bitrot  Pro User  says:

Sunk like a particularly heavy stone. I feel cheated and ignored! :¬(
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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th3g  Pro User  says:

damn! I think they have changed the algorithm again as none of my recent shots have made it.
Although I bet it is still full of kittens, HDR, sunsets I think if you haven't got at least three friends who are flickr staff you don't even get a look in ;-)
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duckiemonster  Pro User  says:

Bah, the magic donkey of explore shuns anything with nawtyrood tags, so that's where you're going wrong...

...also, this image is light on the tall thin naked girls, so it doesn't have a hope in hell. Or, alternatively, are you a middle-aged, single, overweight woman with a self-image problem who's using flickr to gain some self-esteem and therefore has 500 contacts who comment on everything?

I'd give you a horrible flashing gif trophy thing, but the galactic federation outlawed them last week and I'm already on my final warning...
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bitrot  Pro User  says:

Thanks you two - I think I can see where I've gone wrong now. Will try harder in future!! :¬)
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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jonathenharty  Pro User  says:

Honestly, I nearly died laughing....thank god for BUPA.

I can't ever do an HDR sunset again.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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bitrot  Pro User  says:

LOL - thanks for your comment!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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Claire Howson  Pro User  says:

Hillarious - Mark I salute you.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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bitrot  Pro User  says:

Cheers Claire. I knew you'd appreciate the subtlety of this one.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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Air Adam  Pro User  says:

Ticking boxes like crazy :o)
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Jυstin  Pro User  says:

I can't believe I missed this. It's the iPhone that makes it. Great capture. :-)
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bitrot  Pro User  says:

Thanks chaps!
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Duncan_74  Pro User  says:

Mark, you owe my company 1 new monitor as this one appears to have a combination of coffee and poridge all over it. (Okay, only the coffee waas your fault, the poridge was already there).

Nice touch with the geo tag too. Perhaps if you'd shaved the kitten and appropriately tagged the image that would have been a dead cert for #1 in explore.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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bitrot  Pro User  says:

LOL! Glad to hear I can still ruin the odd monitor. I'd hate to think I'd lost it. ;¬) And top marks for noticing the geotag!
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Tesseract (Graeme)  Pro User  says:

good luck with your drive to explorer!!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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Steeena  Pro User  says:

lol perfect. hilarious. and i'll fall off my chair if your formula works.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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Trazy  Pro User  says:

Genius. If a flower macro were somehow implemented, I would call it the perfect photograph.
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bitrot  Pro User  says:

Thanks you three! I was hoping that might have just tipped the balance and launched it into Explore but sadly not. Must be that "dangly bits" tag that's holding it back...
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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DimiNamu says:

Lets write to flickr staff and ask them to permanently shut explore down - they can simply feature this picture everyday and it will be enough to feed our souls forever.
Hell why not just shut down flickr and host a really big version of this instead.
lol

and just to top it all off I thought you might like this...





GOLD STAR AWARD (invite needed)

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bitrot  Pro User  says:

Wow, thanks. That's really touched me.
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lomokev  Pro User  says:

technically the best photo on flickr!
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bitrot  Pro User  says:

Thank you. I agree of course.
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StevenM_61  Pro User  says:

How could the Magic Donkey resist this?
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Steeena  Pro User  says:

maybe a semi nude girl will ehance the photo... :)
or a pregnant belly
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bitrot  Pro User  says:

I have literally no idea!!

Now you've got me thinking...
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slithy-toves  Pro User  says:

ouch
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bitrot  Pro User  says:

Yes, sorry, I should have warned you about the eye-ache.
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c@rljones  Pro User  says:

Can flickr get any better than this? It's just perfect, so much infact, I think I may have my eyes removed and store this as the last image they ever saw.

I saw this in Jonathen Harty wet-dreams of HDR'd shots of kittens and iphones




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jonathenharty  Pro User  says:

Yes I have no limits to what I will HDRify!!!!
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bitrot  Pro User  says:

LOL - top comment, thank you!

And nor should you, for HDR is the path to enlightenment.
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Jυstin  Pro User  says:

you deserve a spanking mr bitrot
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`ra3yt-ha says:

WOW !!!
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Jυstin  Pro User  says:

this has still got be my most favourite HDR like, evarrrr!!11!!!!11!
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olivepix  Pro User  says:

So panda wants an iphone now? How demanding!
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ALtammar Q8 says:

beautiful shot
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Richard Holden  Pro User  says:

On the Flickr blog again? Well done, you!

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bitrot  Pro User  says:

Bloomin' heck! I'd love to say it was all part of some world domination strategy but it took me completely by surprise!
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Zach_ManchesterUK  Pro User  says:

HDR Whore
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Richard Holden  Pro User  says:

That's what they all say just before they attempt world domination. Still, if it's a world dominated by kittens, I can hardly complain.
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Zach_ManchesterUK  Pro User  says:

Actually - very well done, because laughing aside it didn't get to number 1 in Explore, it did much, much better than that - and for that reason, con-bloody-gratulations! xxxxx
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Saiful Ismail  Pro User  says:

Check you out. ;-)

blog.flickr.net/en/2008/11/14/quick-tip-uploa ding-photos-...
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AndyWilson  Pro User  says:

Just saw this on the flickr blog and it's made me realise how pointless it is ever uploading another photo to flickr when I just can't compete with perfection...

In fact - I think most other people will think the same way, so DAMN YOU FOR KILLING FLICKR!!

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zsumoz  Pro User  says:

This strategy is brilliant. I applaud you.
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Jυstin  Pro User  says:

Oh no. I am so blocking this photo on my Activity page now..
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bitrot  Pro User  says:

This is where my usual policy of individual replies breaks down... but thanks everyone, especially my Flickr buddies. :¬)
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jonanamary  Pro User  says:

I award this photo a SUNSET KITTEN FLOWER
Sunset kitten flower

A wonderful use of Flickr clichés (it's only missing the flowers to make it a holy trinity three-in-one shot - maybe we can close our eyes and imagine a beautiful tulip poking its elegant head on the right-hand side? And maybe an unconventionally beautiful girl looking pensive in the background?). I commend you. I think the HDR makes up for the lack of obvious flora, though.
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Jayel Aheram  Pro User  says:

That is brilliant.
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Jim Moran  Pro User  says:

Heh, you genius. And a Flickr blog genius at that.
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i5m  Pro User  says:

Ha. I thought I recognised this (or you, again) on the blog. I don't know if you got No.1 explore the first time round, here's hoping this time!
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Philippe and Angie  Pro User  says:

haha, where's the lomo, tilt shift and flowers?
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Lars Trebing  Pro User  says:

I can’t believe that this is not in Explore yet! It should definitively have reached #1 from the start, without the appearance in Flickr Blog.
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olivepix  Pro User  says:

I think a baby should be holding the phone. ;-)
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jennis the menace  Pro User  says:

Fame!!
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scubapup  Pro User  says:

damn thats awesome :)
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Halesz  Pro User  says:

:DD favfavfav :)
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Tato  Pro User  says:

you missin a baby there.
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becsterishbecster  Pro User  says:

The iPhoto/kitten combo makes a comeback - fabulous stuff. Maybe it's a sign that you'll be having some success in the In Pictures competition!
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© H.G.M. Photography says:

Amazing !!!
lovey background !!
Faved for sure !!
=D
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nurul_hidayahg@yahoo.co.id says:

add comment
bla bla2
^_^
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mobilya.net says:

very beautiful , Congratulations!
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Russ Bates says:

This is the single worst photo i have ever seen on flickr! A lovely melting pot of cliches. Thanks for making me laugh
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Peter Bowers  Pro User  says:

one of the greatest images ever
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JonMorgan.  Pro User  says:

well not sure about No.1 in Explore but you made it here

HERE
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*Blueberry Pie  Pro User  says:

j'admire votre talent..
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Michael Smith  Pro User  says:

Utter genius.
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*peridot*  Pro User  says:

Hahaha... this is the best image ever! WIN!! :D
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ziz  Pro User  says:

hello from uae
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