DM Gallery

Top 10 Ways to Find Great Photos on Flickr

4. Special groups that highlight some of the best photography on Flickr. There are many Flickr users who have attempted with the group functionality to build their own versions of what the best photography on Flickr is. If you can possibly think of a concept for a group, there probably is one based on that concept on Flickr. There are thousands of groups, literally. Many of these groups are dedicated to special criteria designed to showcase the best of what Flickr has to offer. My favorite of these groups is DM Gallery. DM Gallery is a group whereby Flickr Members from Deleteme Uncensored vote on photos for inclusion. The number of photos in the pool must remain at a static 200. What this means is that for each new photo voted in, one photo must be removed. It gets harder and harder to pick what to throw out of course as the quality of the shots gets better and better. Check it out yourself. If you have 10 minutes to kill I'd also highly recommend the slide show version (trust me, you will not be disappointed). That great photo of the cardboard figures by the way comes to use courtesy of Lawrie M.

Some other great groups are Fav/View >= 5% (where photos must be fav'd at least 5% of the time), Utata, JPG Magazine, 100 Views +10 favs, top 25 fav minimum pool, and of course the very top rated of all photos on Flickr, 1000 views + 100 favorites pool. Feel free to check out these groups, but also feel free to explore the groups on Flickr and find others on your own. You will find many groups that by their selection criteria come up with some pretty amazing photos.

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