As originally written by the Flickr photog:
“(Taken on my Apple iphone, straight from phone cam, no computer enhancement, my Nikon D50 is broken. Location is Artesian Road in Rancho Santa fe; Highest position on explore was #2; this photo was also picked up by the front page of yahoo news which resulted in the 80,000 views)
We saw these horses standing here right in the middle of all the smoke and fires smoldering and the aftermath of the main fire that ran through here. I almost couldn’t believe that about 25 horses were standing here and their fences had all melted or burned away.
….cont.
This photo was picked up by Yahoo News, so the views are skyrocketing. Also it is moving up in Explore. It’s from my iphone cam and I’m thrilled because this is the proof I was looking for to help people understand (including me) it is the photographer, not the camera that counts.”
-ms4jah (photographer)
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This is a great example of how cell phones and citizen journalism will eliminate photojournalism jobs as well as revitalize public interest in photojournalism.
Strange paradox eh?
Now the average citizen can BE a photojournalist and therefore determine the future of a field of work which was previously out of reach to the average person.
-Kirk
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That photo is sick! I’ve seen it before, probably on Yahoo. Really moving
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