I am loving the Metroblogging Philadelphia Flickr group lately! You are all putting in so many good pictures, making my job simultaneously easier and more difficult. I hardly know how to choose among them.

They’re probably best viewed en masse, as a series about Philly through the eyes of its inhabitants. Check out the slideshow of the photos submitted so far.

But of course, I’ll continue to feature ones here that catch my eye. And today’s really caught my eye because it is simply so bizarre and surreal.

Photo by anjan58

I have to check out this crazy place sometime.

I had the pleasure of meeting Anjan recently actually and had a great time talking about photography with him, and in particular, Flickr. He has recently switched not only to digital photography from a lifetime of film photography, but has also been very recently introduced to Flickr and as far as I can tell, is quite obsessed with it. I have my issues with Flickr (the oversharpening of the resized images, for one thing, drives me nuts), but I realized that the things he loves about Flickr are the things that keep me coming back, like the groups and community aspect of it. And truly, that is one of the things I am enjoying most about the Metroblogging Philadelphia Flickr group (as well as the other Philadelphia Flickr groups). In fact, it’s one of the things I love about this blog, that it’s not just one person’s perspective on the city, but a collection of everyone’s glimpses.

Anjan also said something amusing about the one thing missing from digital photography is that the photos simply aren’t “lickable”. I will let you interpret that one as you will. :)

Please add your Philadelphia photos to the Metroblogging Philadelphia Flickr group. Readers’ photos will be featured here on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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1. Photo of the Day: Tatouage
2. Photo of the Day: Pony in Corral
3. Horse Hitch
4. Photo of the Day: Bridge over the Schuylkill River
5. Photo of the Day: Iron Studio Bunnies