I know you're like What the heck is she talking about? Well it's a pretty cool honor among photographers on the www.flickr.com where the best of the best go to post photos. This may better explain it. (Yes, I copied and pasted from another website this brief article):
"For many photographers, a place on Flickr’s Explore page is the ultimate prize. It’s an acknowledgment that their work can stand among the best on the site, that it is indeed “interesting,” and that they are an important part of the community.
And of course, it can bring a massive surge of views to their image and their photostream.
So what does it take to improve the chances that a photo will be highlighted as one of the most interesting uploaded in the last seven days?
To Be “Interesting,” a Photo Must Generate Interest
The simple answer is that other people have to like it. Flickr itself has no way of assessing a photo; it can only react to the interest the Flickr community has already shown in it. As Serguei Mourachov, a Flickr staff member and part of the team responsible for creating the Explore page algorithm, told us:
“We are looking for what’s attracting [the] attention of our community and not just for nicely arranged pixels.”
That means that to reach the Explore page, a photo has to have gathered views, comments and been faved. Each of these actions has a different weight in the algorithm and the weighting is adjusted regularly."
The picture that made it was one I did at Cheryl Cook's home when I was doing some Christmas pictures of her children. It was funny, they wouldn't sit still in the rocking chairs and I didn't get but one or two good ones of them in those things but I happen to look back, the sun hit just right, and my "eye" saw the picture. I snapped it and WOO HOO! I finally made explore. And a special thanks to Kim Patrick, my co-worker and friend, and her mother, Sharon, for loaning me the chairs! OK, I'm done being over excited. Thanks now!
