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Carnaval San Francisco 2008 Awards & Special Recognition
Sometime
around the beginning of 2009, Yahoo's #1 foto site, flickr.com took a
page from google's youtube.com playbook and allowed embedding of images
and often slideshows on other websites by default. Prior to this we had
only used our own, RSS feeds from flickr or well-labeled Creative
Commons content. This is a wiki mashup platform chosen by us for
the ease with which we can share the incredible Carnaval content from
these two leading content generators. Yes, we admit Carnaval.com did
get too big and sprawling for many and hard to maintain for us but it
will still remain the star.
Flickr AWARDS for 2008 Parade
Congratulations to pikabon with the most "most interesting" pics on page One for the search terms "Carnaval + San + Francisco + 2008" Pikabon placed 7 in the top 25 from a pool of 5,983 results. Also placing more than a single foto were davidyuweb and Super G. Special acknowledgment to agi500 with the #1 B&W Mission statement as well as to the 2007 winner shapeshift [11 of 25] who managed to place even though he did not upload till March 2009. The Carnaval.com family of annual festival websites [sfmission.com, carnavalcity.com, carnivalcities.com & flickr/aforum] is pleased to buy pikabon a flickr pro account and send a small token of our esteem for this work promoting the Spirit of Carnaval...... Joy in the present!
--- C M Collins publisher. May 24, 2009
On March 22, 2008 We found 5,650 results matching carnaval and San and Francisco and 2008. This is more than double the 2,733 posted in 2007 and does not include the many who did not use these key "terms" in their posting. Photographers
enjoyed beautiful natural lighting during the first couple of hours of
the 2008 Carnaval. As we enter the final rounds of flickr rankings we
must salute Pikabon.
We were very impressed to find that 5 of the top 25 "Most interesting" of the 5,650 results matching the 4 terms
"Carnaval", "San", "Francisco", & "2008".
were by Pikabon
Granted
there is a lot of yet to come action that translates into effective
voting during the building to the Grand Parade in the SF Mission
District on Sunday morning May 24, 2009.
Picabon
Surprisingly Picabon, does not have a flickr pro account but she does specialize in devoting her flickr presence to Carnaval San Francisco
Samba Rio dancers did a sizzling debut. The Samba Rio group led by one of Brazil's greatest percussionists, Mestre Jorge Alabe continues to expand its reputation as one of the premier samba school in the SF Bay Area
Former King JaimeMartinez of Latin American Workout and one of his many attendants during a record 4 revolutions on the parade circuit
Supporting their King Everett and Queen Kellita, Hot Pink Feathers wowed the crowd with standout song, music, dance and scintillating costumes
Enchantment
"When devils, wizards or jugglers deceive the sight they are said to cast glamour over the eyes of the spectator."
---Alan Ramsay [1721]
"Enchantment is an ascendancy of the soul, a condition that allows us
to connect, for the most part lovingly and intimately, with the world
we inhabit and the people who make up our families and
communities....Enchantment is often colored by at least soft hues of
absurdity, which is only a sign of its saving distance from excessive
rationality....Deep in enchantment is the experience of being lured
into reverie, dreamland, by the musical charms of the enchanter."
---Thomas Moore; The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life [1996]
Tu Foto
simply
describes himself as an aviation enthusiast, and photographer of pretty
women. As an early Creative Commons collaborator we have featured his
fotos often on our Travel Foto Guide to the World's Greatest Festivals
at sfmission.com
"Most of the shots are from the starting point while the rest are from the street during the parade. I appreciate everyone taking the time to strike such dynamic poses for me. All the Carnaval dancers had very colorful costumes that helped to express their energy. They kept dancing which inspired me to keep shooting photos to capture both the great moments and their smiles. :-) I’d also like to thank the volunteers who did a great job keeping the parade running so smoothly."
---David Yu
As often as he can, David gets out and about to photograph the San Francisco bay area street parades and fairs where he inspired by the diverse cultural mix of San Francisco. David is one of the nicest and most polite photographers in the field but he loves focusing on beautiful women as much as anyone. He has acted as administrator for collections of flickr Carnaval fotos in the past and the first post of his now extensive foto collection began with the 2005 Carnaval parade.
were by Pikabon
Tu Foto 
