It’s been a long time since I uploaded a photo to Flickr. It was once my go-to photo service but after various changes of ownership and pricing I lost interest. More importantly perhaps Instagram happened, and for a number of years I’ve been posting there instead. I exceeded the maximum number of uploaded photos for the free account (1,000) so I downloaded all my content and thought I might upload the best pics to Instagram for posterity. However, reviewing my old Flickr photos I was struck by how poor the quality was relative to my more recent photos. This wasn’t so much an improvement in the eye behind the camera but instead the massive leap forward in camera technology in the iPhone. Most Flickr photos were taken with various digital cameras I’ve owned but all my Instagram pics have been taken with iPhones. As there is no real benefit to deleting the Flickr photos and uploading poor quality copies to Instagram, I’ve decided to keep my Flickr free account for posterity and leave the photos there.
For the record, my Flickr photos are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/davies/ and my Instagram account is at https://www.instagram.com/daviesda/
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