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Julie Massey Post 1

9 June 2018, 9:49 PM

An open photo...

Hi,

So, I spent way too much time down the rabbit hole on this one. I created a Flickr account and uploaded a photo - one I'm sure you're all familiar with by now! I was able to create a Creative Commons license on it - and on all photos that I will upload to Flickr. Then the trouble set in...I wanted to create alt-text for the photo (even though it wouldn't need alt-text as the photo has no purpose), but I wasn't sure how to do this or even if I could do this. I got into some pretty technical HTML sites that I did not understand!

So, for today, here's a link to my photo, with a license and a description (I think!).

Photo of a Bird

Julie

Kelli Boniecki Post 2 in reply to 1

9 June 2018, 11:58 PM

What beautiful pictures! I'm so new to this process as well. I view other's Flickr's Accounts, but have yet to create one myself.

Great job!

Joanne Kehoe Post 3 in reply to 1

10 June 2018, 3:52 PM

Lovely photo! And good job at setting up a Flickr account. I often found myself searching for just the right image for a presentation and then thought - hey, I'll take it myself and upload it to Flickr (scrabble tiles work wonders for this when you're struggling!). It is especially a kick when someone else uses my photos in their presentation - contributing to the commons really is win-win.

That said, at first I was annoyed that Flickr doesn't have an alt-text field or step in the upload process. But when you realize that alt-text is supposed to convey the function of the image, well that is so subjective it is better to leave it up to the user to determine how it is described and fits with what content they're trying to illustrate.

Joanne