High fives to everyone who experimented with Mesh galleries this week! Here’s a roundup of favorites.
The Today Was a Good Day photo challenge inspired many of you around the world to share galleries of your ideal day, from snapshots of Arizona’s stunning Antelope Canyon to the adventures of hand-crafted monsters exploring London’s Kew Gardens.
Thanks to all who tried Mesh! You’re an active, enthusiastic community, and many of you love photography. You’re exactly the type of userbase we can rely on to test things, ask questions, and provide feedback. The Mesh galleries you created this week, and your comments about the experience, will help the Mesh team make it better.
Since this was a special Mesh photo challenge, I sifted through submissions and bookmarked standout galleries created with the app. As mentioned last week, you weren’t required to use Mesh and were free to participate as usual, but this time around I wanted to highlight bloggers who accepted this challenge and tested a totally new tool.
Andrew Seal, The Changing Palette
Andrew created several Mesh galleries for the challenge, including a photo set of Lower Antelope Canyon, a beautiful slot canyon in the American Southwest formed by erosion and flooding over time:
Helen, BeastieBlog
Lifelong craft addict Helen at BeastieBlog makes monsters called Beasties. In her playful Mesh gallery, a pair of Beasties is set loose in London’s famous Kew Gardens:
Mike Hardisty, Say It With a Camera
Photographer Mike Hardisty shoots the landscapes of North Wales. His gallery documents a walk through wild and rugged Snowdonia National Park:
Girl Astray
At Girl Astray, the blogger and photographer shares a day of kite flying in San AgustÃn, a small village in Colombia, in four images. The first photo of the little girl is a wonderful capture that pulls you in — you wonder what she’s looking at. The bright blue door trim is a lovely detail, too:
Dee Gilbert; Here, There, Everywhere
Traveler Dee Gilbert documents Reykjavik, Iceland, from HallgrÃmskirkja Tower, from its colorful rooftops throughout the city to the snow-capped mountains in the distance:
Under a Pile of Photos
Recalling a hike back in January, the blogger at Under a Pile of Photos gives us a peek at a seven-mile trail in the Opal Creek area near Detroit Lake in Oregon. I love the snapshots of this icy wilderness:
Kae, Psalmboxkey’s Blog
Kae recalls a visit to Hydra, one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Aegean Sea, on a ship called the Star Clipper. These images offer a glimpse of her good day:
Ali Dunnell, Travels with My Art
Ali Dunnell shares a fun time with her family along the Indian Ocean, just north of Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania. I like the palm tree silhouettes and action shot of her kids splashing around in the water:
Other great galleries
- Through the Lens’ gallery of Hallstatt, a picturesque village in Austria.
- A Swede in London‘s gallery of Yosemite National Park in California.
- Kim Austin’s gallery of the countryside near Boonah and Moogerah Dam, southwest of Brisbane, in Australia.
- Travel with Intent‘s gallery of Bodega 1900, a tapas bar in Barcelona. (Note the inclusion of a map of this location — it shows how you can use Mesh in different ways.)
Thanks to everyone who took Mesh for a spin — I appreciate your experimental spirit! (And if you missed our introduction, feel free to follow the tutorial on your own.)
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Wow, what a selection of great photography!
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Thanks so much for the shout-out Cheri; very much appreciated. Thanks also for always inspiring us with your great challenges and wonderful blog. Best wishes as always.
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You’re welcome! Thanks for your enthusiasm in general and willingness to test out Mesh.
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Simply stunning and amazing photos – Nature is a superb creator and we can only keep and convey the unique venues via memories, art and technology.
Brilliant job! 😉
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will you stop sending me this stuff
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Appreciated your Mesh photo challenge . . . learned something new! Thanks for including my post with this inspiring collection of photographs.
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You’re welcome. I liked the variety in your gallery: wide views of the sea, a few shots on land, the more abstract shot of the water’s surface, etc.
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I’ve got to check into this – the sites I visited with MESH were fantastic. Smooth and had a great feel with the site (quick flow, professional look), and the one you have selected here in this post bring this out even more. Cheers!
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great and awesone photography!!! (y) (y)
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Oh wow, thanks so much for featuring my Beastie adventure in your selection! I’ve really enjoyed looking through your other picks too 😀 And cheers for introducing me to Mesh, I’ll definitely be using it again!
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My pleasure. Thanks for trying Mesh, and glad to be introduced to your Beasties — very cute and crafty 🙂
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Oh, wow! Thanks for the feature. Glad The Daily Post likes my pictures of Iceland.
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I enjoyed your images — love the roof colors in the photos and I especially like the one with the street running vertically down the middle. I’ve never been to Iceland and have really only seen landscape images of the outdoors, so these shots of the city were refreshing.
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Wonderful photos to show beauty around the world in all shapes. My parents went to Arizona and saw many rock formations similar to the ones in your photos, I do hope to go there one day.
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I love Helen’s Beasties – it’s great to see them featured :).
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Amazing variety of photography! Really great pictures👌🏼
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Thank you so much for the feature! I really enjoyed learning about Mesh. The photo galleries you shared here are great! Thanks for the challenge!
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My pleasure.
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I really wanted to try out Mesh, but I couldn’t seem to get it to work. I sent an email to support, but never rec’d a reply. Very disappointed as this sounded like exactly what I was looking for to share my galleries!
I would still like to use it if someone could help me figure out what I am doing wrong!
Gail “PupMom” Leonard Proud puppyraiser of Pawdrik (#19) Guide Dogs of America
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Hi Gail — sorry that you had issues using Mesh.
We published a step-by-step tutorial on getting started with it a few weeks ago: https://wordpress.com/dailypost/2015/08/12/mesh/
It’s available to use on the iPhone or in your web browser, although using the app on your phone offers the best experience.
If you have feedback or technical questions, you can leave them for the Mesh team: http://feedback.me.sh/
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I am not a huge fan of photography, but hats off to you!! this Mesh is outstanding. I am stunned by your talent. Moreover I you helped me to develop a new taste. Thanks for that and keep it up 🙂
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Such great photographers 👌👏 I wish I knew the art of photography too..
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I love the Grand Canyon photos. Thanks for sharing :))
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All the pictures are brilliant and I saw places I never saw before
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Thank you for putting together this wonderful wrap-up! It makes the challenge much more interesting and is a great way to get introduced to some great bloggers. I wish that each host of the Weekly Photo Challenge would do the same.
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Thank you so much for including my blog! It made my day, I am very happy you liked my pictures! 🙂
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