iestyn lloyd

After uploading a few panoramic photos to Flickr, I found that I really wasn’t too fond of the small image it displays. Asking a user to click all sizes > original just doesn’t cut it for me either.
I found myself thinking “Wouldn’t it be good if i could just click on a link to a fullscreen, panning image?” Well, what with Flickr’s API, and Flash’s StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN, I did just that..

This is only something i knocked up in the last couple of hours, so don’t be too harsh, it’s just alpha

Here’s a link directly to my app

Here’s a bookmarklet: View Fullscreen (add this to your favourites or drag and drop to your toolbar)

Here’s a link to an image of mine on Flickr

Of course, adding that bookmarklet to your toolbar means you can view anyone’s (public) image fullscreen. Just browse to their image and hit the bookmarklet

UPDATE: The Worthing Herald replies! See below..

When I heard a plane had crashed round the corner from my house, I had to go take a look, although I did feel like I was ‘rubbernecking’ I took a few photos of the crash site while I was there.

I just had a comment from someone on Flickr saying that the Worthing Herald is using my photo (it’s the last one in the series) and attributing it to a “Jay Kay Kappa”. You can see the original picture above, or see the flickr page here.

Massive co-incidence? They look identical to me, even the individuals postures and the position of the smoke.

If my photo is wrongly attributed, I wonder any of these photos are actually by “Jay Kay Kappa”?

UPDATE: The Worthing Herald replies!

Jon from The Worthing Herald has been in contact with both Nic and myself, to let us know that they received these photographs through press channels, and they then discussed a fee with Jay.

I can’t believe this guy has been going around collecting photos from the public, then passing them off as his own, thereby profiting from someone’s death!
It’s worth noting that I have been offered a fee, which I will donate to a relevant charity, most likely the Royal Air Forces Association

I’d like to thank The Worthing Herald for helping sort this out quickly and fairly, thanks guys!