Inspire others with your clouds today. Download everything you need at www.gettyimages.com/flickr.

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85612589, Kathy Wolfe/Flickr

We’ve got a few new toys in our Flickr toy box and we’re excited to share them with you.

Check out our new feature called Flickr photo clouds where you can visually group images that catch your eye. Share your clouds with your friends, view other users’ clouds, mark favorites and follow fellow users.

We’ve also created a fun Facebook application, a widget for your personal web pages and a screen saver  - all of which feature Flickr photo clouds to help you tell your own visual stories. Download them from our Flickr collection home page.

The Flickr collection continues to grow daily with new images being added from all over the world so there’s always something new, inspiring, funny or just plain nuts to discover!

So don’t be the last one without a cloud – inspire yourself and the community today – www.gettyimages.com/flickr.

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85456529 Kate Brady/Getty Images

We built the licensing platform and with your cutting-edge imagery, together we’ve created an extraordinary collection…and it keeps getting bigger! We now have more than 15,000 images from photographers in over 80 countries in the Flickr Collection on Getty Images.

While we continue to look through Flickr’s two billion images, it’s important for you to let us know what you think.

Are you finding what you need?

Is there a picture on Flickr that you wish was in the collection but isn’t in there yet?

What do you wish there was more of?

Don’t hold back. Be honest, be vocal, and we’ll be grateful. Leave your comments here today.

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As Erin mentioned in a previous post, one of the exciting things about Flickr is that we’re able to access some really fantastic images which reflect the lifestyles and people of specific regions around the world. This is great news for our customers who are searching for imagery with a local flavor.

Aside from great travel imagery, we want to find strong lifestyle imagery. The challenge is to find images that aren’t too cliche but not so random that we lose the connection. Below are some examples of imagery we’ve selected for the German speaking regions so far.

Do you think we’re getting it right?

85154229 Claudia Probst/Getty Images

85149179, Johannes Henseler/Flickr

85154089, Thomas Lottermoser/Flickr

85111840 Photography ©Eke Meidaner

85421437, German Meyer/Flickr

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85148838, Floridapfe from S.Korea Kim in cherl/Flickr

The Flickr Collection on Getty Images has been up and running for a few weeks now and while we hope you like what you are seeing, we want to know the truth — what do you think?

Do you like the images in the collection?

Is there a theme/keyword idea that we are missing in the collection?

Have you found a favorite image on Flickr that you want added in the collection?

Let us know! Leave a comment on this blog and we’ll make sure to take all of your comments and suggestions into consideration as we continue to build this one-of-a-kind collection.

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