I was lucky enough to attend a number of the events at the London 2012 Olympics last year, and as is my want, I took thousands of photos of opening and closing ceremonies, Super Saturday, Thrilling Thursday, and other events that I was lucky enough to attend. I shared some of the photos on Facebook and Twitter, and there seemed to be some interest in them, so I signed up to Flickr in August so that I could share them more widely.
I was delighted, and slightly amazed to check my Flickr stats this morning to find out that since then, they have had exactly 100000 views. I am honoured that so many of you kind people have decided to look at my photos, and encourage me to continue to share them.
Even though most of my photos are of motorsport, and after that, travel, those that seem most popular on Flickr are still those from the Olympics, and particularly those from Super Saturday. I thought that I would run through my20 most popular pictures in terms of the number of views.
The most popular, and constantly most popular picture, is this one of Gyorgi Farkas, the Hungarian heptathlete, on Super Saturday in the London 2012 Olympics. This has had 500 views more than its nearest rival.
Second place is another picture from the same day, this time of Team GB’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson, landing in the sand during the long jump in the heptathlon that day.
Similarly, third place goes to Team GB’s Jessica Ennis on the same day, working towards her gold medal in the event. It was superb to be sitting so close to the action on such an incredible day of athletics.
Formula One first appears in fourth place, in the form of seven times world champion Michael Schumacher racing in Valencia in 2012.
An odd entry for number five, a bmibaby Boeing 737 landing at East Midlands Airport a few weeks before the demise of the airline.
Jessica Ennis returns next, with her mid jump.
Back to Formula One next in the form of Sergio Perez at the British Grand Prix.
After that, back to the Olympics and Team GB, in the form of Katrina Johnson-Thompson and Liz Hazel.
Kimi Raikkonen is next, in Valencia in 2012.
In tenth place is my dog Berta, wearing a scarf. Yes, this iphone picture of my dog is more popular than any of my pictures of Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel or Fernando Alonso. Well done Berta. I can understand why you look slightly confused.
Just after Berta is Lewis Hamilton, and catching up fast. I hope she gets out of the way if an overtaking move is attempted.
Fernando Alonso is just behind Lewis.
After that, we are back to the Olympics, and another picture of Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Jenson Button is up next in his McLaren, again at Valencia in 2012.
We are back to where we started with Gyorgi Farkas next.
Czech athlete Eliska Klukinova features in the next two pictures.
Germany’s Julia Machtig has just landed after her long jump in the next picture.
Tatyana Chernova continues the heptathlon theme in the next picture
…and the top twenty is rounded off with the return of Eliska Klukinova.
A few honourable mentions for those on the verge of the top 20. Number 21 is Rozafa Castle in Albania. Again, no idea why this particular picture is particularly popular.
23rd place goes to this rather pretty sunset near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, taken on New Year’s Eve 2009. It was a remarkable sight to behold.
And in 27th place is the tribute to Ayrton Senna at The Donington Collection at Donington Park.
Thank you for feeding my ego and looking at my pictures, it is much appreciated. I do hope that you enjoy them, and I will continue to add more to Flickr as people still seem to be looking at them. Thank you.
