Postcard Worthy

Have you ever gone on vacation, visited your standard tourist shop and found yourself dissatisfied with the array of postcards depicting images of the usual suspects?  Or maybe while on a trip to somewhere new and exciting, you captured a shot that perfectly encapsulates the one image you want to take away as a souvenir and wished you could put THAT on a postcard to send back home instead of the ones on sale 5 for a dollar.

I suppose if you were industrious enough, you could take the shot, get it printed at a local lab, and mail it out in Photojojo's mailable photo frames, but I think most of us will probably settle for posting it on our blogs or Flickr streams.  Which is totally okay and saves you a stamp to boot.

So where have you all traveled recently?  Show us your postcard worthy images, and we'll pretend we got it in the mail!  I know I'd personally buy a postcard of this lovely Dublin scene, or this New Jersey Carousel, and this awesome neon sign for Pensacol Beach.

Comments

[Chris]

This is by far my favorite post card moment from our vacation this past summer....sigh....and I miss it, too...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeroldssis/3874994925/in/set-72157622075761541/

[Kirsty-Abu Dhabi]

Oh how I love to travel!!! And to post my travel shots!!
Here are some from our summer holiday to Jordan - which was just Amazing!!! http://kirstylarmourblog.com/?p=348
and these aren't really post card images I guess cos its where I live - pictures of Sheik Zayed Mosque
http://kirstylarmourblog.com/?p=651

[Irene]

this photo is stunning. would love it get it in my mailbox *wink* *wink*

[Bebe]

From my summer trip to Dublin.
http://soreadyblog.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/dublin/

and from my visit to my home state-Arizona
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mydailypic/3960333671/

Bebe

[Vanessa]

We were in Northern Spain (my husband's homeland) on holiday this summer. It's full of very beautiful landscapes and towns. Zarautz, in the Basque Country, for instance, just begs to be photographed:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanessa_r/3750900100/in/set-72157607450910728/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanessa_r/3861073575/in/set-72157607450910728/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanessa_r/3750906868/in/set-72157607450910728/

[Christy]

from one of my press trips:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/christybelle/3961622295/" title="Beach Belle Photography by christybelle30, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2615/3961622295_a9641ca23f_b.jpg" width="1024" height="691" alt="Beach Belle Photography" /></a>


You can find more photos at my two sites, www.beachbellephotography.com and www.misplacedsouthernbelle.com

[MelodyA.]

We just got back from a craft/antique road trip yesterday. Haven't even blogged about it yet! But here's my post card worthy shot:

http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/2012475

[Liz]

A friend of mine lives on the beach in a town about an hour south of Boston, where I live. At the end of August, I spent the day with her catching up on things while walking on the beach with our dogs...it was the most refreshing and rejuvenating thing I had done in a long time...here's the postcard-worthy shot from that day:

http://inventingliz.blogspot.com/2009/09/good-for-soul.html

[beth]

I hope this would get you to come to wisconsin...



http://www.flickr.com/photos/29291473@N04/3979552341/

[cmv]

and another reason to come to wisconsin!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23061481@N06/3869048110/in/set-72157622054937437/
i loved that museum so much i have a whole set of pictures
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23061481@N06/sets/72157622054937437/
and a blog post
http://knittingsandwich.typepad.com/sandwich/2009/08/beauty-by-the-lake.html

[Leah]

I loved this one from our visit to Scotland.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lakeline/3592170177
Isle of Skye has far more dramatic vistas than this, but nothing quite evokes the area the way this photo does for me.

[faith]

Here's a photo I took in one of the local canyons here in Utah recently. It's easy to forget how dramatic they look in the fall because they're a bit out of the way, but it was worth the drive!

http://thenearestfuture.blogspot.com/2009/10/fall-is-my-favorite.html

[Lori]

Here are my candidates for postcards this year.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/photo.php?pid=3658347&id=691911320
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=141672&id=691911320&page=3#/photo.php?pid=3525923&id=691911320http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=141672&id=691911320&page=3#/photo.php?pid=3288194&id=691911320http://www.facebook.com/album.php?page=3&aid=129876&id=691911320#/photo.php?pid=3288226&id=691911320http://www.facebook.com/album.php?page=3&aid=129876&id=691911320#/photo.php?pid=3171739&id=691911320

[Heather]

This is where we spent our afternoon yesterday -- and I'm already plotting how I might use the photos. Postcards sound like a great idea!

http://mamamutterings.blogspot.com/2009/10/for-love-of-pumpkins.html

[Caroline]

I was up in Big Bear Lake last weekend...so beautiful up there! There is nothing like getting out of the city and into the fresh air. I was so lucky to stumble across these amazing spots. The first photo is an old deserted cabin. The second is a lovely red cabin...so wish that was my vacation home! Hope you enjoy the photos!


http://www.flickr.com/photos/nowordz/3977893477/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nowordz/3965355660/

[darrah]

I just returned from honeymooning in Paris and am transported back every time I look at the photos. Here are a few that I think could be postcard worthy:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/artcetera/3912261359/in/set-72157622339715224/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artcetera/3919136493/in/set-72157622339715224/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artcetera/3939998489/in/set-72157622339715224/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artcetera/3912258263/in/set-72157622339715224/

and one more just in case you're hungry:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/artcetera/3919118553/in/set-72157622339715224/

[Erin]

Cool, beautiful Colorado was the location of our vacation away from hot Texas....

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2606/3888719386_decbef10e6_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/3929117422_d493388a0b_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2440/3871333333_4252018990_b.jpg

[Diane]

I've been having fun using textures to turn pics into vintage-looking postcards! Here are some from recent travels:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dphock/3848312229/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dphock/3706766737/

[Kristen]

So when I saw we were talking about postcards I HAD to post this. It's from Murrells Inlet, South Carolina :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lateriser/3947231599/

[Karen]

Here are a five from our road trip this summer:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8243804@N08/3980952459/in/set-72157622516006758/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8243804@N08/3980899719/in/set-72157622516006758/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8243804@N08/3980956321/in/set-72157622516006758/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8243804@N08/3981707210/in/set-72157622516006758/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8243804@N08/3980886931/in/set-72157622516006758/

[canadacole]

Just this week I drove to a neighbouring town for my daughter's track meet and thought it was definitely postcard worthy.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadacole/3972473772/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadacole/3971703529/

[melody]

What a gorgeous countryside image.

One of my favorites from summer...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/melsphotophun/3876267715/

[djbeat]

my newest postcard of my hometown
http://www.flickr.com/photos/djbeat/3981501585/

[claudia]

What a beautiful shot!
Here are just a couple from last month's stay-cation:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurohunt/3983894298/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurohunt/3983894450/in/photostream/
and one from this year's photowalk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurohunt/3744175758/

[Nancy]

From my last vacation in Costa Rica. ;)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/orozcojasie/3929492395/in/set-72157622253770801/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orozcojasie/3929492159/in/set-72157622253770801/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orozcojasie/3939589293/in/set-72157622253770801/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orozcojasie/3939570225/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orozcojasie/3923554384/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orozcojasie/3923544256/

[Puna]

Beautiful shot. Here is where I live.

http://lifesignatures.org/wordpress/2009/06/the-bay/

[Jenny Rebecca]

Oh that picture is GORGEOUS!!!! Wish it was on Flickr so I could Fave it!!

I got this shot out of the kitchen window when I was up way too early on vacation in Colorado. An nice bonus though! http://www.flickr.com/photos/fanglord2/3983348445/

[Toni | Daily Vignette]

I recently posted a mosaic of shots from a trip to Palouse Falls, which is a gorgeous waterfall set out in the middle of nothing. It was amazing how many people had made the trip there the morning my mother and I were there, but it was definitely worth the 45 minute drive there. Okay, it actually took a lot longer than that to get there because of all the stops for shots of abandoned buildings, barns and a cemetery. =)

http://dailyvignette.com/2009/09/28/traipsing-around/

[Elizabeth Harper]

My postcard worthy shot in Paris earlier this year on my honeymoon.

http://giftsofthejourney.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/paristhen-now/

[April~Living The Sweet Life]

I love fall. The moody weather with it's clouds and rain make the very best postcard worthy photos.

[Angie]

I took this one last fall and every time DH looks at it he says I need to print it on a postcard: http://photosforthefunofit.blogspot.com/2008/11/fall-traveler.html

And this one is from our beach trip in August. It's my pick:
http://photosforthefunofit.blogspot.com/2009/08/beach-grass.html

I love the one you posted... the little cat walking down the road in the front of the photo and the mystical fog... definitely postcard worthy!

[Amanda K]

I took this on my honeymoon - sunset on Waikiki Beach, Hawaii. When I think of my happy place, I picture THIS.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandykaotik/1368976485/in/set-72157601979456080/

[Mocha]

Just this weekend I went to Utah and the postcards I imagined with my pictures will make me smile for a long time to come. Here's just one of them:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mochamomma/3986260046/in/set-72157622401587023/

[Aimee Greeblemonkey]

Thanks for including my Dublin shot! That was one of my faves. The trip was an amazing photo journey for me, much more so than any trip in recent memory. :)

[Rachel]

Oh! I want to share my glimpse of Look Park in Northampton, Massachusetts.
http://www.mergeweddings.com/posts/heart-busted-open/

[Jill]

I absolutely LOVE this picture!!!! FABULOUS!!!!

[littlepurplecow]

Love, love this image, Sarah.

[bostongaljm]

I'm always afraid of one's that look too much like postcards, but it happens all the time!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22522584@N02/3972518507/

[kcjewel]

every single thing about this photograph is perfect. much too beautiful for a postcard... it deserves a special place on a blank wall.

[Ada Rosman]

from my hiking/camping/fishing trip to Eastern Oregon. The scenery is truly stunning there....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32101786@N04/3956529666/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32101786@N04/3934647972/

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