[Photo courtesy of Josh Derr/GL Flickr Pool] This image from the Brooklyn Bridge, looking down on the Olafur Eliasson waterfall comes from Josh Derr.

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[Photo courtesy of woodendesigner/GL Flickr Photo Pool] Anyone who knows the Gowanus Canal has seen this sort of thing before. In this case, we’ll let Woodendesigner, the photographer who contributed this to our GL Flickr Pool, explain: “So I was walking back home from Park Slope the other day and saw this stuff floating in […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] This was the pretty scene at the Brian Wilson concert in Coney Island as the sun set on Thursday night. It comes courtesy of Rubys Host via our GL Flickr Pool.

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s a cool Coney boardwalk scene from the camera of Rubys Host, who always is putting the coolest pics into our GL Flickr Pool.

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Do you take cool pics of Brooklyn and post them on Flickr? If so, we’d love for you to join our Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool or tag your photos “gowanuslounge” so we can see them and post some of them. [Photo courtesy of Trina356/GL Flickr Pool] This may be one of the prettiest pictures of […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] This is the BBQ at Beer island in Coney Island at dusk as presented to our Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool by the excellent Rubys Host.

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[Photo courtesy of Jennifer Dunne/GL Flickr Pool] This time of year, the Lullwater in Prospect Park, in front of the lovely Boat House, turns green. It’s a perfectly natural and healthy thing, but it never fails to look alarming.

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[Photo courtesy of jplpagan/GL Flickr Pool] Rain has never looked as nice as it does in this photo put into our Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool by jplpagan.

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[Image courtesy of Sail Brooklyn/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s a shot of a sumer Saturday in Gowanus, with a concert at the Yard and some people watching from the Carroll Street Bridge. The image comes from Sail Brooklyn via our GL Photo Pool.

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[Photo courtesy of Best View in Brooklyn/GL Flickr Pool] This is how the big stuffed toys play in Sunset Park. Blogger Best View in Brooklyn, who contributed this pic via our GL Flickr Pool, calls it “Naughty, Naughty Monsters.”

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] Where, you might ask, is this gorgeous sunset view from? Coney Island, of course, from a bit of an elevation. The pic comes from the superb selection of photos submitted to our Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool by Rubys Host.

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[Photo courtesy of jplpagan/flickr] Here’s one from jplpagan, who’s one of our favorite GL Flickr Pool contributors, of Golden Chocolate on Smith Street. He says he couldn’t bring himself to complete the name on the sign, so we did. Sort of.

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[Photo courtesy of weenieart/GL Flickr Pool] This is the A&S Pork Store as contributed to the GL Flickr Pool by weenieart, with apologies to the vegetarians out there.

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[Photo courtesy bestviewinbrooklyn/flickr] This view of kids playing in the sprinklers at the Sunset Park Pool that was put in our GL Photo Pool by bestviewinbrooklyn certainly fits the In the Pool theme. The photographer also produces the Best View in Brooklyn blog, which covers Sunset Park.

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[Photo courtesy of GerritsenBeach.Net/Flickr] This comes from Gerritsen Beach in Southern Brooklyn where there is much water to be found and was put in our GL Photo Pool by GerritsenBeach.Net who produces the GerritesenBeach.Net blog.

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[Photo courtesy of Josh Derr/GL Photo Pool] The message in this photo contributed to our GL Photo Pool by Josh Derr couldn’t be more clear or more poignant in its own peculiar way.

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[Photo courtesy of Listen Missy/GL Photo Pool] This image comes from Third Street and Third Avenue in Gowanus and was contributed to our Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool by Listen Missy! If you’re not a pool member and contributor, do consider joining. We’d love to see your pics.

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[Photo courtesy of weenieart/GL Flickr Pool] This contribution to our GL Photo Pool comes from weenieart and captures some sidewalk sale action on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. The obligatory strollers are included in the sale, of course.

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[Photo courtesy of itsnothatfar/flickr] From Windsor Terrace we learn that Julio was around, if not exactly there. The pic comes from itsnotfar via the GL Flickr Pool.

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Have you joined our Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool yet? If not, we’d love to see and post your photos. Please join and/or tag your flickr photos “gowanuslounge.” [Photo courtesy of rembrooklyn/flickr] Here’s a very cool shot of the Olafur Eliasson waterfall beneath the Brooklyn Promenade that was placed in our Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool by […]

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[Photo courtesy of Josh Derr/flickr] This is Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights courtesy of a photo dropped into the GL Flickr Pool by Josh Derr. It’s an HDR shot, which for those who don’t know Photoshop, is a technique that combines photos to create effects like this one.

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[Photo courtesy of Karyn Bosnak/GL Flickr Pool] This cool photo from July 4 comes to us via our GL Flickr Pool from Karyn Bosnak. She writes: “While trying to find a good place to take pictures of the fireworks, I stumbled across a police and fireman party right on the river at the piers. They […]

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[Photo courtesy of Shooting Brookyn/flickr] Here are the July 4 fireworks as seen from the J Train, courtesy of Shooting Brooklyn who contributed this image to our GL Photo Pool on flickr.

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[Photo Courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Photo Pool] Here’s the scene in Coney Island before the big eating contest yesterday, as contributed to our GL Photo Pool by Rubys Host.

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] Another pretty Coney Island sunset placed in our GL Flickr Pool courtesy of Rubys Host.

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