First off, this set has some good watermarked New Orleans shots from 2014 - 2016.
flickr.com/photos/mez777photos/sets/72157645179755144
I don't know if anyone posted it before, but if so, I never saw it. I think the best shots are actually from previous years, but since I can't actually post any of the watermarked photos, it doesn't really matter. New Orleans hasn't gotten a lot of attention in the past (or maybe I've mostly ignored it when people have posted about it, since it happens right around the time of the big UK rides), but it's probably the 5th or 6th best ride in the US, and there's at least a little bit of photo and video coverage.
Second off, Flickr now has a "Search for similar photos" feature that actually finds pictures that don't have labels or tags. Either click on the "..." in the upper right corner of a photo in a search result, or put the photo ID into this URL: flickr.com/search/?similarity_id=[YOUR ID HERE]
So far, searching (flickr.com/search/?similarity_id=19117949381) on one of the good 2015 pictures from the MJFest set above, I found this photo from Brighton 2014 (flickr.com/photos/wildstreetscenephotography/14220071917/ - I'll also post it in the WNBR 2014 thread). I went to that photostream, and there are over 100 other Brighton 2014 pictures before and after. None of them are especially good pictures, but they're proof that this "similar photo" search could be very interesting.
The downside of the "similar photos" search is that while it's very impressive, it obviously doesn't "think" like a human does. So far, the pictures I've seen have mostly had the same objects in them (bikes, people, and roads), and been in the same kind of lighting and at more or less the same angle. But a human would think the most important thing about the picture is "hey naked people!". So far, Flickr's algorithm doesn't seem to "think" that way. 90% of the "similar" shots it gives are of fully clothed people.
By the way, if you're searching using the "..." menu, remember to select "SafeSearch off"! As somebody recently said in a different thread, if there were a way to tell Flickr "Show only the unsafe photos", that would make it a lot easier. I would say it ironic that they obviously know you're searching for photos similar to an "unsafe" photo, but don't include that as part of their similarity criteria. But they may have consciously chosen not to turn Flickr too completely "naked search friendly", so they don't get a reputation as an adults-only site.
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