If you have a static Flickr URL and want to find the original Flickr page it was posted to, here’s how to do it.

First, here’s what a static URL looks like:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3632/3811569661_f801d1837f.jpg

Notice how the filename is two identifying strings concatenated with an underscore.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3632/3811569661_f801d1837f.jpg

Take the first part of this, filename, or

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3632/3811569661_f801d1837f.jpg

and append it to this URL:

http://flickr.com/photo.gne?id=

The final URL you end up with is:

http://flickr.com/photo.gne?id=3811569661

Voila!

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Flickr URL Generator

For those who are absurdly lazy, I whipped together a really simple application just now called Findr. All you need to do is enter the static Flickr photo url and it will automatically teleport you to the original page. Give it a whirl!