at Flikr, how can I find a *certain kind* of permalink for photos?

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I often want add a link at my site to a photo or several related photos (in a "lesson" for example) at Flikr that I've run across on a forum.  
But the link I get after clicking on Properties (after right-clicking the image) just brings up a "farm4.static.flickr.com" link at Flikr, and that kind of link goes only to a  *single* small image, on a blank page.

Instead, I want to use a link that goes to the page at Flikr that shows that image where it would normally be, which usually includes other things on the page, and 3 small photos in an upper-right box showing the photo just before this photo and the photo after it (so it's possible to all 3 --or more-- photos from just one link).  A link to the "right" page will also allow a visitor to get to other "sets" or to the person's other "albums." 

Can anyone explain to me how to do that at Flikr starting from a "farm4.static.flickr.com" link grabbed from Properties, or tell me that it's impossible to do from that kind of link farm/static link? 
Or even tell me if "permalinks" can only be copied from Flikr blog entries, not somehow from viewing a single photo, etc.?

TIA!

Diane B.

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UPDATED:
Since I received an example URL and the information that you're not a Flickr account holder, this is what you'll need to do...

The problem is that people are posting Flickr images and violating the site's policy, which states that images posted to external sites need to link back to Flickr (meaning they are using Option #2 for the image, instead of #1). 

So, you're going to have to adjust the individual photo's static URL. See instructions here: http://www.bram.us/2008/01/12/my-priceless-flickr-tip-how-to-find-the-original-flickr-photo-url-and-user-from-a-static-flickr-image-url/ . 

For example...

The image static URL of 
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3358/3578307097_8516fef7cd.jpg

would translate to this

http://flickr.com/photo.gne?id=3578307097

The Flickr service then re-directs the URL (or changes the URL) to http://www.flickr.com/photos/grammardog/3578307097/ after you land on the photo's web page. See the web address at the top of your web browser. You can use that URL (or even the translated one) on your site as the photo's Flickr web page.

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You may understand some of this already, but I'm going to break it down anyway:

How images are displayed in Flickr is called a Photostream. That photostream can be divided into sets (a grouping of photos) and collections (a bunch of sets). The collection option is only available to Pro account holders. You can use the Organizer tool to easily arrange all of that; see http://www.flickr.com/help/organizr/ for details.

You can customize a web address for your entire Photostream that can be shared. See http://www.flickr.com/help/sharing/#2182 and http://www.flickr.com/account/ for more information about the Flickr address (i.e. account address). The link - such as http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlnikolaidis/ - will easily allow visitors to see a your sets on the right side, with latest uploads in the left. Plus, there is navigation directly under "[your name]'s Photostream" at the top. You can change the way your Photo page looks here: http://www.flickr.com/account/prefs/layout . 

Beyond that, if you want people to go to an individual photo's web page (with links to the before and after image on the top right), then click on that photo in your photostream. Copy the web address that appears at the top of your browser to share with other people. For example, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlnikolaidis/4238100313/ . On the right, the top box has a link back the person's main Photostream page, where all the sets are shown. The lower right box shows a link to the set to which the photo belongs. Use HTML anchor tags (or your site's automated tools) to create a hyperlink using that photo's web page URL OR you can copy the code given as option #1 on the individual picture's web page to make that image clickable on your site, leading back to its web page.

The "farm4.static.flickr.com" link leads you to the photo's basic URL, not the detailed web page in Flickr's service. Both types of addresses include unique numbers for that image. Also, you can further shorten your account URL or a photo's web page URL via these instructions: http://www.flickr.com/help/website/?search=URL#953375 .

Note that you can click the "All Sizes" button at the top of the photo's web page to get the photo's basic URL like you do by right-clicking on Properties (i.e. the 2nd option shown at the bottom of the individual photo's web page). See http://www.flickr.com/help/photos/#68 for an explanation about photo URLs.

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