Magnificent Macro Photos of Insect Eyes by Shikhei Goh

Photographer Shikhei Goh lives and works on a small industrialized island called Batam Island, that’s a 45 minute boat ride south of Singapore. Goh calls himself a “macro addict” and indeed his portfolio is loaded with incredible photographs of the local flora and fauna of Batam from turtles, lizards, birds and especially insects. My favorite images are his intimate shots of insect eyes that appear metallic and almost robotic. See much more over on 500px.
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Brilliant Multi-Exposure Photography

By superimposing several digital camera images taken at different exposure settings, Chris Relander creates this interesting arrangement of multiple exposure photography.
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MC Escher, Images of Mathematics...

Escher's work covered a variety of subjects throughout his life. His early love of portraits, Roman and Italian landscapes and of nature, eventually gave way to regular division of the plane.. Over 150 colorful and recognizable works testify to Escher's ingenuity and vision. He managed to capture the notion of hyperbolic space on a fixed 2-dimensional plane as well as translating the principles of regular division onto a number of 3-dimensional objects such as spheres, columns and cubes. A number of his prints combine both 2 and 3-dimensional images with startling effect.. His art continues to amaze and wonder millions of people all over the world. In his work we recognize his keen observation of the world around us and the expressions of his own fantasies. . M.C. Escher shows us that reality is wondrous, comprehensible and fascinating.... LINK: Youtube

Making of the Godzilla Suit!

The complete thirteen minute documentary by Godzilla expert Ed Godziszewski chronicling the evolution of the iconic Godzilla suit for the first Toho movie made in 1954. Numerous rare, behind-the-scenes still images of the Godzilla suit and of Japanese special effects legend Eiji Tsuburaya and his team at work. LINK: Youtube

Beautiful Time-Lapse Footage Of Red Aurora Australis

Red Aurora Australis from Alex Cherney on Vimeo.

{Description from the person that posted this.} LINK, Via: Vimeo After chasing it for more than two years I was finally rewarded with two displays of Aurora Australis (Southern lights) within a week visible from Mornington peninsula, not far from Melbourne. The nights were warm an clear and the Moon was not in the sky either - I could not have asked for better conditions. The red color of this aurora is caused by the charged particles from the Sun exciting oxygen atoms high in the Earth's atmosphere. Hopefully there will be more to come as Sun's activity increases in 2012-13. Being able to photograph it all night I came up with a nice video. The brighter Aurora happened on January 22nd and the smaller one, featured in the middle section, was from January 16th, followed by a rather bright Moonrise. Images and blog: terrastro.com/blog/red-aurora/ Time lapse motion control performed with Dynamic Perception Stage Zero ( dynamicperception.com ) Music: Coral Reef by Psychadelik Pedestrian toucanmusic.co.uk/releases/release.php?q=tou274

Takeshi Miyakawa: Candelier

Candelier', created by japanese-born, New York-based designer Takeshi Miyakawa, is a chandelier composed entirely out of wax, burning itself into nonexistence during normal use. Miyakawa conceptualized the work from his use of artist Nova Jiang's 'Creatomatic' software program. The application randomly juxtaposes images of two everyday objects, promoting free association and creativity: 'The 'Creatomatic' uses the technique of surprise to overcome habitual ways of thinking and short-circuit rational control.' LINK

BEAUTIFUL NATURE IMAGES

Holiday travel 20 world most beautiful places. LINK: Youtube

Mary Cassatt Paintings

Mary Stevenson Cassatt (May 22, 1844 -- June 14, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker. She lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists.

Cassatt often created images of the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children. LINK: Youtube

http://www.allpaintings.org/v/Impressionism/Mary+Cassatt/

The Nottingham Caves Survey

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2D Flythrough of Mortimer's Hole, with music by MODEL FIGHTER.

This animation is a 3D rendering of Mortimer’s Cave, one of many available at the Nottingham Caves Survey. You’ll also find photographic virtual tours of caves, movies, images, and a Google map to find more of the 450 specific caves in Nottingham. You could get lost in here! Link, Via: Neatorama

Chris Berens new dreamlike paintings on photo paper

Amsterdam painter Chris Berens has a show of new work opening today at Seattle's Roq La Rue Gallery. Above, "Microcosmos," (mixed media on panel, 20" x 20"). Below, "Leap" (mixed media on panel, 18" x 18"). Berens's dreamy images have a decidedly Photoshop feel, but they are not digital. (I can tell by the paint drops?) Indeed, he prefers ink on photo paper to oil on canvas. All of the work is also viewable online. From Roq La Rue: LINK: Boingboing

Another painting and more on this painter at boingboing above.

Amazing iPad Animations!

“5 static images on an iPad are brought to life by passing a transparent sheet with black lines over the screen. These animations use the same concept as my other videos. The only difference is, the images in this video are on a screen instead of printed on a piece of paper. Ever since I first created my first animated optical illusion years ago I have always wondered if the concept would work on a screen. Sure enough! It does. This took about a week to produce. Everything had to be absolutely exact for the effect to work. I used photoshop to created the 2D animations and Lightwave 3D to create the 3D animations.” — brusspup. LINK, Via: Youtube

ARTISTIC TREE REFLECTIONS

“These colorful images could masterpieces by the world’s greatest oil painters – but are in fact photographs of trees reflected in the ripples of a river. Graphic designer Denis Collette, 63, evokes the spirit of works of artists such as Monet, Van Gogh and Turner with his photographic studies of a river and lake near his countryside cottage.” LINK

Attenborough: Bubble Blowing Salt Water Crocodiles - Life in Cold Blood - BBC wildlife

Sir David Attenborough presents this epic wildlife documentary, exploring the world of cold blooded animals. Watch this underwater video to see the surprisingly gentle bubble-blowing courtship of the feared cold blooded killers, Salt Water Crocodiles. Brilliant high quality images from BBC natural history masterpiece, Life in Cold Blood. LINK: Youtube

Jewelry made from laminated, polished cross-sections of books

UK designer Jeremy May makes jewelry by laminating and polishing pages from old books together to make striking pieces: "The beauty of the jewels extends within the piece: text and images pass all the way though the object, only exposed at the surfaces - giving a tantalising glimpse of the book within."

LITTLEFLY (Thanks, Irene Delse Via: Submitterator!), Via: Boingboing

Photographing the Elements

Wikipedia user alchemist-hp is on a quest to take beautiful color photographs of every naturally occurring element. Pictured above is bismuth. At the link, you can view his German-language clickable periodic table of images.

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3-D Art - The Beginning

some 3-D art images. LINK: Youtube

The Smithsonian's Annual Photography Contest

For seven years, The Smithsonian magazine has held an annual photography contest. The five categories are Altered Images, the Natural World, Americana, Travel, and People. Pictured above is Laurie McAndish King’s winning submission in the Natural World category. It’s a photograph of a tiny frog hiding in the leaves of a plant.

King was experimenting with a new camera in a local Mendocino County garden when a frog paused for a moment on the leaves of a nearby plant. She snapped; it hopped. “I’ve gone halfway around the world looking for new experiences,” she says. “This photo will always remind me of the beauty in my own backyard.”

You can view the other winners at the link.

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Ball of Light

Denis Smith is a photographer who makes light graffiti — time lapse photography that allows artists to insert lights into spaces so that they appear to be free-floating. Smith has created a set of images depicting the travels of a ball of light through a darkened world.

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A gallery of stunning Hubble images from new book

These images are featured in the stunning new book Hubble: A Journey Through Space and Time by Edward J. Weiler, published by Abrams in collaboration with NASA. All images: Courtesy NASA. LINK: Boingboing

Father Invents System to Help Autistic Son Communicate

As a result of severe autism and learning disabilities, eleven-year-old Callum Lodge is unable to talk. In order to allow his son to communicate with the world around him, his father has developed Speaks4me, an electronic communication system.

As you can see in the video, Speaks4me appears to allow the user to choose images in order to communicate needs or thoughts. And while it's a pretty simple system, I think it might make quite a difference in the life of someone who was previously unable to express himself in a manner that could be understood by those around him. [Speaks4Me, Via: BBC, Via: Wired UK] Via: Vimeo, Via: Gizmodo