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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Mountain Light # Timescapes Timelapse

Time-lapse photography is a cinematography technique whereby each film frame is captured at a rate much slower than it will be played back. When replayed at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and thus lapsing. Time-lapse photography can be considered to be the opposite of high speed photography. Processes that would normally appear subtle to the human eye, such as the motion of the sun and stars in the sky, become very pronounced.
Time-lapse is the extreme version of the cinematography technique of undercranking, and can be confused with stop motion animation.
LINK: Youtube
Special thanks to Tom Lowe @ Timescapes for capturing and producing such beautiful footage. You can contact Tom or download the original video in full 1080 resolution @ http://www.timescapes.org/

Surreally Scribbled Digital Portraits

Image credit: Ayaka Ito and Randy Church [Spotted Via: Design Boom]

Designer/illustrator Ayaka Ito and programmer Randy Church collaborated on a digital project integrating 3D line work and traditional photography. The designers used various applications, including 3D flash drawing and 4D modeling programs. The results are surreal and give the model a shredded, wiry appearance. It’s almost like frantically drawing with an unspooled cassette tape. Check out Ito and Church’s works in detail past the break. LINK

Fashion Photography

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Photography, lighting, Fashion styling and Much more, learn how to become a successful Fashion photographer, shooting sexy models and hot fashion designer clothes for living
Los Angeles Fashion Photographer, Black and white Fashion Photography of Sexy fashion models, fashion designers, such as BeBe collection, Bulgarie, Dior, Alice Abraham, Escada and many more by La Photographer, Shaun Alexander. LINK: Youtube

Black and White Photography by Vladimir Zivkovic

Black and White Photography by Vladimir Zivkovic
Go Full screen, sit back and RELAX... LINK: Youtube

Airsoft Extreme Slow Motion (1200 FPS)

Filmed at 1200 frames per second, we see tiny, random, and often surprising reactions when airsoft bb's strike small toys. LINK: Youtube

Music is by Zero Project
"The Age of the Empire"
Creative Commons Licensed

Diane Ward Photography Where I Live, set to Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

I really enjoyed the photos that she took and thought you would also. Go to the LINK: Youtube if you would like to comment to her.

Human Aquarium

An amazing photo pieced together from 17 panoramic frames by Russian photographer Dmitriy Chistoprudov. The photo features 48 floors of a Russian office building called 'Federation' in Moscow City.
Posted by Gerard on 10/30/2010, Via: The Presurfer

Liars "Scissor"

Director: Andy Bruntel
Producer: Jett Steiger
Executive Producer: Lana Kim
Director of Photography: Eli Born
Production Design: Megan Fenton
Make-Up: Martha Dame Cary
Wardrobe: Jennifer Johnson & Martha Dame Cary
Editor: Ed Yonaitis
Camera Crew: Kevin Phillips & Matt Harfield
Sound Design: Mads Heldtberg
Boat Skipper: Andrew Calder
LINK: Vimeo

45 Photos From Clever, Sometimes Unbelievable Perspectives

"The Mouse Won't Play"
Point of view of a mouse being dangerously stalked. Carved a hole in a cardboard box and put camera inside. The main difficulty was not the lighting (a couple of desk lamps set around the box), but getting Manly here to cooperate by luring him with a string going into the box (seen out of focus). Nikon D40 w/ 35mm f/1.8 Nikor lens. ISO 200, f/2 and 1/15" exposure. More photos at the link. LINK: Gizmodo
-Jorge Jimenez

"QUOTE from Gizmodo" Thanks to all those who risked lens and limb for this week's challenge. Be sure to admire all the entries in the gallery below (seriously, the highlighted photos barely do each week justice) or snag the full size shots on flickr. Also, remember that you can be photographing and submitting Fall Leaves.

The Bones of War: Haunting Skeleton Photography

When Francois Robert unexpectedly acquired a human skeleton in the 1990s, he knew he had to do something wonderful with it. Several years later when the economy collapsed and he found himself with time on his hands, Robert finally settled on a project: powerful anti-war images spelled out in human bones.

Bones, whether animal or human, always evoke powerful emotions. They represent death, loss, destruction, a sense of sad history. Francois Robert is no stranger to these images and emotions: he once spent five weeks photographing 140 animal skulls from the Field museum of Natural History. He’s always been fascinated by bones, so it’s no surprise that he spent all of 2008 rearranging them into evocative sculptures.

The project started when the photographer found an old educational skeleton in a locker purchased at a school auction. He displayed it in his studio for years but always wondered what else he could do with it. He eventually came up with the idea to take the skeleton apart and use the bones to create these unique and hauntingly beautiful works of art.

The series of photographs is entitled “Stop the Violence,” and it uses human bones as a reminder of the consequences of violence. Each sculpture is five to six feet wide and took Robert a full day to assemble. The images are all grippingly powerful: weapons, religious symbols and words that bring to mind the destruction that is left behind after war.

Many of us are shocked at the simple sight of human bones. The built-in emotional factor of the bones is only amplified by Robert’s arrangements. But the artist is always careful to maintain a sense of respect for the bones; this human on the floor of his studio is a very real reminder of what is left behind when a light is extinguished. More pictures at the LINK

First Photo Of A Human Being Ever?

"QUOTE" Back in September, we posted a set of old photos of Cincinnati daguerreotypes from 1848 where I caught a glimpse of two people at the Ohio River's edge. That would make them among the very first people ever to appear in a candid photograph. 1848 is a long time ago. They looked like a pair of men, one tall, the other short. They were standing with what looked like a bucket between them. I figured they were there to fetch some water. I then went on in my way to talk about cholera.

Well, an eagle-eyed reader who calls himself Hokumburg (and has a spectacular blog of his own, The Hokumburg Goombah) did his own investigation, enlarged our photo, and peered more closely:


And he wrote:

I have lightened it up a bit and messed with the contrast a little, and I think the man on the left is standing behind the wooden beam wall (wharf? dock?) with his left leg up on the wall and his left hand resting on his knee, while the man on the right is standing on top of that wall. LINK

Hawks....Goldfinch....Crows.....Eagle.....blue skies at the Coon Rapids dam

damwalkers | September 05, 2010
All photos taken on 5-2-10 coon rapids damwalk.....
music by willie nelson - blue skies.......
photos can be verified at damwalkers on flickr.....
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60 Photos of Relaxation at its Purest

"Sleeping Like a Baby"
Over Labor Day, many went to work with their cameras to capture the ultimate moment of R&R. LINK: Gizmodo

Baby as Art | Newborn photography

Baby as Art | Newborn photography by newborn photographers Carrie Sandoval and Brittany Woodall. LINK: Youtube

Leonardo Fibonacci: A Natural Growth of Mathematics

The marvels of nature. It's mathematically delicious! Personally, I bow my head to the (mathematically minded) power/powers that generating these miracles!
The way in which shoots are arranged on plant stems also seems to be in accordance with the Fibonacci series. Compared with the one beneath it, each shoot is offset so that it does not shade its neighbor. The angle between one shoot and the next, expressed as a fraction of the circumference of the stem, is generally found to be given by two numbers from the Fibonacci series: ½ for grasses and for elm and linden trees; 1/3 for sedges, beech, and hazel; 2/5 for oak and fruit trees; 3/8 for poplar and rose; 5/13 for willows, almond trees, and leeks.

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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.

Link | Previously: The Smithsonian By the Numbers, Via: Neatorama

52 Useful Firefox Add-Ons For Photographers

Photography may have existed long before personal computers, but these days photographers spend a lot of time using computers for their work.

You can make that work easier by taking advantage of these Firefox add-ons for photography. You'll find tools for sharing, editing, and more. LINK: The Presurfer

Macro And Colourful - Just Superb

Here is the collection of some awesome, colorful and very creative photos!

Link, Via: Neatorama