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Artistic Photos Of Abandoned Places - 49 Pictures. Old or even abandoned places have a certain charm. Sure, they seem a bit spooky, but that is what makes them so likeable. I have to let you know that this isn’t an article about places like Pripyat or Centralia, this is about the photographers’ abilities to take a great picture of an interesting and obscure place. Some of the photographs are black and white so it emphasizes the “Addams family feeling”. Earth from Above a collection of aerial photography. "Earth From Above" is the result of the aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand's five-year airborne odyssey across six continents. It's a spectacular presentation of large scale photographs of astonishing natural landscapes. Every stunning aerial photograph tells a story about our changing planet. Coal mine in South Africa Sha Kibbutz, Israel Military cemetery in Verdun, France Suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark Elephants on the savannah, Botswana Favelas in Rio de Janeiro Ruins of the medieval city of Shali, Egypt Switzerland Gullholmen, Sweden Denver, USA Fraser Island dune, Australia Pena, Portugal Amazon River, Brazil Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa Machu Picchu, Peru Walled City of Dubrovnik, Croatia The Changping District in Beijing, China Cattle near the Masai Mara National Park, Kenya Tasmania, Australia Boat Houses in Lagos, Nigeria Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany Hashima Island, Japan Stockholm, Sweden Boats stranded on the dry Aral Sea, Kazakhstan Varanasi, India.

Unphotographable: a text account of pictures missed. 8500+ Free Photoshop Brushes. Weekly Roundup from DesignFloat. Hey guys, the time for Friday roundup has come and we want to share some useful resources featuring free Photoshop brushes with you. We all know that brushes turn out to be the essential tools for web designers and help to add the desired atmosphere and create stunning websites. Using this Photoshop tool, it is possible to give the design the impressive touch and make it catchy. Of course, you have seen a vast amount of brush sets all around the web, but here you can find the top-notch collection of the most popular among them. We have decided to compile 8500+ various brush sets for our readers and we hope that this post will come in handy and add inspiration for your future designs. Additionally, we’d also recommend you to check out the compilation of 60 free Photoshop gradient sets, which you can easily use to improve your graphics. 1100+ Abstract High Quality Free Photoshop Brushes High Quality and Useful Photoshop Brushes 22 Free High Quality Doodle Photoshop Brushes Set.

10 Must-Have Photoshop Plugins That Are Free. If you’re looking for new and creative ways to edit or enhance your images, plugins can make your Photoshop workflow go so much smoother. Whether you want to add some noise or create some stunning color effects, we’ve got a fantastic list for you – and all completely free! 1. virtualPhotographer by optikVerve Labs For those who haven’t grasped all the nooks and crannies of Photoshop yet, or simply don’t want to spend hours tweaking an image, virtualPhotographer is a simple plugin that has over 200 presets for you to apply to your images. There is also a very nifty split-screen preview function that allows you to see the before-and-after of your edit. 2. This incredible plugin works with Photoshop to process and save PNG files much faster, and also saves them in a smaller size. 3.

If you haven’t mastered the idea behind curves yet, this plugin has eight common presets to select from, allowing you to choose which one compliments your photo the best. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 . Lunchtime on a Skyscraper in 2011: Builders recreate Charles C Ebbets 1932 photo. By Rob Cooper UPDATED: 15:50 GMT, 11 October 2011 The famous original photo showed 11 workers in flat caps precariously perched on a steel beam 800ft (240m) above the ground. But in 2011, these construction engineers in London swapped vests for high-visibility jackets and safety harnesses as they ate out on a 755ft (230m) tall building. The photo - modelled on Charles C Ebbets's famous 1932 original, Lunch atop a Skyscraper - was taken by Michael Crompton, 61, as he worked on Heron Tower in central London last year.

The 46-floor building is the third tallest in the capital. Safety harnesses and high-visibility jackets: Eleven workmen 'eat out' as they recreate the famous Lunch atop a Skyscraper photo taken by Charles C Ebbets in 1932 Mr Crompton said that the 11 workmen had tried to create a modern version of the famous image. 'We changed it slightly — one of the workers had a can of cider in our shot, while in the original they had a bottle of whisky. 80+ Photoshop Actions for Giving Your Pictures a Vintage Look. Photoshop actions are great. With just a click of a button you can apply a complicated effect to a photo instantly. One of the most popular type of actions is the vintage or retro style. With the popularity of vintage-inspired Instagram filters and film emulation, the older style is desired with many photos. Fortunately, there are plenty of quality Photoshop actions that will help you to get vintage effects quickly and easily.

In this article, I’ve rounded up over eighty Photoshop actions that will add very cool vintage or retro effects to your photos. Instagram Filters (13 actions) Lomocam (10 actions) Lomo Action Hard Lomo Action Holgarizer Vintage Light Leak Action Vintage Heaven Action Vintage Dream Action Retro Cross Action Vintage Matte Action Faded Film Action Old Film Action Retro Style Actions (10 actions) Instant Hipster (10 actions) Prestalgia (10 actions) Vintage Gold Action Aged Black & White Action Glory Days Vintage Actions (7 actions) Muted Colors Vintage Action Old Tones (6 actions)

100 free textures for photo editing in Photoshop | Techniques | PhotoRadar. Free High Resolution Textures - gallery. Moments of daily life around the world. An Afghan boy works at a brick factory on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct 10, 2011. AP / Rahmat Gul An Afghan rides a cart carrying waste items in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday Oct. 8, 2011. AP / Kamran Jebreili An Afghan construction worker carries a ladder in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday Oct. 8, 2011. An Afghan refugee girl looks out from her home in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. Pakistani Shaima Akram, 12, left, and her sister Shamila, 9, rest while working with their family in a brick factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. A Pakistani boy looks for customers to rent his horse on the seashore of Karachi, Pakistan on Monday, Sept. 26, 2011. A Pakistani vendor selling nuts talks with a customer, right, on a roadside in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011.

A man carries ducks he bought at a roadside market in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011. What Settings Should I Use? Part 2. Earlier this year I added a new feature to my blog — you can click on any photo to see the camera, settings, and lens I used to shoot that photo. I love being able to easily share this info with you guys. In February, shortly after I added this feature, I wrote a post explaining not only what settings I use when taking photos, but why I choose them. I also let you guys in on two very important disclaimers. 1. I make mistakes. 2. Even if my settings were perfect and you were to go back to the exact same spot, at the exact same time, in the exact same light, and use the exact same settings… the photo might not turn out exactly the same. BUT, by knowing why I chose those settings, you can look at a photo and get similar results in your own photography. Action Camera Canon EOS 7D Aperture f/2.8 Shutter Speed 1/500 sec ISO 200 Lens 24-70mm f/2.8L For this photo, I… This is how I like to take outdoor action photos.

Action in the Kitchen I love capturing action photos in the kitchen. Low Light. How to Transfer a Photograph Onto a Block of Wood. Rainbow Tree, a photo from Queensland, East. Critiques | Translate quetzal Hi Roamn, Interesting night picture. The workers have lightend this tree like a painting. Moreover the moon give an amazing touch to this shot. Pleasant composition. Regards Jean-Louis kmarscher The convergence of moonshine, headlights, and tree rainbow lights make this stunning, Roman. I had fun with a workshop, making the scene a tad more surreal. redrash Fajna atmosfera jest na tym zdjeciu. she Hi Roman I like this photo, the colour of the tree with the lights and the moon just sets if off for me cheers Sheila Matthew-Watt. Popular favorite pictures on VisualizeUs. Amazingly Creative Drawing Vs Photography. This wonderful work has done by a very talented Belgian painter, illustrator, portraitist, caricaturist and photographer Ben Heine.

This creative artist was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He Studied graphic arts and sculpture and I also have a degree in journalism. Lets take a look at some of his awesome works that he calls “Drawing Vs Photography” or “Imagination Vs Reality”. Tutorial Magazine / photoshop / effects.