Linden Gledhill Photography. Caren Alpert Fine Art. Rob Kesseler. Rob Kesseler. National Geographic Photo Contest 2012, Part II - In Focus. The deadline to enter this year's National Geographic photo contest is coming up -- this Friday, November 30. Back in September, the society started gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to vote for them as well. Winners will be chosen on or around December 15, 2012. National Geographic was once more kind enough to let me choose some of its entries for 2012 to feature here on In Focus. Gathered below are 50 images from the three categories of People, Places, and Nature, with captions written by the individual photographers.
Be sure to also see Part I on In Focus, from September. [50 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: Nursing Mama: This female brown bear came into the Lake Clark National Park area in late July with her triplet Spring cubs and seemed quite relaxed as she sat nursing two of her cubs. The Matterhorn: Night Clouds #2 -- The Matterhorn, 4478 m, at full moon. Glacial Cave: Hikers under the Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau, Alaska. NICK VEASEY | X-RAY PHOTOGRAPHER | X-RAY PHOTOS / PHOTOGRAPHY / FILM / ABSTRACT / ART. Rob Kesseler. Extending the long and illustrious history of artists working with flowers and plants, Phytopia reveals a hidden world lying beyond the scope of the human eye. Working in the liminal territory between Art and Science, this extensive collection of images is derived from plant samples; pollen, seeds, fruit and leaves, creating images that lie somewhere between science and symbolism, in which the many complexities of representing plants are concentrated into mesmeric visual statements.
Original samples are spluttered with a fine coating of gold and photographed on a scanning electron microscope. The resulting images are re-mastered using subtle washes and layers of colour to enhance their forms and reveal complex and fragile structural characteristics with astonishing clarity. More information can be found on the downloadable article:
Photography by Marc Adamus. Jacques HONVAULT: Accueil. Jacques HONVAULT - Video - La synthèse différentielle. Depuis plus de six ans, l'ingénieur Jacques HONVAULT cherche à traquer l'insolite dans des phénomènes invisibles, principalement dans le domaine de l'infiniment rapide. Il utilise pour se faire un appareil photographique avec un flash Lumix extrêmement rapide dont l'éclair ne dure que trois millionième de seconde. Bien ue les prises de vues soient très complexes, ses travaux portent avant tout sur des phénomènes issus du quotidien, comme une cannette qui se brise au sol, ou encore une goutte tombant dans la cafetière. Mais il réalise aussi des photos plus expérimentales telles que celle-ci où l'on peut voir une balle supersonique devancer l'onde sonore...
Il y a trois ans environ, la démarche artistique de Jacques HONVAULT s'est affirmée : il développe une approche transdisciplinaire pour contribuer à la philosophie humaniste. Il construit ainsi des analogies entre des phénomènes humains et des phénomènes de sciences physiques. Voici enfin notre monument national : la tour Eiffel. Aqueous, A Beautiful Series of Photos by Mark Mawson of Paint Being Dropped Into Water. New Underwater Ink Photographs by Alberto Seveso. Over the past two years or so there’s been no shortage of photography and short films featuring the sensuous curls of ink plumes dispersing underwater. Yet nobody comes close to the master, Italian photographer Alberto Seveso (previously here and here) who creates impressive underwater landscapes so rich in detail and color it makes me want to swim through my monitor.
See more from his new series, a due Colori. A due Colori on the Behance Network. Mark mawson photography. Aqueous on the Behance Network.