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- StumbleUpon. O59Wo.gif (500×297) StumbleUpon. StumbleUpon. - StumbleUpon. - StumbleUpon. San Francisco: Beautiful Photography by Brandon Doran & Ciel Bleu Media - StumbleUpon. These incredible images are by Brandon Doran, United States, and used here with his permission. Thank you, Brandon! ~ Laura. - StumbleUpon. - StumbleUpon. Animals' Eyes Up Close. Husky Suren Manvelyan, is a bit of a jack of all trades. He has a PhD in Theoretical Physics specializing in Quantum Chaos but has recently turned his attention to photographing the amazing detailed landscapes of eyes. The ones featured here are all from animals and includes a husky dog, snail, Siames cat, and even a crocodile as well as a few other creatures. With such close photos, one is able to see details such as the irises' color gradients, textures, patterns and even tiny blood vessels, causing these eyes to look like alien landscapes.

Manvelyan has also photographed the human eye and photos of it can be found on his website. Black Rabbit Hyena Snail Caiman Nile Crocodile Iguana Siamese Cat Tiger Python Horse Albino Tiger Python Fish Suren Manvelyan's Website via [Lost At E Minor] Online | PIGS IN SPAAAAAAAACE. Now that our space program is over, we can all look forward to getting back to basics (don’t freak, it’s not real)… Phillip Torrone Editor at large – Make magazine. Creative director – Adafruit Industries, contributing editor – Popular Science. Previously: Founded – Hack-a-Day, how-to editor – Engadget, Director of product development – Fallon Worldwide, Technology Director – Braincraft. Related. Lookalikes [pics] | MillionFace. - StumbleUpon. Wildlife Photo Contest - National Wildlife Federations Photo Contest. 19 Amazing Video Game Cakes - Mental Floss. Serious gamers know just how time-consuming gaming is, often making it difficult to do anything besides working (only to buy more games) and playing the games themselves.

Even so, gamers usually do still manage to have lives outside of the console; these cakes are some of the amazing creations born as a result. Consoles While most people dedicate their gaming obsessions to the specific games they play, others adore entire consoles. For those who worship at the altar of the original NES, Debbie Does Cakes has made a simply amazing cake complete with some of the system’s most classic characters.

Of all the console cakes around, this PS3 cake by Pink Cake Box, accessorized with a Blackberry and spilled Pepsi can, might best capture the gaming lifestyle for those truly dedicated few. There’s nothing quite like the feeling of pulling a new system out of its box for the first time and this Nintendo DSi cake by Pink Cake Box perfectly captures that blissful feeling. Lego Batman Skyrim Bioshock Q*Bert. Split Family Faces. Cousins: Justine, 29, & Ulric, 29 How much do you and your family members really look alike? Quebec, Canada-based graphic designer and photographer Ulric Collette has created a shockingly cool project where he's exploring the genetic similarities between different members of the same family.

By splitting their faces in half and then splicing them together, he creates interesting new people that are sometimes quite normal looking and other times far from it. He calls this series Genetic Portraits. (Did you notice that Ulric, the photographer, is one-half of some of these pairings? For instance, see first and last.) Update 1: We got in touch with Ulric to ask him a few questions about this really intriguing series (that just happened to go viral). Update 2: What happened after Split Family Faces went viral? Mother/Daughter: Francine, 56 & Catherine, 23 Sisters: Catherine, 23 & Veronica, 29 Daughter/Mother: Veronica, 29 & Francine, 56 Sister/Brother: Karine, Dany & XX years, 25 years.

Meet the incredible smiling seal! How an intrepid photographer crawled across the ice on his stomach to get these amazing images | Mail Online - StumbleUpon. By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 07:20 GMT, 13 January 2012 Why wouldn't he be smiling? This Canadian Harp Seal gets to play all day in the snow and bask in the sunshine. Life for this little guy looks pretty sweet. And he is not alone in enjoying life in the frozen far-flung corners of our planet. He is also a little star as he poses wildlife photographer Keren Su in this remarkable snap. All smiles: This Harp Seal pup appears to be smiling for the camera at Iles de la Madeleine in East Canada Keren shot the enchanting images in the remote Iles de la Madeleine in Eastern Canada. With unpredictable weather and not to mention working with animals the 60-year-old showed incredible patience to capture the seal pup at play.

The lensman has travelled the globe dedicating years to perfecting the ideal picture. And his most recent work also includes the marvellous Emperor penguin in its natural habitat of Antarctica. Keren said: 'I love taking pictures in the snow just for the thrill of it. 50 Adorable Animals To Melt Your Heart | The Design Inspiration - StumbleUpon. - StumbleUpon. Portraits of Dogs as They Shake Off Water - StumbleUpon. For her series “Shake“, pet photographer Carli Davidson photographed curious portraits of dogs shaking off water. Use a fast shutter speed and you can capture all kinds of strange expressions on your dog’s face. You can find the rest of the photographs in the series here.

Shake (via Photojojo) Image credits: Photographs by Carli Davidson and used with permission. The lion whisperer photo | one big photo - StumbleUpon. Random photo Submit your photo Stumble Thru animal photography, people photography Tags: lion the lion whisperer 2 by denis farrell 45 459 views Rating: +3 Adorable Photos of Animals With Their Babies That Will Make You Go ‘Aww’ mother lion carrying her cub family of lions, tanzania World Under Snow in 12 Magical Photos Place your ad here Loading... About OneBigPhoto is your daily dose of high quality photos. 2707 photos uploaded Important stuff Top rated Top galleries Submit photo Privacy policy Wallpaper Contact us Connect with us Search Some rights reserved. ©2013 OneBigPhoto.com.