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Top photographs got massive visitors and impressions. After a long time i have found this interesting idea for readers and lovers of pokkisam blog. In this post I have compiled some best and brilliant photographs which receives more than 50,000 of visitors and impressions. Share this article with your friends and who loves these photos and comment about the photos. To get interesting updates Please subscribe to our RSS feed. Please comment about the photographs and share this article... About the author. Swick » 12 Of The Most Iconic Photographs Ever Taken. Timothy H. O’Sullivan – Battle of Gettysburg This photograph has become synonymous with The Battle of Gettysburg, which was the most bloody battle of the American Civil War. Photographer Timothy H. O’Sullivan documented and recorded the battlefield, and this picture became a sensation.

For many, this was their first chance to see, first hand, the true extent of the Civil War. However, it was not until 40 years after the battle that the pictures were mass produced, as photo-engraving had not been established. Lawrence Beitler – Lynching Lawrence Beitler took this iconic photograph on August 7, 1930, showing the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith. Joe Rosenthal – Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is an historic photograph taken on February 23, 1945, by Joe Rosenthal. Alberto Korda – Che Guevara Alberto Korda’s well known photograph of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara, titled ‘Guerrillero Heroico’ or ‘Heroic Guerrilla’ has become a symbol of the 20th centry. ALIENS ON EARTH – amazing photographs of insects,spiders and weirdest animals : aforadio.com | Aforadio.com. A praying mantis appears to dance or adopt a kung-fu pose in this picture captured by Igor Siwanowicz at his home studio in Munich, Germany.

Picture: IGOR SIWANOWICZ / BARCROFT MEDIA Igor Siwanowicz has spent the last seven years carefully acquiring, breeding and photographing his subjects such as these stag beetles fighting. “I have always been fascinated by insects even from childhood,” explained the 34-year-old Polish national. “You could say that I am sort of a public relations representative in service of creepy-crawlies. I think mantids are totally slick and sexy, and have style. Death’s head moth caterpillars Apart from the standard challenges presented by close up and macro photography in the form of camera shake, operating with a limited depth of field and ensuring enough light is available, Igor must also contend with the temperament of his subjects. An adult Saturnid moth Igor cites his main influence as the works of the designer of the monster from the Alien films, HR Giger.

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