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Fine art and commercial photography / c h r o m a s i a / Blackpool, UK

Fine art and commercial photography / c h r o m a s i a / Blackpool, UK

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25 Most Beautiful Animals Photography on StumbleUpon I think the most beautiful pictures are those made in nature. Nothing compares with the expression of a tiger, the majestic flight of an eagle or the strength of a white bear. Below you can see 25 the most beautiful animal photographs that will capture your attention, and were stumbled on StumbleUpon. The Top 50 Pictures of the Day for 2011 - StumbleUpon Every day at 5pm the Sifter posts the Picture of the Day. Below you will find a collection of the Sifter’s Top 50 from 2011. It’s hard to imagine the year is almost over, time seems to fly faster each successive year so it’s fun to take a moment and look back at the year that was. Click any of the pictures below to be taken to the individual post to learn more about the photographer and picture taken.

Breathtaking Conecptual Photography 25 Stunning Examples Conceptual photography is a part of conceptual art in which the artists make photographs of concepts or ideas. In this kind of photography artists often use computer editing tools, their own skills and many latest techniques to achieve the desired effects. Today we have gathered 25 Breathtaking Examples of Conceptual Photography for inspiration. Through this collection we intend you to expose your creative ideas, start conceptualizing and make your dreams come true! Photographs of Mirrors on Easels that Look Like Paintings in the Desert Daniel Kukla is a photographer who had formal training in biological and anthropological sciences. His educational background plays a major part of his artistic practice, and this can be seen in his clever project titled, The Edge Effect. In the description and explanation of the project, Kukla writes, In March of 2012, I was awarded an artist’s residency by the United States National Park Service in southern California’s Joshua Tree National Park. While staying in the Park, I spent much of my time visiting the borderlands of the park and the areas where the low Sonoran desert meets the high Mojave desert.

70 Photos That Will Take Your Breath Away We here at DPShots believe that the easiest way to learn photography is to learn it by example. Every now and then we come up with some amazing photography examples that take your breath away. This post is no different. We have collected some of the most amazing, most awesome and THE most beautiful photography we could ever get our hands on.

BACK TO THE FUTURE 2 (2011) : Irina Werning - Photographer Now its time for KOREA, TAIWAN AND TOKYO. If you live here and want to participate in my project, email me amazing old pictures to : backtothefuturepics@gmail.com Riff Raff 1976 & 2011 London Andy 1967 & 2011 Los Angeles Johanes 1994 & 2011 Hamburg A 24-Hour Panorama Of Planet Earth Perhaps ironically, Chris Kotsiopoulos’ photograph of Earth in a single day is nothing short of unworldly. The Greek astronomer and photographer began with a question: Is it possible to capture the life of planet Earth in 24 hours? With his ambition in one hand and a Canon 550D in the other, Kosiopoulos planted himself atop the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion for 30 straight hours to find out. On December 20, 2010, just hours before sunrise, Kotsiopoulos set his camera on a tripod facing east, capturing the position of the sun every 15 minutes using an intervalometer and astrosolar filter.

Worth1000 Home Welcome fans of Worth1000.com. If you're looking for Worth's amazing creative content, then you've rocked up to the right place! Just in case you missed the news, Worth1000.com is now part of DesignCrowd.com - and we've preserved all the amazing Worth1000 content here so you can search the archives to find old favorites and new contest art. DIY - Create Your Own Bokeh Bokeh is an adaptation from a a Japanese word meaning blur. In photography this term is used to describe the quality of the areas in the picture which are not in focus. When referring to Bokeh, we can distinguish some of it characteristics: – Is the light/dark gradient smooth or sharp? – What shape will a small dot of light take what it is in the Bokeh area? (mirror lenses for example, create a bagel like Bokeh)

Lens/Focus Shifter - Lens Mounted Follow Focus by Daniel Bauen + Microfacturing Using simple clips that attach to the focus marker board, you can set hard stops which allow you to shift between 2 focus points by feel without ever looking at the marker board. Short video using the hard stop clips by Jacob Snowden. The Shifter and Focus Marker Board attach quickly and easily to any lens ranging in diameter from 56mm (2.20in) up to 98mm (3.86in). If you're measuring circumference, distance around the lens, it fits from 176mm (6.93in) to 308mm (12.12in). Note: The "mm" markings on the lens are not the outer diameter of the lens. You must measure the outer diameter.

Randy Scott Slavin's 'Alternate Perspectives' Photo Series Shows A 360 Degree World Randy Scott Slavin's photography is surrealism based in reality. His work portrays land and cityscapes in a 360 degree view, a perspective closer to that of the human eye than a 2D photograph, he says. "The camera is a great instrument but it is limited in what we see," Slavin said. "The eye is more dynamic and more encompassing, so it takes a lot more post production to make it look like it does in person." Demilked photography Almost Lost 1950-60s Street Photos Of NYC And Chicago By Vivian Maier In 2007, historian and collector John Maloof found a box with thousands of black and white photography and film negatives by Vivian Dorothea Maier. Only in 2011, two years after Maier’s death, was her forgotten talent acknowledged by the public, as her works started travelling through exhibitions in the U.S. and Europe and a book... 20 Of The Best Pictures Of This Year’s Japanese Cherry Blossoms The Japanese cherry blossom, known as the Sakura in Japanese, is the flower of a cherry tree that is cultivated for its decorative features rather than for cherries (it doesn't bear fruit).

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