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99 Excellent Examples of Forced Perspective Photography Forced perspective is a technique that employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is. It is used primarily in photography, filmmaking and architecture. It manipulates human visual perception through the use of scaled objects and the correlation between them and the vantage point of the spectator or camera. There are many ways to attack photography and some are much more expensive than others. Here in this showcase, we presenting a Stunning collection of Forced Perspective Photography and Pictures taken by various artists in which all pictures are linked to the author’s pages. You may want to explore further works of the photographers we’ve featured below.

In Focus - National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 National Geographic is currently holding its annual photo contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30. For the past nine weeks, the society has been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to vote for them as well. National Geographic was kind enough to let me choose among its entries from 2011 for display here on In Focus. Gathered below are 45 images from the three categories of People, Places, and Nature, with captions written by the individual photographers. [45 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: Many people pilgrimage to Uluru, but what is seen there often depends on where you've come from.

Tatiana Mikhina - Photographer Biography, Photography A member of the photo.net community since May 25, 2006. (Give this person a gift subscription) Photographer Biography User Reviews 70 Best Photoshop Photo Manipulation Tutorials Creating photo manipulations using Photoshop isn’t as easy as you see here. But it’s a passion for many designers out here including me. One should have lots of patience and creativity to turn a simple photo into an amazing visual art. Pictures that will Make you go Awww We all like animals and how cute they are in pictures, people have asked us again to post one more round about animal photography so we listened and here it is … Photos were gathered from Cutestpaw.com we do not claim any copyrights but if you are the owner of this photo we would love to link-back to you someway.

Morning mood...2: Photo by Photographer Tatiana Mikhina Photographer's Request for Critique --Tatiana Mikhina Morning mood...2 thanx!) Critiques Michael Raddatz Images Bread and Circusses… Distract the Masses… Subvert the Elites Hard Times Require Furious Dancing Peace Watching You Best Dayz The rare beauty found within Google street view It is not often when browsing through Google street view that you come across anything of real beauty but Aaron Hobson has found some rather rare examples of what the Google car cam has caught while traveling around the world. Update: You can now see even more photos from the Google car cam here: The rare beauty found within google street view 2

Amazing Photos of Annular Solar Eclipse: May 20-21, 2012 The solar eclipse from space Perfect timing. In Japan today I’m sorry to inform you that Earth is about to be been eaten by a fire demon. 50 Lessons I wish I had learned earlier Welcome to our blog! Here you'll find bits and pieces of wisdom learned from cycling 17,000 miles from Alaska to Argentina together as a family. Hope it inspires you to live your dream! My book about our journey, Changing Gears, is now released! Echoes of War Sergei Larenkov His photographs of the siege of Leningrad and St. Petersburg really got lots of name on internet and are famous too. so we present some really nice photographs by sergei, where past and present meet in Moscow, Berlin, Vienna, Prague.. 1. Vienna. 1945/2010. Soviet soldiers in the Imperial Palace Hoffburg. 2.

FREAKY ARTISTIC VERSIONS OF FAMOUS CHARACTERS “Luke, I am your (undead) father.” is likely what this freaky zombie-like version of Darth Vadar would mutter. Watercolour artist Wednesday Wolf has created these fabulous pieces for your viewing (and purchasing) pleasure. Freaky Mario and Luigi from the Mario Bothers along with the piraña plants and Yoshi made us chuckle, but the freakishly weird collection of Star Wars folk (including Chewie, Yoda and Darth) take the cake. Kudos to the artist for his vision and wonderful execution. Food turns alive Food & Drinks Artist Terry Border likes playing with his food. The result is these funny pictures. Incredible Wildlife Photography Wildlife — By Stephanie on January 11, 2010 at 10:58 am Canada goose protects her young Ever have one of those moments when you think to yourself, “Boy, I wish I had my camera?!” Well, you can enjoy the good fortune of the photographers who were not empty handed when they shot these amazing animal pictures. These high-speed images are treasures that tell stories we rarely get to see – let alone capture – in stunning detail.