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Gravity-Defying Land Art by Cornelia Konrads

Gravity-Defying Land Art by Cornelia Konrads
German artist Cornelia Konrads creates mind-bending site-specific installations in public spaces, sculpture parks and private gardens around the world. Her work is frequently punctuated by the illusion of weightlessness, where stacked objects like logs, fences, and doorways appear to be suspended in mid-air, reinforcing their temporary nature as if the installation is beginning to dissolve before your very eyes. One of her more recent sculptures, Schleudersitz is an enormous slingshot made from a common park bench, and you can get a great idea of what it might be like to sit inside it with this interactive 360 degree view. What you see here only begins to sratch the surface of Konrad’s work. You can see much more on her website. All imagery courtesy the artist. Update: Post updated 10/18/2016 with new photography.

Most Amazing Miniature Food Artworks by Shay Aaron Shay Aaron is a brilliant artist from Israel who makes the most astonishing miniature food jewelry. These foodstuffs look so beautiful that we would desire to eat them. Actually, there’s a whole market out there for miniature food. Not actual stuff you can eat, but beautifully hand made designs of steaks, burgers, pies, vegetables, eggs and pretty much food artworks you can think of. Comments comments River Wharfe Reflections" by Nick Atkin The River Wharfe is a river in Yorkshire, England. For much of its length it is the county boundary between West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. The name Wharfe is Celtic and means "twisting, winding". The valley of the River Wharfe is known as Wharfedale. The river source is at Beckermonds, Langstrothdale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park and flows through Kettlewell, Grassington, Bolton Abbey, Addingham, Ilkley, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Otley, Wetherby and Tadcaster. This is 9 photos stitched together using Adobe Photoshop CS5. More

Amazing Time-Lapse Video Features Ever-Changing Earth and Sky | Wired Science Heaven meets the Earth in this moving time-lapse video showing gorgeous landscapes underneath an ever-changing night sky. “Within Two Worlds” was created by photographer Brad Goldpaint. The film features shooting comets, a giant tilting Milky Way, and glowing purple and pink auroras peeking over the horizon. Stunning sequences watch day turn to night and night to day, as overhead stars shine their beautiful light above mountains, forests, and waterfalls. “This time-lapse video is my visual representation of how the night sky and landscapes co-exist within a world of contradictions. I hope this connection between heaven and earth inspires you to discover and create your own opportunities, to reach your rightful place within two worlds,” Goldpaint wrote on his Vimeo page. Below you can see some of striking images from the movie, including screenshots of the Geminid meteor shower over Castle Lake in California and auroras over Crater Lake National park in Oregon. Pink auroras over Crater Lake

Amazingly Creative Drawing Vs Photography This wonderful work has done by a very talented Belgian painter, illustrator, portraitist, caricaturist and photographer Ben Heine. This creative artist was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He Studied graphic arts and sculpture and I also have a degree in journalism. Lets take a look at some of his awesome works that he calls “Drawing Vs Photography” or “Imagination Vs Reality”. The Top 50 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2011 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. Enjoy and stay sifty my friends!

25 Amazing Electron Microscope Images All the common objects are kinda boring when you look at them, but the situation changes when an awesome Electron Microscope comes in the scene. I mean, take a look at the Salt and pepper image. Isn’t it cool? Computer hard disk read/write head Magnification: x20 at 6x7cm size. Salt and pepper 20.000x zoom-in on a CD The larva of a bluebottle fly Picture: EYE OF SCIENCE / SPL / BARCROFT MEDIA 1000x zoom-in on a vinyl disc The eye of a needle, threaded with red cotton. Magnification: x16 at 35mm size; x32 at 5x7cm size. Mascara brush Magnification: x4 at 5x7cm size. Coloured scanning electron micrograph of a cat flea Refined and raw sugar crystals Magnification x85 at 10cm wide. Guitar string Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of “superwound” guitar string (piano wire design). Common housefly Picture: EYE OF SCIENCE/SPL/BARCROFT MEDIA Toothbrush bristles Magnification: x40 when printed at 10 centimetres across. Velcro Magnification: x15 at 6x7cm size. The head of a human flea Used dental floss

Marketing Travel Photography by Lou Jones, November 2008 (updated October 2009) I. Getting Started | II. Four Essential Steps | III. Travel Photography Portfolio There are many people who can climb to the top of the mountain but only those who return with evidence get to brag about it. I started out wearing bulletproof vests, photographing the wars in Central America, running with guerillas, interviewing Heads of State and US Congressmen. Tour Guide - Luxor, Egypt Because I wrote a book on travel photography, Travel and Photography: Off the Charts, the Photo.net editors asked me to discuss some of the major issues. Nearly everyone with more than a passing interest in photography sees themselves visiting distant latitudes & longitudes. If you have honed your skills and feel you make pretty pictures, the next logical step is how to support your habit. Not everyone will win a Pulitzer Prize. Self-Promotion Japanese Umbrellas For freelance photographers, marketing comes down to self-promotion. Portfolio Internet Marketing

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