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. 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. Eruption of the Cordon del Caulle. Beluga whales in the arctic having fun. This is a streetcar in New Orleans traveling back towards The Quarter on St. This image captures almost 6 hours of climbing parties on Rainier going for the summit under starry skies. Russia, polar region of West Siberia, Tazovsky Peninsula. An adult male gelada rests in the early morning light after ascending the steep sleeping cliffs of the Simien Mountains, Ethiopia. This place is very special to me.
Thomas Barbèy’s astounding surrealism Today, everyone’s a photographer, grabbing their iPhones for a quick snap. Pictures are posted at a moment’s notice on Facebook and Instagram, so there’s never a void of visuals. Perhaps this image saturation is why surreal photo manipulation is particularly intriguing; smartphone cameras and social networking can’t hold a candle to an artist’s vivid imagination. One such visionary is veteran photographer Thomas Barbèy. Raised in Geneva before working for 15 years in Milan, this inspirational artist has spent more than 20 years perfecting his craft. Some of his techniques include putting negatives together and then photographing them from above, along with traditional retouching and photoshopping. Which of Barbèy’s images is your favorite?
carnovsky RGB Color est e pluribus unus RGB is a work about the exploration of the “surface’s deepness”. RGB designs create surfaces that mutate and interact with different chromatic stimulus. Carnovsky's RGB is an ongoing project that experiments with the interaction between printed and light colours. The resulting images are unexpected and disorienting. The colors mix up, the lines and shapes entwine becoming oneiric and not completely clear. See the Wallpapers collections available: “The Art of Clean Up” by Ursus Werhli « TYPOGRAFFIT : BLOG German artist Ursus Werhli takes obsessive compulsive behavior to a whole new level with his work in completely organizing various objects and situations in clever ways. Here are some selections from his book, “The Art of Clean Up”. (source) This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 11th, 2013 at 05:16:26 PM and is filed under BLOG English, BLOG Japanese . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
30 Most popular photography on Reddit I’ve stuck quite a long time making a collection of some of the most popular photography on Reddit all time. I couldn’t find original source of all the photos but they are here meant to inspire. Any Info? Came across an overgrown cemetery in the woods by Domestica The black sand beaches of Iceland by Vercify Hiked ten miles into the Grand Canyon for this by ibeardown Tower Bridge this morning by mapryan Probably the New world record of the biggest wave surfed. Dag walker in NY My brother waited out 4 hours in a swampy rainforest to capture a shot of this rare kingfisher. Props to the photographer by owl_93 The Grand Canyon seen from space by AMMOrape National Geographic Travelers Best Photos of 2013 My picture of the Patagonian mountains was rudely interrupted by experience_life Sunrise over the ancient city of Bagan – Myanmar by Goldmine44 Palangan Village, in the mountains near the Iraq border. I just had a 12 hour flight over the arctic circle, this was my view by WONT_CAPITALIZE_i
MapCrunch - Random Google Street View Lego Recreations of Famous Movie Scenes You’re never too old to play with toys! Lucky for us, twenty-one year old Alex Eylar still uses his Legos to hilariously re-create some of the most famous movie scenes of our time. Based in Oakland, Eylar goes by the name Profound Whatever on Flickr, where he shares his extensive collection of staged scenes starring an entirely Lego cast. From symbolic dramas, to action-packed blockbusters, to cult classics, Eylar has a way of making his chosen scenes recognizable, despite the minimal expression provided in the plastic faces. Aside from movie scenes he has an awesome series of crime scene possibilities from the board game Clue, using Legos of course. See Also LEGO BIRDS IN REAL LIFE Above: American Beauty Below: Clockwork Orange Inception James Bond Modern Times Pulp Fiction Raging Bull Raiders of the Lost Ark Star Wars The Addams Family The Big Lebowski The Godfather The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly The Shining Via: 123inspiration.com
"Stage of mind". Jee Young Lee, un'artista sudcoreana crea delle incredibili scenografie, senza photoshop Ci vogliono settimane, a volte mesi. Jee Young Lee si mette paziente a ricreare le atmosfere che ha in mente, il prodotto di fiabe coreane, ricordi d'infanzia e storie occidentali (fra cui anche alcune opere Shakespeare). Il risultato sono delle scenografie pischedeliche e suggestive all'interno di uno studio di appena 3 x 6 m dentro cui, una volta completate, l'artista- 30enne- si fotografa senza mai guardare l'obiettivo e occupare un posto centrale. "Stage of mind" è la serie delle sue creazioni in mostra dal 7 febbraio al 7 marzo alla Galleria OPIOM di Opio, Francia. "Il mio lavoro, in sostanza, registra le mie preoccupazioni e il processo della crescita. Narra e drammatizza le mie storie personali", spiega l'artista. By JeeYoung Lee. By JeeYoung Lee.
Best Places to Find Free Images Online | dustn.tv The ultimate list of free image sites– but only the best ones. Because ain’t nobody got time to search through a thousand sites. If you are frequently sharing images online it’s essential to have a virtual rolodex of go-to websites where you can quickly and effectively find free images. Not only that— but it’s important that you have websites in which the legal restrictions are clear and concise. Below you will find my go-to list of the best sources for finding free photos for sharing online. I’ve also included some of my favorite paid resources as well just in case. This is part of the Essential Guide to Sharing Images Online series. I update this post regularly with new resources. Free Image Sources The following sites are the best places I’ve found online to get free images. Mopho.to This site is my favorite place to find photos. At only $5/month you get full premium access to the growing library of images and you’re free to use, share, and build upon them. Image restrictions: CC0 Pexels