Snowflakes and macro photography
Snowflakes and macro photography Snowflakes photographed in macro photography by Alexey Kljatov, a Russian photographer who has decided to create himself a special assembly of lens to capture these tiny wonders of nature… A series of beautiful pictures! I also recommend you the amazing macro photography of snowflakes by Andrew Osokin. Images © Alexey Kljatov
Home Made Digital Camera
Background I use many different types of cameras, from old Polaroids, to 35mm manual focus Minoltas, to modern digital Canons. Each of these have unique strengths and weaknesses, but none of them do everything well. None of my cameras, however, can take panoramas. Sure, you could stitch together frames, and some cameras can even help you line up shots to do so.
40 Must-See Historical Photos
EmailEmail While some photographs capture our attention because of how the artist behind the picture has decided to compose the shot, others are fascinating simply because of the subjects that they depict. Below are some captivating photographs that tell stories about our past, depicting the people, places and events that have shaped the course of history. Some of these pictures tell us about history in a way that books and documents will never be able to. Source: boredpanda Woman With A Gas-Resistant Pram, England, 1938
Do Syrian refugees pose a terrorism threat?
Editor's Note: Do refugees from Syria and Iraq really pose a terrorism threat, as some have claimed? Dan Byman concludes that the actual security risks now are low, but the potential ones are considerable if the refugee crisis is handled poorly. This article originally appeared on Lawfare.
This Crazy Software Extracts 3D Objects from Photos with a Few Clicks
If you were wanting to have your mind blown today, the video above might do it. It’s a demonstration of a piece of 3D object extraction and manipulation software that made its debut at SIGGRAPH 2013, and it may just offer a glimpse into the future of photo manipulation. The software was developed by Tao Chen, Zhe Zhu, Ariel Shamir, Shi-Min Hu and Daniel Cohen-Or, and even in its infancy it’s capable of some pretty amazing feats.
Google Satellite Images Arranged Into Beautiful Artworks
125 Swimming Pools 97 Nuclear Cooling Towers 104 Airplanes 1,378 Grain Silos, Water Towers & Cylindrical-Industrial Buildings Every Outdoor Basketball Court In Manhattan 120 Sports Stadiums
2014 iPhone Photography Award Winners Prove That Amazing Photos Can Be Taken Without An Expensive Camera
With the advent of ever-improving smartphone camera technology, the digital SLR’s exclusive dominance in the world of quality photography is slowly crumbling. Smartphone users around the world are proving that a good photographer’s eye is far more important for taking a good photograph than your photographic hardware, so the IPPAWARDS (iPhone Photography Awards) were created to recognize their efforts. The photos in this competition, which was organized by Apple, need to have been taken with an iPhone, iPod or iPad and cannot have been edited on any way by desktop software (device-based apps are allowed). Take a look at the winners – maybe they’ll inspire you to take an amazing photo with your own smartphone!
Ilana Shafir: Why Mosaic?
Ilana Shafir: Why Mosaic? Creation of the Plants 2006 120×125 cm Ilana Shafir has been called The Grand Dame of Contemporary Mosaics and, indeed, the only way to describe the eighty-seven year old Israeli artist and teacher is as a master of the medium. Using her signature materials of handmade ceramic, pebbles, found objects and gold smalti, Shafir weaves fantastic stories and creates fruitful universes filled with joy, exuberance and strength. Shafir’s work has won numerous international awards and the artist was recently honored with the only solo exhibition organized in conjunction with the biennale RavennaMosaico 2011.
Retro Computers
Travel back to the days when digital music synthesis was in its infancy – to an era when 8 bit was king and digital bleeps emanated from every living room. Retro Computers is a collection of digital instruments sourced from old-school classics like the Commodore 64, Nintendo NES, Apple ][ and Atari 2600. The Computer Libraries 6581 SID Chip Recorded directly from an original 6581 SID – the sound chip used in Commodore’s line of home computers – this library includes a palette of basses, leads and pads with a signature quirky charm. Puremagnetik have also included a Pure SID section – simple constructions of the raw SID waveforms, without any effects or sample processing.
