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Aerial Tilt-Shifts of New York City by Tim Sklyarov
This incredible set of tilt-shift aerial images of New York City, snapped by the city’s-based graphic designer and photographer Tim Sklyarov , gives us a real sense of just how many tall buildings are…
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Picture of the Day: Admiring Her Beauty
Here’s an adorable photo, by Netherlands-based nature photographer Wil Mijer, showing how many exuberant colors there are in nature, through this simple composition of a green-eyed tree frog dangling from…
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The Best of Vivid Sydney 2013 in Pictures
Vivid Sydney, Australia’s annual light festival that turns Sydney into a flame of brightness (featured here last year), is taking place this year from May 24 through June 10, the…
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21 Spectacular Examples of Animal Camouflage
Camouflage is one of the adaptation skills animals have evolved to carry as a major mean of survival. In nature, every advantage increases an animal’s chances of staying alive, and…
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"Wiki loves the Earth 2013" Photo Contest in Ukraine
Public organization, Wikimedia Ukraine, wrapped up its latest national photo-contest, Wiki loves the Earth 2013. The contest went on for one month, from April 15 till May 15, and ended with a…
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Aerial Photographs of Dutch Tulip Fields in Springtime
Every spring from March through May the Dutch countryside transforms into a sea of colorful rainbow patterns of tulips. The Netherlands is world-famous for its tulip fields. A dreamy ground…
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Global Flight Paths Define the World's Map
An eye-opening graphical presentation by Michael Markieta, a transportation planner at global engineering and design firm Arup, visualizing the sheer volume of flight paths crossing the globe, and showing the…
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What Google Glass Can Do to Photographers if it Took Over
Google’s latest and most innovative creation, Glass, looks like it’s heading our way as a reality and hitting the shelves very soon. There are already various apps developed for…
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FILMography by Christopher Moloney
Christopher Moloney developed his joy of watching movies into a serious hobby, which he named FILMography (film+photography). This ongoing art project is mostly done in New York (the city…
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Dubai Comes to Life Through A Mindblowing Timelapse
Dubai is one of the world’s most fast-growing futuristic cities. In less than 20 years, Dubai has become visually striking, an architect’s wonderland, where dreams on paper were…
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21 Epic Faces in Everyday Objects
Faces exist around us within all objects, all you have to do is just look closely. Observing an object’s shape or looks and feeling it has a face is…
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Picture of the Day: Growth Amid Rubber
Nature is trying to speak out to us everywhere every day. In the image above, a stubborn tree was noticed on April 16, 2013 among piles of used tires…
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This incredible set of tilt-shift aerial images of New York City, snapped by the city’s-based graphic designer and photographer Tim Sklyarov , gives us a real sense of just how many tall buildings are housed on the mighty Manhattan island, and the size of footprint Central Park occupies on it. Head over to his personal website to see the entire gallery. If you’re interested in a 24×36 canvas print of the image above, head over to Tim’s online store at 500px. You can also follow the graphic designer’s work on Flickr. SEE AlSO: New York City Skyline Welcomes the Highest Building in the Western Hemisphere [Images copyright Tim Sklyarov]
Massachusetts-based photographer Zev “ fiddle oak“, has already been taking photographs for 6 years, since he was 8! The -now- 14 years old photographer, has a portfolio that exhibits skills beyond his years. His latest creation is a series of photo-manipulated images of a surreal miniature world, with him being the star of the scenes. Many of the images are a collaboration with Zev’s 18-year-old sister Nellie who helps with concepts and setup but all of the shooting and editing is done by Zev. This is a talent that definitely deserves attention! SEE ALSO: Cardboard Cities by Andy Rudak [Via Colossal]
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Here’s an adorable photo, by Netherlands-based nature photographer Wil Mijer, showing how many exuberant colors there are in nature, through this simple composition of a green-eyed tree frog dangling from a leaf and admiring a blue butterfly. “I found my passion, macro photography, mostly in nature. I love photographing insects and flowers, but butterflies are my absolute favorite.” - Wil Mijer. More Pictures of the Day [Image copyright: Wil Mijer]
Vivid Sydney, Australia’s annual light festival that turns Sydney into a flame of brightness (featured here last year), is taking place this year from May 24 through June 10, the city of Sydney lights up in a festival dedicated to light, music and ideas. Coloring the city with creativity and inspiration, Vivid Sydney highlights include the hugely popular immersive light installations and projections, performances from local and international musicians at Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House and the Vivid Ideas Exchange featuring public talks and debates from leading global creative thinkers. Here are some colorful highlights from the spectacular event, that…
Camouflage is one of the adaptation skills animals have evolved to carry as a major mean of survival. In nature, every advantage increases an animal’s chances of staying alive, and therefore its chances of reproducing. In this post, we’ll see how animals blend in with their environment and turn into sophisticated hiders who can change their camouflage in accordance with a change in their surroundings, and sometimes throw predators off by disguising themselves as something dangerous or uninteresting. Here are 21 interesting examples of animal camouflage, some of these will give you a challenge! 1. Great Grey Owl Image credits: Art Wolfe 2….
The Tower House, located in upper state New York, looks exactly like it sounds. It is a perfect example of module manipulation from horizontal to vertical. Designed by GLUCK+ architects, it takes the form of a skyscraper and shrinks it down to the scale of a house. The four-story-high-home, designed with the idea of an observatory in mind, and represents a modern day adult treehouse, offers uninterrupted views over its surrounding wooded environment. The kitchen and main living space are located on the uppermost level with an outdoor roof terrace above; extending the interior into the fresh air, with views of the lake and mountains. The first…
Public organization, Wikimedia Ukraine, wrapped up its latest national photo-contest, Wiki loves the Earth 2013. The contest went on for one month, from April 15 till May 15, and ended with a jury picking the 12 best photographs of natural attractions in Ukraine out of 11,736 images submitted by 365 participants. The contest was primarily aimed at creating a new photo-database of all the natural protected areas of Ukraine, in order to illustrate them on Wikipedia’s articles. Reserve “Stone Graves” “White Elephant” an abandoned campus of the former Polish Astronomical and Meteorological Observatory, Carpathian Mountains Mud hill Obrucheva, Crimea Regional Landscape Park “Zuevsky” Vorozheska Lake, Svidovets…
Every spring from March through May the Dutch countryside transforms into a sea of colorful rainbow patterns of tulips. The Netherlands is world-famous for its tulip fields. A dreamy ground cover that attract tourists wanting to witness the beauty with their own eyes every season. French photographer Normann Szkop snapped these beautiful images from a small prop plane flown over the fields of the municipality of Anna Paulowna, in North Holland. See the entire 100+ photograph set over on Flickr SEE ALSO: Netherlands’ Natural Ice Triggers Rare Winter Sports
An eye-opening graphical presentation by Michael Markieta, a transportation planner at global engineering and design firm Arup, visualizing the sheer volume of flight paths crossing the globe, and showing the human travel pattern. Markieta used lighter shades of blue to denote shorter and overlapping flights and darker shades for longer flights with little or no overlap. With more than 58,000 flight paths criss-crossing the globe, not surprisingly, bright hotspots appear in areas where many flight paths coincide with the world’s major cities. Even without a visual map of the world, you can clearly make out all the major continents and countries, and observe one…
Google’s latest and most innovative creation, Glass, looks like it’s heading our way as a reality and hitting the shelves very soon. There are already various apps developed for the new smart glasses, including one that can trigger the camera shutter with a wink! If the gadget is embraced by users and managed to build an audience base, what would photographers look like using the smart eye-winking camera?! Grovo, in the clip below, offers a humorous look at what photographers would look like if Google Glass becomes widely used as a camera and camcorder. Grovo describes sarcastically: Here’s someone you’ll…
Christopher Moloney developed his joy of watching movies into a serious hobby, which he named FILMography (film+photography). This ongoing art project is mostly done in New York (the city Moloney lives in) and aimed to combine the screenshot from a known motion picture with its real life location. Just the fact you can relate to the actual location a loved movie was filmed at gives an intriguing feel of joy. Here are our favorites out Moloney’s collages: The Avengers (2012) The Adjustment Bureau (2011) Sunday In New York (1963) Spider-Man (2002) Sex and the City 2…
Dubai is one of the world’s most fast-growing futuristic cities. In less than 20 years, Dubai has become visually striking, an architect’s wonderland, where dreams on paper were given a chance to shine in reality. This timelapse video takes us on a stunning trip through its streets, waterways and skyscrapers. Created by Belarusian photographer and travel enthusiast Dima dimid Vazhnik, the clip deservedly become a hit online in less than one week of posting, with more than 100,000 views. Check it out for yourself, then let us know what you think in the comments. SEE ALSO: Dubai’s Fog makes a Skyscraper City in the Clouds…
