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Lost in Tokyo

prawn1 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:30:40 +0000

Photographer Mark Bramley found himself in Tokyo, Japan for two days. He did what any good photographer might do — he created a time-lapse video of the things and people that he encountered in this most cosmopolitan of cities. Lost in Tokyo comprises 10,000 photos, all shot on a Canon 5D MkII. Check it out below.

[via Coolism TV]

The Blue Marble Through the Years

prawn1 — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:31:33 +0000

On December 7th in 1972, far far above our heads, Apollo 17 blasted off from the Earth on its way to the Moon. About five hours into the journey, the spaceship was 45,000 kilometres away and at the point where it was facing the Earth, the astronauts onboard took photos of our planet. One of those photos (AS17-148-22727) which showed a fully-illuminated Earth looked like a glass marble to the astronauts, and is famously called The Blue Marble.

NASA has continued The Blue Marble series with similar photos in 2000, 2002, 2007, 2010, and the two most recent images date from just a few days ago. The initial image was captured by the Earth-observing satellite Suomi NPP and focussed on North and Central America. Due to popular demand NASA released a second image, this time displaying Africa, Saudi Arabia, and India to the east. Have a look at these two amazing images after the jump.

Western Hemisphere (Flickr)

Eastern Hemisphere (Flickr)

And here are some of the previous Blue Marble images.

2010 (Flickr)

2007 (Flickr)

2002 (Flickr)

2000 (Flickr)

1972 (Wikipedia)

[via Wired]

The Most Beautiful Sea Jellies

prawn1 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:45:26 +0000

It’s not the first time that we’ve posted about the Alexander Semenov. The marine biologist works at the White Sea Biological Station (WSBS) in northwest Russia and photographs the most wonderful undersea animals as part of his job. After four years at WSBS, Semenov is now the chief dive master and a camera is always on hand when he journeys into the depths of the White Sea.

When I first began to experiment with sea life photography I tried shooting small invertebrates for fun with my own old camera and without any professional lights or lenses. I collected the invertebrates underwater and then I shot them in the lab. After two or three months of failure after failure, I ended up with a few good pictures, which inspired me to buy a semi-professional camera complete with underwater housing and strobes. I’ve spent the following field season trying to shoot the same creatures, but this time in their environment. It was much more difficult, and I spent another two months without any significant results. But when you’re working at something every day, you inevitably get a lot of experience. Now after four years of practice I get a few good shots almost every time I dive.

There are over 1500 known species of jellyfish in the world and Semenov has photographed quite a few, especially the Cyanea genus of stinging jellyfish. After the jump you will find some of the striking deep sea jellies that Semenov has encountered, more specifically photos of Cyanea capillata, the lion’s mane jellyfish.

See more of Semenov’s amazing undersea photography on his website or on Flickr.

[via Design Taxi]

Beautiful Undersea Photography by Alexander Semenov

prawn1 — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:58:42 +0000

Alexander Semenov is a marine biologist stationed at the White Sea Biological Station (WSBS), a remote research centre that is located on the Karelsky Coast in northwest Russia. Semenov is part of the dive team at WSBS and during his excursions, takes close-up shots of the truly beautiful and bizarre fauna lurking in the depth of the White Sea.

Have a look at some of Semenov’s amazing undersea photography after the jump.

Clione limacina

Aglantha digitale

Beroe Abyssicola

Coryphella verrucosa

Cyanea Capillata

Limacina helicina

Sarsia tubulosa

Aurelia aurita

Caprella septentrionali

Tubularia indivisa

You can see much more of Semenov’s incredible undersea photography on Flickr.

[via Behance Blog]

Fleeting Light: Striking Geminid Meteor Shower Time-Lapse

prawn1 — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:30:09 +0000

Los Angeles-based photographer and film maker, Henry Jun Wah Lee camped out for three days in the Joshua Tree National Park in southeastern California, and during this visit in December 2010, the photographer witnessed a spectacular thing — the Geminid meteor shower. The meteors in the shower originate from the constellation Gemini and scientists have noted that the numbers seem to be increasing with each year, with sightings of 120 to 160 meteors per hour!

Not all of the light streaks captured in Wah Lee’s time-lapse video are meteors. They tend to appear in one or two frames, the trails that last longer than a few frames are slower moving aircraft. Wah Lee titled his most amazing video, Fleeting Light: The High Desert and the Geminid Meteor Shower, because as spectacular as shower may have been at the time, it is long gone now.

[via The Huffington Post]

Google Street View Cinemascapes by Aaron Hobson

prawn1 — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:30:28 +0000

If you didn’t know any better, you’d think photographer Aaron Hobson is an extremely well-travelled individual. A look at his gallery shows some very picturesque photos from Spain, France, Scotland, Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa. These images aren’t his. Hobson is the curator of Cinemascapes GSV, a collection of photos that were actually taken by the cameras atop the “aesthetically-neutered” Google Street View vehicles as plod their way through the world.

Have a look at some of the artistic photos taken by the Google Street View cars after the jump.

Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave, France

Dearagon, Spain

Posada de Valdeón, Spain

Route 17, South Africa

Huautla, Mexico

Sao Joao Del Rei, Brazil

See a few more from Hobson’s Cinemascapes GSV collection on his website.

[via +Albert Cornelissen]

Long Exposure Air Traffic Photos by Terence Chang

prawn1 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:30:14 +0000

Navigation lights on aeroplanes are used to signal the craft’s location and heading. They are the primary focus in Terence Chang’s wonderful long exposure photos. During a period from July 2008 and April 2010, Chang went to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to photograph air traffic. What looks like handmade light paintings are the trails made by the navigation lights on the aeroplanes as they took off and landed from the airport. See a few of Chang’s long exposure shots after the jump.

More of Chang’s long exposure photos of air traffic over SFO can be seen on his Flickr set.

[via Bored Panda]

High Speed Splash Photography by Heinz Maier

prawn1 — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:30:39 +0000

We’ve seen some fantastic examples of high speed photography, from beautiful water sculptures to coffee frozen in time, to explosive impacts.

In the spotlight today is German resident, Heinz Maier. The photographer who only started taking photos at the end of 2010 has developed a fondness for macro photography. Using food colouring, guargum and a selection of high speed photo equipment, Maier experiments with water droplets to produce some incredibly beautiful, colourful, and sometimes symmetrical splashes. Have a look at some of them after the jump.

See much more of Maier’s amazing splashes on Flickr.

[via This is Colossal]

Animal Eyes, Up Close

prawn1 — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:30:00 +0000

You may recall Your Beautiful Eyes, a series by Armenian photographer Suren Manvelyan that took a closer look at the human eye. He carries on with this theme in his latest set of photos, this time his subject range includes fish cats, horses, and crocodiles. Have a look at this amazing macro shots of animal eyes after the jump.

Horse

Husky

Nylus Crocodile

Siam Cat

Tiger Python

Fish

See a few more close-up images of animal eyes on Manvelyan’s gallery.

[via +Jim Sher]

Beautiful Exploded Flowers

prawn1 — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:30:22 +0000

In his latest series of photographs, Singaporean artist Fong Qi Wei disassembles different flowers and lays them bare on a canvas. By doing this, Wei shows not only the individual floral components but also natural symmetry of flowers.

Have a look at some of the roses, lilies, dahlias, and hydrangeas from his Exploded Flowers series after the jump.

Carnation

Chrysanthemum

Dahlia

Gerbera

Hydrangea

Lily

Lotus

Orchid

Rose

Sunflower

See more of Wei’s Exploded Flowers on his website, Thoughtful Photography, and you can follow him on Twitter, @fqwimages.

[via Feature Shoot]

In the Shadow of Saturn

prawn1 — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:15:52 +0000

You might not believe it, but this is an actual photograph reported to have been taken back in 2006 as the Cassini space probe sheltered in the shadow of Saturn. It was 2.2 million kilometers away from the gas giant when it took the photograph.

Astronomy Photo of the Day explains the image thus:

The robotic Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn drifted in giant planet’s shadow for about 12 hours in 2006 and looked back toward the eclipsed Sun. Cassini saw a view unlike any other.

First, the night side of Saturn is seen to be partly lit by light reflected from its own majestic ring system. Next, the rings themselves appear dark when silhouetted against Saturn, but quite bright when viewed away from Saturn, slightly scattering sunlight, in this exaggerated color image.

Hit the jump to see the full image.

Click here to see the photo in its full resolution. You can read more about the photo at NASA.

[via +Newlande Van Rooyen]

Time-Lapse in the Eyre Salt Flats

prawn1 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:34:57 +0000

Lake Eyre in South Australia is 15 metres below sea level and is the lowest point in the country. Between the years of 2003 and 2010, photographer Murray Fredericks has visited the salt pan at Lake Eyre to camp and to take photos of the stark, featureless landscape. Have a look at some of his breathtaking photos and time-lapse video that he shot on location.

See more of Fredericks’ SALT project on his website.

[via Photojojo!]

Incredible Macro Photography by Igor Siwanowicz

prawn1 — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:30:53 +0000

If you have a penchant for macro photography like I do, you’re sure to love the exceptional talents of Igor Siwanowicz. There isn’t much information about the photographer so his photos will have to do the talking. The subjects in front of Siwanowicz’s lenses include all manner of amphibians, insects, and reptiles. He captures the everso cute expressions on the faces of the chameleons and the Kung Fu poses that praying mantises are fond of.

Have a look at some of his stunning macro photos after the jump.

Click the images to see them bigger.

Chameleon Baby

Crested Gecko

Desert Horned Toads

Juvenile Yemen Chameleon

Jumping Spider

Hickory Horned Devil Caterpillar

Kinyongia Multituberculata

Acanthosaurus Agamas

Devil’s Flower Mantis

Rhombodera Basalis

See hundreds more of Siwanowicz fantastic photos at Photo.net or on DeviantART.

[via Shortlist]

Booze is Beautiful Under the Microscope

prawn1 — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:51:59 +0000

American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, “Here’s to alcohol, the rose colored glasses of life.” While you may be aware that alcohol can bring out the beauty of a great many things, you may be surprised to know that there is an inner beauty to it. American firm Bevshots from Tallahassee, Florida creates wonderfully psychedelic artworks by placing a variety of alcoholic beverages under the microscope.

To create their images, a drop of the drink — be it a beer, a Bloody Mary, coffee liqueur, Zinfandel, or just straight whiskey — is placed on a slide in an airtight container and dried for up to four weeks. The residue is then viewed under a laboratory microscope and magnified up to a 1,000 times. The resulting micrographs show the crystallised carbohydrates that have turned to sugars and glucose. Each drink seems to have a wonderfully unique and colourful structure to it. Have a look at some of these alcoholic works of art after the jump.

Budweiser beer

Champagne

English Oatmeal Stout

Gin

Margarita

Pina Colada

Sake

Tequila

Vodka

Whiskey

See more artworks from Bevshots in their gallery.

[via Design Taxi]

All the Beautiful Fishes

prawn1 — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:50:16 +0000

The photos from David Hiepler and Fritz Brunier remind me of the Smarties’ slogan, “WotalotIgot!” Through a massive viewing window at the Georgia Aquarium, the photographers give us a spectacular look at the largest aquarium habitat in the world.

The Georgia Aquarium is the largest aquarium in the world, housing over 120,000 sea creatures. It houses four whale sharks, and the aquarium was designed around the 6.3-million-US-gallon whale shark exhibit. Of the aquarium’s six galleries, the Ocean Voyager exhibit contains the most fishes and includes the gentle whale sharks who are named Alice, Norton, Ralph, and Trixie. The photos taken by Hiepler and Brunier are from the viewing window of Ocean Voyager exhibit. See them after the jump.

It’s a pity there are only three images but you can see user-submitted photos of the George Aquarium exhibits on Flickr.

[via Jim Sher on Google+]

Rooftopping: Acrophobics Need Not Apply

prawn1 — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:48:34 +0000

It’s a “thrill-seeking photography craze” as described by the Mail Online. This craze is called rooftopping and you’ll be relieved to know that it’s not just another word for planking that just so happens to be done on rooftops.

Rooftopping has photographers around the world taking photos from the dizzying heights of tall buildings any skyscrapers. The more daring photos usually show the feet of the photographer as they dangle precariously from the edge of the building. Have a look at some vertigo-inducing rooftopping photos after the jump.

“X marks the spot” by squirrel brand

“The Edge” by Neil Ta

“i’ll make ya famous” by Tomms

“i wish i were a ghost” by Jentse

“Rooftop Chillin Pt. 2″ by Andrew Tso

“craning season” by ronnie.yip

“vertigo” by Brian.Nguyen

“Looking down on Manhattan” by Robocod

“Intersection” by Navid Baraty

“Acrophohia” by Roman Wershinin

See more rooftopping photos on Flickr and 500px.

[via My Modern Metropolis]

The Amazing Photo-Taking Rube Goldberg Machine

prawn1 — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:19:37 +0000

This has to be one of the most and creative Rube Goldberg machines we’ve seen yet. With helping hands from some of his friends, David Dvir of photographic studio 2D Photography in Ontario, Canada spent over six months assembling the bits and bobs and setting up the complex interactions to complete the action of taking a photograph.

The convoluted contraption makes uses of CompactFlash cards as dominoes, a photo booth, an ingenious baggage checking system, and even has a little nod to Mario.

You can read more about the project on the 2D Photography blog.

[via GreyHamz on Twitter]

Glorious Starry Night Time-Lapse

prawn1 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:35:09 +0000

Thanks to the light pollution, we city folk rarely get to see such beautiful scenes as Randy Halverson does. The photographer who runs on a farm in South Dakota, spent the month of May capturing the sky he sees every night.

Summer is reportedly the best time for North American residents to view the Milky Way, but Halverson had to fight off the cold weather and strong Dakota winds to snap the starry views and his favourite shot – the Milky Way rising up from behind the old home where his father grew up. He compiled hundreds of the best photos into a glorious 3-minute video, where one second of footage is about 14 minutes in real time. The musical accompaniment is wonderful too, experience Halverson’s Plains Milky Way below.

See more of Halverson’s photography on his website, Dakotalapse.

[via Mail Online]

Beautiful “Ocean Sky” Time-Lapse

prawn1 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:26:36 +0000

Australian photographer and part-time astronomer Alex Cherney loves the ocean and the night sky. He captured his first long exposure of the night sky in 2009 and since then he has been captivated by that form of photography.

In this beautiful compilation video, Cherney stitches together time-lapse sequences of the dark night skies as seen over the Southern Ocean. It took him 1.5 years and 31 hours of footage to create Ocean Sky, and his efforts were rewarded at the STARMUS astrophotography competition where he was made the overall winner.

In this compilation see our Galaxy, rising and setting over the turbulent Southern Ocean, connecting the distant stars to that other fascinating interface, the ocean shore. In between the action comes from the scudding clouds and the only evidence of life, coastal shipping and the occasional aircraft darting through the night. Beyond our galaxy, its nearest galactic neighbours, the Magellanic clouds, rise high in the sky, while moonrise suddenly reveals the remarkable landscape of Australia’s south coast. All the sections of the competition are represented in this series of carefully composed images.

For more things astronomical, head over to Cherney’s website, Terroastro.

[via io9]

Beautiful Macro Insect Photos by Leon Baas

prawn1 — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:45:04 +0000

If you liked Miroslaw Swietek’s shots of dew-covered insects, you make take a shine to the macro photos by Leon Baas.

The Dutch photographer has always been fascinated by insects, and with the help of books, he taught himself how to take close-up photos. Afters years of experimenting with different lighting methods and equipment, Baas says he has managed to develop a style of this own. Have a look at his some of his wonderful macro insect photos after the jump.

See more of Baas’ work at 1X.

[via Smashing Magazine]