Thumbs and Ammo posits the idea: would it be funny to replace guns with thumbs up in stills from movies?
YES!
Photo by @ao_356
Snow on Cherry Blossoms in Nagano
A recent snowfall in Nagano Prefecture gave photographers a the rare opportunity to capture the play between these symbols of winter and spring. Here photos from Twitter users:
DEFRAGMENTADOS by YAGO PARTAL
These photo manipulations from Barcelona-based photographer Yago Partal (his Zoo Fashion was another project of his we loved) are part of his series called “Defragmentados”.
Layers of Resin used to Paint incredibly life-like animals in 3D by Keng Lye
Alive Without Breath over on deviantART by Singapore-based artist
Keng Lye presents these life-like animal sculptures of of paint and resin, a technique we've seen before. Here Lye also uses painted pieces for the elements breaking through the surface of the "water."
How to Backflip a Mountain Bike
We've seen Casey before (almost exactly a year ago). Always a pleasure. And Happy Birthday!
Ken Block Takes His Gymkhana to Russia
Astounding Feather Balancing
Rigolo Swiss Nouveau Cirque artist Maedir Eugster creates this astounding 14 stick balance from the feather down.
Timelapse of Water And Ice
Watching ice form and water flow in timelapse is fascinating, and in HD it's gorgeous.
Using Google Maps Street View to Make Your Own Hyperlapse
This is pretty awesome. You can make your own hyperlapse from google maps street view thanks the Teehan+Lax Labs.
Kaleidoscopic Cityscapes
Melbourne-based photographer Ben Thomas has a project of amazingly trippy kaleidoscopic cityscapes called Accession.
Glowstick Trails in Night Waterfalls
Sean Lenz and Kristoffer Abildgaard created this stunning project, Neon Luminance. They Cyalume glow sticks into several Northern Californian waterfalls and then took long exposure photos of the effect. The sticks, sealed up to prevent any leaks, floated down the fall and then were collected by the team, leaving no impact on the falls or their watersheds.
Urban Calligraphy
Artist and calligrapher Simon Silaidis mixes Western, Arabic and Asian traditions of calligraphy and graffitis abandoned places in Europe and Asia.
Devastation of Bushfires Seen From Above
Melbourne architectural photographer John Gollings captured the devastation left by the Black Saturday fires.
From Wikipedia:
The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of bushfires that ignited or were burning across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday, 7 February 2009. The fires occurred during extreme bushfire-weather conditions and resulted in Australia's highest ever loss of life from a bushfire; 173 people died and 414 were injured as a result of the fires.
Super HD (4K) Timelapse of The US
Eviosa Studios took a Canon 5D Mark III, Mark II, 7D and some motion controlled Kessler Crane dollies and cranes out around the US to show what beauty they could capture in this gorgeous timelapse.
African Masks from Africa and Haiti
Photographer Phyllis Galembo went Africa and Haiti to photograph the art of the masquerade. “It’s the creativity,” says Galembo. “It’s not just the mask. It’s about the entire ensemble and the uniqueness of ritual dress.”
Currency Collage: $1 Bill
Mark Wagner makes these stunning collages out of $1 bills. Be sure and check out his mega-collage called Liberty.
From the Artist Statement:
The one dollar bill is the most ubiquitous piece of paper in America. Collage asks the question: what might be done to make it something else? It is a ripe material: intaglio printed on sturdy linen stock, covered in decorative filigree, and steeped in symbolism and concept. Blade and glue transform it-reproducing the effects of tapestries, paints, engravings, mosaics, and computers—striving for something bizarre, beautiful, or unbelievable... the foreign in the familiar.
Modern Mad Men
In anticipation of the beginning of Season 6 of AMC's Mad Men (stream an Inside Look for free now), Shutterstock turned its designers loose on marking the delta from Mad Men to Modern Mad Men.
From the post:
Our designers set their sights on the main Mad Men characters with that in mind, choosing an everyday symbol from their daily lives and transforming it through a 21-century lens. While most of these folks would be doing very similar work today, the tools they use to get it done would be quite different. (Just imagine what Peggy could accomplish with a MacBook at her disposal.) Read on to see what a difference a half-century can make.
Action Sports Photographer On Capturing Some Extreme Kayakers
Tim Kemple a renowned action-sports photographer created this video documenting one of his trips to Mexico where he photographed some of the most talented kayakers in the world. He uses the Phase One, 645DF+ with an IQ180 digital back and 28mm lens at a shutter speed of 1/1600th.
My friends would say I like to tinker. Impossible flash syncs, complicated rope work, and razor thin focus planes. The athletes push the limits of their bodies and equipment. I do the same.
The Beautiful Faces of Centenarians
German photographer Karsten Thormaehlen Jahrhundertmensch photo series examines the faces of people who have reached 100 years old.
Whales Up Close
Once a book-keeper at a California State marine lab, Bryant Austin published Beautiful Whale, the works from his trip to the South Pacific to photograph whales up close.
