Thumbs and Ammo posits the idea: would it be funny to replace guns with thumbs up in stills from movies?
YES!
Papercut Nudes from Eiko Ojala
An illustrator, graphic designer and art director, Eiko Ojala lives in Tallinn, Estonia. His series Naked uses the barest of materials to create these stunning, sexy and simple figures.
See also The Form of the Body
Clouds in Timelapse Above Japan
Original Pronunciation of Shakespeare - A Short Documentary
Linguist David Crystal and his son, actor Ben Crystal explain the differences between English pronunciation now and how it was spoken 400 years ago.
Paris Apartment turned into a Camera Obscura
We've seen the work of stenop.es before (here: http://5thin.gs/1ethIDc) but are always thrilled to see new videos displaying the simple gorgeous physics of the pinhole camera and the camera obscure.
Photo of the Day - Blue Ghost Fireflies
Blue Ghost Fireflies, North Carolina
Photograph by Spencer Black
Surreal GIF art from Bill Domonkos
PHOENIX in a La Blogoteque Takeaway Show Shot With a Drone at Versaille
Shot in one continuous drone shot, and music recorded live, this Concert A Emporter from La Blogoteque is one of my favorites, and certainly being of Phoenix doesn't hurt none, either.
The Thought Process for Making Pershing Square a More Active Town Square
A lot of the processes and decisions I see being made in this urban planning video are familiar to me from User Experience. Fascinating and beautiful.
From the video page:
"Gensler teams around the globe spent the last year re-imagining the concept of a Town Square. This video documents the ideas and efforts of Gensler Los Angeles, who used Pershing Square as a case study for how to re-imagine Town Squares in every community."
Photo of the Day - The Humanity of Frogs
photo by Penkdix Paime via National Geographic
25 Years of Streetfighter - A Documentary
Capcom has put together and extensive documentary about the Street Fighter games, players, history and culture.
See also Animated GIFs of Fighting Game Backgrounds
Time Quilted Photos from Fong Qi Wei
Singapore based photographer, Fong Qi Wei layered different photos of the same spot he shot within 2 to 4 hours, sequencing time in a single image.
See also Airplane Light Trails in Gorgeous Time-lapse from Singapore
Human Animal Photo Hybrids by Ulric Collette
Here Ulric Collette (we've seen his amazing Genetic Patch Portraits before) creates these creepy/awesome half-human/half-animal images in his project Therianthropes. Love them.
Photos of Intricate Nigerian Hairstyles by J.D. Okhai Ojeikere
Nigerian photographer J.D. Okhai Ojeikere project "Hairstyles" captures nearly 1,000 different hairstyles — these "sculptures for a day" he finds on the street, at a weddings or at work.
The UEFA Champions League Finale Stadiums 1993-2013 Illustrated
Italian illustratorJacopo Ferretti has drawn all the stadiums of the UEFA Champions League finals from 1993 to 2013.
Creepy Ferrofluid Explorations
Artist Kim Pimmel created Compressed a series using macro lenses, time lapse photography, and magnetism.
See also Putty Made of Magnetic Stuff Makes for Some Trippy Putty
Base Jumping off Everest
From the video page:
"Nearly 60 years to the day after the first ascent up Mount Everest, Russian extreme sport star Valery Rozov (48) flew off the north face of Mount Everest - the world's highest BASE jump ever - 7220 meters (23,688ft) above sea level."
Contact Juggling Seems Like Magic
This video shot at National Taiwan University (台大) barely seems real, it is so smooth.
Video of Ozell Williams - Amazing Jumping and Tumbling Skills
Really just astounding. I have no idea how his skills compare to other tumblers, but I am certainly impressed.
Hiking in Greenland
I have a hard time conjuring in my mind an image other than a world map when it comes to Greenland.
"Impressions from a 25-day hiking and packrafting expedition through the wilderness of extreme Southern Greenland in july 2013. I started in Narsarsuaq, crossed over all the way to Tasermiut fjord, and continued with an 8-day loop east of Tasiusaq before finally paddling towards Nanortalik."
