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things to do with a slow motion camera

a tip of the hat to Greg

the microscopic

Winners of Nikon's 2018 Photographing the Microscopic contest.  These just keep getting better.

 

 

a pilot's storm photography

Santiago Borga is a 767 pilot who does regular 12 hour long haul flights.  His hobby is aerial photography and he specializes in storms.  Many of the images at his site are wonderful

Awhile back I covered another pilot photographer - Christiaan van Heijst.   His site is also worth visiting,

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ireland in the 1890s

Mostly black and white photos converted to color by the photochrom process - postcards in the Smithsonian's collection.

 

 

the changthang plateau

A rather remote part of India that is a bit different from what you might expect.  A friend recently visited and described it as an astonishing place.

 

a pale blue dot 2.0

People seem to wonder why New Horizons doesn't take a photo of Earth to produce another pale blue dot image.  The distance is great enough (about 44 AU now) that any photo of the Earth through the relevant camera would include solar glare - probably enough to toast the image sensor.  Since New Horizons still has maneuvering fuel, there's hope of another encounter in a few years.  I'm sure they wouldn't risk a camera for a remake of an image that's already iconic, 

 

photoshop abstractions

What is there were real people who modeled for realistic abstracts?

 

 

 

a simple camera

and a very remarkable photo - an eight month time exposure from Cerro Paranal at the North end of the Atacama Desert 

 

 

 

 

photos of monet

fascinating images

 

 

cloud illusions

Atlas V breaking through the clouds on the way to orbit from Kennedy..  July 2013  (NASA image)