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Black and White WTF

grumblebee — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:08:44 -0800

A blog of strange (found) B&W photography

Hey, you look familiar!

blue_beetle — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:29:22 -0800

Age progression compositing (or forensic composting) is the process of taking a photo of a child and creating a composite image of what they might look like years later. It has been used to great success in the recovery of kidnap victims, and most recently in the case of Jaycee Dugard.

Internet Image Montage

Pope Guilty — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:00:45 -0800

"We present a system that composes a realistic picture from a simple freehand sketch annotated with text labels." PhotoSketch takes simple drawings and makes composite photos.

Great photographers

Matthias Rascher — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:28:41 -0800

Great photographers: Clark Little (surf photography), Nick Brandt (mostly African wildlife), John Hyde (mostly wildlife and Alaska), Veronika Pinke (landscapes), Dale Allman (miscellaneous; particularly beautiful are his Australian cityscapes and the HDR/DRI photos), Ansel Adams (the undisputed master of nature photography who died in 1984; famous quotes: "You don't take a photograph, you make it.", "A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words. "), Michel Rajkovic (mostly marine landscape, exclusively in black and white). And again, as a tribute to a gifted artist who died far too early, the work of Bobby Model (adventure photographer). Last but not least: Onexposure, probably the biggest collection of quality photography on the net.

The Loss of Human Scale: Old Hong Kong vs New Hong Kong

milquetoast — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:43:38 -0800

For the last two years, Flickr user HK Man has been collecting old photos of Hong Kong, finding the exact spots at which they were taken, and taking them again. The result, from his first photo of Victoria Harbor to a more recent one of Nathan Road, comprises a chronicle of Hong Kong's unrestrained vertical development over the past few decades. In a similar vein, Gwulo is a community site for "for everyone that is interested in old Hong Kong" and includes photos, mysteries, and discussions -- such as this one about old Kai Tak Airport. More on HK Man at URBANPHOTO here and here. Bonus Kai Tak videos: Overview and Landings over Kowloon.

"And there's a creepy doll..."

grumblebee — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:11:55 -0800

Sleep tight. (I recommend you listen to this while viewing the link.)

Pacman, Tetris, Pong

msalt — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:19:07 -0800

Photos recreating vintage video games and some other stuff.

Many photos make light work

Monochrome — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:58:51 -0800

Assistant professor Noah Snavely at Cornell is into making models. Computer models of real scenes are assembled from photographs, and can then be used to create a better image, a better video, or a 3D representation of an entire city. Snavely was on the team that created the jaw-dropping demo video in 2008. That project, titled “Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene”, was followed by “Enhancing and Experiencing Spacetime Resolution with Videos and Stills” (without Snavely and some of the original team). Now Snavely is working with six people from his alma mater (the University of Washington) to re-create Rome, Italy. Pulling over 150 thousand photos from Flickr (tagged with "rome" or "roma"), the team used a cluster of computers working in parallel to compare photos and model the common buildings. This results in models of several sites, each with incredible precision.

Military pictures from around the world.

Mitheral — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:14:42 -0800

Pictures of military subjects , many of them annotated, from all over such as Russia, Malaysia, Japan (Special Police), Ireland, Cyprus, Sri Lanka and Canada. Forum photo topics also include pre Great War, dogs (airborne), cats, aircraft carriers, riot police, women, destroyed tanks, camouflage, art, accidents, and daily threads of random images.

Perhaps the easiest city to be a photographer in.

mhjb — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:37:11 -0800

Tokyo Undressed - one excellent photo after another, and another, and another. WARNING: nipples! WARNING: may contain traces of nuts (page 2).

Free house plant. Not sure the variety. The pot is NOT included.

The Whelk — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:05:05 -0800

Item Not As Described: A website that explores the differences between items for sale on craigslist and the photos provided. ( via Miko via metachat )

Woof, Woof, Woo!

Ms. Saint — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:37:17 -0800

Three Woofs and a Woo: the daily life of some border collies and the canine photographer who loves them.

The Past is Another City

Miko — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:26:31 -0800

Photos of 1940s New York City.

But that's where the fun is

dhartung — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:01:12 -0800

Atlantis. Hubble. And a big, yellow friend. Astrophotographer Thierry Legault managed to get amazing shots of Space Shuttle Atlantis approaching the Hubble Space Telescope during a transit of the sun. Don't do this at home, kids. (His site is down, so the link is through Coral.)

Too old for photography

klausness — Wed, 06 May 2009 07:46:24 -0800

Expiration Notice is an on-line magazine dedicated to work by emerging photographers over 35. An interesting counterpoint to the usual hyping of "young and emerging artists." (via)

Shine on, friend. Goodnight.

hifiparasol — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:12:28 -0800

The Big Picture has photos taken during Earth Hour 2009. Click the photos to go from "lit" to "unlit." (Earth Hour home, wiki, previously)

Pictures don't lie

Miko — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:27:24 -0800

Photomontage timeline, 1850-2007. Spirit photography, trick photography, comic montages, Photoshop, etc. I only wish you could enlarge these images. But I'm glad to have learned about the Cottingley Fairies.

Mine? Mine.

The Whelk — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:44:00 -0800

Birds Stealing Ice Cream (via)

More Ways The Internet Makes You Insecure

The Whelk — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:15:34 -0800

How Old Are You? Guess people's ages based on submitted photos. (via)

More Photos of London From Above, at Night

cerebus19 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:28:05 -0800

24 more amazing photos of London at night, from above. Previously.

___ Days Without an Accident

Smart Dalek — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:46:53 -0800

Hochbetrieb [Nuts & Bolts] is a 2003 short from Germany that utilizes live actors and computer-generated effects in tribute to influences ranging from silent comedies to Charles Ebbetts' images of construction crews atop the GE Building, along with a cat & mouse cartoon from MGM guest-starring a baby and a Warner Brothers piece about an amphibian.

Tiny happy people

WPW — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:45:46 -0800

Make your own tilt-shift photographs. Flickr group of the results. Pre vio usly.

Caught in the ring flash

klangklangston — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:35:16 -0800

Lina Scheynius I like her loose, ethereal snapshot style, and the playful sexuality. Nudity.

Polaroids are not dead!

krautland — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:18:23 -0800

Poladroid is a free app for your mac that lets you drag an image onto the polaroid camera in the corner of your screen. it then spits out a polaroid image that develops on your desktop. there's a flickr group for these shots already. it's beta "but really works."

Face Detection detects Faces. Faces are people. People Like You!

blue_beetle — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:55:57 -0800

PhotoFunia: take a portrait, upload it, and see the magic.