Random thoughts from an Internet island...
via creativefan.com Some great examples of motion blur photography. There are 39 more at the above link.
via oddee.com There were camera angles, large depth of field, synchronized flash and, as pictured above, reflections. All these things, and more, to get effects we'd attribute to Photoshop at first glance. There are 11 more examples at the above link.
When I was five I was afraid of you. You were so big. Seemed so strict. Mom was the "nice" one. When I was 10 you scared me some. Always wanted to please. Reveled in your praise. Laughed at your jokes. As a teenager we argued. Your ideas were so "old." Your habits were embarrassing. Sometimes I felt ashamed. In young manhood our differences grew. Politically, socially, opposite ends. It was always black and white with you. There was never any gray. As a father, I began to see it. How did you deal with eight...
via ripetungi.com An interesting graphic to help get a sense of the size of the universe.
What existed naturally in my own backyard was truly utopian. Now, all the beautiful trees, wildlife and pristine waters, all will see the thick black and red oil within these next days. It brings a deeper ache than I can express. via itsgettinghotinhere.org Very sad. Be sure to watch the video as well.
via digital-photography-school.com Not only is this a good article, I just love the above shot.
via ouramazingplanet.com Nice info-graphic showing the highs and lows of the planet we occupy.
"Some day you'll look back and think you were crazy to go home with a stranger," I said. The risk hadn't been all mine. "I already do," she said, and laughed. via ChicagoTribune.com A nice story to start your weekend.
via andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com And now for a little grammar checking. This is funny stuff.
Dr. Howard Moskowitz, a food scientist and consultant to major food manufacturers, said companies had not shown the same zeal in reducing salt as they had with sugars and fat. While low-calorie sweeteners opened a huge market of people eager to look better by losing weight, he said, salt is only a health concern, which does not have the same market potential. “If all of a sudden people would demand lower salt because low salt makes them look younger, this problem would be solved overnight,” he said. via...
via digital-photography-school.com I have to say, standing in the bush in complete darkness, knowing there are lions not more than 30-feet away but being unable to see them, is perhaps...
And these children… have been treated to the city of Prescott’s finest citizens driving by and yelling “Nigger” and “Spic” at this school wall painted with pictures of the children who attend the school. And this has been encouraged by a city councilman, Steve Blair, who uses his local radio talk show to rile up these people and demand the mural be destroyed. And now the faces are being painted white, “because of the controversy.” via wonkette.com This is sickening. Just sickening. I don't know what's...
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