Astronomers at Germany’s Ruhr-Universität Bochum have created the largest astronomical image of space to date. The image is composted from some 268 individual shots captured over the past five years and spans a staggering 46 billion pixels, or 46 gigapixels. That’s 855,000 by 54,000 pixels. The university has created an online viewer to explore the… Continue reading Astronomers Unveil a 46-Gigapixel Image of Space
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Lazy Crow Takes a Free Ride on Top a Bald Eagle
Photographer Phoo Chan has captured some remarkable photos of a fearless crow hitching a ride on the back of a bald eagle in mid-air at Seabeck, Washington. The predator looks like it didn’t care and carried on as if nothing had happened. The incident only lasted a few seconds before the birds parted and went their separate ways.
DxO ONE: A Plug-In iPhone Camera
French software company DxO Labs has launched a pocket-size camera that turns your iPhone 6 and 6 Plus into a DSLR camera. Called the DxO ONE, its a super bright f1.8 aperture lens, and a 20.2 megapixel, 1-inch sensor. That sensor size is on par with the Sony RX100 series of compact camera. Other features of… Continue reading DxO ONE: A Plug-In iPhone Camera
Brilliant Photo Manipulation Art
Graphic designer Adrian Sommeling, from Amsterdam, has spent years creating incredibly realistic images in an action-packed cinematic style, with each picture taking months to conceive. His art is imaginative and his photographs tell stories while his own son stars in most of the artistic ideas he creates.
365-Gigapixel Panoramic Image of Mont Blanc
An international team led by Italian photographer Filippo Blengin publishes an enormous 365 gigapixel panoramic photograph of Europe’s highest mountain setting a new record for the world’s largest photo. The team Used a Canon 70D DSLR, a Canon EF 400mm f/2.8 II IS, and a Canon Extender 2X III on a special robotic mount, they… Continue reading 365-Gigapixel Panoramic Image of Mont Blanc
The Basics of Photography Composition
Cooperative of Photography (COOPH) posted a video on YouTube that features nine easy to understand tips and suggestions for amature photographers, with the help of Steve McCurry‘s incredible photographs as an example. The video gives several examples of nine different “rules” including the rule of thirds, using leading lines, natural frames, and more.
Pour Paintings By Holton Rower
Filmmaker Dave Kaufman created a time-lapse video that documents the simple yet incredibly beautiful process behind Holton Rower’s series of pour paintings. The New York-based artist and his team use this pour technique to build up multiple layers of paint to create these amazing pieces of art.
Woman Aging Backwards in Photoshop
Photoshop artist PhotoshopSurgeon has taken a detailed close-up shot of a 100-year-old Vietnamese woman and reverse-aged her into a 30-year-old young woman. The original image was taken by photographer Bùi Linh Ngân in Vietnam. The photoshop transformations video was posted in 2013, but began trending again recently with over 6.7 million views. via: BuzzFeed