Archive for November, 2009

  • Japanese Farmers use Rice Fields to Express their Art

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    We have all heard about the crop circles and seen them on television, in movies, or maybe in real life, but in Japan you can see rice art on the fields. Every year Japanese farmers are planting rice in different patterns and using different sorts of rice for color. The result is spectacular pictures. Unfortunately it’s only visible until the rice is harvested in September.


  • Beer Cans Turned Into Amazing Sculptures

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    These figures and sculptures are made as a tribute to the Turkish beer Efes Pilsen. The artists of this project have cut Efes Pilsen beer cans and made everything from miniature people to buildings and airplanes. While some people are creating art out of beer cans.

  • Spinning On The Merry-Go-Round

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    The liability of the merry-go-round is slowly depriving parks and schools of this fun piece of spinning metal and wood. Sad. So before they are all gone, go find the one merry-go-round in your area and take a few spinning pictures. Here are 15 dizzy ones to inspire you.

    SPRING SPIN by foreversouls

    SPRING SPIN by foreversouls

    image by soundman1024

    image by soundman1024

    Wheeeee! by ktpupp

    Wheeeee! by ktpupp

    Happiness is Spinning by Whateverthing

    Happiness is Spinning by Whateverthing

    Spinning Julia by Brit.

    Spinning Julia by Brit.

    Dizzying Playground! by DenisGiles

    Dizzying Playground! by DenisGiles

    Spinning Around by Tomer Arazy

    Spinning Around by Tomer Arazy

    Somebody stop the world... by Bah Humbug

    Somebody stop the world… by Bah Humbug

    Round and round by santheo

    Round and round by santheo

    GO Rhonda GO! by mx5tx

    GO Rhonda GO! by mx5tx

    Whee! by ajschu

    Whee! by ajschu

    Jake & Kylie Spinning by kcolwell

    Jake & Kylie Spinning by kcolwell

    round by woodleywonderworks

    round by woodleywonderworks

    spinning by tetraconz

    spinning by tetraconz

    Chester Spin by MOEVIEW

    Chester Spin by MOEVIEW

  • Color Illusion

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    Have you ever wished that you could make it look as if your black and white photos were in colour? Well, through the magical powers of chromatic adaptation, you can!

    Start with the original image:

    Arizona 2003
    Arizona 2003 by Photocritic on Flickr

    Upping the saturation will help your image seem more, er, saturated (clicky for bigger)

    Upping the saturation will help your image seem more, er, saturated (clicky for bigger)

    Inverse it in an image editing package like Photoshop or the Gimp (in Photoshop: Image → Adjustments → Invert).

    Next, increase the saturation a little bit (this will help with the colour perception – in Photoshop, Image → Adjustments → Hue & Saturation).

    Finally, blur the photo a little. This will ensure that you concentrate on colour, rather than the texture. In Photoshop, I used Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, with a setting of 2px, but experiment to see what looks best.

    That’s your first picture:

    5-blurred-image

    For the second picture, simply desaturate your original photo. If you want, you can up the contrast a little bit, or even sharpen it further.

    6-desaturate

    The final result? Check out the video below. To see the effect, simply start the video and stare at the horizon. After 20 seconds, the image will change, and you’ll be able to see the optical illusion:

  • Amazing Halloween Photos and Photo Manipulations

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    Photo by Darren Pearson
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    Photo by Irina
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    Photo by Steven Losier
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    Photo by Dimitar Radev
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    Photo by Steven Losier
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    Photo by Falsify
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    Photo by Carla Ceia
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    Photo by ~NaomiFaMi
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    Photo by ~asunder
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    Photo by ~LoverZero
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    Photo by ~ezkexis
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    Photo by ~TheWayfarerHum
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    Photo by *YamiChi
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    Photo by *RileyRican
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    Photo by *Iribel
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    Photo by ~digitalextacy
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    Photo by ~i0
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    Photo by ~FelanSilverchild
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    Photo by =phatpuppy
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    Photo by =Villesgodgirl
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    Photo by ~DAN-KA
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    Photo by ~missshizophrenic
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    Photo by =time-warrior
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    Photo by *cristalart
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    Photo by ~SenzaFallisce
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  • Office in the middle of the forest

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    Talk about environment friendly place for firms and offices. On the other hand imagine all the fresh air and peace you can get while working, no traffic, no air pollution, etc. You can surely expand your mind, creativity and motivation while working in these circumstances.

  • Using shadows to create a street art

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    Instead of drawing graffiti on the walls, a New York street artist Ellis Gallagher decided to use the shadows that lamp posts are making to create street art. Gallagher is only using chalk and stone sediment to outline the shadows into stencils looking like figures or just simple art. This kind of street art is very neat and impressive to come across in the late hours.

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