What you are looking at is a landscape from the nano world, i.e. at the atomic level. In this case, it is a photo of zinc oxide nanorods being produced in a furnace burning at 600°C (1,100°F). The rods are 50 to...
Archive - February 2011
Bare Leg Ads
From the same people who brought you the Cranial Billboards comes the Bare Leg Ad. As the name implies, the ad is imprinted onto a person’s bare legs. Of course, you must be wearing shorts or a short dress for...
Olympus XZ-1 Review @ Trusted Reviews
“In terms of low light performance we’d be happy shooting up to and including ISO1600.” We’ve added a new Olympus XZ-1 [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix. Trusted Reviews has posted...
Do Limited Edition Prints Still Make Sense In The Digital Age?
Alain Briot addresses the issue of limited photographic prints in the digital age. Should a photographer release a print in a limited edition, i.e. sell only a certain number of them and then take that print out of...
Judging the Wellcome Image Awards 2011
From WellcomeCollection The 11th Wellcome Image Awards were announced on 23 February 2011, recognising the creators of the most informative, striking and technically excellent images among recent acquisitions to...
Adorama Weekend Specials & Savings February 27, 2011
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35K Digital Point & Shoot 12.MP Camera with 18x Optical Super Zoom, 4x Digital Zoom, 2.7″ LCD Screen & AVCHD Lite Movie Save 15% Regular Price $259.95 Sale Price $219.95 FREE...
Olympus E-PL2 Review @ Camera Labs
“The excellent quality results it’s capable of producing look set to make [the Olympus E-PL2] one of the most successful Micro Four Thirds cameras yet.” We’ve added another Olympus PEN E-PL2...
A Day Made of Glass
From CorningIncorporated Corning envisions a day in the near future when its specialty glass will be at the heart of many of our interactions with the computer and Internet. Screens will be wide, ultra thin, frameless...
Canada’s Secret Weapon Caught On Amateur Video
From joshpnw2 It appears that Canada has a new secret army in training and, from the looks of it, they are well-trained indeed, all goose-stepping in perfect order. Canadians can all sleep safely now. source @johnsea66...
Video Games As Art @ The Smithsonian
In March next year, the Smithsonian American Art Museum will debut The Art of Video Games, an exhibition exploring the “40-year evolution of video games as an artistic medium.” The exhibition will focus on striking...
Shuttle Launch Photographed By Student Balloon Cameras
We’ve seen photos taken from camera-totting balloons of the edge of space using relatively cheap, off-the-shelf hardware. Now, students have captured video and stills of the shuttle Discovery on its final trip to...
This Week’s (Feb 19-25, 2011) Digital Camera Review Roundup
Here is this week’s (Feb 19-25, 2011) digital camera review roundup: DPReview finds that the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2 [QuickPrice Check] “is a camera very well suited to its target market. It offers both...
The Real Faces of Drug Addiction
I remember seeing, as a teen, the horribly sad face of a woman ravaged by drug addiction. From then on, the lure of taking drugs has never appealed to me. Perhaps you need to show the following pictures to a son or...
The Ethics of Adultery Photography
Natasha Caruana took clandestine photos of the married men she went on dates with. Now, she is displaying them for the public to see. To keep their identities secret, she avoided photographing their faces. The questions...
Should Police Shoot RAW or JPEG?
Can the court trust photographic evidence anymore now that it is so easily doctored in a photo editing software? Mark Wood addresses this issue in an interesting article over at BJP. He encourages Police (and CSI)...
Leica and Magnum Photos International Sign Collaboration
Leica Camera AG and Magnum Photos International Inc. signed collaboration Magnum Photos International, Inc. and Leica Camera AG have begun a technological and photographic collaboration that will build upon almost a...
Panasonic GF2 Review @ DPReview
“[The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2] is a camera very well suited to its target market. It offers both beginners and experienced photographers a simple but powerful control method.” We’ve added another...
Focus-on-Imaging Poster Features Chimp and Canon DSLR
Now that Canon has pulled out of Focus-on-Imaging, UK’s largest photographic trade show, we are wondering what message the show’s poster featuring Suzy ‘The Chimping Ape’ monkeying with a Canon...
Talking Animals
s there too much stress in your job? That is why we provide the 10 O’Clock Break from time to time (when we feel stressed out) for your enjoyment. The BBC has surpassed itself here with one of the most hilarious...
Kinect Photography
Travis Barker Ft. The Clipse – Come and Get It from DanTheMan on Vimeo. Don’t try this at home ’cause you’ll need the powerful Kinect library for Processing software to actually accomplish this...
Scientists Snap First 3D Pictures of Nanoparticles
You don’t see this too often. In fact, you don’t see them at all with the naked eye because they are at the atomic level! I’m talking about nanoparticles and Marta Rossell of ETH Zurich and Rolf Erni...