In this article, nature and wildlife photographer Erez Marom shares the story of his shot ‘Watery Grave’, captured on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in western Iceland. As Erez admits, his original Raw capture left a lot to be desired, but post-processing yielded a result that he’s proud of – quite rightfully, in our opinion. Take a look at his final image and find out how it was captured and processed. Learn more
Month: June 2015
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Verliebt in ein Land
Ein Beitrag von: Cindy Ruch
Mein Australien besteht aus vier Fünfteln Sehnsucht und einem Fünftel Wirklichkeit. Aus dieser Gleichung und etlichen 35-mm-Filmen gestaltete ich meine aktuelle Ausstellung „Australia is a myth of her mind“, die nun in der Australischen Botschaft in Berlin zu sehen ist.
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How to Use Cinemagraphs to Spice Up Your Photography Marketing
While cinemagraphs are not exactly new, they are still great for advertising purposes because of their format: a GIF/video hybrid where an element of the still photo plays in never-ending loop, which results in constant motion. Created by visual artists Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg of Ann Street Studio, they can be a fun and creative way to give a Continue Reading
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UrtheCast releases first full-color HD videos of Earth recorded from ISS
UrtheCast has published the first full color HD videos recorded of Earth from space via a new camera system mounted on the International Space Station. The videos are short recordings of regions in Barcelona, Boston, and London, and show the cities at a one-meter resolution. Read more
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Weekly Photography Challenge – Night Photography
Recently I rounded up some great examples of stunning night photography. It’s a genre of photography that is popular with many and comes with its own challenges and issues to overcome. But it’s worth the effort as you can create images with something special. Places just look different at night.
Route 66 near Chicago – By Darlene Hildebrandt
Trinidad, Cuba – By Darlene Hildebrandt
Above are a couple examples of my own night photography. Now it’s your turn.
Weekly photography challenge – night photography
If you haven’t tried long exposure photography or gone out and done some shooting at night, now is the perfect time to try it. Find a buddy to come along with you, it’s more fun if you work with a friend. Photography clubs and meetup groups often do group events for night photography, look for one in your area. Find a mentor who has some experience with night photography to help you get started.
Try some star shots, city light, light trails, moon or Milky Way shots, painting with light, or even a portrait. If you need some assistance see the list of articles below that can give you some tips.
By Thomas Hawk
By Luc Mercelis
By Chris Lofqvist
By Mike Boening Photography
By mariusz kluzniak
By Raphael Borja
By mclcbooks
By Jonathan Miske
Share your images below:
Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer upload them to your favourite photo sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge. Sometimes it takes a while for an image to appear so be patient and try not to post the same image twice.
By DAVID MELCHOR DIAZ
By Alfredo
By Alfredo
By theboseographer
Need some help getting started?
Try these articles for some night photography tips:
- Tips for Retouching a Night Photograph using Lightroom
- Tips for Getting Proper Exposure for Night Photography
- 9 Tips to Help you get Sharp Focus at Night
- How to do Long Exposure Photography and Light Trails at Night
- Beginners Tips for Night Sky and Star Photography
- Nightscapes: Photographing the City at Night
- Better Star Trails Photographs with StarStaX
- Beginner’s Guide to Light Painting
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The Hand of Man: Bonsai Hangs Inside Abandoned Power Plant
[ By Steph in Art & Installation & Sound. ]
Inside the cooling tower of an abandoned power plant, a tiny bonsai tree hangs from a geometric metal frame, its roots exposed. The only other sign of life inside the cavernous space is an occasional slick of moss. The project meets at the junction between urban exploration, installation art and photography, with no one but the artist witnessing it in person before it was quietly whisked away, the bonsai re-planted to continue its life.
Located in the city of Charleroi, Belgium and originally built in 1921, the coal-burning power plant was decommissioned in 2007 after criticism of its inefficiency. While much of it was demolished, the tower – which once cooled 480,000 gallons of water per minute – still stands as a dystopian monument, drawing in determined explorers despite the security guards posted outside. Before protests shut it down, it was responsible for 10 percent of the total carbon dioxide emissions in the nation.
Japanese botanical artist Azuma Makoto doesn’t typically provide any explanation for the meaning behind his installations, but it’s hard not to see some potent symbolism in this image. Bonsai plants are painstakingly constrained by human intervention, and here one floats without the soil it needs to thrive, within a cavernous representation of waste and short-sighted thinking.
Makoto previously sent a bonsai into space for the Exobiotanica project, suspending a Japanese white pine and a bouquet of lilies and other flowers from carbon-fiber frames and launching them into the sky with a specially-equipped balloon. Six GoPro cameras captured their journey. Said the artist, “Roots, soil and gravity – by giving up the links to life, what kind of ‘beauty’ shall be born? Within the harsh ‘nature,’ at an altitude of 30,000 meters and minus 50 degrees celsius, the plants evolve into exbiota (extraterrestrial life.)”
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19. Juni 2015
Das Bild des Tages von: Alan Schaller
Im Ausblick: Nomaden in der Mongolei, EXIF für Analogfotos und halluzinierende Bildalgorithmen.
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31 Mystical Night Photography Images
There is something magical, mystical about the night, and night photography. Things you can’t see with the human eye, a certain peacefulness.
Here on dPS night photography is a popular topic, with many articles to choose from if you want to learn how to do it.
In this collection let’s look at some stunning examples of night photography done well:
Black Lotus by Mathijs van den Bosch on 500px
The beginning by Marco Bocelli on 500px
Along the Thames by Giuseppe Torre on 500px
In New Orleans by Boberic Photography on 500px
*H–H* by ömer yücel on 500px
Shanghai at Night by Clemens Geiger on 500px
DUBAI by Ibrahim Albeshari on 500px
the queen by Ronny Behnert on 500px
San Francisco, unseen night 2 by Ali Erturk on 500px
Belchite night 2 by Tony Goran on 500px
?n Brugge by ?lhan Eroglu on 500px
Salamanca in the night by Isidoro M on 500px
A Night To Remember by Arild Heitmann on 500px
Celestial Cypress by Paul Marcellini on 500px
Fossilized UFO by Sakhr Abdullah on 500px
Portal by Brad Goldpaint on 500px
Stars over Teton homestead by Royce’s NightScapes on 500px
My bike! by Khatawut J on 500px
M11 By Winter’s Night – London by Pete Dobson on 500px
What Once Was by Aaron J. Groen on 500px
Reaching for the stars by Dan Barr on 500px
Ball of Light by Richard Steinberger on 500px
Star Filled Sky over The Grand Tetons #2 by Matt Anderson on 500px
Galiano Island Stars by James Wheeler on 500px
Moonlight Dock by James Wheeler on 500px
An appropriate night for anything by Milos Savkovic on 500px
Thousand star Hotel by shaiith on 500px
Ai-Petry. Night, Full Moon. by Denis Belitsky on 500px
industrial portrait by Alina Cürten on 500px
Wat arun under loy krathong day ,Thailand by Prasit Rodphan on 500px
Good night by Fehrum on 500px
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Eisformationen
Die Fotoserie „Ice formations“ von Ryota „Kaji“ Kajita zeigt natürliche Eisformationen in Teichen, Seen und Flüssen in der Heimat des Fotografen: Fairbanks, Alaska. Viele dieser gefrorenen Blasen sind aus Gasen wie Methan oder Kohlendioxid entstanden. Wenn das Wasser der Seen und Flüsse langsam gefriert, umschließt es die Gase. Die Blasen schaffen dann einzigartige geometrische Muster auf der Oberfläche.
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