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ianbrooks:

Miniature Worlds by Audrey Heller

Audrey works in a 1:87 scale ratio, populating every day objects with tiny denizens. Where do these little people come from? Are they always there and we just dont take the time to notice them? What happens if one gets in your pants? I mean, is it rude to ask them to leave? So many questions. Buy prints at squint-pictures.

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darthambiguous: So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, nêstaévâhósevóomâtse, good night, doi gen, ciao, beannachd leibh, adieu, au revoir, na’j wetz; and thanks for all the fish. Final undocking from the International Space Station for a craft in the Space Shuttle program. Congé Space Shuttle Atlantis. So sad. Thanks for the memories and - more importantly - thanks for inspiring our dreams.

darthambiguous:

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, nêstaévâhósevóomâtse, good night, doi gen, ciao, beannachd leibh, adieu, au revoir, na’j wetz;

and thanks for all the fish.

Final undocking from the International Space Station for a craft in the Space Shuttle program.

Congé Space Shuttle Atlantis.

So sad. Thanks for the memories and - more importantly - thanks for inspiring our dreams.

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Incredible shots of a car bomb exploding in Thailand while a bomb squad member inspects it. Thankfully he escaped with only minor injuries. Photo: reuters

Incredible shots of a car bomb exploding in Thailand while a bomb squad member inspects it. Thankfully he escaped with only minor injuries.

Photo: reuters

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I’ve had the pleasure to meet and work alongside Chris McLennan. He’s an incredibly impressive photographer. Here’s one of his more famous shots - this image won the PDN National Geographic Traveller Great Outdoors photo of the year in 2009 and has been widely published around the world - and what he has to say about it: The Lost World, Waitomo. New Zealand. To acheive the image I rappelled the 100m (330 feet) into the Lost World Cave system at Waitomo. There is an opening which is about 20 metres in diameter and drops into a cave which almost 400 metres long. The diffused light and moisture allows the growth of mosses and ferns in this initial cavern. I crawled under a low wet rock ledge in order to get the angle I wanted for this image. My “subject” remained stationary on the ropes whilst I took a variety of shots. It is a very tricky working environment with high humidity, constant dripping water making it difficult to keep your equipment dry and free of fog. The huge contrast between the softly lit mist and the black rock walls makes for interesting exposures. After getting the shots we moved completely underground for 3 - 4 hours through the very narrow cave system and finished by climbing out of a 30 metre shaft on a free hanging ladder.Canon EOS 1Ds mkII. Canon 16-35 2.8L. ISO 200. f10 at half a second.Lexar Pro CF. LowePro DryZone 200. Manfrotto tripod.

I’ve had the pleasure to meet and work alongside Chris McLennan. He’s an incredibly impressive photographer. Here’s one of his more famous shots - this image won the PDN National Geographic Traveller Great Outdoors photo of the year in 2009 and has been widely published around the world - and what he has to say about it:

The Lost World, Waitomo. New Zealand.

To acheive the image I rappelled the 100m (330 feet) into the Lost World Cave system at Waitomo. There is an opening which is about 20 metres in diameter and drops into a cave which almost 400 metres long. The diffused light and moisture allows the growth of mosses and ferns in this initial cavern. I crawled under a low wet rock ledge in order to get the angle I wanted for this image. My “subject” remained stationary on the ropes whilst I took a variety of shots. It is a very tricky working environment with high humidity, constant dripping water making it difficult to keep your equipment dry and free of fog. The huge contrast between the softly lit mist and the black rock walls makes for interesting exposures. After getting the shots we moved completely underground for 3 - 4 hours through the very narrow cave system and finished by climbing out of a 30 metre shaft on a free hanging ladder.
Canon EOS 1Ds mkII. Canon 16-35 2.8L. ISO 200. f10 at half a second.
Lexar Pro CF. LowePro DryZone 200. Manfrotto tripod.

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imagesourceblog: “A few years ago, French photographer Sacha Goldberger found his 91-year-old Hungarian grandmother Frederika feeling lonely and depressed. To cheer her up, he suggested that they shoot a series of outrageous photographs in unusual costumes, poses, and locations. Grandma reluctantly agreed, but once they got rolling, she couldn’t stop smiling.” We like the idea of photography as therapy, especially when the finished product is this good. via

imagesourceblog:

“A few years ago, French photographer Sacha Goldberger found his 91-year-old Hungarian grandmother Frederika feeling lonely and depressed. To cheer her up, he suggested that they shoot a series of outrageous photographs in unusual costumes, poses, and locations. Grandma reluctantly agreed, but once they got rolling, she couldn’t stop smiling.”

We like the idea of photography as therapy, especially when the finished product is this good.

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