Dazzling Photos of Gold Fireflies in Japan Digital Photo Blog shot these beautiful long exposure photographs of gold fireflies in Japan during the June to July rainy season, when they come together to mate. You can find more of these photographs here. Image credits: Photographs by Digital Photo Blog - StumbleUpon The Fantastic Photography of Clark Little Today we’re featuring the fantastic photography of Clark Little, an amazing surf photographer. His photographs have been mesmerizing the world since 2007, with captivating photos taken inside waves as well as stunning angles usually only seen by hard core surfers. His work has been showcased extensively through the media such as on the Today Show, Good Morning America, Inside Edition as well as multiple publishers and newspapers in the U.S. and abroad. His limited Edition book, The Shorebreak Art of Clark Little, is now in production and will be available for purchase online in the summer of 2009. Now, let’s browse through some of his collection and enjoy this breathtaking experience… You can find out more about Clark at his website ClarkLittlePhotography.com Clark travels the world presenting his photographs on the big screen. His stunning photos can be purchased in a number of different sizes directly through his website, and I highly recommend them as they’re truly spectacular.
16 Incredible Van Gogh Paintings Tilt Shifted Tilt Shift is an incredible lens effect that transforms normal scenes into tiny toy worlds. It’s a topic that’s already been shown extensively here on PhotoGuides with tilt shift collections and photoshop tutorials, but these new examples take on a new level of amazingness. ArtCyclopedia has created an astonishing range of Tilt Shift photographs which apply the effect to some of Van Gogh’s famous paintings. The results really are stunning.
Home | Jorge Rodríguez Gerada Design: mundadesign.com - Development: thet.com.ar - Natural Pools or Swimming Ponds - StumbleUpon Natural Pools or Natural Swimming Ponds (NSPs) Let nature clean the water... Chemical-free water garden and swimming pool. The plant portion, or regeneration zone, is separated from the swimming area by the wall seen a few inches below the water’s surface. www.naturalswimmingpools.com The pools have skimmers and pumps that circulate the water through the regeneration zone and back into the swimming area. There are many options as to design. A gradual slope contains the plants, gravel and loamy sand, a wall keeps them separate from the swimming area. Vacuum but twice a year and tend to the plants as needed. The regeneration zone can be along the perimeter of a natural pool or a pond unto itself but connected to the swimming area. www.gartenart.co.uk For a true natural pool with no help from ultraviolet light or other such technology, the requirement is half swimming area, half regeneration area. www.biotop-natural-pool.com Plants steel the nutrients away from algae. www.gartenart.co.uk
Well Timed Photographs Photography Photographs taken at exactly the right moment. One man, 100,000 toothpicks, and 35 years: An incredible kinetic sculpture of San Francisco Thirty five years ago I had yet to be born, but artist Scott Weaver had already begun work on this insanely complex kinetic sculpture, Rolling through the Bay, that he continues to modify and expand even today. The elaborate sculpture is comprised of multiple “tours” that move pingpong balls through neighborhoods, historical locations, and iconic symbols of San Francisco, all recreated with a little glue, some toothpicks, and an incredible amount of ingenuity. He admits in the video that there are several toothpick sculptures even larger than his, but none has the unique kinetic components he’s constructed. Via his website Weaver estimates he’s spent over 3,000 hours on the project, and the toothpicks have been sourced from around the world: I have used different brands of toothpicks depending on what I am building. See the sculpture for yourself at the Tinkering Studio through the end of June.
Peasant Woman Notice, I did not say I wish for a horse, or why can't I have a horse - instead I chose a much stronger argument. Next, I did a little brainstorming and thought about how I can get access to horses. At that time my family owned a vacation home at the Caspian Sea and since we spend all of the summer there, I knew of people who rented horses. However, my little monthly allowance was not nearly enough for the hours I wanted to spend on horseback, so I needed to get very active to make this wish come true. I did some math and came up with about how much was needed to get my riding experience in gear and wrote down all the services I could provide for a fee of course, to get me closer to my goal. Now you could argue that I did not get my own horse and just some rental, but for a 15 year old it was a huge accomplishment. What have you or do you wish for?