Category: Photography
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Illuminating the World with National Geographic
National Geographic recently shared a few images from their gallery entitled Illuminating the World. The 33-image gallery was compiled from National Geographic’s online photo community Your Shot. The photos span the entire globe even including a few holiday-themed shots. Be sure to check out the entire gallery on National Geographic. To learn more about National Geographic’s photo community,…
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artFido’s North American Artist Showcase – artFido blog
artFido is less than two years old. Yet in that short amount of time, this little puppy has developed quite a bark, becoming one of the most visited art-related sites in the world. In fact, by total visits we now rank in the top 0.01% of all websites globally and in the United States we…
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The Top 75 Pictures of the Year for 2013
Update: if you liked this post, you’ll adore our latest post on the 38 Most Haunting Abandoned Places on Earth HERE. Following on from our very successful blog “100 of the Best Street Art Images of 2013” (see HERE), we’ve widened the net and thanks to the guys over at Sifter, we bring you the Top…
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Too Beautiful to be Real? 16 Surreal Landscapes Found on Earth
These bizarre locations may seem like a series of elaborate movie sets, but they are real destinations that you will definitely want to see for yourself! A true example of life imitating art… What’s your favorite? The Wave, Arizona, U.S. (Photo: Greg Mote/Flickr) * * * Travertines, Pamukkale, Turkey (Photo: Shutterstock) * * * Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park,…
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Twitter Account Posts Fun Anthropomorphic Photos Containing Hidden Faces
If you’re a fan of quick visual jokes, we recommend following the new Twitter account @FacesPics that archives photographs of objects, buildings, and other things that look unmistakably like faces of people or animals. Launched earlier this month the account already has 162,000 followers and counting, and for good reason. Sure, some of these photos have been…
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Cleverly Manipulated Photographs Of Animals In Fantastic Scenarios
Switzerland-based photographer John Wilhelm has an amazing series of cleverly manipulated photographs, showing animals in all manner of fantastic poses and scenarios. Through the power of carefully composed shots, digital trickery, and a whole lot of imagination, Wilhelm transforms ordinary images into stunning portraits. His highly-stylized shots have caught the attention of users on the photography site 500px, who are divided…
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Stunning Portraits of Siamese Fighting Fish by Visarute Angkatavanic
Thai photographer Visarute Angkatavanich shoots phenomenal portraits of Siamese fighting fish (betta). The intimate photos are perfectly lit in clear water and look as if the fish are floating in midair. See much more here. And don’t forget, if you’re looking for a piece of original art to hang on your walls, check out artFido HERE!
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Fleeting Glimpses of Love on the New York Subway
Street photographer Matt Weber has been documenting life in New York City since 1984 when be bought his first camera, a Canon AE-1 with a 50mm lens. Since then he has taken thousands of photos that run the gamut of human emotion; from anger and hatred to love and compassion. You can go through his extensive archives…
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25 Hilariously Unexplainable Images
Let’s stop just for a moment with photography and art and have some fun. We know that the world is strange, but sometimes it goes far beyond our imagination, so here is a list of 25 extremely funny and unexplainable photos that we hope you’ll enjoy as much as we did. What’s your favorite? Tell us…
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15 of the Most Hilarious Photobombs Ever
Wikipedia states that a photobomb is “the act of inserting oneself into the field of view of a photograph, often in order to play a practical joke on the photographer or the subjects”. We’ve always been a fan of the technique, and have put together some of the best photobombing photos the net has to…