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offbeatud: yodamanu: Eight of my favorites reflections, mostly...

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:58:33 -0500

yodamanu:

Eight of my favorites reflections, mostly shot in 2011. I feel the series was complete around the end of summer, but I keep on shooting those upside down reflections. I just love it.

They’re all untouched, except the 5th one (but it’s still a very light cropping). I shoot it as I frame it, cropped a lot, they wouldn’t make sense. It’s about seeing the reality the other way round on purpose. It’s not about shooting blind before cropping a lot.

Anyway, it’s fun trying because it’s challenging to frame something upside down while you focus “upside up” - you have to try to see what I mean.

For those who wonder, there’s not much editing in it either, with strong contrast lenses, a bit of saturation, the occasional weirdness of the Leica M8 sensor and you’re good to go.

I post those eight because they work well together. I avoided posting wide and b&w ones for the sake of consistency. May be I’ll post a b&w one soon.

I don’t have a lot of time right now, but I have lots of stuff to post and write about. I was foolish enough to buy a M Monochrom and boy it’s quite a body. Not for everyone, for sure, but quite spectacular, imho. I’ll post a quick hands on and a few pics this week. For those who don’t work this week-end, enjoy. For those who work, like me: courage! :-)

Perfect for this oddly warm and rainy December day.

laughingsquid: Reginald the Kitten Getting Blown Dry in Slow...

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:20:18 -0500

laughingsquid:

Reginald the Kitten Getting Blown Dry in Slow Motion After a Bath

"I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer, born under the second law..."

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 11:38:08 -0400

““I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer, born under the second law of thermodynamics, steeped in steam tables, in love with free-body diagrams, transformed by Laplace and propelled by compressible flow.””

- Neil Armstrong (via david)

Neil Armstrong loved charts. RIP.

(via ilovecharts)

theatlantic: A Glimpse Into New York’s Lovely Abandoned Subway...

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:29:16 -0400

theatlantic:

A Glimpse Into New York’s Lovely Abandoned Subway Station

The forgotten City Hall station was the original terminal of New York’s subway system. It opened on the evening of October 27, 1904, along with 27 other Interborough Rapid Transit (I.R.T.) stations up to 145th Street on the west side. The inauguration began with a private ride conducted by Mayor George McClellan and ended with a fascinated public standing in awe of the strange new technology.

Read more. [Image: John-Paul Palescandolo and Eric Kazmirek]

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Tue, 08 May 2012 21:43:06 -0400

minusmanhattan: A view of the city from the New York tower of...

Thu, 03 May 2012 17:27:11 -0400

minusmanhattan:

A view of the city from the New York tower of George Washington Bridge, 168th Street & Hudson River, on December 22, 1936. Photograph by Jack Rosenzwieg.

From the NYC Municipal Archives Gallery.

magicalnaturetour: “Duck” by Stefano Ronchi :)

Thu, 03 May 2012 16:52:50 -0400

magicalnaturetour:

“Duck” by Stefano Ronchi :)

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Thu, 03 May 2012 16:50:36 -0400