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Exploring the Wonderful World of Mantises

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:42:44 +0000

Mantises, Mantes, Mantids or whatever term you prefer to use for their plural form, are among the most fascinating and at the same time scariest insects in the world.The 2,300 species of praying mantises comprise an order of insects called Mantodea.The word ‘mantis’ is Greek, and means prophet or fortune teller. Praying prophet? Very appropriate. Mantids so often look like they know something we don’t.

Photo by: Lawraa
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Swimming Naked With 500 Watermelons in the Dead Sea

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:50:05 +0000

Israeli artist, Sigalit Landau, has a sumptuous wall-spanning projection, on view at museum of modern art (MoMA) in New York through July 28,in which she emerges from a coil of watermelons, buoyant in the Dead Sea.

This is how Landau explains her artwork:

A cord of two hundred and fifty meters penetrates five hundred water melons forming a six meter spiral raft in the saturated salt waters of the Dead Sea. The spiral turns as a whirlpool reversed from its normal direction. I am floating locked inside the spiral layers between the center and the periphery of the sweet raft.
I am reaching out against the direction of the turning raft towards a small area in the spiral where the fruit is wounded, red and exposed like myself to the sting of the salt. The salt solution of the dead sea enables everything to float on its illusive surface. The spiral gradually becomes a thin green line abandoning the viewer.

Source:MoMA.org

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Google Image Search illusion

admin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:54:38 +0000

Doesn’t the shot below look familiar to you? This is a screen shot from the famous Google image search engine, isn’t it?

But It’s actually an illusion and a model that helps you produce your own Google image search!The example below shows a sample image search for Stockholm.

This is the framework you need for your custom Google image search engine:

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Cloud Gate: Chicago on Amazing Bean

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:36:17 +0000

Cloud Gate is a public sculpture by Anish Kapoor in Millennium Park, Chicago. The sculpture is shaped like an ellipse, and its legume-like appearance has caused it to be nicknamed “The Bean”. It is made of 168 highly polished stainless steel plates, and stands at 33 feet high, 66 feet long, and 42 feet wide, weighing 110 tons.

From a distance it could be mistaken for a huge drop of mercury, while up close its highly reflective surface captures and transforms the skyline, the downtown cityscape and even the passers-by into a wonderfully warped new vista. The artist, Anish Kapoor, has referred to the sculpture as “a gate to Chicago, a poetic idea about the city it reflects.” The 12-foot underbelly is called the “omphalos” or navel and multiplies reflections in a vortex. (more…)

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The Chin Heads

admin — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:22:41 +0000

The Chin Heads is a Flickr fun group where people try to make hilarious characters out of their chins.Though some of them are photoshopped and some are done lamely, these funny chin heads at least worth a look!

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Childhood Fears

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:48:45 +0000

“My images are not photoshop collages.I use photoshop to finesse details and to adjust color and contrast for printing.I use friends and family members as actors and crew.Everyone works for free. We do it for fun.” says Joshua Hoffine whose eye catching artworks may remind us of our very own childhood fears!

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The Incredible Bookman

admin — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:21:31 +0000

The Bookman is a bookshelf in the shape of a man and is a highly decorative piece of furniture as well as a sculpture.He measures 70 inches high by 45 inches wide and holds about 100 books.

Incredible Bookman Via Adamo

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Dumb Moose Seeking Sex

admin — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:22:34 +0000

See how this dumb moose is trying to have sex with a buffalo statue!

Via : Persianhub

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Handmade Fantasy Dolls

admin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:07:10 +0000

These Fantasy Art Dolls are completely hand-made by Rosa M Grueso. No molds are used in their creation and her dolls are born straight from her imagination! Within her site you will find original fairies, mermaids and other magical creatures.

Bellance ~ White Butterfly

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Catching Water Drops: 70+ Refreshing Photos

admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:21:31 +0000

One fun digital photography challenge for those with a little time on their hands (particularly on a lazy long weekend as I know many of you are on) is photographing Water Drops.

There are thousands of these on Flickr and some might say they are a little cliche, but most of them have been shot with lots of passion and patience.Here is a collection of 70+ interesting photos of dripping drops which may make you a bit fresher!

The title of each photo is linked to its original page on Flickr.
Click on the photos where possible to enlarge.
If you are interested in this stuff scroll down to the bottom of the page to find some useful Water Drop Photography Tutorials.

drops of old glory

Along the Same Lines

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