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Wed, 22 May 2013 23:15:03 -0700

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wnyc: architizer: Astounding Tilt-Shift Perspectives of World...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:43:20 -0700

Photo: Richard Silver. Machu Picchu, Peru.

Photo: Richard Silver. World Trade Center Memorial, New York City.

Photo: Richard Silver. Taj Mahal, India.

Photo: Richard Silver. Brooklyn Bridge, New York City.

Photo: Richard Silver. Moai of Easter Island, Chile.

Photo: Richard Silver. Houses in Reykjavik, Iceland.

wnyc:

architizer:

Astounding Tilt-Shift Perspectives of World Monuments!

Anyone who’s traveled to popular touristic sites knows the feeling of being caught in the crossfire of countless camera lenses—the annoyed (and annoying) jockeying to capture the perfect shot…which in most cases looks exactly like everyone else’s. When we stumbled across Richard Silver’s photographs of iconic monuments, we were shocked—caught in the same tourist hustle, Silver manages to give us a new perspective on famous landmarks we didn’t think possible. Read more!

How to take the “monumental” out of the worlds monuments. Super cool.

-Jody, BL Show-

biomedicalephemera: American Flamingo - Phoenicopterus...

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:15:13 -0700

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American Flamingo - Phoenicopterus ruber

Flamingos aren’t naturally pink! They get their coloration from beta carotene found in the blue-green algae they consume. The flamingos that consume blue-green algae directly are much pinker than flamingos that primarily consume the blue-green algae secondhand (via zooplankton/brine shrimp).

Flamingos are also unique in their method of eating - their bills are designed to scoop the bottom sediment and then filter out the mud and silt, leaving only the blue-green algae or the brine shrimp in their mouth. They shake their head back and forth under the water after scooping up the sediment. The big, fleshy tongue of the flamingo pushes water back and forth in the mouth and facilitates the filtering of all that mud. They also swallow their food while their head is upside-down! The meaty tongue used to be considered a delicacy among the Roman elite.

Images:
Nature Neighbors: Embracing Birds, Plants, and Minerals. Nathanial Moore Banta for the American Audubon Association, 1914.

Osteologia Avium; or, A sketch of the osteology of birds. T.C. Eyton, 1867.

audiovision: Los Angeles gets a lot of praise for its sunsets,...

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:29:04 -0700

audiovision:

Los Angeles gets a lot of praise for its sunsets, but it’s time our moonrises got a little credit too.

Los Angeles photographer Dan Marker-Moore took out his camera one night and made a short and sweet timelapse of a huge, orange moon rising over the downtown skyline.

He also made this awesome composite image:

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Tue, 21 May 2013 20:57:42 -0700

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Tue, 21 May 2013 20:11:45 -0700

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LUKAS “MUSA” MUSIL

Prague, Czech Republic

www.tribo.cz

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Phone: (+42) 0 257 219 042

Email: michal@tribo.cz

odditiesoflife: Anamorphic Sculptures These sculptures are...

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:49:01 -0700

odditiesoflife:

Anamorphic Sculptures

These sculptures are created with such mathematical precision that the image can only be seen as a reflection. To get this effect the London-based artist, Jonty Hurwitz, first scans a 3D object, then distorts it with a computer using π algorithms. His final pieces, made from steel, resin, perspex, or copper, have to be viewed next to a round reflective cylinder – only then do the objects come into focus.

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Fri, 17 May 2013 08:46:08 -0700

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HEMICUBE - andy gilmore

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Wed, 15 May 2013 20:11:46 -0700

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rhamphotheca: With its mostly black body and contrasting,...

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:26:10 -0700

rhamphotheca:

With its mostly black body and contrasting, pinkish tail, this eastern gray squirrel almost seems to be making a fashion statement. This photo was taken in southern Ontario, where there are plenty of eastern gray squirrels, and in a great variety—common gray, speckled, blond, and more.

Photo: Courtesy of Dan Doucette

(via: TakePart.org)

the-psychedelic-sea: Vortex quilt

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:43:11 -0700

the-psychedelic-sea:

Vortex quilt

wnycradiolab: Julie Mecoli’s “Dark Matter” is a series of...

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:57:46 -0700

wnycradiolab:

Julie Mecoli’s “Dark Matter” is a series of artworks inspired by the University of Queensland Pitch Drop Experiment (if you want to seriously geek out about this, our story on the experiment is right here).

Mecoli’s pieces are made of bitumen. They start out looking like solids and slooooowly reveal their true liquid nature. Check out some of her other work here.

kcetliving: The Craftsman Homes of Pasadena The designer and...

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:11:49 -0700

kcetliving:

The Craftsman Homes of Pasadena

The designer and socialist William Morris spearheaded the English Arts and Crafts movement in the 1860s as a reaction to the industrial revolution and the ornate and mass-produced Victorian design ethos. Through his writings and art Morris celebrated simple, elegant objects handmade by individual artisans with quality, natural materials. These ideas slowly seeped into American culture, particularly via furniture maker Gustave Stickley’s magazine, The Craftsman. The American Craftsman style was also greatly influenced by both Japanese art and architecture (the World’s Fairs and Expositions of the time pushed that along) and the simple furniture of the Shakers. The Greene and Greene architecture firm was established in Pasadena in 1894, and the brothers, along with other innovative firms and master contractors like the Hall brothers, quickly began adapting this sensibility to the laid-back California lifestyle.

The California bungalow was born. Built for busy folks in the rapidly growing middle class, these small homes were constructed of local, usually darkly painted wood and were one or one-and-a-half stories. Form followed function and the common rooms often featured built-in breakfast nooks, cabinets, and alcoves surrounding fireplaces built with California river rock. In a nod to both California’s home grown Mission architecture and medieval heraldry decorative clay tiles were also utilized in new functional ways, especially by the SoCal artist Ernest Batchelder, whose custom made home at 626 South Arroyo Boulevard still stands as a lovely testament to the Arts and Crafts movement.

See more here.

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fuckyeahhandtattoos: Thomas Hooper

Sun, 05 May 2013 08:46:03 -0700

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Thomas Hooper

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Sat, 04 May 2013 17:08:55 -0700

nprfreshair: High Speed Photos of Flying Liquids by Manon...

Sat, 04 May 2013 16:23:16 -0700

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High Speed Photos of Flying Liquids by Manon Wethly

Via Laughing Squid

These delightful high speed photos of flying containers of liquid are by Belgium-based photographer Manon Wethly. Remarkably, Wethly took most of the photos with her humble iPhone camera (you can see more on her Instagram). The colorful liquids include coffee, milk, juice, and paint.

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Sat, 04 May 2013 15:37:36 -0700

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Würzburg, Germany

Buena Vista Tattoo Facebook

www.buenavistatattooclub.com

Phone: (+49) 931 702656

Email: tattoo@trashpolka.com