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Craciun Fericit!

Maria — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:46:50 +0000

Craciun Fericit si un An Nou mai bun!

When Flowers Make You Smile

Maria — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:03:39 +0000

I will always remember your smile when you brought me flowers that morning…

Smile you’re on candid camera!

Maria — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:18:53 +0000

John Downer created an wonderful experiment. He attached cameras on four elephants and let them walk free into the jungle.

The purpose of the experiment was to obtain photos from the wild jungle that not even with the most powerful telescope lens he couldn’t obtain.

As you’ll see some of the creatures look very funny like they are really giving us a smile. My favorite photo is the one with the leopards that were caught while they were playing. Look at the big leopard, how he stopped and looked at the elephant who carried the camera as if he was caught doing something bad.

The high-definition cameras were created by inventor Geoff Bell for a documentary in the remote Pench National Park in Madhya Pradesh in the heart of India.

Source: dailymail
Photo: John Downer

Unusual Dolls

Maria — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:25:45 +0000

Here are some new photos of cool objects hand made from linens, wool, mohair wool, cotton, vintage fabrics, tweed and lot of other things.
The idea of recreating objects and animals that surround us is not a new one but the result of the creation is something worth to take a look at.

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Credit: Tamar Mogendorff (the creator)
Website

What Do You Get When You Turn a Teddy Bear Inside Out?

Maria — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:23:35 +0000

It is said that in every adult there is hidden a little child. I don’t know about you but me when I was a child I had a teddy bear, I still have it and he is almost 20 years old.
I guess you all had one at one point in your life.
Now imagine your teddy bear ripped out, gutted and turned inside-out. How do you picture your teddy bear now?
Oh! No there is nothing ugly and bad in that.
Take a look at these amazing photos which are meant to present you Kent Rogowski’s project called “Bears”.

The “Bears” even have a book:

and they are available as a traveling exhibition:

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More info about the project here

Three Part Polaroid Portraits

Maria — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:43:02 +0000

Here is a nice idea of taking people portraits! Why wasn’t I to come up with this idea, which by the way I find it very funny. Well looks like Dave Gorman had this in mind a long time ago and he has managed to collect couple of such nice portraits.

What do you think? Would you like to have such a three part polaroid portrait taken?

If you want to try it out too you will need a polaroid camera and a polaroid film and of course someone to model for you.

Debbie by Dave Gorman

Red obsession

Maria — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:29:32 +0000

When I was young, I grow up in a room with walls painted in red. It took me more then 20 years to love again the color red. The thing that cured my “red illness” was photography.
Here is a little cure for those of you that suffer from the same “disease” as me, which is obsession for red. Enjoy!

red dream by love_child_kyoto
Red 1.0 by Vilot
nek by askmeifiamatruck
This is my heart by you-did

Canon Two New Telephoto Lenses Under Development

Maria — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:25:53 +0000

The Canon EF200mm f/2L IS USM and EF800mm f/5.6L IS USM, incorporate a high-performance Image Stabilizer, feature optical systems utilizing special optical materials such as fluorite to correct chromatic aberrations, making possible high-resolution, high-contrast shooting performance.

The Canon EF200mm f/2L IS USM, targeting users who seek a brighter lens for portraiture and indoor sports photography, realizes a large aperture of f/2. The EF800mm f/5.6L IS USM, expected to deliver telephoto performance surpassing the current top-of-the-line EF600mm f/4L IS USM super telephoto lens, is being developed in response to requests from users working in the fields of sports and news photography who are looking for a high-performance lens that offers a longer focal length.

“These new lenses demonstrate that Canon is continuing to respond actively and flexibly to the wide-ranging needs of professional and advanced amateur users, with the aim of contributing to the expansion of photographic possibilities for SLR cameras,”

said Yuichi Ishizuka, senior vice president and general manager, Consumer Imaging Group, Canon U.S.A.

“Canon’s EOS System is the premier brand of Digital SLR cameras, and we take great pride in offering the world’s largest selection of interchangeable autofocus lenses.”

Autumn Colors

Maria — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:29:19 +0000

Thompson’s Revolver Camera

Maria — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:58:11 +0000

The Revolver Photographique (Thompson’s Revolver Camera) was manufacturer in Paris, France in 1862. The camera is very old and very rare. The camera was sold with € 63.640,- / US$ 76,370.- £ 43,275 establishing a new record price.

McKeown said back in 1996 about the camera:

“Designed by Thompson. Brass pistol-shaped camera with scope, wooden pistol grip, but no barrel. Takes four 23mm diameter exposures in rapid succession on a 7.5 cm circular wet plate. Ground glass focusing through the scope which is above the cylindrical plate chamber. Petzval f2/40mm lens, single speed rotary shutter behind the lens shutter. The lens is raised and sighted through to focus, then dropped into place in front of the plate, automatically releasing the shutter. The circular plate was then rotated ¼ turn and was ready for the next exposure.”

Specifications
Introduction Date: ca. 1862
Patent Date: Jan. 20, 1862
Film Type: wet plate
Image Size: 23mm diameter
Functional Type: wet plate
Standard Lenses/Shutters: 40mm f/2 petzval type
Integrated Shutter: Yes