Topic: PHOTO - on September 1, 2013 at 1:59:00 PM CEST
Winners of the Red Bull Illume Photo Contest 2013
The winners have just been announced in the 3rd edition of the Red Bull Illume Image Quest photo competition. The overall winner, top 10 category winners and top 50 finalists were unveiled at a ceremony in Hong Kong earlier today. The contest invited photographers to submit images of the world of action and adventure sports in one of 10 categories, including Energy, Illumination, Sequence, and Experimental (where digital manipulation is allowed).
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Topic: PHOTO - on August 23, 2013 at 1:32:00 PM CEST
20 Historic Black and White Photos Colorized
One of the greatest facets of reddit are the thriving subreddits, niche communities of people who share a passion for a specific topic. One of the Sifter’s personal favourites is r/ColorizedHistory. The major contributors are a mix of professional and amateur colorizers that bring historic photos to life through color. All of them are highly skilled digital artists that use a combination of historical reference material and a natural eye for colour.
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Topic: PHOTO - on August 22, 2013 at 2:49:00 PM CEST
A Psychedelic Movie Made With Soy Sauce
In the hands of most amateur chefs a bottle of soy sauce will inevitably lead to an overly salty stir fry, but when paired with Ruslan Khasanov’s eye for the abstract it becomes an artistic muse. In his latest short film, Pacific Light, he transforms soy sauce, soap, oil, ink, and a little gasoline into an explosion of color and movement.
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Topic: PHOTO - on August 12, 2013 at 3:44:00 PM CEST
Wie man am besten Sternschnuppen fotografiert
In der Nacht vom 12. auf 13. August sind die Perseiden, ein starker Meteorstrom, am deutlichsten zu sehen. Will man die Sternschnuppen fotografisch festhalten, braucht man die richtigen Einstellungen, Geduld und Glück. Die futurezone gibt Tipps.
Die Perseiden sind ein Meteorstrom, der jährlich wiederkehrt. Dieses Jahr wird der Höhepunkt in der Nacht vom 12. auf dem 13. August erwartet. Im Idealfall kann alle zwei Minuten eine Sternschnuppe beobachtet werden. Um die bis zu 70 Kilometer pro Sekunde schnellen Objekte fotografisch einzufangen, muss man gut vorbereitet und geduldig sein. Die futurezone gibt Tipps, welche die Erfolgsquote bei der Fotojagd auf Sternschnuppen erhöhen.
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Topic: PHOTO - on July 7, 2013 at 5:49:00 PM CEST
The OpenReflex Is A 100% 3D Printable Open Source SLR Camera
The OpenReflex is an Open-Source analog camera with a mirror Viewfinder and an awesome finger activated mechanic shutter (running ~ 1/60°s). What's more, it's compatible with any photographic lens. All the pieces easily printable on an recent RepRap-like ABS 3D-printer without using support material ! Everything should print in less than 15h and anyone should be able to assemble it within 1h. All parts are separate ( Film receiver, Shutter and Viewfinder ) to simplify builds and modifications. The source files are available under the CreativeCommon By-Sa license, fell free to modify them if you want a new feature, and don't forget to share your improvements on the web ;)
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Topic: PHOTO - on July 22, 2012 at 9:12:00 AM CEST
Hopping on water
Winners of Tourism Australia's Dream Team photography competition revealed
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Topic: PHOTO - on July 6, 2012 at 12:07:00 PM CEST
Plumber's butt
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Topic: PHOTO - on June 23, 2012 at 9:55:00 AM CEST
National Geographic Traveler Magazine: 2012 Photo Contest
The 24th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest is in full swing. The entry deadline has been extended until July 11. The four categories include: Travel Portraits; Outdoor Scenes; Sense of Place and Spontaneous Moments. Last year's contest drew nearly 13,000 images from all over the world.
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Topic: PHOTO - on June 21, 2012 at 8:22:00 AM CEST
Gigapixel Camera Catches the Small Details
David Brady, an engineer at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and his colleagues are developing the AWARE-2 camera with funding from the United States Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (abstract). The camera's earliest use will probably be in automated military surveillance systems, but its creators hope eventually to make the technology available to researchers, media companies and consumers. ... AWARE-2 sidesteps the size issue by using 98 microcameras, each with a 14-megapixel sensor, grouped around a shared spherical lens. Together, they take in a field of view 120 degrees wide and 50 degrees tall. With all the packaging, data-processing electronics and cooling systems, the entire camera is about 0.75 by 0.75 by 0.5 metres in volume. The current version of the camera can take images of about one gigapixel; by adding more microcameras, the researchers expect eventually to reach about 50 gigapixels. Each microcamera runs autofocus and exposure algorithms independently, so that every part of the image — near or far, bright or dark — is visible in the final result. Image processing is used to stitch together the 98 sub-images into a single large one at the rate of three frames per minute
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Topic: PHOTO - on May 16, 2012 at 2:09:00 PM CEST
Canon seeks full automation in camera production
Canon Inc. is moving toward fully automating digital camera production in an effort to cut costs — a key change being played out across Japan, a world leader in robotics.
If successful, counting on machines can help preserve this nation's technological power — not the stereotype of machines snatching assembly line jobs from workers, Jun Misumi — company spokesman, said Monday.
The move toward machine-only production will likely be completed in the next few years, perhaps as soon as 2015, said Misumi, although he declined to give specific dates.
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Topic: PHOTO - on May 16, 2012 at 2:07:00 PM CEST
A Cardboard Camera, for IKEA, by Teenage Engineering
The folks at Teenage Engineering have teamed up with another Swedish-bred design house, IKEA, to construct about the simplest digital camera imaginable. I love their cheeky suggestions of features. This being Motion, one has to wonder – what would the simplest possible video camera look like? Jesper Kouthoofd, designer at TE, deserves credit for this one (and a sense of humor).
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Topic: PHOTO - on May 16, 2012 at 2:05:00 PM CEST
Photographers, You're Being Replaced By Software
CGI software, even open-source software like Blender, continues to improve in quality, speed and ease-of-use. Photographer Mark Meyer wonders how long it will be before large segments of the photography industry are replaced by software and become the latest casualty to fall to outsourcing. Some imagery once the domain of photographers has already moved to CGI. Is any segment of the photography market safe? Will we soon accept digital renderings in places where we used to expect photographs?
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