The amazing and cool photo thread

[boiltheocean]

Haha it's Eiger, bet PD will never put that view in GT5!

 

[Touring Mars]

Got any info on that picture?

It's amazing.

Image searched on Google for "Iceberg Columns" and found this - not a great explanation, but alteast it's something...

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/aa07-portfolio.shtml

Beautiful Eiger pic, too 👍

 

[91hondawagon]

*pic*

Haha it's Eiger, bet PD will never put that view in GT5!

Not unless PD takes an hour-long time lapse picture of the sky, they won't .

 

[boiltheocean]

Not unless PD takes an hour-long time lapse picture of the sky, they won't .

Would be great if they did though.

 

[Richardrfo]

Beetles are sometimes called "living jewels" because of their iridescent colours. This image is a close-up of the surface of a tiger beetle's wing case; the optical effects are produced by photonic crystals and sophisticated reflectance mechanisms.

This solargraph shows the path taken by the sun as it travelled across the sky above the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, UK, between 19 December 2007 and 21 June 2008 - the winter and summer solstices. It was taken in a single six-month exposure by photographer Justin Quinnell, using a pinhole camera strapped to a telephone mast.

 

[kikie]

Blobal warming isn't the cause for the disappearing of the ice, sculptors/tress are.

 

[Bram Turismo]

Man, that "ice entrance" picture is just amazing!

I also wonder how they made that Eiger picture? Was it all radial blurred in photoshop or are there cameras which such long shutter speeds?

 

[TB]

I also wonder how they made that Eiger picture? Was it all radial blurred in photoshop or are there cameras which such long shutter speeds?

Most cameras with any amount of manual control, including my 4 year old Dimage Z2, will allow you to have an exposure of 30 seconds.

 

[Rue]

Hmmm, I have stood on the Clifton Suspension Bridge a couple of times when the sky has actually looked very similar to that. Nothing to do with long exposures on pinhole cameras rather long exposure to over indulgence at house parties!

Thanks for sharing the Boston ones with us. After a dice with death in the surf earlier this year, the one of the surfer sends shivers down my spine!

 

[DustDriver]

Did he get pulled by a jetski? I can see the handle or how it's called in the top left corner.

 

[TB]

Did he get pulled by a jetski? I can see the handle or how it's called in the top left corner.

Yes, to get out that far, they are towed. They'd be too tired to surf otherwise!

 

[Solid Lifters]

Yes, to get out that far, they are towed. They'd be too tired to surf otherwise!

They also get 'toed-in' into the wave, on account it moves too fast to paddle into, which is why that sport is called 'toe-in' surfing. Oh, and that wave would most likely kill you if you wiped out on it.

 

[hemisport15]

Was that picture taken at Mavericks in California? The waves there are huge, the water is ice cold, and it is one long paddle out to the point. Anyway, cool picture. Do you have any more?

 

[Metar]

It's part of the Boston.com collection I posted further on up the page...

 

[exigeracer]

Western Australia.

 

[boiltheocean]

Crazy Building!

 

[TsukubaTrueno]

 

[Legendary]

It has had its time and is begging for the heavens too take it in so he can be with his mates.

 

[TsukubaTrueno]

To me it looks more like he's practicing Kung Fu.

 

[Legendary]

That too, actually that is funny.

 

[Dead_Poetic]

Hmmm, I have stood on the Clifton Suspension Bridge a couple of times when the sky has actually looked very similar to that. Nothing to do with long exposures on pinhole cameras rather long exposure to over indulgence at house parties!

Thanks for sharing the Boston ones with us. After a dice with death in the surf earlier this year, the one of the surfer sends shivers down my spine!

While that is rather large, there have been much bigger waves surfed.

 

[ferrari_chris]

Taller? Perhaps. Heavier though?

 

[Small_Fryz]

Anyway someone could rescale that to 240x320 ? btw without dissorting, would rather cut a bit out to get the proper aspect ratio..

 

[Bram Turismo]

Most cameras with any amount of manual control, including my 4 year old Dimage Z2, will allow you to have an exposure of 30 seconds.

Woah, I didn't know Earth was able to rotate that much in 30 seconds

 

[MisterWeary]

Nice pic from Digg taken in Perth, Australia:

Highest res available too I'm afraid.

 

[hemisport15]

I couldn't find this one in wallpaper size unfortunately.

Riding Giants-It's actually a sweet documentary, Stacy Peralta directed it.

 

[Dead_Poetic]

Billabong Oddessy is also very crazy.

 

[ferrari_chris]

...

Anyway someone could rescale that to 240x320 ? btw without dissorting, would rather cut a bit out to get the proper aspect ratio..

I just managed to squeeze it in without cutting off him or the bike.

 

[waggles]

Nice pic from Digg taken in Perth, Australia:

Highest res available too I'm afraid.

Yes please.

 

[boiltheocean]

Yes please.

Thats at the highest res avaliable, hence it says "Highest Res avaliable too I'm afraid"