The amazing and cool photo thread

[axletramp]

D-Day landings then-and-now shots.

There are more here plus the details of each shot.

 

[Chrunch Houston]

D-Day landings then-and-now shots.

There are more here plus the details of each shot.

Is it just me? I find these photos to be terribly distasteful.

Well I guess that is about the best I could expect from the Huffington Post.

 

[Solid Lifters]

Steampunk BBQ Choo Choo? Sure, why not? It's awesome!

JP Morgan Safe Wall street Manhattan from the early 20's.

 

[axletramp]

Is it just me? I find these photos to be terribly distasteful.

I would have said more powerful and fascinating than distasteful. A good reminder to people who thankfully never had to live through the horrors of the war that these events actually occurred right where they're standing. Should we just forget then?

 

[Chrunch Houston]

I would have said more powerful and fascinating than distasteful. A good reminder to people who thankfully never had to live through the horrors of the war that these events actually occurred right where they're standing. Should we just forget then?

Ok, you do have a point. I will now attack the pisspoor photoshoping they did.
Unfortunately i am not witty enough to make a meme from this, but the little boy pointing at the tiny soldiers is surely worth something.

 

[Minty]

I would say attacking the quality of what was an honest attempt at drawing out the reality of a horrible event is much more distasteful than actually making said photos. But I guess that's just me.

 

[Jedi2016]

Such things are often done far better by actual photographers, the ones who are in it for the art. With significantly better results. Not the type of people Huffington Post hires.

 

[terminator363]

Ok, you do have a point. I will now attack the pisspoor photoshoping they did.

Yeah their PS skills suck 🤬

 

[Rage Racer]

 

[R5]

Every time I stop laughing, I look back at my screen and see this

Then start laughing again

 

[garlik_bread]

Such things are often done far better by actual photographers, the ones who are in it for the art. With significantly better results. Not the type of people Huffington Post hires.

Yup, the Guardian did a much better job - http://www.theguardian.com/artandde...y-landings-scenes-in-1944-and-now-interactive
(click the images for the transition)

 

[Azuremen]

I would say attacking the quality of what was an honest attempt at drawing out the reality of a horrible event is much more distasteful than actually making said photos. But I guess that's just me.

As a photographer and art person who has visited Normandy and seen the "sights," I would say these rather poor photoshop jobs that are more a grab at attention than an honest effort. The aim for juxtaposition fails in many as they simply don't give enough context to the current day situation or the war era.

Yup, the Guardian did a much better job - http://www.theguardian.com/artandde...y-landings-scenes-in-1944-and-now-interactive
(click the images for the transition)

This, on the other hand, gives a very good idea of the now and then comparison. And done with taste.

Anyhow, came here to post this amazing shot, which isn't a Photoshop gimmick.

Explanation and more from the set here.

 

[AOS-]

 

[Slick Rick]

Care to explain??

 

[FoolKiller]

I'm going to guess that was their normal sleep times.

 

[PeterJB]

I would love to know how Mozart got away with 5 hours sleep a night, no wonder he wrote so much.

 

[Slash]

 

[GregTheStig]

New York sunset

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

An Oscar class sub giving fisherman an emergency fill-up (using diesel for their generators, not nuclear power)

Bridge over ice

Spiral aurora over Finland

Whatever this place is

An IBM data center in Toronto from 1964 (I think)

A wonderful picture of the "Blue Ghost", USS Lexington.

London Eye by redditor mawrokgm

A metric 🤬 ton of Mantas

also planes

 

[Solid Lifters]

 

[TRLWNC7396]

I hope that water is shallow...

 

[BobK]

So does the owner of that Jeep.

 

[niky]

The history of video games by controllers.

Coming late to this... but man... I miss ColecoVision... best.controller.ever.

And it was a pretty good game console, with great games. Mousetrap, Donkey Kong... and Zaxxon!

We also had a Magnavox Odyssey... but last time I saw it (several years ago), it didn't work... I wonder why...

 

[Wiegert]

Fighting wildfires near Fairbanks

 

[Slash]

 

[Solid Lifters]

Awesome old photos. http://www.viralnova.com/unusual-historic-photos/?md=996d11155bea2ee974f1b68b6aaa1c8a&ps=1

 

[zzz_pt]

 

[Danoff]

I'm wondering if this is an old test, a fake, or if kids these days actually watch that show.

 

[zzz_pt]

I'm wondering if this is an old test, a fake, or if kids these days actually watch that show.

Actually submitted to a university physics prelab. 👍

 

[R5]

I'm wondering if this is an old test, a fake, or if kids these days actually watch that show.

We do watch that show.

I mean how could we not.

It's brilliant.

 

[Slash]

This was taken not far from me.