[El Sloth]

Serious question: How doctored is this?

Well, since you asked... I traced the photo back to this guy's photo stream on flickr where he says he uses a technique called Magic Cloth.

The magic cloth technique was born out of the need to get the image right in the camera but to still increase the dynamic range of a scene. Under normal circumstances, the top part of a landscape is brighter than the lower half. Even with a mirror lake the difference can be a couple of stops. In order to get the best exposure of both the land and the sky, photographers have traditionally used filters which are darker at the top and clear at the bottom. These are called Graduated Filters (grad) and although they come in different colours, the most popular are Neutral Density (ND - Grad). Neutral density adds no colour to the scene. Aside from different colours, Grad filters come in different strengths - measures in stops. They also come as soft or hard grads.

Original photographer also mentions that he stitched it together from 7 different shots. And the photo was taken on October 12, 2010 in Auster-Skaftafellssysla, IS.

So, the event in the photo is real. The photo itself just happens to be made up of 7 individual shots stitched together.

And here's a couple more photos to balance out this post(Click for full size):

[Tieno]

Bridge to nowhere






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[Qwomo]

That bridge was made by a brilliant asshole.

[Big Ass Ramp]

wow I thought this was going to be another stupid jpg thread but it's actually awesome. kudos.

[Windu]

[daffy]

Anyway to get the "I can't believe we're still protesting this shit" picture in the OP as a wallpaper???

[sneakypete]

Coolest thread I've seen in awhile.

[IMG]http://i39.************/168euiv.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i43.************/sol82f.jpg[/IMG]

Not paintings. The artist painted real people in front of a painted backdrop, i.e. these are photos of people with paint on them.

[brianjones]

wait what? my mind is not comprehending

[roosters93]

Coolest thread I've seen in awhile. [IMG]http://i39.************/168euiv.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i43.************/sol82f.jpg[/IMG] Not paintings. The artist painted real people in front of a painted backdrop.

Huh?

[The Broken Ska Record]

Not paintings. The artist painted real people in front of a painted backdrop.

FUUUUU...
If you look at the woman's eye, you can tell it's different.

[Sofo]

Huh?

Look at the camera of the old man and the eye of the woman.

[Tapiozona]

Assuming he means the artist literally put paint on real people to make them look like paintings and had them stand in front of a painted backdrop then took a picture.

[sneakypete]

http://www.alexameade.com/portfolio.html

Check her out, so bad ass.

[Qwomo]

I wouldn't know what the fuck to think if I saw those people in real life.

[revolverjgw]

[PantherLotus]

Sunrise Over Mars made me literally gasp. Beautiful and haunting. Reminds me of that two sun shot of Luke.

[The Broken Ska Record]

When there used to be a Warner Brother's Studio Store in town, they had a lithograph of this. I was probably 15-16 at the time, and I remember thinking that I wanted to own it at some point.

[Tieno]

Great thread. I don't have any good pics on me atm, but http://ffffound.com/ is a great resource for finding cool pics.

thanks, added the feed to my google reader

[MetalAlien]

That is a strange collection of people, but who is the girl?

Sorry I don't know. I just googled "greatest picture ever" and picked one I liked.

[Sofo]

http://www.alexameade.com/portfolio.html Check her out, so bad ass. http://www.alexameade.com/_img/portfolio_timmy1.jpg

Doesn't do it for me, it's too creepy. Reminds me of humanly wax sculptures. But cool regardless, in an artsy way.

[Snake]

That is a strange collection of people, but who is the girl?

Dina Eastwood. Clint's wife.

[DonMigs85]

[Foxy Fox 39]

Doesn't do it for me, it's too creepy. Reminds me of humanly wax sculptures. But cool regardless, in an artsy way.

I don't get why she just didn't paint over their eyelids. The eyes ruin so many of her pictures.

[Qwomo]

I don't get why she just didn't paint over their eyelids. The eyes ruin so many of her pictures.

Not really.

[Al-ibn Kermit]

fuck. sometimes i think i'm sydlecix.

I can totally see this guy in Fallout.

[Scrow]

Sunrise Over Mars made me literally gasp. Beautiful and haunting. Reminds me of that two sun shot of Luke.

i think that photo is actually a sunset on mars

[PhoncipleBone]

A wonderful picture, but I think the sparseness of this version works much better.


This image always spoke to me so much as a teenager. Just a simple, elegant lithograph. It still makes me tear up just a little bit every time I see it.

[zerotol]

William Burroughs and Cobain:

[Nappuccino]

I don't get why she just didn't paint over their eyelids. The eyes ruin so many of her pictures.

I like that the eyes are real. If you couldn't tell the difference, what would the point be?

[Madrin]

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[IMG]http://i52.************/316otci.jpg[/IMG]

[wolfgare]

Doesn't do it for me, it's too creepy. Reminds me of humanly wax sculptures. But cool regardless, in an artsy way.

[JAVK]

Anyone know the context?

[Dead Man]

Some cool stuff in here, but some of the new stuff looks too artificial for me. Photoshop has ruined me :(

[GABDEG]

Anyone know the context?

Vinyl grooves under a microscope.

[Kelthink]

If anybody wants more of the fantastical scenic pictures, kepguru.hu has loads of the pictures. Shame the resolution doesn't go up to 1920x1080 though. I'm almost certain it's not loaded with pop-up adverts, but then I've got AdBlock enabled. And here's stupid images from my image dump:

[Flek]

[JAVK]

Vinyl grooves under a microscope.

Wow dude thats insane.

[white dynamite]

Liked this pic from another thread:

[Tony Rocky Horror]

Found this website that has a lot of pictures of early 20th century America, I'll post some of my favorites.

(click pictures for link to original page, the original pictures are huge)



Detroit, Michigan, circa 1920. "Grand Circus Park, looking toward Washington Boulevard, and Hotels Statler and Tuller."



Detroit, Michigan, circa 1915. "Old Central High School." Now Wayne State University's "Old Main." Detroit Publishing Company.



Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1910. "The White City." One of many "White City" amusements parks, which took their name from the plaster-slathered architectural style popularized by the 1893 Columbian Exposition.



New York circa 1905. "St. Patrick's Cathedral, Fifth Avenue." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.

[B1gg_Randall]

So many amazing pics in this thread..

[3dmodeler]

[IMG]http://i51.************/6ope6c.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i51.************/kcnokm.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i55.************/20gjr7.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i53.************/59saya.jpg[/IMG]

All of them are from 2008 Guangzhou railway station nearing Chinese New Year.

[Blue Ninja]

And a really nice shot of Titan...

[shagg_187]

So many amazing pics in this thread..

Agreed. Great thread!

[lifa-cobex]

ex gf took these







Don't speak to her any more but i still think her work is great

[Hawthorns]

is there a higher res image of that?

I'm not sure if this will work, not too good when it comes to this kinda stuff, but try THIS

[Donos]

Great thread. suscribed. already saved some as wallpapers.

[Blutonium]

Thumbnails, click for a larger version.

[Tieno]

[Arcipello]

i think the OP set the standard... but it slipped quite drastically soon after, pictures of sunsets and trees aren't really doing it for me.

[Cereal KiIIer]

Kennedy & Wernher von Braun

Cary Grant

B.B. King