December 7, 2015 at 11:44 am

An Aerial Tour Through the Scotland Wilderness

An Aerial Tour Through the Scotland Wilderness

Filmmaker John Duncan showcases the breathtaking beauty of Scotland’s wilderness in his latest short film, ‘Wild Scotland’.

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November 17, 2015 at 4:31 pm

The Future Eagle Hunters of Mongolia

The Future Eagle Hunters of Mongolia

An in-depth interview with photographer and journalist Asher Svidensky about the Golden Eagle Hunters of Mongolia and the future of storytelling.

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November 10, 2015 at 4:56 pm

Identical Portraits Along the British Coast at High and Low Tide

Identical Portraits Along the British Coast at High and Low Tide

Since 2003 Michael Marten has travelled along the British coast to photograph identical views at high and low tide, 6 or 18 hours apart.

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October 13, 2015 at 12:06 pm

Picture of the Day: The Oldest Japanese Garden in the United States

Picture of the Day: The Oldest Japanese Garden in the United States

Created in 1894, the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park is the oldest public Japanese Garden in the United States.

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September 15, 2015 at 3:49 pm

Troll A – The Tallest Structure Ever Moved by Mankind

Troll A - The Tallest Structure Ever Moved by Mankind

Located about 80 km off the west coast of Norway is ‘Troll A’, a colossal natural gas platform and the tallest structure ever moved by mankind.

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July 28, 2015 at 6:26 pm

Picture of the Day: The Bokeh Panorama

Picture of the Day: The Bokeh Panorama

The Brenizer Method (bokeh panorama) allows for the creation of an image exhibiting a shallow depth of field in tandem with a wide angle of view by use of panoramic stitching techniques in portraiture.

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July 13, 2015 at 3:11 am

The Top 50 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2015

The Top 50 'Pictures of the Day' for 2015

At the end of every quarter the Sifter highlights the top 25 “Pictures of the Day“, culminating in an epic Top 100 at the end of the year (check out the Top 100 POTDs for 2014!). It’s hard to believe we’re already half way through 2015. I can’t wait to see what the rest…

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May 19, 2015 at 6:38 pm

Highlights from the 2015 Nat Geo Traveler Photo Contest

Highlights from the 2015 Nat Geo Traveler Photo Contest

The 27th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest kicked off April 7 and the contest is accepting entries until June 30th. Official categories include: Travel Portraits; Outdoor Scenes; Sense of Place; and Spontaneous Moments. Our friends at National Geographic were kind enough to let us share another gallery (see the first gallery here) of…

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May 7, 2015 at 7:28 pm

Picture of the Day: This Neighborhood Looks Suspicious

Picture of the Day: This Neighborhood Looks Suspicious

Photographer Unknown via DeathByTrayItShallBe on reddit In this funny photo we see two suspicious-looking buildings near Liar’s Bridge in Sibiu, Romania. Seeing faces in random objects and buildings is actually quite common, in fact the psychological phenomenon even has a name—pareidolia. We actually did a huge post of “50 Faces in Everyday Objects” a…

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April 29, 2015 at 1:54 pm

30 Rare Color Photos of the Russian Empire from 100+ Years Ago

30 Rare Color Photos of the Russian Empire from 100+ Years Ago

Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky (August 30, 1863 – September 27, 1944) was a Russian chemist and photographer best known for his pioneering work in color photography of early 20th-century Russia. Around 1905, Prokudin-Gorsky envisioned and formulated a plan to use the emerging technological advances that had been made in color photography to document the Russian…

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