July 4, 2013 at 3:49 pm

Capturing the Moment a Soap Bubble Bursts

Capturing the Moment a Soap Bubble Bursts

Fabian Oefner (born 1984, Switzerland) is a curious investigator, photographer and artist, whose work moves between the fields of art and science. His aim is to present the unseen and poetic facets of our natural world and to invite us to stop for a moment and appreciate the magic that constantly surrounds us. In…

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July 4, 2013 at 11:55 am

The Textured Patterns of Corals

The Textured Patterns of Corals

The Sifter’s favourite underwater photographer, Alexander Semenov, is back with another amazing gallery. Entitled Living Stones, Semenov explores the different patterns and textures of stony corals in the Red Sea. Captured at high magnification, you can really appreciate the intricate detail and colour on the surfaces of these living creatures. Corals are marine invertebrates…

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July 3, 2013 at 6:10 pm

Picture of the Day: A Lake in the Mountains

Picture of the Day: A Lake in the Mountains

A LAKE IN THE MOUNTAINS Photograph by Ryan Gsell Bachalpsee or Bachse is a lake with an area of 8.06 ha (19.9 acres) close to the First (a minor summit below the Schwarzhorn which can be reached with a cable car) and above Grindelwald in the Bernese Oberland (Bernese highlands) of Switzerland.…

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July 3, 2013 at 5:12 pm

Teacher Wears Same Outfit in 40 Consecutive Yearbook Photos

Teacher Wears Same Outfit in 40 Consecutive Yearbook Photos

Photograph via The Dallas Morning News After a teaching career that spanned 40 years (1973-2012), Dale Irby, 63, has left behind a legacy of yearbook photos in which he is wearing the exact same outfit year after year. According to the Dallas Morning News it began as an accident: “I was so embarrassed when…

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July 3, 2013 at 12:46 pm

Hyperrealistic Portraits Using Acrylic Paint

Hyperrealistic Portraits Using Acrylic Paint

Joongwon (Charles) Jeong is a hyperrealist painter from South Korea. A freelance artist and illustrator, Jeong studied Visual Communication Design at the Hongik University of Fine Art & Design in Seoul. Jeong’s preferred medium is acrylic on canvas which he says is so versatile and its effect ranges from “thick, oil-like texture to watercolour…

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July 2, 2013 at 8:53 pm

Picture of the Day: Badlands National Park

Picture of the Day: Badlands National Park

BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK Photograph by Jsoo1 on Wikimedia Commons Badlands National Park is a national park in southwestern South Dakota that protects 242,756 acres (98,240 ha) of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles, and spires blended with the largest undisturbed mixed grass prairie in the United States. On January 29, 1939, it was established…

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July 2, 2013 at 4:50 pm

An Entire Amusement Park Crushed Into a Cube

An Entire Amusement Park Crushed Into a Cube

Artwork by James Dive/The Glue Society Photograph by Nicolai Lorenzen via The Glue Society on Facebook In a fascinating sculpture entitled Once by James Dive, we see an entire amusement park crushed into a 4 x 4 meter (13.12 ft) cube. James is a member of The Glue Society, an independent creative collective based…

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July 2, 2013 at 11:26 am

Portraits of Local Celebrities Around the World

Portraits of Local Celebrities Around the World

Born in Arezzo, Italy, in 1977, Gabriele Galimberti studied photography at Fondazione Studio Marangoni in Florence. Gabriele works as a commercial photographer but his interests have expanded to include documentary/travel photography. He is one of the members of Riverboom Publishing, and he has just finished an 18-month trip around the world during which he…

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July 1, 2013 at 3:33 pm

Picture of the Day: Skyline Silhouette of Chicago

Picture of the Day: Skyline Silhouette of Chicago

SKYLINE SILHOUETTE OF CHICAGO Photograph by Tom Gill In this beautiful capture by Tom Gill, we see a silhouette of the Chicago skyline as seen from the top of a tall dune at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The national lakeshore runs for nearly 25 miles (40 km) along the southern shore…

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July 1, 2013 at 10:50 am

Argentina’s Colossal Perito Moreno Glacier

Argentina's Colossal Perito Moreno Glacier

Photograph by JAKUB POLOMSKI Website | Facebook | Behance At 30 km (19 miles) in length and over 250 sq km (97 sq mi) in size, the Perito Moreno Glacier is one of the most important tourist attractions in the Argentine Patagonia. It is located in Los Glaciares National Park in the southwest Santa…

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