This is the most appetizing video you will see today. A beautifully shot ode to pastries and the baking process (with a side of coffee). Credit to the creators listed below: Agency : Proximity BBDO Paris Creative direction : Proximity BBDO Directors : M. Roulier et P. Lhomme Production : Le Potager Prod. Food…
In his ongoing AquaViva series, French photographer Pierre Carreau seeks to find the hidden beauty of waves. Using a high-speed camera, Carreau is able to capture frozen moments in time that reveal shapes and forms not visible to the naked eye (as they often occur in fractions of second). A subset of his AquaViva…
A SINGLE SNOWFLAKE Photograph by ALEXEY KLJATOV Blog | Flickr | Facebook | Google+ | deviantART | 500px | Tumblr In this fantastic macro photograph by Alexey Kljatov (featured previously) we see a solitary snowflake on dark wool fabric. Alexey says the shot is from two winters ago (March 2012). On his…
The yawning trap of a carnivorous plant has taken First Prize in the 2013 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition. Igor Siwanowicz, a researcher from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute captured the fascinating photo. The confocal image was selected from more than 2100 entries. Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, the competition is the world’s premier platform…
A breathtaking microscopic time-lapse by Vyacheslav Ivanov shows the formation of various snowflakes. The song is Avril 14th by Aphex Twin. Incredible footage and beautifully edited.
A FOX SAYS WHAT? Photograph by Gabriel Ciora-Márkus In this fantastic capture by Gabriel Ciora-Márkus, we get a candid close up of a fox in the mountains of Transylvania, Romania. I’m not 100% sure (maybe a Fox enthusiast can confirm?), but I believe this is a red fox (Vulpes vulpes). The red…
THE STANDOFF Photograph by ALESSANDRO CANCIAN Website | Facebook | Twitter | 500px In this fantastic close up by Alessandro Cancian, we see a chipmunk and bird facing off, both clearly interested in the food that is atop this post. In the photo description page on 500px, Cancian says he used a…
THE BLUE POISON DART FROG Photograph by Quartl on Wikimedia Commons “This thing just looks poisonous” – me The blue poison dart frog or blue poison arrow frog, Dendrobates “azureus”, is a poison dart frog found in the forests surrounded by the Sipaliwini savannah, which is located in southern Suriname and…
Earlier this month, photographer Angela Kelly and her 7-year-old son decided to venture outdoors amidst freezing temperatures to blow some bubbles. After finding a soap bubble recipe online that consisted of dish soap, karo syrup and water; the mother and son braved the elements to see what would happen. The results were a breathtaking…
FROSTED SPIDER WEB Photograph by shivs1147 on reddit Seen here is a spider web in -23 C temperature (-10 F). The photo was taken and submitted to reddit by shivs1147 last week. According to the wikipedia entry on spider webs there are several classifications of webs and different types of silk are…