Reuben Wu is an artist with a profound interest in the ways that advancing technology can foster new forms of creative expression. Using a Fiilex AL250 in tandem with the 3DR Solo drone and Phase One XF 100MP ( yes a 100) camera system, Reuben has developed a method for selectively “painting” nocturnal landscapes with light via multiple exposures. The results are otherworldly. [via Fiilex ]
Mike Olbinski has been trying to capture a supercell storm for four years.. He finally succeeded .. and WOW did he ever nail it! His extraordinary time-lapse shows the majestic beauty and power of one of Natures most compelling phenomenons.
Technical details: Canon 5D2, Rokinon 14mm 2.8...first three clips were at 1-second intervals = 880ish photos, the last sequence was around 90, 5-second exposures
I was blown away when I came across the fantastic table top landscapes of Matthew Albanese. Have a look.
"My work involves the construction of small-scale meticulously detailed models using various materials and objects to create emotive landscapes. Every aspect from the construction to the lighting of the final model is painstakingly pre-planned using methods which force the viewers perspective when photographed from a specific angle. Using a mixture of photographic techniques such as scale, depth of field, white balance and lighting I am able to drastically alter the appearance of my materials." —Matthew Albanese
This stunning picture, which looks like a picturesque shot of mountains and rolling grass at sunset, was actually created by artist Matthew Albanese using faux fur (for the fields), cotton wool (clouds) and sifted tile grout (mountains)
Matthew at work creating the above image.
“New Life I” was constructed using painted parchment paper, thread, hand dyed ostrich feathers, carved chocolate, wire, raffia, masking tape, coffee, synthetic potting moss and cotton.
"What collectors of my art fail to realise is that the models themselves look dramatically different in person. The image comes alive only when the camera is set at the precise point of viewing, giving it an artificially created sense of depth.'
~ Matthew Albanese
The tornado was made of steel wool, cotton, ground parsley and moss.
Set for the tornado image
Set for the tornado with parsley as trees.
Albanese applying the finishing touches on the tornado landscape.
“DIY Paradise” was constructed from cotton, salt, cooked sugar, tin foil, feathers & canvas.
Set for the paradise landscape image above
This image of a burning volcano was created using tile grout, cotton, phosphorous ink, and lit from within by 6 to 60 watt light bulbs
Set for the remarkable volcano landscape image above.
Albanese uses cotton wool , gels and excellent lighting to make his amazingly realistic clouds
"Icebreaker"
25 pounds of sugar cooked at varying temperatures (hard crack & pulled sugar recipes) It’s basically made out of candy – salt, egg whites, corn syrup, cream of tartar, powdered sugar, blue food coloring, India ink & flour. Three days of cooking and two weeks of building (click on image for a larger view)
Detail of Icebreaker image.
“Aurora Borealis” was made by photographing a beam of coloured light against a black curtain to achieve the edge effect. The trees were composited from life. The stars are simply strobe light through holes in cork board.
“They are like humans in that each one reacts to its environment and its circumstances in its own way,” Camille Seaman said. “I’ve come across icebergs that were very stalwart and just refused to dissolve or break up. And there were others — massive, massive icebergs — that were like ‘I can’t take it anymore’ and in front of my eyes would just dissolve into the sea. There’s so many unique personalities. There’s a sadness to them.”
*click on images for larger view* recommended
Over eight years, Ms. Seaman has encountered, and photographed, each of them as sentient beings. Her passion for icebergs was ignited the moment she first saw one in the Weddell Sea off the Antarctic coast. “I remember shaking, seeing this massive thing that was probably, half the size of Manhattan,” Ms. Seaman said. “I had to think that this was one snowflake on top of another snowflake, year after year, for many thousands or millions of years before here it is standing before me.”[viaNY Times]
Scientists have discovered that changes in the amount of ice floating in the polar oceans are causing sea levels to rise. The loss of floating ice is equivalent to 1.5 million Titanic-sized icebergs each year.
"Over recent decades there have been dramatic reductions in the quantity of Earth's floating ice, including collapses of Antarctic ice shelves and the retreat of Arctic sea ice," Professor Andrew Shepherd, of the University of Leeds, UK
"These changes have had major impacts on regional climate and, because oceans are expected to warm considerably over the course of the 21st century, the melting of floating ice should be considered in future assessments of sea level rise."
