Apple unveils the best photos from the Shot on iPhone Macro Challenge – Apple:
Over the course of several weeks earlier this year, iPhone photographers from around the world shared their best macro photos for the Shot on iPhone Macro Challenge, making even the smallest details seem epic in images taken with their iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. Today, Apple is announcing the 10 winners who highlight the global and diverse community of iPhone photographers, with finalists from China, Hungary, India, Italy, Spain, Thailand, and the US. Their stunning images will be featured on apple.com, on Apple’s Instagram (@apple), and on billboards in select cities.
Spectacular image of a distant star captured by new Webb telescope during alignment milestone | Boing Boing
March 16, 2022
“While the purpose of this image was to focus on the bright star at the center for alignment evaluation, Webb’s optics and NIRCam are so sensitive that the galaxies and stars seen in the background show up,” NASA reports. “At this stage of Webb’s mirror alignment, known as “fine phasing,” each of the primary mirror segments have been adjusted to produce one unified image of the same star using only the NIRCam instrument. This image of the star, which is called 2MASS J17554042+6551277, uses a red filter to optimize visual contrast.”
The Winners of 2021 International Landscape Photographer of the Year Contest:
All of the winners and shortlisted entries of the 2021 International Landscape Photographer of the Year contest look fantastic, but I managed to pull out a few favorites. From top to bottom, photos by Tanmay Sapkal, Wayne Sorensen, Takashi Nakazawa, and Tom Putt.
You can view the winners online, or in PDF form.
Tags: best of best of 2021 photography
A Bug in Early Creative Commons Licenses Has Enabled a New Breed of Superpredator | by Cory Doctorow | Jan, 2022 | Medium
January 26, 2022
Here’s a supreme irony: the Creative Commons licenses were invented to enable a culture of legally safe sharing, spurred by the legal terror campaign waged by the entertainment industry, led by a literal criminal predator who is now in prison for sex crimes.
But because of a small oversight in old versions of the licenses created 12 years ago, a new generation of legal predator has emerged to wage a new campaign of legal terror.
An Astronaut Steers an Elaborately Constructed Paper Spaceship in a Window Display by Zim & Zou | Colossal
December 20, 2021
Equipped with joysticks and panels of gauges and knobs, an intricately constructed spaceship built by Zim & Zou (previously) navigates through a starry expanse of whimsical planets and alien creatures. The pink-and-blue craft, which was designed as a window display for Hermès, is the latest project from the French artists, whose elaborate scenes and characters are constructed from precisely cut paper sculptures. This fantastical work, titled “Journey of a Lifetime,” peers over the adventurous protagonist, who traverses an unknown world amidst a chaotic scene of levers, monitors, and tea that’s flung into the air of the weightless environment. You can see details from the installation and more of Zim & Zou’s work on Behance and Instagram.
The most brilliant bookshops in the world | Financial Times
October 27, 2021
The most brilliant bookshops in the world | Financial Times:
FT writers nominate awe-inspiring places to get your literary fix, from Mumbai to Buenos Aires
This story sits at the intersection of Bookstores and Architecture, every single location breathtaking.
Andy To’s gorgeous 4K iPhone 13 Pro video shot in Mexico City
September 22, 2021
Andy To’s gorgeous 4K iPhone 13 Pro video shot in Mexico City:
This is some breathtaking footage. Make sure you watch in full screen, at the highest resolution your setup will support.
2021 Photomicrography Competition | Nikon’s Small World
September 16, 2021
2021 Photomicrography Competition | Nikon’s Small World:
Macro-photography, at it’s best, reveals the alien landscapes right in front of our eyes in enlightening ways… Every one of the winners here does exactly that.
via – kottke.org
The right to bear arms!
September 2, 2021
The right to bear arms!:
Just look at those guns. This is certainly what the founding fathers intended.
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