Posts Tagged ‘ Photo ’

Chernobyl Legacy in pictures

In 1986 reactor number 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. The resulting radioactive cloud settled over much of Eastern Europe. The extreme danger from the cloud, forced the evacuation of over 300,000 people. Today, over twenty years later, the countries most affected are still dealing with the aftermath. Photographer Paul Fusco has created [ READ MORE ]

Patriotic images made of people

Found a great gallery of patriotic pictures taken with early cameras. The pictures are of national symbols, like the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, and various US military badges. All of the images in the photos were made up of service men and women at the start of World War 1. The formations and [ READ MORE ]

Painted Photographs

Square America, a site devoted to collecting vintage snapshots, has a very interesting gallery of snapshots that have been colored. Basically they have been partially painted to enhance a particular feature of the photograph. Some of the images are really incredible. Adding color to the old pictures really makes them stand out. Check out the site for [ READ MORE ]

A photo site of pictures you aren’t supposed to take

I think this is great! How many times have you been in a location and you’ve seen a sign that says you can’t take photos? Usually I look around and just wonder why? Why don’t they want me to take photos here? What makes this place so special, or the stuff in it so secret, [ READ MORE ]

License Plate collection

License to Rant is a blog completely devoted to collecting custom license plates. The plates come from all over the US and say the strangest things. Everyone thinks it’s fun to get custom text on license plates, but since a license plate has limited room, sometimes people have to abbreviate. Which makes for some very [ READ MORE ]

High Speed Bullet photos

UberReview has some great photos taken with a high speed camera of bullets shooting through various items. The picture above is one of them. Check out all the photos at UberReview: High-Speed Bullet Art Sends A Shot Through Photography [ READ MORE ]

Image Mosaic Generator

The above picture of me, was created using the Image Mosaic Generator. You can upload any image, and it will build a mosaic from flickr images using your image as a base. Pretty cool. Once your image is complete, a link to download it is placed at the top of the page. Tools like this one [ READ MORE ]