Photographs Wot other People Took

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Sep 16, 2011 12:20

Also: That's the first time I've been on Slashdot for yonks.

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Sep 16, 2011 12:23

If I remember rightly, Hasek, the Czech author of the brilliant 'Good Soldier Svejk', was once fired from a zoological magazine after it was discovered that most of the creatures he was writing about were all imaginary.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16651

I think the best bit is that this bloke was apparently fiercely opposed to digital manipulation of images and also went batshit mental when one of his fans used one as the basis for a painting without his permission.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Sep 16, 2011 14:11

Kern wrote:

If I remember rightly, Hasek, the Czech author of the brilliant 'Good Soldier Svejk', was once fired from a zoological magazine after it was discovered that most of the creatures he was writing about were all imaginary.

Fantastic.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:49

Some beautiful shots here from this years winners of the British Wildlife Photography Awards:

http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journ ... -announced

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16651

Yeah, some gorgeous stuff on there. Seen a couple of those the other night on the Guardian Eyewitness app.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11914

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2011/10/h ... inz-maier/

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2011 15:15

Absolutely stunning those.

miki · **Joined:** 30th Apr, 2011 **Posts:** 1458 **Location:** NL

nice idea: retake your childhood photograph
http://www.froot.nl/posttype/froot/toen-en-nu-2/

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2011 14:50

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Aqueous-Fluoreau/2634099

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11914

pictures wot other people drew, and then someone else made more of.

http://www.amusingplanet.com/2011/04/mo ... wings.html

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:11

Longest "There's a whale in the Thames" ever?

NervousPete · **Posted:** Fri Jan 06, 2012 16:15

Idea for a game. Take Mirror's Edge, blend it with Stalker and have it all about some young Russian girl sneaking into a rocket factory over fences and through air-vents in Russia with a camera and then...

Oh, wait, that actually happened. Christ, she's awesome. Don't kill her FSB!

http://fadedandblurred.com/blog/the-rus ... t-factory/

:luv:

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11914

Again, not photos, but paintings: Street art of 2011. These are just amazing:
http://www.streetartutopia.com/?p=5982

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Dunno why, but I remembered this picture the other day. It's from years back & still makes me grin like crazy. Shame the only version of it online is teenytiny

Vic Murphy's high as fuck perfectly flat one-footed tabletop off a kerb!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 18:03

Bobbyaro wrote:

Again, not photos, but paintings: Street art of 2011. These are just amazing:
http://www.streetartutopia.com/?p=5982

Some stunning stuff in there.

This is so good for sillyness though:

miki · **Joined:** 30th Apr, 2011 **Posts:** 1458 **Location:** NL

I'd meant to post, from the street art link I loved it so much I ordered this persons book
http://oakoak.canalblog.com/
(it hasent arrived yet)

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Feb 23, 2012 17:31

There's some lovely filth in here.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22405

Dimrill wrote:

There's some lovely filth in here.

I think it's incredible how quickly buildings decline where there are no people in them.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Feb 23, 2012 17:55

I haven't been into Hell's Bells' office for a few weeks. Went in today and found the clock had melted.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Feb 23, 2012 18:18

Trooper wrote:

Dimrill wrote:

There's some lovely filth in here.

I think it's incredible how quickly buildings decline where there are no people in them.

*Glances at WoS*

Bear or Bust · **Posted:** Sat Mar 03, 2012 20:30

I'm a sucker for a good macro shot.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

This is the first ever photo taken surf photography style with the lava down the wave. I entered the 110 + degree water filled with volcanic glass and lava bombs to take the first ever lava shot taken from in the breaking waves. It was a shoot of a lifetime after 3 days in the water with the lava, the lava broke out and covered the entire beach.

Decca · **Joined:** 23rd Jun, 2010 **Posts:** 2282

One for the bug people to add as a contact: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv

I have no idea who he is, but he does take some cracking shots.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Fuck that!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon May 14, 2012 0:02

Wullie wrote:

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

This is the first ever photo taken surf photography style with the lava down the wave. I entered the 110 + degree water filled with volcanic glass and lava bombs to take the first ever lava shot taken from in the breaking waves. It was a shoot of a lifetime after 3 days in the water with the lava, the lava broke out and covered the entire beach.

Fucking amazing.

Decca · **Joined:** 23rd Jun, 2010 **Posts:** 2282

Random clicking on flicker found this street gem:

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11914

A load of Korean war photos taken by a soldier:

http://imgur.com/a/3RYz3

NervousPete · **Posted:** Tue Sep 04, 2012 17:49

Bobbyaro wrote:

A load of Korean war photos taken by a soldier:

http://imgur.com/a/3RYz3

Great pics, thanks for posting that link, Bobby. I find it fascinating that the more and more hipstamatic/instamatic retro iPhone pics there are out there, the more it disarms the distance you automatically feel from genuinely old pics. There isn't the gulf you feel as with WWI/WWII photos.

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Sep 04, 2012 20:38

Thanks for those.
I often feel that Korea is the forgotten war - the one nobody talks about.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Oct 17, 2012 17:21

http://i.imgur.com/KpIt6.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/V4HT0.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/s1bsL.jpg

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16651

cor,cor,cor,cor,cor

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 17, 2012 17:30

Being in the barrel of a wave is the most awesome thing ever. Not done that in years. It becomes so quiet and then Whoomph! You are out. Beautiful moments.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Oct 17, 2012 21:25

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Oct 17, 2012 22:55

http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infoc ... 269259.jpg

Malc · **Posted:** Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:09

Dimrill wrote:

http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/puyehue060611/p10_15269259.jpg

What the hell is that to the right of the trees in the middle?

Attachment:

wth.JPG

Malc

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Oct 18, 2012 22:24

ORBS! THEY WERE RIFGHT! FUJAFKFA!

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Oct 18, 2012 22:24

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Oct 18, 2012 23:11

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Oct 18, 2012 23:11

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2012 18:11

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3559/3762 ... fbab_b.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/a2jao.jpg

YOG · **Posted:** Wed Nov 07, 2012 0:00

Borgesian:

Old Cincinnati Public Library, I believe.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Nov 07, 2012 0:02

That's Craster's house.

NervousPete · **Posted:** Wed Nov 07, 2012 1:31

*Wistfully with joy*

It's Heaven, isn't it?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Nov 28, 2012 14:28

Diving dogs!

*There would be a picture here but they're too big for the forum*

Look here: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/03/di ... tographer/

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Nov 28, 2012 16:30

NervousPete wrote:

*Wistfully with joy*

It's Heaven, isn't it?

Yes. Yes it is. Just needs a roaring fireplace at one end with an enormously comfortable chair.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sun Dec 02, 2012 16:51

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your- ... 1_1600.jpg

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Dec 06, 2012 7:47

"Black Marble"

NervousPete · **Posted:** Thu Dec 06, 2012 10:50

Beautiful, sad, enthralling, that black marble photograph.

I love space photography, it reminds me of the incredible feats we've achieved.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11914

http://www.albertkahn.co.uk/photos.html

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