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Berlin in the 70s

April 17, 2017April 17, 2017 akie Leave a comment

Great to see these old pictures of my neighborhood.

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Close to where I live

March 11, 2010 akie Leave a comment

Christophe Gevrey took this picture of the Promenade, close (<200 meters) to where I live.

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Still can’t believe I actually live there 🙂

This is not a real volcano

January 23, 2010January 23, 2010 akie Leave a comment

Matthew Albanese creates fake photorealistic pictures by building scale models and photographing them from a specific angle.

For example, this image does not show a real volcano:

Really, it doesn’t. Proof: Read More

Canada…

January 3, 2010 akie Leave a comment

This is Jon Rawlinson’s picture of Jasper, Alberta, Canada.

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l’Escalade

December 14, 2009 akie Leave a comment

Some genius (cough) has made some nice pictures of a yearly Genevan tradition called l’Escalade

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Nice 🙂

Is this safe?

November 9, 2009November 9, 2009 akie Leave a comment

Are you sure this is safe?

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And why are these people laughing? Well, because they are…
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year

October 22, 2009 akie Leave a comment

JL Rodriguez won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 award with this stunning photo of an Iberian wolf:

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Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta

October 16, 2009October 16, 2009 akie Leave a comment

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By Flickr user Mike Jones

Escher-esque photography

September 27, 2009September 27, 2009 akie Leave a comment

I really how Sébastien Pérez-Duarte applies math to photography. The results remind me of Escher.

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More on his homepage and his Flickr-page, including this how-to.

Jedi Obama

September 17, 2009 akie Leave a comment

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Is this for real? Link to XL version.

Old school airplane

June 30, 2009 akie Leave a comment

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A Bleriot XI aircraft from the year 1908. Photo by Ronald Zak.

Leopard vs mouse

June 5, 2009 akie Leave a comment

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Picture of the Year competition

June 3, 2009 akie Leave a comment

Wikimedia Commons’ Third Annual Picture of the Year Competition is over. This picture has won:

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… but to be honest, all pictures in the competition are stunning.

Wave photos

May 18, 2009May 18, 2009 akie Leave a comment

I like Clark Little‘s wave photographs:

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Pretty bird

March 28, 2009March 28, 2009 akie Leave a comment

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It’s a Common Kingfisher (Dutch: ‘ijsvogel’), and the picture was made by Manfred Delpho.

More pictures at The Daily Mail.

Madonna, before and after Photoshop

March 28, 2009March 28, 2009 akie Leave a comment

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Ouch…

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Harry?

March 22, 2009 akie Leave a comment

Delightful amateur pictures of some guys on broom sticks.

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Space shuttle launch as seen from space

March 17, 2009 akie Leave a comment

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Server room

March 15, 2009 akie Leave a comment

Epic picture of a guy in a server room:

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Source

Erik Johansson’s pictures

March 15, 2009 akie Leave a comment

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Monkey

March 15, 2009 akie Leave a comment

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aww, cute 🙂

From flickr

The decline of Detroit

March 13, 2009March 18, 2009 akie Leave a comment

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A photo series on Time.com on the decline of Detroit. Picture above was taken by Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre.

Related: the $100 house

Blue girl

February 19, 2009 akie Leave a comment

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From Flickr

UFO dogs

January 27, 2009 akie Leave a comment

Photos from beautiful Michigan

January 18, 2009January 18, 2009 akie Leave a comment

Lars Jensen made these beautiful pictures of Michigan.

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More at his blog.

Frozen soap bubbles

January 7, 2009January 7, 2009 akie Leave a comment

When you blow soap bubbles at minus 20°C, they will freeze before they hit the ground. In the following picture, only the top half of the bubble is frozen.

Full set of pictures, including pictures of a frozen soap bubble hitting the ground…

1 year in 40 seconds

January 4, 2009 akie Leave a comment

Eirik Solheim made a picture of his garden every day of the year, and used those pictures to create this stunning video:

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Christmas lights

December 11, 2008 akie Leave a comment

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The frog that ate too much

November 25, 2008 akie Leave a comment

Bad weather

October 29, 2008October 29, 2008 akie Leave a comment

Bad weather doesn’t stop Barack Obama from campaigning. Powerful image.

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Old photos

October 1, 2008October 1, 2008 akie Leave a comment

Shorpy has some wonderful high definition photos of times past, like this photo of Atlanta in 1864.

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“Federal Army wagons at railroad depot”.

Wet plate negative by George N. Barnard. Link to original.

Kids these days

September 25, 2008 akie Leave a comment

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Photo by Dian Agung Nugroho

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Cookie monster killer

September 24, 2008 akie Leave a comment

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Via BoingBoing.

Love bug

September 8, 2008 akie Leave a comment

Stunning picture by flickr user vanstaff

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Beautiful long exposure photography

August 27, 2008August 27, 2008 akie Leave a comment

Cenci Goepel and Jens Warnecke are responsible for taking these wonderful long exposure photos.

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Milky way over Ontario

August 3, 2008 akie Leave a comment

Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn took this great picture of the Milky Way in Binbrook, Ontario.

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Via Neatorama.

Fantastic photoblog

July 30, 2008July 30, 2008 akie Leave a comment

Boston.com’s photography blog “The Big Picture” really is something. Every post is golden.

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Go check it out yourself.

Pictures from the sky

June 30, 2008 akie Leave a comment

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A beautiful set of aerial photography.

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Beautiful zen garden

June 21, 2008 akie Leave a comment

Photo credit: user ‘e-chan’ on Flickr.com

Found on Flickr

Martian skies

June 21, 2008June 21, 2008 akie Leave a comment

Boston.com has some spectacular photos of Mars.

Photo credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University

Photo credits: NASA/JPL/Cornell

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