That is one seriously impressive stunt…
At first glance I was skeptical about this photograph but after further investigation I found this whole story to be completely captivating…and insane! Alex Thomson is a talented sailor from Britain. In this photograph, dressed in his most fashionable Hugo Boss attire, he performed a risky stunt that most people would never dream of doing.
The video is well worth a look too, via My Modern Metropolis.
Here is this years shortlist for the Sony World Photography Awards, a breath taking array of wonderful photos…
While there are several returning nominees for this prestigious award, there are numerous newcomers including Irina Werning whose ongoing Back to the Future series is one of my favorites, as of late. The yearly competition accepts entries from all around the world. This year, there were more than 112,000 entries from 171 countries.
via My Modern Metropolis.
Check out these amazing photos by Simon J. Byrne of The Wave in Arizona…
The Wave is a sandstone rock formation near the Arizona and Utah border that’s famous among photographers for its gorgeous rock formations. Located in the Paria Canyon-Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness, the renowned Wave is made of Jurassic-age Navajo sandstone or 190-million-year-old sand dunes that have turned to rock. Stacked one atop another, the dunes calcified in vertical and horizontal layers.
via My Modern Metropolis.
Wonderful photos…
As the rest of us run for cover in rainy or snowy weather, French photographer Christophe Jacrot deliberately goes out in the storm. “I see these elements as a fabulous ground for photography,” he says, “an under-used visual universe with a strong evocative power, and with a richness of subtle lights.
This universe escapes most of us, since we are too occupied getting undercover. Man becomes a ghostly silhouette wandering and obeying the hazards of rain or of snow.”
Astronomy Picture of the Day delivering amazing images as ever!
Where’s the other star? At the center of this supernova remnant should be the companion star to the star that blew up. Identifying this star is important for understanding just how Type Ia supernova detonate, which in turn could lead to a better understanding of why the brightness of such explosions are so predictable, which in turn is key to calibrating the entire nature of our universe.
via APOD
This stunning photo is the result of superimposing (in photoshop) a film medium format picture and a digital photograph, available for order from Etsy.