These pieces are now available from the fine folks at Prints on Wood. They actually PRINT ON WOOD. So that wood texture you see — that’s different on every print because it’s the real wood grain showing through :D They also use sustainable wood and donate $1 for every piece sold to the Plant a Billion Trees charity by The Nature Conservancy. Browse my work as well as other amazing artists or upload your own images - have fun!
Forced Migration on Flickr.
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Wood Sculptures by Randall Rosenthal
All Work Hand Carved FromCollaborations One Block Of Wood And Hand Painted
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Have you ever seen flowers made of moving liquid? These awesome images are the painstaking work of photographer Jack Long, who spends months planning and experimenting to create each stunning piece.
“Armed with superhuman patience, a high-speed camera and lots of paint, Jack Long set out to create a series of beautiful images called Vessels and Blooms in which he tried to create liquid flowers out of colored paint droplets captured in mid-air. The skilled photographer spent several months planning and testing different techniques in order to achieve the best results possible, and judging by his photos, I’d say his work paid off in the end.
The clever artist uses water mixed with dyes, pigments and thickeners and as this cocktail is suspended in the air for just a split second, he takes high-speed photos hoping to capture the right moment. Jack won’t reveal the exact technique used to create his paint flowers, though. “This series was a culmination of months of planning and testing. Hundreds of captures are made in testing and then many more during the actual final capture stage. A very few stand out as being the best,” the artist from Wisconsin said about his latest series.
You’re probably looking at these gorgeous liquid flowers and thinking ‘wow, these are so Photoshopped’, and I don’t blame you, but Jack Long says he uses the popular software just to clean up his photos and enhance them with basic tools. ’All of my images are created in one single capture. One picture. I do not make composites from multiple images, unless otherwise noted. All of my fluid flowers are as captured,” says the American photographer. He adds that the thing he likes most about his art is that it’s different from other splash photography.”
For more mind-blowing liquid flowers and other examples of brilliant splash photography, check out Jack Long’s Flickr profile and 500px page.
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That image showing the total volume of water on Earth, updated with Jupiter’s moon Europa as a comparison. (via APOD: 2012 May 24 - All the Water on Europa)
I’d read it.
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I spent the better part of the day Sunday sitting at my dining room table with 40 prints and a fine point sharpie. These are the result, Limited Edition Doodled Prints (10 each character), hand signed and numbered, available at Swoon Gallery for $50 a piece. Email Ally at hello@swoongallery.com to get yours today!
Meet Gibson the Harlequin Great Dane and Boo Boo the Toy Chihuahua!
“Despite their radical difference in size, these two dogs have something in common - Gibson the Great Dane and Boo Boo the toy Chihuahua are both world record holders.”(Well, they were as of the publishing of these photos back in 2007. One or both may have been dethroned since then)
“Measuring a whopping 107cm (3.5ft), gentle giant Gibson was named tallest dog back in 2004. Joining him in the hall of fame for 2007 is tiny Boo Boo who only measures 10.16cm (4 inches!) tall and is smaller than Gibson’s head. The two celebrity hounds, who were both bred in America, met up to celebrate Guinness World Records Day 2007 outside the White House in Washington D.C.
Boo Boo’s owner Lana Elswick has bred Chihuahuas in Kentucky for 19 years and said she always knew her one-year-old pooch was special. The tiny mutt was only about the size of a thumb when she was born; so small, in fact, that she had to be fed with an eye dropper every two hours before she could eventually nurse a bottle. Now she is a diminuitive diva. ”She has the attitude of a big dog she would let me know if anyone was around and she would try to guard me if she could,” said Ms Elswick.
Owner Sandy Hall lives with her dog Gibson in Sacramento, California. The Great Dane is also the world’s tallest therapy dog and regularly visits children’s hospitals. ”He just puts a smile on people’s faces,” Ms Hall said. ”In one split second, people forget their cares and worries.”
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It’s World’s Largest/World’s Smallest Day on Geyser of Awesome!
