The amazing and cool photo thread

[L_Hamilton]

It's awesome. It would be ever more cooler if someone resized it.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

I'm sorry, but a picture that makes you scroll vertically and horizontally is not a cool picture.

Personally, I think it's great because using a 360 degree scroll ball is fun!

 

[zoxxy]

personally, i think it's great because using a 360 degree scroll ball is fun!

+ 1.

 

[livemusic]

But using a 800x600 15" CRT monitor with a scroll-less mouse (it's not even optic!) is not fun.

 

[Alex.]

I'll resize it for you guys when I get home

 

[Danny]

You rank amateur...

 

[Alex.]

Is it an awesome picture yet?

 

[TB]

It's kinda small now...

 

[Alex.]

That's what she said

 

[SolidSnake15]

!^

 

[Metar]

It does make me wonder, just how much did Symantec pay to have this miniature thing displayed down there? I adore the Renault cars, and only spotted it just now!

 

[Philly]

It probably cost them quite a lot. While their logo on the car might not be very visible, they still have the rights to say they are "a proud sponsor of the Renault F1 team."

 

[zoxxy]

Don't know if this has been posted or not, but holy hell.
Resized original pic.

Close-up 1

Close -up 2

Close-up 3

http://www.bertmonroy.com/fineart/text/fineart_damen.htm

 

[Nicknamealguem]

Isn't that digital modified?

 

[daan]

It is digitally created.

 

[Alex.]

50,000 layers or something ridiculous.

 

[TB]

50,000 layers or something ridiculous.

Or 15,000. Close, though.

 

[Alex.]

Only 35 off

 

[exigeracer]

Dubai

California:

Tilty

 

[Alex.]

What a waste of meccano....

 

[buickgnx88]

What effect is that called where it looks like a model (part is in focus, part is out of focus)?

 

[Metar]

Depth of Field.

 

[exigeracer]

Depth of Field.

Not really. The effect is called Tilt-Shift photography.

 

[Prosthetic]

My god that looks exactly like the hills here in Marin. Is that Napa by chance?

 

[Keef]

The only one of those pictures that looks real is the Paris one, and that's only because it would be too complicated for anyone to want to make. The Air Force Museum here has some miniature displays that have all the detail of that Chinook picture. They all look like miniature displays. There's not any sharp details in any of the pictures. It's so annoying.

 

[exigeracer]

The only one of those pictures that looks real is the Paris one, and that's only because it would be too complicated for anyone to want to make. The Air Force Museum here has some miniature displays that have all the detail of that Chinook picture. They all look like miniature displays. There's not any sharp details in any of the pictures. It's so annoying.

I don't get what you mean. You don't like that they're trying to make things look like models when they actually could be? You want to see tilt/shift shots that would actually be impossible as models?

 

[91hondawagon]

Wake turbulence!

 

[Metar]

Not really. The effect is called Tilt-Shift photography.

According to that Wiki, tilt-shifting is done in order to achieve a shallow depth of field. The effect of blurred parts is still depth of field, regardless of the techniques used to make it shallow..

Wake turbulence!

Wiki hosts two stunning images of turbulent air that I had to post.. Though I can't find the other one at the moment.

 

[exigeracer]

According to that Wiki, tilt-shifting is done in order to achieve a shallow depth of field. The effect of blurred parts is still depth of field, regardless of the techniques used to make it shallow..

It uses depth of field, but the technique that achieves the miniature look, as per buick's question, is tilt-shift.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Here's some pictures of the new San Luis circuit in Argentina. It's got to be the best looking modern circuit.