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Can You Recognize These Iconic Pictures Without Their Subjects?

1:20PM January 5, 2012 | Casey Chan

Iconic photographs are so visually striking and emotionally impactful that they’re ingrained into our memory. But can you still remember iconic images when the subject of the photograph is removed? That’s what this very interesting photo series, Fatescapes, tries to make you do. More »


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Watch This Image Disappear Before Your Very Eyes

10:40AM November 9, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Take a good look at this image. In fact, stare at it, dead centre. There’s no trick to it; just look straight ahead, relax, and watch as something you know is there vanishes into nothingness. More »


Software

How To Use Photoshop To Alter Reality As We Know It

8:39AM November 8, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Photoshop is an amazing tool that can take any photo and change it into anything you can imagine. While it can take years of practice to alter reality like a pro, there are a few simple tricks you can employ to reshape the world captured in your photos. Here are five of our favorite techniques and how to use them effectively. More »


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This Woman’s Fake Face Is Made From 500 Faces

3:00AM November 3, 2011 | Sam Biddle

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Self-portraitist clickflashwhirr has been snapping shots of her mug every day for over a year — and that’s nothing new on the net. But averaging 500 of those snaps into one artificial face? Beautifully creepy. More »


Online

Google Street View Hangs Around In Parks

1:30AM November 3, 2011 | Gary Cutlack - gizmodo uk

Google has once again added a stack of new Street View images to its amazing voyeur tool, bringing a selection of the world’s most popular city parks to its database. More »


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The Secrets Behind The Most Famous Earth Image

4:00AM November 1, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

This is Blue Marble. It was the most accurate, highest resolution image of Earth ever — until they created the next-gen Blue Marble. It’s the most famous, since it’s the iPhone’s default image. Now its creator has revealed all its secrets. More »


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Scenes From World War II: Victory In Europe

11:00AM October 10, 2011 | Jack Loftus

In 1945, one of the greatest modern wars the world had ever seen was in its final stages. The Rhine was about to be crossed. The Soviets were nearly through on the Eastern Front. The dying continued. More »


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Experience Eric Curry’s Surreal ‘Light Painting’ Exhibit

7:00AM October 10, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Welcome to the world of “light painting“. It begins in darkness, and then over the course of an hour or hours, a photographer illuminates small portions of his or her subject, and combines the images in post to create this. More »


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Facebook Photo Library Dwarfs Everything Else In The Planet

12:19AM September 20, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Check out the gigantic volume of photos now stored in Facebook compared to Flickr, the Library of Congress and Instagram. I knew they were big, but I never imagined the difference could be so huge. 140 billion photos! It defies belief. More »


Software

Why Did Apple Obliterate A Galaxy From The Lion Wallpaper?

9:35PM August 12, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Now there are two reasons to change Apple’s generic OS X 10.7 wallpaper to a custom one: it’s a fake. A professor of physics spotted Apple’s source, which was astrophotographer Robert Gendler’s image of the Andromeda Galaxy. More »