Hauntingly beautiful frosty winter trees — from mymodernmet.com by Patrick Hübschmann
Breathtaking rainbows over the world’s largest waterfall — from mymodernmet.com by various photographers
Gorgeous wildlife paired with a stunning full moon — from mymodernmet.com — photography by Steve Adams; posted by Katie Hosmer
Hot lava explodes against a cool Hawaiian shore — from mymodernmet.org byKatie Hosmer
Also see:
15 stunning standouts in National Geographic’s photo contest — from mymodernmet.com
Two wonderful examples of this excellent collection of work:
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The Matterhorn: Night Clouds #2
The Matterhorn 4478 m at full moon.
Photo and caption by Nenad Saljic/National Geographic Photo Contest
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Charging Black Drongo
Photo and caption by Vinayak Parmar/National Geographic Photo Contest
First of all, here are some announcements re: the paradigm-shifting Lytro camera:
Secondly, here is my key question/reflection:
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I wonder if this same type of thing could be done with digital video? What if you could take a video of a symphonic band and could zoom in on whichever section (strings, brass, percussion, etc.) that you wanted to? Or zoom in on strings on the first play through, percussion on the second play through, etc.
Gorgeous long-exposure photographs of golden waves — from mymodernmet.com by Katie Hosmer
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Addendum on 10/23/12:
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Lytro finally rolls out Windows desktop software, celebrates with free shipping — from by Brian Heater
Lytro lets you take pictures like never before. Unlike a conventional camera that captures a single plane of light, the Lytro camera captures the entire light field, which is all the light traveling in every direction in every point in space.
Capture everything – instantly. Capture living pictures with the press of a single button. By instantly capturing complete light field data, the Lytro camera gives you capabilities you’ve never had in a regular camera.
Lytro’s light field camera technology could supercharge future iPhones — from arstechnica.com by Chris Foresman
San Francisco Fog — from Fubiz.net by Terence Cheng