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20-Year-Old Indian Guy Takes Incredible Macro Pics Using His Smartphone, Shows How You Could Do It Too (30 Pics)

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“Photography is about depth of feeling not depth of field,” Kumar shared his philosophy with Bored Panda. He explained just how important patience and passion are for a photographer to have, especially when it comes to macro photography. Scroll down for our full interview with Kumar! #2 #3 Bored Panda was very interested to hear what first drew Kumar to macro photography and what the biggest challenges that he faced along the way were. Here’s what he had to say: “At first, I was going with common photographs, but after…

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I Use Crafts And Photography To Capture Small Worlds (41 Pics)

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Stories for you to complete. Learning to play again is great way to bust your creativity. My name is Felix Hernandez and these are the stories I want to share. 2 reply #3 Enchanted Tree #4 Small World #6 General Lee #7 Bttf 0 reply 2 reply View More Replies… #10 Love Bug Story 0 reply View More Replies… #12 The Mandalorian 0 reply #15 Fix It! #17 The Love Car #19 Macro-Bad-Habit #20 The Greatest Gift #22 Neptune’s Rise #24 Cuddle Bear #25 X-Wing Blue One / Forgotten Titans…

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Mom Thought She Wont Live To See Her Kids Turning 5, Celebrates It With Up Themed Photo Shoot

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Sometimes, life throws a bunch of lemons at us and it’s only our choice whether to make sweet lemonade out of them or to be left in the sourness life presented us with. It’s always inspiring to see people throw the latter option away in what seems like just a blink of an eye. Of course, one has to keep in mind the decision is never easy but hey, let’s keep our eyes on the result this time, okay? Today’s story may begin with a sad twist but it turns…

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Through Our Eyes pictures taken by young migrants in Greece

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Teenage asylum seekers document daily life in a camp on Samos Island This collection of photographs taken by teenage asylum seekers in Samos offers an intimate and powerful portrait of the hardship they face at the islands refugee camp, which was built for 650 people but is home to more than 4,000. The camp is one of five registration centres, or hotspots, for asylum seekers on the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/12/through-our-eyes-pictures-young-migrants-samos-greece

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Zack Seckler’s best photograph: wild Iceland from the air

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The pilot flew me around the volcanic coast in his tiny homemade plane with the door open and me hanging out taking pictures I shot this off the southern coast of Iceland, from a ultra-light aircraft, in the days before drones were ubiquitous. I love the stark nature of the Icelandic landscape and its contrasts. Deltas form from glacial meltwater running down towards the shoreline, picking up silt and different materials along the way to create these ribbon patterns. Theres all sorts of wildlife too birds, beautiful wild horses, seals.…

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‘There aren’t many fairytale endings’: behind the bleak immigration exhibition

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The work of 75 artists from over 15 countries is being shown at a tough, timely exhibition looking at displacement and migration on a global scale Last Wednesday, the ongoing border dangers faced by migrants while attempting to find asylum in the US. Its a sad day to talk about this, there arent many fairytale endings, said Massimiliano Gioni, the artistic director of New Yorks New Museum, the same day. Together with associate curator Natalie Bell, hes assembled a timely new exhibition focusing on the history of migration in America.…

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Moonwalk and 9/11 photographs part of ‘global visual memory’

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Results of 12-nation survey show that some iconic images are better known than others From the spacesuit-clad form of Buzz Aldrin on the moon to the middle-distance gaze of Che Guevara, some photographs really are seared into the publics mind all over the world, research suggests. While some images have long been hailed as iconic, experts say there has been little research to show that certain photographs are widely recognised and what people read into them. An international study by a researcher in the Netherlands set out to examine just…

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Cindy Sherman: I enjoy doing the really difficult things that people cant buy

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Ahead of a major London show, the artist talks about her childhood, therapy and her tricky relationship with success Perhaps the most intriguing exhibit in Cindy Shermans forthcoming retrospective at the National Portrait Gallery is the first, Cindy Book, a family photo album she began making when she was just six years old. It comprises 26 snapshots pasted on pages torn out of a school exercise book and placed inside stapled-together plain covers that are now stained and discoloured with age. For all sorts of reasons, it is a good…

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A Street Photograph From Every Year Since Its Inception (1838-2019)

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In 1838 or 1839 the first photograph of figures in the street was recorded by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre in one of a pair of daguerreotype views taken from his studio window of the Boulevard du Temple in Paris. And with it, street photography was born. In this fascinating compilation by Guy Jones, we see a street photograph for every year since it’s ‘birth’ from 1838-2019. Read more: https://twistedsifter.com/videos/street-photograph-for-every-year-since-inception-in-1838/

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The big picture: the Rwandan Daughters project

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Portraits of Rwandan rape victims and their children reveal the aftermath of the genocide 25 years ago Today marks 25 years since the onset of the Rwandan genocide. In just 100 days, between 7 April and 15 July 1994, seven in 10 Tutsis living in Rwanda were murdered by their Hutu neighbours. As many as 1 million people, including 10,000 Batwa pygmies, died. Whats less well known about those terrible months is that up to 250,000 women were raped. Many were infected with HIV and later died of Aids-related illness.…

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4 Years Ago, I Saw A Ridiculous-Looking Picture Of A Cat On A Glass Table, And Turned It Into An Under-Cats Project (24 New Pics)

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“Underlook” project started four years ago when I saw a ridiculous looking picture on the Internet. It was a cat sitting on a glass table that was photographed from underneath. I decided to level up the idea and photograph it professionally to see those paws in hi-res and that is how the “Underlook” project was born. More info: getunderlook.com | Instagram #1 British Shorthair #2 Maine Coon 3 reply #5 British Shorthair #6 Selkik Rex Longhair A cat that is gentle, sociable, and loves cuddling! The Selkirk Rex is a…

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Urban Density: My Photo Series That Shows The True Side Of Living In Hong Kong

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In these ‘Urban Density’ series, I explore the urban landscape of Hong Kong And Macau. Like Hong Kong, Macau is a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China, and crowded apartments similar to Hong Kong can be found. #1 reply #2 reply View More Replies… #3 reply View More Replies… #4 reply View More Replies… #5 reply #6 reply View More Replies… #7 reply View More Replies… #8 reply reply View More Replies… #11 reply View More Replies… #12 reply View More Replies… #13 reply View More Replies……

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9 Photography Tricks Advertisers Use to Make Food Look More Delicious

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Photographing food in a studio creates unique challenges. The bright studio lights and lengthy setup times for the perfect shot means food sits around longer than usual. That’s why many commercial photo shoots include ‘food stylists’ that use tricks and hacks to make the food last longer (e.g., not melt) and appear even more delicious than real life. Read more: https://twistedsifter.com/videos/photography-tricks-advertisers-use-to-make-food-look-delicious/

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