The incredible photos of travel photographer Chris McLennan

The incredible photos of travel photographer Chris McLennan

I’m (very) jealous of Chris McLennan—a travel photographer who does truly amazing work all over the world, running into endless adventures, meeting incredible people and animals, and stepping into awesome places. I want to be him when I grow up. Here he explains how he took some of his most famous photographs.

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Fujifilm has just teased its new X-mount camera, thought to be called the X-T1, and it’s a retro del

Fujifilm has just teased its new X-mount camera, thought to be called the X-T1, and it’s a retro delight: all manual dials for exposure, shutter speed, and ISO, and a cool old-school body. We can’t wait to see it properly.

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Leaked Images of New Olympus OM-D Show Smaller But Similar Body

Leaked Images of New Olympus OM-D Show Smaller But Similar Body

Last year saw the release of the Olympus OM-D EM-1, a body built for pros with a huge grip and tons of bells and whistles. It looks like Olympus is starting out 2014 with another OM-D body, this time built for a slightly less advanced tier of buyers. These leaked images show the goods.

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I can’t figure out which way the girl in these photographs is standing

I can't figure out which way the girl in these photographs is standing

So her hair makes it look like she’s turned away from the camera but her clothes are set up to make it look like she’s facing the camera. What way is she really facing? Honestly, I can’t tell. Malin Bergman loves to play little games with her Instagram pictures to make you question and wonder what’s really happening in the photo.

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It’s Amazing How Much Retouching Goes Into Even a Rolex Photo

We know how extreme photo retouching can get when human bodies are the focus. But what about when the subject is an inanimate object? This time-lapse shows the insane levels of doting that go into make a Rolex watch look its absolute best.

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How the heck can this picture be a real photo without any Photoshop?

How the heck can this picture be a real photo without any Photoshop?

You’re not looking at a digital painting or a photo that’s been manipulated with Photoshop or some sort of hyper real painting here, you’re looking at a real photograph taken with a real camera. No Photoshopping at all. Hard to believe, right?

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Star Wars Toy Photos Look Amazingly Real

If you are a big fan of the Star Wars franchise, I bet you have wondered in the past what it would be like to really stand in front of the Millennium Falcon or one of the other ships from the series. Short of building your own life-size version, these photos are about as close as you are likely to get.

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The pics by artist Vesa Lehtimäki (aka “Avanaut“) use Star Wars models and clever photography tricks to make the toys look like they are real spaceships. I particularly like the one of the Falcon at night with the lights on around its perimeter. It reminds me of a mash up of ET and Star Wars a bit.

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Be sure to head over to Avanaut’s flickr page to check out more of his images, as well as some of his cool poster art over on MightyMega.

[via Sploid via Nerd Approved]

This clever painting combines two paintings without Photoshop

This clever painting combines two paintings without Photoshop

When you first look at this painting, you imagine it as two women set against one scene. But then you notice the frames in the picture are a little off and wonder if there’s some Photoshopping or digital manipulation going on but nope, there’s none of that either. It’s just clever use of double exposure in film photography. A perfect blend of combining two pictures into one.

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Horizon app brings always-horizontal camera to iOS

When we first heard about the developers behind Horizon making an effort to allow users have always-horizontal video recording with the iPhone, our immediate wish was that there was also … Continue reading

Of Course GoPro GoPro’d Itself Winning an Emmy

Not that we needed any further proof that GoPro’s hardware is the compact camcorder of choice for anyone looking to capture a unique first-person perspective, but the company recently won a Technological Emmy for its creation. And, of course, the company’s founder captured the whole event with one of its cameras.

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