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Aerial photographer Lior Patel followed a herd of sheep in Yokneam. The results are much more interesting than they sound. [via Colossal]
See also the work of Tim Whittaker who produced a video of the same ilk. I don’t know what to call it, but I am very much into this genre of calming sheep herding videos for the mind. Although I feel like herding up close must be kind of stressful.
Tags: aerial, Lior Patel, photography, sheep
Posted by in aerial, Data Art, Lior Patel, photography, sheep
Posted by in photography
Posted by in birds, iNaturalist, nature, photography
Overview is an ongoing project that uses a zoomed out view for a new perspective on the world:
Seeing the Earth from a great distance has been proven to stimulate awe, increase desire to collaborate, and foster long-term thinking. We aim to inspire these feelings — commonly referred to as the Overview Effect — through our imagery, products, and collaborations. By embracing the perspective that comes from this vantage point, we believe we can stimulate a new awareness that will lead to a better future for our one and only home.
Far away enough to see patterns. Close enough to stay connected to the parts.
Tags: photography, satellite imagery
Posted by in Data Art, photography, satellite imagery
You know those sped up videos where there’s a long line for something and someone walks the length of it? The New York Times did the scrolly equivalent for the recent Hong Kong protest, using snaps from aerial video and stringing them together geographically. A lot of people showed up.
Tags: Hong Kong, New York Times, photography, protest
Posted by in Hong Kong, Infographics, New York Times, photography, protest
Photographer Bernhard Lang takes pictures in small planes and helicopters, pointing his camera towards the ground. In the ongoing project Aerial Views, he focuses on patterns and structures, which makes for interesting visuals that you’d miss on the ground.
Tags: photography, physical
Posted by in Data Art, photography, physical
Photographer Mike Kelley visited airports around the world, took pictures of airplanes leaving, and then pieced the photos together in a series of composite photos. The result was Airportraits.
A bit about the arduous process:
I often get asked exactly just how ‘real’ these images are. And on one hand, they are as real as they get. I’d sit in one place for an entire day, and take a burst of pictures of each plane as it crossed in front of me. I’d then take one of those captures, wherever I thought I’d like that plane to be, and put it on my base image. Every plane in every picture was actually right in front of me at that point in time, and they are all exactly where they were relative to other planes in the frame. If you went to some of these spots, you’d see the exact same thing that I saw.
I want to buy a camera.
Tags: compositing, flights, photography
Posted by in compositing, Data Art, flights, photography
Thermal cameras, which use infrared to detect heat, provide images of temperature. Firefighters can use them to find people in smokey rooms, law enforcement can use them for surveillance, and technicians can use them to detect power faults. Brea Souders used one to take pictures of everyday foods. [via kottke]
Tags: food, photography
Posted by in Data Art, food, photography
Using a long-exposure photography technique, Xavi Bou captured bird flight patterns in his series Ornitographies.
Unlike other motion analysis which preceded it, Ornitographies moves away from the scientific approach of chronophotography used by photographers like Eadweard Muybridge and Etienne-Jules Marey.
The approach used by Xavi Bou to portray the scene is not invasive; moreover, it rejects the distant study, resulting in organic form images that stimulate the imagination.
Tags: long-exposure, nature, photography
Posted by in Data Art, long-exposure, nature, photography
Hillside houses overlook smoke-belching steel mills in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1949. Photograph by John E. Fletcher and Anthony B. Stewart, National Geographic Creative
Posted by in 1940's, Black and White, natgeo, photography, retro, Stewart, Vintage
