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odditiesoflife: The Ultimate Island Home Balancing on a rock in...

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:40:53 -0700

The Ultimate Island Home

Balancing on a rock in the middle of the Drina River, stands a tiny house built in 1968. Pounded by floods and high winds, it continues to stand strong against the elements of time. Near the western Serbian town of Bajina Basta, this unusual home has become a well-known tourist attraction.

odditiesoflife: The Stone Forest of Madagascar The Grand Tsingy...

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:38:34 -0700

odditiesoflife:

The Stone Forest of Madagascar

The Grand Tsingy of Bemaraha in western Madagascar is the world’s largest stone forest. Isolated and inhospitable, this huge collection of razor-sharp, high spiked vertical rocks of eroded limestone looks like the last place where wildlife would thrive.

But despite its cold, dangerous appearance, the labyrinth of 300 foot stones is home to a number of animal species, including 11 types of lemur. Its name “Tsingy” translates as ‘where one cannot walk’.

landcaps: untitled by auspices on Flickr.

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:37:09 -0700

landcaps:

untitled by auspices on Flickr.

mangledwurzels: bivalves: HOLY SHIT THIS IS GORGEOUS kitty...

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:54:49 -0700

mangledwurzels:

bivalves:

HOLY SHIT THIS IS GORGEOUS

kitty crank set ho ma lord gimme

its a gif set from the anime Panty and Stocking! It's really cute.

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:16:16 -0700

Thanks so much! I’m gonna have to look into it, it does look pretty adorable.

CD phonograph #phonograph #jukebox #CD #redflag #portland #bar...

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:54:52 -0700

CD phonograph #phonograph #jukebox #CD #redflag #portland #bar #music #willienelson. #acdc (at Red Flag)

tearingdowndoors: Lady Moraine | Ar'alani

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:40:00 -0700

tearingdowndoors:

Lady Moraine | Ar'alani

Contrary to popular belief, you are not here to collect men...

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:38:54 -0700

Contrary to popular belief, you are not here to collect men or sugar! So focus and stop actin’ like fatass hos!

Anyone have a clue what this is?

Awh you're so adorable.

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:47:08 -0700

Aw thank you :3

icelandwantstobeyourfriend: I am a friendly island, but some of...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:58:24 -0700

icelandwantstobeyourfriend:

I am a friendly island, but some of my humans are very seclusive.

limmynem: Holy Cow! (get it?) Amazing Hand carved Skulls...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:54:39 -0700

limmynem:

Holy Cow! (get it?)

Amazing Hand carved Skulls by s2k4

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Wed, 22 May 2013 21:29:51 -0700

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Wed, 22 May 2013 21:29:36 -0700

ashleymater: Tippi Benjamine Okanti Degré, daughter of French...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:03:29 -0700

ashleymater:

Tippi Benjamine Okanti Degré, daughter of French wildlife photographers Alain Degré and Sylvie Robert, was born in Namibia. During her childhood she befriended many wild animals, including a 28-year old elephant called Abu and a leopard nicknamed J&B. She was embraced by the Bushmen and the Himba tribespeople of the Kalahari, who taught her how to survive on roots and berries, as well as how to speak their language.

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Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:40 -0700

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Wed, 22 May 2013 20:47:25 -0700

filthcityphotography: filthcity: Baltimore, MD Went on a walk...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:44:44 -0700

filthcityphotography:

filthcity:

Baltimore, MD

Went on a walk the other day with just my phone.

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Wed, 22 May 2013 20:44:31 -0700

bobbycaputo: The Body in Nature: Unusually Beautiful...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:43:37 -0700

bobbycaputo:

The Body in Nature: Unusually Beautiful Photographs

Photographing the nude is just about as old as the camera itself… from cheesy pinups to surreal body landscapes, the form has been explored in just about every way imaginable. That’s why, when I ran across the work of Arno Rafael Minkkinen I was truly blown away. His work is filled with almost magical abstract forms created using just creatively positioned figures in the landscape and his well placed lens… nothing more. Each photograph is a revelation, something to decipher for its mysterious form and appreciate for its lyrical beauty.

Making these images even more astounding, most of them are self-portraits. Minkkinen says he does this because of the often underestimated danger in creating such images (which sometimes involve hanging off cliffs or staying under frozen snow for long periods). He also uses no assistant to position himself in the shots, so he must click the shutter button and accurately dance himself into position in just 9 seconds before the shutter fires. For more difficult shots he has sometimes employed a long cable release which he throws out of the scene before the image is taken.

Perhaps this is the element that makes Minkkinen’s images so incredible: he whole heartedly embraces reality. He has been working since long before photoshop and uses the image as it was taken by the camera with no manipulation of the image. He explains his thinking:

“If you are going to be under the snow, be under the snow. ‘Out of limitations new forms emerge,’ Georges Braque said. My translation: know what you will not do. For me this means embracing reality as a collaborator in the invention of the image, not overlaying multiple images to create such impressions. In the end, my negatives will never give away how I made any one of my photographs. They will always print with the same information as found in them the day the negatives were made.”

4nimalparty: Misty Fjord (by Martin Third)

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:40:14 -0700

4nimalparty:

Misty Fjord (by Martin Third)