Cool thing of the day

[owlmoose]

The videos here. They're "tilt-shift" photographs, which is a technique to make photos of real things look like miniatures. Combine that with several hours of time lapse, and you get the coolest bathtub toys ever.

Props to amybang for the link.

Comments

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[kunstarniki.livejournal.com]

I nominate the Sarah Palin blow-up love doll as the something or other of the day. It really exists! And is for sale as a gift for your favourite lonely Republican (male).

Re: I

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

I don't know whether that makes me more scared or disgusted. Talk about reducing a powerful woman to a sex object.

For some Sarah Palin humor that I really enjoyed, did you see the cut-and-paste job David Letterman did after the debate? Perfectly done, I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZsO7dZ__iw

[3-2-1.livejournal.com]

Hah, I remember seeing photos in ads like this, in Korea, and arguing with David that they were actually real pictures and not miniatures.

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

I asked T about it, and he said it's mostly because of the way so much of the image is out of focus, which is something we usually expect to see in pictures of really small things. Either way, it's a really neat effect.

[3-2-1.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it sort of simulates macrofocus. :)