Amazing picture thread

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REFLECTION PERFECTION IN PARIS Photograph by JOANNA LEMANSKA Website | Facebook | 500px | Twitter | Tumblr | Instagram In this beautiful black and white reflection photo by Joanna Lemanska aka MissCoolPics, we see the pedestrian underpass at Pont de la Tournelle, an arch bridge spanning the river Seine in Paris.


In this perfectly timed photo by Renatas Jakaitis, we see what appears to be a three-headed fallow deer. In reality it’s three separate deer that happen to be standing in perfect alignment with the camera, with all three turning and looking back at the exact same time as well. The photo was taken in the forests of Lithuania.


In this amazing light and shadow installation by Anila Quayyum Agha, we see a large-scale patterned wood cube with an interior light source that projects brilliant shadow patterns on the surrounding walls.


In this dizzying capture by Dean Mullin, we see an incredible vaulted ceiling at a BMW dealership in a mall in Shanghai. According to Mullin:

“no illusion, just a really high vaulted ceiling – which looked amazing when looking up. As I tried to position myself around the BMW’s and salesmen around me. One of them commented, ‘you know, I don’t understand why you take photos of that’, my reply was ‘well, it’s all about the lines, beautiful light, symmetry, angles…. just like that Beemer behind me!’ “

[Boon Mee]

Dissection room at a medical school in Bordeaux, France. Circa 1890

[Looper]

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Great shots, had to sit back and compose myself before I could make sense of the last one!

[Takeovers]

Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | Fresh crater caught on camera aboard Mars orbiter

[Boon Mee]

An American Field Hospital Inside The Ruins Of A Church In Neuvilly, France, 1918

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When I was a lad, a tiny wee lad



My mother said to me



Come see the Northern Lights my boy



They' re bright as they can be



She called them the heavenly dancers



Merry dancers in the sky



I'll never forget, that wonderful sight



They made the heavens bright



The Northern Lights of old Aberdeen
Mean home sweet home to me
The Northern Lights of old Aberdeen
Are what I long to see
I’ve been a wanderer all of my life
Any many a sight I've seen
God speed the day when l' m on my way
To my home in Aberdeen

I've wandered in many far-off lands



And travelled many a mile



I've missed the folk I cherished most



The joy of a friendly smile



It warms up the heart of a wand'rer



The clasp of a welcoming hand



To greet me when, I return



Home to my native land

[Takeovers]

When I was a lad, a tiny wee lad

Love it. Sorry, can't green you.

[MissTraveller]

^^Love it, brought a tear to me eye it did.
A natural wonder of the world.

[Mathos]

^^^Amazing, outstanding photographs, Green coming your way.

[Looper]

Technically difficult shot this.

Needs very dark clear sky for star visibility near horizon.

Seems to be a 180 degree panorama judging by the incident angle of lighthouse light on the stones on the left and the curve of the milky way.

Long exposure for the stars but combined with pulse of light from the lighthouse to get the landscape illumination. Hard to avoid flare from the lighthouse trashing the stars' exposure. Nice.



I shrunk this for TD but you can download the full size 16Mb original to see how many stars are captured here

Enter the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition: Digital Photography Review

To see how dense the stars are in the Milky Way look at the original full size version of this one (also 16 Mb)

[Cujo]

Magnified image of liverwort.

[Cujo]

Marine copepod Temora longicornis.

[Necron99]

Storm rolling in over Manly Beach.

[Takeovers]

I don't remember that beach scene from "Independence Day".

[hojopotatoes]

I don't remember that beach scene from "Independence Day".

You'd think the people on the beach would be looking at that. Just that one girl seems to be.

[Lantern]

^^ You know Aussies, seen one storm and you have seen them all.

[AsGoodAsItGets]

[Cujo]

Damn.

[AsGoodAsItGets]

"Coming soon Barbie with normal proportions"



That's amazing!

[Cujo]

Did you mean

"Coming soon fat ass Barbie"



That's amazing!

[kmart]

Damn.

Ditto. Sad, poignant, but a great photo all the same.

[Looper]

Cannot post a hot-link but this navigable panorama from the top of One World Trade Centre is pretty amazing

Time Magazine | Gigapan | 1 World Trade Center

It was taken with super hi-res sensor so you can zoom in to see details far away.

[Cujo]

^Awesome. That place really is intense, and some very interesting buildings there.

[CNF55]

Cannot post a hot-link but this navigable panorama from the top of One World Trade Centre is pretty amazing

Time Magazine | Gigapan | 1 World Trade Center

It was taken with super hi-res sensor so you can zoom in to see details far away.

Absolutely brilliant!