Model maker and photographer Michael Paul Smith has an extensive collection of detailed die-cast model cars and a keen eye for forced perspective.
For the last 25 years, Smith has been honing his craft, setting up miniature vehicle dioramas (mostly against real-world backdrops) to create atmospheric and super-realistic vistas from a fictional town he calls Elgin Park.
The photographer explains his process in an interview with Fstoppers.
(H/T: Barry McKenna)
A Blue Damselfly climbing up a stem, captured by wildlife photographer Tony Flashman in 2011.
Sara Murphy writes:
A disorientated swan got an escort across the [Ha’penny] bridge [Dublin, yesterday] from two slightly nervous looking guards and drawing a gaggle of paparazzi behind them.
Géométrie de l’impossible – a series of impressive anamorphic illusions of impossible 3D shapes by French photographer Fanette Guilloud.
All were created earlier this year (there’s no digital trickery involved, just carefully composed shots taken from precise vantage points) in various locations at Toulouse, Bordeaux and in the French Alps near Lyon.
Incredible 25 second exposures of a lightning storm at the east end of Arizona’s Grand Canyon captured last month by photographer Rolf Maeder.
Here’s how he edited the print.
Port cats awaiting the return of fishing boats somewhere in Japan (photographer, date and exact location unknown).
A thing of classic beauty spotted in Barcelona.
Donal (a respected aficionado of the genre) writes:
Not sure which angle captures the arrogance best…
Sandymount, Dublin, yesterday
(Thanks Renee Summers)
A civic-minded installation on Appian Way, Ranelagh, Dublin 6.
(Thanks Andy Sheridan)
Custo writes:
Spotted in Clondalkin just now. A lovely mental image.
