How to Photograph Fireworks
Some tips on taking the best pics of explosions in the sky.
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Fireworks animation by PES
Unexpected, delightful; I did enjoy this fireworks animation by PES.
Metallurgical eye candy
An alloy of 1.3% copper, 0.3% magnesium, and 0.3% manganese in aluminum, etched with potassium permanganate and lye. So I woke up this morning all pumped up to blog about metallography. If you don’t already know, metallography is a type of scientific microimaging that involves mirror-polishing metal surfaces and then etching them with various reagents […]
Skeleton mirror
This is a cool skeleton mirror, anybody able to laser cut mirrors at home? Via Street Anatomy. More: Super skull roundupalooza
Handmade instrument exhibition in LA
Los Angeles art gallery SolwayJones is currently showing a collection of unique acoustic and electronic musical instruments by Reed Ghazala, Nam June Paik and others. Definitely worth checking out if you’re in the area – press release + photos on the gallery’s site. [via GetLoFi]
Lithophane-making with the Micro CNC
MAKE contributor Steve Lodefink posted results from his Lumenlab Micro CNC‘s maiden voyage – Lithophanes were a popular way to hide girlie pictures in the bottom a of gentleman’s tea cup around the end of the 19th century. An image would be molded into the porcelain in the cup so that only when held up […]
Photocopier sculpture
Called “Carbon Copy,” by Steven Pippin. What do you think the image looks like on the printed paper? Via VVORK.
