Korean photographer Ho-Yeol Ryu made this digital multiple exposure of planes taking off at Hannover, an airport in Germany.
It’s one of those project ideas that takes a lot of time but pays off in the end.
![[52] Twenty-eight (by Alex Belyaev)
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[52] Twenty-eight (by Alex Belyaev)
via black-and-white
First we were like Whaaaat. That’s just soap and water?
Then we were like Whaaaat. We gotta try that.
Yes, These are Really Photos of Soap and Water
(Macros Shot by Jane Thomas)
“Metropolis” by Martin Roemers
Love day-time slow exposures! Must try this soon.
“Intruders shall be gunned down”
In true Sheldonian fashion, I managed to stay away from outdoor activities during most of the winter here in Delhi. Last Sunday however, in a classic battle of nouns, boredom overcame lethargy and I decided to head out with a camera. My partner in crime was an equally bored friend who shares my love for adventure, and together we decided to take a long walk in the Ridge.
For those unfamiliar with the history of the Ridge, it is an extension of the Aravalli range, some 1500 million years old. Its isolation makes it the perfect place to find some peace and quiet, and in some cases, half-buried dead bodies. I was ready with my DSLR should an opportunity for the latter present itself. Walking along Mother Teresa Crescent, we took a detour towards Delhi Earth Station, and came across this:
Malcha Mahal is a dilapidated hunting lodge built more than six centuries ago. Owned by the royal family of Awadh, it is protected far more fiercely than the rules of English grammar on their signboards the usual neighbourhood-royal-hunting-lodge. A friend told me there are about ten hound dogs, and an old man in his seventies with a functional weapon to scare away trespassers (I didn’t dare ask him how he knew all this). A web search later that evening threw up a great post by Sam Miller, which talks about the history and current state of affairs at Malcha Mahal.
The signboard did its trick, we decided against taking our chances with hound dogs. On our way back we had an unexpected farewell party thrown by our simian friends in the neighbourhood. This photograph was shot after we crossed the stretch shown, miraculously unharmed.
The rest of our walk was less eventful; we crossed a couple of parks where, let’s just say, you don’t take a bunch of kids for school picnic. The evening ended with a great Iran kieve-chicken snack at the Buddha Jayanti park restaurant, the last surprise for the day. All photographs here were taken by yours truly, and heavily manipulated in the post-processing stage to make up for the bad photography weather.
Newsletters
I’m a big fan of email newsletters. I think they’re a great way to summarize a whole lot of useful articles from the web and read (some of) them later. I use my inbox as a to-do list, archiving all emails that don’t need my attention (kinda GTD-ish), and I process newsletters in my spare time and read them in one go, after which they go into the archives. Most of the newsletters I read are weekly, so the “inbox-overload” is totally manageable.
I’m sharing the list of newsletters I read and recommend. I’d go so far to say you can unfollow or unsubscribe a lot of blogs and opt in for the newsletter instead; real-time is mostly overrated.
- Think Vitamin: Web design and development
- Smashing Magazine: Also web design and development
- Python Weekly: Python (the programming language, not the snake with a great appetite)
- Sprouter Weekly: Founder stories, tech and entrepreneurship
- Lifehacker: Great way to look at the best stories of the day without getting bogged down by the actual number of stories being published.
- Photojojo: Photography tips, gear, gifts and DIY projects.
- Startup Digest Reading List: Startup Digest has a bunch of newsletters, from a weekly reading list for every weekend, to topics of interest like mobile and city-based startup events. Take your pick.
Theses are some other newsletters you might want to check out; I find them inconsistent in their interestingness but you should decide for yourself.
- Hiten’s Newsletter: Entrepreneurship wisdom overdose.
- Om Says: Essays on entrepreneurship and technology. He shares a list of weekend reads which I find better than his own essays.
- A Lesser Photographer: By CJ Chilvers, this one is about shifting focus away from photography gear and developing the “eye”.
- HTML5 Weekly: HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript. I might unsubscribe from this, because ThinkVitamin and Smashing Magazine already cover a lot of ground.
Special mentions
- Hacker Monthly - not really a newsletter but an excellent way to read the best of Hacker News every month.
- Brain Pickings - I subscribed to this a few minutes ago. I’m yet to receive my first mail but their posts are awesome.
- McSweeney’s Internet Tendency - Awesome humour. Check out their SOPA page for a sample. They have a monthly newsletter but I tend to read it on the iPad app.
Help me find more?
I’d love recommendations for photography (the art, not the gear) and rock music (specially the indie scene). I understand podcasts are more suitable for the latter, but I prefer newsletters (clearly!). If you have something to share, please leave a comment below.
P.S. Maybe I should start a newsletter featuring a newsletter every week!
CC Photo by Éole on Flickr
