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22 Stunning Examples Of Animal Body Art

Many people feel an especially close connection with our animal brethren, which is probably a big part of why we find animal body art like this so appealing – these models, and the artists who paint on them, create a figurative representation of the relationship we share with all life.

There are all sorts of things that body artists can draw on their human canvases, but organic animal forms seem to match best with the shapes of our own bodies. Through these artists’ masterful illusions, the elegant curves of the models in these photos can become the arch of a giraffe’s back, the smooth and sleek flank of a tropical fish, or the nose of a wild tiger.

(h/t: mymodernmet)

Artist: Gesine Marwedel

Artist: Johannes Stoetter

Artist: Gesine Marwedel

Artist: unknown

Artist: Emma Fay

Artist: Gesine Marwedel

Artist: Emma Fay

Artist: Guido Daniele

Artist: Emma Fay

Artist: Gesine Marwedel

Artist: Guido Daniele

Artist: Gesine Marwedel

Artist: Kate Spinks Dean

Artist: Guido Daniele

Artist: Gesine Marwedel

Artist: Kate Spinks Dean

Artist: Johannes Stoetter

Artist: Wiser Oner

Artist: Gesine Marwedel

Artist: Craig Tracy

Artist: Gesine Marwedel

Artist: Gesine Marwedel

Models Dive 25 Meters To An Underwater Shipwreck In Bali For A Literally Breathtaking Photoshoot Models Dive 25 Meters To An Underwater Shipwreck In Bali For A Literally Breathtaking Photoshoot 

Benjamin Von Wong, a Montreal-based photographer known for his complicated productions and fantastic images bristling with power, has completed an extraordinarily difficult underwater photoshoot with absolutely stunning results. He and a hand-picked crew of experienced divers, underwater photographers and freedivers set up an entire photoshoot 25m under the sea in a sunken shipwreck off the coast of Bali. [Read more...]

The images are enchanting in their own right, before you even get into the incredible technical details of the photoshoot. The models, who also had to be experienced freedivers (divers known for diving without oxygen tanks), posed on-site in and around the shipwreck with beautiful flowing dresses provided by international Bali-based designer Ali Charisma. Their flowing dresses transform them into the wonderfully beautifully mermaids or nymphs of mythology, who threatened to drag sailors bewitched by their beauty to the cold, dark depths.

To make the shoot possible, Von Wong had to find just the right people to support the photoshoot. Instead of photo assistants, he had experienced safety divers who provided the freediver models with breaths of air from their oxygen tanks. The underwater setting prohibited the use of studio luxuries like lighting – they had to rely on camera strobes and on natural lighting. For some of the shots, the models were actually tied down to the shipwreck – a miscommunication could have spelled disaster for their project.

Source: vonwong.com | Smugmug | 500px | Facebook (h/t: petapixel)

No Photoshop was used to create these photos (except for post production)

The models in these photos had to actually hold their breath

They are true mermaids – as experienced freedivers,  they can hold their breath for 3-4 minutes at a time

That’s probably why they were comfortable being TIED to this underwater shipwreck, receiving air periodically from expert safety divers

Behind the scenes of Von Wong’s underwater photo shoot:

Is this the most magical cave in the world? The chambers carved through Kamchatka's glaciers by volcano-fed hot springs

• These incredible pictures were taken by photographers on expedition in the eastern Siberian peninsula
• The caves have been carved into glacial ice by a hot spring gushing from the regions Mutnovsky volcano
• Local guide Denis Budkov says he came across them by chance - and may not be able to find them again

By DAMIEN GAYLE

With multicoloured lights gently glowing from a translucent ceiling, a stream rippling through rocks beneath and a bright light in the distance, this tunnel looks like a passage to fairytale world.

But this breathtaking photograph was taken in cave carved out of the living rock and ice of this world - albeit on a remote fringe little visited by outsiders.

These incredible pictures show ice caves carved by volcano-fed hot springs through the glaciers of Kamchatka.

Treasures Of The Dwarfs: This breathtaking picture taken by Russian photographer Natalia Balentsova of a cave carved out of the ice in Kamchatka by a hot spring near the Mutnovsky volcano won the 2012 Russian Wild Nature competition

They were captured by local guide and photographer Denis Budkov, Natalia Balentsova, a photographer from Chelyabinsk, and others on the peninsula on the eastern edge of Russia's vast Siberian land mass.

The intrepid snappers came across the magical caves by chance while on expedition near the Mutnovsky volcano, some 45 miles south of the regional capital of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

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The incredible lights shining purple, blue, green and yellow are no computer trickery - they are the result of sunlight streaming through the glacial ice into the hidden world below.

The cave was carved out of the glacier by an underground river that is sourced in a hot spring gushing from the Mutnovsky volcano itself.

Subterranean world: Ms Balentsova and her local guide Denis Budkov, also a photographer, came across the magical caves by chance while on expedition near the Mutnovsky volcano, some 45 miles south of the regional capital of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

Natural wonder: The cave has been carved out of the glacier by an underground river that is sourced in a hot spring gushing from the Mutnovsky volcano itself

Mr Budkov told the Siberian Times: 'Mutnovsky volcano is the heart of Kamchatka.

'This heart is literally beating and you can feel it while the earth is slightly moving under your feet'.

He added: 'We found the cave by chance in September 2012. It was not far away from a volcanologists' hut.

'I was taking some photographers for a tour and we saw a spring running from under the glacier. We came closer and saw that there was a hole so we went into this extraordinary cave.'

Entrance to the underworld: The expedition members lit flares in the cave to highlight the undulating erosion caused by the warm water as it flows through

Geology: The walls and ceiling of the frozen world are made up of layers of compacted snow, with the river softly gurgling through a long chamber here illuminated by a yellow flare

Ms Balentsova spent several hours inside working on photographs to record the incredible subterranean world they found themselves inside.

One her pictures - dubbed Treasures Of The Dwarfs - won the Russian Wild Nature competition last year.

She said: 'Outside, the glacier was very dirty and grey. But inside, everything was different.

'The snow was melting, and the light passed through the thin walls, reflecting surprisingly bright colours.'

The power of nature: Steam spews from the the Mutnovsky Volcano

The walls and ceiling of the frozen world are made up of layers of compacted snow, with the river softly gurgling through a long chamber illuminated by light glinting through windows made of ice,

'It's hard to find such places without a guide', said Budkov. 'Even me, being an experienced guide, didn't know about this cave as it is off the usual routes I normally take.

'Plus at the moment, it is impossible to get there as we have a metre and a half of snow covering everything.

'I'm not sure if it will even melt during the summer. So maybe the people who want to see the cave will have to wait until next year'.

Read more:

• Is this the most magical cave in the world? | The Siberian Times

25 Reasons Why Scotland Must Be On Your Bucket List

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Scotland is more than just kilts and haggises – as a country with a rich and ancient history and striking natural landscapes, it is a great destination for photographically-inclined travelers.

Scottish landscapes are fairly diverse, with mountains, bogs, countless coastal islands, sea-side cliffs, and the occasional forest. Sweeping, epic vistas seem to be a common sight, judging by these photos.

One of the most interesting things about Scotland’s most photogenic places is just how well the natural landscapes and historical structures blend together. The ancient castles and crumbling bridges throughout Scotland almost seem like natural extensions of the countryside. Which, in a way, they are – because of the dearth of trees in this rugged country, Scots often had to construct their buildings out of rocks from the country around them.

Image credits: Robert White

Image credits: Daniel Korzhonov

Image credits: Kenny Barker

Image credits: Michal Vitasek

Image credits: Georg Scharf

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Image credits: Michael W

Image credits: Stephen Emerson

Image credits: David Mould

Image credits: Natalia Eriksson

Image credits: Daniel Korzhonov

Image credits: Kilian Schönberger

Image credits: Ann-Marie Westwood

Image credits: Sebastian Lögering

Image credits: Cain Pascoe

Image credits: Russell Pike

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Image credits: Greg Mckinnon

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30 Mesmerizing Examples of Spiral Staircase Photography 

Stairs are probably the last thing that would come to mind if someone were to ask you about potentially interesting photography subjects, but these spiral and helical staircases beg to differ. They are standing proof that, with the right perspective, even a set of stairs can make for an absolutely stunning photograph.

Most of these photos owe their appeal to these staircases’ hypnotizing spiral forms. Spiral staircases are appreciated by architects and designers for the extraordinary columns of space that they can create and for their dynamic forms. Technically, however, most of them are helical stairs, not spiral – true spiral stairs must revolve around a central point, while helical stairs revolve at a set distance from a central point. [Read more...]

The historical applications of spiral stairs are also quite interesting. Have you ever noticed that the spiral staircases in castles or castle towers almost always turn clockwise (from the ascending person’s point of view)? They were designed this way so that defending soldiers would have the advantage when confronted inside of a spiral staircase. Ascending attacking soldiers would have no room to swing their (usually right-handed) weapons, while defending soldiers would have room to swing or to stab blindly around the spiral staircase’s central column.

Image credits:  Philipp Götze

Image credits: Naoto Tsujimoto

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Image credits: Philipp Gotze

Image credits: Lucas Portee

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Image credits: Nattapol Pornsalnuwat

Image credits: Renate Dodell

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Image credits: Izidor Gasperlin

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Image credits: Matthias Haker

Image credits: Laszlo Gal

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Image credits: Vincent Spanneut

Image credits: Tony Antoniou

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Blue Iceland: Stunning Photos Of Icelandic Landscapes Taken With Infrared Technique 

As amazing as Iceland’s natural sights are, the sheer amount of photographers that visit there means that a lot of their photos end up looking fairly similar. UK-based photographer Andy Lee, however, has used an interesting technique to ensure that his photographs of Iceland’s stark and proud landscape are especially dramatic and atmospheric. [Read more...]

Lee’s stunning photos, which are from “Blue Iceland” and several other Iceland-focused series, resemble Romantic-era paintings because of their moody atmosphere and dramatic lighting. They were created by shooting with a camera that can pick up infrared light and/or a filter that filters out some or all visible light (emphasizing infrared wavelengths). Digital SLR cameras react to IR light, but many have blockers installed to minimize it. This means that one would either have to remove the blocker or use a darkening IR filter (for more tips on how to use this technique, check out this article).

This technique can produce very interesting effects, blocking light from some visible wavelengths, emphasizing light from others, and picking up light from some wavelengths invisible to the naked eye. The natural features in Lee’s painting-like photographs stand under a black sky and are eerily illuminated by a seemingly faint and distant sun.

Iceland, a country rich with roaring volcanoes, monolithic glaciers, icy mountains and deep fjords, has become a mecca for photographers looking to capture the raw, mystical power of its natural northern beauty. The ruggedness of and stark contrasts present in Iceland’s landscapes makes them irresistible to photographers like Lee.

Source: andylee.co | 500px.com

A Magical Miniature World Of Frogs Revealed In Wil Mijer’s Photography 

The latest macro photographer to grace Bored Panda with her beautiful and dream-like images is Wil Mijer, a talented photographer from the Netherlands who has a special place in her heart for the tiny world of colorful tropical frogs.

Many tend to consider frogs to be vermin at best, but Mijer brings out the beauty in them. Her vividly-colored world of frogs perched on graceful tropical plants seems almost dream-like, which is appropriate considering her goal; “I’m very small and in my work everything is small too,” writes Mijer. “I like to do macro photography and will try to make a little dream from every picture.” [Read more...]

As ornery as popular culture makes them out to be, frogs are truly extraordinary creatures. They’re highly adaptable, so they inhabit every type of habitat with water and every continent except Antarctica. Deserts, mountains, forests and jungles are all fair game. Some frogs dig burrows, while others secrete poison or hibernate through ice-cold winters.

Unfortunately, they are currently threatened, especially in the Western world, by climate change and by agricultural water pollution. So hopefully, Mijer’s photos will inspire you to lend our amphibian friends a helping hand. Who knows, perhaps one of them might be your prince just waiting for a kiss!

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“I love nature and I’ve always been interested in the little creatures on this earth,” Wil told Bored Panda

“If you look into the eyes of the frogs, you instantly fall in love with them.”

“Each picture is taken quickly, so the frogs are not adversely impacted.”

“I use the Canon 40D and Canon 100 mm macro. I always use a tripod and remote control to prevent camera shake.”

We also asked Wil to tell us more about herself. She was very humble:  “I have three children. I work in home care. My passion is macro photography and I really love nature, especially the small world.”

We’d like to thank Wil Mijer for the interview and beautiful photos!