Photos
As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, as of last fall I’ve been enjoying having a modern camera (a Sony Nex5N). It had gotten to the point that my phone took better photos than my actual point-and-shoot digital camera…which was fine for snapshots, but it was disappointing going to really beautiful places, taking […]
Wellcome Image Awards 2012
The Wellcome Image Awards 2012 winners are here, stunning as always. I think my favorite is the image of caffeine crystals shown above (by Annie Cavanagh and David McCarthy). The Arabidopsis seedling, mothfly and bacterial biofilm look really cool as well, but they’re all worth checking out–here is the winners’ gallery. [Wellcome Image Awards 2012 | […]
Zoom In on Top 8 Ultrahigh-Resolution Science Panoramas | Wired Science | Wired.com
Zoom In on Top 8 Ultrahigh-Resolution Science Panoramas | Wired Science | Wired.com. Stunning ultrahigh-resolution images, winners of a science photography contest. The images were apparently taken by a GigaPan robotic camera. Link above takes you to the image gallery. [Wired]
A new website to share scientific images
As part of our social media class at UC Santa Cruz, a couple of classmates and I came up with the idea to create a site where scientists could easily share striking scientific images. (All of us used to work in lab and take pretty scientific photos that we didn’t know where to share.) The […]
Astronomy Photographer Of The Year 2010
Digital Journal of Photography: Astronomy Photographer Of The Year 2010 – Results. Gorgeous astronomy photos at the link above, all winners of this year’s Royal Observatory competition. The winner is shown above. The young astronomy photographer winner is a 14-year old Indian boy, with a photo of a solar eclipse taken on an older digital […]
This year’s best microscopic photos
The Year’s Best Smallest Photography. Another year, another set of stunning microscopic images from Nikon’s Small World contest. Check out some of the favorite photos of Wired’s Betsy Mason, who also judged this year’s contest. I can’t believe it’s been a year since I posted last year’s winners for PopSci.com, here’s that post as a […]
This Is How Your Drinks Look Under the Microscope
This Is How Your Drinks Look Under the Microscope. Apparently the above image is a margarita magnified 1000x. Wonder what it’ll look like after a few margaritas? Click the link above for a gallery of all your favorite alcoholic beverages. [Via Gizmodo]
Another long hiatus – lots to catch up
Well, it’s been a while since I made time to blog (Should be able to get back to something approaching regularity from today). To get things up to speed, here’s a stunning picture by the Hubble Space Telescope; see below for more links sites celebrating 20 years of Hubble. Been busy, doing some more freelance […]
2009 Photo Contest Winners Gallery – National Wildlife Federation
2009 Photo Contest Winners Gallery – National Wildlife Federation. 2009 Photo Contest Honorable Mentions – National Wildlife Federation. Just came across these photos of the winners and honorable mentions from the National Wildlife Federation‘s 2009 photo contest. See the links above for all the images, there’s 32 winners (across several categories) and 60 honorable mentions, […]
Eric Heller’s Gallery of Quantum Art
Eric J. Heller Gallery A gallery of images by Harvard physics and chemistry professor Eric J. Heller. According to his website, his digital abstract art is inspired by: “a world we cannot directly see; the quantum realm of electrons, atoms, and molecules. The strange, often chaotic quantum domain yields forms, which I use as a […]