Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Unreal timelapse of the Northern Lights

The Aurora from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.


Landscape photographer Terje Sorgjerd spent four years looking to create a timelapse of the aurora borealis (aka northern lights), then finally flew two hours north from Norway and spent a week capturing one of the biggest displays in recent years. The final result is absolutely jaw-dropping.

In case you’re wondering, the stills were shot with a Canon 5D Mark II along with the Canon 24mm 1.4, Canon 16-35mm 2.8, and Sigma 12-24mm lenses.

Caroline

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Xylophone of the Forest

Japanese mobile operator DOCOMO made a commercial for the Touch Wood SH-08C (a limited edition phone). By combining lord knows how many pieces of wood, they made a long, downhill track that was able to reproduce Bach’s Cantata 147, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring. This was a Herculean task; my mouth was hanging open in disbelief for most of it. Huge props to Invisible Designs Lab’s Kenjiro Matsuo for making this crazy idea a reality. The again, I'm not surprised the Japanese would come up with something this creative and meticulous.

English translation: Title: Xylophone of the Forest



Caroline