Stunning Saturn Fly-by Created Using Actual High Resolution Photographs
You probably won’t believe this, but this fly-by video of Saturn wasn’t created with 3D computer graphics. Instead, it …
Stunning Time-Lapse of the Night Sky with Dancing Antennas
This is a stunning time-lapse video of an entire night at the ALMA …
Random Experiments at 2,564 Frames per Second with a Phantom Flex
Tom Guilmette was doing a project in Vegas that involved a …
“Modern Times” Points to Future Times
"Modern Times" is a short film that offers a glimpse of the future in both the story that it tells and the way it was made -- it's a low/no budget film created entirely against a green screen with friends as actors. Maybe in the future shooting at real locations (or with real people) will be less and less necessary as CGI continues to become more and more mind-boggling.
Beautiful Compilation of Timelapse Clips by Mike Flores
This is a stunning montage of timelapse clips created by Mike Flores during the past year. Many of the scenes are layered beautifully, with the desert in the foreground, clouds whizzing across the sky, and the universe spinning brightly in the background.
Unbelievably Realistic Camera Tour of a Computer Generated Classroom
If you were reading PetaPixel earlier this year, you probably remember the jaw-dropping CGI animation titled "The Third & The Seventh". Here's another extremely realistic and detailed computer-generated animation that simulates a camera traveling through a classroom (with lens flares and all). It was created by Israel-based Studio Aiko.
Helmet Cam Footage Becomes Dude’s Memory of Crazy Accident
Imagine you snap out of unconsciousness and realize you've been in a pretty serious accident. You have no memory of what happened, but luckily you were wearing a motorcycle camera that was filming your ride.
Crazy 3D Projection Mapping on a Historic Building in Amsterdam
A recent fad in advertising is to use 3D projection mapping on buildings at night to create jaw-dropping effects. The above video shows an ad Samsung ran on a historic building in Amsterdam to promote the Samsung 3D LED TV. A perfect representation of the building is first projected onto the actual building, and then mind-blowing things begin to happen.
14 Powerful TED Talks by Photographers
TED has some of the most interesting talks you'll find on the web, with topics ranging from how diet can prevent cancer to demonstrations of amazing new photo technology. They also have a great collection of talks by photographers, and we've compiled a list of 14 of them here. These short talks are eye-opening, jaw-dropping, and often quite moving.