Incredible Timelapse of Cigarettes Left in Soil for an Entire Year
A photographer left three cigarettes in a mason jar filled with soil for an entire year -- taking a timelapse video to show what happens to them.
Botanical Studies Series Shows Beauty of ‘Spiky, Round, and Edgy Things’
Photographer Matthias Conrad focuses on landscape, architectural, and commercial photography, although an ongoing series, Botanical Studies, bucks the trend a bit and delivers beautiful minimalist black-and-white photographs of a diverse range of flora.
A Timelapse of a Sunflower Opening Over 10 Days
Photographer Neil Bromhall runs a popular YouTube channel that features mesmerizing timelapses of plants growing and blooming over multiple days. His latest effort is this pair of 1-minute timelapses that show a sunflower opening over the course of 10 days.
Nikon Closes Camera Factory in China, Blames Rise of Smartphones
Nikon announced today that it will be shutting down its digital camera factory in the Jiangsu province China, blaming the rise of smartphones for the demise of the compact digital camera market.
Kodak Turns 92-Year-Old Film Manufacturing Building Into Rubble
Yesterday marked the end of another piece of Kodak's once-powerful film manufacturing business. The company used 100 pounds of dynamite to take down the 92-year-old Building 53 at Eastman Business Park in Rochester, New York. The sprawling 250,000-square-foot plant, once used to manufacture acetate base for camera film, was reduced to 1,500 tons of steel and concrete in less than 20 seconds.
Create Anthotype Photos Using the Photosensitive Juices of Plants
Looking for a weekend project? Try you hand at creating an anthotype, or …
Sony’s Sensor Manufacturing Plant Hit Hard by Thailand Floods
Here’s a photograph by the The Bangkok Post showing Sony’s sensor manufacturing plant …
Tsunami-leveled City Sendai Home to Major Nikon Manufacturing Plant
The massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake that devastated Japan today was located just east of the city of Sendai, which subsequently suffered major damage due to the resulting tsunami. What you might not know is that the city is home to Nikon's flagship manufacturing facility -- the plant that produces Nikon's professional DSLRs (e.g. D3s, D3x and D700). Fortunately, Nikon reports that there have been no reports of injuries among its employees in that city, and the plant seems to have escaped serious damage as well.