Something Interesting: August 2010

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Tilt-shift photography photos

Tilt-shift photography is a creative and unique technique of manipulating the camera to create miniature scene from real live photos. You could also use photoshop to create the same type of effect.

By manipulating the camera or by using Photoshop, photographers could easily create awesome miniature like photos. Normally to create this kind of photos, the photos are taken from high angle or aerial photos.

There is a website calledhttp://tiltshiftmaker.com, where you could create this type photos online for free.

To know better about Tilt-shift photography technique, you could join the following groups in Flickr for further details.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/tilt-shift-fakes/

http://www.flickr.com/groups/tiltshiftmaker/

Enjoy the photos below.

Tilt shift grid.

Tilt shift effect produced by tiltshiftmaker.com.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9057490@N08/3236731667/

Sauchiehall street tilt shift

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/lupinehorror/3314247087/

Experimenting with tilt-shift effect

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldstein/2642408435/

Felixstowe sea front miniature

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevoarnold/2630521111/

Miniature railway

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/bennecontentos/485984114/

Toy Boats

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonstar909/3144367584/

Manhattan fake-miniature tilt shift SIMCITY!

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/elaws/3750624765/

London

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/oseillo/2113201710/

Tiny World

Monday, August 16, 2010

THE NEW FERRARI CALIFORNIA, GIVE ME POWER

The latest addition to the Prancing Horse’s 8 cylinder family is the Ferrari California. The Ferrari California, represents power and performance.

The new Ferrari California has great vehicles dynamics and driving pleasure that will bring great joy to the owners. The new model will only be available as convertible with a folding hard top. The chassis and the bodywork are made of aluminum. For the first time in the marque's history, a new V8 engine is mounted in the mid front position.

The California’s 4,300 cc V8 engine features direct fuel injection and a “flat” crankshaft. It generates 460 CV at 7,500 rpm with a torque curve that enhances vehicle dynamics and provides maximum driving pleasure which is typical for Ferrari.

The Ferrari California could accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in less than 4.0 seconds.

The drive is more comfortable with new multi-link rear suspension system. The Ferrari California is also equipped with the exclusive F1-Trac traction control system and has been further fine tuned to suit the typical driving conditions expected for this new model.

For efficient braking, Ferrari California uses Brembo brakes featuring carbon-ceramic material disks. The cabin has been beautifully designed using high quality materials. Plus, it gets new accessories and equipment, steering wheel, instrument panel and entertainment system.

The Ferrari California is certainly a sporty car, has great innovations and versatility that bring joy to the owners.

THE NEW FERRARI CALIFORNIA

Convertible with a folding hard top.

THE NEW FERRARI CALIFORNIA

Fin

Front View

THE NEW FERRARI CALIFORNIA

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

MV Agusta, Brutale 990R 2010 - New Look & Better Power

The Brutale 990R is better and more powerful with a new 998cc engine.

It still looks similar to the beauty of previous version, but 85 % of the components are newly designed by MV Agusta to improve the precision and performance of the bike.

The headlight has the same drop profile, but has a new look with polyellipsoidal element and a system of 8 LED lights that gives Brutale 990R that notorious look.

With more powerful engine, expect better performance of the bike. Brutale 990R four-cylinder engine gets new balance shaft to help lessen the engine vibrations.

Plus, it is integrated with sophisticated traction control and latest electronics which take cares of the double EFI map.

It comes in three color variants