The world within - Yours truly, kitchen sponge

Yes, this time is a "sad" product - the kitchen sponge, one of those things we use daily. But this one is a brand new one, I didn't dare yet to look how would be a used one, I am afraid of what I can see.

Now I see why it gets so dirty!

The world within - DVD's

Have you ever wondered how a DVD looks like? Ok, I know it's shiny and casts those rainbow colors ... but how really looks,no one cares, important is to be a good movie on it or some useful data.
I was curious enough to look closer.

Looks that our precious information lies on this rugged surface, although in "the big picture" a DVD is very smooth.

The world within - Tobacco

In the last weeks I was searching my past, what was right and what was wrong, mistakes and stuff, I learned a lot about myself and noted some things to improve. After looking at my life under magnifying glass I started to think that we really take for granted 90% of the things in our life by looking only at the bigger picture, and we tend to ignore the small details ... details can make life better or at least keep us on the right path.

Out of this experience I decided to look at the details of our surroundings, how things look in detail, how they really look when you don't see the big picture.

I will start today with one of our bad habits: tobacco intoxication aka smoking cigarettes 

For me, usually, a cigarette looks like a paper stuffed with small bits of some brown stuff, makes me "happy", produces smoke and helps joining the social grapevine.

Well, here is how the brown stuff really looks like:

Enjoy your cigarettes now :D

An afternoon with nifty fifty

Having fun with nifty fifty (Canon EF 50mm, 1.8), no processing afterwards 

Talking eyes

HDR style photos

Until today I was looking HDR photography as something special and kind of "WOW!!!", just until today! I tried it to see how it works, the only thing is to look around, imagine how it would look HDR style, and if you like it take the shots and .... let the software do the work. No rocket science behind HDR photos, just software, a bit disappointed I haven't tried until today, but now I know my second favorite (after black & white).
Below you can see two examples

Isn't it ironic?

Disclaimer: THE FOLLOWING POST IS JUST A PAMPHLET (... or not)

After seeing this link from "The Telegraph" I said to myself "Hey dude, it's so easy to get famous! Just be an lazy ass and let the technology work for you!". Said and done! I gathered the stuff that I used for some University projects (not very high tech or fancy or expensive - after all I am just a poor student, without iPhone and Apple shit) and I started my path to glory and newspaper stories about me and my awesomeness and my awesome work.

Here is my "high tech" device:

Now I am impressed ... (what you can do if you have money) ... NOT!!! 

After I started my trip deep inside the forest I had a revelation: I can't get famous with just a 10 EUR remote controlled car; I don't have a wife; my wife does not help the poor africans in Zambia; I don't have lions in my back yard ... I can't drop my camera near a river to get all those amazing animals in front of my camera ... so I can't be famous, I have to help the poor africans first and then all the newspapers will talk about.

Anyway I could make pictures the same way that guy made, effortless! Actually the only thing I had to do was to download the pictures and clean the card ... phew, now I am a real photographer, please write about me!!!

Some sample images:

Two curious beings are approaching this high tech device

Using a remote control he (meaning me) is able to get closer to animals

Beautiful landscape

It is very dangerous to get close to this iron horses

Guarding the grounds, a ferocious German Shepherd can be approached only with armored robots

Experiment is over ... we can't get famous

At the end of this trip my sad conclusion was that whatever you do, in this western civilization, in order to make it to the top or get some attention you must: save the whales; get vegetarian; fight the hunger; join anonymous movement; help poor africans; help more poor africans; donate to UNICEF to help poor africans; donate to Save the children to help poor africans; donate to another 1000 NGOs  to help poor africans .... hate the government; blame them for your stupidity and save more poor people; own an iPad or any iProduct; having the most expensive product from a range gives you the "he is a true professional" status;  and please don't forget to save the stray dogs from Romania, pay money to keep them on the streets!!!

Thank you "first world" press for this bullshit!!!

X-Men Mystique bodypaint

I just run over Mystique form X-men, by accident. Fortunately was just a bodypaint version of Mystique. Great job done by the artist, from the distance was looking like a real X-Men costume.

 X-Men Mystique bodypaint

People on the street (2)

A street artist on a Sunday morning

People on the street (1)

Nice day to enjoy the sun sitting on the citadel walls

People on the street

10 a.m., sunny day, quiet street, a lovely couple

Looking forward

Corvus Corax @ Hanau (3)

Corvus Corax @ Hanau (2)

Corvus Corax @ Hanau (1)