Interesting Photos

Bert Monroy Amazingly Realistic Photoshop Painting

Check out Photoshop guru Bert Monroy artpiece found on the web here.
This is not a photograph. He drew and painted it in Photoshop and Illustrator. The closeup shows amazing and realistic details. It took about 2000 hours to create this piece consisting of over 15000 layers in about 50 files. Even after flattening the image, the file takes up 1.7 GB of disk space.

Links to Interesting Photos

Some links to interesting photos found on the web …

• Surreal layering of tourist photos
• Realistic Pavement Art by Julian Beever
• Unique Paper Art by Peter Callesen
• Realistic digital painting by Bert Monroy
• Street Photography of Matt Stuart

Sign of Upside down businessman

photo credit: paradoxengine on flickr

Not sure what a sign of an upside-down businessman is supposed to mean.

Sign: Torture Chamber Unsuitable

photo credit: Paul Fenwick on Flickr

This sign says, “Torture Chamber Unsuitable for Wheelchair Users”.

Ummm.  No comment.

Sign: Beware of …

Photo credit: Bogart Handsome Devil on flickr

The sign says “Beware Of  Well … Just Beware”.

Beware of what?  I guess something too scary to mention?

Sign: Falling Can Be Deadly

This is a serious sign about a “dangerous drop off”.  It even points out that “Falling Can Be Deadly” with a picture of a person falling off a cliff.

Photo Credit: mikelehen on Flickr

Okay, the signs make their point.  I’m going to stay on the trail.

Elderly People Street Sign

Photo credit: Ethan Prater on Flickr

Hmm… Interesting.  I’ve never seen this sign before. But then, I’ve never lived in the UK (which is where this sign was shot).

I categorized this photo under “Interesting”. I did not categorized this photo under the “Fun” category, as it is not nice to make fun of elderly people (That might be me someday).

Square Watermelons Grown in Japan

Japanese farmers are growing square watermelons. Why? They pack better than round ones, and the fit better in their small refrigerators, and they take up less space.

square watermelon

Are they genetically modified? No. They just turn out to be square if you make them grow inside a square tempered glass cases while they are still on the vine.

Why we don’t see them in the United States? According to CNN back in 2001, one watermelon costs about the equivalent of $82. So they probably do not sell well here.  But in 2010, NPR did report of a Panama fruit company shipping some square watermelons to New York.  They mentioned that it costs $75 a piece.

Is this for real?  Or did someone altered the photographs?   It is for real.  Besides being reported on CNN and NPR, it was also reported on BBC.  Snopes.com, which often debunks urban legends, also says the photographs are real.

Beautiful Photograph of a Northern Minke Whale

Such a beautiful photography of a northern minke whale on NationalGeographic.com.