It was fabulous. More soon.

Karloskar’s taken it up several notches with this shot, using the same technique described previously (click on the photo for more sizes etc):

I’ve been interested in macro photography for a while, partly inspired by one of my cameras (a Panasonic Lumix FZ10) being amazingly good for macro shots with its ordinary lens. For example, this shot was taken from about 10cm from the subject, who is carrying an ordinary housefly:

Karloskar tipped me off to the trick of [...]

By Jerry Schatzberg, apparently.

As a Dylan obsessive and huge fan of the latter-day, grouchy old man Dylan, it’s good to have the occasional reminder of how straight-out fucking cool he was in the 1960s (especially so I can fire up at anyone who makes out that Dylan is for ‘old people’ – young Dylan would [...]

Bazooka Circus is what the whole world would be doing on a Saturday night if the Nazis had won the war.
- Hunter S Thompson

Flickrvision is a strangely addictive website. It consists of photographs from the photo-sharing website flickr superimposed over a map of the world as they are uploaded. In other words, as you watch, you see an endless series of photos, with the place in the world each one is from highlighted. The effect is a very [...]

Here are some fantastic photos of Yokohama, Japan at night.

Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught), captured over our city last night by a friend.
When beggars die there are no comets seen;
The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
Julius Caesar, Act II, scene ii
Seen a shooting star tonight
Slip away
Tomorrow will be another day
Guess it’s too late to say the things to you
That you needed to hear [...]