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1.24.2009

World's Largest Liger (Lion+Tiger)

Know what's a Liger? It's a cross breed of a Lion male and Tiger female...


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The 10ft Liger who's still growing...

He looks like something from a prehistoric age or a fantastic creation from Hollywood . But Hercules is very much living flesh and blood - as he proves every time he opens his gigantic mouth to roar. Part lion, part tiger, he is not just a big cat but a huge one, standing 10ft tall on his back legs. Called a liger, in reference to his crossbreed parentage, he is the largest of all the cat species.

On a typical day he will devour 20lb of meat, usually beef or chicken, and is capable of eating 100lb at a single setting. At just three years old, Hercules already weighs half a ton.

He is the accidental result of two enormous big cats living close together at the Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species, in Miami, Florida , and already dwarfs both his arents. "Ligers are not something we planned on having," said institute owner Dr Bhagavan Antle. "We have lions and tigers living together in large enclosures and at first we had no idea how well one of the lion boys was getting along with a tiger girl, then loo and behold we had a liger."

50mph runner... Not only that, but he likes to swim, a feat unheard of among water-fearing lions. In the wild it is virtually impossible for lions and tigers to mate. Not only are they enemies likely to kill one another, but most lions are in Africa and most tigers in Asia . But incredible though he is, Hercules is not unique. Ligers have been bred in captivity, deliberately and accidentally, since shortly before World War II.

Today there are believed to be a handful of ligers around the world and a similar number of tigons, the product of a tiger father and lion mother. Tigons are smaller than ligers and take on more physical characteristics of the tiger.


Look at the size of the head on this thing.. :o)










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ATTENTION ALL DOGS!!!
THE FOLLOWING ARE IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR EVERY DOG TO KNOW

Instructions for properly hugging a baby:

1. First, spot a baby.

2. Second, be sure that the object you spotted was indeed a baby by employing classic sniffing techniques. If you smell baby powder and the wonderful aroma of wet diapers this is indeed a baby.

3. Next you will need to make sure the baby is positioned properly before actually beginning the hugging process. Very gently smooth baby into the right position being very careful not to squash it. Now add just a little slobber to the babe.

**Note: The added slobber should help in future steps by making the "paw slide" easier.

4. The "paw slide".

Simply slide paws around baby and prepare for possible close-up.


5. Finally, if a camera is present, you will need to execute the difficult and patented "hug, smile, and lean" to achieve the best photo quality.

1.11.2009

10 Masterpieces of High-Speed Water Photography


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All images: © Vladimir Nefedov, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

Since the iconic images of a moving galloping race horse were revealed in 1887 by English photographer Eadweard Muybridge, high-speed photography has come on in leaps and bounds. Multiple cameras are no longer needed to capture motion, just one, usually hideously expensive, camera is required (and some fancy equipment).

The Needle

the needle
© Vladimir Nefedov, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

High-speed photography allows us to view things that ordinarily move too quickly for us register as a single image. Everyday events such as a drop of water falling into a bowl are suddenly transformed into liquid sculpture. Beauty and art replace the mundane.

The Girl
the girl
© Vladimir Nefedov, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

Those who specialise in high-speed photography are masters of patience. Trying to capture the perfect shot takes some setting up, and although there are various ways to catch the images, seemingly frozen in time, many photographers have their own personal technique, which they guard closely. The most common technique is to use high-speed flashes with quick shutter times. The images are often then polished up in Photoshop, or some digital imaging package, but only the background and shadows are manipulated, the actual fluid shape is left untouched.

Watermetery
watermetery
© Vladimir Nefedov, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

Water is often used in high-speed photography, as are other fluids, which are capable of producing infinite organic shapes, depending on how the photographer has set up the shot. Some photographers use specific equipment such as pipettes and drip feeders; others taint the fluid with color, resulting in sometimes strong and impressive images like these by Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA) 2008 finalist, Vladimir Nefedov.

The Crown
the crown
© Vladimir Nefedov, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

Vladimir is a recognized authority in the field of high-speed photography and manages the professional photographic studio, Prozess, in his native Russia. He says on his website (in Russian, so roughly translated):

“There is not yet a technique that could embody what occurs inside of us, and science has not thought up how to photograph dreams or happiness. Art of a photo is an attempt of visualization [of these things], made possible by manipulation of the images, given to us in the objective world and in sensations, they are then fixed using a camera, producing something imperceptible and unique…”

Ash Tray
ash tray
© Vladimir Nefedov, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

The Bell
the bell
© Vladimir Nefedov, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

The Lira
the lira
© Vladimir Nefedov, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

Red in White
red in white
© Vladimir Nefedov, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

Crystal Vase
crystal vase
© Vladimir Nefedov, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

Water Joke
water joke
© Vladimir Nefedov, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

For your chance to enter the Sony World Photography Awards 2009, read our previous entries: Timon and Pumbaa and Environmental Graffiti Partners with Sony World Photography Awards. The closing date for Prince’s Rainforest Project Awards has been extended to February 28, 2009.










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"Can you see them kiddo?"





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1.01.2009

Karaoke for the deaf

















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Another seven octave


















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