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Showing posts with label Odd. Show all posts
6/04/2012
5/25/2012
Longest noodle for Shanghai Great World Guinness Records
Pastry cook Liu Hui blows a pastry balloon in Tianjin, north China, May 24, 2012. Liu created two Shanghai Great World Guinness Records by stretching a 1918-meter-long noodle and blowing a pastry balloon with diameter of 1.5 meters.
Pastry cook Liu Hui stretches noodles in Tianjin, north China, May 24, 2012. Liu created two Shanghai Great World Guinness Records by stretching a 1918-meter-long noodle and blowing a pastry balloon with diameter of 1.5 meters.
Pastry cook Liu Hui blows a pastry balloon in Tianjin, north China, May 24, 2012. Liu created two Shanghai Great World Guinness Records by stretching a 1918-meter-long noodle and blowing a pastry balloon with diameter of 1.5 meters.
(Xinhua)
2/26/2012
Model's hand Photoshopped into gruesome claw
Alarms were raised over a pretty model in a burnt orange dress who appeared to have had a run-in with an airbrush.
The devilishly bad piece of retouching at Simply Be left the brunette with an apparently freakishly clawed left hand, complete with six fingers and right-angled gashes.
As Vernon and the team at the Photoshop Disasters write, "On the upside, her dress is a lovely color, and the photo has made this model the most in-demand guest at all finer marshmallow and wienie roasts."
The alteration begs the question of whether the rest of the image - including the dress for sale - has been unrealistically and misleadingly enhanced.
After the story made its way onto Jezebel, Simply Be quickly changed the image to something for more human and less ghoulish.
The kimono dress is now worn by a model who, the site acknowledges, is a "non-mutant" - and, thankfully, rather more attractive - version.
As if Photoshop hadn't already had enough criticism of late, the blunder adds fuel to the anti-retouching lobby.
Moves to restrict the use of retouching on commercial images are gaining momentum, no thanks to the embarrassing backlash that airbrushing errors such as this creates.
On the basis of a poll that found that readers were increasingly feeling deceived by commercial images, Glamour magazine has just announced that it will ask commissioned photographers not to alter the shapes of models.
(dailymail)
8/19/2011
Squirrel monkeys turn to football stars
Squirrel monkeys play with ball at London Zoo, Aug. 18, 2011.
Squirrel monkeys play with ball at London Zoo, Aug. 18, 2011.
Squirrel monkeys play with ball at London Zoo, Aug. 18, 2011.
A squirrel monkey plays with ball at London Zoo, Aug. 18, 2011.
(AFP)
8/10/2011
Giant tortoises in Amsterdam
Two Aldabra giant tortoises mate at the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam August 10, 2011.
Two Aldabra giant tortoises mate at the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam August 10, 2011
A zookeeper lures an Aldabra giant tortoise onto a scale at the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam August 10, 2011. The tortoises are weighed every two years to check their health.
Two Aldabra giant tortoises mate at the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam August 10, 2011.
A zookeeper lures an Aldabra giant tortoise onto a scale at the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam August 10, 2011. The tortoises are weighed every two years to check their health.
A zookeeper lures an Aldabra giant tortoise onto a scale at the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam August 10, 2011. The tortoises are weighed every two years to check their health.
A zookeeper lures two Aldabra giant tortoises onto a scale at the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam August 10, 2011. The tortoises are weighed every two years to check their health.
An Aldabra giant tortoise is weighed at the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam August 10, 2011.
(Reuters)
1/21/2010
Amazing "Proletarisches Wandbild"
People look at German artist Johan Lorbeer attached to a wall during his performance "Proletarisches Wandbild" at the Contemporary Art Center in Malaga, southern Spain, January 20, 2010.
A man gives water to German artist Johan Lorbeer (top) attached to a wall during his performance "Proletarisches Wandbild" at the Contemporary Art Center in Malaga, southern Spain, January 20, 2010.
A man looks at German artist Johan Lorbeer (R) attached to a wall during his performance "Proletarisches Wandbild" at the Contemporary Art Center in Malaga, southern Spain, January 20, 2010.
(Reuters）
1/15/2010
Chocolate Great Wall & Terracotta Warriors!
An alignment of miniature chocolate sculpture of some 560 terracotta warriors of Emperor Qingshihuang is on display at the World Chocolate Dream Park inside the Beijing Olympic Park, in Beijing, Jan. 14, 2010. A batch of elaborate chocolate sculptures, including the miniature replicas of Great Wall, the Terracotta Warriors, and traditional Chinese painting of Panorama Along the Upper River During the Qingming Festival in the same size to the original, are exhibited to visitors.
Two visitors watch an alignment of miniature cholocate sculpture of some 560 terracotta warriors of Emperor Qingshihuang on display at the World Chocolate Dream Park inside the Beijing Olympic Park, in Beijing, Jan. 14, 2010. A batch of elaborate chocolate sculptures, including the miniature replicas of Great Wall, the Terracotta Warriors, and traditional Chinese painting of Panorama Along the Upper River During the Qingming Festival in the same size to the original, are exhibited to visitors.
Two craftsmen are engaged in building up a 12-meter-long miniature chocolate sculpture of the Great Wall, at the World Chocolate Dream Park inside the Beijing Olympic Park, in Beijing, Jan. 14, 2010. A batch of elaborate chocolate sculptures, including the miniature replicas of Great Wall, the Terracotta Warriors, and traditional Chinese painting of Panorama Along the Upper River During the Qingming Festival in the same size to the original, are exhibited to visitors.
Two craftsmen are engaged in building up a 12-meter-long miniature chocolate sculpture of the Great Wall, at the World Chocolate Dream Park inside the Beijing Olympic Park, in Beijing, Jan. 14, 2010. A batch of elaborate chocolate sculptures, including the miniature replicas of Great Wall, the Terracotta Warriors, and traditional Chinese painting of Panorama Along the Upper River During the Qingming Festival in the same size to the original, are exhibited to visitors.
(Xinhua)
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