iamcal.com Since May 2000

these classic behind-the-scenes pictures are great

i used to work right by mount pleasant sorting office and was a bit obsessed with the mail railway. this photo series exploring it is excellent. read it now

the sandpit is very very beautiful. the thing was shot using regular lenses and the tilt-shift was faked in afterwards. this is totally possible on any decent DSLR. hmmmm!

okcupid has some really good statistics posts [via rsquared]

@schill pointed to this great article on detecting photoshop manipulations in JPEGs

these photos are great. any russian speakers know where they came from? [via sal] update: it has english text below the first few photos

these photos of the LHC are awesome - i had a chance to tour it a few years back and it's amazing in person too

very nerdy-cool - hidden art found on silicon wafers

in the category of 'things i bookmarked ages ago and never posted' comes metal heart, a lovely tilt-shift time-lapse of monster trucks

carnivore? keep being awesome!

know your asian poses

my milk toof is doing the rounds. cute

a beautiful photo over on kottke. but when did he redesign? best design since the orange juice

this demo video shot on red is absolutely gorgeous. i need red

forget the new 5D - i'd prefer an S2

the moo mosaic frame is pretty awesome. looks great

omfg - tilt shifted video is so freaking awesome. tiny fake people! [via mr burka]

the movie shot on the new canon 5d is beautiful. i might need to buy one. unless they have a new high-end coming out. ooooooh

is it just me or does this 'genuine grain' just look like more noise than the 'fake' grain examples? [via nascent guru]

"Try to move the camera after u focus" - excellent [via kellan]

bookmarked for later - a great resource for canon lens specs

while reformating exif display on flickr i cam across this wonderfully tedious explaination of f/stops.