itsoldjohn:

battlefem:

you wanna see some badass shit from the early 20th century?? The Lumière brothers created the first full color photograph… in fucking 1903! So these dudes dyed potatoes (in red, blue, and green), mashed them down into just pure fuckin’ starch, and used these dyed potato starches as filters to block out/let in certain wavelengths of light. They coated one side of a glass plate with the starches and sensitized the other side with a mixture of gelatin and light sensitive materials (silver nitrate) and loaded these plates in their cameras.. This is a really simple explanation of the process and I may have missed some things

A few of my favorite autochrome photos:

that last one is literally a LOOK

danger:

Burning Days, Restless Nights by Felipe Morin

fluffmugger:

catbountry:

The beginning.

actually IIRC this was the first photo with a specific type of camera or equipment  “cos THE progenative shitlord of  cat memes was Harry Pointer. And around 1870 he decided that Au Naturelle  photos of cats weren’t gonna cut it, and started doing shit like this: 

then he realised HE COULD CAPTION THEM

and thus the dignity of the feline was forever destroyed. 

emily84:

Mekhi Lucky <3

visualjunkee:

Famed ballet dancer Roberto Bolle photographed by Giampaolo Sgura

nubbsgalore:

okavango delta

I found pretty bug today

aaagh:

mytumblrsucksashell:

We’re used to seeing a rainbow follow rainfall, but have you ever seen the multicolored effect follow an extinguished flame?

Wow!

jehovahhthickness:

alongcameabutterfly:

My body is magical.
Every hill and valley.
Every dip and turn.
Every bump & roll.
Pure intergalactic magic
👽☄✨

Photography|Taylor Giavasis for The Naked Diaries

(NOT FOR BBW BLOGS)

{thebutterflyeffect]

This is important

sasusakuwillhappen:

littlelimpstiff14u2:

This 144-Year-Old Wisteria In Japan Looks Like A Pink Sky

These stunning photographs, which look like a glorious late evening sky with dashes of pink and purple, are actually pictures of Japan’s largest wisteria (or wistaria, depending on whom you ask) plant.

This plant, located in Ashikaga Flower Park in Japan, is certainly not the largest in the world, but it still comes in at an impressive 1,990 square meters (or half an acre) and dates back to around 1870 (the largest, at about 4,000 square meters, is the wisteria vine in Sierra Madre, California). Although wisterias can look like trees, they’re actually vines. Because its vines have the potential to get very heavy, this plant’s entire structure is held up on steel supports, allowing visitors to walk below its canopy and bask in the pink and purple light cast by its beautiful hanging blossoms.

Image credits: Takao Tsushima