Evolution

[Nyanyinyah]

Thumbs up for the idea and the neat execution. What I really don't understand is: How could people hit DISLIKE? Seriously, this is amazing! :(

[tisiaan]

supercoooooooool!!!

That must have taken a shitload of time.

[BrianC974]

I think that is an accurate.

[GypsyKing7]

That 3rd one from the Left looked alot like Bush,

[Nilguiri]

@GypsyKing7

hahhaha! I think you are being too generous to Bush!

;)

[phillipgaley]

Interesting, such a though-provoking pictorial: used t'be, I didn't believe the story of evolution, . . . I always took it to be a mere fable because—failing the "F test" and the "T test"—evolution is statistically impossible—wow, . . . I once was blind, but now I see, . . . how could I have missed a truth so obvious? It's so real, . . . almost real—what a far-sighted and intellectual painter—rully hot! Yeah, I'm lovin' it—ain't choo?

[punkrockefeller]

brilliant! this took great effort!

[terry820]

science fiction graffiti

[NerkoMc]

It's incredible!

Saluti da Roma!

[pentino94]

My city sorry for my english I'm prato's boy this pictures is behind my home...

[Nilguiri]

allora confermato, ringraziamenti!

That confirms it then !

It is definitely in Prato,

thanks pentino.

[USAsoldier1955]

sucks

[Nilguiri]

hahaha! OK.

I wonder if you actually watched it, or just left a comment because I called you up on being a hateful racist!

[ScarletFlamia]

Either this isn't in London, or he made another one virtually identical here in Italy, because I see it every morning from my train! =D

[litvamadafaka]

sweet, I always wanted to see this one, good reason to visit Italy by the way;] would you mind giving exact location?

[ScarletFlamia]

Prato, in Tuscany, about half an hour of train from Florence. You can see it right out of the station, it's under a flyover ;)

[Nilguiri]

Hi Scarlet,

I'm sure you are right . It probably isn't in London!

Is it on Google Maps street view?

[ScarletFlamia]

I'm afraid not, but I'll give it a try and let you know ;)

[rageunderground]

no problem. i saw some of your timelapse stuff. nice! a little trick i havnt got around to trying is to shoot with a digital still camera every few seconds, and then take it into an editing package and pan across the timelapse. if your camera is high res enough you can zoom as well. would be better than spending a shit load of money on a servo controlled rig. give it a go.

[Nilguiri]

That's exactly how I did them! I've got a program to control the camera from the PC.

I don't have a laptop and the cable is only a few metres long. That's why all the vids are looking out of my window!

You can set it to take a picture every few seconds/minutes/hours, etc.

But, although the zoom is also controlled by the prog, you can't program it to do a controlled slow zoom. You have to do it by "eye".

[Nilguiri]

Well, that's how I did it, apart from the Ken Burns-type panning bit of course, in the videos I've put on Youtube at least.

I have tried it but nothing worth showing here yet!

[Nilguiri]

(ditto for the zooming, of course)

[Nilguiri]

I've also been experimenting with stereo (anaglyph 3D) video. e.g. I left a plant without watering it for a few days. I then watered it and took 2 shots for each frame from 2 slightly separated viewpoints as the plant rehydrated over about an hour. I moved the camera up few mm at a time on the tripod (fixed flash position). A nice idea, but it didn't turn out that great, so I didn't bother putting the 3d together in the end.

I've also tried grass seeds sprouting, the night sky (in 2D), etc

[rageunderground]

check out david attenborough's life of plants for some timelapse inspiration.

[Nilguiri]

Cool, I will! I've also always been a big fan of Oxford Scientific Films.

[rageunderground]

you would make my day if you edited out all the timelapse, cause i would love to see it again. but couldnt sit through it again

[Nilguiri]

ha ha ha!!

That sounds interesting!

no problem... I actually like plants! (well, to a certain extent, anyway)

If I have time, I might take you up on making those timelapse clips...

I'll let you know.

;)

[rageunderground]

Thanks for setting things straight

Peace...

[Nilguiri]

I'm glad we could sort it out in the end!

Sorry for the misunderstanding!!

;)

[rageunderground]

The timelapse is like nothing ive seen before. full six axis degrees motion control cameras. the only problem is you have to watch at least 4 hours of shite about plants lol

[ValStarwind]

Really kool concept!

Question: Isn't it illegal to do graffiti on public property? How did the person/people get away with this? You would think something that large would be catchable.

[Nilguiri]

Yes, it is illegal, but works of art are usually tolerated and left alone. In the centre of Madrid there are many artists who do some really original stuff, like painting realistic, detailed shadows coming from traffic bollards that look like people's shadows when you look closely.

Then there are stupid little vandals who just scribble their name at every opportunity. These are usually erased quite quickly, thankfully.

I don't know if this one is still there. I imagine it is, though!

;)

[maskone73]

wooow

increible

[Nilguiri]

I'm not sure, I didn't take the original photos. It's probably in Spain, more than likely Madrid.

I'll try and find out.

[introshane]

wOW! where is it?