RE people taking flash photos of Niagara Falls, and of Leonardo DiCaprio on an airplane: the girl on the plane was probably just not that smart, though it’s cute; that goes along with the Niagara Falls thing though in that on many cheap cameras (not just disposables) you’ll have a hard time disabling the flash at night. But the light falloff is such that the flash doesn’t affect the exposure of the falls itself. I see people taking flash photos of things outside at night all the time. The exposure is set for the ambient to be visible, and the flash is for whatever’s close to the camera.

My parents live 25-30 miles from Niagara Falls, and in high school and when I came home on break from university a few times I rode my bike to the falls. You have to ride across the bridge with the cars if you want to bring your bike over the border, and pay a 50 cent toll (there’s a pedestrian crossing but no bikes allowed). Anyway one time I was on the Canadian side with my bike and a raggedy looking Indian guy saw me with my DSLR and asked me to take a photo of him in front of the falls. He handed me a non-disposable camera that was basically a disposable camera you don’t dispose of… but no matter how bad the quality that guy is probably going to cherish that photo and show all his relatives. Sometimes neither the technology nor the know-how (beyond pointing and shooting) are necessary :)

On the other hand, I’m sure the Japanese girl will look back at her photos at some point and wonder why she has a bunch of photos of the interior of an airplane :)

http://vimeo.com/groups/vimappingeo/videos

enjoy :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnQdE4vPV8g

4 months of work, 5000×1200 resolution, 2x Christie 18K HD projectors

The thing is awesome. Great work!

I particularly love the trompe l’oeil effects, creating motion in the third axis. Elegant.

52min Doc hosted at NFB: http://nfb.ca/film/image_mill_revealed

Amazing.

There are loads of historical references there, the chalice and the medieaval marching army refers to the Hussite revolution, the Czechs version of the protestant reformation that pre-dated Luther by a century. Quite successful at first the Hussites led by the one-eyed Jan Zizka (among the most able generals in history, who turned a peasant army, and unconventional tactics with war wagons, into a formidable force that defeated 5 crusades from all over Europe).

There are also references to the 2nd World War and the Germans’ attempts to burn down the tower.

Well done though.

Petr.

http://bit.ly/aQGMbG

Much better Quality.

I love how the commentary in the video from the original link goes from “that was so anticlimactic” to “wow” to utter silence in the crowd.

the flag with the chalice and marching soldiers is the Hussite Revolution 1418-34

Although the Hussites ultimately ended up breaking into factions with one side joining
the Royalists and deafeating the Taborites in Lipany within twenty years the country was governed
by George of Podebrady a Hussite King – which is the reference to the crown and the falling coins.

The Thirty Years war is also referenced. It started in Bohemia in 1618 and after the Battle of White Mountain – which led to 300 years of Austrian domination – 27 Czech Nobles were beheaded
(almost directly in front of the Clock) which is the reference to the skull and the 27 white crosses.

There is also a reference to WWII as the Nazis tried to burn the building down as they left Prague.

Do these only go on in Europe? I’d love to see one in person sometime.

Then again, I’m having trouble thinking of a good building in L.A. to project something like this on.

[side note - why can't BoingBoing remember I'm signed in?]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVK5qXfYMwA&feature=related