VIDEO: Slow motion skateboarding fails make everything better

By Ali Plumb
From http://www.asylum.co.uk/

What is it about watching things in slow motion that makes everything better? Be it an owl coming into land on a perch or a car leaping off a Hot Wheels ramp, if you want something to look cooler, just shoot it in 1000fps and you're golden.

To prove our point, here's a clip of some skaters bailing horrifically on slow motion camera -- but because they're on slow motion camera, somehow they look undeniably while they're doing it.

The modern world really is a mystery, isn't it?

But to do the skaters justice, they've also pulled off some flippin' amazing tricks (literally) on the same slow motion camera, some of which we've added below after the bail-a-thon. How nice.




Oh, and here's a board breaking in slow motion too




Sketchy inward double heelflip




Dolphin flip




An "Impossible"





Hardflips

Watching People Skydive in Slow Motion Is Absolutely Mesmerizing

Experience Human Flight from Betty Wants In on Vimeo.

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Shot on a GoPro

Produced: Betty Wants In
Music: "She is" - Salieri Music Inc

The Longest Movies Ever Made [Infographic]

By Brendan McGinley

From http://blog.moviefone.com/

As usual, February has flown by -- a gift, really, considering how brutally cold it has been at Moviefone HQ. Thank you, shortest month of the year!

But before our favorite calendar page flips by, let's pay homage to its blissful brevity with -- how else? -- a graphical tribute to the longest movies of all time, courtesy of Bankshot Comics' hilarious Brendan McGinley. The 18 films mentioned in the image below combine to run a whopping 23 and a half days; Cinématon, the longest movie ever released, runs more than six days on its own. Pass the crates of popcorn!

Click through to read our handy infographic.

The Majesty of the Slam Dunk, in Super Slo-Mo

by Jerod
from http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/

First off, credit where it is due: I just read this post by Barry Petchesky of Deadspin, and I thank him for alerting me to the videos below.

I don’t know about you, but I sat riveted during the Slam Dunk contest. I was turned off by the obvious Kia product placement at the end, and the slimy feeling that the final result was predetermined, but that should take nothing away from the spectacular feats of athleticism achieved by DeMar DeRozan, Serge Ibaka, JaVale McGee, and of course Blake Griffin.

In fact, the dunks turned in by these high flying artists were so good, so jaw-dropping, and so majestic, that there is really only one possible way to make them better: put ‘em in super slow motion. And that’s just what the NBA did.

Below are dunks by Griffin, McGee, and DeRozan, slowed down quite substantially and backed up by dramatic music – for the record, the kind of music I always wish was playing on Saturday mornings at my apartment when I cook eggs and toast for myself and try to finish both at the same time so they’re piping hot when it’s eating time. (Hey, when you live alone, you can pretend anything is a life or death scenario just shits and giggles.)

Blake Griffin Car Dunk in Super Slow Motion

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JaVale McGee Double Ball Dunk in Super Slow Motion

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DeMar DeRozan One Bounce Alley Oop Reverse Dunk in Super Slow Motion

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Simply stunning. Kudos to the NBA for creating videos like this and engaging their fans via YouTube. These dunks were most certainly worthy.

Slow Motion Destruction

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Giant Water Balloon Bursting in Super Slow Motion

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Chris Higgins Ultra Slo-Mo Video of Bullet Impacts

by Chris Higgins

This is weird and mesmerizing: ultra slow-motion video of bullets impacting various materials (glass, wood, metal, hollow-points on ballistics gel, and so on). The soundtrack adds nothing to the experience, so you might as well mute it (unless you want to have a rave while watching the video). But from a scientific perspective, there’s a lot of interesting stuff going on here…what was most interesting to me was watching the bullets instantly liquify when they hit hard surfaces (like harder metals). There are also several shots in which the bullets are impacted by other projectiles in mid-flight.

The best news: there’s nothing gross here, just very cleanly photographed bullet impacts on non-gross objects.

(Via Kottke.org.)

Long Exposure Photography: 15 Stunning Examples

by Darren Rowse

Long Exposure Photography is something that can take your breath away when you get it right.

Here are some shots to get you inspired (plus some tips below the pics on these techniques).

photo by MumbleyJoe - exposure: 114 sec

Image by Matthew Fang - Exposure: 117.4 sec

image by Paulo Brandão - exposure time: 124 sec

photography by BUR?BLUE - Exposure: 656 sec

Image by Nrbelex - Exposure: Not Given

Photo by MumbleyJoe - Exposure: 20 sec

Image by Insight Imaging: John A Ryan Photography - Exposure: 30 sec

by MumbleyJoe - Exposure: 31.9 sec

Photography by Sara Heinrichs - Exposure: 20 sec

Image by c@rljones - Exposure: 60 minutes

Image by MSH* - Image by 15 sec

Photo by Express Monorail (°O°Joe) - Exposure: 10.9 sec

by Andrew Stawarz - Exposure: Composite of 100 shots - each of 30 seconds

Photo by _mpd_ - Exposure: 23 sec

Image by Dave Smith - Exposure: 253 sec

DISCOVER how to take these kinds of Long Exposure Images:

• Slow Shutter Shoot Out - 3 Slow Shutter Speed Techinques
• How to Shoot Light Trails
• A Beginners Guide to Capturing Motion in Your Photography
• How to Capture Motion Blur in Photography

Darren Rowse is the editor and founder of Digital Photography School. He lives in Melbourne Australia and is also the editor of the ProBlogger Blog Tips and TwiTip Twitter Tips blogs.