Photo editors have a job to do. Part of that job is to make sure of the sources of the images they publish, especially gigantical, four-column monstrosities like the one in the Calgary Herald. Great image, illustrates the story well. Trouble is, this photo is from a tsunami that hit China a few years back. It’s easily found on the web via a google search. Turns out this is a two-year-old Reuters photo of a group of people who gathered to watch some large waves, and one turned out to be larger than expected. The mayor of Calgary had the image and showed it during a presentation for tsunami aid, and the Herald asked for the image, assuming that it was a current image. Ooops. Link to apology here.

Better late than never. Here’s a link to a grand collection of Quicktime VR’s from around the world on New Year’s Eve. Sorry, none from my in-laws living room in Sarasota playing Cadoo with our 5 and 8 year old nephews.

Okay, this is whacked. Photographs printed on grass. No, it does not involve tiny hedge clippers, nor a robotic lawn mower. Taking advantage of ‘the light sensitivity of seedling grass and its ability to record complex photographic images,’ these artists are creating site installations of photos captured on grass seedlings. These are serious artists – their work is, for example, on display at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

When I was a kid, I always wanted to get an RC plane. They were always a bit too pricey, so that never worked out. But they have always held a fascination to me, from the time my older brother had a huge glider when I was a tyke. I recall lusting after an Estes model rocket with a 110 camera in the nose when I fooled around with those in Cub Scouts, but these guys have taken all that to the next level (example photo by Kyle Goetzelmann above). Via Gizmodo, here is a link to the 2005 calendar photo entries from a group of serious RC enthusiasts. LINK