Please create an account to participate in the Slashdot moderation system

Microscopic, natural art. 17

Posted by CmdrTaco on Saturday February 20, 1999 @08:52AM from the art-is-perty dept.

jackcp writes "This is a site that has all kinds of pictures taken by scanning electron microscopes. Beautiful pictures, at that." Obviously the images have been doctored by photoshop or something, but they are quite nice. I love seeing artists finding new sources for their work, and some of those images are quite stunning. I really wish they had higher resolution versions though- the best art is better when it becomes my background image *grin*.

This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.

Microscopic, natural art.

Load All Comments

Search 17 Comments Log In/Create an Account

Comments Filter:

Reminds me... (Score:1)

by Chris Mikkelson ( 2363 ) writes:

of the micrograph my mother-in-law took, showing a white blood cell with a distinctly visible smiley-face....
Doctored? (Score:1)

by jgotts ( 2785 ) writes:

Rob, you should probably start keeping your editorials to yourself. The one about not reading books anymore and only reading web pages also ranks up there as one of your worst.
Magic Eye? (Score:1)

by HomerJ ( 11142 ) writes:

Am I totally wrong to assume that this is based on the same idea as those magic eye pictures?
giles revell (Score:1)

by uncontinuum ( 13719 ) writes:

there's an artist i read about in ArtByte [artbyteonline.com] named Giles Revell. he scans specimens in with an electron microscope from different angles and then composites the images to give them a depth and dimension. quite impressive.
Another similar site (Score:1)

by maphew ( 14702 ) writes:

is molecular expressions:
http://www.micro.magnet.fsu.edu/micro/gallery.html [fsu.edu]
Is it art? (Score:1)

by Nater ( 15229 ) writes:

Something always struck me as odd about people who find things (i.e. they don't create it) and call it art.

just my $0.02
Theory still holds... (Score:1)

by Nater ( 15229 ) writes:

DJs do the mixing. DJs do the scratching. DJs do whatever else it is they do (I know, some of my friends are DJs). The final piece of work _is_ something they've created.

Compare this to the microscope guy. He grabs an image off a SEM and calls it art.
Nope.. (Score:1)

by Nater ( 15229 ) writes:

I stand corrected
All well and good, but.... (Score:1)

by seizer ( 16950 ) writes:

...is this what Slashdot is all about? "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters" is, I admit, fairly all-encompassing, but c'mon, we can't be all the newsgroups in one.
Boom! (Score:1)

by Erk ( 17215 ) writes:

Is it me, or is that one picture of the Gold Moon look like an atomic blast or the like? What do you think?

Now THAT looks like a doctored picture...

There may be more comments in this discussion. Without JavaScript enabled, you might want to turn on Classic Discussion System in your preferences instead.

Microscopic, natural art. 17

Microscopic, natural art. More Login

Microscopic, natural art.

Reminds me... (Score:1)

Doctored? (Score:1)

Magic Eye? (Score:1)

giles revell (Score:1)

Another similar site (Score:1)

Is it art? (Score:1)

Theory still holds... (Score:1)

Nope.. (Score:1)

All well and good, but.... (Score:1)

Boom! (Score:1)

Related Links Top of the: day, week, month.

Slashdot Top Deals

Slashdot