Here are eight cool photos readers added to The Consumerist Flickr Pool this week, picked for neatness and usability in a Consumerist post, and one silly one I just want you to see. Also, be sure to check out our new Photo Gallery to see the latest additions all week long!
by AaronBBrown
by davidcaloren
by CydeWeyz
by Tinnytintin
by James Jordan
And finally, hey look an Internet meme found its way into print advertising:
by msmail
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What. the. hell. Why is that guy shooting that cat?????
Cats are evil… It’s been a running theme on Consumerist for a while now, and it’s why they feature so many stories with cat pictures in the caption. The cat is a metaphor for the evil wrongdoer corporation.
Interpretation: You’re doing it wrong.
The cat is the one that keeps leaving the garage door open.
Or the cat is the only one home when the burglar comes through the garage.
I dig the old trucks, I am jealous of the dog living someplace so warm and snow-free, and did anyone know that “Surprised Kitten” has an orange brother? (or sister, I can’t tell, they photoshop’d out the cat junk)
The second last one is really cool. The effect makes it look like a dollhouse, but then the real person walking through contradicts that, so my brain kinda hurts.
And OMG stick-em-up kitty!
http://www.visualphotoguide.com/tilt-shift-photoshop-tutorial-how-to-make-fake-miniature-scenes/
Tilt-shift lenses (or more commonly tilt shift filters applied in post-production) are fairly popular, and there were quite a few videos going around earlier this year that made use of the effect. Check Youtube for tilt shift scenery videos, they’re actually quite fantastic.
Ooo, thanks again! So awesome!
More to the point, this was one of my favorites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkrtYRxGyuo
That video was amazing. Thanks for the link.
That was awesome, thanks! Passing that on later…and checking more out at the guy’s site when I have time too.
I want the truck, gimme the truck, gotta have the truck, kill for the truck….
If you’re anywhere near Stockbridge, MA, check out the Main Street at Christmas re-creation they do every December. They have people come with their old show cars and park up and down Main Street so that it looks like the old Normal Rockwell painting. It’s great fun if you’re into photography, and maybe, just maybe, you can try to strike a bargain with the owner of the truck
Someone please add a S on the flying surprised dog. And the trucks are awesome.
Aw look, puppy…awesome car…AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
DO NOT WANT!