Sunday, January 31, 2010

Your Birth Year News

Click on the year you were born, or any other year, and read the news for that year.
                   
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Monday, January 25, 2010

Waves of Hawaii

Waimea Bay shore-break surfing pioneer, husband, and father of two, Clark Little has gained nationwide recognition for his photography with appearances on Good Morning America, Inside Edition, and many local news stations across the U.S.

Clark Little on Good Morning America (2009):

It all started in 2007 when Clark 's wife wanted a nice piece of art to decorate a wall. Voluntarily, Clark grabbed a camera, jumped in the water, and starting snapping away capturing the beauty and power of monstrous Hawaiian waves from the inside out.

"Clark's view" is a unique view of the ocean that most will only be able to experience safely on land while studying one of Clark's photos.

Now with a camera upgrade and an itch to get that better shot, Clark has taken this on full time and has moved his office from land, to the inside of a barrel.

Since the recent stir of Clark 's work, his images have been run on the Today Show, ABC World News Now, Nature's Best Photography, Paris Match (France), La Vie (France), Hana Hou (Hawaiian Airlines) magazine, Surfer magazine, Surfer's Journal as well as multiple publishers and newspapers in the U.S. and overseas.

These incredible images of waves in the Hawaiian Islands were taken by Clark Little, the number one photographer of surf. He is dedicated to photographing the waves and has published a selection of his best images.

He captures magical moments inside the tube as surfers say.


Sun Glints Off Wave




Sand in Surf

This shot captures sand from the ocean's floor being swept up by a monstrous wave and resembles a sandstorm. Little calls it the 'Sand Monster'. "There were clouds of sand ten feet high and I'm standing there. I'm holding on to my camera and my trigger as long as I can. Then I have to jump into the cloud of sand to try to get out of danger's way."





His fans pay as much as $4,000 for his gorgeous photos.


Tubular Shining




Beach - Surf Crashes Down




Molten Liquid Gold



 

White Tumultuous Water





Splash - Stunning Shot




Red Mysterious Shot




Break - Wave Crashes Down




Beauty - Water Drops

This shot is his favorite. With a high shutter speed he caught the brilliant fanned effect of two waves  intersecting each other and throwing out this beautiful fan of water.



Stellar Photos

Stellar work: Our dazzling galaxy at night captured by photographer during 16-year mission around the world:

The twinkling stars that shine above our planet will cause most of us to gaze up in amazement every so often.

But for Iranian photographer and journalist Babak Tafreshi they are a daily obsession. Spending the last 16 years travelling the world, he has spent every day for his entire adult life capturing the sky at night.

From his native country to as far afield as Norway and Nepal, the 34-year-old has set up his camera to reveal our galaxy in all its splendour while also showing some of the most awesome sights of this world.

Mr Tafreshi, who won last year's Lennart Nilsson Award for best scientific photography, has visited all the continents including Antarctica in his quest.