I have truly witnessed an unbelievable thunderstorm outbreak in Amsterdam tonight. We’re going on 4 hours straight of constant lightning and downpours.
At peak ~30,000 strikes were detected in 30 min across Netherlands and northern Germany, ~17 lightning strikes a second.
Extreme contrasts are hard to get right in both 3d and photography. On the one hand to avoid the bad-hdr compressed look, on the other hand to not crush the blacks completely or roll it off gracefully at least.
#b3d
"While spacewalking I realized something, I used to think I was scared of heights but now I know I was just scared of gravity" ― NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman
In The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger literally improvised when he threw a brick of money straight at Chin Han’s face.
He said:
“Heath jumped off a two-story pile of money, grabbed a stack, and threw it at me. It hit me square in the head. I was dazed. That was the first take.”
HERCULES was released 29 years ago today.
Disney originally planned a much more traditional opening, but the filmmakers replaced it with the Muses narrating the story through gospel music, giving HERCULES one of the most unique and energetic openings.