viernes, 29 de octubre de 2010

Top Ten: Parrillas accesibles en Capital Federal

Cristina Paredes, colabora con nuestro pequeño espacio de recomendaciones gastronómicas, para estómagos ansiosos pero bolsillos castigados, con esta breve pero muy útil guía de salidas en Capital Federal (Argentina).

Los carnívoros argentinos viven horas angustiantes: el precio de la carne sigue en ascenso y la mayoría de los restaurantes ajusta sus precios. Pero a no desesperar, amigos del churrasco: todavía quedan parrillas barriales que ofrecen buenos cortes a precios muy razonables. Aquí, nuestras 10 recomendadas.

1. Lo de Falucho
Casi todas las parrillas económicas tienen una característica recurrente: el nombre alude a su dueño. Esta, en cambio, alude a su perro. Por todas partes (en la carta, en los individuales) el comensal puede enterarse de la historia de Falucho, mientras degusta una porción de asado o vacío, acompañada de papas y batatas a la parrilla y una gaseosa a 45 pesos.
(Gorostiaga 1833, Las Cañitas / T. 4772-4458)

2. La Colonia
Alarmado por los exorbitantes precios de las parrillas palermitanas, llegamos a este cálido y confortable reducto que cuenta con salón fumador y mesas a la calle. La porción de asado y vacío cuesta $31 e incluye guarnición de fritas, ensalada mixta o puré; el ojo de bife está $34 y la entraña $40. Pueden acompañarse por una gaseosa ($8) o una copa de vino San Telmo ($14). No cobran servicio de mesa.
(Julián Alvarez 1674, Palermo / T. 4864-8380)

3. Antigua Querencia
Si no hay muchas pretensiones, en esta humilde parrilla, de ambiente familiar, la ecuación precio, calidad y atención cierra a la perfección. La porción individual cuesta $40 e incluye asado, vacío, achuras, chorizo y una copita de López tinto. Por $10 más, a la promo se le agregan más achuras y una suculenta provoleta.
(Yatay 602, Almagro / T. 4861-4502)

4. El Mosquito
Por menos de $50 (incluyendo gaseosa) acá podés entrarle a una buena parrillada y repetir todas las veces que quieras. No esperes un ojo de bife jugoso, como el de Cabaña Las Lilas, ni mucho menos, pero sí una rica entraña y buenos postres, como el mousse de chocolate. Buen lugar para ir en familia: hay pelotero para los chicos.
(Perón 4499, Almagro / T. 4865-0033)

5. La Rana
Buena comida a precios casi insólitos. La parrilla libre cuesta $45 e incluye de todo, menos bebida. De entrada, empanadas de carne cortada a cuchillo; después, mollejas, riñones y chinchus. Para un almuerzo a las apuradas, media porción de vacío y una copa del vino de la casa marchan por 40 mangos.
(Av. Alvarez Thomas 3425, Villa Urquiza / T. 4524-2642)

6. La Luli
Un clásico. En relación precio calidad, nadie le hace sombra en kilómetros a la redonda. La parrillada sale $100, pero alcanza para cuatro personas que al otro día quedan a régimen. Lo mejor es el vacío y la bondiola, chiquita y sin grasa. La súper promo incluye medio bife de chorizo con guarnición de fritas y gaseosa, a módicos 38 pesos.
(Av. Juan B. Justo esq. Aguirre, Villa Crespo / T. 4899-0540)

7. El Patio de Liliana
Bohemio y romántico; un patio bajo un techo de enredaderas, adornado por una fuente de cañas, ideal para una cita o una reunión con amigos. Por $50 hay tres menús al paso: porción de vacío o asado con guarnición, más una empanada salteña de entrada y una copa de vino, o un cuarto de pollo con guarnición, más empanada, flan casero y vino, o achuras (dos chinchulines, dos riñones y chorizo) con fritas, más empanada salteña y copa de vino.
(Mitre 3986, Almagro / T. 4983-4909)

8. La Taberna de Roberto
En cualquiera de sus tres sucursales (dos en Boedo y una en Parque Patricios), La Taberna de Roberto es la alternativa sureña para comer carne a buen precio. La tira de asado (de lo mejor del lugar, junto al cerdo y el bife de chorizo) cuesta unos $49 incluyendo guarnición. La parrillada se va a $73, pero alcanza para tres personas.
(Inclán esq. Castro Barros, Boedo; Loria 2110, Boedo; Caseros 3399, Parque. Patricios)

9. Siga la Vaca Express
La versión económica de esta conocida cadena es una de las mejores opciones para comer al paso.  Por $38 al mediodía y $45 a la noche, el menú ejecutivo consta de entrada con chorizo y morcilla, un corte de carne a elección (los recomendados son ojo de bife, bondiola, pollo, asado americano o bife de costilla) con ensalada, papa frita, bebida y postre. Los fines de semana el mismo menú cuesta 48 pesos. Una bicoca.
(Monroe 1802, Belgrano / T. 4781-7882)

10. Lo de Charly
Arrancó hace veinte años como una parrillita al paso, y hoy es un clásico para los que buscan un lugar bueno y barato. Por $20 se puede pedir la especialidad del lugar: el matambrito tiernizado, o una entraña con guarniciones, acompañado por una copa de tinto. Si la intención es comer hasta reventar, la parrilla libre cuesta $51, aunque no incluye vino. Otro plus: no cierra nunca. Así que ya sabés adónde ir si te a las tres de la mañana tenés se te antojan unos chinchulines.
(Alvarez Thomas 2101, Villa Ortuzar / T. 4553-0882)

Fuente: http://www.planetajoy.com/?Cuales_son_las_10_mejores_parrillas_barriales&page=ampliada&id=827

Mejorando las fotos de tu Smartphone

Es un hecho que cada vez más, somos los que llevamos en el bolsillo como parte del teléfono, una cámara (y que modelo a modelo, es decir, año a año, mejora su calidad). Estos dispositivos, usualmente, nos permiten hacer tomas cándidas que tal vez de otro modo, nunca hubiéramos hecho. Y es también un hecho que aunque muchas veces la idea es buena, el resultado no lo es tanto… 

Esta sencilla guía que recorre cada punto básico a tener en cuenta, para que las fotos sacadas desde un celular, salgan de la mejor manera posible.

How to Take Better Pictures with Your Smartphone's Camera

How to Take Better Pictures with Your Smartphone's Camera

Cameraphones have come a long way in the past few years, but they don't always take point-and-shoot quality pictures on the first try. Here's how to squeeze the best quality photos out of your smartphone's camera.

Photo by Eskimo Pic.

They say the best camera is the one you have with you, but that doesn't mean it'll always give you the best-looking pictures. If you have a great shot in sight, but don't have the time to grab your DSLR or point-and-shoot, you'll have to make do with your phone's camera. Depending on your cameraphone and the lighting conditions, the results are often dull, ugly photos that are barely worth looking at later on. You can do better, though; you can take most cameraphone shots from forgetful to interesting with just a few tweaks.

All phones and cameras are different, so your mileage may vary with any given tip. While most cameraphones suffer from similar weaknesses (most notably the inability to take good pictures in low light), each has its own idiosyncrasies as well. The iPhone, for example, usually takes photos with pretty good color, while the Droid often produces colors that are less than stellar. That said, most of these tips can apply to your phone and favorite camera app pretty easily.

All photos below were taken with a Motorola Droid. Click on any of them to get a closer look.

 

Don't Forget Basic Photography Rules

After doing lots of research and asking around, some of the best tips I got were the most obvious (yet rarely heeded) rules of photography. When you use your phone's camera, make sure you aren't forgetting about the basics. We've mentioned a few of these before, but it's always good to go through them again before you dig into the more minute settings.

 

Use Your Light

How to Take Better Pictures with Your Smartphone's Camera

It's important with all cameras to make sure your subject is facing the light source and you're not, but it's even more important with cameraphones (Unless, of course, you want to take a silhouette—like all rules, this can be bent). As I mentioned above, your phone's biggest weakness is its inability to take good pictures in low light, which means you generally will want to get as much light as you possibly can on your subject. This may require a bit more thought and a bit more moving around than it might with a point-and-shoot camera, but you'll thank yourself in the end.

 

Clean Your Lens

How to Take Better Pictures with Your Smartphone's Camera

It may seem silly, but give your lens a wipe down before you start snapping photos with your phone. While most people are pretty good about keeping their grubby fingers away from camera lenses, it's not as easily done with cameraphones. If you have a dirty lens, none of the other tips in this article will make your photo look less like crap, so keep it in mind.

 

Avoid Digital Zoom

How to Take Better Pictures with Your Smartphone's Camera

You've probably heard this one a million times, but we can't overstate how useless this feature usually is. If you need to get closer to a subject, you're much better off stepping closer to them. If you can't, you can always crop the picture later on, which is all digital zoom really does—you can always crop down, but you can't crop up.

 

Pay Attention to Your Flash

How to Take Better Pictures with Your Smartphone's Camera

Sure, LED flashes have been hyped on recent smartphone cameras, but they're not always all they're cracked up to be. If you don't have enough light to work with, they can at least ensure that you get a picture, but a lot of phones tend to use it more often than necessary, and that white LED light can be really harsh. You may find, even in some lower light situations, that turning off the flash will give you a better result, so snap one with and one without if you're ever in doubt. You can always tweak them further in post-processing (which we'll talk about in a moment), so you have nothing to lose by giving yourself options.

If you find that you still need the flash, you can also soften it by placing a thin white sticker over it, like a small piece of tissue or white label. You'll still have some light from the flash, but the sticker will take away a bit of the harshness that tends to make people look ghostly.

 

Tweak Your Camera App's Settings

Depending on your particular phone and the camera app that comes with it, you may have a few settings you can adjust before taking a picture. In almost every case, though, you can do better by grabbing a more advanced camera app, like CameraZOOM FX for Android orCamera+ for the iPhone. There are a ton out there, so shop around, but those are the two that I've used in the past.

 

Check Your Resolution

How to Take Better Pictures with Your Smartphone's Camera

Most camera apps have a setting that allows you to take pictures at differing resolutions. Low resolutions are nice if you're just sending a quick photo via MMS, and they'll save to your phone faster, but if you're taking a photo you want to keep around, you're better off taking it at a higher resolution. It's a simple and obvious tweak, but something you definitely want to check before you start snapping—there's nothing worse than taking a bunch of really cool pictures, only to find out once you put them on your PC that they're just 640x480. (Also worth noting, some phones will resize images when you email them—make sure you send them at full resolution when quality matters.)

 

Turn On the Stable Shot Setting

How to Take Better Pictures with Your Smartphone's Camera

Phones are difficult to keep stable while you're getting your shutterbug on, and sometimes it's hard to detect the blur of a shaky photo on a small screen. While you can always rest your elbows on something solid and breathe like a sniper, enabling a stable shot setting in your camera app will help a great deal. This setting will use your phone's accelerometer to measure how much you're shaking the camera, and won't snap the picture until your hand has been steady for a certain amount of time (usually about one or two seconds). Some apps may even let you set the sensitivity of the stable shot, so your phone will wait until you're barely moving to take the photo.

 

White Balance

How to Take Better Pictures with Your Smartphone's Camera

Usually, cameraphones are pretty good at detecting the white balance, but when you get into low light they can have trouble. The first thing you can do is give the camera a second to adjust itself—if you just open up the camera app and snap away, you might get a remarkably orange picture. Give it about 5 seconds to adjust itself, and you may get a better-looking shot. You also might try pointing your phone at a different light source, which will adjust your phone to a different balance, then popping back.

However, if you've given your phone a minute to acclimate and the picture still looks off, try adjusting the white balance yourself. You can usually set it to one of a few different light settings, like "daylight", "fluorescent", or "cloudy". You may find that choosing one manually gives you a better result than the auto setting does.

 

Exposure

How to Take Better Pictures with Your Smartphone's Camera

As the biggest problem with cameraphones is their inability to make up for low light, the exposure is one of the best settings to play with in dimmer situations. Setting the exposure higher lets more light into the lens, which means kicking it up a notch will likely get you a brighter, more vibrant photo. I've found that exposure tweaks often produce the biggest immediate improvement in my phone's photos.

 

Salvage Bad Photos with More Extreme Edits

While you're better off tweaking some settings before you take the photo, you can always make a picture look better by editing it a tad after you've downloaded the pictures to your computer. Here are a few simple edits that you can make on your PC to cover up some of your phone's shortcomings. You don't need to be a Photoshop expert to pull these off—in fact, you can make these tweaks in pretty much any photo editor around, whether it's Photoshop, the GIMP, Paint.net, or iPhoto. You can also make these edits in many camera apps if you need to do it on-the-go, but it's always easier to edit a photo when you see it full size than on a dinky phone screen.

Tweak the Color Levels

While some cameras (like the iPhone) have pretty good color, others (like the Droid—which is also, incidentally, my phone) really don't. If adjusting the white balance and flash still don't get you the best results, tweaking the color levels in the photo can definitely make a difference. We've talked about how to get the best colors from your photos before, and it's a good skill to have—but even if you're not an expert photo editor, you can make a few small tweaks that make a world of difference.

How to Take Better Pictures with Your Smartphone's Camera

Throw your picture into your favorite photo editor and find the color settings. For example, in GIMP, head to Tools > Color Tools > Levels. In iPhoto, you can just hit the Edit button at the bottom of the window and then hit Adjust to bring up the color level HUD. Without going too crazy, you can raise the red level a little bit to give skin tones a more natural look. Similarly, you can fix any exposure or contrast issues you still have in the photo—again, a little experimentation will help you find the right tweaks for a given photo.

 

Go Black & White

How to Take Better Pictures with Your Smartphone's Camera

If minor color edits aren't helping at all, you can always go full black and white or sepia. This will get rid of any major color issues your picture has, and can salvage a dull picture. Sure, you still may not have color, but you can make the lack of color look more intentional and less like you're just using a bad camera.

Note that while you can take black and white pictures in a lot of camera apps, think hard before doing so. You can always make a color picture black and white, but you can't make a black and white picture color again. Of course, you can always shoot two pictures and save yourself the trouble later on.

 

Embrace Your Camera's Mediocrity

In the end, you may still be unhappy with some of your cameraphone's photos. After all, while all these tweaks can take your photos from crappy to passable, most phones just can't measure up to a point-and-shoot. However, that doesn't mean you're left without options. A lot of people enjoy using camera apps (like Hipstamatic or previously mentioned Instagramon the iPhone, and FxCamera on Android) that emulate old, cheap, cameras with digital effects.

How to Take Better Pictures with Your Smartphone's Camera

Surprisingly, it adds a whole new dimension to your photos—so even if you can't get them to look like they came from a $100 Canon, you can give them a lot of style by making them look like they came from a classic LOMO or Polaroid instead. It's a strange trend, but you can't argue with the results—some of the photos produced by these apps are remarkably beautiful (in cases where their cameraphone counterparts would certainly be boring and ugly). If you're not convinced, check out some of the photos in the Hipstamatic Flickr group, and you may find yourself singing a different tune.

Of course, you don't need to be taking super artsy shots to make use of this—if, say, your cat happens to do something humorous and you don't have time to grab your real camera, these types of effects can simply make the photo look a little nicer and less like they were taken with your mediocre smartphone camera.

We've mentioned a few good apps in this post, but both the iPhone and Android have tons of great options available. The above are merely the ones that I've personally used, but be sure to check out our favorite photography apps for iPhone and Android to see a few more.


Again, not every one of these tips is applicable in every situation or with every camera. It'll take a little bit of experimentation on your part to find what works best for you, but these should help point you in the direction of better pictures. Of course, if you have your own tips that we haven't mentioned (or you just want to give a thumbs up to one we did), we'd love to hear them in the comments.

Send an email to Whitson Gordon, the author of this post, at whitson@lifehacker.com.

Fuente: http://lifehacker.com/5662812/how-to-take-better-pictures-with-your-smartphones-camera

“The Dark Knight Rises”, título oficial para el siguiente Batman

Excelentes noticias para los fans del encapuchado, y los excelentes aportes del amigo nolan y su particular visión sobre éste personaje. Nada de 3D, y a concentrarse en seguir haciendo buenas películas… Go on Chris!!!! :D
dark knight ver8 The Dark Knight Rises, título oficial para el siguiente Batman
Por Becky Santoyo el 28 de Octubre de 2010
La expectativa es grande y, a consecuencia, hemos tenido una lluvia de noticias sobre la secuela de “The Dark Knight”: rumores sobre el villano, los actores que buscan integrarse al proyecto, hasta la posibilidad de realizar la producción en 3D. Nada es seguro hasta que exista una declaración de la mente creativa, guionista y director, detrás del caballero de la noche; como ahora lo ha hecho en el marco del Hero Complex Film Festival.
Christopher Nolan anuncia que el título de la tercera entrega de Batman seráThe Dark Knight Rises”. Será la continuación de la historia que viene desarrollando desde “Batman Begins”. Como el título lo sugieren, se le dará peso a la promesa del renacimiento del personaje, el cual tendrá un final triunfante. Al tratarse de un seguimiento, el director busca mantener la escala — como lo vimos en The Dark Knight —, con un avance tecnológico que nadie más haya logradosin recurrir al 3D.
Hay una intimacidad, en ocasiones, — con la ilusión espacial del efecto 3D — y nosotros no queremos perder escala… nuestras ambiciones para la tercera película es completar la historia que se ha iniciado. Esto no es iniciar de nuevo, no es un reboot… Estamos buscando algo tecnológico que no se haya hecho antes… Nuestra ambición es realizar una gran película.
Para dar un paso más en nivel técnico, Nolan confirma que “The Dark Knight Rises se filmará en IMAX, integramente, para mantener la alta definición a la cual nos tiene tan acostumbrados. Esto no significa que será necesario ver la película en pantallas IMAX, pues se buscará que todos los espectadores perciban los beneficios de la alta definición en salas regulares — obvio, en IMAX, la experiencia es superior —. Recordemos que la pasada entrega cuenta con cuatro secuencias en IMAX, primera producción rodada en tal formato que recibe una nominación a Mejor Cinematografía. Así mismo, se confirma la colaboración de Wally Pfister , director de fotografía, quien es clave para el tratamiento visual de la saga.
Sobre los personajes que veremos en este filme, Nolan confirma que el villano no será The Riddler, como habíamos comentado — y tantos actores que pedían o se rumoreaban para dicho personaje —. En cuanto a Tom Hardy, su participaciónsigue en pie aunque sin confirmar el papel que interpretará. Tenemos título, sabemos a grandes rasgos el rumbo que tomará el caballero de la noche, la producción busca una actriz para la película. La gran incógnita es: ¿cuál será el villano (o villana) de “The Dark Knight Rises”?, ¿sugerencias?
Vía: /Film/IGN | Foto: IMP Awards
 

Proximamente, la expansión del Mafia II

Para los que jugaron esta hermosa pieza de arte, un capítulo más en la vida del querido Joe Barbaro :)

A los que no lo jugaron, lo recomiendo ampliamente! Excelente historia, Gráficos de primera, rostros muy bien hechos que soportan perfectamente los primeros planos más osados, un guión de cine, la ciudad plenamente viva, y como cereza del postre, la banda de sonido es genial!

Gracias Pablito Neumann por pasarme éste dato.

Imagenes de Mafia 2

Para los que se quedaron ganas de seguir jugando a Mafia II y sus atrapantes misiones, 2K Games ya anunció la disponibilidad de su nuevo contenido descargable, donde encarnaremos al mejor amigo de Vito Scaletta, Joe Barbaro.

Joe’s Adventure “rellenará” el período vacío en el que Vito se encuentra encarcelado, aproximadamente 10 años en total, donde la historia continuará de modo similar al juego en cuestión.
Este nuevo DLC estará disponible en PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 y PC el día 23 de Noviembre.

Fuente: http://www.alkon.org/psx/noticias/6993_proximamente_el_nuevo_dlc_de_mafia_ii.html

Algunos videos del juego, para los que no lo vieron:

11 funciones no tan conocidas de Google Chrome

El minimalista browser de Google, oculta muchas funciones interesantes. Acá, un resumen de las más importantes:

Los que usan frecuentemente el navegador Google Chrome (yo lo usaría más si no dependiera de algunas extensiones que de momento funcionan mejor con Firefox) seguramente agradecerán esta lista de funciones publicadas en guidingtech.com, no muy conocidas y perfectas para ahorrarnos mucho tiempo con tareas repetitivas.

En guidingtech comentan 15, aunque aquí os publico las 11 que me han parecido más útiles.

1. Pin Tab

pintab1

Podéis seleccionar la opción Pin Tab en cualquier pestaña, será reducida a un icono, ocupando menos espacio y mostrándose siempre en la parte izquierda. Ideal para las páginas que están siempre abiertas.

2. Paste and Go / Paste and Search

chrome paste and go

Si copiamos una url fuera de Google Chrome, podemos acceder a ella con la opción Paste and Go del botón derecho, sin necesidad de CTRL+V en la barra de navegación. De la misma forma podemos buscar cualquier texto copiado usando Paste and Search.

3. Arrastrar archivos bajados

drag and drop downloads in Chrome

Podemos guardar cualquier archivo previamente bajado a cualquier parte de nuestro ordenador, con sólo arrastrar y soltar el material.

4. Página de Recursos

resources in chrome developer tools

La herramienta de desarrollo que puede ser activada con Ctrl+Shift+I ) tiene una sección (Resources) que nos muestra la velocidad de carga de las páginas que estamos visitando.

5. Gestión de tareas

chrome task manager

Chrome trata cada pestaña como un proceso separado, pudiendo ser eliminado sin afectar al resto de las páginas abiertas. Ofrece un sistema para gestionar la memoria consumida por cada pestaña, sólo hay que pulsar Shift+Esc.

6. Resultados de cálculos en la barra de direcciones

quick calculation in Chrome

Si escribís operaciones matemáticas en la barra de direcciones, mostrará el resultado sin necesidad de ENTER.

7. Cambio de tamaño de cajas de texto

Las cajas de texto de los formularios web pueden ser redimensionadas usando el elemento de la parte inferior derecha, como podéis ver en la imagen.

8. Búsqueda rápida dentro de un sitio web

Si estáis acostumbrados a buscar dentro de una web, podéis hacerlo de forma rápida escribiendo algunas de las letras del sitio y apretando a la tecla TAB.

9.  About:memory

about memory in chrome

Escribiendo about:memory en la barra de dirección tendremos acceso a los recursos consumidos.

10. Atajos de aplicaciones

application shortcuts in chrome

Podéis crear aplicaciones de atajo para determinadas páginas web usando la opción “Tools –> Create application shortcuts”. Ideal para páginas que abrimos a diario.

11. Sincronización de datos

sync bookmarks, extensions

Podemos sincronizar favoritos, extensiones y demás datos de nuestro Google Chrome entre varios ordenadores. Sólo tenemos que informar nuestra cuenta de Google en Tools-Preferences, los datos se guardarán en la nube e actualizarán nuestro navegador en cualquier PC.

Fuente: http://wwwhatsnew.com/2010/10/27/11-funciones-no-tan-conocidas-de-google-chrome/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+WwwhatsNew+(Wwwhat's+new%3F+-+Aplicaciones+Web+gratuitas)

Gizmodo Shooting Challenge: Inusuales puntos de vista

Excelente, como siempre, el certámen de lectores fotógrafos de Gizmodo, esta vez, con puntos de vista muy fuera de los cotidianos :)

45 Photos From Clever, Sometimes Unbelievable Perspectives

45 Photos From Clever, Sometimes Unbelievable PerspectivesThis is the view from the last drops of your water bottle. And here are 44 more brilliantly conceptualized photos from this week's Shooting Challenge:

Lead Shot - From the Eyes of Backwash

The perspective of my bottled water...I cut off the bottom of a one liter sized bottle of water, fit it over the lens and posed for it. It was more of challenge to turn it into a self portrait. I tried it with a beer bottle, but even the smaller 58mm (filter size) lenses didn't fit, I just ended up with several jaggedly broken beer bottles before i decided to try the perspective of the bottle i was actually drinking from...Shot with a Canon Rebel XSi, Sigma 17-70mm 2.8-4 Macro HSM Lens @ 58mm, ISO 100, 1/50, f/4.
-Esmer Olvera

Canon Fodder

45 Photos From Clever, Sometimes Unbelievable Perspectives
I took this photo in Edinburgh, Scotland from the Edinburgh castle. I had left on Thursday the 21st and before I went to Edinburgh I checked what the Shooting Challenge of the week was and thought that I could possibly do this challenge. My camera is placed on top of one of the original cannons of the Edinburgh Castle. This is the view point that a shooter of one of the cannons would have had when fighting a war back in the 16th century. Now it is a modern and beautiful city, but I could only imagine then what this picture would look like. I used a Canon PowerShot SX20 IS, ISO of 80, 1/800.
-Alexa Kaminsky

Shooting From the Stirrups

45 Photos From Clever, Sometimes Unbelievable Perspectives
My 5d sat this one out, and instead I attached my GoPro HD (yes it takes pictures too) to the engine block of my friend's motorcycle. To capture this shot I put the GoPro in timelapse mode to take a photo every 2 seconds. This picture is from the turn onto Huron River Drive, one of the most scenic drives in Ann Arbor, MI. Unfortunately the GoPro doesn't shoot RAW, but a quick contrast curve and straightening in photoshop did wonders anyway.
-Charlie Dwyer

Aperture

45 Photos From Clever, Sometimes Unbelievable Perspectives
This is my 50mm lens aperture. I set up my Nikon D70s with a 105mm macro lens, on f/32, pointed straight at the 50mm. I placed a sticky note, with the letters "CH" on it, behind the 50mm and a red light behind that. I finally got enough light with a 30 sec exposure at ISO 200. I had to set the aperture up to f/32 in order to get the depth, every other time you couldn't read the letters behind the aperture.
-Howard Hunt

I Like To Ride My Bicycle

45 Photos From Clever, Sometimes Unbelievable Perspectives
I used Gaffer's Tape to tape up my camera to my bicycle. The bike is a Mixte Frame, so it made it easy to position the camera. I used a remote shutter to trigger the camera over and over while riding around the block as fast as I could. Pulled into photoshop for levels and color adjustment. Shot with a Canon XTi and the Sigma 10-20mm set at 10mm, F22, and aperture priority (1/10s).
-Matthew Neuman

The Mouse Won't Play

45 Photos From Clever, Sometimes Unbelievable Perspectives
Point of view of a mouse being dangerously stalked. Carved a hole in a cardboard box and put camera inside. The main difficulty was not the lighting (a couple of desk lamps set around the box), but getting Manly here to cooperate by luring him with a string going into the box (seen out of focus). Nikon D40 w/ 35mm f/1.8 Nikor lens. ISO 200, f/2 and 1/15" exposure.
-Jorge Jimenez

The Beer Monster Cometh

45 Photos From Clever, Sometimes Unbelievable Perspectives
I wanted to come up with a reverse point of view for this image. As mentioned in the challenge, 98% of most photos are from the view of a person. I wanted to see it in the eyes of an object. This shot was the second option I came up with, and the most practical of the two. My first idea was to take a shot from inside my toilet bowl. But voluntarily putting $3,000 worth of camera equipment into the same
place I take a dump every day didn't seem like the greatest idea. So it was off to the fridge!

I took about 50 shots of my father and myself in total, in hopes of getting the correct focus point and composition. It was difficult as I could not check the LCD screen unless I took the camera out, which was
balanced on top of jelly jars. Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 17-40mm f/4L lens, and wireless shutter remote. 1/25th, ISO 4000, f/4.0
-Julion Bush

Winner

45 Photos From Clever, Sometimes Unbelievable Perspectives
I went inside a pumpkin! I carved a peek-a-boo hole in the back rather than the top to allow for the lens. Sat Mr. Pumpkin on a stool and tilted him up a bit with a mitten tucked under his front. My Gorillapod (love it) was very handy to get a preferred perspective. Discovered that the balcony rail and neighboring building make excellent teeth. The rail is lit by a 40W lamp ~4ft away. Woke up for sunrise the next morning to see what that might turn out... Here it is— Good Morning! Edits only include removal of a few noise dots and a crop. As a side note, there is an airplane in the lower right eye. Olympus E-510, 14-42mm, 1.3", F22, ISO 100.
-Lea Chambers

Thanks to all those who risked lens and limb for this week's challenge. Be sure to admire all the entries in the gallery below (seriously, the highlighted photos barely do each week justice) or snag the full size shots on flickr. Also, remember that you can be photographing and submitting Fall Leaves.

Fuente: http://gizmodo.com/5672971/45-photos-from-clever-sometimes-unbelievable-perspectives