The small beautifully detailed models in the Thomas the Tank Engine programmes have a strong place in my life now I’m a parent to a small boy.  The question is, is the following image a small model like Thomas or real?

Despite looking very model like, this is in fact according to an article on Wallpaper (here) the photography of Naoki Honji, who creates the model like effect by manipulating the light and colour intensity of the images. Combined with the panoramic nature of the photos they look very model like.

The Wallpaper article provides more example of the images along with details of an exhibition of Honji’s work.

The famous portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz, probably best known the many for the recent ‘scandal’ when having a photographic session at Buckingham Palace with the Queen has been interviewed by Vanity Fair. The article can bee read here.

In the iinterview she talks several of her best images including that of the Stones whilst at Rolling Stone magazine, Demi Moore for Vanity Fair and the recent Queen portrait.

Thanks to BOfH for the link

With the current run of Hurricanes hitting Haiti, Cuba and the United States a friend pointed me to some amazing images from low orbit, such as:

Hurricanes, as seen from orbit – The Big Picture – Boston.com

The Big Picture at the Boston.com website has a collection of amazing photos.