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18-Year-Old‘s Stunning Time Slice Photo Captures the Changing Sky in One Brilliant Image

Cal Cole may be only 18 years old, but he's already getting attention for his time slice photography. The British student recently saw his creative photo of a pylon go viral on Reddit, which was a welcome surprise. One look at the photo and it's no surprise that it garnered so much attention.

Cole cleverly used the pylon as a sort of stained glass window. Indeed, its geometric architecture makes the perfect frame for the different colors of the sky that Cole photographed over the course of an hour. In total, 14 photographs were used to craft the image, which Cole says he is heavily influenced by the work of artist Alex Hyner. The post-production process took about five or six hours; and, initially, Cole wasn't quite sure what to make of the result.

“For a long time, I wasn’t sure how well it would turn out,” Cole tells My Modern Met. “But I sent the image to my friends— something I always do as they give me an honest opinion—and they said it was one of my best photos. That’s when I realized it was something I was very happy with.”

18-year-old Cal Cole shared how he edited his viral time slice photo, from 14 photos.

The final result is an image that shows the stunning colors of the sky.

And, some of photographer Cole's other time slice photos.

As for what the future holds, Cole is not quite sure. What he does know is that he hopes to embark on a creative career either in film, photography, or graphic design. Given what he's accomplished so far, we're sure that he'll reach his goal.

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Photo credit: The Doodle Boy

Twelve-year-old Joe Whale, also known as 'The Doodle Boy," who signed a deal with Nike for "some special projects." Joe's unique, lively style has earned him more than 119,000 Instagram followers and a solo show at a gallery in his hometown of Shrewsbury, central England. He also got a shout-out from Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, after he drew an illustration of their royal train tour in December 2020.

A great 5-minute video, Oh Happy Day, here.

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Natural Phenomenon Transforms Hummingbird’s Wings into Tiny Rainbows

all photos by Christian Spencer

Artist and photographer Christian Spencer was standing on his verandah in Rio de Janeiro when he made an amazing discovery. When the black Jacobin hummingbird flew with the sun striking its open wings, a beautiful prism effect appeared. It was as if its body was made of rainbows.

“I decided to try and photograph the same phenomenon with my camera,” he shares with My Modern Met. The resulting series is called Winged Prism, and for Spencer, the images reveal “a secret of nature that cannot be seen with our eyes.”

Although Winged Prism seems too magical to be true, Spencer says that there wasn't any digital manipulation involved. “There is no special technique,” he explains, “just diffraction of light through the wings of this special hummingbird.” The awe-inspiring beauty it produces is what makes these images so special. “Nobody ever could have ever dreamed that this was a reality,” he says.

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I got up early, early morning to watch the Women's tennis final at the Australian Open. It was good!

Ashleigh Barty Australia's first Champion in 44 years.

She defeated a hard working Danielle Collins. I was especially impressed by Barty's composure and sportsmanship. Next for the men's final.

Rafael Nadal, Spain, 35, has already had some hard matches at the Australian Open. He goes into the men's final against Danill Medvedev, 25 year old Russian. ( 3 min. video pre-game video, here.) Much is made of Nadal going for his 21st Grand Slam title, but I thought his thoughts below, bespeaks the man he is.

"I am super satisfied and feel very lucky person in general for all the things that happen to me in this life. I have a way to approach life. You can't be always be frustrated if the neighbor has a bigger house than you or a better phone or better things. I am not going to be frustrated if Novak or Roger finished the career with more Grand Slams than me. Let's enjoy the situation that we did, every one of us, we did very special things in our sport. Let's enjoy that."

Press conference, Australia Open, January 25, 2022

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