of your awakening

After 9,000 years of silent slumber, the Chaiten Volcano in Chile erupted letting the locals (and some cities 900 miles away) aware of its awesome presence. These photographs are some of the most impressive shows of the power Mother Nature truly possesses.

of your find

The internet is a repository for awesome imagery, but who wants to download all their favorites and try to sift through them later? With ffffound.com, you can bookmark these images and collect them to your hearts content and view them whenever you like (provided the original link lives on forever). I spy with my little eye…

of your perspective

Since the Mercury missions, astronauts have been snapping images of the Earth with hand-held cameras. The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth is the most complete repository of these images. The “Special Feature” being showcased is Cities at Night, a dramatic view of our largest cities that looks more like celestial imagery than civilized habitation. In space, no one can hear you say “Smile!”

of your slideshow

Online photo albums can hold some of the most fantastic moments frozen in time for all to see. However, the display of those photos can be so cumbersome in it’s presentation, let alone the management of the album, that the images, themselves, lose much of their luster. Todd Dominey’s incredibly helpful bit of software for Flash and Lightroom makes creating and managing photo albums a virtual snap. Presentation is fantastically customizable and all this for a mere $25 (for the Flash version). Your vacation slideshow never looked so good.

of your wee

Alexandre Duret-Lutz has been enjoying photography since 2006 and has a very nice little series of spherical panoramas he calls “Wee Planets.” This interesting style of photography converts panoramic images into what looks like, literally, almost cartoonish planets. It’s a small world after all.

of your seat

In 1961, several hundred Americans of incredible courage—known as Freedom Riders—went to bus and train stations in the South and challenged the segregation laws in place there. All were arrested for being humans with black skin. Breach of Peace is a powerful book that tells their story with photos from the past and present. Sit where you like.

of your technique

For years, computer graphics have strived to emulate the real world. Highly detailed and showcasing a striking color palette. Today, however, a new photography technique known as HDR (taking multiple shots of the same image at different exposures) has caught on whereby the final image defies realism. The above, extreme-version image was taken (5 exposures) and composited by “mapgoblin.” The technique is epitomized in a New York City skyline photo taken by Paulo Barcellos Jr. Say “Cheese.” Say “Cheese.” Say “Cheese.” Say “Cheese.” Say “Cheese.” …

of your composite

Here’s another interesting idea spawned from the popular “What are you doing now” chat called twitter. You can submit a picture (or idea) and this clever fellow will convert it into a composite of avatars from twitter’s public timeline (using AndreaMosaic). Your tweet should be in pictures.

of your messaging

There are countless ways to deliver your message to the world, be it via blog, photos or video. Unfortunately, you generally have to have access to a computer and serve your media to the masses while logged into the service you’re sharing on. Technology, once again, doesn’t disappoint and with Utterz you can accomplishe this easily through the use of your mobile device. Utterly fantastic.

of your photag

Similar to Flickr, pikeo allows you to store your photos and apply tags to them so others can happen upon your images based on like tags/interests. Winning the Adobe Site of the Day for Oct. 20, 2006, pikeo seems fun at the least. Say… er, Tag “Cheese!”