Incredible Photo of Angry lion about to Pounce on Brave Photographer Just 10 feet from it

A Pakistani nature photographer was almost attacked by a lion after going inside its home in Lahore Zoo Safari park to get up-close and take photographs. Atif Saeed 38, just moments before the lion made an offensive move is now going viral on the Internet. Atif says; the frightening experience was "indescribable."  I captured the spectacular photo in Jan, 2012 when he was granted the permission to go inside the lion's habitat to take a photograph. 

Atif drove his car in and sat on the ground near the car with the door left open, and he was only a "jump away from the lion."  However; the sense of the aggressive, imminent lion from the camera is something that can't be described. I was witnessing every small detail of movement that no photograph or movie can show. The lion seemed to treat him like prey and after a few minutes, the lion "offensively moved" in an attempt to attack him, so he straightaway jumped in the car and fortunately escaped unscathed. 

It was an indeed very close encounter, and then I was laughing afterwards at the time, but I don't think I'd ever be able to do something like that again. It was an adult male lion and what I liked most about him was the lovely, dark hair on his neck. Lahore Safari Park is in Pakistan and it would seem the lions are not shy of publicity. As well as the remarkable lions, there’re also Bengal tigers, emus ostriches and an array of birds. Therefore back in 2008 a Bengal tiger attacked a guard in the park, thankfully he survived. Atif Saeed on Facebook

Gorgeous Ocean Waves Glass Sculptures

A California-based husband and wife Paul DeSomma & Marsha Blaker are inspiring glass artists individually, but the spectacular pieces they create as a duo blow us away with the magnificent force of a tidal wave. Both are working mainly with hot glass. The exceptionally talented pair produces attractive, ocean-inspired glass sculptures that mimic the grace and motion of cascading waves. They’ve inspired by their love of nature and the sea, Marsha Blaker and Paul DeSomma meticulously recreate remarkable watery elements, from gradient shades of cerulean and shining surfaces that catch the light, to amazingly realistic bubbles and white crystallizations of foam among smooth ripples. However; whether in the form of an avant-garde vase or a solid sculpture of a surging wave, each superb work of art embodies the real beauty of the ocean. 

Marsha Blaker-DeSomma received her Master’s Degree in both ceramics and glass and they’ve attended “Pilchuck Glass School” as a scholarship student and as a staff member.  Though Paul DeSomma, on the other hand, is a glass artist who specializes in figurative work in blew glass in New York City in 1983, and he has spent the next 15 years working and studying in studios in Seattle, Washington and Murano, Italy. The decision to collaborate, as opposed to working side by side in the same studio, came in part because of very serious car accident in which Blaker was involved. And she calls it a "lifestyle change”. As somehow, the accident made us realize that now is the right time to do the work together and we’re both really feeling needs to be done. Why wait for a better time? Every time is right to start work hard and there’s no better time than now. Every so often, things that appear tragic can be an actual positive influence, ultimately. That’s what we’ve found in this case, is that we were able to see the bigger picture.

The World’s Best Panoramic Landscapes, You’ve Never Seen Them Before

Well, most of peoples don’t have enough chance to view world’s most beautiful landscapes, it is usually only time when you’re flying over a plane. Now you can gaze down on the wonders with the breathtaking aerial photography from Airpano. This daredevil team travels the world offering fresh perspectives on the most prominent locations, including the Dubai skyline and Mount Everest. The team comprises of 9 photographers and 3 tech specialists, who began their mission in 2006. AirPano took to the skies after creating a bucket list of the 100 Best Places on the Planet.

They planned to work their own way through the list and now have a broader portfolio of 230 beautiful locations shot from above. The Project coordinator “Sergey Semenov” revealed the team at first worked with spherical panoramas on land, which then led to them using planes and helicopters. Now they’re relying on drones to capture their lovely panoramic shots. 

Their arduous work includes the most famed urban skylines such as New York, Paris and Barcelona, as well as featuring natural landscapes like waterfalls and volcanos.  Their future planning is to add in Portugal, Indonesia, Japan and the United Kingdom to their extensive list.  You can not only see the photographs but also look the bird eye view perspectives using their interactive site. Is there a pot of gold? A rainbow impeccably captured at the Victoria Falls in Zambia.

The 32 years old Sergey said: 'It's unlike viewing a traditional photograph limited by its frame. 'A spherical, 360 degree panorama gives you a freedom of being at the location, where you can turn your head around and have a closer look at every detail. The 360 degree panorama technology creates a comprehensive illusion of a personal presence on the spot when it viewed on a large screen.

It makes you to feel as if you’re in the sky above New York City, underwater, above the raging waterfall, and even inside a microwave oven. You can take time to move in closer and study interesting objects, or 'fly' to another place in a virtual tour by simply moving your hand.

Source: Charismatic Planet

Stunning Ocean Stones Meticulously Covered in Intriguing Tiny Dots

Through her vibrant artwork, Canada-based creative Elspeth McLean purpose to attach people to their inner child. One way she does this is through small ocean stones that were located on beaches in New Zealand. They’re painted with lovely bright colors that feature a series of dots decoratively arranged along the surface. Elspeth McLean’s designs changes in scheme and pattern, but they always delight in an almost-hypnotic way. It is very easy to get lost in looking at all of the complicated details. Elspeth McLean uses a small brush and acrylic paint to form these pieces. She has applied multiple layers of paint and sometimes as many as 6 applications - so that her dots keep their shape and create a slightly three-dimensional effect. This meticulous process is what supports to make her pieces so striking. 

She writes about her work, “Painting is my way to find my “happy place” and color is a way to express and celebrate the colors of my soul.” She’s influenced by nature, animals, the changing seasons, and her world travels with a musician husband. Therefore looking at my art from over the years it is very evident that my art becomes like a storybook into my life where I was, what I was doing, what inspired and interested me at that time. I must say, what a lovely sentiments.