Creating Night time pictures

Ever wonder how to make cool images like this one, where you can see the night sky, the hills in the background, *and* the stuff in the foreground?

Just follow the directions on this instructable and you'll be able to do it, too!  You'll need your camera and you'll need either Gimp or Photoshop so you can put the picture together.

Once you see how it's done, it's hard to look at the world the same way!

Tilt Shift Focus on Van Gogh

Tilt shift focus is a method of making a photograph look more 3D, even though it's 2D.  It's a cool effect and was really popular a little while ago online.  It's making a comeback, but in the art world, by applying the concept to paintings.  Take a look at a few of Van Gogh's paintings over on artcyclopedia.com that have been manipulated this way.  It gives a whole new feeling to some of his works.  Here's one to start your journey...  --->

Cool stuff!