"...Eric Schwabel went to Burning Man last year. Taking place in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, the high desert full of harsh conditions. The alkaline covering the ground powders when stepped on, and is highly corrosive. Weather changes quickly. There is no electricity, no cellular phone coverage, and Internet access only happens via satellite dish. It was under these conditions Schwabel decided to create portraits flash-lit against the desert’s breathtaking skies.
Attendees of the iconic festival typically turn themselves into creatures lurking somewhere deep inside themselves. They wear bizarre costumes or nothing at all, and stroll the various encampments, all the while battling the never-ceasing dust in the air..."
To pre-order from B+H: http://bit.ly/j9ZINk
It's $269. The present one has been selling for about $225.
It looks from the video that it can also calibrate digital projectors, which the current model can't do. (For calibrating printers as well, the ColorMunki would be the next step up.)
Photographer Terje Sorgjerd tapped into his mad talents to craft an amazingly beautiful time-lapse video of the archipelago Lofoten in Norway. Titled “The Arctic Light,” Sorgjerd’s cameras captured a natural phenomenon seen only 2-4 weeks each year before the Midnight Sun dominates the sky.
Full story at Vimeo.
The beauty of nature.