Still in Love with Polaroid

A while back, I wrote about several products by which you could print your Instagram photos. I just received my order of StickyGram magnets! They were shipped super fast, and they arrived within the predicted time (about 10 business days). The print quality and color are pretty good, and the 2"x2" magnets are firm, but flexible (they stay flat). The magnets were easy to seperate (more like ripping than breaking them apart). Check them out:  Four out of nine magnets (9 per sheet)  Top view  Top and bottom view (black is the magnet side) Tearing apart the magnet sheet. (Back view) photos taken on the iPhone 4s (in dim-ish lighting...) Want to order some for yourself? Use this coupon code for $2 off:   FRIENDPAC3

One of the things that makes my skin crawl is coming up to a praying mantis and watching it swivel its head to look directly at me. It knows I'm there and starts weaving and bobbing its body and front legs, ready to attack. But I'm no threat: I get close but never touch. How about this? What do you think about these photos shown in the negative? (What they would look like as processed color film, before printing) Take a look below. Gives them a more nocturnal feel, don't you think? www.amyhefterphotography.com

Some of my favorites from the second two months of the summer... JULY 1, 2013 Jerusalem, Israel Photograph by  Ekaterina Bourindin , National Geographic Your Shot Riding coach Ester and her horse Mirage, part of a horse series, Jerusalem, Israel JULY 7, 2013 Praying Mantis Photograph by  Cyril Verron , National Geographic Your Shot Another picture from my work on the praying mantis. JULY 11, 2013 Muskoxen, Wrangel Island Photograph by Sergey Gorshkov Two bull muskoxen size each other up. In September, with mating season under way, bulls engage in frequent head-butting confrontations to establish dominance. See more  pictures  from the May 2013 feature  story  "Russian Refuge." JULY 23, 2013 Jameson’s Mamba, Cameroon Photograph by Mattias Klum, National Geographic Jameson's mambas, like the one here in Cameroon, have hollow fangs that deliver toxins that can lead to respiratory paralysis—