{"id":644568,"date":"2010-01-26T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5457643"},"modified":"2010-01-26T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T03:00:00","slug":"life-on-paprika-mars-imagecache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/644568","title":{"rendered":"Life On Paprika Mars [Imagecache]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/500x_marsminiature_01.jpg?w=500\" class=\"left image500\"  \/>This looks so much like Mars I can almost see the Rover in the background. But it&#8217;s not another planet&mdash;it&#8217;s one of a series of incredible small-scale models by artist Matthew Albanese. Wait until you see the volcano.<\/p>\n<p>Albanese calls the series &#8220;<a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #strangeworlds\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/strangeworlds\/\">Strange Worlds<\/a>,&#8221; although the strangest thing about them is the materials they&#8217;re made from: paprika, nutmeg, cotton&mdash; even a stream made from an outdoor patio table.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\ngawkerGallery(5457642,8,'');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>To achieve such life-like images, he leans heavily on the photographic technique and viewing angle:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Every aspect from the construction to the lighting of the final model is painstakingly pre-planned using methods which force the viewers perspective when photographed from a specific angle. Using a mixture of photographic techniques such as scale, depth of field, white balance and lighting I am able to drastically alter the appearance of my materials.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Amazingly pretty, and pretty amazing. Even more shots can be seen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.behance.net\/MatthewAlbanese\/frame\/366923\">here<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.behance.net\/MatthewAlbanese\/frame\/366923\">Strange Worlds<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/theawesomer.com\/photos-strange-worlds\/25908\/\">The Awesomer<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=d8f3c205670a7d2b2fa08ddb5aade04c&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=d8f3c205670a7d2b2fa08ddb5aade04c&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?resize=0%2C0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=AZ23igp83VY:2Wr5ksiRbM0:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=AZ23igp83VY:2Wr5ksiRbM0:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=AZ23igp83VY:2Wr5ksiRbM0:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=AZ23igp83VY:2Wr5ksiRbM0:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=AZ23igp83VY:2Wr5ksiRbM0:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=AZ23igp83VY:2Wr5ksiRbM0:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/AZ23igp83VY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This looks so much like Mars I can almost see the Rover in the background. But it&#8217;s not another planet&mdash;it&#8217;s one of a series of incredible small-scale models by artist Matthew Albanese. Wait until you see the volcano. Albanese calls the series &#8220;Strange Worlds,&#8221; although the strangest thing about them is the materials they&#8217;re made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-644568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2HGg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}