Ben’s weight was 358 pounds on January 1, 2009. But Ben had a life goal to lose extra pounds. So he started running and exercising. In 2009 Ben ran 983 miles, and by September 2010 he added to this number another 376 miles. In the middle of September 2010 he weighed 248 pounds. This means that in a year and a half Ben managed to lose 110 pounds in total. Excellent results! See how this man’s weight was changing every month, and don’t forget to watch the video inside this post.

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You probably know about tilt-shift effect that is highly popular among some photographers. It uses a special lens that gives a real-world scene the illusion of being a miniature model. You can reach quite the same effect in Photoshop by adjusting color, contrast and depth of focus of your pictures. Serena Malyon, a student of an art school, decided to try tilt-shifting using paintings to see what would happen. And she got these rather interesting manipulations of some works by Van Gogh.

The Harvest, 1888

There are some very good ideas in there.

It kinda looks familiar.. Remember the Lion King cartoon, Timon and Simba? This lion cub called Zinzi was rejected by her mother and when she was brought to the Predator World Zoo and Game Farm (South Africa) she was noticed by Bob the meerkat. It took them little time to become friends. Since then they are inseparable and are doing everything together. But their favourite time is a nap, of course.

Should you blow a building? But it’s not neat at all. There will be too much dust and too many broken bricks.

So Toronto builders came up with a more unique way on how to demolish a house. Maybe it’s not that unique, but it’s still pretty interesting. Remember to watch the video of this demolishing process!

Here’s a little instruction on how to make home beer popsicles. So, if you love beer this post is definitely for you.

The good thing is that they are easy to make.

The Spidermen and Batmen in these photos are somewhat overweight. There is just something about a person who is wearing a superhero costume with a beer gut hanging out that has the ring of insincerity to it. These folk may not have had their heart in it but they sure did have the stomachs in it.

The advertisements in this post are truly amazing. There slogans get right to the point and leave no doubt about the point they are trying to make. The people who make road signs could take a few lessons from whoever wrote these.

It would appear that it is all about pretty blondes and drinking beer. Well, that’s what Oktoberfest is all about isn’t it? Plus, it seems ike all these people are having an absolutely wonderful time. They should be with all that beer and pretty blondes. 

Nature truly is beautiful as these remarkable photos show. The number of life forms on this planer along is amazing. The different species are absolutely incredible and display certain magnificence.

Here comes a new selection of the best photobombs. As always, you get many new ideas on how to spoil a picture to somebody who is taking it. Smile and enjoy the end of the week!

Previous parts:

How to Spoil a Photo. Part 1 (103 pics)

How to Spoil a Photo. Part 2 (67 pics)

How to Spoil a Photo. Part 3 (32 pics)

How to Spoil a Photo. Part 4 (105 pics)

How to Spoil a Photo. Part 5 (50 pics)

How to Spoil a Photo. Part 6 (88 pics)

How to Spoil a Photo. Part 7 (48 pics)

An amusing example of photo manipulation was shown by the state Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram. The photo above was taken during the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Washington two weeks ago. On the red carpet, there are the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, American President Barack Obama, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah. But the same photo on the red carpet in the Egyptian newspaper looked a little different..

A man decided to build a bar in the basement. The result is really cool and great.

Let’s only imagine that superheroes were hipsters… It’s so funny!

Some robbers can’t be called this name, as they are real losers. I am talking about two guys you will see after the jump.

Today you will see Chinese factory producing fake automobile parts, and you will also get a chance to glance at how residents of the Philippines make forbidden and counterfeit weapons themselves.

The many years of war have left many scars on the country of Afghanistan. The people look tired and like they are ready for peace. Even the people selling their goods in the shops look like they are less than enthusiastic.

Our visitor David from Buenos Aires sent these pictures of his creations that he calls eco tabby. They are made of "recyclable plastic bags instead of fabris." Thanks a lot David for your pictures.

There are dozens of spacecraft orbiting our solar system. NASA and ESA take many photographs of Earth, Mercury, the Moon, Mars, Saturn and other planets. Inside this post you can see the most recent pictures from around our solar system. Some of them are closely scaled, others are millions of kilometers afar which makes them ever more fantastic and amazing.

These are some unique and clever business cards. You have to admit that after seeing some of these business cards you would be more inclined to listen to what the provider had to say. After all, anyone clever enough o come up with these business cards must be rather interesting.

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100 most creative business cards (100 pics)

I don’t think it is very convenient to use but nevertheless it looks great.

All the ‘making of’ process is after the jump.

These are some beautiful HDR photographs. The make you feel like you could reach out and touch the person or object in the photo. They are truly amazing.