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Aerial photographer Jason Hawkes has captured British cities at night from a helicopter. From the bustling heart of the capital to the industrial landscapes of northern towns like Manchester and Glasgow, Britain from 1,000 feet up is a sight to behold. "I love shooting at night," said Jason. "Cities just spring to life after dusk from the air, and often even very mundane places take on a real surreal look. In the last ten or so years lighting technology has really moved on...

A POTD is an acronym for "Photo of the Day", "Picture of the Day", "Post of the Day" or "Poll of the Day". It is a term most commonly used by online digital photography communities as an honor to outstanding photos that are selected daily from among that community's membership. They can either be tagged as POTD or displayed in a special page on that site...

Monochrome photography is photography where the image produced has a single hue, rather than recording the colours of the object that was photographed. It includes all forms of black and white photography, which produce images containing tones of grey ranging from black to white. Most modern black and white films, called panchromatic films, record the entire visible spectrum. Some films are orthochromatic, recording visible light wavelengths shorter than 590 nanometres...

Computer illustration or digital illustration is the use of digital tools to produce images under the direct manipulation of the artist, usually through a pointing device such as a tablet or a mouse. It is distinguished from computer-generated art, which is produced by a computer using mathematical models created by the artist. It is also distinct from digital manipulation of photographs, in that it is an original construction "from scratch"...