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Ultra-rare dragonfish captured on camera for first time
May 16, 2022
Alex Baker
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has captured some incredibly rare footage of a bronze coloured dragonfish. While there are several types of dragonfish,…
Curiosity rover snaps a “doorway” on Mars, sparks conspiracy theories
May 16, 2022
Dunja Đuđić
NASA’s Curiosity rover has shared all kinds of photos with us, from remarkable discoveries to “tourist selfies.” But a recent photo it captured has made…
Caught on camera: Lightning strike hits storm-chasing photographer’s car and disables it
May 13, 2022
John Aldred
With the advancements in tech, the proliferation of relatively inexpensive camera equipment and the ever pervasive advancement of social media and YouTube over the last…
Shutterstock acquires stock video platform Pond5 for $210 million
May 13, 2022
Dunja Đuđić
This After Turbosquid and PicMonkey, stock photo platform Shutterstock has acquired another company. This time, it’s Pond5, one of the major stock video platforms in…
Camera lens inspired by eyes of extinct trilobites can focus on near and far objects at the same time
May 13, 2022
Alex Baker
Inspiration for new technology is everywhere, even in the fossils of prehistoric creatures it seems. Scientists have developed a nanophotonic light field camera with extreme…
First photo of the black hole in the centre of the Milky Way is revealed
May 13, 2022
Alex Baker
Astronomers have unveiled the first image ever of Sagitarrius A* (Sgr A*), the enormous black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy….
The UK’s Royal Mail is planning to start delivering mail by drones
May 12, 2022
John Aldred
Well, if Royal Mail’s service wasn’t bad enough already, they’re about to add drones into the mix. They’ve announced plans to open up 50 postal…
Nikon’s F mount legacy takes one step closer to death as Nikon kills off another seven lenses
May 12, 2022
John Aldred
The demise of Nikon’s DSLR product line, along with the F mount lens system that Nikon has been using for over 60 years, was pretty…
Which of these images was made using CGI and which is a photograph? Can you tell the difference?
May 12, 2022
Alex Baker
One of the above images was created using a camera and modern commercial lighting with familiar retouching techniques using software such as Photoshop. The other…
Smart masking is coming to Luminar NEO
May 12, 2022
Dunja Đuđić
Despite the war still raging in Ukraine, folks at Skylum have been working hard to deliver updates to its latest image editing software, Luminar NEO….