When I see photos that radiate love and friendship, it always melts my heart, no matter if they show humans or animals. German photographer Tobias Baumgaertner captured a friendship of two penguins, hugging and consoling each other. His photo of this adorable duo standing flipper in flipper quickly went viral, and if it doesn’t make you go “aww,” I don’t know what will. Tobias published the first photo a month ago, along with some backstory, but also with his personal message of love and encouragement....

Passion for photography often takes Neil Burnell to remote areas with stunning sceneries. For his ongoing project Mystical, he photographed an incredible Wistman’s Wood in England. The name of this wood reportedly means “eerie” or “haunted,” and looking at the images, I sure understand why. Neil’s photos look like illustrations of fairy-tales, and it’s easy to imagine fairies dancing around tangled, gnarled, moss-covered trees. In the description of his project, Neil points out that many writers have described the wood as being “the most haunted place on Dartmoor....

Close-Up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) is one of those contests I always look forward to. To start off the new year with lots of inspiring images, the competition has shared its winners and runner-ups, and they’re absolutely stunning. Canadian photographer Samantha Stephens is the overall winner of this year’s contest, and her striking image shows something you don’t see every day: a pair of salamanders being consumed by a carnivorous pitcher plant....

The Pixel 7 & Pixel 7 Pro offer both face unlock & fingerprint scanner The Pixel 7 & Pixel 7 Pro offer both face unlock & fingerprint scanner As a reminder, the last Pixel phones that offered facial scanning were the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. Google is not using a radar camera system (Soli) this time around. Google is only using the front-facing camera, in terms of hardware. The company does say that this solution is still more secure, though....

ProGrade Digital has announced its new CFexpress Type A cards. At the moment, this means that their only real competitor is Sony and their target market is Sony shooters. The new cards offer read speeds of up to 800MB/sec, with sustained and burst write speeds of 400MB/sec and up to 700MB/sec respectively for high-resolution video capture. CFexpress Type A is larger than microSD but smaller than regular-sized SD cards. It’s also smaller than the more standard CFexpress Type B, which is essentially a drop-in replacement for XQD....