I arrived in Ireland a couple days ago, and I have been taking plenty of photos along the way. I’ll post them in future articles, but there is something more important to discuss for now: the dangerous, idiotic behavior I saw at the Cliffs of Moher. The Cliffs of Moher are one of Ireland’s most iconic sights. At upwards of 700 feet (210 meters) tall, and dropping directly into the sea, it is no wonder that they are such a well-visited place....
If you want to photograph a comet without requiring special astrophotography gear, then the next two weeks could be your best opportunity. You certainly won’t get another opportunity to see this particular comet again, as the next time will be in 50,000 years. I don’t know about you, but I’m not planning to be around then! According to NASA, the Comet C/2022 E3, as it’s been so catchily titled, will be at its closest point to earth on February 2, 2023....
DxO has announced their newest version of PhotoLab. PhotLab 6 comes with brand new DeepPRIME XD denoising tech, with advanced colour management features – including a whole new colour space – powerful new retouching tools and refinements to its media library system. DxO’s DeepPRIME tech has been around for a little while now, but the new DeepPRIME XD (eXtreme Details) mode adds further quality enhancements to help remove noise while keeping the details in high ISO raw files....
Facebook is constantly looking to improve their image recognition features, and your photos are, of course, a part of these efforts. But, it’s not only the photos you post on Facebook: your Instagram images are included as well, and it seems they’re rather helpful, too. As the company explained at F8, they use public Instagram photos annotated with hashtags. Then, Facebook uses the acquired data to train their own image recognition models....
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 image was created by a global research team called the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, using observations from a global network of radio telescopes. The image is important and long-anticipated. Scientists had previously recorded stars orbiting around something invisible, compact, and very massive at the centre of the Milky Way....
