Advertisements Before we move on, I have to note that some of the photos are not for everyone and may be inappropriate for younger viewers. Some of you may find them too moving (I know I did), so viewer discretion is advised. The Grand Prize winner is photographer Liz Hingley from the United Kingdom. Her image Kitchen Court Hearing shows a barrister working from home during lockdown number two in London, 2020....
A photographer has successfully demonstrated how he sharpened an out-of-focus photograph using the text-to-image AI software Dall-E 2. Macro shots posted to his Twitter feed of a ladybird show the transformation. Photographer Nicholas Sherlock shared his experiment with YouTuber Micael Widell, who was obviously blown away by the transformation. He even went so far as to state that “this could be the death of photography”. Trigger warning: video contains dogmatic opinions about the impending doom of photography....
Have you ever seen an interesting photo of a clear globe and wondered how to create such an image? This article will give you a few tips on how to take crystal ball photos. You can use a crystal ball to get a fisheye effect without the expense of buying a fisheye lens. One of the ideas I picked up from another blog on photography suggested that you’ll get interesting results if you include a fence in your photo....
How cool it would be to own a lens that traveled to the moon? Well, it’s possible now as a rare Zeiss Planar 50mm f/0.7 is up for an auction. It’s one of only ten of these lenses in the world, responsible for some iconic shots: photos from the Apollo missions, as well as iconic footage from Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon. The lens was designed by Zeiss in 1966 exclusively for NASA Apollo missions....
Ricoh has announced their new WG-80, the latest in their line of rugged and waterproof compact cameras designed for underwater, outdoor and industrial photography. With the newest iteration, it actually sees a slight (very slight) redesign of the camera’s exterior, although the specifications remain pretty much identical to its predecessor (and its predecessor’s predecessor). Aside from the slightly modified shell, the Ricoh WG-80 also sees a new macro LED ring light that Ricoh says is twice as bright as that found in the WG-70....
