Newspaper Photographer Suspended for Splicing Bird Photos
The Sacramento Bee has suspended award-winning staff photographer Bryan Patrick after it was discovered that he had Photoshopped two photographs of an egret eating a frog into a single photo. The newspaper, which is the 5th largest in California and the 25th largest in the US, says that the manipulation was done to make the...
Jumping Spiders’ Eyes May Inspire New Camera Technologies
In a paper published in Science this week, Japanese researchers reported on a discovery that jumping spiders use a method for gauging distance called “image defocus”, which no other living organism is known to use. Rather than use focusing and stereoscopic vision like humans or head-wobbling motion parallax like birds, the spiders have two green-detecting...
Photos of Artwork Created From Nature
Walter Mason of Berlin, Germany shot these beautiful photographs of land art he created. Land art is abstract artwork created using natural materials found outdoors.
You can find more of Mason’s artwork here.
Land Art by Walter Mason (via ...
Going Pro – How to Prioritize Gear Purchases
Unfortunately, most of us work with a limited budget when it comes to purchasing photography gear. Once we consider taking our photography to the next level and going pro, having the right gear becomes even more important. Not only is it important to have the right gear to capture the shots, it is also important...
Emotive Photographs of Elderly Animals
For her project titled “Elderly Animals“, photographer Isa Leshko found and photographed various animals in the twilight of their lives.
Here’s a short video in which she discusses the project:
Elderly Animals [Isa Leshko]
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Wildlife Photography
In the article I wrote a couple of weeks ago, How To Relate To and Learn From Other Photographers I mentioned a photographer I had met at a local art show. I also featured a number of his photos. Today I’m very happy to introduce Greg Stephens as a guest contributor to Beyond Megapixels. Greg’s...
BBC Film Crew Captures Time-Lapse of Underwater “Icicle of Death”
Here’s an amazing clip from the BBC series Frozen Planet. The film crew used time-lapse photography to capture “brinicle” forming under sea ice. As the beautiful icicle forms, it also becomes deadly — once it touches down, the resulting web of ice kills the slow-moving life on the sea floor. You can read more about...
Incredible Photos that Fill the Frame with Flocks of Birds
Photographer Carolyn Marks Blackwood’s Birds project contains photographs in which birds dominate the frame. If you like these, be sure to check out some incredible photos (and a video) of starlings that we shared earlier this month. Carolyn Marks Blackwood | Birds (via Lost At E Minor) Image credits: Photographs by Carolyn Marks Blackwood and...
Wildlife Photographer Captures Beautiful Display of Crocodile Eyes
Photographer Daniel Fox captured this beautiful (and spooky) photograph of dozens of pairs of caiman eyes staring back at him in the darkness. Depending on the angle between the reptile and the camera flash, a different colour is produced. Caiman eyes have a layer called tapetum behind their retina, containing crystals that reflect light and...
Breathtaking Murmuration of Starlings Caught on Camera
Sophie Windsor Clive was canoeing on the River Shannon in Ireland when she came across one of nature’s most beautiful phenomenon: a murmuration of starlings. This is when vast numbers of starlings fly together in giant, cloud-like formations. Luckily for Sophie, she had her camera handy. Here are some other photographs of murmurations (which make...
Amazing Macro Photos of Animal Eyes
After seeing his close-up photographs of human eyes become enormously popular last year, photographer Suren Manvelyan turned to a more difficult subject: animals. He somehow managed to create a series of photographs showing the stunning eyes of animals ranging from crocodiles to horses. Can you figure out which animals these eyes belong to? The answers,...
A New Spin on the Obligatory Fall Foliage Article
The internet seems to become crowded with articles on how to photograph fall foliage at this time of year. We’ve done articles on the subject ourselves, such as Four Tips for Photographing Fall Foliage. The topic is so overdone that Steve decided to go with fall still life photos for his October photo challenge rather...
