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Chasing Sunrises Across Texas State Parks: A Landscape Photographer's Six-Year Quest
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Tasmania’s Night and Tide: Meet the 2026 Beaker Street Science Photography Finalists
The Beaker Street Science Photography Prize 2026 has announced 16 finalists spanning endangered species, deep-sea life, dark-sky preservation and other natural phenomena. Highlights include Brett Guy’s The Holy Grail (bioluminescent algae, a subtle aurora, and the Milky Way) and Armando Ochoa Aguilar’s First Day (red handfish hatchlings). The lineup also features images exploring Tasmanian geology, wildlife conservation efforts, and atmospheric/oceanic forces. Public voting is open online, with top images to be shown at the Beaker Street Festival’s August exhibition (Aug 6–17, 2026) and winners announced during the event.
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Milky Way Masters: 2026 Photographer of the Year in Pictures
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Alpine Night Photo Captures Rare Triple Galaxy Arch Over the Matterhorn
Photographer Angel Fux braved −28°C on Dent d’Hérens near the Matterhorn to capture a rare triple Milky Way arch—winter arc, summer arc, and Gegenschein—using a helicopter lift and a 40-hour workflow of 260 FITS exposures to create a new panoramic image of the Alps.
Global Milky Way Winners Highlight 25 Night-Sky Masterpieces Across 12 Countries
Capture the Atlas named the 2026 Milky Way Photographer of the Year winners: 25 striking night-sky images chosen from a record 6,500+ submissions by photographers across 15 nationalities and 12 countries, featuring rare scenes—from Paranal’s telescopes to UNESCO sites like Valle de la Luna and a Hopi canyon—with EXIF data available.
DaVinci Resolve 21 Unlocks Cinema-Quality Color for Still Photos (Free)
Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve 21 now supports still photos in its free version, bringing Hollywood-grade color tools, node-based editing, RAW photo support (Canon, Fujifilm, Nikon, Sony, ProRAW), tethering, and film-look effects to stills alongside video, with more advanced features in the paid Studio version.
Pink Moon and Comets: April 2026 Turns Night Sky into a Photographer's Playground
April 2026 offers a dramatic night sky for astrophotographers: the Pink Moon rises with sunset near Spica, a chance for striking foreground shots; Comet MAPS (C/2026 A1) may appear in twilight low in the western sky around perihelion; mid-April (10–20) provides dark skies for galaxy imaging (Leo Triplet, M104, M101, M81, M82); crescent Moon–Mercury–Mars conjunctions around Apr 13–15, and Venus with a crescent Moon on Apr 18; the Lyrid meteor shower peaks Apr 21–22 under good skies (15–20 meteors/hr); southern hemisphere observers may see Eta Aquariids. Practical tips include using a 300–600mm lens for close Moon shots, 200–400mm for Moon-and-planet pairs, and wide 14–24mm glass for meteors, with ISO 800–1600 and 20–30 second exposures; plan with a moonrise calculator and scout an eastern horizon foreground for best results.
Satellites Flood the Night Sky: A Photographer’s Heartbreak and a Widening Light-Pollution Crisis
A 30‑minute composite by Alan Dyer shows satellite trails across the night sky, illustrating how the rapid growth of orbital satellites is increasing light pollution for astrophotography. A 2025 survey found 90% of astrophotographers affected; with Starlink's 10,000th satellite launched and estimates of tens of thousands more, experts warn the practice could degrade night-sky photography unless shooters time sessions to minimize satellite trails.
The woman who tamed lens flare: Katharine Blodgett and the birth of anti-reflective glass
On International Women’s Day Digital Camera World honors Katharine Burr Blodgett, a physicist who co‑invented Langmuir-Blodgett film and helped develop non-reflective glass—foundations for modern lens coatings that dramatically reduce glare and lens flare in cameras.
Three Easy Tricks to Give Your Phone Photos a Warm Vintage Film Feel
Three practical ways to make phone photos feel like analog film: (1) use a mist filter on a lens with a phone adapter to soften details and add highlight bloom; (2) shoot in RAW/ProRAW and slightly overexpose to preserve dynamic range and achieve a brighter, film-like look; (3) edit with apps like Snapseed, VSCO, or Lightroom, applying grain and dialing back overly sharp details, using built-in presets (e.g., Apple Photographic Styles, Samsung My Filter) or external presets to taste for a warm, vintage vibe.
OM System’s OM-3 Astro Brings Nebulas to Life with In-Camera Stacking
OM System unveils the OM-3 Astro, a nebula-focused variant of the OM-3 with an adjusted IR-cut filter that enables 100% transmission of Hα light for vivid nebulae, plus COLOR1/COLOR2 profiles tailored for astro and starry landscape work. It adds Starry Sky AF, Live Composite for in-camera light painting, Night Vision UI, and a 50MP in-camera High-Res composite created from 12 shots (usable on tripod/equatorial mounts). Two new body-mount filters—BMF-LPC01 light-pollution suppressor and BMF-SE01 soft filter—will work with OM-3 Astro and multiple OM bodies. Pricing is US $2,499.99 and CAD $2,999.99, with filters at US $339.99 and CAD $279.99, shipping in March (filters launching next month).
Nan Goldin's Ballad Reframed: A Raw Photo Chronicle of Love and Loss
Nan Goldin’s Ballad of Sexual Dependency, a seminal photobook spanning 1970s–80s Boston and New York circles, is being shown in full at London's Gagosian for the first UK presentation, underscoring its stark, candid portrayals of love, nightlife, vulnerability and the toll of AIDS on a tight-knit community, while reaffirming its lasting influence.
Chilled swims and sunlit lupins: readers’ photo showcase
Guardian’s Readers' Best Photographs gallery curates reader-submitted images from around the world, featuring wintry swims, sunsets, and vibrant lupins, and inviting more contributions.