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Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

31 Oct

Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

Four-day-old zebrafish embryo (10x). 1st place 2016 Photomicrography Competition. Photo by Dr. Oscar Ruiz

For over 40 years Nikon’s Small World photomicrography competition has celebrated imagery of the hidden world right under our noses. This year, an image of a four-day-old Zebrafish embryo has taken the top prize. But that’s just scratching the surface – take a look at the top ten winners here and head over to the competition website to see even more.

Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

2nd place 2016 Photomicrography Competition. Photo by Douglas L. Moore

Polished slab of Teepee Canyon agate (90x).

Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

3rd place 2016 Photomicrography Competition. Photo by Rebecca Nutbrown

Brain cells from skin cells : Specifically, this is a culture of neurons (stained green) derived from human skin cells, and Schwann cells, a second type of brain cell (stained red), which have started to cover the neuron in the same way these cells interact in the brain. (20x)

Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

4th place 2016 Photomicrography Competition. Photo by Jochen Schroeder

Butterfly proboscis (6.3x).

Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

5th place 2016 Photomicrography Competition. Photo by Dr. Igor Siwanowicz

Front foot (tarsus) of a male diving beetle (100x).

Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

6th place 2016 Photomicrography Competition. Photo by Marek Mi?

Air bubbles formed from melted ascorbic acid (vitamin C) crystals (50x).

Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

7th place 2016 Photomicrography Competition. Photo by Dr. David Maitland

Leaves of Selaginella (lesser club moss) (40x).

Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

8th place 2016 Photomicrography Competition. Photo by Samuel Silberman

Wildflower stamens (40x).

Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

9th place 2016 Photomicrography Competition. Photo by Vin Kitayama & Sanae Kitayama

Espresso coffee crystals.

Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

10th place 2016 Photomicrography Competition. Photo by Rogelio Moreno Gill

Frontonia (showing ingested food, cilia, mouth and trichocysts) (200x).

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Pentax 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE real world sample gallery

18 Oct

The Pentax 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE is a new variable aperture ultra telephoto zoom that is the first Pentax lens to use their new ‘Pulse Autofocus Motor’. Although it is a bit darker than the old 55-300, autofocus is much faster and virtually silent. Take a look at our samples to see how sharp this handy new zoom is.

See our Pentax 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE sample gallery

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Vote now for your favorite Nikon Small World 2016 entries

15 Oct

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Mouse retinal ganglion cells. Photo by Dr. Keunyoung Kim

Nikon’s Small World Microphotography competition continues to celebrate all things tiny, fanged and gross. This year they’re inviting you to participate in the judging by picking your favorite finalists in the Popular Vote competition. Head over to the Popular Vote page to cast your ballot, and flip through the slides above to see some of our favorite entries.

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Leg of a water boatman (Corixidae). Photo by Marek Mis

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Actin (pink), mitochondria (black), and DNA (red) in a bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cell. Photo by Talley Lambert

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Parts of wing-cover (elytron), abdominal segments and hind leg of a broad-shouldered leaf beetle (Oreina cacaliae). By Pia Scanlon

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Egg of a Gulf Fritillary butterfly, Agraulis vanillae. Photo by David Millard

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Wildflower stamens. Photo by Samuel Silberman

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Scales of a butterfly wing underside (Vanessa atalanta). Photo by Francis Sneyers

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Slime mold (Mixomicete). Photo by Jose Almodovar

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Beta-alanine and taurine crystals. Photo by Matt Inman

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Poison fangs of a centipede (Lithobius erythrocephalus). Photo by Walter Piorkowski

We told you there were fangs.

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Sigma 12-24mm F4 DG HSM Art real world sample gallery

04 Oct

Hot on the heels of its Photokina announcement, the Sigma 12-24mm F4 Art arrived on our doorstep last week, meaning it was time to shoot wide. Just 1mm shy of matching the world’s widest rectilinear zoom, the Canon 11-24mm F4 L, the Sigma gives a large amount of the Canon’s focal range for a much lower price of $ 1599. To see if its images are as tempting as the specs are, we wasted no time getting it out in the real world mounted on the new Canon 5D Mark IV, the 5DSR, and a Sony a7R II with Sigma’s MC11 adaptor.

See our Sigma 12-24 F4 Art real world samples

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Still Standing Tall: 7 Monumental Statues of the Ancient World

28 Sep

[ By SA Rogers in 7 Wonders Series & Travel. ]

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Perhaps we’ll never know what it was like land on a Greek Island and gaze up at the long-lost Colossus of Rhodes, one of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but there are many other amazingly old monumental statues still standing. From the world’s oldest-known colossal sculpture in the sands of Egypt to a 500-year-old mountain god spewing water and smoke in Italy, these 7 wonders take the human figure (and sometimes, human/animal hybrids) to incredible heights.

Leshan Giant Buddha, China

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Carved right out of a cliff face at the confluence of three rivers in the southern Sichuan province of China, the Leshan Giant Buddha stands 233 feet tall from its plinth to the top of its head, making it the largest stone Buddha in the world. Construction began in the year 713, led by a Chinese monk named Hai Tong, who dedicated it to calming the often-rough waters for shipping vessels. He was so dedicated to the project, he reportedly gauged his own eyes out when funding was threatened. But after his death, the money ran out, and construction was stalled for 70 years before his disciples breathed new life into the project. In the end, Hai Tong’s wishes were fulfilled: all the rock that was chipped away from the cliff face fell into the water below, altering the currents and making them safe for passing ships. Today, it’s part of the UNESCO-protected Mount Emei Scenic Area, which also includes 1,000-year-old trees and over 30 temples.

Moai of Easter Island

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Carved by the Rapa Nui people between 1250 and 1500 C.E., the Moai monolithic human figures of Easter Island all feature massively oversized heads, with the largest measuring 33 feet in height. The heaviest one is shorter but squatter, weighing in at 86 tons. Exactly how the statues were made and transported is still somewhat of a mystery, as the tallest would have measured 69 feet in height if it had ever been completed. While many people erroneously call them the ‘Easter Island Heads,’ they’re actually full bodies, often partially buried beneath the soil with intentionally exaggerated proportions. More than 900 of them have been located on the island, and most of them are made from a compressed volcanic ash. Their empty eye sockets once held eyes made of coral with pupils made of black obsidian or red scoria.

Appennine Colossus, Italy

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The youngest statue on this list is notable not just for its striking looks, but the fact that it contains several hidden rooms hiding the cool functions that bring it to life. Carved in the late 1500s by Italian sculptor Giambologna as a symbol of Italy’s Apennine Mountains, the ‘mountain god’ stands 35 feet tall over the grounds of the Villa di Pratolino in Tuscany. One of its interior rooms enables water to pass out of the monster in the god’s hand, which pours like a fountain into the body of water below, and another holds a fireplace so smoke can emerge from his nostrils.

Tirthankara Jain Sculptures of India

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The Jain sculptures in Gwalior, an important city in Madhya Pradesh, India, are cut into the rock faces leading up to the 8th century Gwalior fort. Dating back to the 15th century, the statues depict Tirthankaras, or Teaching Gods, which are worshipped by followers of Jainism. 21 temples are cut into the rock on the southern side, with the tallest idol at 58 feet representing Rishabhanatha or Adinatha, the first Tirthankara.

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[ By SA Rogers in 7 Wonders Series & Travel. ]

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2017 Sony World Photography Awards accepting entries

25 Sep

2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

The Dinagyang Festival is a religious and cultural festival in Iloio City, Philippines held on the fourth Sunday of January

© Raniel Jose Castan?eda, Philippines, Entry, Open, Culture, 2017 Sony World Photography Awards

The 2017 Sony World Photography Awards are open for business and accepting entries in four main competitions: Professional, Open, Youth and Student Focus. The Open competition includes 10 separate categories including Architecture, Street Photography and Wildlife, and Open competition entries are automatically submitted to an applicable National award.

If you’re looking for some inspiration, you can find how one DPR regular took home a World Photo National prize last year, and flip through a selection of early entries here. Submissions will be accepted for the Open and National competitions until January 5, 2017.

2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

Bear Apartment Six. © Alexandra Cearns, Australia, Entry, Open, Enhanced, 2017 Sony World Photography Awards

Little bears can be very busy and the cub residents of Free the Bears Fund’s enclosure number six in Cambodia are no exception. ‘Bear Apartment Six’ is a composite print made up of 16 photographs taken by photographer Alex Cearns. The single images have been meticulously pieced together to form a visually enthralling scene of bustling bear activity, indicative of an apartment building. Photographed over 90 consecutive minutes in June 2016, three sun bear cubs are the stars of the show as they climb in and out of their den entrance. Cheeky, joyful and adorable, sometimes they’re solo and sometimes they’re with their bear buddies. Each bear was rescued from the illegal wildlife trade when they were only a few months old, and will now be in the care of Free The Bears for the rest of their lives.

We have 2 year old Bearzilla, seized from people keeping him as a pet in Phnom Penh; Pooh, aged just under 2 years, surrendered by developers building a hydro dam in the Stung Treng Provence; and 15 month old Soriya Sundance, handed over by a Government Official who obtained her from ethnic minority hunters in the Mondulkiri Province.

2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

Manta. © Daniel Hunter, UK, Entry, Open, Wildlife, 2017 Sony World Photography Awards

A manta ray swimming in the Indian ocean, Indonesia.

2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

The Midnight Blossom. © Ellie Victoria Gale, UK, Entry, Open, Enhanced, 2017 Sony World Photography Awards

Part of the series ‘The Flower Keepers’, a personal series exploring my imagination and thoughts, creating whimsical characters in a world filled with flowers.

2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

Paper Mill. © Jassen Todorov, US, Entry, Open, Architecture, 2017 Sony World Photography Awards

Waste from a paper mill is agitated by aerators, producing steam and foam, which are pushed by the wind. Clearwater Paper Reservoire, Lewiston, Idaho. Aerial Image (shot from a plane at 1,500 feet).

2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

The Majestic Dance. © Satvik Bhatt, India, Entry, Open, Wildlife, 2017 Sony World Photography Awards

This picture was taken in the forest area of Jaipur, Rajasthan (India). Rajasthan has a huge population of the National Bird and they are found in most areas (both urban and rural). This picture was taken during rain season, in which it’s a common sight to see the Peacocks dancing.

2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

Equilibrium. © Jose? Mari?a Pe?rez, Argentina, Entry, Open, Enhanced, 2017 Sony World Photography Awards

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2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

Politechnika Warszawska. © Lorenzo Linthout, Italy, Entry, Open, Architecture, 2017 Sony World Photography Awards

The Warsaw University of Technology (Polish: Politechnika Warszawska; literally, “Warsaw Polytechnic”) is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland and one of the largest in Central Europe.

2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

There was a diving practice, after that, the swimming coach was swimming in the pool, and I was standing in the 5m diving platform, waiting for the right moment, although the light was quiet dim, I still managed to get this shot.

2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

On 8.23.2016, I was traveling to Sertar County (a county of Sichuan Province, China), and visited the Serthar Buddhist Institute here, Lamaism’s piety and the grand scene shocked me. I have never before feel my heart be so pure. When I wanted to take a photo there was a Lamaism walking by – so I got this photo.

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Minimum flash duration of 1/63,000sec makes the Profoto D2 the fastest TTL monolight in the world

17 Sep

Flash manufacturer Profoto has launched what it is describing as the fastest TTL monolight heads in the world. The Profoto D2 studio flash heads have a shortest output duration of 1/63,000sec, can run at a rate of 20 bursts per second and can sync with camera shutter speeds as short as 1/8000sec. The heads come in two output varieties, 500Ws and 1000Ws, with both featuring full TTL control for Nikon and Canon users via the company’s AirTTL 2.4GHz radio system. The heads can also be controlled in manual mode with 10 stops of output in 1/10th stop increments.

The heads are available to order now, retailing for $ 2000/£1554 for the Profoto D2 1000Ws AirTTL Monolight and $ 1500/£1194 for the Profoto D2 500Ws AirTTL Monolight.

For more information see the Profoto website.

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Profoto releases the D2, the world’s fastest monolight with TTL

With the ability to freeze action at up to 1/63,000 of a second, to shoot bursts of 20 images per second and sync with camera shutter speeds as fast as 1/8,000 of a second the D2 is redefining the definition of speed in monolights.

“For a photographer, every new day is a new challenge. So for them, speed isn’t one thing – it’s many. That’s why we created the D2 to be remarkably fast in every way” says Johan Wiberg, Product Manager at Profoto.

A photographer might need to freeze action with absolute sharpness. The D2 brings pin sharp clarity with a flash duration of up to 1/63.000 of a second, which makes it faster than most high end studio packs on the market. Better still, it offers supershort flash duration across the full energy range.

If flash duration is exceptionally fast, recycling time is equal to it. With the D2 you can shoot up to 20 flashes per second . That allows you to catch 20 versions of the same moment, and quite often that’s the difference between capturing a good image and a great image.

Bringing yet another dimension to speed is Profoto’s High-Speed Sync technology (HSS). This allows the D2 to sync with the fastest shutter speeds available. An advantage when you need to catch a deep blue sky or take full control of ambient light.

The D2 can also help to speed up workflow because it’s equipped with patented TTL technology. You can point-andshoot and the D2 will automatically adjust its output for perfect exposure. But manual mode is available at click of a button, so switching between both modes with settings intact just makes everything move faster.

In terms of output, the D2 is available in 500Ws and 1000Ws versions. At full power you’ll easily overpower the sun, or fully illuminate a larger Light Shaping Tool. Both versions come with a super wide 10 f-stop energy range and superior color consistency over the entire range. So leave the ND filters at home and add just a hint of light if needed.

Above all, this is Profoto Light Shaping equipment. So the design is smooth and minimal, it’s intuitive to use, the build quality as you’d expect, is rugged and sturdy, and it can be used with more than 120 different Light Shaping Tools.

“We designed the Profoto D2 to be the world’s fastest monolight,” says Johan Wiberg, Product Manager at Profoto. “But the speed is not a gimmick. We truly believe that more speed allows you to be more creative and consistently take better images regardless of what challenge you face – with the D2, you’re always up to speed.”

For high volume production when you shoot thousands of images per day, like packshot photography, there is an optional Quartz flashtube available.

The D2 is released Sept 15, 2016. Both the 500Ws and 1000Ws versions are available in different kits configurations.

Learn more at profoto.com/d2

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DPReview celebrates World Photo Day with our favorite shots of 2016

20 Aug

World Photo Day celebrates the Daguerreotype process, which the French government released to the public on August 19th, 1839. The World Photo Day project started in 2009 and encourages users all over the world to share their pictures online.

To celebrate, we took a look back at all our sample galleries from 2016 and cherry-picked some of our favorite shots. Within this gallery you’ll find a wide range of gear represented as well as images from everyone on staff. And when your done looking through be sure to grab your camera and spend some time out shooting, because World Photo Day only comes along once a year.

Staff Picks: Our favorite samples of 2016 so far

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World record camera collector now has over 4500 – and a short film about himself

20 Aug

Indian Dilish Parekh has once again beaten his own world record for having the largest camera collection, with his personal museum now housing 4500 exhibits. In August 2013 DP Review reported that he had 4425 cameras, but in the intervening three years he has grown his hoard by 75 more models.

Filmmaker Dheerankur Upasak visited Dilish, who has held the Guinness Book of World Records title since 2003, at his home in Mumbai to make a short about the man and some of the models in his collection. Dilish says that he started collecting in 1970 when his grandfather gave him cameras as gifts – and things went from there. He never spends more than $ 15 on a camera, but has still managed to accumulate quite a number of rare and expensive bodies, such as the Leica Reporter GG 250. Only 950 were made and one sold with a motor drive at the ‘100 Years of Leica’ Westlicht auction for €576,000 in 2014.

The collection spans only the years between 1890 and 1960 and includes all of Canon’s rangefinder models. Dilish isn’t for selling the collection, though he says he gets lots of offers, and he has instructed his sons not to sell once he passes away.

Dheerankur filmed the piece on a Canon EOS 5D III with Pentax 50mm f/1.2, Tamron 90mm macro and Tair 11-133mm f/2.8 lenses.

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Gold Medal Street Art: World Record Mural in Rio Stretches 600 Feet

11 Aug

[ By SA Rogers in Art & Street Art & Graffiti. ]

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Athletes aren’t the only people trying to set world records in Rio de Janeiro right now, and one artist might have nabbed the gold this week for the world’s largest mural created by a single person. Eduardo Kobra debuted ‘Etnias’ (translation “ethnicities”) along the heavily trafficked ’Olympic boulevard’, stretching an incredible 623 feet in vivid color across 32,000 square feet of a brick wall belonging to a formerly abandoned warehouse. mural portrays the faces of five indigenous men and women from five continents, including the Mursi of Ethiopia, the Kayin of Thailand, the Supi of Europe, the Tapajos from the Americas and the Huli of Papua New Guinea.

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Rendered in the artist’s signature quiltwork style, with geometric shapes connecting and layered over each portrait, ‘Etnias’ is an extension of Kobra’s series ‘Peace Outlooks,’ which also includes paintings of Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. Past projects in a similar tone have seen the faces of Biggie Smallz, Tupac and Bob Dylan splashed across giant surfaces in urban areas around the world.

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“The five characters represent the five continents – the concept was based on the five Olympic Rings,” says Kobra in an interview with the official Rio Olympics website. “These are the indigenous people of the world. The idea behind it is that we are all one. This is the first time I have worked with ethnic people. We’ve all got the same origins so we have to get along, not only during the Olympic Games but always. We should always stand for world peace.”

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“We’re living through a very confusing time with a lot of conflict. I wanted to show that everyone is united, we are all connected.”

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Kobra is hoping to shatter the previous Guinness World Record held by Mexican artist Ernesto Rocha, whose Mazatlan mural completed in 2009 is just over half the size of ‘Etnias.’ Check out more photos of the mural and Kobra’s other work on his Instagram.

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Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

Nikon Small World 2016 winners announced

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists

Leshan Giant Buddha, China

Moai of Easter Island

Appennine Colossus, Italy

Tirthankara Jain Sculptures of India

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2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

2017 Sony World Photography Award entries

Profoto releases the D2, the world’s fastest monolight with TTL

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Still Standing Tall 7 Monumental Statues Of The Ancient World