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Photo of high-fiving gorilla wins gold at Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards thanks to perfect comedic timing

An image of a high-fiving gorilla has taken the comedic crown at the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025. The photograph of the great ape, dubbed ‘High Five’, depicts a young male high-kicking his way across the Virunga Mountains landscape (Ministry of Silly Walks, anyone?). Mark Meth Cohn was on hand to immortalize the moment, which has been picked as the overall winner and landed the UK…
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An adventure photographer planned this amazing shot for eight months. A surprise aurora made the image even more epic. Ice caves, a pilot’s view, and more top the best Northern Lights photos of 2025

When glacier guide and photographer Tori Harp first spotted the circular ice cave, she spent eight months monitoring the ice as it formed, envisioning a shot of an ice climber framed by the cave with the New Zealand stars in the background. But when the photographer finally…
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32K video editing is now a thing... but what on earth does that mean in reality?

When I read that DaVinci Resolve now supports 32K video editing, I genuinely wondered if I’d fallen and landed on my head.  Because let’s get real: we’re talking about a picture that’s 32,000 pixels across. Over half a billion pixels per frame. This, in an industry still wrestling with 4K delivery, where 8K remains a curiosity reserved for tech demos and the occasional…
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Martin Parr in his own words: "People are funny"

Parr sadly passed away on December 6, 2025, aged 73. Back in 2016, Professional Photography magazine sat down with prolific Parr to discuss his photo books, wedding photography, and his “laboratory”, the beach. “You have to laugh. People are funny, aren’t…
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I think this type of photography is the perfect solution to what to do with your camera on a rainy day

You might think that still life photography requires a large space to operate in and a huge assortment of photography lighting kits, but if you’re a photography beginner or simply want to kill time on a rainy day, you can capture still life photography from the comfort of your own home using window light exclusively. In fact, drab days can work very well, with soft diffused light flooding…
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This magical photo series won gold and evokes the mystical beauty of Japan's waterside trees – shot with two Panasonic full-frame cameras

Do you ever get time to photograph the same spots? Well, consider this. Ever since childhood, Genki Uehara has been taking pictures of Kakumanbuchi Marsh, on Mount Akagi in Japan’s Gunma Prefecture, and it still entrances him. “Even after decades, I can still witness the same timeless cycle of seasons that once inspired me,” he explains. Now his latest series has earned a gold…
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