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Photos of America’s National Monuments, The Parks Less Traveled

Are you looking for new landscapes away from the crowds and the tripod holes of the national parks? Are you seeking a more adventurous and out-of-the-beaten-path experience? If so, how about a visit to America’s national monuments? The term “national monument” may remind photographers of Lee Friedlander’s influential but quirky book The American Monument, which featured a…
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New ‘Solid Light’ 3D Holographic Display Can Give Photos Depth

Science fiction has repeatedly promised a future filled with holographic 3D displays, but that fantasy has always eluded reality — until now. A startup says it has created a new “solid light” display that renders photos and videos in three dimensions. Photography and filmmaking have historically only existed in two dimensions without the aid of specialized headwear and viewing angles, but a…
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US Navy Shares Photos of New Laser Weapon in Action

The US Navy has shared photos and videos of a powerful new laser weapon system that it has been testing to take down both drones and small crafts. The latest reddish photos were captured with a special camera equipped with a short wave infrared lens and an optical…
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Using a Zeiss 300mm Lens for a Wet Plate Self Portrait Project

Wet plate photographer Markus Hofstätter recently acquired a Zeiss 300mm f/4.5 lens, and although it produced beautiful results, the process of getting to a finished image was filled with numerous obstacles along the way. The Austria-based Hofstätter is not a stranger to DIY solutions when it comes to antique photography equipment. From fixing a solid Linhof tripod that was left in a bad…
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Revisiting the Canon 1D, 20 Years Later

It was my first year in college. I was going out every day to teach myself photography, Harry Potter had just come out in theaters, and Canon entered the digital photography world with its very first fully backed flagship, the Canon EOS 1D. At the time, I was shooting on the Canon EOS D30, and didn’t see any way in sight of affording the 1D, but also didn’t think I really needed it either.
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