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The death of the flashgun has been greatly exaggerated… there are good reasons why successful photographers refuse to give up on their strobes

If you go to any photo trade show, the number of LED makers far exceeds the number of strobe and flash makers. We’ve had brands like Bowens fold in recent years, even though their mount is the de facto standard for lighting modifiers. Even small flash makers aren’t immune to this, with Cactus, one of the first to get a trigger and flash combo that worked across a huge range of camera makers.
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These wildlife photographers broke the rules, and letting them off sets a dangerous precedent for animal welfare – but do you agree?

There’s a video doing the rounds on social media in Chile showing a group of wildlife photographers coming within just meters of a puma in the Torres del Paine National Park (Chilean Patagonia), and it’s causing quite a ruckus. On one side, you’ve got those pointing the finger at the photographers and their guide for what appears to be a major encroachment on the puma’s territory. And on…
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I've honestly never seen a photo like this: How one aerial photographer turned a fishing scene into a work of fine art

There’s a split second when a cast fishing net hangs suspended in the air, mid-arc, before it settles on the water. Singaporean photographer Chin Leong Teo caught that moment in Dawn Net, and the result looks less like a fishing photograph and more like liquid gold spilling across dark water. This stunning composition helped earn Teo second place in the Photographer of the Year category at…
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Darren Almond photographed the world's most famous landscapes at night for 25 years – but they look like they were shot in broad daylight, thanks to this simple exposure trick

Point a camera at a landscape lit only by the moon and, by every normal rule of photography, you should get black. That’s why Darren Almond’s Fullmoon series still stops people in their tracks more than 25 years after he made the first frame. Yosemite valley, Patagonian glaciers, Japanese temple gardens and Bermuda’s pink sand beaches all appear lit as if by an overcast midday…
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