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The credit for this mesmerizing film? That goes to a Giant Pacific Octopus that borrows the filmmaker's camera!

August 14, 2025
Underwater filmmaker John Roney has completed around 1,500 dives in his career, but a dive earlier this month off the coast of Vancouver Island will likely remain a highlight of his career spent underwater – because an octopus borrowed his camera and proceeded to take footage of its web of suction-cupped tentacles. Roney (@roneydives) was diving with friend and diver Chris Mullen in an area…
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Comet: Understanding Its Cosmic Significance

August 13, 2025
The fastest-moving objects are often the most challenging subjects to photograph – which means NASA scientists had a challenge ahead of them when the ATLAS comet warning system flagged the fastest solar system visitor yet. The Hubble Space Telescope has managed to capture the sharpest ever photograph of the comet known as 3I/ATLAS as it travels at 130,000 miles per hour / 209,215 kph. The…
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Did you know you can use Adobe Camera Raw on JPEGs? Here’s how I go about it

August 12, 2025
While Adobe Camera Raw [ACR] was originally intended to be used on RAW files being imported into Adobe Lightroom and, in this tutorial, Adobe Photoshop, it’s so useful that Adobe made it available as a filter that could be used inside the main host application and on files such as JPEGs. So, if you have some old photos that you didn’t shoot in RAW format (naughty!) and want to see what you can…
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The photography “hack” no one talks about – Put the camera down

August 11, 2025
There’s an old saying that distance makes the heart grow fonder – and it turns out, it applies just as well to photography as it does to love. My journey behind the lens has been an incredibly fortunate one. What started as a hobby quickly became a job, then a full-blown career that took me to the places I once dreamt of. And somehow, I’ve found myself full circle – once again…
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