Photography

Find a new appreciation for landscapes in the noise and movement of the city street. When was the last time you tried something new? When did you last challenge yourself to go beyond what you thought you were capable of? I like my comfort zone as much as the next person, whether that’s ordering the same coffee from the same cafe each morning (a strong flat white, thanks), or listening to the…

Photographer Pete Mauney’s mesmeric long exposures of fireflies are not only works-of-art but shed light on the insects’ behavior. Mauney’s enchanting photographs consist of anything from 100 to 1500 30-megapixel RAW files and the large data require custom computers to handle the processing. “If I process them in 16bit the files, they will often be in the 150GB range, or…

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) team has translated some of the telescope’s first photos into music. Called sonification, the goal is to make the JWST’s image and data understandable through sound to help listeners create their own mental images. Sonification is the process of using non-speech audio to convey visual information. The Webb team, in conjunction with NASA’s Universe of…

Chroma Cameras has announced its first lens for 35mm Leica screw-mount cameras, a compact 24mm F11. The M39 thread mount lens is currently in pre-production, so specs aren’t quite finalized yet, but beta units have weighed a mere 16g. Per Kosmo Foto, the working name for the new lens is ‘Glass,’ but that may change ahead of the official release. The lens barrel is constructed…