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Around The Horn
11 September 2020
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at 9/11 photography, Astronomy Photographer of the Year, the Fall Foliation Predication Map, that video of San Francisco, 3,000 cameras, meteor showers, an eBay sale and ovens.
- Chris Gampat points out Seven YouTube Videos Highlighting the Role of Photography on 9/11.
- Images of the Milky Way, California nebula, Andromeda galaxy and a lone tree are among the winners of the Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year award.
- The Fall Foliation Predication Map is out for 2020. "While no tool can be 100 percent accurate, this tool is meant to help travelers better time their trips to have the best opportunity of catching peak color each year."
- Terry Tsai set his drone footage of San Francisco on Wednesday to the soundtrack of Blade Runner 2049:
- Steven Brocklehurst tells the story of The Man Who Owned 3,000 Cameras. Neville "Jim" Matthew retired to East Neuk village of St. Monans after a career that took him around the world bought the former Salvation Army hall to exhibit the collection. Three years after his death his wife Dorothy is working with a charitable trust to transfer ownership of the building and the collection and turn it into a museum.
- Dahlia Ambrose explains How to Photograph a Meteor Shower. "We have more meteor showers coming up this year -- Orionids in October, Leonids in November and the Geminids in December," she writes.
- Carolyn Wright is cleaning out Some Camera Gear on eBay, among other things.
- OK, had to laugh. Jacob Turner suggests If Cooking Youtube Was Like Photography Youtube It Would Be Mostly Oven Reviews. And the videos for enthusiasts would dip into pots and pans, no doubt.
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