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Around The Horn
12 April 2024
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 the world, LensCulture Portrait Awards, two eclipse shots, two Ranunculus blooms, shooting old negatives and blurred edges.
- Matt Fidler curates Photographs From Around the World including images of the Aintree fashion festival and the Thai new year.
- LensCulture has announced the winners of its Portrait Awards comprising 39 photographers from 21 countries on six continents. "Behind each portrait and series lies a story -- some deeply personal, Raw and intimate, while others, though centered on individual experiences, touch on the universal, timeless aspects of the human condition, wrapped in mystery and emotional resonance," the editors write.
- Associated Press photographer Mat Otero describes Capturing the Total Eclipse. "This less-than-a-second photo showing wisps of solar energy and light fighting to get around the dark side of the moon feels like a secret look into the cosmos and the celestial dance of the earth, moon and sun, all running a ring around each other at thousands of miles per hour," he writes. Randy Olson Overexposed his shot but has no regrets.
- Harold Davis photographs a Ranunculus, well, two. "These are a joy to photograph because every ranunculus is different. Just like people, no two are alike," he writes.
- Kirk Tuck has been 'Scanning' Older Negatives with his Panasonic S5 and a 70mm Sigma Art lens then colorizing them with Photoshop's neural Colorize filter. "And, so far, I have to say that the program does a really good job at hitting color palettes that I would agree with," he writes. He also reflects on a couple of Former Assistants in another piece. "That both of my former assistants moved on to successful careers, happy marriages and the raising of beautiful children always makes me happy," he writes.
- A Reddit poster wonders why he's seeing Blurred Edges on his macro photos of a mussel shell. Responders elaborate on the obvious answer (stop down) with uncommon erudition. We particularly liked the reference to DOFMaster.com and the advice to cheat focus manually.
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