Category Archives: Photography

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Last Saturday at Ocala Natural Forest in Florida, as reported by WPTV Palm Beach:

 

Richard Jones told WFTV in Orlando that he and his family were walking along the Oklawaha River watching alligators when his son walked through palm fronds to get a good picture. Jones told WFTV that his son must have startled the raccoon, which he said then stumbled toward the water and hopped on top of the gator that was near the water’s edge.

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Shots of John Lennon and Paul McCartney taken by TV Times photographers during a recording at Granada TV studios in 1965 (but never published).

Part of a massive cache of nearly half a million images from the worlds of sport, music and entertainment recently discovered stored in boxes at the British Film Institute in London.

MORE: Astonishing cache of unseen Beatles photos discovered after 50 years (Amateur Photographer)

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Some of the world’s oldest living trees ((in Botswana, Namibia and  South Africa) photographed against the backdrop of the night sky by Beth Moon, who sez:

The majority of these photographs were created during moonless nights, shot with a wide angle lens and ISO of 3200 – 6400. The Milky Way, a ribbon of stars that stretches from horizon to horizon burns brightly in some of the images. Exposures up to 30 seconds allowed enough light to enter the lens without noticeable star movement. Each location required a lot of experimenting. and different lighting techniques. Sometimes a short burst of diffused light from a flashlight was sufficient, or bounced light from multiple flashlights was used for a softer more natural glow.

More here.

Ancient African Trees Illuminated by Starlight (Feature Image)

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The recent fruit of Australian photographer Steve Axford’s continuing quest to document the world’s most obscure fungi. These colourful species are all native to  the Northern Rivers area of Axford’s native New South Wales.

More here.

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