Mashable
15 of the best animal photos from 2020
5 min read · · This iguana snap took first place in Agora's photo competition. · Shared by 48, including Marcos aka @marcos_v2@techhub.social, John Rampton, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Merkstatt@troet.cafe
The Guardian
Nature Photographer of the Year 2020
~14 min read · · The winners and runners-up of this year’s competition, announced at the recent Nature Talks photo festival in the Netherlands · Shared by 69, including Marcos aka @marcos_v2@techhub.social, Luminous Kaleidoscope, Fern, Merkstatt@troet.cafe
Mashable
Google Photos is ending unlimited storage and people are not happy
3 min read · · Shared by 8, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe
The Guardian
Elliott Erwitt: 'Photography is pretty simple. You just react to what you see'
6 min read · · The 92-year-old photographer discusses a storied career of capturing big and small moments and why he’s happy to keep working for as long as possible · Shared by 13, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe
The Guardian
Sheets ahead: the pioneering photography of Imogen Cunningham
8 min read · · Few women chose to become photographers at the beginning of the 20th century, yet Cunningham’s images – from female nudes to Hollywood portraits – smoothed the way for countless female artists that… · Shared by 17, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe
TNW
Google Photos is ending free unlimited storage in 2021 — so what are your options?
2 min read · · Google did it again. It is shutting down one of the most popular features across its product universe: Google Photo’s free unlimited storage. The company said that it’s ending this service from June… · Shared by 15, including Andrea Smith, Marsha Collier, Merkstatt@troet.cafe, TNW Top Stories
TNW
This AI tool generates your creepy lookalikes to trick facial recognition
2 min read · · A free new tool called Anonymizer uses GANs to transform your profile photos into AI fakes. · Shared by 135, including Katja Evertz, Merkstatt@troet.cafe, Nige Willson, Bob E. Hayes
The Atlantic
Top Shots From the 2020 International Landscape Photographer of the Year
5 min read · · Some of the top and winning images from this year’s landscape-photography competition · Shared by 62, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe, Jess Tyson (she/her)
WIRED
This Pandemic Must Be Seen
3 min read · · If we could watch what’s really going on in hospitals, there would be no more complacency. · Shared by 170, including Amber Mac, Martin Steiger, Marie-José Kolly, Dr. Saskia Popescu, K. Williams, Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦, Ed Yong is on sabbatical, Helen Branswell 🇺🇦, Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, Merkstatt@troet.cafe, Nicolas Babin #CES2023, Backchannel, Jamie Indigo 👾 @jammer_volts@mastodon.social, Tara Parker-Pope, Brian Stelter, Deborah Blum, Abraar Karan, Tomas Pueyo
The Atlantic
Winners of Close-up Photographer of the Year
8 min read · · Some of the winning and honored images from the 2020 competition in close-up, macro, and micro photography · Shared by 111, including Helmi also on 🐘, Artnome - NFT Proselytiser, Merkstatt@troet.cafe, Howard Getson, Matteo Furia, Kevin Mitchell, Jane, Christian Surchi
fstoppers.com
Perfect Photos Are Not Always Better Photos
1 min read · · As photographers, we work very hard to make our photos as good as possible, ranging from investing in expensive, top-shelf gear, to learning a variety of techniques, to investing huge amounts of time… · Shared by 31, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe
The Verge
Google Photos will end its free unlimited storage on June 1st, 2021
4 min read · · Nothing uploaded before then will count, but it’s still a bummer. · Shared by 144, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Casey Newton, Merkstatt@troet.cafe, Johannes Lenz, Gui Schmitt, Scott Monty, Adrian Roselli (parody) 🗯, Ian M Calvert, Rafael Zeier, mrbrown, Matteo Fogli
The Pudding
Photo quiz: This is an experiment about how we view history
1 min read · · We’re going to show you a series of photos and ask you when each picture was taken. · Shared by 157, including Val Head, Oscar MacDonald, Merkstatt@troet.cafe, Esther Schindler, luis antónio santos, Dr. Alec Couros, Gisele Navarro, Damien Van Achter, M. Serdar Kuzuloğlu
Mashable
Google Photos gets smarter, AI-powered editor
1 min read · · Some new features are Pixel-only, but not all. · Shared by 11, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe
TNW
Google Photos’ new AI-powered editor will retouch your images for you
1 min read · · In addition to the Pixel 5 and 4a 5G, Google is also rolling out a new editor for Google Photos that leverages AI to beautify your pics. · Shared by 11, including jack hollingsworth, Merkstatt@troet.cafe
TNW
Lightroom’s new color-grading tools could change the way you edit your photos
1 min read · · Ahead of Adobe’s upcoming Max (virtual) conference, the company is teasing a new Lightroom tool that will provide photographers much more flexibility for editing the colors of their photos. I want it,… · Shared by 11, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe
