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fiume adige panorama

13 November, 2026

Along the River – One (or two) Shot Story

By Andrea Darra

13 November, 2026

/ Landscape Photography, /

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I often find myself walking along the Adige in spring, when I go to buy bunches of fresh asparagus from a nearby farm. And then I always end up wandering through this stretch of the river, which is still wild and barely touched by people. You find...

13 November, 2026

Divine intervention – My favourite photo of the year

By Matthew Bigwood

13 November, 2026

/ photo of the year 2026, /

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If you live in or around Stroud in Gloucestershire, UK, you will be aware that the proposed closure of the 90-year-old outdoor swimming pool (or Lido, if you dared to call it that) caused a huge public outpouring early this year. My online hyperlo...

13 November, 2026

Computational photography: M-Kamera and GrainWorks

By vzzdor

13 November, 2026

/ Camera Theory, GrainWorks, M-Kamera, Smartphone App, SmartPhone Camera, /

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If you read my post about M-Kamera, you know that for me photography is as much about the process as about the results: preferably slow, mechanical, and with a fair chance of things going wrong both in the field and in the darkroom. In other words...

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The York Mills subway entrance on Wilson & Yonge (which is now defunct I believe)

12 November, 2026

The Terrible Transit Conspiracy

By Sneakerzoom

What started as a ‘fun little project’ quickly turned out to be a ‘little bit of nothing’ as I never completed this thing. As it turns out, photographing...

12 November, 2026

Konica K-mini Pingu- my favorite penguin

By Thao Ha

Hi, this is my second entry into my toy cameras series where I review cameras from my little whimsy collection of fun film cameras. The Konica K-mini Pingu camera is the favorit...

Picture of a 1952 Zorki 1c camera

12 November, 2026

Zorki 1c – Further Down the Barnack Rabbit Hole

By David Rusling

I bought my first Barnack, a 1953 Leica IIIf Red Dial whilst waiting for my Leica M2 to come back from a CLA. It was a revelation. I really loved collapsing the lens (Leitz Elma...

11 November, 2026

Gran Canaria on Kodak Portra 400

By Martin H

Gran Canaria is one of the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, just off the northwest coast of Africa. A popular holiday destination for Europeans, the ...

11 November, 2026

Winter Garden – My photograph of the year 2026

By Tony Warren

Responding to Hamish and David’s suggested repeat of last years event, I have had a trawl through my year’s output. Always an interesting exercise and useful self-criticism. I n...

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Tony Warren on Divine intervention – My favourite photo of the year13/11/2026
Excellent allegory Matthew and I can see why you were accused of using AI. But AI wouldn't have left those…
Matthew Bigwood on Divine intervention – My favourite photo of the year13/11/2026
Superb comment!
Gary Smith on Divine intervention – My favourite photo of the year13/11/2026
If only Leonardo had included named place cards...
Gary Smith on Along the River – One (or two) Shot Story13/11/2026
Well, I think whatever you're doing in post works just fine!
Matthew Bigwood on Divine intervention – My favourite photo of the year13/11/2026
It was just about being in the right place at the right time.

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