The Daily PetaPixel for 09/10/2022

The top news from the world of photography. [View this email in your browser]( Enter PetaPixel's Wildlife Photo Contest: [Wild Personalities]( Grand Prize Winner receives an OM SYSTEM OM-1 Camera Kit and a Trip to the Galapagos with Lindblad Expeditions! [PetaPixel Homepage]( Presented by OM SYSTEM [EXPERIENCE THE OUTDOORS WITH OM-1]( Whether you are out for a walk, or on a full-blown expedition, fully experience the outdoors with the OM SYSTEM OM-1 - the ultimate outdoor imaging companion. Lightweight and compact, big on demand, always reliable and blazing fast. [Grab Yours]( [Photographing the Endangered African Wild Dog in Namibia]( By Daniel O'Neil on Sep 09, 2022 03:41 pm [The Endangered African Wild Dog]( When Donal Boyd visits Africa, he doesn’t just train his lens on exotic species like giraffes. This latest installment of “In the Field with Donal Boyd,” created with Adorama, follows a few packs of African wild dogs. [[Read More]( [Reality TV Star Photoshops Herself to Show How ‘Deceptive’ Social Media Is]( By Pesala Bandara on Sep 09, 2022 02:49 pm [edited image]( Reality TV star Bethenny Frankel has revealed how "deceptive" editing and filters can be, by posting a Photoshopped image of herself in a bikini on Instagram. [[Read More]( [Instagram Will Test a ‘Repost’ Feature]( By Pesala Bandara on Sep 09, 2022 02:36 pm [Instagram Beats TikTok as most downloaded app]( Instagram will be testing a "repost" feature that would allow users to share other people's posts in their own feeds. [[Read More]( [Former Atomos CEO Says She Was Fired for Investigating Securities Fraud]( By Jaron Schneider on Sep 09, 2022 02:22 pm [Atomos Securities Fraud]( In April, Atomos said it fired CEO Estelle McGechie because she refused to move to Australia, but she says it was actually because she refused to turn a blind eye to what she characterizes as securities fraud and revenue manipulation. [[Read More]( [Photographer Waits Three Summers to Recreate Hummingbird Prism Shots]( By Matt Growcoot on Sep 09, 2022 01:44 pm [hummingbird feature]( When Stan Maupin retired and picked up his DSLR to shoot the hummingbirds in his backyard, he was "dared" to recreate Christian Spencer's gorgeous prism photos. [[Read More]( [The Battle Between Camera Brands is Once Again Focused on Lenses]( By Mike Smith on Sep 09, 2022 12:52 pm [Lens]( The mark of a mature camera system is the breadth and depth of lenses that are available for it. The most recent news swirling around Canon, its RF mount, and third-party lens manufacturers demonstrates the principal battleground between competing mirrorless brands. [[Read More]( [The Same Frightening Woman Keeps Appearing in AI Generated Images]( By Matt Growcoot on Sep 09, 2022 12:18 pm [Loab]( A terrifyng demon called Loab keeps appearing in pictures created by artificially intelligent (AI) text-to-image generators. [[Read More]( [The Finalists of the W. Eugene Smith Fund’s $40,000 Photography Grant]( By Jaron Schneider on Sep 09, 2022 12:16 pm [W. Eugene Smith Fund's $40,000 Photography Grant]( The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund has announced the list of finalists for the 43rd annual W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography which awards one photographer with a $40,000 grant. [[Read More]( [Meta Dissolves the Team Designed to Protect Society from Facebook]( By Jaron Schneider on Sep 09, 2022 11:43 am [Meta]( Meta has dissolved the Responsible Innovation Team, an internal group whose job it was to address "potential harms to society" that would be caused by Facebook and its products. [[Read More]( [Photographer Captures Britain’s Decay From Asylums to Air Bases]( By Matt Growcoot on Sep 09, 2022 11:22 am [feature]( These incredible photos capture the many fascinating abandoned locations scattered across Britain. [[Read More]( [The Winners of the 2022 Bird Photographer of the Year Competition]( By Jaron Schneider on Sep 09, 2022 10:57 am [BPOTY]( The Bird Photographer of the Year 2022 competition have been announced, with top honors awarded to Norwegian photographer Erlend Haarberg for his photo of a rock ptarmigan in winter plumage taking flight above snow-covered mountains. [[Read More]( Show us the wild personalities you've captured, and win BIG! [Enter Now]( Earlier Stories: [Clueless US Tourist Asked Queen to Take Photo of Him With Bodyguard]( [Dreamlike Photos Examine Mental Health and Perceptions of Reality]( [The Fujifilm XF 56mm f/1.2 R WR Promises ‘Stunning’ Bokeh]( [The Fujifilm X-H2 the First APS-C Camera That Can Shoot 8K]( [Fujifilm Expands its GFX System Lens Support with the GF20-35mm f/4]( [Website]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( Copyright © 2022 PetaPixel, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. PetaPixel · 2944 N 44th St Ste 100 · Phoenix, AZ 85018-7258 · USA You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.