Astro & Night

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (526+ words) I had ended a trip to Buenos Aires, flying back for over 12 hours on two planes. I was home for 12 hours. Then I drove five more hours to the Owens Valley, California, all with a bad cough. Not one of…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (176+ words) This extraordinary opportunity will allow participants to learn how to photograph the night sky with a master. New York-based Stan Honda was a photojournalist for 34 years, most recently for Agence France-Presse (AFP). Although he has photographed a wide array of…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (131+ words) There is a moment on every desert crossing when the midday sun reaches its absolute zenith and the world simply vanishes. The light is everywhere — pure, white, and suffocating. It floods the salt flats, the gravel plains and the Saharan…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (129+ words) Fstoppers The Editing Power of Night In daylight, it shows everything. Trash, power lines, visual clutter in a composition. Nighttime falls; artificial lighting begins to emerge, and the night becomes the ruthless editor. What the light doesn’t touch disappears. This…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (322+ words) Peter ForsgÃ¥rd argues flat light forces stronger composition and reveals what you actually see. Overcast skies eliminate distracting shadows and rim light, making your frame either work or it doesn't. His case for overcast skies centers on what they…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (48+ words) Yahoo Ever thought of adding salt to your paintings? This incredible watercolor technique uses table salt to create a beautiful, speckled, starry sky effect. Watch this step-by-step tutorial to learn how to add magical texture to your own artwork....

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (603+ words) She calls it The Shadow Between. It’s a composite image of multiple panoramas that Fux captured on top of a mountain called Pico Gilbo in Riaño, Spain, on August 12. “I had never seen nor captured a total solar eclipse, but…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (143+ words) Petr Horalek's gear and settings To capture the creative frame, Horalek snapped multiple 1/8000 sec exposures as the bright planet began to move out of sight. “It was a big challenge to find both objects in the sky and produce good…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (448+ words) Each issue, AP's Editor Mike O'Connor will choose six images to be published both in print and online, with both a winner and a runner-up selected. Our winner will also receive an amazing prize thanks to Retouch4me. This was a challenging…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (538+ words) Once I had the idea, I spent a lot of time working out if it was even possible – capturing the night sky through double glazed glass seemed a difficult task, but I viewed it as a technical and spiritual challenge....