The Great Melting: Photographing the Changing Alpine World

At 3,798 meters, the Grossglockner is the highest mountain in the Austrian Alps. In fact, it could be considered one of Europe’s last wildernesses, as there are no cable cars and the summit is only accessible to trained climbers. The steep slopes belong only to the birds and the few species of mammals that call it home. It is a world of snow, ice and jagged peaks. But even this seemingly unspoiled place is undergoing a dramatic transformation due to global warming, perhaps faster than anywhere else.
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Photography News: DNG Raw Standardized, World Backup Day Sales

Spring has finally arrived in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, where I’m writing these lines. You can feel it in the air—and at last, you can hear it too—that wonderful season of love. A few days ago, while out for a run along the river, this reality really hit me. Not because I saw more couples in love than usual on the trail, but sadly, because of the first dead frog of the year. Every year, thousands of them are killed under car wheels on their way to the water, where they breed. Give their love a chance, and please drive carefully.
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An Easy HDR Workflow: The Ponta de São Lourenço Case Study

The dynamic range of a sunrise over the sea exceeds the limits of even the best sensors. Thus, with a single shot, you’re forced to accept crushed shadows, blown highlights, or a compromise using graduated neutral density filters. Instead of fighting those limits, I prefer creating an HDR image by merging multiple bracketed shots.
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The Love Life of Kingfishers

Kingfishers have held a special place in my heart since childhood. I can still recall the excitement of receiving, then devouring in a single breath, one of my very first books: a beautifully illustrated story about a kingfisher family and its struggle to survive in a human-dominated world. Kingfishers on the Blue Bay by Karel Nový did not romanticize their lives.
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DxO PureRaw 6 Review: Amazing Compression?

DxO PureRaw has carved out a niche among photographers seeking to efficiently and automatically denoise their Raw files. With the release of PureRaw 6, I had high expectations for new features that would further refine this powerful software. After extensively testing it, I found that this version adds something new, but it is more of an evolution than a revolution.
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