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Underwater Camera Catches Octopuses Punching Fish Out of Spite

Octopuses are among the world's most fascinating creatures. The highly complex eight-limbed mollusks are generally very intelligent, exhibiting sophisticated behaviors rarely seen in nonhuman animals. As new video evidence shows, octopuses are also occasionally violent ocean leaders.

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Wildlife Footage Shows Fire Ants Building a Living Raft to Stick Together

BBC Earth is routinely on the cutting-edge of nature documentaries and imaging technology, capturing the hidden world of plants, recording remarkable footage in the world's largest cave, and shooting high-resolution footage in pitch dark conditions. One of BBC Earth's latest videos shows a macro view of fire ants building a living raft of their comrades to survive flooding.

Close-up of a Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR camera lens, showing the zoom ring with focal length markings and part of the VR label. The texture of the grip and the gold Nikon branding are visible.

A Guide to Nikon’s Lens Abbreviations

Few lens makers can claim a lineup as huge and diverse as Nikon's. Its legendary F-mount for film-based and digital SLRs has been in continuous production since 1959, along with the newer Z-mount specifically for mirrorless cameras that launched in 2018.

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Echoes of Life: Stories of Galapagos

As a multidisciplinary creative, I was brought on by Craghoppers UK a couple of years ago to help execute a brand refresh. The brand’s look and feel had lost its consistency, so my role was to realign its identity. This involved establishing new typefaces, color palettes, and a comprehensive toolkit that would guide future creative decisions.

A Fujifilm camera with a Fujinon aspherical lens is displayed against a scenic background of sandy dunes meeting the ocean.

Fujifilm Says it Owns 40% of the Non-Full Frame Camera Market

In an interview with French publication Phototrend, Franck Bernard, the director of the imaging division of Fujifilm France, shared a lot of interesting information about Fujifilm's market performance, latest cameras, and whether the company might make a new film camera in response to enthusiasm around analog photography.

A couple embraces under a starry night sky, with ski lift chairs suspended overhead. The horizon shows a snow-capped mountain and a forest, creating a romantic and serene atmosphere.

What to Do When it Gets Dark: Night Wedding Photography Tips

There you are, going along shooting all the pretty wedding day details and events. Sunset is epic and romantic and you capture some incredible portraits between your two lovebirds and then you start to panic, wondering what to do when it gets dark. I’m here to help with these night wedding photography tips.

A vintage Kodak Retina IIc camera with a folding bellows design. The lens is extended, showing detailed dials and markings. The body is metal with black textured panels.

The Pros and Cons of Using a Scale Focus Camera

Nowadays, we photographers are a bit spoiled. With how much power current-day cameras and lenses are packing, we can feel free to relegate a lot of the most basic operations, from determining exposure to acquiring focus and more, to automatic functions.

A bride and groom are walking hand in hand on a sandy beach. The bride wears a white dress with a veil, holding a bouquet. The groom is in a white shirt and gray pants. In the background is a vast blue ocean with distant rocks.

What to Know if You’re Going to Photograph Destination Weddings

As a husband and wife team specializing in capturing adventurous couples in the beautiful places they choose to get married, we love to travel. Destination weddings are a blast and definitely something we do. And destination weddings have their challenges that are worth addressing if you’re going to photograph destination weddings.

A drone flies against a backdrop of lush, green mountains under a cloudy sky. Its rotors are in motion as it hovers in the air, capturing the rugged landscape.

DJI Responds to Border Issue as US Customs Scrutinizes Chinese Drones

Earlier this week, DJI launched the Air 3S, its exciting new dual-camera drone with a larger image sensor and support for 10-bit video recording. However, as noted in PetaPixel's coverage, retail availability hasn't been announced yet, an unusual shift from DJI's typical product launch. DJI detailed why in a new blog post, explaining that a "customs-related misunderstanding" is to blame.