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A close-up view of a Schneider-Kreuznach 138mm Spot 50 Close-Up lens filter. The filter is circular with a black rim displaying its specifications, and is placed on a neutral background.

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French photographer and YouTube creator Mathieu Stern's latest video discusses the wonderful world of close-up lens filters. Unlike some of Stern's stranger topics, like working with the world's blackest material and capturing travel photos with an infrared digital camera, close-up filters are something nearly every photographer might want to add to their kit.

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A grid displaying various galaxies captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Each square shows galaxies with different shapes and spiral patterns against a dark background speckled with distant stars.

Euclid Telescope’s First Survey Finds 26 Million Galaxies in Only One Week

The first survey data from the 600-megapixel Euclid space telescope is available now. The European Space Agency (ESA)'s data release features classified, detailed images of 380,000 galaxies and provide a look at the large-scale organization of the Universe's cosmic web. Euclid observed 26 million galaxies in total in just one week.

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Diagram of Earth's horizon showing the "blue hour" before sunrise on the left, and a city on a cliff lit warmly against a blue sky and sea during this time on the right.

Capturing Blue Hour in Landscape Photography

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A Chat with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographer Deanne Fitzmaurice

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A vintage camera with a textured design is set against a vivid red background. The image combines halftone and abstract patterns, creating a bold and artistic visual effect.

Historic Camera Auction in China Was Manipulated: Report

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