ORLANDO, Fla. – The Orlando Science Center is set to captivate young astronomy lovers with a weekend of space-themed events.
Astro Fest kicks off at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 19, and lasts through Nov. 20. Daily hours will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Attendees will get immersive experiences such as simulation games, live shows and lab experiments.
Guests can also see an astrophotography exhibit by Derek Demeter, director of Seminole State College’s Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust Planetarium. The exhibition, called “Capturing the Cosmos,” portrays Florida’s night sky and our celestial neighbors in the Solar System.
Admission to Astro Fest is included with your Orlando Science Center admission, meaning ticketholders can add the space-themed fun to everything else offered throughout four floors of exhibits, 3D educational films and live programming.
For more information, and to purchase tickets, click here.
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The theme for the tenth round of the Camera Jabber Photographer of the Year (CJPOTY) competition was ‘Silhouettes’ and it proved to be a very popular round.
Now, we can reveal that the following images will go onto our shortlist to be judged by our illustrious panel at the end of the year.
One of these ten shortlisted images has also been selected as the round winner with the photographer being awarded a voucher from MPB worth £500 – scroll down to find out who. One clever photographer has also managed to get two images shortlisted.
CJPOTY October 2022 Silhouettes shortlisted images
Angela Harrod
Angela’s image shows that the best camera is the one you have with you as she shot this simple yet memorable image with her iPhone. We love the composition and timing of this shot.
Rebecca Hedges
Rebecca has two images shortlisted in this round, her first was captured at sunrise in Morocco using a Sony Alpha 100. It’s another simple yet well composed shot and it makes brilliant use of the colourful sky.
This time Rebecca was in Andermatt, Switzerland and shooting from the top of the Gemsstock mountain with her Sony SLT-A77. We love the interlocking mountains with their different shades of gold and the deep shadow in the foreground.
Nancy Arehart
Nancy’s striking image, shot with a Nikon D850, shows a mother rhino with her well-grown calf walking across a dam just after sunset. Their shape and the colour of the sky really pulled us in.
Edyta Rice
Edyta tells us that she stumbled across this magical early morning scene in a local woodland. Light was spreading across the forest, diffused in the strong fog, and it created these outstanding conditions. Edyta grabbed her Nikon D850 and captured a few shots of the magnificent stag moving right in front of her.
Philippa Huber
Philippa says, ‘just before the pandemic closed our borders, I was on Lake Kerkini photographing the magnificent Dalmatian Pelicans. The boat left the small harbour before dawn and over the course of 4 days I experienced all sorts of weather. I took this shot using my Nikon D750 on a stunningly crisp, cold morning as a pelican glided past, you can see the sun emerging above the horizon, bathing the lake in its golden glow.’
Sue Newman
Sue was up early to capture this magical image with her Canon EOS 90D at Bushy Park near Hampton Court Palace in the UK, but it could easily be mistaken for an image taken in Africa. It was well-worth getting up for Sue!
Eileen Welland
Eileen says that this is one of the very first silhouettes that she captured when she started shooting with her Nikon D3400. The statue creates a bold shape against the window blinds and the image caught our eyes from the outset.
Helen Cherry
Helen tells us that she visited Kew Gardens in the UK in April and was absolutely fascinated by the beautiful aluminium Hive installation, particularly from underneath its glass floor. This image, captured using Helen’s Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, is of several children playing on this glass floor making interesting silhouettes.
Jane Gross
Jane captured this image of an elephant walking across the horizon at Ol Pejeta Conservancy Kenya with her Nikon D750. She says, ‘for two evenings we lay in the grass watching the elephants walking across the horizon. I wanted to frame a smaller animal in the elephant’s trunk. An impala stopped to graze just where I wanted it, then just as I took the photo, it looked up in my direction. When I looked at the photo I had taken, I was thrilled to see that a bird had flown by in the frame at just the right time, giving me an impala and a bird framed in the elephant’s trunk.’ Well done Jane, it’s an excellent image.
CJPOTY October 2022 winner: Nancy Arehart
Congratulations Nancy, a voucher to the value of £500 from MPB is heading your way!
Nancy’s image will join the other nine in our shortlist to be judged for the overall prize at the end of the year.
CJPOTY November 2022: Wonderful Woodlands
The theme for the tenth round of the Camera Jabber Photographer of the Year (CJPOTY) competition is ‘Wonderful Woodlands. We want to see a celebration of woodlands; their trees, flora and fauna – don’t worry, you don’t have to get them all in the same shot.
This round of our monthly competition is open for submissions until 23:59 GMT (00:59 CET and 15:59 PST) on 30th November 2022.
To submit your entry, visit cjpoty.com. You can submit up to three entries for £2.00 plus payment processing costs (£0.26). The images can be taken at any time and should be Jpegs at least 1920 pixels along their longest side, but no larger than 5MB.
Photographing woodlands
There are lots of potential subjects for this round and you can use just about any lens. A macro lens is ideal for getting close to tiny fungi, a wide-angle lens will let you capture a bigger view and a telephoto will let you pick out distant (or high-up) details.
Woodlands can be especially attractive in mist while strong sunlight creates nice patches of shadow with strong highlights. Whatever the weather conditions, think about the white balance that you use because the deep shady areas can end up looking a bit too neutral or even cold if you use the auto setting – although that’s fine if that’s the look that you want.
Camera Jabber Photographer of the Year prizes
At the end of the month, the Camera Jabber team will pick one winning image and nine runners up from the June entries. The photographer of the winning image will receive a voucher from MPB.com to the value of £500 which can be spent on anything from a huge range of kit from the World’s biggest platform for used photographic gear.
All 10 of the selected images will go into our shortlist for the year.
We’ll do this each month in 2022 so that by the end of the year, there will be 120 shortlisted images. These will then go before our fantastic panel of judges who will decide the 1st, 2nd and 3rd-placed images. You don’t have to enter the competition every month, but you are welcome to do so and the more shortlisted images you have at the end of the year, the greater than chance of winning the top prize.
The photographer of the first-placed image overall, as decided by the panel of judges, will received a voucher to the value of £1000 from MPB.com as well as a trophy and the title ‘Camera Jabber Photographer of the Year 2023‘. The photographers who come second and third will receive vouchers worth £500 and £250 respectively.
The judges are:
Ben Brain – Photographer, journalist & Sigma ambassador Sophie Collins – Chief Marketing Office at MPB Donna Crous – Food photographer, author, Nikon Europe ambassador and Rotolight Master of Light Kate Hopewell-Smith – Wedding, portrait & boudoir photographer, Sony ambassador Sanjay Jogia – Wedding photographer & Canon ambassador Pete Reed OBE – Three times Olympic gold medal-winning rower and keen documentary photographer Dominique Shaw – Photographer and co-founder of York Place Studios and Fujifilm ambassador Craig Strong – Lensbaby founder Christina Vaughan – Founder of Cultura Creative, the home of inclusive stock photography Jeremy Walker – Landscape photographer, author & former Nikon ambassador
About MPB
Founded by Matt Barker in 2011, MPB is the world’s largest platform for used photography and videography kit. MPB has transformed the way people buy, sell and trade equipment, making photography more accessible, affordable and sustainable.
Headquartered in the creative communities of Brighton, Brooklyn and Berlin, the MPB team includes trained camera experts and seasoned photographers and videographers who bring their passion to work every day to deliver outstanding service. Every piece of kit is inspected carefully by product specialists and comes with a six-month warranty to give customers peace of mind that buying used doesn’t mean sacrificing reliability.
Landscape and nature photographer Guy Edwardes mulls over the pros and cons of drop-in filters for mirrorless cameras
Late last year, I finally made the decision to buy a mirrorless camera in the form of a Canon EOS R5, but not for the reasons you might think. For me to consider upgrading to any new camera it would have to offer a significant advantage over my current set-up. The Canon EOS R5 alone didn’t seem to offer a particularly compelling reason to switch. However, a few months ago I noticed a ‘feature’ that did catch my eye.
In order to use EF lenses with the Canon R-series bodies, it’s necessary to use an EF-EOS R adapter. Canon offers three versions of this adapter and one of them incorporates a drop-in filter. Initially, there were only three compatible filters on offer from Canon (clear, polariser and variable neutral density), so it wasn’t until a few other companies began offering a range of compatible drop-in filters that it really got my attention.
Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland. Canon EOS R5, Canon EF11-24mm f4L, 2 secs at f/16, ISO 100, tripod, Kolari 3-stop ND drop-filter used to achieve 2-second exposure time
I regularly use various strengths of neutral-density filter and a polarising filter for my landscape photography. I don’t use graduated filters, so currently they are all 82mm Heliopan glass screw-in filters (with a stepping ring to fit lenses with 77mm threads). Although these offer great image quality, there is no denying that they can be fiddly to put on and take off. It’s easy to cross the threads or worse, drop the filter! Stacking filters also results in vignetting when using wideangle lenses. It seemed to me that a drop-in filter system could eliminate most of these issues while also providing several other benefits.
Perhaps the most significant advantage and the main reason for me investing in the Canon EOS R5 is that the drop-in filter adapter finally allows me to very easily use neutral-density filters with ultra-wideangle lenses like Canon’s 11-24mm and 8-15mm fisheye. Previously, the use of filters with these lenses had only been possible with either very fiddly or cumbersome solutions. Canon UK, Breakthrough Photography and Kolari kindly sent me several samples of their drop-in filters to test with my Canon EOS R5.
A filter of some sort has to be in the adapter as it forms part of the optical pathway and is required for the focusing to work properly. Currently I’m using Canon’s own clear filter and also its polariser.
Inserting Breakthrough Filters’ 10-stop ND into Canon EF-EOS R adapter on EOS R5 with EF11-24mm f4L attached
Hit the slots
I’ve never been a fan of variable neutral-density filters (VNDs). In theory they sound great, but in reality, due to the way they work, I have never been able to guarantee an even effect across the frame. However, the drop-in VND from Breakthrough Filters is by far the best I have used to date. I think possibly due to its smaller size and its position at the rear of the lens, any uneven effect is reduced.
Care has to be taken when to use it and with which lenses, but good results are consistent enough for me to confidently use it on a regular basis. One of the great things about the 1.5-11 stop VND filter is that you can use it to shoot a bracketed set of exposures without changing the camera settings – very useful if shooting long exposures with moving water, as each exposure will show a very similar water effect, making it much easier to blend exposures seamlessly in software. This is a technique I have used frequently in the past, but it’s not easy when you have to screw traditional filters on and off the front of the lens without moving anything!
Kolari EF-EOS R adapter with 3-stop ND filter
I store my drop-in filters in a small pouch on my belt, so they’re always easily accessible. They can be ‘slotted-in’ far more quickly than screwing a traditional filter onto the front of the lens. I can now use two filters without vignetting when using lenses as wide as 16mm (one drop-in and one screw-on). An advantage over alternative body-mounted clip-in filter systems is that filters can be added without removing the lens, minimising the chances of moisture and dust causing issues. Drop-in filters have significantly sped up my workflow in the field and have already allowed me to achieve images with extreme wideangle lenses that were previously impossible.
This shows how drop-in filters can be obstructed when shooting in vertical format with certain tripod heads. Here, the filter cannot be inserted or withdrawn without removing the camera from the tripod head
Advantages of drop-in filters
+ Quicker and easier to use + Enables filter use with extreme wideangle and fisheye lenses + One set of filters works for all lenses + Reduced risk of vignetting when using multiple filters + Eliminates risk of cross-threading or stuck filters + More usable variable neutral-density filter + Reduced size and weight of filter kit + Easier to exposure-bracket using neutral density filters
Negatives of drop-in filters
– Currently only an option when using Canon EF lenses on RF bodies – Costly clear filter has to be in place when no filtration required – Access to filter slot may be difficult when shooting in vertical format on a tripod
Portreath Harbour, Cornwall. Canon EOS R5, Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L II, 1/2sec at f/11, ISO 100, tripod, Breakthrough VND used to achieve precise 1/2sec exposure time
Exposure bracketing with drop-in ND Filters
1. Find your composition and mount your camera on a sturdy tripod. Switch to manual exposure mode and bring up the live histogram. Determine correct exposure settings, including the correct aperture for the required depth of field and exposure time to achieve the desired effect in moving water. These settings will remain the same for all exposures.
2. Insert an ND filter that will give you the correct exposure for the highlights in the image. Replace that filter with a lighter ND to expose for the mid-tones. The number of filters used will depend upon the amount of contrast in the scene, but your final exposure may be with the clear filter to expose for the darkest shadow areas.
3. The resulting set of exposure-bracketed images can then be blended in software (such as Merge to HDR in Adobe Lightroom, or by using layers and masks in Adobe Photoshop) to create a final image that captures the full dynamic range of the scene. If using a variable ND filter, simply rotate the filter to change the brightness of the image for each exposure.
Bracketing allows you to arrive at the perfect final exposure
Drop-in filter reviews
Canon
Canon’s own clear filter and polariser work perfectly well. Image sharpness is unaffected compared to using the standard EF-EOS R adapter. Its VND filter on the other hand has a strong blue colour cast, so I cannot recommend it.
Breakthrough Filters
Breakthrough Filters offer an extensive range of drop-in filters. Their design has been very well thought through. They click into place very positively, but also with the lightest touch (so no chance of moving the camera when using them). They are optically excellent with minimal colour casts. Their VND filter is particularly good with a fairly uniform effect across the image at all settings, but with a slightly warm tone. These filters can be used in the Canon adapter or Breakthrough’s own adapter. Currently available for pre-order direct from breakthrough.photography.
Kolari
Kolari also offers a broad range of drop-in filter options right up to a 20-stop ND. Optically they are very good with excellent sharpness and minimal colour casts. Their design makes them slightly less easy to use as you have to push the filter quite firmly into the adapter, so there’s a chance of moving the camera if using ND filters for exposure bracketing. On the other hand, they won’t accidentally fall out. These filters only work in Kolari’s own high-quality drop-in adapter. Available now from kolarivision.com.
As night photographers, we have different needs than other photographers. While we already have plenty of gift suggestions on Photofocus, we night photographers should also have a gift guide!
Thanks to Capture One (Promo Code PHOTOFOCUS20), MPB, Fundy, Tamron, Mylio, Excire and Skylum, the sponsors of this year’s Holiday Gift Guide.
VELCRO Brand Tape
$13.88; available via Amazon
Velcro. Making life easier for night photographers everywhere.
This Velcro tape is a hook and loop fastener that adheres to most smooth surfaces and lasts for a long time. Why would a night photographer need this?
Well, because you already have this handy stand called a tripod. Why not attach things to it? I attach my intervalometers to a tripod leg. For those of you who use lens warmers to stop the dew, you can hook the USB power bank to tripod legs as well. Handy stuff. Velcro tape is so important, I’ve written about it in one of five tips all night photographers should know.
Allstar ALL14147 Fluorescent Orange 2″ x 45′ Gaffer’s Tape
$22.78; available via Amazon
Gaffer’s tape has come in handy more times than I can count.
Here’s one that every night photographer could use — gaffer’s tape. Yeah. Gaffer’s tape. This all-purpose tape is used by gaffers in film and TV production. The gaffer is the chief lighting technician and is typically the head electrician. They need to use tape that is strong but doesn’t leave a residue. This is where we come in.
We can use this for all sorts of purposes, so it’s always great to have gaffer’s tape in your bag. Break something? Tape it together. If you break part of your tripod, such as the ball head, you can tape your camera to the tripod. Need to keep something in place, such as a prop or piece of equipment? Hang up some dark garbage bags to keep the sun streaming in the window while you sleep until noon? Gaffer’s tape to the rescue. This wonder tape is one of five tips all night photographers should know.
Aream Digital Timer Remote Shutter Release Trigger Intervalometer
$19.99; available via Amazon
Aream intervalometer and remote shutter control for all sorts of cameras, including Pentax, Canon, Sony, and Nikon.
This is a wired intervalometer. However, unlike most wired intervalometers, this has detachable cables. As anyone who has used wired intervalometers knows, the connectors on the cables are typically what fails, not the device itself. When they fail, this allows you to simply swap out a cable for another and keep moving. Even better, these Aream intervalometers can be used with Nikon, Canon (and Pentax since they use the Canon sub-mini connector), and Sony simply by switching the cable!
BMK 200W Car Power DC 12V to 110V AC Car Inverter with 4 USB Ports
$25.96; available via Amazon
Photographers have batteries. Certainly, night photographers often use more batteries than many. Here, we have a small charging unit that plugs into a cigarette lighter and powers battery chargers, phones, and even laptops. Furthermore, you can use anything with AC outlets (as long as it doesn’t exceed 200W usage (sorry, no toaster ovens or hairdryers) as well as USB devices. For the price, you can’t beat it. I have mine tucked away in the middle console.
Topaz Denoise AI
$79; available via Topaz
Night photographers are always looking for good noise reduction software. After all, noise is the enemy of night photography. Extremely low light coupled with long exposures and high ISOs in hot weather can make for rather noisy photos. Enter Topaz Denoise AI. You can see for yourself how it works as I have written about this numerous times. For some Milky Way and astrophotography photos, you do need to be gentle with the application. A little goes a long way. Topaz DeNoise AI is the best noise reduction software I have used. And coming from a night photographer, that is really saying something.
Nik Collection 5 by DxO
$149; available via DxO
Nik Collection has 250 presets that use U-Point technology for non-destructive editing for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic. We all have our favorites. I personally love Detail Extractor, Tonal Contrast, Pro Contrast, all in the Color Efex Pro suite. Silver Efex Pro is the gold standard for black and white conversion, and probably worth the price of admission alone.
And Perspective Efex is incredible. The latter makes fixing things such as keystoning and horizon issues. But it also has an incredible tilt-shift blur that looks gorgeous. I wrote about DxO Nik Collection 4 here.
La Sportiva Men’s Makalu Mountaineering Boot
$348.95; available via Amazon
It’s not always easy to find hiking books with steel shanks, as most have moved on from that. But if you want a boot that is comfortable for exploring abandoned places at night, steel shanks can be a foot-saver. I have stepped on a nail before, not expecting there to be protruding nails in a bus graveyard. The board stuck to my shoe, but thankfully, did not puncture my foot. I quickly put on my steel-shank boots.
The La Sportiva boot is expensive but comfortable. However, there are plenty of work boots made by Men’s G-Force or NORU Baika boots that have steel shank soles.
Paris-based Digital Artist Cristian Girotto creates imaginative portraits of adults with childish features. We all agree that, somewhere inside each of us, there’s a young core, instinctive, creative but also innocent and naive. What would happen if this intimate essence would be completely revealed? Cristian Girotto’s project “The Outer Child” takes into analysis this possibility.
Here in this gallery, you can check 15 images from the project. Scroll down and inspire yourself. Please check Girotto’s more amazing work on his Website and Instagram.
Fall is a common time for Americans to travel, whether they’re gearing up for spending the holidays with family and friends, or they simply want to take some time to get out of the house. If you’re thinking about traveling during Autumn to beat the heat and take in the views of the changing leaves, you’re not alone. Plenty of people have the same idea and during their time planning a trip, they often look for popular, but not crowded places to see.
If that sounds ideal, you might want to set your destination to Telluride, Colorado. There’s quite a long list of things that make this place one-of-a-kind, and we’ll cover a few of them here.
Read on to learn more about Telluride to determine whether it’s the right place for you to take your next vacation.
The first light of day kisses the snow covered peaks of the Rocky Mountains outside Telluride, Colorado on a cool autumn morning. Fine Art Limited Edition of 50.
History of Telluride, Colorado
Telluride, Colorado was not always a quaint spot for visitors looking to take advantage of unique fall landscapes. It used to be frequented both by the Ute Native American tribe and prospectors looking for silver and gold back in the 1700s. In fact, it wasn’t always called Telluride. Back when the location was a summer camp, it was called Columbia, but upon becoming a town in 1878, the name changed to Telluride.
The town continued to flourish once the railroad came about in the late 1800s, but after silver prices crashed and WWI started, the town’s focus on mining deteriorated. It was down to only a couple hundred residents until the 1970s, when Telluride attempted to draw visitors in by promoting other attractions, like the ski resort that opened in 1972. In time, Telluride became a rich tourist destination due to its festivals, shows, skiing opportunities, and natural beauty.
Now, Telluride citizens strive to preserve the aesthetics and historical significance of their hometown, and to add to it, the little mountain town was designated as a National Historic Landmark District. Much of the old mining look and feel still exists in Telluride, so if you’re interested in immersing yourself in a piece of US history, this is a fantastic place to visit.
Because of its significant role in the history of the American West, Telluride was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1964. Colorful Victorian-era homes, clapboard storefronts and historic buildings now mix with boutiques, art galleries, gourmet restaurants and Telluride’s luxury hotels.
Towering Aspen and Silver Birch trees intertwine to create a wall of autumn splendor on Last Dollar Road between Telluride and Ridgway in Colorado. Fine Art Limited Edition of 50.
Telluride Colorado Geology
Telluride is located on the Western flank of the San Juan Mountains at an elevation of 8,750 feet. San Juan Mountains, segment of the southern Rockies, extending southeastward for 150 mi (240 km) from Ouray, in southwestern Colorado, U.S., along the course of the Rio Grande to the Chama River, in northern New Mexico. Many peaks in the northern section exceed 14,000 ft (4,300 m), including Mts. Eolus, Sneffels, Handies, Sunshine, Wetterhorn, Redcloud, San Luis, and Windom, with Uncompahgre Peak (14,309 ft) being the highest.
Much of the appeal of Telluride comes from its rich mining history, even today. Plenty of visitors stop by to explore nearby landmarks which include the San Juan Mountains, take in beautiful landscapes, and perhaps, try to locate remnants of the gold and silver that put Telluride on the map so long ago.
In addition, for geology fans, the area around Telluride is composed of sedimentary rock, igneous rock, and volcanic rock. As such, there’s always something to look at and so many interesting contrasts between the naturally-occurring rock types in the area.
Like a ghost ship floating on a sea of gold, an empty rowboat drifts across a pond near Telluride, Colorado at the peak of autumn. Fine Art Limited Edition of 50.
Autumn In Colorado
If Autumn isn’t your favorite season of the year then I don’t know what’s wrong with you. Ok, ok, I guess sunshine is nice and I know a lot of you enjoy skiing and everything but nothing beats the visual splendor that is Autumn.
Scores of people visit the Telluride area to take advantage of the scenery that takes on unique changes during the Autumn season. Like other highly-frequented Autumn locations, Telluride offers some breathtaking visuals once the area’s trees begin to change from green leaves to palettes of red, orange, and yellow shades.
On top of exploring the small town itself, there are several natural attractions in the area that present one-of-a-kind scenes that take flight as soon as the plant life starts resembling a non-destructive fire.
If you’re one of the traveling types who hope to make the most out of the views you’ll have when you visit a new area, Autumn in Telluride certainly won’t disappoint.
A stand of quaking aspens bend and twist towards the sky, transforming the clonal grove into an array of alien tendrils. The scar of past avalanches, the trees’ strange stature is testament to the harshness of the alpine climate. Fine Art Limited Edition of 50.
Peak Fall Color in Telluride
Travelers like to plan their visits to the Telluride area based on the changing of the leaves on the surrounding trees. Part of taking in the scenery includes taking advantage of the best fall colors so it’s easy to understand why one of the most common questions from potential visitors has to do with when the leaves are going to become their most vibrant fall colors.
Unfortunately, this isn’t always an easy answer to provide. Telluride usually starts seeing their local leaves change color around the middle of September, but the timeline can vary somewhat from year to year.
The peak time to take in the fall scenery is usually right around the last week of September, and the colors fade away as the days roll into October.
Of course, nobody wants to be too early or too late for the main attraction they’re visiting for. To provide a little more help when it comes to scheduling your visit as accurately as possible, check-in and read Telluride’s official blog or take a look at their landscape webcams to get a better idea of the timeline you should plan for.
Fall aspens, like Grecian columns, reach towards transient puffs of cloud in a brilliant blue sky. When the days grow chill, groves of clonal aspen turn hillsides like this one near Aspen, Colorado into cascades of rippling gold. Fine Art Limited Edition of 50.
Telluride Colorado Art Galleries
Telluride, Colo., isn’t all that different from Aspen. It’s a high-end resort town that attracts ski bums, wealthy business executives and celebrities. Where there is tourism combined with cold hard cash there will be art galleries and Telluride is no exception. Some of the art galleries that can be found here include the Elinoff Gallery, Gold Mountain Gallery and the Tony Newlin Gallery among many others. Spend a day wondering the town and taking in the arts!
There is no question why they call it colorful Colorado as dappled light and dreamy clouds drift over the top of the San Juan Mountains outside Ridgway, Colorado. Fine Art Limited Edition of 50.
Things To Do and Places To See In Telluride
Whether you enjoy taking photos or you just want to take in fascinating landscapes for your own benefit, there are several ways to view unique scenes throughout the Telluride area during the Autumn season.
Hiking up and down some of Telluride’s popular trails is a great place to start. You might choose to visit the Bear Creek Trail, Bridal Trail Falls, or the Lizard Head Wilderness. Each of these sites offers unique perspectives, varying challenge levels, and vantage points that make for some amazing image captures.
Further, if hiking isn’t your favorite, there are a couple of other ways to view the Telluride scenery. You might opt for one of the 4×4 tours that plenty of visitors find enjoyable, or ride the gondola that takes you above the horizon for a 13-minute trip around the mountain area.
While you’re in the Telluride area, don’t miss out on the other sites that this historic location has to offer.
Golden light from the early morning sun illuminates a forest of beautiful aspen trees at the peak of autumn in Telluride, Colorado. Fine Art Limited Edition of 50.
Last Dollar Road Telluride
The Last Dollar Road is somewhat of a hidden gem in the Telluride area. Instead of taking the highway to get from Telluride to Ridgeway, take a trip into the unbeaten path and travel down the same bumpy dirt road that so many others did in the past.
The road stretches through one of Colorado’s many valley areas, and throughout the trip, the scenery changes significantly. During one section, you’ll see soft, nearly flat terrain. In another section, you’ll be surrounded by beautiful trees lining the path, and finally, you’ll proceed through grassy fields with the San Juan Mountain views off in the distance.
On top of the changing landscapes, this trail offers fantastic views of Wilson Peak, one of Colorado’s treasured mountain areas.
Dappled light kisses the peaks of the Rocky Mountains and illuminates the autumn leaves of an Aspen grove like matchsticks in the wind near Ridgway, Colorado. Fine Art Limited Edition of 50.
Telluride Ski Resort
As the name suggests, the Telluride Ski Resort is primarily a place that allows visitors to enjoy skiing through the nearby mountains. However, there’s more to the location than skiing alone. Telluride’s ski resort plays host to events, fine dining, and other ways to let guests form long-lasting memories.
If skiing isn’t something you want to take part in, visit the resort for the fine dining experience, or stay for a couple of days to relax in luxurious accommodations.
Telluride Weather
Like many of the mountain towns of Colorado, Telluride’s weather can be quite cold in the winter, with mild summer and spring temperatures. The town itself is typically warmer than the sites to see in higher elevations, but between early fall and early spring, you can expect relatively low temperatures.
In mid-November, the forecast shows temperatures in the high 20s to middle 30s for the high and anywhere from the low 20s to single-digit numbers for the low.
If you’re planning to visit Telluride during the cooler months, pay close attention to the weather forecast and embark on your trip prepared (bring warm clothing and any equipment you might need in order to ensure your safety and convenience).
Visit Telluride
Hopefully, you’re as excited about the idea of visiting Telluride as the area deserves. Words hardly do the scenery justice when you arrive at just the right time to see all of the incredible fall colors that nature presents for such a short time. There are plenty of places across the country with breathtaking Autumn views, but there’s only one Telluride. If you haven’t seen it in person, you’re in for a real treat.
Branches like arteries stretch in every direction providing the nutrients of life to the leaves of this Aspen tree in Ridgway, Colorado. Fine Art Limited Edition of 50.
Budding photographers have been invited to capture the awesome wonders of the South Downs at night for a chance to win £100 as the National Park astrophotography competition returns for its third year.
By Joss Roupell
4 minutes ago
Updated 16th Nov 2022, 5:30pm
Snow in Springtime by Neil Jones WINNER SOUTH DOWNS DARK SKYSCAPES 2021 competition
This year photographers have the chance of winning up to £100 for a breathtaking image in either of the two categories:
South Downs Dark Skyscapes – Can you capture a dramatic photograph of the landscape showing the cosmos above it?
Nature At Night – Can you capture an amazing shot of living things in the National Park?
St Hubert’s Church in Hampshire and the Comet Neowise by Paul Rogers
The runner-up prize in each category will be £75 and all submitted images must be taken within the South Downs National Park. A selection of photos submitted in the contest will be shared throughout the National Park’s Dark Skies Festival next February.
Dan Oakley, a lead ranger for the National Park, said: “We’re into the season of longer nights and it’s the perfect time to go out and stargaze in the South Downs National Park.
“The National Park is actually one of the best places to stargaze in the world and it’s quite amazing when you consider how close we are to big cities such as London, Southampton, Portsmouth and Brighton.
“The standard of the competition has been terrific in the past and we’re looking forward to seeing what this year brings, whether you’re a seasoned astrophotographer or embracing the darkness for the first time! Good luck to all participants in the contest.”
Stargazing by Pablo Rodriguez – showing Seven Sisters cliffs
Extravagant train stations and mirror illusions are among the shortlisted images at the 2022 Architectural Photography Awards shortlist. Now in its 10th year, the APA celebrates photographers that encapsulate beautiful buildings, seek out new innovative designs and offer a different perspective on the world.
The competition is split into six categories; interior, exterior, sense of place, buildings in use and mobile. For a photographer working on a series of photos, there is also the portfolio category which is awarded to a body of work consisting of 3 or more images. Every year there is a particular theme for both the mobile and portfolio category and for 2022 they are bridges and transport hubs respectively.
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This year, photographers from 64 countries entered, which is a big increase on last year’s 42. For each category, four photographers were selected to be shortlisted and stand-out shortlisted images include the Chapel of Sound in Chengde by Kangyu Hu (Interiors), High-Density City in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong by William Shum (mobile) and Glass Floor in Tokyo by Tom Ponessa (buildings in use).
Yuyuan Garden Station in Shanghai, China (Image credit: Xhang Xiuning)
In the portfolio category, Zhang Xiuning wowed the judges with a series of photos taken at Yuyuan Garden Station in Shanghai China showing off its wavey, LED canopy. Simon Kennedy’s photos of Istanbul Airport in Turkey which oozes Arabid design and Kangyu Hu’s photos of Shenzhen Bao’an International airport also made it into the top selection.
An unusual-looking primary school in Seyyed Bar, Iran taken by Deed Studio, a vernacular animal shed in Lissewege, Belgium by Servass Van Belle and Autumn in the Stone Forest in Kunming from Eric Siedner made it to the sense of place shortlist.
Chapel of Sound in Chengde (Image credit: Kangyu Hu)
Paul Finch, program director of the World Architecture Festival (WAF) says, “’Now that ‘everyone’s a photographer, the importance of good architectural photography has increased because of the myriad images that potential clients (and award judges!) encounter every day. The APA program is an annual reminder of how architectural photography can enhance our understanding of design, rather than merely recording what is there. Long may it continue”
Overall winners will be announced at the end of WAF on Friday 2 December and from each category, there will be two winners; the WAF delegates winner and the jury’s choice. From November 30 – December 2, shortlisted photographs will be exhibited at the WAF in Lisbon.
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Istanbul Airport, Turkey (Image credit: Simon Kennedy)
Jadgal Primary School in Seyyed Bar, Iran (Image credit: Deed Studio)
Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport, China (Image credit: Kangyu Hu)
High-Density City in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong (Image credit: William Shum)
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American photographer Brent Clark has been crowned the winner of the 2nd annual Natural Landscape Photography Awards 2022. The award was created to celebrate authentic, realistic landscapes with minimal edits ensuring that the landscapes featured are ones people can trust.
Brent Clark impressed the panel of international judges with a selection of images that showed of different styles of photographers. From hyperrealistic photos of sand dunes in the desert to more art-inspired close-ups of patterns in nature. His bold use of colors and a keen eye for detail landed him the top spot and the grand prize consisting of $5,000 in cash, a Canon EOS R5 (opens in new tab), a camera backpack, a tripod and a year’s membership to Nature photographers Network.
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On winning the competition, Brent Clark said, “I am honored and stunned to receive the distinction of the Natural Landscape Photography Award’s Natural Landscape Photographer of the Year! Last year’s NLPA was the first photography competition I had ever entered because most competitions seem to reward a style of image I prefer not to create and a mindset I do not have.”
(Image credit: Antonio Fernandez)
Antonio Fernandez was awarded second place for a series of images focussing on abstract patterns in nature. These aerial shots show the beauty of our land and seas from above, capturing expansive riverways, snow-covered trees and areas on the ground that look like mars.
Third place went to Denver-based photographer Alfredo Mora who also submitted a selection of close-ups of trees and recurring patterns in nature. Other category winners include Daniel Mirela for Project of the Year for his photos of the virgin forests spread through the Carpathian Mountains in Romania and the award for photograph of the year was a tie between Phillipp Jakesch and Jim Lamont for two very different but equally striking images.
Forestis (Image credit: Daniel Mirlea)
Despite only being in its second year, the competition received more than 10,700 entries from 55 countries and a total of 1,179 photographers. Judging the competition is a selection of eight leading world-class photographers from the US, Europe and Canada who adhere to an agreed judging process to ensure transparency.
To see the full list of winning images, find out who judges the competition and see how you can enter next year, head to the Natural Landscape Awards website.
A shadow falls on the Lowell Glacier (Image credit: Jim Lamont)
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On Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, the moon will appear half illuminated in the evening sky as it moves into its final quarter — also called the third quarter phase. The final quarter moon will rise during the middle of the night and will be prominent in the sky before the dawn hours.
From a position in New York City, the last quarter moon will become visible at an altitude of around 7 degrees above the eastern horizon at around 23:44 EST (0544 GMT on Nov. 17), according to In the Sky.
The half-illuminated moon will reach its highest point in the sky at around 06:05 EST (1105 GMT) when it will be 67 degrees over the southern horizon. Shortly after this at 06:23 EST (1123 GMT) and while it is still in the same position, the final quarter moon will be lost in the dawn twilight.
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The fact that the moon appears half-illuminated by the sun during the final quarter phase may initially seem confusing, but the “quarter” name actually relates to the fact this phase marks the fact the moon has completed ¾ of its 29.5-day cycle.
The final quarter falls exactly between the fully illuminated full moon phase and the fully dark new moon phase. The last full moon, November’s Beaver Moon, fell on Nov. 8 and the next new moon happens on Nov. 23, marking the start of a new lunar cycle.
In the period between the full moon and the new moon, the moon rises later and later each day and is thus visible for shorter periods each subsequent night. As this is progressing the illuminated side of the moon is also receding across its face with progressively less lit by the sun.
The phases of the moon leading up to and away from the last quarter phase. (Image credit: NASA/Robert Lea)
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The situation is reversed after the new moon. During the following period, the moon rises earlier and earlier and becomes visible or longer and longer as its illuminated face advances leading to the next full moon.
The midpoint between the new moon and the full moon is called the first quarter and again the moon’s face is half-illuminated. Which side of the moon an observer from Earth sees illuminated during both the first quarter and third quarter phases depends on where on the globe they are positioned.
The next full moon when the moon is fully illuminated again and visible throughout the night occurs on Wed. Dec.7. This full moon takes on the apt title the “Cold Moon.”
If you’re looking to take the best photos of the moon that you can, our how to photograph the moon guide is full of expert tips on techniques, times and tools to help you start taking the most impressive lunar photos you can. Our best cameras for astrophotography and best lenses for astrophotography can also help you take the best moon images you can, no matter your skill level.
Fancy taking a more in-depth moonlit tour of our rocky companion? Our ultimate guide to observing the moon will help you plan your next skywatching venture whether it be exploring the lunar seas, mountainous terrain, or the many craters that blanket the landscape. You can also see where astronauts, rovers and landers have ventured with our Apollo landing sites observing guide.
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