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Pop Photo of the Day is back. Show us your best shots!

Popphoto Staff — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Dan Bracaglia

We love showcasing inspiring photography here at PopPhoto, it’s one of the reasons we feature weekly galleries of contest winners. But we also love to acknowledge how deeply talented our own readers are. And so, starting in early 2022, we’ll be bringing back our Photo of the Day showcase of reader-submitted images. And we want to see your work!

How to enter

To be considered, simply upload your best shots to our official Flickr page. You can also enter by posting images to your own Instagram or Twitter feed along with the #PopPhotoOfTheDay hashtag. Note: Entries posted to Instagram “Stories” will not be considered. Also, make sure your account is public so we can see your shots. Additionally, you can enter photos on Twitter using the same hashtag, #PopPhotoOfTheDay.

In addition, be sure to include some sort of link back to your work, either in the post itself or in your bio. We want to make sure you get maximum credit and exposure, should your shot be selected.

What to enter

There are no limits on how many images you can enter, but we do ask that you be respectful to other entrants—i.e., don’t flood us with a tidal wave of photographs. Instead, go with your gut and select only your very best work—the stuff you’d be most proud to show.

In terms of subject matter, Photo of the Day is completely open. But do use good judgement and avoid submitting anything you wouldn’t show to a grandparent.

When we’ll publish

On Friday, January 7, 2022—and then every Friday thereafter—we’ll roll out our readers’ gallery, featuring shots hand-selected by the editors of PopPhoto, from the image submitted that week. If your images didn’t make the cut, don’t fret! Your next opportunity to be selected is only a week away.

The legal stuff

If your photo is chosen to be featured in PopPhoto.com’s Photo of the Day gallery, we’ll message you via the platform you’ve submitted. All featured images will include credit and a link back to the creator’s work, when provided.

By submitting photos to this group, you’re authorizing and acknowledging that any photos we select may, in perpetuity or for no specific time, appear on PopPhoto.com, remain in the Photo of the Day archive, and appear on PopPhoto’s social media channels, such as Instagram.

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15 mesmerizing photos of the microscopic world

Popphoto Staff — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 16:38:58 +0000

18th place. Table salt crystal. Magnified 10x. Saulius Gugis/Nikon Small World

Mouse brains and butterfly wings. Tick heads and snowflakes. It’s that time of the year again, when winners of the Nikon Small World photomicrography contest are announced. Running 47 years strong and open to all, it’s considered the premiere set of awards for folks with an interest in both microscopy and photography—the Oscars of the nearly-invisible world if you will.

Small World entries

This year, Nikon received almost 1,900 entries to the Small World contest, from 88 different countries. The majority of the winners come from the academic world, but not all: Some are simply amateur photomicrographers with a passion for the teeny tiny.

Insects were by far the most popular subject among the winning crowd. But it’s the microscopic images of everyday stuff, like Saulius Gugis’ 10x magnified table salt crystal (above), that intrigue us the most. Felice Placenti’s image of cotton fabric with pollen grains, also magnified 10x, was another staff favorite (check it out below).

Techniques

Contestants employed a variety of techniques to tease out the details in their photos. The use of image stacking and fluorescent light, as well as various dyes, proved popular. The overall winning image, shown below, is actually a combination of 200 different shots—magnified 60x—and captured through a custom-built microscope.

Our favorite images

Which is your favorite image from the Nikon Small World contest? Scroll through and let us know in the comments below! And be sure to check out the winners of Nikon’s Small World in Motion video contest as well. You can also view past Small World contest winners here.

1st place. Trichome (white appendages) and stomata (purple pores) on a southern live oak leaf. Magnified 60x. Jason Kirk, Baylor School of Medicine/Nikon Small World

13th place. Cotton fabric with pollen grains. Magnified 10x. Dr. Felice Placenti, FP Nature and Landscape Photography/Nikon Small World

11th place. Vasculature of a mouse retina. Magnified 20x. Jason Kirk & Carlos P. Flores Suarez, Baylor College of Medicine/Nikon Small World

10th place. Vein and scales on a butterfly wing (Morpho didius). Magnified 20x. Sébastien Malo/Nikon Small World

3rd place. The rear leg, claw, and respiratory trachea of a louse (Haematopinus suis). Magnified 5x. Frank Reiser, Nassau Community College/Nikon Small World

17th place. Filamentous strands of Nostoc cyanobacteria captured inside a gelatinous matrix. Magnified 4x. Martin Kaae Kristiansen, My Microscopic World/Nikon Small World

4th place. Sensory neuron from an embryonic rat. Magnified 10x. Paula Diaz, MinusPain, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile/Nikon Small World

19th place. Calcite crystal inclusion suspended in a spinel gemstone. Magnified 40x. Billy Hughes, Lotus Gemology/Nikon Small World

12th palce. Breast organoid showing contractile myoepithelial cells (blue) crawling on secretory breast cells (red). Magnified 40x. Jakub Sumbal, Masaryk University/Nikon Small World

7th place. The head of a tick. Magnified 10x. Tong Zhang & Paul Stoodley, Ohio State University/Nikon Small World

8th place. Cross section of mouse intestine. Magnified 10x. Dr. Amy Engevik, Medical University of South Carolina/Nikon Small World

5th place. The proboscis of a housefly (Musca domestica). Magnified 40x. Oliver Dum, Medienbunker Produktion/Nikon Small World

16th place. An in vivo snapshot of the neurons surrounding the mouth and tentacles of a juvenile starlet sea anemone (Nematostella vectensis). Magnified 20x. Ruohan Zhong Stowers, Institute for Medical Research/Nikon Small World

2nd place. A microfluidic device containing 300,000 networking neurons in 2 isolated populations. Both sides were treated with a unique virus and bridged by axons. Magnified 40x. Esmeralda Paric & Holly Stefen, Dementia Research Centre, Macquarie University/Nikon Small World

18th place. Table salt crystal. Magnified 10x. Saulius Gugis/Nikon Small World

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May 2015

Popphoto Staff — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 17:44:26 +0000

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Photo of the Day May 1, 2015

Today’s Photo of the Day was captured by Kaspars Ciematnieks who took advantage of a sleepless night to shoot sunrise in Broadley Common, England. Ciematnieks shot this scene with a Nikon D600 and a Sigma 35mm f/1.4 lens at 1/6 sec, f/11 and ISO 100. See more work here.

Photo of the Day May 4, 2015

Today’s Photo of the Day comes from Hector Lopez and was taken in Manhattan. The Flat Iron building is one of the city’s most photographed pieces of architecture and we appreciated Lopez’s fresh vantage point. See more of his work here.

Photo of the Day May 5, 2015

Today’s Photo of the Day comes from DeShaun Craddock and was taken at Irving Plaza during a Kiesza concert. Craddock captured this moment using a Nikon D750 with a 24-70 mm f/2.8 lens at 1/640 sec, f/5 and ISO 3200. See more work here.

Photo of the Day May 6, 2015

Fitz Crittle captured this black and white street portrait in Dallas, Texas. See more of his work here.

Photo of the Day May 7, 2015

Today’s Photo of the Day comes from Cyrus Read who works with the U.S. Geological Survey. Read captured the tops of the Cleveland volcano and Carlisle volcano from a plane window in 2012 using a Nikon D90 with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens at 1/500 sec, f/5.6 and ISO 200. The Cleveland volcano is currently at yellow alert and recently had a small steam event. See more incredible nature photos from the U.S. Geological Survey here.

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Photo of the Day May 8, 2015

Today’s Photo of the Day comes from Hector Lopez, unfortunately we don’t what gear Lopez used to capture this stunning kitty portrait, but we do love the focus fall off in the background. See more of his work here.

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Photo of the Day May 11, 2015

Bruno Mathiot captured this HDR architecture shot of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France using a Canon EOS 650D with a 10-20mm lens at 1/30 sec, f/6.3 and ISO 100. See more of his work here.

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Photo of the Day May 12, 2015

George Hart photographed this puffin using a Canon EOS 70D with a EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens at 1/2000, f/6.3 and ISO 4000. See more of his work here.

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Photo of the Day May 13, 2015

Today’s Photo of the Day comes from Joe Weaver and was taken with a Nikon D7100 with a 50 mm f/1.4 lens. Weaver snapped this portrait at 1/200 sec, f/1.8 and ISO 100. See more of his work here.

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Photo of the Day May 14, 2015

Today’s Photo of the Day comes from Jason Groepper and was taken at the Seattle Center using a Canon EOS 6D with a EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM lens with a 1 second exposure, at f/8 and ISO 160. See more work here.

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Photo of the Day May 18, 2015

Jeff Miller shot this photograph of a dew covered sunflower using a Nikon D610 with a 105.0 mm f/2.8 lens at 0.6 sec, f/16 and ISO 100. See more of his work here.

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Photo of the Day May 19, 2015

Today’s Photo of the Day comes from Flickr user P. Bhatt and was captured in Galapagos, Ecuador using a Nikon D7000. See more of Bhatt’s work here.

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Photo of the Day May 20, 2015

Roman Boed captured today’s Photo of the Day at Mont Blanc in Courmayeur, Italy. Boed used a Leica M at 1/1000 sec at ISO 400 to shoot this dramatic orange and pink sky at sunset. See more of Boed’s work here.

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Photo of the Day May 21, 2015

Today’s Photo of the Day was captured by Harry Collins using a Nikon D7100 with a 200-400 mm f/4 lens at 1/2000, f/7.1 and ISO 500. See more of his work here.

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Photo of the Day May 22, 2015

Today’s Photo of the Day was captured by Menelaos Xanthis, although we don’t know much about the gear that Xanthis used to photograph this child, we think this shot is a great example of keeping your eyes open when you’re shooting on the streets. See more of his work here.

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Photo of the Day May 26, 2015

Carl Fredrickson made today’s Photo of the day inside a ice cave in Iceland’s Vatnajökull National Park. Fredrickson used a Canon EOS 5D Mark II with a EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens with a long 10 second exposure at f/8 and ISO 100 to capture the scene. See more work here.

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Photo of the Day May 27, 2015

Today’s Photo of the Day was captured by Flickr user Sumit Bam Shrestha using a Canon EOS 650D with a relatively wide 18-35mm lens at 1/80 sec, f/1.8 and ISO 400. See more work here.

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Photo of the Day May 28, 2015

Today’s Photo of the Day is a portrait that was taken by Zalman Shklyar near Moscow of one of the local rabbis. See more of Shklyar’s portraits and street photography here.

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Hands-On Video: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV DSLR

Popphoto Staff — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:10:43 +0000

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Canon just released their eagerly-awaited EOS 5D Mark IV DSLR camera, but we had some time to shoot with a pre-production version before the announcement. Check out the video for some first impressions, and click here for all the details about the new camera.

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PMA 2010: Sony H55 Sweep Panorama samples

Popphoto Staff — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:13:33 +0000

Sony has been touting the new and improved Sweep Panorama mode on the DSC-H55 and I got a chance to try it out on the show floor. Pressing the shutter starts a sequence of up to 100 captures and stitches them together automatically and impressively quickly. The images are too big to post unedited, but the original version of the one posted above checks in at 4912×1080. It’s also worth noting that the man in the vertical one was walking toward me resulting in the crazy-legs effect in the frame.

Obviously, results would be improved with better lighting conditions, but the results are actually pretty impressive. What surprised me the most is how quickly the process happens, displaying results almost instantly. The original files span the range between roughly 2.5-3.5 MB. More after the jump.

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PMA 2010: Sony shows off two new protoype a-series lenses

Popphoto Staff — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:13:32 +0000

Along with their other big announcements this morning, Sony also brought along news of two new lenses for their Alpha family, including a Distagon T* 24mm f/2 ZA SSM Carl Zeiss wide angle (pictured after the jump) and the massive, but very sexy 500mm f/4 G lens. We don’t know much else about each lens other than they’re in the hopper and will be released by Sony at some point, but Sony pro shooters should certainly be happy to have two new high-end options in the pipeline.

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Sony readying compact interchangeable lens camera

Popphoto Staff — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 22:30:58 +0000

Sony just held a press conference on the floor of PMA to unveil their upcoming Alpha-series “ultra compact interchangeable lens camera.” When it launches later this year, it will bring with it Sony’s new APS-sized Exmor HD CMOS sensor, which is physically bigger than that of its micro four-thirds competitors. The system will have its own series of lenses and will also be able to shoot 1080p HD video in their AVCHD format. Other details are sparse, but they were showing off several different colors of the body. Take the jump for more photos, including some explanatory slides about the new system..

During the conference, Sony also revealed that they’re currently working on a successor for the mid-range a700, which will also use the Exmor HD CMOS sensor. The prototype has a dedicated video button, which means their next DSLR will be the first to shoot video of any kind, let alone 1080p HD.

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PMA 2010: Sigma announces 5 new lenses

Popphoto Staff — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:13:33 +0000

We showed you the 8-16mm ultra-wide zoom yesterday, but Sigma has a lot more than that in the hopper for this year’s PMA. They announced five new lenses, which are broken down individually below.

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Built for cameras with APS-C sensors, Sigma’s ultra-wide rectilinear zoom is one of the widest available. That gives you the equivalent of a 12-24mm lens with 121.2-degrees of viewing angle. Inside, there are FLD (low dispersion) elements to combat color aberration as well as one hybrid aspherical lens and two glass mold elements for correcting distortion. It uses a Hyper Sonic Motor for fast, quiet AF and focuses down to 24cm (about 9.4-inches). No price or release date are yet available.

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Video: Hands-on with the Samsung TL500

Popphoto Staff — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 22:30:44 +0000

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Just after it was announced, we got a little one-on-on time with Samsung’s new high-end compact.

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Video: Hands-on with the Lensbaby Control Freak

Popphoto Staff — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 22:30:46 +0000

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We were impressed with Lensbaby’s new interchangeable optics system, especially when we found out that, with the right set up, it can focus on an object that’s actually touching the front of the lens. After the jump is the photo Phil took during the video of a pen that was actually making contact with the front element.

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