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There’s a new viral photo fad that’s sweeping the world in the wake of Jurassic World’s blockbuster opening. One of the heavily publicized scenes from the film shows actor Chris Pratt with a few dinosaurs inside an enclosure. Now real-life zookeepers (and ordinary folk) at major zoos around the world are doing their best to recreate that shot in humorous parody photos.

Here are some of the best ones that have been making the rounds so far:

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Our sun goes through a solar cycle with an average length of 11 years, and the period of greatest solar activity during each cycle is called the solar maximum. Photographer Henry Jun Wah Lee (link is external) visited Iceland during the latest solar maximum and shot photos for this dazzling time-lapse film titled... more (link is external)

The most affordable package option for the latest versions of Adobe Lightroom (link is external) and Photoshop (link is external) costs $110 a year. If you are a photographer, you know that every cent you can reinvest back into your hobby or business is well worth it. With that being said, there may be an option on the market that is not only a better value compared to Adobe’s Creative Cloud, but also blows it out of the... more (link is external)

Most of you have probably spent a considerable amount of time staring at the colors of photos in programs like Photoshop, but how good are your eyes at discerning colors? iGame’s Eye Test (link is external) is a simple online test that will assess the quality of your color perception through a simple... more (link is external)

Want to scan some film but don’t have a scanner handy? You can actually do some high quality digitization using some LEGO blocks, a smartphone or tablet, and a camera with decent resolution. Filmmaker Zachary Antell (link is external) uses a method using those components, and his results are pretty impressive.... more (link is external)

Ricoh today announced the GR II (link is external), a followup to... more (link is external)

Canon has just announced its new PowerShot G3 X premium compact camera, which packs DSLR-style features into a smaller, fixed-lens package. This is the camera that Canon announced the development of (link is external) earlier this year.

At the core of the camera is a 1-inch 20.2 megapixel CMOS sensor with an ISO range of 125 to 12,800.

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DxO Labs (link is external), the French software company known for photo software and gear tests, made a huge announcement today by unveiling a camera of its own. Called... more (link is external)

DxO has unveiled its first image capture device, called simply DxO ONE. Designed to be used in tandem with an iPhone, the ONE features a 1"-type 20.2MP CMOS sensor, integrated lightning connector and 32mm equivalent F1.8 lens. It relies on a connected iPhone or iPad to provide a viewfinder and control interface by way of a free app. Read more (link is external)

The DxO ONE is a 20MP camera with a 32mm equivalent F1.8 lens, which is designed to be used in combination with an Apple iPhone. As well as being DxO's first foray into photographic hardware, it's also - arguably - the first truly 'connected' camera, being designed to physically connect with a smartphone, rather than relying on a wireless connection. When we first heard about it, we almost fell into the apples.... more (link is external)

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