Very early photo of NYC sold for $62,500

A very early photograph of New York City in the 1840s has sold for $62,500.

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Collector: Lincoln photo uncovered in Grant album

A collector believes a photograph from a private album of Civil War Gen. Ulysses S. Grant shows President Abraham Lincoln in front of the White House and could be the last image taken of him before he was assassinated in 1865.

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NY Times corrects front-page photo caption

The New York Times ran a lengthy correction Wednesday after the newspaper learned that a recent front-page photo of a crying Zimbabwean baby with casts on his feet misrepresented the boy's injuries.

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1888 Photo Depicts Helen Keller, Teacher

Researchers have uncovered a rare photograph of a young Helen Keller with her teacher Anne Sullivan, nearly 120 years after it was taken on Cape Cod. The photograph, shot in July 1888 in Brewster, shows an 8-year-old Helen sitting outside in a light-colored dress, holding Sullivan's hand and cradling one of her beloved dolls.

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A ghoulish image of the Northern Lights - the natural phenomenon also known as Aurora Borealis - has been taken in Norway. Photographer Niels Giroud took the snaps in Mo i Rana, just south of the Arctic Circle.

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Since 1975, Nikon has been awarding annual prizes to scientists and enthusiasts who take pictures through a microscope. Popularly known as a maker of professional and consumer cameras, the company is also a major manufacturer of biological and industrial microscopes.

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The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition Slide Show

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Pictures taken by cameras attached to the backs of albatrosses show that the huge seabirds use killer whales to help find their food for them.

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Over the weekend, conservatives enthusiastically passed around a photo they said showed a huge crowd protesting President Barack Obama's policies during the "tea party" protest on Sept.

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A Rainbow is something that has the power to stop you in your tracks when it unexpectedly appears when you're least expecting to see one. They're beautiful - but how do you photograph a rainbow?

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This is a series of 21 pictures and links to how they were taken that provides good examples for beginners and professionals who just haven't tried a technique demonstrated

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What goes through your mind in the moments as you raise your digital camera up to take a shot and before you press the shutter? If you're like many digital photographers you're not thinking about too much - you just want to capture the moment and then move on.

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The Canon EOS 7D is being presented as a new model line for Canon - not an update of another camera in the range it's certainly above the Canon EOS 50D in terms of features but seems to be positioned alongside the Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

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How many times have you taken a photo and regreted that you used the on camera flash? The result is glaring highlights, shiny foreheads, and beady eyes, from the powerful direct hit of the small built-in flash. In this post René Edde shares some tips on how to avoid this.

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From panthers and pandas to rhinos and tigers, dwindling animal numbers speak of the need to step up conservation efforts – if it's not already too late. As a kind of wake-up call, we decided to take a look at seven extinct megafauna species captured on camera.

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Farmers have discovered what appears to be a cursed cow tongue hidden in a rural cornfield. Police believe it may be part of a Santeria spell or a voodoo ritual to force someone to stop talking.

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A Canadian woman, stranded in Kenya for three months because officials said she did not resemble her passport photo, has arrived home in Toronto. Suaad Mohamud was prevented in May from returning from a two-week holiday.

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Challenge for Creative NEWSVINE Authors & Artists ~ "PLEASE JUDGE MY BOOK BY ITS COVER"

The ultimate purpose of this "CHALLENGE" is to have NEWSVINE Authors, Graphic Artists and Photographers interact by sharing their respective creative abilities. Here's the deal:

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Sportwriter Siegfried Mischner says Adolf Hitler shook the hand of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics.

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Here in the U.S. there are many people who are "provincial" in outlook - think that all good comes out of the US and Europe. No so Funzug is a Asian photo sharing site (in English) that has some excellent work. Linked above is a page of birds

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One of the first lens purchases aspiring landscape photographers typically made is a wide or super-wide lens, anything (in full-frame 35mm terms) from 24mm on down, and with good reason, wides offer photographers the ability to capture the sweeping vistas of the natural landscape.

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This is yet another of the "rules" articles but it is a better one - they talk more as "tips" and more about the Art type rather than the mechanical type; for example using Natural frames

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This article is a couple of metaphors to help you understand the three aspects of exposure in a very short article: ISO, Aperature, Shutter speed. I especially liked the suntan example

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This article is mainly the pictures - 20 great macro images from 20 different photographers - which might inspire you to see macro images all around your house just waiting to be taken You have to see these to understand what Macro is all about

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Before we start, however, a bit of background as to what HDR is and why you might use it. One of the limitations of digital cameras is that they can only capture an image with a fairly narrow dynamic range - the range of lights and darks in the image.

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Tampa resident Ronald Harden is seeking your help in identifying something mysterious in a photo.

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A joint mock exercise by both UK and Norway, but kept as realistic as possible, of how to disarm a nuclear bomb or verify in the dismantlement of another country's nuclear weapon. A BBC correspondent finds out.

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A breathtaking picture of the exact moment when a bubble is burst has been captured with a slow-motion camera.

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"Positive" and "Negative" Shapes in Images - Once You are Aware of them, Your Pictures Get Better and Better

In a drawing, painting or photograph, depending on the complexity of the composition and subject matter, there are relationships between the so-called "subject" and "background." This relationship is incredibly significant though often overlooked, ignored or unknown to the maker  …

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