Mish Mash Highlights: 4/11/2018

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This week's photography news and more with the Mish Mash Highlights. Want to mount an iPhone to a 70-200? It might sound crazy but that's an option this week with a new adapter.Toby's back this week with the live show as well. It's the same material you get here, but straight from the man himself while you can talk to the PEN community in a group chat. If that sounds good sign up to PEN today at photoenthusiastnetwork.com. The live show is just a bonus to a ton of great content.

This Week at Photorec.tv

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• Return to New ZealandApril & May 2019
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• Tuesday Tips -The F Stops Here! - Getting started with controlling aperture

WPPI Panasonic Booth - Quick look at GX9 and G9 from PanasonicToby spends a few moments with the Panasonic Gx9 and G9. Talking briefly about the Canon M50 and the Panasonic Gx9

Around the Web

We can't cover everything photography news related but we try. For everything else, we've got the best news articles from around the web.This Adapter Lets You Mount Any Giant Lens On Your Tiny SmartphoneWhile manual only, including aperture, check out this neat adapter that lets you shoot with a smartphone. Essentially digiscoping, shooting through a scope, you can use a large variety of lenses (Canon EF, Nikon F, and Sony E). It's a neat idea if a niche item, hit the link for a video for more!Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K is a different beastA smaller micro four-thirds design almost in line with the GH5 with 4K at 60 fps. At $1200 it's an interesting choice and a bit of competition for Panasonic.Other Stories You Might Like:

• Photos of a Starry Lightsaber Duel in the World’s Largest Salt Flat
• How to Rescue an Underexposed Photo and Maintain Natural Color
• How to Stay Creative and Constantly Improve Your Work
• PolarPro Moves Into Still Camera Lens Filters with QuartzLine
• Lutify.me Cross-Platform LUTs Are Now Even Better in Lightroom and Camera Raw
• Elinchrom will skip Photokina this year, other brands may follow suit
• A Photographer got arrested for using his drone- And Says it was worth it
• ProGrade Digital Unveils World’s First 1TB CFexpress Card
• Photographer Forced to Watch His Stolen Custom-Modified Lens Sell on eBay for $65,100
• Fujifilm will discontinue ACROS 100 black & white film in October
• Patent: Canon Application for a New Tilt Screen for the Eos-M
• Photographer Turns Bullied Kids Into Avengers Superheroes
• The Crazy Shots You Can Do with a Camera Robot

Featured Photos Weekly Challenge

This Week’s Challenge: #PRTV_pets3

It’s been a furry week with some nice photos! Glad to see some silly shots this week with the cold weather up here in Michigan. Next Week's Challenge: #PRTV_architecture3A focus on buildings this week, try to focus on shapes and lines as a lot of it will be drawing the eye to your subject.

Toby’s Features:

Love the crop!

I agree and the taller dog’s gaze at the camera is perfect!

Just a simple tight portrait! lovely!

Roy’s Features:

I love that yawn! It's a cute shot and a really unique angle.

The pet for this challenge doesn't have to be yours, using a fast aperture works great to seperate your subject.

A bit of aww, going for that morning light

For more info, the schedule, and past top picks go check out photorec.tv/prtv. Try out some of Toby's Instagram Tips. For everything else Instagram, tag those shots #PRTV and #penlive for our daily photo features.

Photos from Space

Sunrise crashes an aurora party

"Sunrise crashes an aurora party over the southern hemisphere," said astronaut Ricky Arnold (@astro_ricky) of the image he snapped from the International Space Station. Auroras are one of the many Earthly phenomena the crew of the space station observe from their perch high above the planet. The dancing lights of auroras provide spectacular views, but also capture the imagination of scientists who study incoming energy and particles from our Sun. Auroras are one effect of such energetic particles, which can speed out from the Sun both in a steady stream called the solar wind or from giant eruptions known as coronal mass ejections or CMEs. After a trip toward Earth that can last three days, the solar particles and magnetic fields cause the release of particles already trapped near Earth, which in turn trigger reactions in the upper atmosphere in which oxygen and nitrogen molecules release photons of light. The result: the Northern and Southern lights. #earth #aurora #night #day #nasa #international #space #station

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That's all folks! We'll be back next week with even more of your photo news. If you guy's like the highlights leave us comments on the social media posts and we'll keep this going!

Upcoming live show schedule for PEN - No show on April 18th