Articles by Pesala Bandara at PetaPixel https://petapixel.com/author/pesalabandara/ Photography and Camera News, Reviews, and Inspiration Mon, 22 May 2023 19:47:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 191656271 The Woman’s Eyes in This Photo Are Not Blue https://petapixel.com/2023/05/22/the-womans-eyes-in-this-photo-are-not-blue/ Mon, 22 May 2023 19:37:26 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=683432 optical illusion blue eyes tiktok

A mind-bending optical illusion tricks the viewer into seeing a woman with blue eyes in a photo -- when her eyes are actually gray.

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]]> 683432 Google’s Photos App is Still Unable to Find Gorillas https://petapixel.com/2023/05/22/googles-photos-app-is-still-unable-to-find-gorillas/ Mon, 22 May 2023 19:19:25 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=683861 Gorilla

Google's Photos app is still unable to find photos of gorillas -- eight years after a controversy over its "racist" algorithm which was mislabelling Black people as them.

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]]> 683861 Tourist Town That Inspired ‘Frozen’ Erects Fence in Bid to Stop Selfies https://petapixel.com/2023/05/22/tourist-town-that-inspired-frozen-erects-fence-in-bid-to-stop-selfies/ Mon, 22 May 2023 18:10:51 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=683809 Selfies Hallstatt Fence Frozen Austria

A picturesque Austrian town that is believed to have inspired Disney's Frozen has erected a fence in a bid to stop tourists from taking selfies.

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]]> 683809 AI-Generated Image of Pentagon Explosion Caused Markets to Dip https://petapixel.com/2023/05/22/ai-generated-image-of-pentagon-explosion-caused-markets-to-dip/ Mon, 22 May 2023 16:52:04 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=683785 pentagon explosion ai-generated image

An artificial intelligence (AI) generated photo which showed a fake explosion outside the Pentagon went viral and caused the markets to briefly dip today.

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]]> 683785 Harry and Meghan ‘Demand’ Photo Agency Give Them Car Chase Images https://petapixel.com/2023/05/19/harry-and-meghan-demand-photo-agency-give-them-car-chase-images/ Fri, 19 May 2023 16:55:14 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=683412 Harry and Meghan

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have reportedly sent a legal demand to a photo agency ordering that it hand over images taken during what the couple said was a “near-catastrophic” car chase.

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]]> 683412 Photography ASMR: Video Compares Satisfying Shutter Sounds of Cameras https://petapixel.com/2023/05/19/photography-asmr-video-compares-satisfying-shutter-sounds-of-cameras/ Fri, 19 May 2023 15:31:39 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=682590 shutter sounds cameras

Social media users have been debating which camera has the most satisfying shutter sound of them all.

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]]> 682590 TikTok Users Sue Montana Over its Banning of the App https://petapixel.com/2023/05/19/tiktok-users-sue-montana-over-its-banning-of-the-app/ Fri, 19 May 2023 15:24:58 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=683402 TikTok

A group of TikTok users filed a lawsuit against Montana seeking to overturn the state's ban of the video app -- which was the first-of-its-kind in the nation.

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]]> 683402 Photographer Buys Used Disposable Camera and Finds Family in Photos https://petapixel.com/2023/05/18/photographer-buys-used-disposable-camera-and-finds-family-in-photos/ Thu, 18 May 2023 18:53:01 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=682798

A photographer developed the images on a used disposable camera that she bought at a thrift store and then managed to track down the family in the seventeen-year-old photos in a heartwarming story.

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]]> 682798 Montana Becomes The First State to Ban TikTok https://petapixel.com/2023/05/18/montana-becomes-the-first-state-to-ban-tiktok/ Thu, 18 May 2023 15:47:22 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=683225 tiktok

Montana has officially become the first state to completely ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok in the U.S.

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]]> 683225 Your Google Photos Might Be Deleted if You Haven’t Logged in For Two Years https://petapixel.com/2023/05/18/your-google-photos-might-be-deleted-if-you-havent-logged-in-for-two-years/ Thu, 18 May 2023 15:34:48 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=683200 Google homepage

Google has announced it will delete a user's Google Photos if they have not logged into their account for two years.

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]]> 683200 First Full-Sized Scans of Titanic Reveal Shipwreck in Unprecedented Detail https://petapixel.com/2023/05/17/first-full-sized-scans-of-titanic-reveal-shipwreck-in-unprecedented-detail/ Wed, 17 May 2023 17:37:45 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=683010 3D scan of Titanic shipwreck

The first full-sized digital scans of the Titanic have revealed the world's most famous shipwreck in unprecedented detail.

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]]> 683010 Maryland Public Schools Sue TikTok and Meta Over ‘Addictive’ Platforms https://petapixel.com/2023/05/17/maryland-public-schools-sue-tiktok-and-meta-over-addictive-platforms/ Wed, 17 May 2023 16:24:04 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=682988 social media icons deposit

Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland has become the latest U.S. school district to sue Meta and TikTok for allegedly contributing to the mental health crisis among young people in recent months.

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]]> 682988 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in ‘Near Catastrophic Car Chase’ With Paparazzi https://petapixel.com/2023/05/17/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-in-near-catastrophic-car-chase-with-paparazzi/ Wed, 17 May 2023 15:49:23 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=682969 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were involved in a "near catastrophic car chase at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi" in New York City yesterday.

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]]> 682969 TikTok Will Pay Creators of Popular Effects and Filters https://petapixel.com/2023/05/16/tiktok-will-pay-creators-of-popular-effects-and-filters/ Tue, 16 May 2023 17:04:05 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=682772 TikTok

TikTok is introducing a new $6 million fund to pay creators for making viral effects and filters -- in the first reward system of its kind on the platform.

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]]> 682772 Photographers Score Early Victories in Copyright Lawsuits Against Artist Richard Prince https://petapixel.com/2023/05/16/photographers-score-early-victories-in-copyright-lawsuits-against-artist-richard-prince/ Tue, 16 May 2023 16:55:42 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=682735

Two professional photographers have scored early victories in a pair of long-running copyright lawsuits against artist Richard Prince for his controversial Instagram-sourced New Portraits series.

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]]> 682735 Artist Photoshops Historical Figures Back to Life https://petapixel.com/2023/05/15/artist-photoshops-historical-figures-back-to-life/ Mon, 15 May 2023 20:21:47 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=682473 George Washington, Joan of Arc, and Vincent Van Gogh

An artist has used Photoshop to bring legendary historical figures -- such as William Shakespeare, Abraham Lincoln, Pocahontas, and Harriet Tubmman -- back to life.

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]]> 682473 Ex-ByteDance Executive Claims China Has Access to TikTok User Data in US https://petapixel.com/2023/05/15/ex-bytedance-executive-claims-china-has-access-to-tiktok-user-data-in-us/ Mon, 15 May 2023 17:33:24 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=682410 TikTok app with USA and China flags

A former top executive at TikTok's parent company ByteDance has claimed that it built a "backdoor channel" in its code that allowed the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) access to user data in the U.S. in a new lawsuit.

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]]> 682410 Rare White Killer-Whale Calf ‘Frosty’ Filmed Off California Coast https://petapixel.com/2023/05/12/rare-white-killer-whale-calf-frosty-filmed-off-california-coast/ Fri, 12 May 2023 19:28:36 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=682244 white killer whale frosty

An extremely rare white killer-whale calf named "Frosty" has been filmed off the coast of southern California.

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]]> 682244 This Bizarre World War II Photo with ‘Floating Trees’ is Not Photoshopped https://petapixel.com/2023/05/12/this-bizarre-world-war-ii-photo-with-floating-trees-is-not-photoshopped/ Fri, 12 May 2023 18:22:33 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=682176 Floating trees in Finland

This mind-bending World War II photograph with "floating trees" may look like it is an optical illusion or cloned on Photoshop -- but it is actually a real image.

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]]> 682176 Meta Will Test Paying Creators Based on Reels Views https://petapixel.com/2023/05/11/meta-will-test-paying-creators-based-on-reels-views/ Thu, 11 May 2023 16:49:00 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=681970 Meta

Meta is testing a new payout model that will pay Facebook and Instagram creators based on how many views their Reels get.

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