DIYPhotography Friday October 3, 2025
October bring’s a new guest to our neck of the woods: Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). The comet reaches its perigee on October 21 and is estimated to reach a peak brightness of -1 mag during this period. For a comet, this is extremely bright, and it might become visible with the naked eye from dark sky locations, notes DIY Photography. From October 18 onwards, the comet will be visible in the northwest – west sky after sunset. However, it will remain low in the sky, making it a little challenging to photograph.
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AnOther Friday October 3, 2025
Three decades ago, photographer Sophy Rickett created rebellious portraits of women publicly urinating in London’s zones of power. Her “Pissing Women” series, recently on view at London’s Cob Gallery as part of an exhibition called “Stream,” was born when Rickett, just out of art school, began work ads a temp at the Financial Times. She tells AnOther the work was about “articulating my own experience as a recent graduate, encountering the world of corporate finance and news media at such close proximity.”
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THE VERGE Friday October 3, 2025
Meta’s newly unveiled Meta Ray-Ban Display AI smart glasses feature a built-in augmented reality (AR) screen that can show directions, pictures, translations, and more. You may not like Meta much, but the new smart glasses are the best ever, notes The Verge’s Victorian Song. The $799 glasses are equipped with a 12-megapixel camera and a full-color high-resolution display built into one lens, allowing users to view calls and messages.
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Bird Photographer of the Year Friday October 3, 2025
An image of a frigatebird silhouetted against the “diamond ring” of a total solar eclipse over Mexico has earned Canadian photographer Liron Gertsman the top prize in the 2025 Bird Photographer Of the Year competition. “After well over a year of planning, my dream of capturing a bird in front of a total solar eclipse finally came true. Totality was due to last almost 4.5 minutes, and I had enlisted the help of a boat to position myself near some islets off Mazatlán that were frequented by seabirds,” Gertsman notes. See also: The Guardian.
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