Adobe has announced the release of Carousel, an app that will allow for the storing, editing and browsing of photographs across numerous devices. Initially available only for Mac OS and iOS devices, Carousel will allow users to import their existing photo library into it, or to add new photos taken by an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch Once imported, these photos will be accessible on any supported device through “cloud-based smart mesh technology”. In addition, once imported, any edits, deletions or additions to the library made on one device are automatically updated across all devices linked with that account. Although unclear at present, it seems that it will work with JPEG files only.

Adobe Carousel will be available through the iTunes App Store and for Mac later this month at an introductory rate of US$59.99/year or US$5.99/month.

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Bill AB376 has passed the California Senate and has gone to the governor to be signed into law. The bill will “make it unlawful for any person to possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute a shark fin” in the state of California, was passed by a majority of 25 for versus 9 against.

Shark Savers reports that polls indicated 70% of the Asian American community and 76% of California voters supported the shark fin ban. Despite this, AB 376 became an emotional battleground as shark fin lobbyists defended their interests and some members of the Asian community felt a shark fin ban unfairly impacted them. The positive result is a great one for shark conservation worldwide and, one hopes, may lead to other major economies banning the trade.

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We have an amazing opportunity for one person to join the Wetpixel Ultimate Indonesia expedition this year. This trip was heavily oversubscribed when the trip was announced and this last space has become available at late notice. It is aboard the live-aboard dive vessel MSY Damai II for 26 days and aims to dive Flores, Alor, and Komodo. Damai II is a luxury dive vessel with room for only 8-10 divers and is a comfortable, luxurious boat with a low guest count ensuring that the diving isn’t crowded. The trip departs Maumere on 26 October and returns to Labuanbajo on 20 November.

If you are interested, please contact Dan Baldocchi for more details.

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RED has announced the imminent release of an adaptor that allows users to shoot with Canon lenses with the RED EPIC, in place of the standard PL mount. Manufactured from titanium, and with a lock ring to ensure that long lenses are held securely, the lens adaptor is “smart” in that it can control camera iris, image stabilization, and autofocus electronically, via the various standard control options with EPIC (e.g. touch screen, side handle, REDMOTE). Vincent Laforet has published some footage using the camera with Canon long lenses and a prototype adaptor on his blog.

There is a full list of supported lenses in a thread on the REDUSER forum and the adaptor will start shipping on 9 September at a price of $2,000.

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PetaPixel has published a story stating that Terje Helleso, a nature photographer named as the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Nature Photographer of the Year in 2010 was recently discovered to have published multiple images in which stock photographs of animals were added into nature scenes using software.

The manipulations came to light when conservationist Gunnar Gloerson noticed that one of Helleso’s photographs of a lynx showed the cat with winter fur, even though the photo was supposedly taken around July. He was also suspicious of Helleso’s claim over the numbers of lynx that he had seen.

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