ALTENBURG, Mo. (KBSI) – The Lutheran Heritage Center and Museum in Altenburg is displaying the work of a Benton, Mo., photographer.

Visitors to the center can view dozens of photos taken by Larry Braun featuring churches, post offices, and other buildings and features of southeast Missouri, particularly in Perry and Cape Girardeau counties.

Braun also has had a photograph featured on a postage stamp, a photo he took of the Mississippi River in Wickliffe, Kent.

Historian Gerard Fiehler said Braun’s photography showcases the beauty of this area, and Braun said these photos can bring back memories for the people who grew up in these towns.

“It shows people what’s here, the beauty of it,” Fiehler said. “We’re more than just a little town.” 

“People grew up in these little towns, they moved away and they see these pictures,” Braun said. “It just brings back so many good memories growing up in these little towns.” 

Kensington Palace has not yet commented on the concerns raised about the picture.

But without an official response from the palace, the confusion around the image is likely to fuel online conspiracy theories about Kate which have swirled on the internet since her abdominal surgery.

Royal commentator Peter Hunt said: “This is damaging for the royals.

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“They knew there would be intense interest in any picture they released of Kate.

“Their challenge is that people will now question whether they can be trusted and believed when they next issue a health update.”

The picture shows Kate sitting in a chair with her arms around Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, who are on either side of her, with Prince George standing behind, as all four smile at the camera.

But there was speculation that edits had been made to the left sleeve of Princess Charlotte’s cardigan, and other areas of the picture also raised concerns about possible manipulation.

In the social media post, Kate thanked the public “for your kind wishes and continued support over the last two months”.

Reuters said in a statement it had withdrawn the picture following a post-publication review. “We are reviewing the matter,” a spokesperson said.

Agence France-Presse said in a note to clients: “It has come to light that the Handout issued by Kensington Palace today of Kate and the kids had been altered, therefore it was withdrawn from AFP systems”.

Associated Press said it had retracted the image because on “closer inspection, it appeared the source had manipulated the image in a way that did not meet AP’s photo standards”.

A spokesperson for the PA news agency said it had not killed the picture on its service, but was seeking urgent clarification from Kensington Palace about the concerns raised about manipulation.

The photo of the princess is the first released since she was admitted to the London Clinic, the private hospital where the king underwent treatment for an enlarged prostate, for a planned operation on January 16.

Charles, 75, visited his daughter-in-law’s bedside after being admitted himself on January 26, the 11th day of Kate’s stay.

She was also visited by her husband, William.

Kate left the hospital on January 29, almost two weeks later, and returned to Adelaide Cottage in Windsor.

Details of the princess’s condition have not been disclosed but Kensington Palace previously said it was not cancer-related and that Kate wished her personal medical information to remain private.

The 42-year-old future queen was last pictured in public during a Christmas Day walk in Sandringham, Norfolk.

Kate is not expected to return to official duties until after Easter, and William, 41, temporarily stepped back from his royal role to juggle caring for her and their children as she recovered.

He returned to royal duties in February and is expected to carry out an engagement linked to his Earthshot environmental prize on Monday, as well as accompanying the queen at events to mark Commonwealth Day.

Earlier this month the UK army was forced into an embarrassing about-turn after suggesting Kate would attend Trooping the Colour on June 8.

Tickets were being sold for the event, with Kate expected to attend in her role as Colonel of the Irish Guards, the regiment which is trooping its colour this year.

However, it is understood the army did not seek approval from Kensington Palace before publishing the page, and the website was subsequently updated to remove the reference to her.

Additional reporting by Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse

Dehradun: The fourth edition of a photography exhibition titled ‘Stories through Her Lens’, featuring the works of 24 women artists from different parts of the state, opened to the public on Sunday and will continue till March 17 at an art gallery in the MDDA complex on Rajpur Road. The exhibition was inaugurated last Friday on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
Bhumesh Bharti, curator of the exhibition, said, “The idea of the exhibit is to provide a platform for women photographers from various walks of life and to showcase the abundant talent of these photographers.”
The photographs showcase a wide range of subjects, including wildlife and birds, street-life captures, and Himalayan landscapes, among others. Mauli Mishra, one of the contributing photographers who is an architect by profession, said, “The group includes lawyers, content creators, homemakers, professionals, and amateurs, all of whom had something to showcase and this exhibition is the perfect platform to showcase our creativity.”

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In a surprising move, Nikon has acquired 100% of US-based RED Digital Cinema.

RED was founded in 2005 by Jim Jannard, the founder of Oakley eyewear, who sold Oakley for $2.1 billion in 2007.

Jannard’s original goal was to deliver relatively affordable 4K video at a time when 2K was the standard, and cinema was still being shot on film.

In 2007 the company launched the RED One 4K with its own ‘Mysterium 4K’ 12MP Super 35mm film sensor. This sensor, along with a mount that enabled the use of larger lenses, meant the ONE 4K was able to deliver shallow depth of field that cinematographers love. 

Since then, RED has gone on to be a well respected, high end cinema camera brand that has created more than 14 sensors that utilise the propriety Redcode RAW (.r3d) file format. RED currently has 220 employees.

So the big question is – why did Nikon buy RED?

If you look into who is the main manufacturer of camera sensors – Sony wins hands down with more than a 42% market share. And yes, Sony even makes sensors for Nikon – including those in the latest Z8 & Z9 cameras.

So it makes sense for Nikon to acquire RED to gain access to the company’s sensor manufacturing nous. This will (hopefully) see greater profit in the near future in not only Nikon’s stills camera market, but also the cinema camera market.

Nikon’s official press release states that “Nikon’s expertise in product development, exceptional reliability, and know-how in image processing, as well as optical technology and user interface along with RED’s knowledge in cinema cameras, including unique image compression technology and colour science, will enable the development of distinctive products in the professional digital cinema camera market.

Nikon will leverage this acquisition to expand the fast-growing professional digital cinema camera market, building on both companies’ business foundations and networks, promising an exciting future of product development that will continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in film and video production.”

You can read the official press release here.