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#WorldPhotographyDay: Twitter captures people’s love for photos
Time and again, Twitter has come to be dominated by photograph driven trends creating beautiful visual experiences – from #SareeTwitter and #JhumkaTwitter to #BirdTwitter, #BlueTwitter, and much recently #HalfFaceTwitter. In fact, earlier in July, a magnificent photograph of a black panther from the jungles of Kabini, clicked by photographer Shaaz Jung (@shaazjung), took Twitter by storm. The world through the lens of photography enthusiasts has definitely found a stronghold in conversations on Twitter – from professional photographers and budding shutterbugs to those with a knack for selfies and pretty portraits. This #WorldPhotographyDay, we bring you some picture perfect snapshots from Twitter, take a look –
Nothing distracts me when I am focusing my lens.
Cheers to lovely passionate photographers#WorldPhotographyDay pic.twitter.com/KbFSGGi5dF— Rupa (@dawn2dusk_30) August 19, 2020
#WorldPhotographyDay Going to the mountains is like going home." pic.twitter.com/tTpEDzeNhs
— mridul kulora (@KuloraMridul) August 19, 2020
When the Maharashtra #statebirds visits you during lockdown. #YellowfootedGreenPigeon is a sight to behold with it's range of hues from yellow to purple ! #birdwatching #birdphotography #ID2020Birds #birds #birding #NaturePhotography #ThePhotoHour #BBCWildlifePOTD @ParveenKaswan pic.twitter.com/yiwSELUfmm
— Rdx (@rdrakesh) August 15, 2020
कुछ वक्त पहले दादा @YRDeshmukh ने हरियाली का ज़िक्र किया था तथा इस समय हरियाली के बीच ना पहुँच पाने का छुपा दर्द सा बयान किया था। सोचा यहाँ के मान्सून का अपडेट साझा किया जाये pic.twitter.com/sn6aql9Fis
— Manish MISRA (@manishmisra1980) August 13, 2020
Home experiments #macrophotography #photography #photographer #photographylovers #bnwphotography #blackandwhitephotography pic.twitter.com/nFz0OOa6PU
— Aparna Warrier (@thewarriergal) August 11, 2020
Uttarakhand never fails to amuse me
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Location – Gangotri, Uttarakhand
.#Uttarakhand #gangotri #nature #india #uttarakhandtourism #travel #trekking #wanderlust #travelphotography #photography #naturephotography #gangotridham #himalayas #royalenfield pic.twitter.com/c10YOFBjHi— Adrenaline Junkie (@KhedaSagar) August 11, 2020
Aryan Lady in traditional attire.#portrait #photography #portraitphotography #culture #attire #portraits #aryanlady #leh #ladakh #kargil #traditional #picoftheday #photoshoot #india @utladakhtourism @LAHDC_K @lonelyplanet_in @NGTIndia @NatGeoIndia @ChoudharyBaseer @ladags pic.twitter.com/dmi0m3PZVp
— Karamjeet Singh (@caramjeet) August 8, 2020
#WorldPhotographyDay pic.twitter.com/VHOKF1sH2c
— Ashutosh Tewari (@AshutoshTewar16) August 18, 2020
If you’re interested in photography and want to see more of it on your Twitter timeline, you can also choose to follow ‘Photography’ as a Topic on Twitter. Twitter Topics let you follow specific subjects of your interest, allowing you to pick what you see on your timeline. Here’s how you can follow a Topic –
How to follow a Twitter Topic:
On your profile icon menu, tap More and then Topics.
Next, tap Follow some Topics to browse by category type, such as Entertainment, Gaming, Sports, among many others.
From within each category and sub-category type, tap the Follow button next to the Topics you’d like to follow.
When finished, tap Done.
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WhatsApp may soon let users to pick who sees their status updates
The messaging giant is borrowing a page from Instagram’s playbook as it pushes to give users finer control over their social circles.
CALIFORNIA: WhatsApp is quietly working on a feature that could make its Status function considerably smarter and considerably more private.
According to reports from beta tracking platforms, the app is testing a tool called Status lists, which would allow users to create named groups such as close friends, family and colleagues, and control precisely which group sees each update. It is a meaningful step up from the platform’s current blunt instruments, which offer only three options: share with all contacts, exclude specific people, or manually select individuals each time.
The new feature draws an obvious comparison with Instagram’s Close Friends function, and the resemblance is unlikely to be accidental. Both platforms sit within Meta’s family, and the company has been nudging them toward a common logic of audience segmentation for some time.
The move also fits neatly into WhatsApp’s broader privacy push. The platform has been rolling out enhanced chat protections and is exploring the introduction of usernames, which would allow users to connect without exchanging phone numbers. Status lists extend that philosophy from messaging into broadcasting.
Meanwhile, Status itself has been evolving well beyond its origins as a simple photo-and-text slideshow. The feature now supports music stickers, collages, longer videos and interactive elements, pushing it closer to the social-media-style story format pioneered by Snapchat and refined by Instagram. In that context, finer audience controls are not merely a privacy feature. They are a precondition for people sharing more.
The feature remains in development and has not been confirmed for release. WhatsApp routinely tests tools that are later modified or quietly shelved. But the direction of travel is clear: the app wants Status to be a destination, not an afterthought. Letting users decide exactly who is in the audience is how it gets there.
