In a scene that looks almost too pretty to be real, photographer Shuchun Du has captured a pristine combination aqua-blue waters, verdant evergreen trees, and towering mountains. The location? Moraine Lake in Canada’s Banff National Park: The glacier-fed lake is a popular tourist destination, but it looks like the lucky canoers in the picture have the […]
Looking like delicate blown glass, ice is beginning to take over Moraine Lake in Canada’s Banff National Park. Located in the province of Alberta, Moraine Lake is fed by glaciers and is one of many popular spots in the park along with Lake Louise, which is about 14 km (nearly 9 mi.) away. The photo […]
Sometimes, a photographer is lucky enough to be in just the right place at just the right time to capture a once-in-a-lifetime shot. In that respect, professional landscape photographer Marc Adamus is extraordinarily lucky: Adamus’s portfolio is full of striking, almost otherworldy landscapes like the one above—a perfectly framed combination of sunrise and double rainbow in the […]
Flower-dotted meadows and cloud-topped mountains take center stage in today’s featured photo, which is set in Italy’s Sibillini National Park: Photographer Luca Giustozzi, who dubbed the shot “Land of Whispering Wind,” captured the picturesque landscape outside of the village of Castelluccio di Norcia, which borders Monti Sibillini National Park. The park was established as a protected area […]
Every photographer has his or her preferred gear—camera and lenses, maybe some lighting equipment, but … a drone? That’s right. Polish photographer David Kaszlikowski was able to capture the stunning, almost surreal, scene below thanks to the help of a high-flying drone that spotted the glacial pool nestled among the Karakoram mountains of Pakistan: Kaszlikowski discovered the pool while scouting shooting locations […]
Unexpected wedding guests usually aren’t a good thing . . . except in the case of photographer Ian Christmann‘s recent wedding shoot for clients Lauren and Erick. At the couple’s backyard ceremony, some uninvited guests showed up, but instead of a Wedding Crashers situation, this scene was more reminiscent of Bambi: That’s right; a herd of curious wild deer emerged […]
People like to take pictures of the sky — fluffy fair-weather clouds, sunsets shot with pinks and golds, great expanses of clear blue. But sometimes foul-weather skies can be beautiful in their own way. A prime example is this picture of a magnificent storm brewing off the coast of Riva Levante in Liguria, Italy: The photo, […]
A dog is a boy’s best friend. Especially when it’s bigger than you are: In this charming photo by Elena Shumilova, a very large dog follows a very small boy through a sunlit field. Captured during what photographers refer to as “the golden hour”—the first or last hour of sunlight during the day—this photo depicts […]
Looking like a scene from The Wizard of Oz, this remarkable photo shows an ominous supercell storm descending on a farm in Nebraska. Professional photographer Camille Seaman explains her thought process prior to capturing the photo: I leaned forward in my seat, clutching my camera and staring out the window at the endless wheat fields. The clouds […]
Looking like a cosmic fireworks show, today’s featured photo captures the annual Perseid meteor shower from a vantage point of Wyoming’s Snowy Range. The image you see below is actually a composite of 23 photos taken over seven hours, from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.: Photographer David Kingham, who created the composition with the help of a […]
