This isn’t your typical family photo—unless your relatives include a llama, a shaggy cow, a black sheep (doesn’t every family have one?), a rooster, and a goat. But it really isn’t a family photo at all—more like a fashion shoot, according to photographer Rob MacInnis: Part of a series named “The Dog & Pony Show”, […]
Everyone thinks their pet is the smartest, the cutest, the cleverest. But photographer Ken Watson‘s German shepherd may have a bit of an advantage — she can walk on water! Well, at least it appears that she can. Watson explains the natural conditions that enabled this remarkable (and un-Photoshopped) photo: “Everyone loves their pet dog – […]
Every summer—for a few weeks, at least—locals and visitors in Águeda, Portugal enjoy a colorful canopy of umbrellas during their strolls through the city. The floating umbrellas have become an annual tradition at the Ágitagueda art festival, a public art installation that provides both some cheerful color and welcome shade from the summer sun: Veselin Malinov […]
It’s that time of year for many us when we start to break free of cabin fever and go outdoors to photograph our local wildlife. While most of us won’t find puffins congregating near our homes, the picture below can still serve as a bit of inspiration. The bird is an Atlantic Puffin and the […]
Imagine a still night, no wind, and a mirror perfectly reflecting the night sky at your feet. That’s what photographer Xiaohua Zhao came across while shooting in the world’s largest salt flat, the Salar de Uyuni of Bolivia. This photo was shortlisted alongside some other incredible shots for the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year […]
Like something out of the Tomb Raider video game series, this award-winning photograph showcases a fallen World War II Japanese seaplane off the coast of Palau, a microscopically small island nation in the Pacific Ocean. At once eerie, horrifying, and beautiful, it is a true captured moment in history: The winner was snapped by Tony Cherbas, a citizen of […]
The Tianzi Mountain in China is no less magnificent from the ground, but some say it is best viewed from a cable car. It takes only a few minutes for visitors to reach the summit where they are greeted by the Tianzi mountain peaks rising one after another. Located in the Northern side of the […]
An anamorphic image is an illusion that appears distorted from all angles but one. At a very specific vantage point, the image appears “normal.” There have been many of these kinds of images floating around the web over the past few years in the form of sidewalk drawings. From one point, the drawing may look […]
John Stanmeyer was walking along the beach in Djibouti City when he spotted a handful of men raising their phones to the full moon. He turned to his translator and asked what they were doing. These are Somalian refugees, his translator explained, with Somalian SIM cards, trying to catch a signal from back home. Stanmeyer […]
Paris is frequently lauded for being stunningly beautiful and romantic, possessing an almost magical quality. This photograph is certainly in keeping with that image, but is this an accurate depiction of what Paris is really like? A look at the Google Street View of a corner in the Montmartre neighborhood shows that this location is […]
