How many people are out there attaching cameras to quadcopters and sending them up into the air to explore the world from above? This is a great way to really get a bird’s eye view without having to wait for a chance to go up in an airplane, helicopter, hot-air balloon, glider, or whatever else will […]
It seems we never tire of ethereal starry night photographs. What is it about that infinite charcoal sea above and the twinkling lights within it? The beauty of the night appealed to the photographer who snapped this image in Porters Pass on New Zealand’s South Island: Porters Pass is a mountain pass in the Canterbury […]
Forced perspective photography is a fun and quirky way to give a photograph a little more character. We’ve all seen the photos where someone is “holding” the setting sun in their hand or pinching the Eiffel Tower between their thumb and pointer finger. Well, the photo below of a boy in a bubble takes the […]
The lakes found in the Canadian Rockies are among the world’s most beautiful. With snow-covered mountain backdrops, emerald water from mountain runoff and freezing cold temperatures, these lakes turn into majestic landscapes frozen in time. Landscape photographer Artur Stanisz captured the amazing beauty of Abraham Lake with a thunderous crack running through the ice bubbles as the sun warmed […]
While photographing tiger sharks in the Bahamas, one guide photographer had the scare of his life when one of the sharks snatched the camera right out of his hands. Known as the oceans’ “garbage eaters,” tiger sharks will pretty much eat anything. And with their razor sharp teeth, the photographer is lucky the shark just […]
Many good photographs owe a lot of their greatness to their photographers being in the right place at the right time. For example, had the photographer of this image been somewhere else—like in the crowd of people about to be sprayed with flaming chunks of wood as the pallets crash into the ground—we would never […]
Landscaper photographer Artur Stanisz has spent the last few years hiking and photographing some of the world’s most remote areas, including a recent trip to Patagonia. While in the Salto Grande Rio Paine and Torres del Paine range, he experienced the ever-changing Patagonia weather, mainly the strong, harsh winds that create fast-moving clouds and cause the sky to change colors constantly, […]
As wildfire sweeps through wooded areas surrounding Leavenworth, Washington firefighters have stood their ground in efforts to prevent the massive fire from jumping across the river and spreading to the neighboring town. The jaw dropping photo you see below, taken by Michael Stanford, documents the destruction as it happened: As devastating and awful as the […]
Some people are talented with a camera, others with pen and paper or a brush and paint. Peter Root is talented with mundane office supplies. Root’s visionary mind brings new life to the ordinary object, creating masterpieces that have awed the world. If you look closely you will see this vast cityscape is actually made […]
If intelligent life does exist on Mars, perhaps Martians wish on Earth when they wish upon the stars: This image was captured roughly an hour and a half after sunset by NASA’s Curiosity Rover as it explored Mars on January 31, 2014. Curiosity is equipped with two navigation cameras that function together like a pair of eyes and […]
