Hong Kong consistently ranks as one of the world’s most densely populated cities, but what that actually means for people living there is often lost on outsiders. If you ever wondered what it’s like to look up at a sliver of sky from amidst a jungle of skyscrapers, this is it: The shot comes from travel photographer […]
This is what you get when you match great photography skills with natural phenomena: Jan Bainar captured this magnificence as he hiked in the Beskydy Mountains, a range forming the border between Slovakia and the Czech Republic. He used an Olympus E-520 camera with these settings: ISO 100, f/16, 1 second. The ice was probably […]
Nature has beautiful ways of surprising us. One of its finest moments was captured by ggmomster. While the glacially fed Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada looks amazing in itself, it amazed the people around even more when a beautiful rainbow appeared over the lake. The view was so amazing that there was an […]
They say patience is a virtue and patience really pays off when you have a hummingbird feeder. Photographer Brian Maffitt set up an angled mirror attached to a tripod under his hummingbird feeder and waited patiently. Using a remote shutter release he would take a burst of shots every time a bird came to feed: Maffitt […]
It takes a genuine effort to photograph a popular landmark in a new way. Photographer Marine Valencia did just that by photographing an image of a popular tree in Lake Wanaka, New Zealand: What’s unique in this photograph is that Valencia has used a basic composition technique that is very pleasing to the human eye. […]
Old Harry Rocks in Southern England is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is significant because the coastal erosion has exposed sequences of rock layers spanning Triassic, Jurrasic, and Cretaceous periods. Travel photographer Donald Yip captured the beauty of this place during a beautiful golden hour: “The shoreline of the UK’s Jurassic Coast is truly spectacular […]
Sometimes you make an error with your camera settings and end up with an image that turns out differently than you expected. In the occasion that you like the photo, you get surprised with an image that reminds you why photography is so awesome! Often, this mistake can be an adjustment that changes the lighting or […]
Mark Metternich witnessed the sunset of a lifetime at Crater Lake National Park. Not only did he capture a pretty landscape, he also managed to get a rainbow and a lightning strike in one frame: Metternich used a Sony A74 with a Canon 14mm lens to get the shot. His settings were 0.3 seconds, f/5.6, […]
Have you ever wondered what goes on inside of your camera? Taking a look inside and discovering just how high tech your DSLR is may come as a surprise: As film cameras have become increasingly out-of-date, more and more of the world’s most talented technicians have turned their attention toward making ultra efficient cameras. Though […]
Low light and long exposure – this combination opens up a lot of opportunities for a photographer. With this combo, it’s then all up to the photographer to make use of his or her creativity to make images. Light painting is one such popular form of photography that many photographers use to create outstanding images. […]
