While on a one month hike exploring the back country of the High Sierras, photographer Mark Lehrbass and his friend ended up in a blizzard at Guitar Lake in Sequoia National Park. They hunkered down, just listening and waiting for the storm to pass, and after about five hours, a silence fell—just as the golden hour hit, […]
As a photographer, what limits are you willing to cross to get a creative angle on your shot? We often say that getting close to a subject reflects a sense of intimacy in the photograph. But how close is too close when it comes to photographing a rocket launch? NASA photographer Bill Ingalls got one of […]
Mobile apps can be fun to use and sometimes they do produce amazing results. One such examples is this work of art by DreamerEnd. The image certainly looks amazing and has the ability to keep the viewer thinking on about what’s going on in the picture: As DreamerEnd explains, she used an app called PicsArt […]
This breathtaking view of one of Arizona’s most famous rock formations was captured by Nicholas Roemmelt, a dentist-turned-nature-photographer who is based in Tyrol, Austria: This picturesque sandstone passage, which is called “The Wave,” can be found at Arizona’s Vermillion Cliffs National Monument and was carved out over millions of years by the raging flash floods that sweep through […]
Finding the right perspective for each photo isn’t rocket science. It also isn’t a proven science or method. Rather, it depends on the photographer and the message they want to portray in their image. A straight on shot of a subject can be bland if there’s nothing to it. Instead, you can explore the different […]
Shiprock, the imposing rock formation in the high-desert plain of the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, New Mexico, has been the backdrop for many photographs and films. The massive rock makes for a beautiful setting, especially when the artist is able to capture the expansive sky on a clear, starry night like this one: Reddit […]
In British Colombia, Canada, thousands of tiny tadpoles swim beneath the surface of a lily pad covered lake. Capturing this type of incredible and highly unusual scene is the norm for New Zealand underwater photographer Eiko Jones: Since picking up his first DSLR at the age of 14, Jones has been photographing the natural world—from […]
There’s something fascinating about photographing abandoned places—the emptiness and the way things age add a certain eerie vibe to it. And when nature decides to help make it feel extra spooky, the “beauty” of the image is unmatched. Take for instance the following image that was shot by a Reddit user who goes by the […]
So many photos of a total eclipse just have the moon as a silhouette, but in this amazing image by photographer Navid Baraty you can actually see details on the surface of the moon: This is not a single image, but a composite of 12 images. Baraty took the images in Madras, Oregon at the […]
It’s hard to describe the exact moods evoked by Marc Adamus’s image “Light of the Storm.” The dark and menacing is rivaled by a warm and hopeful brightness—a beautiful visual example (and potentially metaphorical representation) of the ending of a storm. The image was captured from the lakeshore’s edge just as setting sun rays broke through […]
