Speaking from a photographer’s perspective, the terms low light, long exposure, and sports photography don’t usually go together. However, when you are creative enough, you can make them work cohesively and come up with something that’s truly out of the box. Photographer and rock climber Luke Rasmussen did something similar when he took a long […]
Want a different take on your average forest landscape? Through selective lighting, today’s interesting image offers a new perspective on the oft-photographed subject. How did Reddit user AspLeaf manage to capture this mysterious streak blazing through a terrain blanketed in black? The answer is actually simpler than you’d expect. What you’re seeing here is the […]
Next time you hear someone insist that December skies are always “gloomy,” show that Grinch this dramatic image of a fiery winter sunset, which was photographed by Reddit user uscmissinglink‘s sister in southern Montana: The photo was created in Custer Gallatin National Forest, which encompasses over 3.1 million acres of wilderness in Montana and South Dakota and serves as a gateway Yellowstone National Park.
This gorgeous photograph of Bremen, Germany’s wintry Christmas Market is bound to help you experience some warm holiday feels: On the technical side of things, multiple Redditors agreed that this photograph is a beautiful example of “tilt shift done right,” but many felt just as strongly otherwise, saying that the use of tilt shift unnecessarily sacrifices detail in the scene and […]
Back in 2009, we witnessed a unique solar eclipse—this one happened to be the longest solar eclipse of the 21st century. The eclipse lasted six minutes and 39 seconds and that time won’t be beat again until 2132. An international Total Solar Eclipse Expedition party was on site on Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands and […]
It’s so hyper-realistic, it looks ripped from a comic book: a stray cat treads the cobblestone road of Strasbourg, France, sieged by a bright moon, dark clouds and picturesque olden European homes. If the image looks too good to be true, that’s because it is; it’s a composite image, the trademark style of Moldovan photographic artist Igor […]
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 […]
You can get pretty creative when working with multiple exposures—layering images on top of other images to get some pretty unique and interesting shots. Lately there has been increasing interest in double exposure portraits, such as this one taken by photographer Austin Greene: “No layering or blending of images or anything like that was done in […]
It can be incredibly scary to be on the approaching end of an angry animal, especially when said animal is a rhino, which is widely regarded as one of the most dangerous animals on the planet. To capture a photograph of a charging rhino not only takes photographic skills, but also a heaping does of […]
Known as the ultimate gravity-fed downhill riding experience, Whistler Mountain Bike Park offers more than 4,900 vertical feet of descending trails—plenty of opportunity, it seems, to show off one’s adrenaline-fueled magical powers. It also offers unparalleled opportunities for outdoor action photography, as seen in this shot by photographer Robin O’Neil: This amazing shot was taken […]
