When you look at this photo, you may think, how was this photographed? Was this just a lucky capture? What you’re seeing in this photo is actually two different phenomena. The first is the unique smoke pattern caused by a plane deploying its flares. These smoke shapes left behind are often referred to as “smoke […]
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 […]
Stacking multiple exposures is common in landscape photography, but for this particular image there were more than just a few frames. Photographer Matt Molloy creates these images using what he calls a time stack technique to make works of art that look more like impressionist paintings than photos: Time stacking, typically used to make star trail […]
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 […]
In the striking image below, photographer, Markus Grunau, captured the Charles Bridge under a most impressive and colorful sky as the sun began to make its appearance over Prague. The bridge, a historical landmark and main point of interest for tourists to the Czech Republic, is typically bustling with people all throughout the day. But […]
Sydney-based photographer James Morgan had a big idea when thinking of ways to shoot the Queen Mary 2 (QM2) for her 10 year anniversary. I mean, a really BIG, GRAND idea! Meet the world’s largest ocean liner and her captain: In order to capture the ship’s impressive size–to really honor it–Morgan asked Captain Kevin Oprey to […]
Riding off into the sunset may be a cliche and otherwise unappealing idea, but what about captaining a vessel and sailing off into a wide pastel sea? If that sounds exciting to you, you’re going to love photographer Joseph Chen‘s sailboat image from Boracay: Boracay is a small dog bone-shaped island in the Philippines that has become a widely loved […]
Recently Mark Hersch was flying home from a business trip. He usually takes the aisle, but this time he was given a window seat. Even though he’s flown dozens of times before, this was the first time he looked out the window, straight at the sun, and saw his home city of Chicago beneath the clouds, […]
If you’re procrastinating on the Internet right now, you probably want to see something cute. Something like, I don’t know, a butterfly sitting on a bulldog’s nose, for example: Austria-based photographer Anne Geier captured this adorable image with a Nikon D750 using a 50mm lens at f/2 to create the soft focus surrounding the pup, then balanced out the […]
The Yuanyang Rice Terraces in China are considered one of the must see places in the world. They have become a UNESCO World Heritage site, and depending on the time of day or year, they take on many different stunning looks. French photographer Thierry Bornier fell in love with the area and spends much of his […]
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