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Dronestagram, a drone photography sharing website and community has collaborated with National Geographic to pick the best pictures out of thousands of entries. the categories – which include people, nature and urban context – showcase a selection of impressive perspectives. from the windings roads of transylvania to lily ponds in vietnam, the shortlist presents the best seen footage from way up high.
25 of the most rare photos in history you never seen before and won't believe this really happen around the world
The Nikon Small World contest celebrates the most amazing microscope photos from around the world, and 2016's competition was as amazing as any of the years before it: more than 2,000 entries from 70 countries. (I was a judge for the 40th year of the contest.) Nikon will release the winners on Wednesday, October 19, via its Instagram account, @NikonInstruments. Until then, soak in the finalists below — and cast a vote for your favorite....
Dronestagram, a drone photography sharing website, recently announced the winners of its annual contest, and the photos are incredible. Contest categories included nature, sports, and travel, with the winners of each category awarded the opportunity to have their photographs featured in National Geographic. They also received a new drone or drone gear, depending on which place they won. The photographs were judged by a National Geographic editor, a National Geographic photographer, and Dronestagram's co-founders, Eric Dupin and Guillaume Jarret. This was the international contest's third year....
You’ve probably seen Flat Lay designs, even if you haven’t heard the term. Flat Lay design refers to a shot of items lying flat on a table, floor or other surface, shot from above. You see these kinds of images on eCommerce sites and other websites frequently. The Flat Lay design trend is up 160 percent according to the just-released Creative Trends 2016 report by Shutterstock. This fascinating report outlines a number of other visual and creative trends that Shutterstock predicts will be popular during 2016.
If you’re looking for design ideas for your website, social media headers, advertisements or other graphics — this is one report you need to check out....
The National Park Service, a division of the DOI, is celebrating its centennial anniversary next year with a new campaign to encourage adventurers to get out there and "Find Your Park." There are more than 400 sites overseen by the NPS (you can find one near you here), and the Interior Department manages more than 500 million acres of public lands, so there's plenty to photograph.
Take a look at the spectacular spring-themed photos posted to the Department's account over the past few weeks below. You can follow along throughout the year @usinterior.
Often times life takes over and we forget about the great adventures this world has to offer. Stuck between busy lifestyles and priorities, we miss out on activities that allow us to bring out our inner-daredevils. To get inspired, we went on Instagram in hopes of finding some fellow humans engaging themselves in some bold pass times; and boy did we find some amazing pictures. Our search was quite successful and we think it’s only fair if we share some of these with you. We would love to hear some of your adventure stories so please share your experiences with a comment below!...
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The full moon took on a spooky red hue in a pre-dawn total lunar eclipse Wednesday (Oct. 8) to the delight of skywatchers who managed to snap stunning photos of the "blood moon."
Scott Gauer captured this photo of the blood moon peaking through clouds in Pennsylvania on Oct. 8, 2014.
The total lunar eclipse of Oct. 8 was visible to observers in North America, western South America, parts of East Asia, Australia and other parts of the Pacific, weather permitting. The lunar eclipse is also the second iof four consecutive total eclipses of the moon that make up a unique "tetrad."...
From retro juice cartons to floral fashion campaigns, these botanical marketing examples look to nature for inspiration. Drawing from the fashion world's recent obsession with botanical prints, this list of marketing strategies aims to influence consumers with the help of vivid visuals and transparent packaging designs.
Whether turning to vibrant floral imagery or focusing on a product's natural ingredients, reputable companies are choosing to affect their consumers with this bold and eye-catching branding concept.
These botanical marketing examples include food and beverage packaging designs that are adorned with plant graphics along with fierce fashion campaigns that are lensed against floral backdrop vignettes....
Usually an abandoned place is something that can be seen in a horror film. For some reason, the desolate landscape is the perfect setting for them because they easily provide an eerie aesthetic and unsettling feelings. Because of the array of emotions abandoned locations can conjure, they have become popular settings for photographers to use too.
From abandoned malls to entire cities that have been left behind, there are a surprising amount of desolate places around the world. Did you know that even New York City has an island that hasn't been inhabited since the 60s?
These photo series showcase gruesomely abandoned locations like an abandoned veterinarian school in France that still has dead animals in it. And contrarily, it also features intriguing pop culture places like abandoned Star Wars film sets....
Like many commercial photographers, Anastasia Pottinger spends much of her time documenting the early stages of life: babies, little kids, and young families. But then a 101-year-old woman offered to sit nude for Pottinger's camera. The result was a powerful series of close-ups that exposed the true aesthetics of age. Pottinger has now shot other centenarians in a collection by the same name. The photographs are beautiful but, maybe for some, difficult to look at.
After shooting the first subject, Pottinger says on her site, "I knew I was looking at something very special. It was when I began exhibiting the work that the idea to continue the series was born. The response to the images has been remarkable. Viewers are visibly moved by what they are looking at. Whether it’s wondering, “Is this what I’m going to look like?” or remembering a loved one, the response seems to be universally emotional on some level."
Whether you find the images striking or scary, this is life, at the extremities, as it's rarely captured in art....
XOur world is so full of wonders that new and amazing places are discovered every day, be that by professional photographers or amateurs. Different geographical locations, climatic conditions and even seasons offer the widest variety of natural wonders: pink lakes, stunning lavender or tulip fields, breath-taking canyons and mountains, and other places you can hardly believe actually exist!
Some of the pictures in this collection will be of all natural sights you can find while traveling around the world, while the others have experienced human interference – but even in these cases, the result of such collaboration is spectacular. The Japanese learned how to tame thousands of orchids and form a romantic tunnel out of them; another one was formed all the way in Ukraine by a passing train; and what eventually ends up as hot tea in our mugs, first grows in stunning tree fields in Asia....
We all love Bokeh, don’t we. Bokeh simply means Blur in Japanese language, they are normally in shape of number of lens blades causing wonderful round patterns all over the frame. A Bokeh can be good as well as bad caused by chromatic aberrations or the Len’s Aperture shapes. It is very pleasing for any photographer, which just makes them but fast prime lenses suiting for wonderful low light photography as well as pleasing bokeh....
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Residents view the first iceberg of the season as it passes the South Shore, also known as "Iceberg Alley", near Ferryland Newfoundland, Canada April 16, 2017. REUTERS/Jody Martin
It snowed on December 19 in the Sahara Desert, and NASA's Landsat 7 satellite was there (or rather, hundreds of miles overhead) to see it. The photo comes from Landsat 7's Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus visible-light camera, and depicts the first snowfall recorded in the massive African desert in 37 years. The snow-covered area depicted in the photo lies on the northern end of the desert, near the Moroccan-Algerian border and the town of Ain Safra. Here's the full image, which you can click to enlarge:...
Taking a great photo on your smartphone is not as simple as pointing and shooting. There are plenty of bad smartphone photos out there -- I'm sure you've seen at least a few. What's the secret to taking great pictures with your smartphone, then? As it turns out, there are a few of them. Check out these tips below to improve your smartphone photography game. (And once you have the photo-taking part down, check out some of the best photo editing apps for mobile.)...
Photographer Denis Cherim began taking photos for his “Solo Para Locos” project when he was living in various countries for a year.
These photos started as a 365 challenge, which is when an artist challenges themselves to create something every day for a year! Cherim is a completely self-taught photographer, which makes his eye all the more impressive....
Here at Co.Design, we cover photography that transports you to other places and offers fresh perspectives on the built environment. We've talked to photographers who have spent years documenting their subjects, traveling the world or assimilating to a subculture so they could show it to us.
They've captured grown women who mother hyperrealistic dolls, mysterious "geoglyphs" discovered in Kazakhstan, and alleyways in Hong Kong that double as storage units. Their images prove that despite an onslaught of technological advances aimed at rethinking visual narratives, good old-fashioned photography remains one of the most powerful tools for telling stories. Here, we give you our favorite photo essays from 2015....
Thirty years ago, the Rolling Acres Mall outside Akron, Ohio, looked like the prototypical suburban shopping center of the time: High school students eating Sbarro in the food court, and crowds of people shopping at now-defunct stores like Waldenbooks. Today, boarded up and awaiting likely demolition, it's filled with snow.
Photographer Seph Lawless, who previously documented the mall for a photo book called Black Friday, made another visit after a recent snowstorm. "The skylights had caved in," he says. "As I looked up, snow fell on my face."...
While working for publications like National Geographic, Time, and Newsweek, and for NGOs like UNICEF and Oxfam, photographer Ami Vitale has found herself shooting in some of the most beautiful, diverse, and dangerous places in the world.
A highly experienced professional, she still finds it something of a challenge to describe herself: Conflict photographer? Photojournalist? Documentarian? Travel photographer? At various times her work could fit into any of these categories. To her, it’s not the label that’s important; it’s the stories. And it’s the people and their cultures that she wants to reveal, with the ultimate goal of bringing people closer together. “Understanding that we are more alike than we are different…that’s important,” she says....
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has unveiled an epic photo exhibit called “Wilderness Forever: 50 Years of Protecting America’s Wild Places.” The exhibit features jury-selected images that perfectly capture the gripping beauty of America’s wildest natural spaces.
The exhibit celebrates the Wilderness Act, an integral element of the U.S.A’s conservation efforts that, since its adoption in 1964, has protected more than 109 million acres of American wilderness.The exhibit was selected from more than 5,000 submissions from throughout the U.S. Many of the winning photos come from the stunning mountains and tundras of Alaska, the mossy mountain forests of the Pacific Coast, and the unique sandstone formations of the South-West – all regions worth exploring!...
With music festival season and summer (finally) upon us, many clothing companies are showcasing their warm weather lines with bohemian fashion shoots. If you are looking for inspiration for how to showcase your free-spirit style this season or for outdoor festival outfit ideas, these hippie-inspired looks are a great starting point.
Whether you have an adventurous soul and a wild heart with fashion sense to match or you just want to fit in at Bonaroo next week, these romantic editorials showcase the ongoing tribal trend in fashion. Incorporating florals, fringe and flowing fabrics is characteristic of boho style. Between boyfriend jeans and tomboy-esque themed looks and romantic lace dresses, boheman fashion shoots are ubiquitous these days. A nomadic sense, earthy hues and lots of layers are also important....
Groundbreaking works depicting the fantastical cityscapes of New York's skyline form the centerpiece of a major new show by renowned French artist Jean-Francois Rauzier, inventor of the 'Hyperphoto'. The show opens on May 28 simultaneously at both Waterhouse & Dodd galleries on Manhattan's Upper East Side, and features images that capture the distinctive character of different sections of the city, including the Lower East Side, Upper West Side, the Highline and SoHo. Cityscapes of Paris, Barcelona and Istanbul also form part of the exhibition.
The most beautiful part of a sunset isn’t any one particular moment; rather, it’s watching the colors slowly transition into a beautiful series of gradients. To capture this breathtaking aspect of sunsets over urban landscapes, Los Angeles-based motion designer and photographer Dan Marker-Moore created the Time Slice series that combines photographs from his sunset timelapses into single images.
In each of Marker-Moore’s time slice images, every diagonal or vertical line represents a different photograph from Marker-Moore’s timelapse shots taken over minutes. The series is an attempt to share his timelapses in a single photograph, Marker-Moore told My Modern Met....
Regular readers know I love me some time-lapse video of the sky.Buer filmed this in the Atacama Desert in Chile, one of the darkest sites on Earth. That really shows in the video; the Milky Way is much brighter and more detailed than you usually see in these videos. You can really trace out the dark dust lanes, regions of the galaxy choked with clouds of complex organic molecules that block the light from stars behind them...
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