(Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos

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Photography is a very powerful medium and a very difficult craft. Excellent photos don’t only display some facts — they tell stories, awake feelings and manage to share with the audience the emotions a photographer experienced when clicking the shot button. Taking excellent pictures is damn hard as you need to find a perfect perspective and consider the perfect timing. To achieve brilliant photography you need practice and patience. However, it is worth it: the results can be truly stunning.

Below you’ll find 50 brilliant photos and stunning pictures — some pictures tell stories, some are incredibly beautiful, some are funny and some are very sad.

All pictures are copyright of their respective owners. Please explore the further work of the photographers by browsing through their work. We’ve tried to cover different themes so that everybody will find something interesting and spectacular for himself / herself. All screenshots are linked und lead to the pages from which they’ve been taken.

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(Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos

Water and a Girl
Beautiful composition, excellent scenery, amazing play of colors.

Mind-Blowing Photos - water

The Ball is Coming!
Analogue shot with Seagull 6×6 (Chinese clone of Rolleiflex), made in 1983. “The gulfball is suspended on a fishing line in front of the camera. It was a stormy day. So I had to shoot 5 or 6 films for getting one image with the ball in the center position AND a light reflection on the golf club.”

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Sky
The sky is reflected in a drop of water. Beautiful scenery.

Mind-Blowing Photos - : Sky

Returning to the same ocean
Beautiful sand textures, beautiful composition and somehow a very sad story hidden behind the image.

Mind-Blowing Photos - Returning to the same ocean.

Tree
A colorful tree from a different perspective.

Mind-Blowing Photos - FFFFOUND!

Gizmo
How adorable is that?

Mind-Blowing Photos - Gizmo

Glittery Ball
“The reflection in this water droplet, it looks like the glitter is stuck to the water, but NO, it is reflections from the glitter on the feather.”

Mind-Blowing Photos - Glittery Ball

Yaw? Weeeee
You probably shouldn’t try this in your local trains. Such pictures are unforgettable.

Mind-Blowing Photos - Yaw? Weeeee

Leap of Faith
What does being one step away from falling into the abyss feel like? The photo is taken by Paul Perton.

Mind-Blowing Photos - Leap of Faith

Astronaut Self-shot Over Earth
Could this be the best self-shot ever? It’s truly out of this world.

Mind-Blowing Photos - Astronaut Self-shot Over Earth

Autumn in red
Pure beauty. No words are necessary.

Mind-Blowing Photos - Autumn in red

FlickrMeeting – Genova – G3
Blue baloon, a small detail, gives the picture an incredible power.

Mind-Blowing Photos - FlickrMeeting - Genova - G3 - [Ghe semmu + DieciCento + Milanoue!!W ]

Sea in the sea
Incredible scenery. Apparently, the shot was made on the boat in the middle of the sea.

Mind-Blowing Photos - FFFFOUND!

If I was an old building…
“If I was an old building I would want to be by the ocean. Till’ the end of times”. Photographed at the old fishing piers of the Texas Bolivar Peninsula.

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Bee the Cat
“It’s hard to get the right exposure, with them being white, and with the fact they don’t stay still unless they’re sleeping.”

Mind-Blowing Photos - bee

Passing the Golden Gate Bridge

Mind-Blowing Photos - Passing the Golden Gate Bridge

Glow
Smoke from a leaf pile.

Mind-Blowing Photos - g l o w by Haneck - DPChallenge

Swimming pool
Taking a look at the swimming pool. From a quite different perspective.

Mind-Blowing Photos - FFFFOUND!

Reflect
A reflection from the louvre’s pyramid.

Mind-Blowing Photos - reflect

Time To Go Home…
“Tthe way the birds are lined up makes the composition extraordinary fantastic.”

Mind-Blowing Photos - Time To Go Home...

Seagull on a sign
This seagull seems to have its own personal understanding of human’s rules.

Mind-Blowing Photos - Seagull on a sign

Marshmellow girl
A beautiful composition.

Mind-Blowing Photos - Photo

Refashioned Dahlia
Photo taken at Duncan Garden in Spokane, WA.

Mind-Blowing Photos - Refashioned Dahlia

Bird and Meat

Mind-Blowing Photos - Photo

Water drop
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Mt. Fuji

Mind-Blowing Photos - Mt. Fuji

Two ways at looking at a fish

Mind-Blowing Photos - Photo

Blessed fog
A shot of Grande Madre di Dio in Torino, Italy.

Mind-Blowing Photos - blessed fog

Family of bugs

Mind-Blowing Photos - Photo

Pigeon Point Lighthouse
“Once per year at the Pigeon Point Lighthouse they shut down the weak insipid modern (presumably electric) light and switch over the the 5 kerosene lamps and fresnel lens of the original, as it was 135 years ago.”

Mind-Blowing Photos - Pigeon Point Lighthouse

Fire Shot
Location: Changa Beach, Coquimbo.

Mind-Blowing Photos - FIRE SHOT

A conversation
Fox, bird and snow. This picture is titled “Good afternoon, my name is chikiricuatro”.

Mind-Blowing Photos - Photo

Shanghai – Acrobatic
Picture taken during an acrobatic show in a Shanghainese theatre.

Mind-Blowing Photos - CHINA - Shanghai - Acrobatic

Northern lights as seen from space

Mind-Blowing Photos - Digg - Northern lights as seen from space (Pic)

Crystal clarity

Mind-Blowing Photos - Photo

Skier’s Paradise
“Climbing partner at 17,000′ on Denali carrying his skis down to around 16,200′ where he will be able to ski down the rest of the way to base camp at 7200′.”

Mind-Blowing Photos - Skier's Paradise

Bird and Water

Mind-Blowing Photos - Photo

Photograph Taken at the Exact Right Time

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All alone.
This shot is taken on a Norway’s cliff Prekestolen (also known as Preacher’s Pulpit).

Mind-Blowing Photos - Photo

Looking out of the window

Mind-Blowing Photos - Photo

Above the clouds
The shot taken during the flight from Vienna to Frankfurt, approaching Frankfurt.

Mind-Blowing Photos - above the clouds

The Waves

Mind-Blowing Photos - teahupoo_1.jpg (JPEG-Grafik, 1280x821 Pixel)

The Waves. One more time.

Mind-Blowing Photos - FFFFOUND!

Cockfight
Taken by Jan Sochor.

Mind-Blowing Photos - Cockfight – Photo Essay – Jan Sochor

Polar lights
Öxarárfoss in Iceland – Aurora Borealis taken by Arnar Valdimarsson.

Mind-Blowing Photos - Photo

Concentration

Mind-Blowing Photos - Photo

Cat and deer

Mind-Blowing Photos - Photo

Here floats a bubble in the air…

Mind-Blowing Photos - he floats a bubble in the air...

A girl portrait

Mind-Blowing Photos - Photo

Sources and Resources

You’ll find many more excellent photos, illustrations and pictures on the following sites:

  • Pixdaus.com
    A social community dedicated to sharing photos. Pixdaus is a place where anyone can post his pictures, photos and others rate it. If it’s cool it gets to the main page and more people can enjoy it.
  • Ffffound.com
    Image bookmarking. An invitation-based service.

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  1. 1101

    very amazing pictures ,thanks

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  2. 1102

    amazing pics

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  3. 1103

    The photos are exquisite and unique! Beautiful….. simply SMASHING!

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  4. 1104

    The photos are exquisite nd marvelous

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    ghanshyam chouhan

    March 15th, 2012 6:45 am

    wonder full photography so amazing

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  6. 1106

    lutfa noor mukta

    March 16th, 2012 5:44 am

    awesome pic………love all

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  7. 1107

    Wow. What a brilliant collection. I’m very mesmerized with all these photos. Those arts really deserves 10 stars. Bravo… Wow.You will surely become speechless seeing their stunning photos. …go.go.go.. :D

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  8. 1108

    that black dog picture was so cute and nice

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  9. 1109

    These are all so stunning. I especially love the portrait, as that is what I like best. It is so refreshingly beautiful and artistic.

    +1
  10. 1110

    I’m not sure if this has been said already, but the picture “All Alone” with the man on the rock in Norway is not actually Preacher’s Pulpit…it is Trolltunga, or troll’s tongue rock, also located in Norway. Another great rock in Norway to look for pictures of is the wedged rock….Norway is a beautiful and stunning place! I hope to visit there someday! Wonderful photos!

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  11. 1111

    These pics are awesome..

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  12. 1112

    cool pics

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  13. 1113

    Awesome the pics are. Mind became fresh after seeing these pics.

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  14. 1114

    very nice collation ,,very refreshing..

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  15. 1115

    After an chaotic morning. Thanks for the pictures. They calmed me down and now I can function again. I’ll be back again and again to scroll through.

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  16. 1116

    Really amazing pics………..gr8 collection to refresh the mind………….keep the good work goin…………..

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  17. 1117

    very amazing pecies and heart full enjoy.so beautiful

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  18. 1118

    ujjal saikia

    May 28th, 2012 5:21 am

    ReAly minDbLoWiNg…….so goooooooood

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  19. 1120

    Good Pictures!!!!

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  20. 1121

    Dham cool

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  21. 1122

    Wow ! Its really embarassing

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  22. 1123

    Beautiful photos. Photos are very pleasant to see. When I see these photos my mind gets relaxed

    +1
  23. 1124

    ANJANJYOTI PUZARI

    June 11th, 2012 4:45 pm

    Only One word …………………………….. OUTSTANDING………………………..

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  24. 1125

    Amazing photos ever

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  25. 1126

    incredible pics…lol

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  26. 1127

    These pics are exceptionally beautiful … you can compare with NatGeo and WIN easily, in my opinion! I commend your work and want to see more, I stumbled on this site and so so so glad I did! Excellente’!!!!!

    +1
  27. 1129

    Nessa Loobirah

    June 22nd, 2012 6:46 pm

    AWESOME!!!… I love it.. :)

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  28. 1130

    truly amazing pictures.

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  29. 1131

    have a great collection

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  30. 1132

    krishna joshi

    July 2nd, 2012 6:22 pm

    just wow…………..

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  31. 1133

    wow!!!!!! amezing pictures.i need more….

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  32. 1134

    very nice pics

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  33. 1135

    amazing photo,hands of to photograper,without him it is impossible

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  34. 1136

    nice pic

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  35. 1137

    AWESOME!!!… I love it.. :)

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  36. 1138

    thse pictres ar awesme

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    Moshiul Alam Sarker

    July 31st, 2012 7:41 pm

    Awesome pictures,can I do download this pictures ?

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    Chris Durrant

    August 5th, 2012 9:23 pm

    Loved it until I saw the cockfight. I don’t know who would want to partake, photograph and profit from that. The other photos are incredible.

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  39. 1141

    The best picture for me is 50 “A Girl Portrait”, its expression shows real beauty.

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  40. 1142

    all amazing pics..;o

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  41. 1143

    Great Collection, I Need More…..

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  42. 1144

    each and every image is really fantastic

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  43. 1145

    very very beautiful photos

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  44. 1146

    Awesome and looking wonderful

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    • 1147

      i like all these pic,s but in which the bird was taking food from the girl this is really un believable for me

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  45. 1148

    these r most beautiful ever i seen………………….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  46. 1149

    amazing photo,hands of to photograper,without him it is impossible……

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  47. 1150

    Photography is a very powerful medium and a very difficult

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  48. 1151

    These are great movement blur photos! I’ve been looking for something like this for quite a while already. Does this kind of photo have a proper term? I’ve compiled a collection of photos too, and I’d like to share with everyone. Please look at http://creativorama.com.

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  49. 1152

    i like the most of the pictures’ but some s were heart touching

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  50. 1154

    ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh……………
    fantastic pictures i loved it very much.

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    M. Nadeem Jahangir

    March 3rd, 2013 10:06 pm

    Nicely Captured! Beautiful.

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    Arlene Jackson

    March 16th, 2013 3:52 am

    Not only extroadinary shots but exquisite – timing, execution and subject. Thankyou for bringing something so beautiful to so many of us to share.

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    AWESOME!!!!!

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    rajendersingh

    April 19th, 2013 7:19 pm

    its just specch less

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    Me “2 I love those pics keep it up guys wish u luck

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  1. 1

    very amazing pictures ,thanks

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  2. 2

    amazing pics

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  3. 3

    ghanshyam chouhan

    March 15th, 2012 6:45 am

    wonder full photography so amazing

    +7
  4. 4

    I’m not sure if this has been said already, but the picture “All Alone” with the man on the rock in Norway is not actually Preacher’s Pulpit…it is Trolltunga, or troll’s tongue rock, also located in Norway. Another great rock in Norway to look for pictures of is the wedged rock….Norway is a beautiful and stunning place! I hope to visit there someday! Wonderful photos!

    +6
  5. 5

    Stunning photos..really.. It reflects the taste of a photographer…great work

    +5
  6. 6

    Anita / Daily Blissings

    August 25th, 2010 7:57 pm

    Sooooo beautiful! Totally puts my “Daily Blissings” photo project to shame! LOL

    +5
  7. 7

    kool pic

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  8. 8

    The photos are exquisite and unique! Beautiful….. simply SMASHING!

    +5
  9. 9

    Awesome and looking wonderful

    +5
  10. 10

    How can one rate pictures that touch the mind and heart? Very helpful that captions were added to each picture. Magnificence photography. Some of these are a once-in-a-life time opportunity to capture the moment.

    Thanks for sharing these.

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  11. 11

    jst mind blwng……………amazng

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  12. 12

    exellant works

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  13. 13

    Its soooooooooo beautiful no words to say….i like it.
    which type of camera did u use…?
    its really stunning pixs….gr8….

    +4
  14. 14

    lovely..amazing..wonderful..beautiful..ever seen superb collections….thanx for the cute presenters for these cute pics astonishing ….thankyou very much

    +4
  15. 15

    Very nice Keep it up

    +4
  16. 16

    the animal ones r sooo cute!

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  17. 17

    ReallySmashing, very clever too.;;

    +4
  18. 18

    Wow. What a brilliant collection. I’m very mesmerized with all these photos. Those arts really deserves 10 stars. Bravo… Wow.You will surely become speechless seeing their stunning photos. …go.go.go.. :D

    +4
  19. 19

    Awesome the pics are. Mind became fresh after seeing these pics.

    +4
  20. 20

    After an chaotic morning. Thanks for the pictures. They calmed me down and now I can function again. I’ll be back again and again to scroll through.

    +4
  21. 21

    beautiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiful

    +3
  22. 22

    yup very nice

    +3
  23. 23

    Simply outstanding!

    +3
  24. 24

    wow these r best picss of d world…seriously…it seems to be very very beautiful :)

    +3
  25. 25

    i love those pics stunning amazing waw
    j’adoooooooooooooooooooore

    +3
  26. 26

    look deep once her ees then your eyes stik ther and nothing more u want see in her face…attraction of innocent eyes.

    +3
  27. 27

    muii lindass las photoss :D
    besos chau! ♥ *__* ♥

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  28. 28

    Beautiful…………………

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  29. 29

    super:)….specially autumn in red n Preacher’s pulpit shots r the most beautifull…

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  30. 30

    Very good photos I was depressed have seen the photos and become happy thank you

    +3

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