(Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos
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.
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.”
Sky
The sky is reflected in a drop of water. Beautiful scenery.
Returning to the same ocean
Beautiful sand textures, beautiful composition and somehow a very sad story hidden behind the image.
Tree
A colorful tree from a different perspective.
Gizmo
How adorable is that?
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.”
Yaw? Weeeee
You probably shouldn’t try this in your local trains. Such pictures are unforgettable.
Leap of Faith
What does being one step away from falling into the abyss feel like? The photo is taken by Paul Perton.
Astronaut Self-shot Over Earth
Could this be the best self-shot ever? It’s truly out of this world.
Autumn in red
Pure beauty. No words are necessary.
FlickrMeeting – Genova – G3
Blue baloon, a small detail, gives the picture an incredible power.
Sea in the sea
Incredible scenery. Apparently, the shot was made on the boat in the middle of the sea.
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.
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.”
Passing the Golden Gate Bridge
Glow
Smoke from a leaf pile.
Swimming pool
Taking a look at the swimming pool. From a quite different perspective.
Reflect
A reflection from the louvre’s pyramid.
Time To Go Home…
“Tthe way the birds are lined up makes the composition extraordinary fantastic.”
Seagull on a sign
This seagull seems to have its own personal understanding of human’s rules.
Marshmellow girl
A beautiful composition.
Refashioned Dahlia
Photo taken at Duncan Garden in Spokane, WA.
Water drop
A photo taken at the exact right time. Available as a desktop wallpaper in various resolutions.
Blessed fog
A shot of Grande Madre di Dio in Torino, Italy.
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.”
Fire Shot
Location: Changa Beach, Coquimbo.
A conversation
Fox, bird and snow. This picture is titled “Good afternoon, my name is chikiricuatro”.
Shanghai – Acrobatic
Picture taken during an acrobatic show in a Shanghainese theatre.
Northern lights as seen from space
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′.”
Photograph Taken at the Exact Right Time
All alone.
This shot is taken on a Norway’s cliff Prekestolen (also known as Preacher’s Pulpit).
Above the clouds
The shot taken during the flight from Vienna to Frankfurt, approaching Frankfurt.
Cockfight
Taken by Jan Sochor.
Polar lights
Öxarárfoss in Iceland – Aurora Borealis taken by Arnar Valdimarsson.
Here floats a bubble in the air…
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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Liza
June 24th, 2008 12:54 pmsimply…AMAZING…no other words
keep it up…
Cindy
June 25th, 2008 5:21 pmOh FGS stop being such a moaner !!! There’s always one in the bunch that spoils everything… JERK they were great photo’s your just a pain in the Arse…!!!
usman
June 26th, 2008 9:37 pmfantastic really!!!!!
So refreshing…….
Good Job dun…..
al miller
June 26th, 2008 10:53 pmI see some were not entirely safisfied with these beautiful photos. If only they would pull us right into them. Then they would be satisfactory.
zahid
June 28th, 2008 2:49 pmnice pics
vampire76
July 1st, 2008 5:22 pmExcellent photos, nice collection
Bilal Ahmed
July 2nd, 2008 4:49 amits really amazing and beauty
Johnny
July 3rd, 2008 6:20 amTruly awesome, WOW
merengues
July 4th, 2008 11:24 amBravo… cool photos… Hello from Montenegro…
avtar
July 5th, 2008 4:54 amabsolutels mind blowing, amazing and beatiful collection of pictures.
Lakshman
July 5th, 2008 11:22 pmIts awesome and inspirring…
tanaji patil
July 6th, 2008 2:00 amvery very sweet
manny
July 7th, 2008 6:17 pmprobably the best pictures ive ever seen
Robin Khanal
July 8th, 2008 1:19 amevery materials are good at their best, I love all of them, specially a bird on the board of no zone.
sagar
July 10th, 2008 3:45 amtooo…..good….a good collection for desktop wallpapers
Edgar Slns
July 11th, 2008 10:49 amAmazing post!!!!
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nomeyy
July 11th, 2008 2:42 pmv gooooooooooood
jimmy sharma
July 12th, 2008 3:17 amVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV Nice n Lot of Thanks , the pictures were amazing.
jimmy
Mayank
July 12th, 2008 5:53 amAwsmm collection !! jst amazing
thxx a tonn :)
AB Ansari
July 13th, 2008 8:51 amWonderful amzing
Maben Robin
July 14th, 2008 5:41 amTo say ‘Stunning!’… would be an understatement..!
zahid imran
July 15th, 2008 6:22 amWow……….
Wonderful & Amazing Pictures
Best Pictures i have ever seen on internet.
Absolutels mind blowing.
So refreshing.
Good Job
Magda
July 15th, 2008 9:26 ambeautiful pictures!^^ great collection!
alexis
July 17th, 2008 8:00 amthats soooo bueatiful !!!!!!!
aMuslim
July 17th, 2008 10:19 amDo you know what this reflection is? (in picture No. 7) It wrote a word in arabic means “Mohammed” who is our messenger … we Muslims …
And if you don’t believe me ask anyone knows arabic …
IRSHARD MOHIDEEN
July 18th, 2008 5:03 amReally worths, completely related to life, feel something peace of mind…
Sri Lanka (Panadura)
Divyansh
July 20th, 2008 2:40 amfabulous photograps…… no match!….. Really!!!!!!!!
STUNNING!!!!!!!!!
juice
July 24th, 2008 2:18 amthe cock fight has such dramatic colors. my favorite for sure
Venkatesh
July 24th, 2008 7:17 amNO words to praise…….. Awesome…………………..
in particular…. cat fish child and Golf Ball…Spelndid…..
Kim
July 25th, 2008 6:47 amWith the title being (Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos, I was expecting to see some (really) stunning pictures and photos. But by the first image alone, I was thinking, what the hell is this? Most of these aren’t photos, they’re… images. Images put together by digital artists, nice, but not what I’d call photos.
SbanO
July 26th, 2008 8:41 amAmazing photos i like them nice v nice i never saw like that i m v surprised :)
Naveen
July 27th, 2008 11:41 pmwaw
its great,
fantastic
felicity
July 28th, 2008 6:30 pmi have to hold my breath when i saw the pics…really shock me
Sam
August 3rd, 2008 1:52 amHey that’s cool they r all funny but bautiful
Anonymous
August 4th, 2008 12:13 amjai ho ,. . ;. maa kar di . . .mast collection :)
Tapu
August 5th, 2008 12:11 pmAmazing picture.I like all of ur photograph.Keep it up ok.
(From-Bangladesh)
Anonymous
August 5th, 2008 8:35 pmwowgreat
Asif
August 5th, 2008 8:42 pmfantastic
lili
August 6th, 2008 6:46 amwow… great photos
again please :D
kiran
August 6th, 2008 10:36 pmReally Good……Nice Clarity……Amazing timing…keep it up…
stella
August 9th, 2008 1:32 amamaizing one! family of bugs made my whole body sneezing!!
Anonymous
August 11th, 2008 7:20 amgreat yaar wonderful job
Anonymous
August 13th, 2008 1:50 amfuckin good
anet
August 13th, 2008 3:09 ami am living iran…
i am speck english a level.
tank you for very nice pic….
bye…..
mehdi
August 13th, 2008 4:57 ami am living thran – iran
tank you for pic
good bye
sina
August 13th, 2008 1:34 pmthanks for pictures
have good time
and bye
mozhan
August 13th, 2008 9:41 pmvery nice
Maziar
August 15th, 2008 4:50 amHey thanks for the picture, but it’s not the Fuji it’s DAMAVAND and located in Iran, Tehran.
mohammad nicjoo
August 15th, 2008 8:06 ami’m mohammad from iran
this photo’s is very very biutifull tankyou for you’r
pujitha
August 16th, 2008 3:16 amvah mind blowing. hatsoff to the creater
niloofar
August 16th, 2008 4:13 amhi. i’m niloofar.. the pictures are very nice i love all of them. thank you.
MANI
August 16th, 2008 11:46 amHi,
Really Fantastic photos. I am really happy. Thanks a lot.
Adi
August 18th, 2008 6:44 amStunning.
kiran
August 21st, 2008 11:56 pmreally Awesomeee pixs.Its great on ur part
abhishek
August 22nd, 2008 1:57 amgr8……..
sarat chand
August 25th, 2008 1:25 amvery good collection!!!!
I enjoyed a lot while going through..
Ignatz Horowitz
August 25th, 2008 7:25 amAgain the “experts” crawl out of the woodwork to whine. Of course, Adams never tweaked any of his photo. And all of your images are absolutely perfect.
emma marino
August 28th, 2008 1:44 pmcool……
shahriar Mashouf
August 28th, 2008 6:21 pmYes, you are true this is a one happen in million that a bird stand over the sighn board. But in fact this is not a one true picture . these are 2 true pictures that attached together in one.
Pete
September 1st, 2008 5:43 pmThese images rock!…sends shivers down my spine just gawking at them…truly an inspiration to those who wish to improve and attain a higher quality of photography.
Hamida
September 2nd, 2008 10:02 amVery very good! perfect!!!
sachin
September 5th, 2008 4:25 amit was the beautiful experience when i saw ur website,but i hv question for u that how u collect this amazing photographs?
Akhil
September 5th, 2008 8:15 pmThese pics makes me think that how beautiful our world is.
divya
September 5th, 2008 11:11 pmit was cool to see thank’s for placing in net
lucky
September 6th, 2008 9:49 amits really amazing superb
i haven’t words to express my feelings after seeing this marvelous pictures
rathi
September 8th, 2008 10:17 pmIt tells what a beautiful world v got. its just awsome
sulabh
September 10th, 2008 7:53 pmsimply awsome .who so ever is the creator i wish him/her my deepest regards
RAMON CAMI
September 11th, 2008 3:03 am!!!FANTASTICAS FOTOS!!!
Kj
September 11th, 2008 5:45 pmThe first picture is a photomanipulation by Quizz, have you given her credit in here? I don´t think so…
anjes_100athotmail.com
September 11th, 2008 11:04 pmhi i anjes 24m.the pictures are very nice i love all of them. thank you tk
kumud
September 12th, 2008 4:45 amreally marvellous
the photographer should be given the best photographr of the year
sravan
September 13th, 2008 10:25 pmvery precious photos.they are very nice.my heartly thanks to the photographer and the designer.
yessica y sergio
September 14th, 2008 10:53 amwoow están padrísimas!!!!
JimBO
September 15th, 2008 5:43 amWOW…The leap of faith image is amazin’
Good job!
Waheed
September 15th, 2008 9:32 pmRealy i like this site
Kerrie Brooking
September 17th, 2008 9:41 pmStunning visuals, seen through the eyes of the beholder!
Well done and thanks to a ‘Smashing’ website for sharing these fantastic shots!!
Sandra Martins
September 18th, 2008 8:07 amI love all of them !
I’m a fair photographer myself and I think that these have been taken at great angles and everything !
Absolutely Amazing !
M>ZESHAN
September 19th, 2008 2:34 amBEAUTIFUL CANT BELIEVEABLE
uday
September 19th, 2008 4:39 amreally mind blowing-uday
Tyrsa
September 19th, 2008 7:23 amThese pictures are amazing. I wish I was that good at taking photographs. :)
Lee
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sam
September 19th, 2008 9:37 amreally ..awesome colection so far i saw on net…..appreciating the life……
lokesh
September 19th, 2008 10:09 pmthey r exyremely too good not much better but excellent
jay
September 20th, 2008 8:24 pmperfect
ramya
September 21st, 2008 8:41 amreally i like all images very much
finally i cant say which is good because i like all images
karthik
September 21st, 2008 12:30 pmAMAZING…. no words to say after seeing this
Kanika
September 23rd, 2008 3:27 amSimply Superb :)
saikat
September 23rd, 2008 9:47 pmAll pictures have a fine art . In a one word i wan to say ‘ASSUM’
Cami
September 24th, 2008 8:01 amWOW – WOW & WOW – GREAT pictures / GREAT art
I J Yadav
September 25th, 2008 3:44 amsimple
stunning
areej
September 25th, 2008 5:58 amwonderful
Sparkygirf
September 26th, 2008 6:27 amThese are wonderful and evocative pictures. A good picture can move you, a truly great picture can transport you there…..
vandana
September 26th, 2008 9:54 amreally beautiful………..
Jorge Luis
September 26th, 2008 12:35 pmsimplemente extraordinarias. muchas gracias por compartirlas.
Vivek
September 27th, 2008 5:37 amBeautifull. Nice To aee That All Pictures
inder
September 28th, 2008 9:48 amits osam,words are not enough for this beautiful pics.great
sofia
September 29th, 2008 8:19 ambueno.. me encantan las fotos..
pero me gustaria saber como hacer para instalar en mi pc el photo shop.. lo necesito para un trabajo y no se como hacer..-
Sharad Mody
September 29th, 2008 2:16 pmCollection of photos are lively moments pleasing everyone who is fortunate to have a glance , once in life . A precise production of artisitc pictures!
Zeeshan Rao
September 30th, 2008 2:09 amAmazing…….AmaZiNg………amAZing……..
Hats off………
Praveen
October 1st, 2008 4:32 amIts fabolous
n Thnks for showing this wonderful pictures.