(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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AMEL
September 19th, 2010 5:17 ammagnifique!
henok debekulu
September 19th, 2010 11:23 pmwords can’t tell. wat is the camera? astonishing!!
Sathish
September 25th, 2010 4:31 amThis is fantastic.. fabulous…….. Extraaaaooorrrrrdinaryyy !!
Every pixxs makes feel like heaven.. !! Its the real feel of soullll !!
Thank You ! for the presenters !!
rajesh
September 28th, 2010 7:19 amunny and beautiful. thank you
rajesh
September 28th, 2010 7:20 amfunny and beautiful. thank you
preethisrini
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naina afshy
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naeem abro
August 8th, 2011 1:20 amnice pic
wesam
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too.my.spcial.friend.because.he.has.a.good.talent
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thanx
Asad Sidhu
October 7th, 2010 5:08 amIts really fantastic pictures.
God Bless U in every success in life.
chiney
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sujata
October 9th, 2010 10:29 amthese are mind blowing. fantastic
mostafa
October 17th, 2010 1:42 amyou have presented nice pictures .please add more .thanks
jseven
October 18th, 2010 11:39 pmWow, I am inspired to get a good camera and heal through the therapy of photography! Awesome!
Victor A O
October 19th, 2010 4:40 amThese are wonderful, amazing, great, funny, and breath-taking pictures.Keep it up guys.
ahsan iqbal
October 19th, 2010 9:23 pmnice pic?
Ramesh Vishwakarma
October 19th, 2010 10:45 pmAwesome… snap shot …
rohan sab
October 22nd, 2010 11:35 amnice pic i like it
rohan sab
October 22nd, 2010 11:37 amnice pic i like it this work
jitendra-nishu
October 24th, 2010 12:31 aman excellent combination of intelligence,timing and perspective understanding.
moreover d camera quality cant b put aside.exactly mindblowing !
Robert Robinson
October 24th, 2010 8:09 pmI loved them all! I am speachless.
naidu j appala
October 26th, 2010 2:53 amexcellent photography
ganapathi behara
October 26th, 2010 3:00 amlearn photography. dont create photoes… just visualise the nature
KAZIM AHMED
October 28th, 2010 9:18 pmhi im kazim ahmed this is so butifull pictures and plz send me more pictures
wasifa
October 30th, 2010 4:31 amsuper:)….specially autumn in red n Preacher’s pulpit shots r the most beautifull…
satish
October 31st, 2010 2:10 amwow photos and nice when i was going through of it.
really memorable photos…………..
naowi
November 2nd, 2010 4:32 amSo sweet “bee the Cat”.Plez send me some sweet Photo in my mail.
FADI KHAN RAJPOUT
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Dave
November 4th, 2010 10:31 amPic 4: The colorless beach with bright balloons. Very sad as you look at it.
gunjan
November 5th, 2010 2:05 amVery bad. It is so yucks.
ruby
November 5th, 2010 2:47 amomg this is so beautiful i just emailed it to myself and saved it in favourites! LOL haha hehe
joe magrath
November 6th, 2010 9:36 am5 star gold champ
Tirtho
November 8th, 2010 11:05 amOssum Snaps……itz relly Cool…….
parya
November 9th, 2010 9:43 amI really thank u .I love these pic.
joanna
November 14th, 2010 10:43 pmthe animal ones r sooo cute!
srinivas
November 15th, 2010 9:58 pmBeautiful…………………
Janosh
November 21st, 2010 6:47 pmI think the seagull photo (21) is a fake image. The shape of the bird is 100% identical with the image on the sign. No way this is true!
caoxuanchieu
November 26th, 2010 7:01 pmBeautiful…Pictures…very good works
shibi
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Junaid
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parasuram
December 5th, 2010 9:31 pmwonderful images, marvels, keep it up.
thank for the images
Robert
December 10th, 2010 1:37 amReallySmashing, very clever too.;;
Avinash Patil
December 13th, 2010 11:06 pmIt’s really….
…………. Best.
manoj
December 21st, 2010 5:10 amthe photos are just incredible…hattsoff to all of the photographers…..Manoj
vijayasing
December 21st, 2010 8:35 amvery very beautiful….amazing …pics ……
kiran
December 23rd, 2010 11:29 amAstonishing…lovely
Muhammad Ovais
December 25th, 2010 5:37 amverry veryy nice collection. its awesome :-*
ASHES SITOULA
December 26th, 2010 12:57 pmBEAUTIFUL. THANKS
larry
December 26th, 2010 8:35 pmIts so damn great..love it..thanks
shivaraj
December 29th, 2010 4:26 amvery very beautiful pictures, Thank you.
achraf
January 4th, 2011 11:14 amThis is ART…Bravo
Zahra Raha
January 6th, 2011 2:43 pmAll r showing us just one side of the creatures …… i think i will die if i can see all the beauty of the world!!!
mike
January 15th, 2011 10:24 amWow!! Those pics are sic! Thnx
Nazeera
January 21st, 2011 12:31 pmMind blowing indeed !!!!
masoud
January 24th, 2011 1:39 pmso good, so good!
kartik jayee
January 28th, 2011 8:01 amThe pictures were amazing and excellent.
king
February 5th, 2011 7:23 amreally very nice pics
sanjay
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chandni
February 14th, 2011 1:03 amvery very nice pic
Sarah
February 15th, 2011 8:43 amAbsolutely, positvely gorgeous photos!! I love them!
Angela Gobardhan
February 16th, 2011 4:30 amThe pictures are very lovely
sree
February 18th, 2011 2:01 amAll these pictures hae wow factor………….
simply great
XaveeX
February 19th, 2011 8:54 pmHeart touching PICS.thnx n hope for more to all photographers….
Muhammad Daniyal
February 19th, 2011 10:22 pmWow very nice pictures
vishal
February 24th, 2011 5:59 amits like creating a paintin like monalisa…………………………………………………….
enas
February 27th, 2011 2:17 amits a very nice and beautiful pictures i like it v. much .
ramish
February 28th, 2011 5:25 amviry vory nice nice of love me nice
Neha
March 2nd, 2011 10:41 pmCommendable work!!!
ERMIYAS WEGU
March 8th, 2011 9:59 pmWOW! ITS REALLY NICE I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH COMPOSITION OF TECHNO & ART.TNKS
Lonelycharme
March 9th, 2011 1:17 pmSo beautiful!!!
Vicky
August 12th, 2011 2:49 pmPretty cool. You are nice too.
gs varma
March 15th, 2011 11:49 pmreally beautiful,photos are just incredible & thnks to Vitaly Friedman
mohiyudheen
March 17th, 2011 5:42 amfentastic pics
chandrageetha
March 21st, 2011 9:38 amnice, wonderful, thoughtful,interesting. how to add our photos to it?
nora carsen
March 23rd, 2011 6:31 pmSuch an amazing pictures and unique…
romi 03146110610
March 24th, 2011 9:47 pmawesome
anil
April 6th, 2011 2:29 amphotos are marvelous thank to who collected this album
anil
April 6th, 2011 2:57 amespecially a girl portrait was so……………….. nice
Mart'
April 8th, 2011 4:55 amsheer beauty and truly stunning.
siri
April 8th, 2011 7:03 amit was really awesome
chawan
April 11th, 2011 11:01 amkeep smile and be happy (*) ***><**_+|
ebru
April 12th, 2011 6:43 amHELLO.Really is so beautiful.
rohit
April 14th, 2011 9:19 amvery good man …. so glad to see your taken pic actullyu good pic ….can i know which camera u have taken a pic .pls tell us……….
Mahima Dhaka
April 18th, 2011 4:41 amall d pics r simply awesum yrr……..gr8 job…..:)
sam
April 18th, 2011 6:14 amit is good
jahan khatoon mohamed
April 22nd, 2011 3:21 pmthank you all!,they are all perfect!!!
aaron john
April 23rd, 2011 6:05 amya wonderfull images just wonderfull and will remain wonderfull
Alex
April 24th, 2011 8:15 amWonderful images, great lightning and exposures, I can see a lot of art touches as an iphoneogaphics I have used similar effects mainly the most used ones (http://www.iphoneproguide.com/top-5-best-iphone-apps-for-photography/ ) as well as other applications such as dynamic light, and photoshake. thanks keep up the good art going
Rahul
April 24th, 2011 10:09 pmloved the pics. my favorite is the first one. The scenary and the overcast weather with sunrays emerging gently from the clouds, is very captivating and makes me want to be there. The use of light in the picture, specially on the girl, also brings a new dimension to it. Bravo !!!
Ella1983
April 26th, 2011 6:40 pmAmazing.
I myself is a frustrated photographer and those images really inspires me to be on top of my graphic design course.
Thanks smashingmagazine you’re the best.
Moosa, P.V
April 27th, 2011 5:41 amvery nice pictures, waiting more.
namrata
May 3rd, 2011 5:20 amReally incredible!!
vikram
May 4th, 2011 6:08 amit’s really amazing and awesome…………………….. i never seen like this photes never before.
kirthi nahush
May 5th, 2011 3:20 pmquite interesting….. even pics can bring some emotion. some heartbeat as crazy for love :)
Ali Moosa Baltistani
May 6th, 2011 10:59 amvery beautiful pics all these pictures tell us that life is not limited by some places and people life is very long if u feels it then u will realize its significance
Bala JI
May 12th, 2011 10:23 pmdose are damn cute and really stunning! thanx fa d wonderful post :)
amir
May 13th, 2011 6:37 pmAh,that was awesome pictures i love it but if there was more like environment scenarios than it would taste better hm.
Hassnain
May 15th, 2011 3:45 amrealy amazing all picture…i like it good collection…
Alex
May 18th, 2011 11:03 pmCCCCCCCOOLLLLLLL
farheen
May 19th, 2011 4:46 amnice pics
Vishal Bhavsar
May 24th, 2011 1:10 amReally a Very good……..
sunanda haldar
May 26th, 2011 9:44 amdont know wht 2 say. frnkly spkng, fall in LOVE wth ur view of look towrds the wrld. theBIRD nd WATER, CRYSTAL CLARITY ws superbbb.