50 Beautiful Winter Wonderland Photos
As winter approaches in the northern hemisphere and the nights draw in, our thoughts turn to the beauty of ice and snow. Winter photography, especially in the colder parts of the world, is a specialized niche. Photographers have to take care of their cameras and guard against frostbite and hypothermia. They often venture into remote wilderness searching for the perfect winter landscape. Their reward is stunning imagery.
As a tribute to these hardy men and women, we bring you 50 beautiful winter wonderland photos. We included both colorful photos (especially the colors of sunrise and sunset bring out the beauty of the winter landscape) and black-and-white photos (they bring out the contrast in tones between snow and the landscape). We’ve linked the photographers’ names to their portfolios or websites, so that you can explore their work. We’ve also listed some informative articles about cold-weather photography at the bottom of the post.
You may also want to take a look at the following related posts:
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- 60 Beautiful Examples Of Night Photography
- 50 Stunning Underwater Photos
- 25 Beautiful Macro Photography Shots
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- 25 Beautiful Macro Photography Shots
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e_anka
November 23rd, 2008 3:59 pmnumber 19 (Av Clara Lidström) and 52 (Unknown) were taken on the same street, from the same point of view, with the same snowflakes falling… I’d bet 52 is original and 19 photoshopped :)
Yo
November 23rd, 2008 4:00 pmSweet 404.
Matthew Heidenreich
November 23rd, 2008 4:01 pmVeryy nice list, think i may have a new background
Orhan
November 23rd, 2008 4:21 pmoh my god i cold :)))
John Smith
November 23rd, 2008 4:31 pmwhat is that white powder everywhere?
leszek
November 23rd, 2008 4:32 pm#1 e_anka is right. 52 by Unknown is just flipped horizontally & changed a little bit. I think it shouldn’t be on the list ;-)
mo
November 23rd, 2008 4:36 pmphotoshopped.
mikemike
November 23rd, 2008 4:38 pmMore web development – usability – page layout – etc.stuff. I click ads.
Jhay
November 23rd, 2008 4:41 pmGreat set!
Mona
November 23rd, 2008 4:52 pmwhat’s wrong with using photoshop? is part of digital photography, get over it, people.
Dash
November 23rd, 2008 4:56 pm4, 6 and 18 aren’t ‘special’ enough in my opinion. All the others make want to ride sleighs, drink hot choco and take long walks through open snowy countrysides :-)
bz00
November 23rd, 2008 5:03 pmi like *joffo 1 ;)
Justin
November 23rd, 2008 5:09 pmCan’t help but laugh at the phallic icicles of #4.
David
November 23rd, 2008 7:25 pmAs always, very nice collection. But don’t you guys think it’s time to find another word other than ‘Beautiful’? No? Just going to keep using that word for every post? Ok, thats cool… way to be.
London Fog
November 23rd, 2008 9:41 pmA few of them are IR photos and not truly ‘winter’ but very nice nonetheless!
Nag
November 23rd, 2008 10:00 pmreally excellent and amazing images. very nice…….
Rakesh.S
November 23rd, 2008 10:19 pmFeeling Chill :-)
Good Collection
jon
November 23rd, 2008 10:50 pmnice post.. i like these photo…………
thanks
http://www.csshook.com
Alex Ion
November 23rd, 2008 10:59 pmWinter is beautiful !
mikesh
November 23rd, 2008 11:33 pmisnt the 1st unknown one a xp default image? ^^
Virender
November 24th, 2008 12:09 amFeeling Chill & nice
Booloo
November 24th, 2008 12:10 amFantastique, un peu de rêve pour commencer la semaine, cool !!!
Mugros
November 24th, 2008 12:18 amThe photo of Eleanor Rigby is an IR shot. The rest not.
anonymous
November 24th, 2008 12:20 amI needed cheering up, so thanks. They are stunning!
Sandra Rugina
November 24th, 2008 12:30 amThank you for showing one of my photos here :) Really beautiful collection.
p!o
November 24th, 2008 12:47 amSesjusz’s one is infrared too. I think is part infrared (trees) and part not (street, field and grass). ;-)
Sandra Rugina
November 24th, 2008 12:55 amMay I correct that the link to anders r. naesset’s photo http://pheelfresh.deviantart.com/art/The-Winter-Storm-75326589 is http://pheelfresh.deviantart.com/
Jacob
November 24th, 2008 12:56 amSesjusz’s one is infrared too.
No it’s not…
Nice collection! Brrr…
Amanda Fazani
November 24th, 2008 1:07 amWow, these are truly stunning images! These are getting me in the mood for Christmas already. I’m spoiled for choice as to which I’d like for my desktop ;)
Matthew Riches
November 24th, 2008 2:05 amAn inspiration to get my DSLR camera out again…
http://www.richescreative.co.uk
rossella sferlazzo
November 24th, 2008 3:23 amVery Nice Photos!! I’ s Christmas Time!!
Iameleone
November 24th, 2008 3:42 amExcellent pics!!! Very nice collection ….smashing rocks…
BeantownDesign.com
November 24th, 2008 3:43 amso cold… nice pics.. breathtaking views in some of them!
v8webdesign.com
November 24th, 2008 3:53 amHey guys… where are the Images !? i have to click on then to see it? my God!… let’s use pictures like it was before.. about the set.. nice ;)
[ http://www.v8webdesign.com ]
Kay in t Veen
November 24th, 2008 4:34 amDamn thats some nice image.. will use some as wallpaper here.
thanks
Webdesign
Alain
November 24th, 2008 4:45 amI have said this before…
Most color pictures just seem to punch you in the face with a contrast festival.
Black and white are much better.
Question: Is contrast becoming a standard to make pictures stand out ?
Jon
November 24th, 2008 5:08 am“Founded in September 2006, Smashing Magazine delivers useful and innovative information for designers and Web developers”
How exactly are photos useful and innovative information for web designers? I appreciate a good photo as much as anyone else, but I have actual photography sites I visit when I want to look at those.
Maybe Smashing should open up SmashingPhotographs.com. Top 50 photos alongside jQuery scripting just doesn’t make sense.
Christian Menniss
November 24th, 2008 5:47 amAmazing photos, an inspiration to dig out the DSLR. Not as many IR photos as I thought there would be.
mathiz
November 24th, 2008 5:54 am@jon
Did you never heard of inspiration or using bits for illustration?
Diversity is key! Keep up the good work!
Aleksandr Bublienko
November 24th, 2008 8:04 amVery beautiful photos!
e_anka
November 24th, 2008 8:07 am#6 leszek – in my opinion 52 by unknown is original, and 19 is flipped and photoshopped. You can see it in the details ( darker, more blurred, less detail, blurred wall on the right side of the photo – where on 52 is some broken branch of the tree or vine, removed horizontal bars from lanterns, removed the girl with umbrella – but still part of umbrella shadow can be seen on the right side of the photo :)
I don’t mind using photoshop to postprocess my photos. I do mind using photoshop to take someone else’s photo, change it and display as my own, without crediting photo’s author.
lookouts
November 24th, 2008 8:21 amYes! It does make country proud, home very so. I like!
Scott
November 24th, 2008 8:25 am19 is def. photoshopped. Drag both images off and open in photoshop and they align perfectly.
Xmas9
November 24th, 2008 8:56 amThanks for sharing! I should change my background for the Christmas coming…Link[http://www.xmas9.com]
MdeG
November 24th, 2008 9:40 amI missed this nice one in the list: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cresk/2131371737
Ben
November 24th, 2008 9:48 amNice pictures but I find them more frustrating than anything else – why are they all such low resolution? Monitors get bigger all the time.
I am in need of beautiful wallpapers at least 3360 x 1080, thus I wont be keeping an eye on any of the artists mentioned here :(
Jonathan V
November 24th, 2008 10:45 amTo those whining that this isn’t webdevelopmentstuff …
” i n s p i r a t i o n ” ;p
And besides , I believe every self respecting web designer should be abled to take decent pictures as any self respecting web designer wouldn’t dare use pictures he didn’t make by himself :p
SiGa
November 24th, 2008 10:49 amJust the right time to post something like this…. ;-)
I love the “Last click” though it seems so unreal!
romanovichk
November 24th, 2008 11:35 amgreat photos, like always! but i only see one person in ski in a photo. around here everyone skis and snowboards, we should see more of those sometime =D
cresk
November 24th, 2008 11:36 amHere’s my version:
Dominic
November 24th, 2008 1:17 pmI love this picture of an Glacier Sunrise. It’s my wallpaper since several months.
WouterV
November 24th, 2008 1:32 pmLolz… #30 is definetly one of the default Windows XP wallpapers. (‘Winter.jpg’ to be exact)
Cody
November 24th, 2008 1:36 pmGreat list, Andrew. I have a feeling you’re not responsible for image #29…which is one of the four ‘sample’ images that comes with the Windows XP operating system. You could always change the credits for that one from ‘Unknown’ to ‘Capt. Gates and the Winter Force’…. :-)
Fritz
November 24th, 2008 2:37 pmYou are losing your niche, don’t try to be something that you’re not.
charmaine robinson
November 24th, 2008 4:11 pmTruly amazing pics, Do you sell callanders!?.
Busby
November 24th, 2008 9:04 pmAmazing Photos!
holodoc
November 25th, 2008 4:21 amWhat ever drugs you take when you go searching for the resources you present here please give me some :D This is hot chilling stuff :D Awesome work guys (and of course girls).
Ignatz Horowitz
November 25th, 2008 9:38 am“what’s wrong with using photoshop? is part of digital photography, get over it, people.”
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Nothing wrong with using Photoshop, Mona…if you’re tweaking an original image. But taking someone else’s image and passing it off as your own is lame. But, I reckon you liked the cartoony “HDR” images also. More lameness.
Rich
November 25th, 2008 11:03 am“The Children” reminded me so much of this album cover!
Rob
November 25th, 2008 12:43 pmI was hoping for an ice-climber!
ahmed
November 25th, 2008 8:30 pmgood
Alireza
November 27th, 2008 1:22 amتصاویر بسیار زیبایی هستند
علیرضا
aydin
November 27th, 2008 2:21 amExcellent pics!!! Very nice collection.smashing rocks.
very good
Duygu
November 27th, 2008 3:17 amWonderful images..so cold.. :)
Dori
November 27th, 2008 11:38 amBEAUTIFUL!!! AMAZING!!!
I live in South America (Brazil) and I have never seen snow.
Desaraev
November 27th, 2008 3:18 pmI love this photography.
Desarae
http://www.dveit.com
mary
November 27th, 2008 7:06 pmLOved the photos. thank you
reza
November 28th, 2008 12:32 amwonderfull !!!
Gholam Hassan Daryaie
November 28th, 2008 1:10 amThank U very much for yor interesting images.
Kaleesh
November 28th, 2008 9:55 pmGreat selection :DD! Some of them are so beautiful i could cry ;}..
mohammad
November 29th, 2008 3:54 amvery good tank .
trance
November 29th, 2008 1:36 pmthis is my God powre:)))
black ice
November 30th, 2008 11:02 amAWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
Rajkumar
December 4th, 2008 1:23 amchala bagundi ….
Wayfaring Wanderer
December 5th, 2008 7:55 amSome of those snow laden tree shots look like infrared photos! Very cool.
WW
http://www.wayfaringwanderer.com
martybus
December 6th, 2008 10:18 amhey,the photos are amazing!! sorry for language,I’m italian…..
ok…..bye!!
hunbish
December 8th, 2008 1:40 pmene yu ve
masoud
December 11th, 2008 8:49 amAmazing! Fantastic.
Mithra
December 31st, 2008 12:56 amAmassing, beautiful and lovely…. i want to be there in all of those pics.
Cant think that nature could be so pure and innocent.
rooben akopian
January 3rd, 2009 11:10 amwoooooooooow
I wish I were there
Danielle
January 27th, 2009 12:20 pmthese pics are great and butiful
(:
Luigi
February 2nd, 2009 4:04 amBreath taking……….
Want to close my eyes for a second and reopen them & be surounded by these paradise nature…….xxx
Deaundrae
February 19th, 2009 11:05 amnice pics XD
Hailee
March 25th, 2009 7:34 amHi hi hi hi
Kinky
June 10th, 2009 3:49 pmOH MY GOSH those are the most MAGNIFICENT photos i have ever seen
sreekanth
August 14th, 2009 6:38 ammaster piece
mahnaz
December 16th, 2009 8:10 amI can,t explain how nice these photos are!they just took me to my past memories
raheleh
December 17th, 2009 4:59 amWow…these are very butiful…..really nice and tanke you very much
rishika
December 31st, 2009 4:21 amthe photos are amazing
Dennis Landry
January 31st, 2010 10:01 amDefinitly some nice works of art here.
Very beautiful pictures. 5 out of 5 for sure
Thank-you
Sharon
February 22nd, 2010 11:18 pmReally awesome pics. Nice artwork. Great work
Christian Deichert
March 12th, 2010 9:09 amThe one by “Eleanor Rigby” isn’t winter — it’s infrared. It just looks like snow because the vegetation is white (reflects infrared light).
parveen raghuvanshi
April 30th, 2010 1:26 amreally i was thinking about this type of pics and when i got i was feeling fresh and relax. Thanks to all of you. for nice pics
Handsdown
July 17th, 2010 11:14 pmGreat!
Priya
July 30th, 2010 12:18 amRealy awesome pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
parya
September 18th, 2010 1:00 pmwhat a fantastic creations ,i love them so.
Irina
November 20th, 2010 1:56 amWonderfull!!!
paria
November 30th, 2010 11:48 amthat’s fantastice,thanks:)
Leslie
December 3rd, 2010 7:43 pmLooking for a beautiful picture for my facebook for each day in December. I went to this site and every shot is beyond beauty.
Joy
December 6th, 2010 7:03 amLove the picture of Crater Lake I was raised near there and miss it.