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(Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos
April 28th, 2008 in Monday Inspiration | 530 Comments
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
1. Water and a Girl
Beautiful composition, excellent scenery, amazing play of colors.
2. 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.”
3. Sky
The sky is reflected in a drop of water. Beautiful scenery.
4. Returning to the same ocean
Beautiful sand textures, beautiful composition and somehow a very sad story hidden behind the image.
5. Tree
A colorful tree from a different perspective.
6. Gizmo
How adorable is that?
7. 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.”
8. Yaw? Weeeee
You probably shouldn’t try this in your local trains. Such pictures are unforgettable.
9. Leap of Faith
What does being one step away from falling into the abyss feel like? The photo is taken by Paul Perton.
10. Astronaut Self-shot Over Earth
Could this be the best self-shot ever? It’s truly out of this world.
11. Autumn in red
Pure beauty. No words are necessary.
12. 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 ]](http://88.198.60.17/images/pictures-photos/photos-12.jpg)
13. Sea in the sea
Incredible scenery. Apparently, the shot was made on the boat in the middle of the sea.
14. 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.
15. 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.”
16. Passing the Golden Gate Bridge
17. Glow
Smoke from a leaf pile.
18. Swimming pool
Taking a look at the swimming pool. From a quite different perspective.
19. Reflect
A reflection from the louvre’s pyramid.
20. Time To Go Home…
“Tthe way the birds are lined up makes the composition extraordinary fantastic.”
21. Seagull on a sign
This seagull seems to have its own personal understanding of human’s rules.
22. Marshmellow girl
A beautiful composition.
23. Refashioned Dahlia
Photo taken at Duncan Garden in Spokane, WA.
24. Bird and Meat
25. Water drop
A photo taken at the exact right time. Available as a desktop wallpaper in various resolutions.
26. Mt. Fuji
27. Two ways at looking at a fish
28. Blessed fog
A shot of Grande Madre di Dio in Torino, Italy.
29. Family of bugs
30. 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.”
31. Fire Shot
Location: Changa Beach, Coquimbo.
32. A conversation
Fox, bird and snow. This picture is titled “Good afternoon, my name is chikiricuatro”.
33. Shanghai - Acrobatic
Picture taken during an acrobatic show in a Shanghainese theatre.
34. Northern lights as seen from space
35. Red October Rise
Sunrise over Bogie Lake, Michigan.
36. Crystal clarity
37. 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′.”
38. Bird and Water
39. Photograph Taken at the Exact Right Time
40. All alone.
This shot is taken on a Norway’s cliff Prekestolen (also known as Preacher’s Pulpit).
42. Above the clouds
The shot taken during the flight from Vienna to Frankfurt, approaching Frankfurt.
43. The Waves
45. Cockfight
Taken by Jan Sochor.
46. Polar lights
Öxarárfoss in Iceland - Aurora Borealis taken by Arnar Valdimarsson.
47. Concentration
48. Cat and deer
49. Here floats a bubble in the air…
50. A girl portrait
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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Rames (April 28th, 2008, 1:53 am)
Omg! stunning photos indeed!
Simon (April 28th, 2008, 1:58 am)
Fantastic Article!! “smashing”;)
I like the Train-Picture most! Great Idea.
Ajinkya Patil (April 28th, 2008, 2:01 am)
Nice…….. truly inspiring….. :-)
topf (April 28th, 2008, 2:02 am)
damn good moments!
arnaud (April 28th, 2008, 2:04 am)
Beautiful.
ertug (April 28th, 2008, 2:05 am)
breathtaking!
Simon (April 28th, 2008, 2:06 am)
Stunning!
Jonh (April 28th, 2008, 2:06 am)
absolutely stunning pictures
John (April 28th, 2008, 2:07 am)
absolutely stunning photos, thankyou for sharing :)
bee (April 28th, 2008, 2:10 am)
Really great photos, thanks a lot for showing.
I can’t say which one I like the most. The golf ball is fantastic. Autumn in red also. And the bug family! Well, I like them all :)
Moritz (April 28th, 2008, 2:54 am)
Really incredible Photos!
Laura (April 28th, 2008, 3:02 am)
What’s happened to Smashing Magazine? Usually your posts are informative and well-written, the commentary provided on this post is banal. Most of it should just be alt text as it’s a just say-what-you-see. Bring back the posts with purpose!
FuNKeR (April 28th, 2008, 3:08 am)
I really love “Yaw? Weeeee”, “Family of bugs” and “Sea gull on a sign” :D They are great.
The rest of the collection is also brilliant, but these are my favorites.
Jonny Haynes (April 28th, 2008, 3:22 am)
Some of these have got to be the best photographs, I have ever seen. Ever!
gr8pixel (April 28th, 2008, 3:42 am)
simply amazing! :)
Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz (April 28th, 2008, 3:46 am)
@Laura: thank you for your comment. We are not sure that these photographs need to be described any further. However, we’ll keep your remark in mind for the future posts.
RP (April 28th, 2008, 4:05 am)
Some very cool photos. The seagull on a sign isn’t real though.
Zarathustra (April 28th, 2008, 4:20 am)
Smashing is well out of its area of expertise here. Amongst other poor images are pictures of cats and dogs FGS. Get back on track hey? Or get some real photo experts on the team. Leave this sort of thing for the Flickr groups who know what they are talking about.
TechMalaya (April 28th, 2008, 4:39 am)
Stunning indeed. Bird on bird sign is one in a million.
Swapnil Sarwe (April 28th, 2008, 4:41 am)
Hii, Is the article posted by the individual in Mumbai. Its clear from the comment on the picture og guy peeping out of the train. Well thats the MUMBAI ki PEHCHAAN. really nice pics. Surely deserves bookmarking since its del.icio.us. kudos to poster from Aamchi Mumbai.
Anita (April 28th, 2008, 4:41 am)
Sigh. Greaaaat collection!
Lulz Killer (April 28th, 2008, 4:50 am)
Some excellent, some total shoops…. CHARGIN MA LAZUR!
Daniel Edmundson (April 28th, 2008, 5:06 am)
Sebastião Salgado
Link [graememitchell.com]Link [graememitchell.com] (google his name)
I have to agree that smashing is somehow out of expertise with this post…. but there are some nice pictures also.
Chao,
Natrium (April 28th, 2008, 5:14 am)
[quote]This shot is taken on a Norway’s cliff Prekestolen (also known as Preacher’s Pulpit).[/quote]
that is not Prekestolen. But the concept is the same.
YUI (April 28th, 2008, 5:19 am)
really stunning!
Jeff (April 28th, 2008, 5:19 am)
I completely agree.
K.K.Shankar (April 28th, 2008, 5:28 am)
Cool and Amazing Photos…..
Great collection with some repeated pictures.
Good. Kepp it up!.
Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz (April 28th, 2008, 5:32 am)
@all commenters: please notice: this post wasn’t supposed to showcase the best works of professional photographers - that is a different area we’ll maybe cover in the future. The intention of this post was different - to showcase some interesting and unusual pictures taken in real life.
rahnefan (April 28th, 2008, 6:03 am)
Very, very nice.
mayur (April 28th, 2008, 6:18 am)
gr8 work man ……… awesome pic’s
Ardi (April 28th, 2008, 6:47 am)
OMG….say no more….
Paul (April 28th, 2008, 7:07 am)
I’m not really sure about this post, some of the images are great but it’s really let down by the animal portraits (I mean how many more cute dog shots does the world need?) and a few poor quality shots - the cloud formation on the Mount Fuji shot is amazing, but is it really a good photograph?
For me photography is all about the light, some shots here demonstrate that perfectly (autumn in red, a girl portrait), but some others just look flat. No offence intended, just my opinion
Rob (April 28th, 2008, 7:13 am)
There’re some nice photos there.. and of course, there’s nothing wrong with some nice photos.. But.. Personally I just expect more from this site - commentary, explanation - to learn or find out about something new - or have a trend or development pointed out where it wasn’t immediately obvious. I could have done without the kittens and puppies myself.. Which just goes to show that a list of photos assembled because they’re, well, nice, is pretty subjective - while a list of images showcasing some technique or trend has an undeniable value as something to learn from or be inspired by.
My two cents.
leszek pietrzak (April 28th, 2008, 7:17 am)
I knew the 11th picture before and indeed it is very beautiful. As of course are the other pictures.
Greg Holkan (April 28th, 2008, 7:31 am)
I’m pretty sure that picture of the seagull was photoshopped. The outline of the seagull on the sign matches the silhouette on the sign perfectly, and the texture of the paint in the silhouette doesn’t match the texture of the paint outside the silhouette.
But boy, wouldn’t it be funny if it were real?
Sophie (April 28th, 2008, 7:44 am)
Some nice photos here, but the seagull on the sign is a Photoshop job. Check out the silhouette of the gull and then the one on the sign beneath it.
poiza (April 28th, 2008, 8:24 am)
Incredibly tasteless and overloaded with post-edit color tweaking, making it completely lifeless. You guyz like cheap poretretists on the street or Andy Warhol? Please decide.
Stunning - waves, heights, cats and dogs? Those things appearing in your blog mark you as “first time in the internet” guy. Smashing? First time I see such a useless thread on this high-rated blog.
monchester (April 28th, 2008, 8:48 am)
Just see number 40 photo make me dizzy, the other pictures instead feelings of beauty, peace, understanding, excellent list
Ryan (April 28th, 2008, 8:56 am)
The title says it all. Thanks for sharing. I’ve linked to my blog.
radziu (April 28th, 2008, 9:11 am)
wow! i added this to my site too
4four1ones (April 28th, 2008, 9:18 am)
unreal. people are so damn creative. i love it. thanks for sharing this. ill link it up on my blog
beto (April 28th, 2008, 9:24 am)
I really liked the tree from the picture 5 and the leap of faith of picture 9.
Well, actually I liked them all xD
Cherish (April 28th, 2008, 9:29 am)
great post. these photoes really wake me up some fantastic mind for my website disign!!
Inspirations , always come from the “different perspective” u think from.
as Swimming pool and Yaw! weeeeeee !! =)
Anne (April 28th, 2008, 9:57 am)
quite boring, visual yes, but boring.
sorry.
Jeff (April 28th, 2008, 10:12 am)
Seriously… this post reminds me of those crappy emails that go around. Bird on a sign is obviously fake. The other photos aren’t that great. And theres no intelligent discussion as to why you guys think these are great. This is evidently a filler post. I await the next “real” post!
Richard Kendall (April 28th, 2008, 10:36 am)
Impressive collection of images. I have the Northern Lights seen from space as my desktop, i may have a few other options now.
It doesn’t matter if they are all real or who took them, if you appreciate interesting images, good photography and creative digital enhancement, then it’s a great compilation.
Catrine (April 28th, 2008, 10:39 am)
Those who criticize: you obviously don’t read the comments or have REALLY no idea about photography. Most of these pictures are indeed stunning, alhough it’s of course always quite subjective. Could you provide some links to pictures which you think are stunning! I’d like to see them!
Mario (April 28th, 2008, 10:50 am)
wow was für geile Fotos … Ich liebe diese Art fantastischer Fotographien!
need more!
Rob (April 28th, 2008, 10:58 am)
Sure, I could - and then you’d see my own personal taste in photos.. Which may or may not do nothing for you. That’s really the point. There’s not a lot here but some photos someone likes - there’s nothing wrong with them - some are great… But what’s the point? These might inspire some people, but certainly not everyone. On the other hand, a post about techniques used to make certain types of photos would be useful independent of what you think of the end product - since you can learn from that, experiment with it, get something other than an idea of someone else’s taste.
Even a post about something more specific than photos in general would be useful - photos taken at night, or portraits, or something - something to make a list like this a little more meaningful.
alex s (April 28th, 2008, 11:04 am)
these guys rock.keep it up buddies.
Paulo (April 28th, 2008, 11:08 am)
Great selection, great photographs ;)
Very well
BillyWarhol (April 28th, 2008, 11:42 am)
Some amazing photos for sure but a lot of them look downright Phony - i’d be curious to know how many came outta the Camera like that without being Pshopped to the nth Degree*
;)) Peace*
Mostafa (April 28th, 2008, 11:56 am)
thank god and thanks to photographers for their wonderful and beautiful ARTS!
Franoukwel (April 28th, 2008, 1:55 pm)
The cat’s eyes in #27 have also been photoshopped … :-/
Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz (April 28th, 2008, 2:07 pm)
@Fraoukwel: no, the eyes haven’t been Photoshopped. Please take a look at the source.
rob (April 28th, 2008, 2:14 pm)
Love the photos, most of them amazingly creative.
I love the idea of the pool photo as if she was sitting against a very calm waterfall, I wanted to do a very quick manipulation on it, so she looked less stressed holding herself up.
Link [img181.imageshack.us]
Paolo Freschi (April 28th, 2008, 2:27 pm)
E’ bellissimo. Grazie.
Paolo
lutty (April 28th, 2008, 2:35 pm)
there are really amazing pictures here…
for photoshop and post production haters: every picture is (post) produced… every single picture is worked on from the setting, to the composition, to the exposure, to the film development, to the printing, to retouching; even before photoshop, it was always like that.
photoshop is just a digital tool that does basically the same thing people used to do (and still do, actually) with film and paper prints, just faster and less complicated (or is it?).
so just stop saying “that color is fake”, or “this is not professional stuff”, or “there’s nothing to learn with that”.. you’re wrong and you’re being mean, rude and hypocrite. there’s always something to learn, even if the picture was post produced (which only means it was still worked on after the exposure, and they ALL are), even if it doesn’t look great, even if the technique wasn’t the best…
just stop complaining and start contemplating people’s work. please!
well (April 28th, 2008, 4:46 pm)
This garbage is exactly why I stopped going to digg.
Skull0Inc (April 28th, 2008, 4:51 pm)
Gobsmackingly……briliant!
jenna x (April 28th, 2008, 6:59 pm)
the seagull one is fake, you can tell. like, really it is
rumblerumble (April 28th, 2008, 7:50 pm)
Sorry, but some of those are done by professional photographers. Sea in the Sea and Swimming Pool are pieces I’ve seen on the artists’ websites. You really should credit them.
rumblerumble (April 28th, 2008, 8:11 pm)
I can’t recall the name of the artist responsible for #18, but photo you call “Sea in a Sea” (#13) is from Julianne Swartz’ Placement series.
Link [www.julianneswartz.com]
Link [www.mixedgreens.com]
So much for “real life” snapshots.
susan (April 28th, 2008, 8:38 pm)
some of these photos are Link [www.photoshopphotos.net]
Brent (April 28th, 2008, 9:08 pm)
I agree that some of the shots are truly amazing and beautiful, but the ones that are obviously put together in photoshop to me aren’t as impressive (and they are pretty easy to pick out)
You could easily hone this down to 20 photos that are truly stunning
brent
@
Link [www.mimoymima.com]
Pelardo (April 28th, 2008, 11:13 pm)
these shot’s are wicked!!!!
Abhisek (April 28th, 2008, 11:26 pm)
Very nice. Some of the best i have ever seen. Thanks for sharing with us
arjun (April 28th, 2008, 11:37 pm)
unremarkable pics………….!!!!!!!!!!!
Kaelig (April 28th, 2008, 11:44 pm)
If I may, here is an uncle of mine’s work : Link [www.eos-numerique.com]
I thought this post might be a right place to post it :)
Zarathustra (April 29th, 2008, 12:14 am)
Sorry to post again, but I have to elaborate. The editors should note that this post is the first time I have been sorely disappointed in Smashing for over a year. Sometimes articles don’r appeal “to me”, but they are still quality articles. This is just way off-topic, poorly researched, commented and presented. Only if you packaged these into an email, put my aunties address on it and mailed it to me could I be more let down. Very, very poor. In fact a waste of my time, which is worse.
Zarathustra (April 29th, 2008, 12:15 am)
Sorry to post again, but I have to elaborate. The editors should note that this post is the first time I have been sorely disappointed in Smashing for over a year. Sometimes articles don’t appeal “to me”, but they are still quality articles. This is just way off-topic, poorly researched, commented and presented. Only if you packaged these into an email, put my aunties address on it and mailed it to me could I be more let down. Very, very poor. In fact a waste of my time, which is worse.
kuldeep (April 29th, 2008, 12:31 am)
Browse through my Flickr favs …you’ll get better photos than this…
my id: “cooldeep…”
OohShiny (April 29th, 2008, 12:38 am)
I liked most of the photos, but the comment “Mt Fuji […] The photo is taken in Japan” was painfully inane.
coltrane (April 29th, 2008, 1:24 am)
These shots are ones that a programmer would have been impressed with a couple of years ago! I love smashing mag but I have to say two turkeys in a row! Get the design glasses back on…
Senfli (April 29th, 2008, 1:47 am)
I think the photos are pretty. But I miss a lot artistic ideas in the expression, originality and statement.
Arun (April 29th, 2008, 2:58 am)
Truly stunning pictures with great clarity and given importance to every single detail of the picture.
Nischal Shetty (April 29th, 2008, 3:08 am)
Amazzzzing pics…. Just one word to describe them… WOW!!!
Zarathustra (April 29th, 2008, 3:51 am)
Seriously…who have you gone and attracted?! if this lot keep commenting I’m off. Wow! that.
ozi (April 29th, 2008, 3:56 am)
the best pictures, gratulation
Desmond Haynes, Jr. (April 29th, 2008, 4:05 am)
Loved all of them (except maybe, #43).
A WOW collection!!!
jbcarey (April 29th, 2008, 4:12 am)
I’ve seen a couple of nice shot’s in my time, but these are amazing… no scrap that, they are SMASHING!
Arun Senthil R (April 29th, 2008, 4:12 am)
Wow..!!! just I can only say this..!!!
I was just started to think about the technical specifications like apperture, camera and etc..!!! If it is provided then we could also learnt something wile enjoying..!!!
Arun Senthil R (April 29th, 2008, 4:15 am)
it was amazing..!!! also they could have provided the technical informations like fstop, camera, etc..!!!
Hanna (April 29th, 2008, 5:31 am)
That was absolute amazing !
Cant belive people took those pictures !
Arnar V (April 29th, 2008, 5:35 am)
Could you please link my photo to my flickr account ? (46. Polar lights)
On flickr its under /photos/arnar
Thank you
Arnar Valdimarsson
Yvonne (April 29th, 2008, 5:40 am)
beautiful, I was mesmerized.
mark david smith (April 29th, 2008, 5:54 am)
beautiful and amazing
kati (April 29th, 2008, 6:02 am)
Wow. this just made my day a little better :) thanks!
tuannmdo (April 29th, 2008, 6:23 am)
so love photos #14
Sutjeska 1927 Niksic (April 29th, 2008, 6:56 am)
The last picture a girl portrait is the best.
Braintrove.com (April 29th, 2008, 7:17 am)
Absolutely great shots!
helen (April 29th, 2008, 7:32 am)
incredibly beautiful… i love Autumn in the Red best.
Rafa (April 29th, 2008, 8:17 am)
Geniales. Maravillosas. Preciosas.
Nitecuento (April 29th, 2008, 8:23 am)
¡Son la hostia de buenas! ¡Felicidades!
Raghu (April 29th, 2008, 8:59 am)
One of the best Photo’s i’ve ever seen. Wonderful & really amazing. Need to appreciate the one who has taken the snaps. Two Ways at looking at a fish is my Favourite & looks absolutely funny.
RedesignYourBiz.com (April 29th, 2008, 10:18 am)
“Photograph Taken at the Exact Right Time” is the best pic!!!!!
what say guys?????
Cata (April 29th, 2008, 11:44 am)
Photoshoped big time.
I hate these persons
Untitled (April 29th, 2008, 11:47 am)
I totally agree with some of the previous user comments. The only image worthwhile viewing is the fourth image. This post was just a filler, especially with those animal images.
I still love smashing magazine though so please bring back good quality content.
jeff (April 29th, 2008, 12:02 pm)
awesome pictures,really enjoyed m.
Sylvia (April 29th, 2008, 12:56 pm)
I really think the photo of the cockfight should not have been posted. There is nothing stunning about it. It’s a shame people still hold cockfights, and the only reason to post such a photo would be to draw people’s attention to this, to make them realize this really is bad. But instead, you post this photo between some really great (and some less interesting, but that’s my opinion…) photos without a word about the cruelty behind it.
my 2 cents, I still really like smashing magazine :-)
Andy (April 29th, 2008, 3:45 pm)
how are these sad?
tomb (April 29th, 2008, 3:53 pm)
Not too bad, but I also could have gone without seeing the cockfight photo. just the mere posting if it in any context to me is glorifying a despicable act.
Anne (April 29th, 2008, 5:18 pm)
Amazing! Stuning! Great!…
Angela (April 29th, 2008, 5:52 pm)
Wow
these are breath taking
i have to wonder though, are they all real? like seriously?
because i didn’t think the world could be that beautiful…
Haris (April 29th, 2008, 6:37 pm)
Absolutely Amazing!
#3, #29 and #30 are fantastic work.
bhavin (April 29th, 2008, 7:11 pm)
It is awesome
mahi (April 29th, 2008, 7:29 pm)
awesome pictures…. pure beauty.
Matt Mikulla (April 29th, 2008, 8:07 pm)
As a photographer, I love posts like this. From a design vs. bandwidth standpoint I am encourage that you included so many images in your post. I tend to stay away from including more than 5 images that size. I’m probably living in a time years ago before high speed internet was around.
I might start listing my Link [artrogue.com]` with the full size images in line. I’m just thinking.
Great photography and very inspiring. The world is an amazing place and it’s the photographer’s job to interpret and express it.
Matt Mikulla (April 29th, 2008, 8:13 pm)
@Sylvia
The image of the cockfight I think is a truly amazing image. The subject matter may be morally reprehensible, but sometimes photographers and photo editors must side on presenting truth and reality. Think of the images that real combat / war photographers present to us. Think of the images burned into our minds from the holocaust. Evocative, powerful, and instructive.
Anthony (April 29th, 2008, 8:15 pm)
All alone.
This shot is taken on a Norway’s cliff Prekestolen (also known as Preacher’s Pulpit).
this will make you piss in your pants.
PRIYA (April 29th, 2008, 8:59 pm)
really superb!!!
bharath (April 29th, 2008, 9:16 pm)
fanfuckintastic
Scott (April 29th, 2008, 9:32 pm)
Those of you that think you are all high and mighty and come here and slam this post with your demeaning comments and think you know all there is to know about photography need to get off your computers and go back to school and take a pre-photography 101 class. You need to go find out what real photography is all about. It’s not about perfect this or perfect that or something being completely free of post camera tricks. It’s what’s in the photographers eye and it’s what the photographers brain interprets as that image in the eye as it should be on paper and if that image on paper is a quality representation of what the photographer was attempting to convey then who are you to tell us or the photographer that these images on this post are worthless dribble? Start all over with your photography education my friends and dump those expensive fancy overpriced digital cameras that you think make you great photographers. Go build your own little darkroom and spend about five years making images with a homemade shoe box pin hole camera. Then bring your results here and let US critique them. Until then learn to be nice and offer positive criticism. I for one find many of these images quite stunning and I have been studying photography and taking pictures for forty years. I have many awards for pictures much less stunning an impressive than most of these. Kudos to you smashing for rising above those that choose to be close minded and view the world with blinders on.
videobloger (April 29th, 2008, 9:44 pm)
very beautiful pictures.
Prashanti (April 29th, 2008, 10:34 pm)
Mind Blowing ………………………………………………………….!
Divya K (April 29th, 2008, 11:12 pm)
hmmm. it has a mesmeric charm.. i was spell bound.
nasir (April 30th, 2008, 12:28 am)
cannot single out the best. they are all exquisite!!!
hassan (April 30th, 2008, 12:29 am)
awesome pics… ive been to the show in shanghai… and i must agree it was a really great show…
kyle bracewell (April 30th, 2008, 12:54 am)
Is it just me, or is “Seagull on a Sign” a fake? The bird on the sign and the bird on top of the sign have the EXACT SAME OUTLINE. That’d be just shy of impossible, if not completely impossible.
karthiga (April 30th, 2008, 1:27 am)
simply Superb..
boogy (April 30th, 2008, 1:39 am)
some r really nice; some r scary: hope, photobirds on photowaves :)
I like “Cat and deer” the most :)
Roger (April 30th, 2008, 1:40 am)
HOW PHOTOSHOP CAN BE BEAUTIFULL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
saravanakumar.R (April 30th, 2008, 2:47 am)
Simply Marvlous
Lola (April 30th, 2008, 7:16 am)
What do you lamers always say “photoshop”?? You’re idiots.
Someone (April 30th, 2008, 9:12 am)
Amazing photos. The caption of photo number 3 is inaccurate. The sky is not “reflected,” simply, the drop acts as a simple lens, inverting the image. Great work thought!
federico (April 30th, 2008, 12:41 pm)
no puedo dejar de admirarme con estas fotografías, esto es arte puro… gracias!
charlie (April 30th, 2008, 2:08 pm)
im pretty sure the bird one is fake. the outlines are identical.
still rad though.
noone (April 30th, 2008, 3:20 pm)
You’re right, the one with the seagull is a photoshop. Why would there be a no seagulls sign? Do they really expect them to obey? Unless it means, ‘don’t feed the seagulls’. In any case, it’s fake, because the silohuette is exactly the same.
This picture is as old as the internet.
Autumn (April 30th, 2008, 11:01 pm)
Oh my gosh, the bubble one was so pretty, … I also really liked the water droplet and the glitter.
Vitthal (April 30th, 2008, 11:21 pm)
Fantastic…
have a look here too and rate the web design :-
Link [www.thinkadesign.com]
Grant (May 1st, 2008, 2:32 pm)
The best advert for eyes I’ve seen recently.
Keenan (May 1st, 2008, 5:22 pm)
Oh my god! Amazing photographs.
gustavo (May 1st, 2008, 6:25 pm)
Excelentes excelentes
epsy clara (May 1st, 2008, 8:34 pm)
superbbb… no words to express…each n every shot is taken with mind blowing perception… great themes… hats off……..
jovianjokerjoe (May 1st, 2008, 10:20 pm)
these photographs are awesome, but the short description/comment on them is irritating. before i can see the photograph, i’m confronted by someone else’s opinion on it. it doesnt allow me to appreciate the photo or form my own opinion on it. instead of putting it before the photograph, you could put it afterwards with a couple of linebreaks in between, or better still, put it as an alternate text so that a mouseover brings it up.
i hope you’ll keep this in mind in future posts.
sherin (May 2nd, 2008, 1:24 am)
Really Awesome .!!!
Great Work….
shridhar (May 2nd, 2008, 3:22 am)
Great!! Simply Great Photographs!
marcia (May 2nd, 2008, 6:00 am)
I’m with you, no further comment necessary. They are SO striking!
Dejan (May 2nd, 2008, 11:38 am)
Very nice photos!
Veoma lepe slike!
Red Cedar (May 2nd, 2008, 12:36 pm)
Whether these were done by “artsists” or “amateurs” where are the photocredits? Have you asked permission from the photographers to make money from their work in this way? This type of image rip-off has become all too common - I am curious how you justify it?
Quicky (May 2nd, 2008, 6:04 pm)
I agree with the previous post by Red Cedar. How do you justify displaying people’s without asking permission from the photographers?
Jasper (May 3rd, 2008, 2:30 am)
Although I love most of the pictures displayed, I don’t like them all. Not all of them are as good as I expect them to be at Smashing Magazines. “Cat and deer”, “Leap of Faith” and “Photograph Taken at the Exact Right Time” are funny, and I would be very proud if they were my vacation pictures, but great timing doesn’t make a picture great. And we’ve seen the water drops falling a thousand times before. Furthermore, I agree with Red Cedar and jovianjokerjoe. This is not a bad post, its a bad Smashing Magazine post. It’s not as good as others at Smashing Magazine, and that’s a shame. I hope next posts will be as good as the ones before this one.
Kaustubh Joshi (May 3rd, 2008, 4:16 am)
‘Nature’ the loving living God!!! Thought provoking for sure.Human element just tries to improve upon the natural SILENCE.Thank you guys.
olee (May 3rd, 2008, 4:51 am)
awesome……………….
webpixelkonsum (May 3rd, 2008, 7:33 am)
fantastic
Angie (May 3rd, 2008, 2:54 pm)
The one of the cock fight makes me sick. What’s so great about an image depicting something so senseless and wrong (and illegal)?
Kevin (May 3rd, 2008, 6:02 pm)
Stuning and Great!!
Marie-Paule (May 3rd, 2008, 11:43 pm)
fantastic pictures of moments that can happen only ones in a life time.. the right time at the right moment…. congratulations
adineh (May 4th, 2008, 12:01 am)
morvelous….beautiful colors,unique angles!
Jasper (May 4th, 2008, 12:47 am)
This is at Scott, who seems to dislike critics from non-photo-veterans. Scott, our (speaking for those who feel just as attacked by you as I do) lack of experience with photography, doesn’t make us incapable of judging an image. Although we probably won’t be able to explain why we feel about a picture as we do, as you could, we still feel something when we look at it. And that is, I think, the essence of a good photo. Let me explain.
I don’t believe photography is about “what’s in the photographers eye and what the photographers brain interprets as that image in the eye as it should be on paper and if that image on paper is a quality representation of what the photographer was attempting to convey then who are we and so on“. Because art (photography is art, I’m sure you agree) is about feelings. Art creates feelings, feelings create art. Art creates fashion, fashion creates feelings, feelings creates art.
What a photographer sees, what image he creates in his head, if this image is formed by the artists feeling, and how successful he is in enrapturing that feeling in his final picture (with or without photoshop), will in the end determine if the result is a photo, or a snapshot. And whoever you are, experienced or not, looking at a real photo, you can understand, you live trough his moment, you feel that feeling.
There are photo’s in this post, that lack that experience. Snapshots. Photo’s that don’t make me feel. They make me think, maybe, but not feel. I don’t get connected with the photographer. I don’t need 40 years of holding a camera for that. I just have to be human.
Some of these photo’s are snapshots.
Polr (May 4th, 2008, 4:44 am)
Makes me want to get out with my camera again!