With our two recent blogs “The Top 75 Pictures of the Year for 2013” (see HERE) and “100 of the Best Street Art Photos for 2013” (see HERE) still being viewed at viral proportions, we thought we’d start a series of showcases that are meant to make the jaws drop! Here’s the first one of the series: none of the 50 photos are photoshopped, to emphasize the natural beauty and the professionalism of the photographers. Sit back, enjoy, and let us know your favorites in the COMMENTS section at the bottom of the blog…
A Helping Hand

author: Shannon Wild
Landslide Hall
 author: Viktor Lyagushkin
author: Viktor Lyagushkin
Clouds on Fire
 author: Eben
author: Eben
Marpissa Muscosa
 author: Tomas Rak
author: Tomas Rak
Talking to a Lady
 author: FrankBa
author: FrankBa
Celebration
 author: ibrahim canakci
author: ibrahim canakci
Underwater Dance. Red Tail.
 author: Vitaly Sokol aka Willyam Bradberry
author: Vitaly Sokol aka Willyam Bradberry
The Game
 author: Vitaly Sokol aka Willyam Bradberry
author: Vitaly Sokol aka Willyam Bradberry
Plunge Diver
 author: Alexander Safonov
author: Alexander Safonov
Denise Family
 author: Alexander Safonov
author: Alexander Safonov
Lemon Shark at Sunset
 author: Goos van der Heide
author: Goos van der Heide
Anemone Schrimp
 author: Lars Grepstad
author: Lars Grepstad
Cloudy Day
 author: keller
author: keller
Siberia. -37°C
 author: Dmitry Dubikovskiy
author: Dmitry Dubikovskiy
When the Ocean Turns into Blue Fire
 author: Daniel Montero
author: Daniel Montero
Flip of a Humpback Whale
 author: Mikael Jigmo
author: Mikael Jigmo
Envole Moi
 author: Fabien BRAVIN
author: Fabien BRAVIN
Hide and Seek
 author: Niels Christian Wulff
author: Niels Christian Wulff
The Wall
 author: Niels Christian Wulff
author: Niels Christian Wulff
Impossible Time
 author: Thoum
author: Thoum
PoiPoi
 author: Bogdan Pedovich
author: Bogdan Pedovich
La Magie d’Ayguebonne
 author: Florent Courty
author: Florent Courty
Red in October
 author: Matjaz Cater
author: Matjaz Cater
Snowy Owl in Flight
 author: Richard Dumoulin
author: Richard Dumoulin
Blue Pond, Hokkaido
 author: Kent Shiraishi
author: Kent Shiraishi
Skyscrapers, Dubai
 author: Catalin Marin
author: Catalin Marin
Merced River, Yosemite National Park
 author: Michael Melford
author: Michael Melford
BASE Jumping, Yosemite
 author: Lynsey Dyer
author: Lynsey Dyer
Western Breithorn
 author: Victor Troyanov
author: Victor Troyanov
Moonset, California
 author: Peter Essick
author: Peter Essick
African Buffalo, Uganda
 author: Joel Sartore
author: Joel Sartore
Lightning, Arizona
 author: Richard T. Cole
author: Richard T. Cole
Matterhorn
 author: Verena Popp-Hackner
author: Verena Popp-Hackner
Autumn Landscape
 author: Olegas Kurasovas
author: Olegas Kurasovas
Bering Sea Sunset
 author: Christopher Zimmer
author: Christopher Zimmer
Light Painting – Bike
 author: sssampo
author: sssampo
Moments of Levity and a Spoon XI
 author: Santiago Pascual Buyé
author: Santiago Pascual Buyé
The End!
 author: ucumari
author: ucumari
Do You Have a Fish?
 author: holger droste
author: holger droste
Smoke
 author: Andreas Planck
author: Andreas Planck
Making the Connection
 author: ucumari
author: ucumari
Sicily, Italy (NASA, International Space Station)
 author: NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
author: NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
Pushing the Limits
 author: Christer Lindh
author: Christer Lindh
Glowing Barrel
 author: David Orias
author: David Orias
Riverdance
 author: Arild Heitmann
author: Arild Heitmann
On a Lone Winter Morning
 author: Kieran Oconnor
author: Kieran Oconnor
Spirit of Adventure
 author: Vadim Balakin
author: Vadim Balakin
Option
 author: David Senechal (polydactyle)
author: David Senechal (polydactyle)
Duo Landing
 author: Harry Eggens
author: Harry Eggens
The Kite Runner
 author: Andreas Kosasih
author: Andreas Kosasih
Paragliding 2
 author: Yavuz Sariyildiz
author: Yavuz Sariyildiz
 
						
The Glowing Barrel by David Orias has a beautiful metallic quality below the golden gilt. And I love the Duo Landing by Harry Eggens for the contrast in color and texture. Thank you for all this beauty!
I love Helping Hand by author ShannonWild. I feel the author has captured the beauty of this giant but also the gentleness of the human touch.