Essentially, multiple photographs are taken, and with each photograph, the camera’s view is moved farther in a given direction. The images are then stitched together, either manually or automatically, resulting in a wide panorama.

Panoramas are fascinating because they let you see a wider view of things, that normal photographs wouldn’t show. Here’s 30 eye-opening panoramic photographs:

Sunset panorama of town Split by photologia

Mono Lake Panorama by Zane Paxton

Horseshoe by Gleb Tarro

Beyond the Sea of Cloud by Stefan Bingham

Panorama of Primosten at Dusk by ivan-c

Skoddeberg Panorama by uberfischer

Bafgh Desert by Mohammed Ganji

Sunrise over Bryce Canyon, Utah by Gleb Tarro

Trier – Day to Night Panorama by 55Laney69

Golden peak by Tomas Sereda

Dachstein Panorama by AndreasResch

Mono Lake Panorama by Jerry Berry

Sunrise panorama by Nikolas Grabar

Snowgrass Flat Pano by La-Vita-a-Bella

Vancouver III. by Tomas Pospichal

HongKong Pano N8 by W0LLE

M by Sus Bogaerts

Shadows and silhouettes through the mist by Colmar Wocke

Grand Teton Pano by narmansk8

Thunderstorm cell at Albtrauf by Franz Schumacher

Golden morning by Dare Turnsek

NYC Skyline by Goodfoot42

Sunrise Pano by Peug

Invisible Landscape I by PRAXIS

Broaden your perspective by Åsta Skjervøy

Mountain Panorama by TimberClipse

Colorful Dreaming by Michael Breitung

Super Panorama – Pittsburgh by GTXCrusader

Lion Panorama by Mark Vincent Müller

The Panoramic Tales of the Crypt ! : Chapter 1 by FrankBa

The barren areas of a desert are where little vegetation grows due to lack of water or shade. However, these areas play wonderfully in photography, because of the soft sand against the crisp blue sky. The way the sun reflects off of sand is just incredible, so photographers often love to capture the beauty of otherwise inhospitable deserts.

Check out these stunning photographs:

Lifeless in Deadvlei, Michael toye

Desert, Moyan Brenn

Desert evening by Ahmer Inam

Pinza de Arakao, Desierto del Teneré,  Manuel Vilches

Maranjab Deserts by Ali Shokri

The Song of the Wind,  Dan Ballard Photography

Vertigo, ApplesCarrotsnGrain

Lines by Ali Shokri

RISE ABOVE, Karsten Robel

Desert, Mohamed Majki

Maranjab deserts by Ali Shokri

SANDY BIRD, Dmitry Dubikovskly

Tiles in the Desert by Sarah Marino-Fischler

Inner Mongolia, Suchet Suwanmongkol

Desert sand, ChristopheCarlier

Desert tenebrion, Julien Dorol

desert & form by EBRAHIM BAKHTARI BONAB

Deserted, AdrianWarren

Yellow sand waves of the sea by Gleb Tarro

Sahara ad camels, AKharlamov

Desert 01, Aschevogel

Barren Desert by Anna Gibiskys

However, for the truly motivated, there are ways to take high quality nighttime photographs (of course, shooting RAW doesn’t hurt either). In this post, you’ll find 30 awe-inspiring nighttime photographs that get everything from composition to exposure right.

Brooklyn Bridge New York By Dominique Palombieri

Symmetry By Sungjin Kim

Midnight By John Harrison

The Junction By Kevin Gu

Brightness In Osaka By Y2-Hiro

The Celestial Equator By Luis Argerich

Passage To Hope by Y2-hiro

Sunset At Bleik By Roy Samuelsen

Bay Storm By Idan Presser

006 By 911

Nocturne Eruction By Brad Goldpaint

Cave Lake By Nathan Dunn

Divine Show By Anton Jankovoy

Dancer In The Lights By Timucin Toprak

Vernazza By Ales Farcnik

Bolt From The Black By Andrew Styan

Osaka Night View By Hiroaki Koga

NYC night,Its Almost Day By lovro

Blue Of The Night By Dwayne Andrejczuk

Market Square By poralaxa

Milky Way Over Cottian Alps By Roberto Bertero

Night View In Busan By Sungkyu Choi

San Francisco USA 2010 By Raul Cruz

Slow Motions By Brad Goldpaint

Bosher – Amerat Road – Muscat By Baqer Jawad

Acress The Void By Brad Goldpaint

Sapphire Dreams – The Exquisite Marina Bay,Singapore By Elia Locardi

Twister By Aubrey Stoll

Night By Mikko Lagerstedt

Electropolis By Robert Work

Bridges often display cutting edge engineering and design, and the idea of crossing a bridge also plays well as a metaphor in art and photography.

In this post, I’ve gathered up 30 beautiful photographs of bridges. So, next time you see a bridge, envision it through an artistic perspective like in these photos:

THE HELIX | Singapore by Christian Lim

Hungerford Bridge by By Arpad Lukacs

Luminous London by TheFella

Pier Pressure by John Parminter

Bridge to Nowhere… by Doug Roane

Welcome to Newyork By Linda Karlin

The Photographer by Thaib Chaidar

Navajo Bridge by Scott Prokop

Highway & Airway-The Bridge by imarin95

The Millennium Bridge with St Paul’s Cathedral in the background by TheFella

Engulfed by David Scarbrough

Golden Gate Bridge by Christine Qian

Rochfort Bridge by Madison Sharman

Bridge by Alexander Konstantinov

Bridge by Lacey Lewis

The golden harp by Browni

Bridge in fog by Roumi

Williamsburg Bridge by David Cole

Salford Quays Bridge by Mike Hudson

The Bridge And a very foggy afternoon in Budapest by arminMarten

Ponte Gobbo (Pc) by Luca Biolcati Rinaldi

Bridge the light by Alisdair Miller

Bridges to Downtown New Orleans at Sunrise by maxj1961

Tadami river 1st bridge by Hideyuki Katagiri

Putrajaya by Malcolm Kahn

Mar da Palha by António Leão

THREE BRIDGES IN BLUE by Olevar

Bridge by Bror Johansson

London England: Tower Bridge by Robert Arrington

Al Garhoud Bridge, Night by Robert Work

Rivers are also great subjects for photography, not only because of the beauty of the water and shorelines, but also because of the vibrant life that exists around them.

Here’s 30 examples of serene river photography:

Island Lightning by Sam Javanrouh

Tollymore Stepping Stones by Stephen Emerson

Sacramento River by vbossi

Winter Reflections by Cindy Costa

The Morning Fisherman by Trey Ratcliff

River Witham by tina negus

On river by bydnam

In The Morning by Jeffry Surianto

famous gacka river by helti

The Fisherman @ Thailand by Arthit Somsakul

Ottawa River by ViaMoi

Silent Morning by Andre Arment

Journey by S Arman S

Frozen by Vladislav Ponomarev

Dancing Reflections by Arild Heitmann

Voyager by Izidor Gasperlin

Boat On The River by gilad

Imagine by Carlos Resende

Divine Show by Anton Jankovoy

Dark River by kyrneucciu

Angel by Alex Saberi

In Nhu y river by Hai Thinh

The little River by sternenfern

Gold River by Vedran Vidak

The silence of Lo River by Frank Dang

that for which i’m thankful by Katya Horner

river by efrafa

Traces by Kaz Watanabe

River by jjuuhhaa

The Awakening by Dylan Fox

The associated themes with ghosts are often used in photography, where the subject seems other-worldly. Here’s 30 ghostly themed photographs to illustrate:

The Odd Couple by Matt Pringle

The legend of the ghost in love – part three by Giovanni Gori

Ghost Train by Arnaud Cassagnet

Disappearing Act by Danielle Hughson

Ghost by efrafa

Ghost Ship by Konstantinos

The Ghost by sultan-alghamdi

Ghost Passage by woodmanlroc

Ghost by Maria Pavlova

gHost by MariLeBones(s)

Ghost Story by GrandeOmbre

Ghost Horses by willowing

The Ghost Inside by Martin Waldbauer

Ghostly Photo by CRA88

Ghost by Leonardo Amaro Rodrigues

Ghost Photographer by Razine MEBARKI

Ghostly Apparitions 1 by MissNightmare

Dom som försvann by Daria Endresen

Ghost by Nicholaskilp

City of Ghost – The Series by Gerard 74

Ghostly by Sterlingggggg

Ghostly Melbourne by Alex Megremis

Ghost fog by George Malets

Ghostly by Shadows-of-da-night

Ghostly by FynnaErfinna

Ghostly by xRottencorpsex

Durdle Ghost by Nina Papiorek

Ghostly by Rebekah Wade

Ghostly Copies by VALOSGURL

I AM GHOST by Luigi Chiriacò

The concept of seduction has particular appeal in art, and is a frequently used motif in both literary art as well as visual art.

For photographers, playing off the themes of seduction can lead to some great photography, like the shots below:

Sensual Seduction By Nadi Hammouda

…seduction By Irina Savateeva

Seduction girl By Leon Bijelic

Sides of seduction By Liliana Karadjova

Seduction By Frank Decker

seduction By mihaela muntean

Seduction by Zindy

Subtle Seduction 2 By Vicariously_Me

Rainbow Eyes By Alex Hutchinson

Seduction By Ilona Wellmann

Young seduction By Maurizio Moro

Erica Nina By Luca De Nardo

Seduction By Chris Crawford

Vintage Seduction By Imran Chaudhry

Mistress of Seduction By Nasir

My Black and White Seduction

Seduction Photography by Louis Shackleton

Seduction By Michelle Schultz

seduce me II By Dennis Spohr

Seduce By Kian Photomorphosis

seduce me… By Andreas Bübl

Seduction By João Vasconcelos

classic seduction… By Alex Filion

Seduction game By Suéllen Lais

sensual seduction By Sebastian Sauer

Sensual seduction By Olga Safonova

Sensual seduction 2 By Olga Safonova

Temptation and Seduction By Paul Tremasov

Seduction By Pixel Inspirations

Sleepy Seduction By Kate

The unique properties of water are what make it important for humans, and these properties also make it look beautiful and have interesting fluid motion.

Photographers can use these properties to their advantage when taking photographs of movement in water. Check out these examples:

Glowing Barrel

Running On Water

Water Ripples

Shower Time

The Game

Water Splashed by 1/4 of Orange

Water Game….

World Class. Swimming

Waterdrop

Underwater dance. Red tail.

Underwater

landslide hall

Not This Time

TI2Y swim

kabur…

Freedom of the Forest

Swimming

surfing to kingdom come

Get High And Fly

Tug-o-war

Splash

movement

T i g e r

Water Dancer

My Net

Untitled

Riding the waves

Snatching

Water Slide

There is always one

The concept of solitude plays well in art as well, whether it’s in music like Three Dog Night’s “One (Is The Loneliest Number)” or in these 30 beautiful solitude themed photographs.

Solitude works really well in photography as it allows for great composition and contrast. Check out these photographs:

Lonely life by Vassilis Tangoulis

go home #1 by budi ‘ccline’

Fish Fishing with Dad by I Gede Lila Kantiana

Just in FOCUS by AtomicZen

solitude by serhatdemiroglu

Stony Way by Mukumbura

NonSTOP by janini

Solitude and misty veils by Angéla Vicedomini

Contemplation by Guillermo Carballa

Solitude by Prathammm

Road to by Mehdi Moradizadeh

Sea by lyadarus

A peaceful morning by AtomicZen

Bench and Snow by idg

Home by Silvia S.

Solitude by Marc Vasseur

Oldman by ma shu

Once upon a time by Matjaz Cater

Friends by Rishi S

Solitude in the Farms by VanGorkum

Old House by Luis_Amaral

Loneliness by Diana827

Catching fish catches my eyes by AtomicZen

Solitude by oO-Rein-Oo

Island by Marcin Sobas

alone by nunoramos0

Solitude by Texas to Mexico

Cyclist by Marei

Alone by Eredel

Fishing a Dream by Paulo Dias

However, it’s not always the weather or lighting that causes issues for photographers, it’s the location. To get the perfect shot, it is sometimes required to contort yourself into an awkward position, or to wade into a stream, or to hike to the top of a mountain peak.

Here’s 30 examples of photographers who had to get creative with their positioning, while also posing for a photograph.

The Photographer’s Pose

The Photographers

The photographer Iker Aizkorbe

1, 2, 3… Fly!

Wedding photographer

G’morning the first sunshine

Nude Photography

DIVA

I’m ready

Vintage photographer

We are seascape photographers!!!

Wedding photographer

Framed

the Photographer #2-a Series

Elod

Fire!!

Photographer in mountains

Photographers at work

Sunchaser

The Photographer

Lory

Some photographers have better views

Merry X-mas and a happy new year

Photographer, Australia

The aurora photographer

Wild Life Photographers

Photographer

Kinky photographer

Photographers Paradise

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