Exquisite Images, 5 - Dusky's Wonders

These gorgeous pictures are about both the artistry of the photographer and the content of the image. And it’s more than frustrating that for so many of them, I don’t know who the photographer is. Still, they are too wonderful not to share.

Please don’t skip the amusing video near the end: NATURE You might have to watch it twice because you don’t want to miss the footnote-like words floating like the warning on a typical ad. A slightly longer video of seven minutes by master photographer Louie Schwartzberg is worth the time. Given as a TED talk, he demonstrates speeding up nature with time lapse photography, slowing it down with high speed cameras, peering into the minute with electron microscopes so powerful you can see DNA and even carbon atoms. Enjoy.

This striking image of a man feeding swans contrasting snow and water, man and swans was taken in Krakow, Poland. The black and white effect provides a perfect balance. By Christopher Jobson.

This striking image contrasting snow and water, man and swans was taken in Krakow, Poland. The black and white effect provides a perfect balance. By Christopher Jobson.

By Rick Parchen

By Debs1968

Cranes at Hula Valley nature reserve, Israel by Gal Gross

Chicago skyline

The Chicago skyline from Indiana.

exqui images, by Magic something escapes on image.

By Kah Kit Yoong

A submarine surfaces through arctic ice.

Dead Vlei, Namibia: withered trees hundreds of years old anchored in a white-clay pan, standing in striking contrast to an intensely colored, towering sand dune – by Carsten Kruger

Claustral Canyon- Australia

Loch Ness, Scotland by Jan Michael Hosan / fotogloria / LUZ

Namibia by Marco T.

Musicians Arriving at the Bullring, Quito, Ecuador, by Raul Amaru Linares

Cherry blossom tree at the Fuji volcano

Evolution of the New York skyline.

Borrowdale Valley, Lake District, UK by Verity Milligan

Lake District, UK by Verity Milligan

Lake District, Verity Milligan

Ullswater, Lake District, UK, Verity Milligan

Aerial photograph. String bogs and coniferous forests in autumn in the Muddus National Park. Lapland, Sweden by Orsolya Haarberg.

Mt. Fuji, Japan from above

by Matthew Saville, Camping on the Diving Board, Yosemite, Calif, USA Don’t miss the tent.

By jaythegardener on Flickr

Train

The Perseids meteor shower

By David L. Librie, Quebec, Danada

by Aaron Groen

NATURE

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LOUIS SCHWARTZBERG

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For more exquisite images on this site, go here.

Many thanks to: Terri, Murray, Carolyn, George, Anita, John, Jen C.

And to: National Geographic, Bored Panda, Louie Schwartzberg, Verity Milligan