12 Awesome Nature Photos without Photoshop

You Won’t Believe these Photographs were not Photoshopped!

Take a look at our top 12:

(photo: Blue Universe, Japan by Hiroki Kondu | National Geographic)

Whether peaceful, like Blue Universe, above, or violently dramatic like the eruption in Iceland, below, these photos are powerful. They are amazing in color, contrast, composition. Many look like they are actual composites created in Photoshop, but they are not.

 

(photo: Volcanic Eruption in Iceland by Stef Nisson)

(photo: Eagle flying over the water in Canada by Fred Johns)

These 12 are from a competition specifically for photos that did not use Photoshop or other manipulation software. The competition narrowed it to 100. We picked our favorites.

(photo: Yunnan China by ytimg)

(photo: Desert in Namibia Africa by Beth McCarley)

Some are pure nature photo shots, whether landscape photographs or wildlife. Some are regal, like the eagle skimming the water. Others are humorous, like the one below.

(photo: Shut Up! by Erol Ozer)

(photo: Hello Little Friend by Twipz Biswas)

And some of the photos include people, or buildings, like this colorful photo that reminds us of a Charles Wysocki painting.

(photo: A Village Near Arkhangelsk Russia by by Федор Савинцев)

(photo: Rango Playing Guitar by Aditya Permana)

(photo: Winter came unnoticed, Mari -El, Russia by Эдуард Николаев  National Geographic)

(photo: Asleep by Дмитрий Исхаков )

(photo: Tiny ants around a drop of honey Malaysia by Husni Che Ngah)

The photos, and nature photographers come from around the world. Subjects range from common place to rare. All show the importance of really looking and seeing what is happening in the world around us. And, perhaps a little luck.

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Thanks to Genial Guru for the original article and all 100 photos which can be seen here