Digital manipulation can do amazing things to your photographs (as seen here), but sometimes the most stunning images are the ones that haven’t been Photoshopped. Take a look at the pictures below to see what we mean.
Compiled by Bored Panda, the list showcases some of the finest unaltered photographs we could find. Some of them are surreal, some are creepy, and some will positively blow your mind, and all of them serve to remind us that a good picture has nothing to do with your computer skills and everything to do with timing, location, and a keen eye for detail. Don’t forget to vote for the best!
#1 The Thousandth Of A Second
#2 Amazing Photograph Of A Plane
#3 Levels Of Sunset
#4 Wheat Field Next To A Lavender Field
#5 This Is A Single Photo
#6 Lava That Formed To Look Like A Pile Of Bodies Being Sucked Into The Fiery Void Of Hell
#7 This Picture Of Sutro Tower In San Francisco Makes It Look Like The Top Of The Flying Dutchman’s Floating Ship
#8 A Man Feeding Swans In The Snow
#9 Confusing Perspective
#10 The Road That Stopped The Fire
#11 This Sunflower Doesn’t Want To Face East
#12 Every 10,000 Miles Of Driving Or So, I Get To See Something Like This
#13 A Rock Created Bird Shaped Window Art On My Car
#14 Out Of Body Experience
#15 Took This Shot Through The Windshield Of My Car (At A Stop Sign) But I Had To Get This Picture!
#16 Glowing Base Of Tree Made By Arranging Leaves
#17 Yosemite Firefall. It’s Actually Not Lava But A Ray Of Sunlight. This Only Happens For 1-2 Weeks Near The End Of February If There Is Enough Snow And Semi Clear Sunset. It Only Last For 10mins Or Less
#18 Rare Cloud Phenomenon Over Eastern Victoria, Australia
#19 Cool Ice Effect After Flood
#20 Boat Looks Like It’s Floating In The Air
#21 Under A Wave
#22 Shining Mountain
#23 1,400 Year Old Ginkgo Tree Drops A Carpet Of Golden Leaves Within The Walls Of The Gu Guanyin Buddhist Temple In The Zhongnan Mountains In China
#24 Devil’s Bridge, Germany
#25 Found This Chili With A Perfect «Mild To Hot» Gradient
#26 A Crack In The Earth
#27 Methane Bubbles, Abraham Lake
#28 Antarctica, 4 Shades Of Blue
#29 These Dogs Blend Right In
#30 Teeth Of The Sea
#31 Perfect Forest
#32 The Chinese Art Of The Crowd
#33 Hermit Crab Using A Skull For A Shell
#34 Was Playing Around With My Camera And Some Broken Glass, And I Captured This
#35 14 Wind Turbines Lined Up, Nevada
#36 I Kinda Created A Sandbear When I Crashed Into The Sand
#37 This Snowflake Center Looks Like The Star Wars Imperial Crest
#38 Rainbow
#39 This Spectrum Reflected Off The Dining Room Window Through A Chair Back
#40 Extreme Waves In The North Sea
#41 Flickering Beauty
#42 A Split Of Two Worlds Between The Architecture Of The City And The Green Of Central Park, New York
#43 The Highlight Of My Visit To Schonbrunn
#44 Asperatus Clouds Over New Zealand
#45 The Camera Focused On The Reflection Of The Tree Instead Of The Watch
#46 A Gate At A Balinese Temple
#47 The Pit, A Dive Site In Tulum, Mexico
#48 Perfect Red Line In A Hungarian Forest Marking The High Point Of A Toxic Aluminum Sludge Spill
#49 This Is One Picture…
#50 Wisconsin This Week
#51 Ice Formed On Jeep
#52 I Took This Photo Of A Reflection In A Puddle And The Gravel Looks Like A Starry Night Sky
#53 Power Washed Building In New York
#54 To See Flower In Water Drop
#55 Sky Over Citifield After Intense Storm Before Game
#56 This Butterfly Has A Number On Its Wing
#57 This Is A Weird-Looking Rabbit
#58 These Roots Grew Around The Sidewalk Blocks
#59 This Iceberg Looks Like Batman
#60 Church In Georgia With A Mountain Behind It
#61 Japanese Flower Phi At Its Finest
#62 Train Station In Denmark
#63 Perfectly Aligned Glasses
#64 This Tree Still Has Its Leaves Because Of The Light Shining On It
#65 A True Gentlemoon
#66 Frozen Pond In Switzerland
#67 The Crooked Forest
#68 Africa’s Super Park
#69 The Sunset Under The Clouds
#69 The Sunset Under The Clouds
#71 The Gradient In This Coffee
#72 Lenticular Clouds
#73 Aurora Uncoiling
#74 Birdy Hurricane
#75 Some Ice Spider Webbed My Car
#76 Maple Ridge In Japan
#77 This Watusi Bull Looks Transparent Through Its Spots
#78 A Pole Holding A Mountain
#79 Slow Motion
#80 A Hotel In The Netherlands
#81 Model Anja Rubik In A Dress From Viktor & Rolf 2010 Spring/Summer Show
#82 Solar Eclipse In Canyon
#83 Doorway To Heaven
#84 Sheep Going Through San Boldo Pass, Italy
#85 This Fallen Tree Is Holding Back The Duckweed
#86 The Eruption Of Mount Ararat
#86 The Eruption Of Mount Ararat
#88 I Washed My Car
#89 Galaxy Image Created With The Help Of Cosco Ball And Water
#90 Zhangye Danxia Landform In Gansu, China
#91 Looks Like One Of The Buildings Is Draining Energy From The Other
#92 Picture I Took Last Night Of The Philadelphia City Hall, Felt Like I Was In Gotham
#93 New York City Just Witnessed An Absolutely Massive Lightning Strike Completely Spanning The Hudson River. I Happened To Have My Camera Set Up To Capture It
#94 Fires And Tornadoes Aren’t Bad Enough On Their Own
#95 Mammatus Clouds
#96 A Building In Paris
#97 The Gulf Of Alaska, Where Two Oceans Meet But Do Not Mix
#98 Sun Curling Up A Wave
#99 The Way This Ice Froze
#100 My Coworker Had This Picture Taken At A Dodge Charger Meet-Up He Helped Organize
#101 Inverted Icicles — Flipped A Drainage Pit Grate At Work
#102 Frosted Trees
#103 Pancake Ice
#104 Bent Rail Tracks After A New Zealand Earthquake.
#105 This Cloud Looks Like A Feather
#106 Lava Skull Descending Into The Ocean
#107 Ice Age. Taken Atop Of Mt. Javornik, Slovenia
#108 Spiral Pine
#109 Light Pillars In Northern Ontario
#110 Salar De Uyuni, The World’s Largest Salt Flat In Bolivia
#111 Sky That Looks Like A Rough Sea
#112 A Pile Of Timber Reflecting In A Puddle
#113 Clouds In Hampton Roads
#114 Smog Over Almaty, Kazakhstan
#115 Waterspout Over Tampa Bay
#116 Oceanic Flight
#117 Snail Riding A Baby Turtle
#118 Fish Trapped Inside A Jellyfish
#119 The Fire Happening Now In California’s Lake Isabella Area
#120 China’s Richest Village
#121 Fishermen Row A Boat In The Algae-Filled Chaohu Lake, China
#122 Little Bay Islands, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada
#123 Mont Aiguille Et Chichilianne
#124 Shelf Cloud North Of Kearney
#125 Hot Water Thrown Into The Air In Antarctica
#126 Welcome To September
#127 Thunderstorm Formation — View From A Plane From 11,000 Meters
#128 The Firefall In Yosemite
#129 Mirny, Yakutia, Russia
#130 The Wine Glass Projected The Flag In The Window On To The Table
#131 Eruption Of The Cordon Caulle, Chile. This Was Taken From Antillanca Mountain
#132 Dispensed Some Dark Green Paint Into A Gallon And Made A Perfect Tear Drop.
#133 Highway In Netherlands
#134 Burned-out Utility Pole
#135 This Ship Looks Like It’s Floating In The Sky
#136 Ladybower Is A Beautiful Y-shaped Reservoir On River Derwent Situated Between The Hills Of The Peak District National Park
#137 Winter Meets Spring, Russia
#138 Spider Web Trees
#139 A Giant Lava Bubble Releasing Volcanic Glass In The Air
#140 Itap Of A Man In Mask
#141 A Wind Blown Tree I Saw In Hawaii
#142 Dust Storm In Australia, 2013
#143 Shiva The Destroyer
#144 Hutt Lagoon
#145 Soldiers On A Morning Exercise In Sub-Zero Temperatures, Chinese Province Heilongjiang
#146 Autumn Is Coming. One Single Shot Without Photoshop Layers. Just Saturated The Colors
#147 Snow Pattern
#148 The Edge Of An Iceberg Floating Just Off The Coast Of Antarctica
#149 Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, Australia
#150 Seven Ghosts In Indonesia
#151 New Photo From Gaza Today Looks Like Actual Hell On Earth
#152 Microburst In Phoenix. Photo Taken By A News Helicopter
#153 Nyc, 1995
#154 This Cloud Looks Like A Breaking Wave
#155 Snow In Altai
#156 Border Between Italy And Switzerland
#157 A Cloud With Two Very Straight Edges
#158 A Temple Covered In Ash From The Ontake Volcanic Eruption, Japan
#159 Neighborhoods Santosh Park And Uttam Nagar, Delhi, India
#160 This Thin Streak Of Snow Across Ohio
#161 How Rain Looks Through A Porthole
#162 New York
#163 This Guy At The Park Looks Like No
#164 Lake Natron, Tanzania
#165 Celebrating The 100th Anniversary Of The Birth Of Kim Il-sung, North Korea’s Founder
#166 Canadian Diamond Mines