Drone photography

In one of global photography social network Agora’s strongest contests to date, over 9,000 entries celebrating breathtaking aerial perspectives were whittled down to a top 50, from which a single winner was chosen by popular vote.

This year’s International Photography Awards One-Shot contest focused on how a single image can convey the concept of movement. The array of celebrated shots illustrate the sheer spectacle of humans, animals and machines in various states of motion.

After receiving a record-breaking 350,000 submissions, the Sony World Photography Awards has revealed the best single images from its 2020 competition. This year’s winning images feature a spectacular array of the world’s most impressive photographs.

From extraordinary macro images to abstract aerial drone shots, water photography can take many forms, much like water itself. In photography social network Agora’s latest contest, H2O is celebrated in a spectacular collection of images.

Photographer Florian Ledoux has won the inaugural Nature TTL Photographer of the Year award for a drone shot featuring crabeater seals resting on a floating chunk of ice. Ledoux’s impeccably composed shot beat 7,000 entries from over 100 countries.

One of the largest and most prestigious photo contests in the world has revealed its first wave of 2020 winners. The Sony World Photography Awards National winners focus on the best regional talent across more than 60 countries around the globe.

Photographer Oleg Ershov won the International Landscape Photographer of the Year award with a folio of spectacular vertical images. In its sixth year, the photo contest delivers a stunning array of images focusing on the beauty of the natural world.

For over a decade photographer Bernhard Lang has been working on a massive project called Aerial Views. From the abstract spectacle of solar power plants to the dense urban jungle of Manilla, Lang has extensively explored our world from above.

To celebrate the coming new year, we've hand-picked a selection of the most spectacular photographs of 2019. This gallery gathers our favorite images of the last twelve months, from head-spinning drone shots to psychedelic microscopic photography.

The top 50 urban photos from photography social network Agora span an incredible array of subjects and styles. Covering everything from drone shots to surreal portraits, these spectacular images encapsulate the diverse and lively energy of city life.

Although camera drones can already automatically circle or follow a subject, they don't know what sort of shots actually "look good" artistically. That could be about to change, as a new system turns drones into self-directed aerial cinematographers.

Yuneec has announced the Typhoon H3 featuring an ION L1 Pro camera, which represents the first product from a new collaboration with Leica Camera AG.