Drone photography

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.

Open to images from any genre, this unique collection of photographs spans everything from stunning drone snaps to incredible macro shots of insects.

Only in its second year, the Drone Awards has quickly become one of the most interesting aerial photography competitions on the annual calendar. This year’s winners present a gorgeous array of images highlighting the rapid aesthetic evolution occurring in the nascent field of drone photography.

A few years ago the AirSelfie was one of the more interesting iterations of the selfie drone. Now the company has released its newest design, the Air Pix, which is cheaper than ever and incorporates an autonomous mode allowing you to simply push a button and let the drone take care of the rest.

​​As one of the world's top tourist destinations, there'll be no shortage of snaps showing Barcelona from all kinds of angles. But few, if any, do so with the jaw-dropping elegance of this photo set from drone photographer Márton Mogyorósy.

Skypixel’s 2018 Aerial Storytelling Contest winners have just been revealed offering an incredible array of spectacular drone videos and photographs. The overall grand prize went to a truly stunning shot of French island monastery, Mont Saint Michel, shrouded in the wisps of an early morning fog.

Architects have long embedded geometrical patterns into their designs that lay hidden from the view of us ground-dwelling humans. ​In this gallery we feature some of the most spectacular secret symmetries uncovered through modern drone photography.