Inspiration

Martin Rak is a renowned landscape and travel photographer based in Prague, Czechia. He took to photography at an early age, but his interest in landscape photography started in 2009. Martin thrives on diversity, from grand vistas to intimate scenes. His colour photographs make great use of light and fog, but he also creates striking black&white images. Martin’s work has been published in various publications all over the world. He contributes regularly to Black and White Photography Magazine, Practical Photography, Digital SLR Photography, GEO (Germany), and many others. He has been awarded in several international photography competitions such as EISA Maestro, Sony World Photographer Awards, International Photo Awards IPA and Prix de la Photographie Paris Px3. read more.

The beauty of employing slow motion lies in its unpredictability. With each shot, there is an element of uncertainty; the outcome remains elusive until the moment the shutter is released. Despite the ability to preview results on the camera's screen and make adjustments, the subject often read more.

With morning fog predicted, I arose before dawn and drove a half hour to the causeway between the Inner Bay of Lake Erie and the Big Creek National Wildlife Area. Repeated visits over the past month led me to believe that hundreds of cranes would be foraging in the wetlands next to the road in the cold early morning. In addition to the visual gift of dense fog... read more.

Antonio Fernandez is a Spanish photographer based in mid-west Spain. He is passionate about nature and landscapes. In his photography, Antonio is constantly searching for the purest essence of nature. His intimate vision of the landscape and personal interpretation of nature gained him many international awards and commendations, to mention just a few: Natural Landscape Photography Award, Montphoto Photo Contest, Big Picture, Imaginature – Festival Fotografia de Paisage, Premio Internacional Fotografía “Santiago Castelo”, Montier Festival Photo, BioPhotoContest, World Landscape Photographer. You can see more of his work on his website: https://www.antoniofernandezphoto.com. read more.

It was difficult to position myself, because of the slope of the meadow in the mountains. When I saw the shape of these couple of grass blades, with the butterfly on one, I thought “I want it!” I had a lot of time to shoot it because on this cold morning, the butterfly was "sleeping” and it didn’t move before the sun warmed it. It is important to know... read more.