This week we bring you eight striking images of some of the most beautiful cars the world has seen caught doing what they do best by our ace Fotoflocker Mukul Soman.
Wildlife photography is one of the most challenging genres of photography. It not only tests your skill with the camera but also your persistence and devotion to get the best results. So this week we bring you eight great examples taken by Fotoflock members that best illustrate the art of capturing wildlife.
Today is World Photography Day and we at Fotoflock would like to take this opportunity to highlight the power of this beautiful medium to effect social change. Each of these eight compelling pictures, taken by our members, carries a powerful message and we hope this collection inspires more shutterbugs to exploit their photographic skills in pursuit of building a better world.
Photo by Puranjit Gangopadhyay | Fotosocial
Read more: Celebrating World Photography Day the Fotoflock way
Herman Leonard was best known for his smoky, backlit portraits of jazz artists in New York, Paris and London. His images graced the covers of numerous albums and helped to form the visual archetype of the jazz musician.
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© Herman Leonard
One of the most influential names in nature and wildlife photography, Florian Schulz has dedicated years of his life to documenting critical wildlife corridors to inspire individuals to join hands in the protection of large endangered ecosystems. The youngest founding member of the International League of Conservation Photographers, Schulz has won numerous prestigious awards including the Nature's Best Photography Award and the National Wildlife Federation’s Conservation Photographer of the Year 2008. He is also a recognized speaker in the topics of photography and inspirational conservation visions.
When did you take up photography? Do you remember the first picture you took?
I have had a natural inclination for the outdoors and the natural world from a very young age. When I turned 14, my parents gave me a manual Praktika camera. I would spend hours and hours outside observing nature and its little wonders and the camera gave me the perfect reason to stay outside. I photographed thousands of lizards and dragonflies in the summer; but winter was the most exciting time when I would go looking for foxes on the coldest days and shoot kingfishers along the semi frozen streams. It was here where my passion for wildlife observation and photography began.
I once built a blind to photograph a shy kingfisher who was fishing out of an opening in the ice. After freezing my fingers for many hours, the bird finally appeared and allowed me to take really intimate portraits and close ups of its beautiful feathers. I was hooked! Spending hours immersed in complete silence in the natural world, truly allowed to me to learn my subjects in depth and turn those beautiful moments into delightful images.
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