15 landscape and nature photos to inspire you: World Photography Day 2025 showcase.

March 28th, 2026
A hummingbird with green and brown feathers perches on a thin branch, facing right with its long beak extended towards a small bee. Behind them are green leaves and a blurred orange flower against a bright white background. Photo by Adam Reinstein.

For World Photography Day 2025, we invited photographers around the world to share their perspective through our photo showcase One World. Many Lenses. The response was global, diverse, and deeply inspiring—with thousands of submissions capturing how photographers see, experience, and interpret the world around them.

In this feature, we’re highlighting a selection of 15 standout Landscape and Nature images—work that reflects not just where photographers go, but how they see.

Why landscape and nature photography resonates.

Landscape and nature photography is about more than place—it’s about timing, intent, and perspective.

From vast, dramatic environments to quiet, easily overlooked moments, these images show how photographers translate their perspective on the natural world into something personal and meaningful.

15 featured landscape and nature photos from World Photography Day 2025.

Photographer: Susan Winfree

A scenic landscape features the Grand Teton mountain range reflected in a calm body of water, framed by lush greenery and pink wildflowers in the foreground. The mountains are bathed in the warm light of the setting sun, creating a serene and picturesque view. Photo by Susan Winfree.

Sunrise in the Tetons with Pinks

Photographer: Danielle Grenadier

An aerial view shows a sandy beach meeting the ocean, with waves crashing along the shoreline and a lone figure standing on the sand. The water transitions from a murky brown near the shore to a clear turquoise further out. Photo by Danielle Grenadier.

An aerial photographer self portrait, experiencing the textures of sand dancing with the ocean.

Photographer: Ashli Shapiro

A bright green tree frog with large brown eyes peeks out from behind a thick green stem against a black background. The frog's head is angled to the left, revealing its smooth skin and pale underside. Photo by Ashli Shapiro.

The serene forest floor, with this green little gem.

Photographer: Ethan Righter

A black and white, high-angle shot shows a weathered log submerged in rippling water. The water's surface reflects light, creating a textured pattern around the log. Photo by Ethan Righter of Wild Nile Photography.

Life is a Wild Ride

Life is a journey, so enjoy the ride; Architectural abstract in Mississauga Square One Mall.

Photographer: Tim Truby

A long exposure captures the interior of a sea cave, where golden light streams in from the ocean entrance, illuminating the water and rocky formations. The cave's textured walls frame the scene, creating a dramatic contrast between the dark interior and the bright, blurred motion of the water. Photo by Tim Truby.

Sacred Cave at Winter Solstice

A sea cave in Palos Verdes is lit from within at sunset during the week of Winter Solstice.

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Photographer: Angela Goin

A high-angle shot captures a snow-covered mountain peak with rocky outcrops, set against a backdrop of other snow-capped mountains and a partly cloudy sky. The foreground ridge is sharply defined, leading the eye towards the main peak. Photo by Angela Goin.

Soaring high above the snow-covered mountains of Denali National Park in Alaska offers unique views of the dramatic ridges.

Photographer: Ingrid Hendriksen

Aerial view of farmland with curving rows of crops in varying shades of green and brown, separated by reddish-brown dirt paths, with a cluster of trees in the upper left. A road runs along the bottom left corner, lined with trees. Photo by Ingrid Hendriksen.

Aerial photographs from Australia’s diverse terrains and the artistry of nature as seen from above.

Photographer: Raina Wessen

A turquoise river rushes through a rocky landscape towards a snow-capped mountain range under a cloudy sky. The foreground is filled with large, dark gray rocks, while the background features a mountain partially covered in snow and low-hanging clouds. Photo by Raina Wessen.

This image was taken on location along the Hooker Valley Track in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand. While crossing the bridges, visitors can look down and see the vibrant blues of the glacial water flowing beneath. On the day this was taken, the mountains were covered in snow, the grass was beginning to turn from green to yellow, and a few low clouds drifted into the valley.

Photographer: Oscar Manguy

A wide-angle shot captures a vibrant green aurora borealis swirling dramatically across a starry night sky above a dark, rugged landscape with small bodies of water. The aurora's intense glow illuminates the scene, creating a mesmerizing display of natural light. Photo by Oscar Manguy.

Eye in the Sky

Photographer: Angela Dutton

Two fuzzy, striped bees are perched on a dark, closed flower bud with reddish-purple tips, set against a blurred, dark background. The bees have translucent wings and long antennae, and appear to be resting or feeding on the flower. Photo by Angela Dutton.

Sleeping Longhorn Bees

Photographer: Craig S. Glass

A close-up shot shows a green palm frond covered in frost, with several icicles hanging from the tips of the frond. Water droplets are visible at the ends of the icicles, suggesting they are melting. Photo by Craig S Glass.

Elsa’s Touch

In South Carolina, a touch of freezing rain happened upon a palmetto tree, and a touch of icicles draped crystals on the leaves, as if a certain character brought my native Chicago weather with me to SC. 

Photographer: Adam Reinstein

A hummingbird with green and brown feathers perches on a thin branch, facing right with its long beak extended towards a small bee. Behind them are green leaves and a blurred orange flower against a bright white background. Photo by Adam Reinstein.

Having “The Talk”

When a hummingbird and a bee pause the buzz to sit on a flower and chat.

Photographer: Wendi Rinaldi

A close-up shot shows two milkweed pods bursting open, releasing fluffy white seeds with dark brown tips against a blurred brown background. The pods are textured and weathered, contrasting with the delicate, airy seeds. Photo by Wendi Rinaldi.

Autumn’s Seeds

Photographer: Brian L Eddy

A black and white landscape photograph shows a small, dark island in the middle of a misty body of water, with a single tree standing on the island. The background is obscured by heavy fog or clouds, creating a sense of isolation and mystery. Photo by Brian Wessen.

Secure but Lonely

Photographer: Katie Farr

A lone figure stands atop a rocky hill in a surreal landscape of turquoise rocks, magenta grass, and red mountains, with snow-capped peaks in the background under a clear blue sky. The scene is bathed in an otherworldly light, creating a striking contrast of colors. Photo by Katie Farr.

With this image we delve into the realm of infrared, the high peaks of Chamonix transcend into another dimension. One inquisitive young explorer sets off on his voyage of discovery into the unknown. I used a full spectrum converted Camera with an Infrared Chrome filter to transform the wild mountain landscape into something quite spectacular. I wanted my audience to see it from another perspective, in a new spectrum of light! There is so much energy, life, and colour unseen to the naked eye.

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Thank you to our community and prize partners.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the 2025 World Photography Day challenge and shared their work with us.

We’re also grateful to our prize partners—Bay Photo Lab, Think Tank Photo, KEH, Imagen, Miller’s Professional Imaging, and Master Photographer James Harris—for supporting photographers and helping make this celebration possible.

Looking for more inspiration? See work from the World Photography Day 2025 contest winners.

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Together, these images highlight the range of perspectives within the Zenfolio community, and the many ways photographers connect with the world through their work.

They remind us that photography isn’t just about capturing what’s in front of us, but about choosing how to see it.

Create a portfolio website that gets you found.

Creating an online portfolio can feel like a huge, overwhelming task. Start with a platform that offers easy to use website templates and options for customization, and then follow these tips to get started. You’ll be publishing your new site in no time! 

  • Choose 15-25 of your best images; use these for your homepage and main portfolio.
  • Write a short bio that reflects your personality, then use this with a headshot for your about page. 
  • Create a contact page with a form or add your contact information. 
  • Add SEO-relevent information. Fill out the SEO fields in your new site with your location, photography specialties, and other details to help your site show up in search results. Don’t forget to add alt text to the images in your portfolio!

Deliver galleries and sell prints/digital downloads.

Whether you use photo galleries to deliver images to your clients, sell your fine art prints and downloads, or both, choosing a website platform that has the features to do it all is a smart business decision. Photographers just starting out might not need every feature just yet, but having the tools available will make growing your business easier and cost less in the long run. 

Having an online presence that you can customize and curate is an essential part of creating a professional photography business. 

A photography website plays an important role by: 

  • Lending credibility and professionalism to your business
  • Helping potential clients find you
  • Providing a place to showcase your creativity that you own and control, rather than the whack-a-mole of social media algorithms. 

Share your perspective and creativity in a way that matches your work, and then go out and create with fresh inspiration from the 15 photographers featured here. We look forward to seeing where your lens takes you next!

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  • Elizabeth Glanville author bio

    Elizabeth Glanville is the Content Marketing Manager at Zenfolio, based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. With over 12 years of professional photography experience, she has captured a wide array of subjects, from equestrian sport and luxury real estate to fashion editorials, commercial campaigns, family portraits, and Arabic weddings. Her photography has appeared in publications such as Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Vogue Arabia, Elle, and Marie Claire. Deeply embedded in the equestrian world, Elizabeth also offers photography, creative and strategic marketing consulting to equestrian brands including some of the countries leading polo and equestrian clubs.

    Elizabeth holds a Master’s degree in Graphic Communication from the University of Hertfordshire in the UK and has a deep passion for design, branding, and visual storytelling. Her expertise bridges the creative and strategic, with a strong focus on marketing and commercial communication. Outside of work, Elizabeth enjoys spending time at the stables with her two daughters, horses, and an ever-growing collection of pets.

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