The July Editors' photo challenge For our July Editors photo challenge, we set our sights on "Landscape Photography" and asked you to share your most stunning landscape images. As always, you delivered! DPReview photographers covered the globe to capture stunning scenes with land, sky and water, including impressive stitched panoramas.
We were overwhelmed with many incredible photos – many more than we can present here. Our top picks, showcasing a diverse range of vision and talent, are presented in random order.
Thanks to everyone who participated in this photo challenge. If you want to participate in some other photo challenges, visit our Challenges page to see currently open or upcoming challenges or to vote in a recently closed challenge.
Alpe di Siusi sunrise
Photographer: dvine photographer
Photographer's statement: One of my favorite shots I took on the first morning of my first trip to the Dolomites. Having had no time to scout (and with the announced weather being marginal), I decided to take the hike to this location that's been on my bucket list for a long time! Following a solitary peaceful hike in the pre-dawn glow, I arrive at the location and start Looking where to set up before sunrise. I found this spot (quite far down the road from a group of (loud) photographers and a forest of tripods), which worked great! The subtle leading line of the orange grass and the patterns in the grass in the foreground lead the eye to the middle and background, where the magic happens. The very well-defined sunbeam created by the shadow of Sassolungo, the faint backlit mist in the valley on the left, with the alpine huts dotting the landscape, create this dramatic and compelling image. The foreground being in shadow draws the viewer's eye into the shot. One of my favorite shots to this day!
Equipment: Sony a7R III +Tamron 28-200mm F2. 8-5. 6 Di III RXD
The hand of God
Photographer: Juliendelaval
Photographer's statement: I captured this photograph in the heart of the Cirque du Fer
Equipment: Sony a7R II + Tamron 35-150mm F2-2. 8 Di III VXD
Grand Canyon, South Rim at Desert View
Photographer: PlatinumCharlie
Photographer's statement: This photo was taken just before dawn, so the light was soft (no shadows) but still directional. I am a platinum printer, and this image is perfect for that printing medium -- whites and blacks are never as intense as other printing methods, so there is an emphasis on all the intermediate values in the image's tonal range.
Equipment: Tachihara 8x10 view camera + 300mm Nikkor F9 (view camera lens)
Kilauea
Photographer: fcarucci
Photographer's statement: Kilauea eruption, episode #26, June 2025. A sustained lava fountain erupts from Kilauea’s north vent during episode 26 in June 2025, reaching over 1,000 feet and producing significant volcanic gas and tephra.
Equipment: Hasselblad X2D 100c + Hasselblad XCD 90mm F2. 5 V
Whispers beyond the bridge
Photographer: BROWN-AU
Photographer's statement: Hidden deep in Wooroonooran National Park, this moss-covered bridge emerges like a secret invitation. The moment I arrived, the rainforest hushed—birds paused, the stream murmured in riddles, and the air thickened with unseen presence. It felt less like crossing a stream and more like entering a threshold between worlds. I didn’t rush forward. I listened. I waited. In this untouched pocket of Far North Queensland, the landscape doesn’t shout—it whispers. And only those still enough will hear.
Equipment: Sony a7R II + Sony 16mm F2. 8 Fisheye
Sunset at Sand Harbor
Photographer: rishabhonnet
Photographer's statement: Stepping onto the sandy shores of Sand Harbor on Memorial Day evening is like entering a living watercolor painting. As the sun lowers toward the Sierra Nevada skyline, its rays dance across Lake Tahoe’s famously blue waters. The sky transforms into a fusion of warm golds, pinks, purples, and molten orange.
Equipment: Sony a7C II + Sony FE 24-50mm F2. 8 G
The empire of the midnight sun
Photographer: BasilG
Photographer's statement: Spectacular view of the midnight sun in Senja, Northern Norway. This region, with its mountains rising straight from the sea and the stunning midnight sun, is among my favourites for landscape photography. It took me two attempts to capture this photograph as I had imagined it, as I was caught in a thunderstorm on the first attempt.
Equipment: Nikon Z7 + Nikon Nikkor Z 14-24mm F2. 8 S
2023 New Mexico White Sands yucca
Photographer: garyphx
Photographer's statement: Taken late in the day on our way out of White Sands National Monument. I actually stopped to take a different photo. Then saw this lone Soaptree Yucca on top of a large dune. The grain of the "sand" and ripples on top are classic White Sands.
Equipment: Leica Q2 Monochrom
No pink glasses needed
Photographer: supernaut
Photographer's statement: I took this photo during a landscape photo workshop in the beautiful Italian Tuscany. We got up very early just to be in the right place - we wanted some fog in the valleys and a colorful sky during sunset. This shot was taken just before sunset. The sky was darkened a little bit by using the OM-1 II's internal graded ND filter.
Equipment: OM System OM-1 Mark II + Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 12-100mm F4. 0 IS Pro
Croda da Lago
Photographer: Lemmj
Photographer's statement: Croda de Lago mountains as seen from Cinque Torri near the town of Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Dolomites, Italy. My two daughters and I were on a photo tour celebrating my 83rd birthday.
Equipment: Nikon D850 + Sigma 24-70mm F2. 8 DG DN Art
Purple sunrise
Photographer: NMindel
Photographer's statement: Mirror Lake, New Zealand, South Island. I waited for sunrise and did not know what to expect. I had no idea these colors would pop for a few minutes of absolute magic.
Equipment: Sony a7R V + Tamron 35-150mm F2-2. 8 Di III VXD
St. John's light
Photographer: TheDispossessed
Photographer's statement: This photo was taken from near the summit of Clough Head, looking towards St John's in the Vale in the English Lake District. Prior to the pandemic, I used to go to the Lake District every couple of weeks for a long (10 hour+) walk, with some of my best images being taken late in the day during the 'golden hour'
Equipment:Canon EOS 80D + Sigma 17-70mm F2. 8-4 DC Macro OS HSM | C
Oulu, 2025
Photographer: Black_and_white_FR
Photographer's statement: Oulu, Swedish: Ulet populous municipality, and the country's fourth most populous urban area. Oulu is also the most populous city in Northern Finland. I didn't have the bad weather you'd expect in winter: snowfall, fog and other storms. Even temperatures didn't drop below -6 or -7 degrees Celsius. Still, I was able to take a few pictures, and overall, my trip to Finland and Estonia was quite productive.
Equipment: Panasonic Lumix DC-G90 +Olympus M. Zuiko Digital 25mm F1. 8
Falling rays
Photographer: sberkley
Photographer's statement: Fiordland is one of the most dramatic and beautiful parts of New Zealand. Carved by glaciers over 100,000 years, the landscape is one where waterfalls cascade hundreds of metres into deep black fiords; where ancient rainforest clings to mountains and where shimmering lakes and granite peaks look as they did a thousand years ago. Fiordland National Park is a World Heritage Site and includes Milford, Dusky and Doubtful Sounds.
Equipment: Nikon Z9 + Nikon Nikkor Z 24-200mm F4-6. 3 VR
Glacier's embrace
Photographer: Fabian from Swizzy Land
Photographer's statement: The best time to be in nature is in the evening and in the morning when everybody is gone and all goes quiet. And one of the nicest times to take photos is 30 minutes after sunset, when it gets dark, but there is still a hint of light on the horizon.
Equipment: Sony Alpha a99 + Minolta AF 28-80mm F3. 5-5. 6 D
Himalayan fog
Photographer: Mazurekphoto
Photographer's statement: This is an image taken on a suspension bridge over the Dudh Koshi river near the small settlement of Phunke Tenga in the Everest Region of Nepal.
Equipment: Leica M10 Monochrom + Leica Summilux-M 24mm F1. 4 ASPH
Mt. McKinley 2019
Photographer: marchark
Photographer's statement: Denali National Park in Alaska is home to Mt McKinley, the highest peak in North America, standing at about 20,000 feet. Most days, the cloud cover is so low that the mountain is not visible. But not on this June morning! Lucky for me and my family to get such a splendid view of this natural wonder.
Equipment: Sony a6400 + Sony E 18-135mm F3. 5-5. 6 OSS
Deep in the forest
Photographer: Meeces
Photographer's statement: Deep in the redwood forest. It's always a great place to spend quiet time with the camera and your thoughts. I like to think of it as one of the wonders of the world.
Equipment: Fujifilm X-T5 + Fujifilm XF 16-55mm F2. 8 R LM WR
Trillium Lake at night
Photographer: mike earussi
Photographer's statement: This is a new experiment for me. This is a 30-minute exposure in an attempt to capture star trails, which seemed to work pretty well. I hope you like it. Trillium Lake is in Oregon, just south of Mt. Hood, which is seen in the background.
Equipment: Panasonic Lumix DC-S1 + Sigma 24mm F2 DG DN | C
An epic flight
Photographer: as9107
Photographer's statement: I love panoramas! But it is quite a challenge in turbulent air from a shaking paraglider. Here, on a beautiful summer day, I was flying with my friend Federico along the Gran Sasso chain in central Italy. High in front of the ridges, the view was so immense that I decided to fly a bit away from my flying buddy and try to take several photos, to be stitched together later, with him in the middle. From right to left, the main summits in the clouds are: Corno Grande 2912m, Pizzo Intermesoli 2635m and Monte Corvo 2623m.
Equipment: Fujifilm X-E2 + Fujifilm XF 18-55mm F2. 8-4 R LM OIS
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