30 Breathtaking Pictures Of Various Places Around The World Captured By This British Pilot (New Pics)
We all love to take travel pictures, whether to capture amazing places to show others or as a memory for ourselves. Well, Lee Mumford, a British pilot who is also a videographer, photographer, and drone pilot, took travel pictures to another level.
Lee is known for impressive aerial images of beautiful landscapes and sceneries that he visits around the world due to his work as a pilot.
In a previous interview, Lee shared how he started to take images and what motivated him to get better at it: "My love for photography came about when I started to travel. I wanted to showcase the beauty of this planet to a wider audience. As I struggled with 'photos don't do it justice,' I started to look at ways of capturing all the details into one shot. This included composition, understanding lighting, exposure, and how to edit your images. As my photos started to gain traction online, it motivated me to get out and shoot more. Life has so many distractions and photography for me is a way of leaving everything else behind and being one with nature."
So, without further ado, we invite you to explore the world through Lee's lens, and let us know in the comments which place is on your wishlist!
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Lake Bled, Slovenia
It feels like the water is in a portal that takes you into the fake world
Italy
Am I stupid for any time I picture Italy, I never picture it being mountainous, or woodsy, but more so cities and structures?
To be able to wake up to that view every morning would be fantastic.
Thailand
Somewhere that is better off while it remains unknown.
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One of the earliest examples of urban planning, carried out by Ildefons Cerdà. "a strict grid pattern of equally sized blocks. Long, wide streets cut across the blocks in order to facilitate transport and navigation. Additionally, each of the blocks was made into an octagon, with chamfered corners giving the impression that they were ‘cut off’. According to Cerdà, this detail would provide greater air circulation in the streets, higher visibility around corners and would make it possible for trams to easily turn the corners of the blocks. The blocks were also all oriented in a NW-SE direction so as to ensure that each household received enough natural light each day."
And each building has a little back yard. Thoughtful design and presentation.
Load More Replies...Used to be a really fine wine bar near there. I was in the US Navy, and went there a few times in the early 70s, then went back in 78, and the proprietor remembered me.
I looked at current Barcelona on Google Maps and found that all those octagon buildings were turned into squares because trees and other obstructions are there now. *groan* (But stunning, nonetheless)
If you zoom in, you can see the tree-lined streets.
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Petra, Jordan: A Wonder Of The World
This, to me, is one of the most beautiful and magnificent places in the world!
The treasury building? That doorway leads to a basically square room about 15 feet deep. This is a late afternoon photo- facing west.
I had the privilege of visiting this past March, and it is truly spectacular!
Petra looks absolutely amazing. I have heard tour guides and people who have visited highly recommend getting their early in the day so you have some time to enjoy the stunning views before some of the larger tour groups come.
Lake Bled, Slovenia
Every time I see a photo of this place I am amazed because I have never seen a bad photo of this place. This, however, is an exceptionally beautiful shot.
The hot air balloon really makes this pic special. Hmm, doing a flyover of this area in a balloon...that would be an incredible vacation.
BF and me took a swan shaped row boat to visit the church. It was pretty awesome.
Istanbul, Turkey
I would love to go back to Turkey. While I didn't get to see much of the country, what I saw was truly gorgeous.
Iceland's Highland
Dolomites Unesco World Heritage Site, Italy
Yosemite National Park
Lofoten Islands, Norway
Slovenia
Hallstatt, Austria
we accidentally found this while on a camping trip 20 years ago. We didnt believe our eyes! Also had a very hard time trying to pin down our tent on the rocks on their only campsite.
While all the European quaint villages are lovely to be a tourist in, living in these old structures is expensive as the ancient plumbing, electrical wiring and shoddy construction makes maintenance expensive.
Normally, if a building like this is updated regularly every 20 to 30 years this shouldn't be a problem
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Most of the villages are now ghosts of what they were because of wealthy Londoners buying up holiday homes that they only use for a few weeks a year. The cycle is this ; (L = londoner / incomer). L buys house, removes a house for local to occupy, stays for 3 weeks a year, as a consequence, the local shop, pub, dentist and doctor lose trade, hence income. L number 2 and 3 buy houses on the recommendation of L (1), the Dr, Shop, Pub etc lose more trade. This goes on for a few more years with more L's moving in and now complaining that they don't have a shop, pub, Dr, etc and complaining even more that they can't find a cleaner who's willing to work for slave wages. Personally, I hope they all lose vast amounts of money and f**k off back to London and leave us peasants to rebuild and resist them ever being allowed to buy another rural property again. Failing that, anyone up for rounding them all up over the Christmas weekend and driving them at pitchfork point into the river Tamar ?!!!
Barcelona, Spain
What a god awful way to live. Apart from the climate and the people, the idea of living in a soulless tower block of flats, regardless of it's proximity to the sea or anywhere else beautiful, gives me the heebeejeebies. In contrast, my wife has just pointed out that at least it's better than living on the street !!!
"What a god awful way to live" Could be worse. At least it's not Ohio.
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Utah
Nature is absolutely stunning! The beauty of islands, mountains, deserts, sunrise/sunset...Mother Nature surrounds us with such magnificence!
Sunset Peak, Hong Kong
Mývatn, Iceland
Bromo Tengger Semeru
Dolomites Unesco World Heritage Site
Barcelona, Spain
wow, Sant Pau! we were in Barcelona for one day last month and walked from St Pau, what was lovely, to Sagrada Familia. It was a very nice relaxing walk. (and then we visited the Palau de la Musica what blew us both away)
Alpe Di Siusi, Italy
Hong Kong
Wadi Rum, Jordan
Altea, Spain
Cappadocia / Kapadokya
I see many European villages are all man made structures with little to no trees or gardens. I wonder why they were built that way.
Cappadocia is a semi-arid region in Turkey where a lot of people still live INSIDE the small fairy chimneys. It is near Syria and Iraq, which one might describe as less likely to have thick, lush forests. Most European villages aren't in semi-arid regions and most European villages have trees. Check out a geography textbook or look on-line if you have never been to Europe or have never seen pictures of Europe.
Load More Replies...Los Angeles
Dolomites Unesco World Heritage Site
Hong Kong
Photograph taken on the planet Mars, because only Mars has a sky that colour.
Load More Replies...Menton, France
Utah
Death Valley National Park
Cappadocia / Kapadokya
Hong Kong
Palawan, Philippines
Hong Kong
Living in a building where one puts 100% of faith in the engineers and builder that they knew what they were doing.
Sai Kung
El Nido, Palawan
Hey its Big Z's place man, this is where he lived and made his boards
Sai Kung, Hong Kong
Coron, Palawan
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
This is both beautiful and nerve-wracking. The sunset is striking, but I can't imagine being on the top part of that bus going over that high bridge. Just seeing it makes my stomach floppy.
Sai Kung
Coron, Palawan
Hong Kong
Spain
Plaza Mayor, Madrid - I had many great times there and some of the best food I've ever eaten in the caves below...
My parents went to the Med last spring. Now my mom wants to move to Spain. Cádiz, specifically. XD
Load More Replies...Oh wow!! I googled because i was sure i was looking at the rooftop of a gigantic skyscraper :-D its a square! Its fabulous!
Touch grass? Good luck. I thought the guy who thought the Barcelona beach community was "soulless" was harsh, but good God, these Europeans want to preach to Americans about how we have lawns instead of gardens? What do children do in such cities?
They enjoy life without random mass killings at school or on the streets.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Sydney, Australia
Hong Kong
Palawan, Philippines
The Peninsula Hong Kong
Please forgive my ignorance, but are the red lanterns for a holiday such as lunar new year?
They are a part of the lunar New Year celebrations. There is a Lantern Festival which celebrates the first full moon of the New Year (the fifteenth day of the year). Lantern Festival marks the end of the New Year celebrations.
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Hong Kong
Macau
Shenzhen, Guangdong
Extraordinary work - very well done! Impossible to comment on all the images but, ALL the images are amazing - thanks!
There is a photo of Sydney, and even then it isn’t exactly economic to fly to the Southern Hemisphere from the UK, especially if you’re the pilot.
Load More Replies...Extraordinary work - very well done! Impossible to comment on all the images but, ALL the images are amazing - thanks!
There is a photo of Sydney, and even then it isn’t exactly economic to fly to the Southern Hemisphere from the UK, especially if you’re the pilot.
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