The World’s best drone photos

Photographers are capturing eye-catching images across the globe using drones - from an amazing breaching whale, to a combine harvester in a wheat field, and a leaping polar bear searching for food in the Arctic - we are experiencing a birds-eye view of the world around us.

A stunning aerial shot taken from a drone of the humpback whale beside Craig’s boat taken on September 9, 2015 in Byron Bay, Australia. Photo Craig Parry/Getty

1/50A stunning aerial shot taken from a drone of the humpback whale beside Craig’s boat taken on September 9, 2015 in Byron Bay, Australia. Photo Craig Parry/Getty

2/50A birds-eye view of a local collecting waterlily flowers, Vietnam by helios1412

3/50Christ the Redeemer, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Picture: Supplied

4/50Famous Navagio Bay with shipwreck, Zakynthos island, Greece. Picture: Supplied

5/50Hamish Baker aged 9yrs from Howlong, cooling down in the sheep trough. Picture: Simon Dallinger

6/50Drone photo of Camels on Cable Beach by Todd Kennedy aka DragonEye http://www.dronestagr.am/cable-beach/

Above the Polar Bear. Here the polar bear might be interpreted as holding back the sea ice melting. Incredible and unique shot 6 meters above a polar bear in Nunavut, Baffin area during wildlife reportage in Nunavut and Greenland during summer 2017. Picture: Florian Ledoux/ Supplied

7/50Above the Polar Bear. Here the polar bear might be interpreted as holding back the sea ice melting. Incredible and unique shot 6 meters above a polar bear in Nunavut, Baffin area during wildlife reportage in Nunavut and Greenland during summer 2017. Picture: Florian Ledoux/ Supplied

8/50Aerial photograph of the Opera House, Sydney, Australia. Picture: @dronetrepreneur/ Supplied

Summer trim, France by Jerome Courtial. “I went to Valensole hoping to get an original picture rather than the classic view with the sunset in the background. I knew this was the beginning of the harvest season so I hunted down tractors and waited patiently until some started to harvest in a pattern that would create a pleasing composition from above. I just had to start the drone engine and capture the photo against really strong wind. I thought I would have had a nice picture in the day”

9/50Summer trim, France by Jerome Courtial. “I went to Valensole hoping to get an original picture rather than the classic view with the sunset in the background. I knew this was the beginning of the harvest season so I hunted down tractors and waited patiently until some started to harvest in a pattern that would create a pleasing composition from above. I just had to start the drone engine and capture the photo against really strong wind. I thought I would have had a nice picture in the day”

10/50Drone shot of the famous Tegallalang rice terrace in Bali, Indonesia. Picture: Supplied

11/50Humpback Whale off of North Bondi during the annual migration. Picture: @farishindii/ Supplied

12/50Aerial photo of the Woodward Water Feature, Sydney Australia. Picture: @demasrusli/ Supplied

13/50Tangalooma shipwrecks on Moreton Island. Picture: Supplied

Figure Eight Pool Royal National Park near Burning Palms beach. Tourists enjoy a swim and take photos. Figure Eight Pools is located on a dangerous rock platform in Sydney’s Royal National Park. Figure Eight Pools is located in Royal National Park, near Burning Palms Beach. This coastal rock shelf is dotted with natural rockpools including one in the shape of a figure eight. Picture: Rohan Kelly

14/50Figure Eight Pool Royal National Park near Burning Palms beach. Tourists enjoy a swim and take photos. Figure Eight Pools is located on a dangerous rock platform in Sydney’s Royal National Park. Figure Eight Pools is located in Royal National Park, near Burning Palms Beach. This coastal rock shelf is dotted with natural rockpools including one in the shape of a figure eight. Picture: Rohan Kelly

15/50Path leading through Winter Forest, Bird’s-Eye View. Picture: Supplied

16/50Group of friends having party in a swimming pool and tanning on airbeds, drone view. Picture: Supplied

An aerial shot of the Canadian section of Niagara Falls, also known as Horseshoe Falls, with snow still present in early spring. Picture: Supplied

17/50An aerial shot of the Canadian section of Niagara Falls, also known as Horseshoe Falls, with snow still present in early spring. Picture: Supplied

18/50Aerial view of a beach in Mexico. Picture: Supplied

19/50Aerial photograph of Stockton Beach and Sand-dunes. Picture: @hotherside/ Supplied

20/50Glorieto Rodolfo Sanchez Taboada, Mazatian, Sinaloa, Mexico. Picture: Supplied/ Wootsor

21/50Famous beach Zlatni rat (Golden Horn or Golden Cape), Bol, Brac island, Dalmatia, Croatia. Picture: Supplied

22/50Dubai Marina Urban Skyline. Picture: Supplied

23/50Aerial view of Melissani cave ( Melissani Lake ) in Kefalonia island, Greece. Picture: Supplied

24/50Aerial view of combine harvester. Picture: Supplied

25/50Drone images of Bronte Ocean Pool on an overcast summer day. Picture: Toby Zerna/ Supplied

26/50A boat circles in Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Picture: @Ahmedwehbe_ / Supplied

Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo are celebrating the births of baby animals over the past few months. Giraffes, black buck, eland and ostriches pictured walking over the Savannah Plain. Picture: Toby Zerna/ Supplied

27/50Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo are celebrating the births of baby animals over the past few months. Giraffes, black buck, eland and ostriches pictured walking over the Savannah Plain. Picture: Toby Zerna/ Supplied

28/50Aerial photograph on Sydney’s East Coast during sunrise between Bronte and Tamarama Picture: ohhbillyboy/ Supplied

29/50Young woman on the sea at sunrise in Oludeniz, Turkey. Picture: Supplied

30/50Julier Pass Road in Switzerland. Picture: Supplied

31/50Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Picture: Supplied

32/50Xiwei Reservoir, Zoucheng, Shandong, China. Picture: Supplied

33/50Shanghai Skyline Sunset. Picture: Supplied

34/50Two skiers on an empty ski-slope from a drones perspective, Austria. Picture: Supplied

35/50Aerial photograph of Coogee Beach ocean baths, Sydney, Australia. Picture: @Danielnnng/ Supplied.

36/50DRONE - Bells Beach, Australia. New Years Eve. Picture: Nigel Hallett/ Supplied

37/50Lost Island, Tahaa, French Polynesia. Picture: Marama/ Supplied

38/50Snorkelling with Sharks. Picture: Supplied/ Tahitiflyshoot

39/50Noosa Fairy Pools. Picture: Ben Leo Davis/Tourism/ Events Queensland

40/50Gold Coast. Kite Surfers at Miami Beach on the Gold Coast. Picture: Nigel Hallett/ Supplied

41/50Aerial photograph of Kiama’s Car Import Holding Yard. South Coast of NSW. Picture: @Itchban/ Supplied.

Aerial of the salty pink lakes in Torrevieja. In this beautiful coastal resort you can find two beautiful salt lakes: a blue-green one called La Mata lagoon and the other, of an impressive pink colour, known as Torrevieja lagoon; both connected to the sea by canals. Picture: Wellington Rodrigues/ Supplied

42/50Aerial of the salty pink lakes in Torrevieja. In this beautiful coastal resort you can find two beautiful salt lakes: a blue-green one called La Mata lagoon and the other, of an impressive pink colour, known as Torrevieja lagoon; both connected to the sea by canals. Picture: Wellington Rodrigues/ Supplied

43/50Mont-Saint-Michel an island commune in Normandy, France. Picture: Supplied/ Wanaiifilms

4th International Drone Photography Contest - 3rd prize winner, category Urban, Peace, Spain by Luis Saguar Domingo. “I was in Madrid looking for a nice place for flying my drone and add it to my Instagram account(@luckydron). And I found a good place for taking a picture and when I saw my picture it was really cool and symmetrical in my point of view is hard taking a pic like that.”

44/504th International Drone Photography Contest - 3rd prize winner, category Urban, Peace, Spain by Luis Saguar Domingo. “I was in Madrid looking for a nice place for flying my drone and add it to my Instagram account(@luckydron). And I found a good place for taking a picture and when I saw my picture it was really cool and symmetrical in my point of view is hard taking a pic like that.”

45/50Two girls on their backs in a clearing, just between planted fir forest and natural beech forest. Picture: Anders Andersson/ Supplied

46/50Drone photo of a bride and groom in her wedding dress overlooking a massive Utah desert sinkhole near Moab. Picture: Supplied

Pennant Hills Golf Course greenskeeper Spencer Davison tries to keep the greens well watered as temperatures reach the high 30’s in Sydney’s west today. Picture: Toby Zerna/ Supplied

47/50Pennant Hills Golf Course greenskeeper Spencer Davison tries to keep the greens well watered as temperatures reach the high 30’s in Sydney’s west today. Picture: Toby Zerna/ Supplied

48/50End of the line, USA by Martin Sanchez.

Two moo by Luke Bell. “It was a cold early morning in South Africa on a farm near Stellenbosch. 2 cows drinking from a nearby dam caught my eye when I saw their long shadows. I launched my drone to capture the scene in a way impossible with any other type of camera.”

49/50Two moo by Luke Bell. “It was a cold early morning in South Africa on a farm near Stellenbosch. 2 cows drinking from a nearby dam caught my eye when I saw their long shadows. I launched my drone to capture the scene in a way impossible with any other type of camera.”

50/50Next level by Thibault Beguet.

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