The sky is the limit when it comes to creative uses of drones for photography — see for example Dronestagram or the National Geographic magazine contest.
Given this new golden age of aerial photography, we are showcasing the what’s out there. Here’s our picks for the best photos that drones took in 2014.
Soaring eagle
An eagle soaring in the Bali Barat National Park in Indonesia.
IMAGE: CAPUNGAERO/DRONESTAGRAM
The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona
The Eixample, Barcelona’s grid-like district, and Antoni Gaudi’s famous — and still unfinished — Sagrada Familia, seen by a drone.
IMAGE: AMOS CHAPPLE
All eyes on the drone
People stare at a drone in San Jose del Monte City, outside of Manila, Philippines.
IMAGE: JERICSANIEL/DRONESTAGRAM
A drone hovers over Russian beachgoers in Abkhazia.
IMAGE: AMOS CHAPPLE
Funeral
U.S. Marines in Philadelphia prepare for a wreath-laying ceremony.
IMAGE: TOMAS VAN HOUTRYVE
Little players
Kids playing in a soccer league in Athens, Greece, get ready for a game.
IMAGE: RIZIKIANOS/DRONESTAGRAM
The church and the clouds
Clouds surround the the Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor Church in Barcelona.
IMAGE: AMOS CHAPPLE
Schoolyard of shadows
Students are seen in a schoolyard in El Dorado County, California.
IMAGE: TOMAS VAN HOUTRYVE
Tilted tower
A view of the famously tilted Pisa tower in Pisa, Italy.
IMAGE: KOLIBIK-FOTO/DRONESTAGRAM
Star-shaped village
The star-shaped village of Bourtange, in eastern Netherlands.
IMAGE: AMOS CHAPPLE
Home of a Hermit
The Katskhi Pillar in Georgia has been home to a monk who’s been living there as a near-hermit for twenty years.
IMAGE: AMOS CHAPPLE
Waterfall
The Tamul waterall in the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
IMAGE: POSTANDFLY/DRONESTAGRAM
Stadium Fireworks
The fireworks celebrating the 100th anniversary of two of the country’s biggest soccer teams in Sofia, Bulgaria.
IMAGE: ICEFIRE/DRONESTAGRAM
Village
The city of Mougins near Cannes in France.
>IMAGE: JULIEN06/DRONESTAGRAM
Sunny Wedding
A married couple photographed in Hlinsko, Czech Republic.
IMAGE: SCIENTIK/DRONESTAGRAM
Wedding
A flower girl looks toward the sky during a wedding in central Philadelphia.
IMAGE: TOMAS VAN HOUTRYVE
Hazy Sacre-Coeur
A view of the Sacre-Coeur, on the tip of Montmartre, in Paris.
IMAGE: AMOS CHAPPLE
Balancing on the Water
Jérémy Thétaz crossing a “space-waterline” on a small lake near Sion, Switzerland.
IMAGE: NICOLAS SEDLATCHEK
Balancing on the Clouds
Theo Sanson walks on a 280 feet long highline at 980 feet of altitude in Les Gorges Du Verdon in France.
Kids playing in a soccer league in Athens, Greece, get ready for a game.
