Instagram Spotlight: Making Your Shot Shine

They say that some matches are made in heaven. We recently combined our incredibly talented and passionate photo community, Your Shot, with one of our other favorite photo communities, Instagram. Two photo communities + stunning photos = bliss. Meet @NatGeoYourShot.

We hope you enjoy a small selection of these breathtaking images, and follow us on Instagram!

The Hanuman Shrine atop Hermakuta Hill in India is one of many temples among the Hampi ruins dedicated to worship the Hindu god, Shiva. —Manickam Bala

Shepherds off of a highway in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. —Vineet Vohra

A girl posing for the camera in the midst of traffic. —Anurag Sahoo

An Aghori by the banks of the Ganga River in Varansi, India. —Thanwan Singh

A Great White Shark in Ensanada, Baja California, Mexico. —George Probst

A photo to immortalize their 2,500km trip around Australia. —Gloria Salgado Gispert

A portrait of Clelia in Mosciano Sant’Angelo, Italy. —Alessandro Passerini

This beautiful wave was captured with a long exposure to emphasize its circular path due to a submerged cliff causing the wave to bend in Manarola, Italy. —Paolo Lazzarotti

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