It has been a while since we last compiled a good and inspiring collection of professional photography, making this round-up well and truly overdue. We have selected a varied batch of inspirational photography articles featuring high speed images, macro shots, documentary photographs, underwater snaps and much more.

Autumn Colours in Photography

Autumn Colours in Photography →

Brilliant Bokeh Photography

Brilliant Bokeh Photography →

35 Jaw-Dropping Examples of High Speed Photography

35 Jaw-Dropping Examples of High Speed Photography →

75 Beautiful Examples Of Documentary Photography

75 Beautiful Examples Of Documentary Photography →

Mindblowing Macro Photography

Mindblowing Macro Photography →

Collection of Expressive Photography

Collection of Expressive Photography →

Unbelievable Underwater Photography

Unbelievable Underwater Photography →

By Paul Andrew (Speckyboyand speckyboy@twitter).

What do you recommend? Should your web image have a resolution of 72dpi or is it irrelevant as the browser works in pixels and 100 pixels are 100 pixels no matter what dpi you select? What do you think?

You can leave your thoughts or recommendations below, or you can leave your answer on the original question on Answers here: What resolution do you recommend for an image on the web?

What resolution do you recommend for an image on the web?

This question was originally asked by Kevin M..

There have been four varied answers so far, you can view them below:

Thanks to everyone who asked a question, but most importantly thanks to everyone that took the time and effort to offer helpful and useful answers.

High quality photo effects are not only reserved for professionals or tech-savvy image editing specialists, they can be achieved by anyone, as today’s design news demonstrates. We have collected four recent photo editing tutorials that can be easily followed and achieved by anyone with a digital camera and a desire to give a little bit of coolness and professionalism to there shots.

Give Your Photos a Vintage Look

This tutorial is for anyone who doesn’t have photo editing know-how, expensive editing software or a load of time to spare, and shows you how to create a retro profile pic in a matter of minutes using some absolutely free, entirely online services.
Give Your Photos a Vintage Look

How To Give Your Photos a Cool Retro Analog Effect

Back in the days of analog photography imperfections were part of the job. Colour washes, light leaks, vignettes and blurs were all common problems that appeared during the processing of your film, particularly from cheap cameras such as the Holga, or simply down to human error. While these problems don’t affect digital cameras, you can recreate the cool effects in Photoshop to give your shots that cool lo-fi retro effect.
How To Give Your Photos a Cool Retro Analog Effect

Foggy Window Effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will be shown how to create a foggy window effect in Photoshop, using stock photo, brushes, and layer styles to create the simple effect. The whole process is quite simple and it won't take you more than 30 minutes to achieve.
Foggy Window Effect in Photoshop

Quick HDR Effect Photoshop CS5 Tutorial

To create High Dynamic Range pictures, you typically need at least 3 different exposures of the same photo, but in this Photoshop tutorial you will learn how to create HDR from a single image.

This technique will make the bright portions of the image darker, and dark portions of the image lighter. This also gives the image a lot more realistic look.
Quick HDR Effect Photoshop CS5 Tutorial

By Paul Andrew (Speckyboyand speckyboy@twitter).

In today’s news we have collected some beautiful and inspirational photography showcases that illustrate professional photography at its best.

80+ Nighttime Cityscapes and Skylines with Amazing Architecture and Colors

80+ Nighttime Cityscapes and Skylines with Amazing Architecture and Colors

Capturing Textures and Patterns in Photography

Capturing Textures and Patterns in Photography

Showcase of Beautiful Photography

Showcase of Beautiful Photography

By Paul Andrew (Speckyboyand speckyboy@twitter).

There is nothing better, nothing more powerful and nothing more popular than the greatest graphic image editor ever that is Photoshop. Photoshop by itself is a pretty useful tool, but when its extended with stylish brushes, beautiful patterns, seamless textures and powerful actions, it is truly an unstoppable tool.

In today’s news we have collected the best free resources to help enhance your next project.

650+ Free Photoshop Patterns

The use of repeating patterns in Photoshop can help to produce attractive website backgrounds with very little effort, and of course patterns have other uses as well. In this post we’ll feature some of the best free patterns that are available. You’ll find some individual patterns as well as many packs of multiple patterns.
650+ Free Photoshop Patterns

45 Photoshop Actions To Enhance Your Photos And Stand Out

In this article you’re going to find 45 sets of Photoshop actions that can help you enhance the colors and change the overall look and feel of your photo.
45 Photoshop Actions To Enhance Your Photos And Stand Out

The Ultimate Collection of Free Photoshop Patterns

Photoshop patterns offer a quick way to enhance your project with a cohesive look. Here are a collection of absolutely beautiful photoshop patterns. Whether you use patterns to fill the entire background of your site or just a specific area of your design, you will definitely find these useful.
The Ultimate Collection of Free Photoshop Patterns

40 Fresh Free Texture Packs

In this round-up they’ve collected 40 amazing new free texture packs to freshen up your designs.
40 Fresh Free Texture Packs

By Paul Andrew (Speckyboyand speckyboy@twitter).

There are many forms of photography: landscape, sports, portrait, wildlife, forensic… the list goes and on. And each form in its own way can be elevated to an art-form. As such, professional photographers will focus or specialize on the form that they feel most comfortable and most accomplished with. And it is these showcases that we focus on today.

Below you will find some specialized photography showcases, more specifically on adventure, ice, landscape and sports photography.

50 Breathtaking Examples of Landscape Photography

View more from this gallery here: 50 Breathtaking Examples of Landscape Photography.

Adventure Photography: These Guys Have no Fear

View more from this gallery here: Adventure Photography: These Guys Have no Fear.

30 Breathtaking Examples Of Ice Photography

View more from this gallery here: 30 Breathtaking Examples Of Ice Photography.

Showcase of Award Winning Sports Photographer Bob Martin

View more from this gallery here: Showcase of Award Winning Sports Photographer Bob Martin.

By Paul Andrew (Speckyboy and speckyboy@twitter).

In itself photo manipulation is an art-form. Its basically taking a digital image and creating a deception, however slight, and entirely altering its focus and meaning.

It is quite possibly the most popular design category for graphic designers, giving an opportunity to exercise both there Photoshop skills and stretch there creativity.

As for everyone? We simply love it, and can't get enough of it.

Eye Popping Pics of Cyborg Animals

Worth1000.com decided to harness that double love and start a Photoshop contest to see who could create the coolest robotic animals on the web. Artists took pictures of real animals and filled them with images of gears, wires, and electronic gizmos. The results look pretty amazing. There are cybernetic reptiles, android mammals, and even a robot chicken.

75 Photo Manipulations Art That Will Blow Your Mind

66 Mind Blowing Photo Manipulations Art

This photo manipulation showcase is an incredible collection of photo manipulation art relating to nature, photography, objects, illustrations, HDR as well as some abstract and fantasy-related concepts.

By Paul Andrew (Speckyboy and speckyboy@twitter).

Even if you are a seasoned professional photographer the chances are you will from time to time need one or maybe all of these cheat-sheets, whether it be to remember a shortcut key when photo editing or it could a simple reminder when taking a difficult or tricky shot.

For today’s news we have a great collection of useful Photography cheat-sheets, visit the resources for the full articles and download pages.

Helpful Photography Cheat Sheets to Make Your Life Easier

Here is a list of all the cheat sheets available from this resource: Portrait Lighting Cheat Sheet Card; The Photographic Cheat Sheet by Gordon McKinney; 49 Photo Tips Cheat Sheet; Light Falloff Cheat Sheet Card; Photography Cheat sheet; PhotoBert Cheatsheets; Reflector Card Cheat Sheet.

You can download the all of the photography cheat sheets from here: Helpful Photography Cheat Sheets to Make Your Life Easier.

12 Extremely Helpful Photo Editing App Cheat Sheets

Here is a list of all the cheat sheets available from this resource: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Keyboard Shortcuts; Photoshop Lasso, Brush and Pen Tool Cheatsheets; Photoshop Elements 7 For Dummies Cheet Sheet; Photoshop Toolbox Reference; Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Cheat Sheets.

You can download the all of the photo editing cheat sheets from here: 12 Extremely Helpful Photo Editing App Cheat Sheets.

By Paul Andrew (Speckyboy and speckyboy@twitter).

For today’s News Round-Up we have collected ten wallpaper compilation articles to help freshen up your desktop. We start of with a collection of Valentines day wallpapers for all you romantics out there… and for all you cynics we have the usual and expected range of walls (retro, high resolution, Widescreen, abstart… you get the idea) only all of these are fresh, creative and original!

85 Free Saint Valentine's Day Wallpapers

37 Gorgeous Space Wallpapers

70+ Super Creative Wallpapers "About Design"

49 Free HD Widescreen Wallpapers

28 Superb high resolution green wallpapers

25 Beautiful Abstract Wallpapers for the iPhone

21 Fantastic WordPress desktop wallpapers

32 Incredibly Stunning Abstract Wallpapers

45+ Free Retro Wallpapers for your Desktop

30+ Breathtaking Dual Monitor Wallpapers

By Paul Andrew (Speckyboy and speckyboy@twitter).

There is an amateur photographer in all of us. We all aspire to capture that memorable moment from that single image, and for it to be remembered for ever. Of course, the reality is, we are for the most parts amateurs. We may be able to capture the moment by simply clicking the camera, but struggle to capture the emotion and the mood of the environment and thus elevating the image to an art form.

In todays news we have collected some fresh photography showcases that illustrate professional photography at its best.

35 Expressive Examples of Stunning HDR Photography

HDR photography has become one of the most popular and beautiful forms of displaying images. HDR or “high-dynamic-range photography”, lets you capture different aspects of a photograph and use software to merge them all-together.

35 Expressive Examples of Stunning HDR Photography

100+ Beautiful Examples of Black and White Photography

Color photography was originally rare and expensive, and again often less than true to life. Color photography became more common in the middle of the 20th century, and has become even more common since. Black-and-white remains a niche market for photographers who use the medium for artistic purposes.

In this photography showcase, there are 100 Stunning Black and White Photography and Pictures.

100+ Beautiful Examples of Black and White Photography

Stylish Photography by Brandon Voges

Brandon Voges is a photographer from Saint Louis, MO, United States. He has worked on everything from digital retouching to illustration, motion graphics, art direction and interactive design until he realized that what he really loves to do was image-making at the source. Brandon has a great sense of style with some impressive portraits.

Stylish Photography by Brandon Voges

40 Awesome Examples of Tilt-Shift Photography

Tilt-shift photography refers to giving the subject of a photo a miniature look or toy-like appearance. This affect can either be achieved with a special camera lens and other shooting techniques, or it can be done in post processing with applications like Photoshop. In this article have showcased 40 awesome examples of tilt-shift photography.

40 Awesome Examples of Tilt-Shift Photography

By Paul Andrew (Speckyboy and speckyboy@twitter).