Tour Eiffel area — photo by Alexandre Duret-Lutz

All the pictures on this page share one thing in common: none of them has been taken by shooting straight at eye-level, from an expected standing point.
Instead, they are all composed from an uncommon point of view: some are shot from overhead, others are made by pointing the lens straight upwards, others are focused from very close by, or underwater, or from a much lower/higher level than the one where the average eye is supposed to be.
Because the photographer is forced to stand in an unusual place (say inside water, clung to a high rock, or laying down on the ground) or else is pointing his head, eyes and camera to an unusual angle, the results are themselves bound to be unusual.

Sure, there is no 100% guaranteed recipe for success in photography.
Still, it is worth trying to compose pictures from a different angle.

No need to write more, let’s just remind some of the synonyms that every thesaurus connects with unusual:
amazing, astonishing, atypical, awe-inspiring, awesome, bizarre, brave, characterful, conspicuous, curious, different, distinctive, distinguished, eminent, exceptional, exclusive, exquisite, extraordinary, fantastic, fine, first-class, full of life, glamorous, hand-picked, inconceivable, incredible, interesting, lively, memorable, nice, noteworthy, odd, out of the ordinary, outstanding, phenomenal, precious, prodigious, prominent, rare, refreshing, remarkable, rich, significant, singular, something else, special, stimulating, strange, surprising, uncommon, unconventional, unexpected, unique, unparalleled, various.

Try and be creative

The following photos are particularly interesting for beginners because most of them are easy to reproduce even with different subjects: a good starting point for better photography.

Which of them do you prefer? What do you think?
Feel free to post your own pictures and comments!