Free Photos, Set 12: 103 Mixed Pictures
Set 12 of the BigFoto library: 103 free photos of shop and road signs, traffic lights in the snow, lakes and sunsets, trees and woodpiles, the Taj Mahal and town life, and close-ups of glass marbles, bottles and coloured pencils, grouped by subject below. Click any photo to see it large and download it.
How to download: click a photo to see it large, then use Download. The originals are about 1200 × 800 pixels: right for blog posts, slides, social media, school projects and video call backgrounds.
Signs and traffic lights
A pharmacy cross, a bakery pretzel, an optician’s glasses, a family pictogram, no stopping and no sports shoes signs, and traffic lights in the snow.
Lakes, sky and weather
A jetty on a calm lake, rain clouds, a lamp at sunset, a canoe on the shore, trees above a sea of fog and a moor with water lilies.
Trees, fields and wood
A lone tree on a hill, a cornfield in autumn, an old plough, wrapped bales, stacked logs, wagon wheels and the edge of an autumn forest.
Travel, town and sculptures
The Taj Mahal, white tent roofs, a dragonfly sculpture, a fruit market, shadows on cobblestones, a ship’s bell, a candle chandelier and an indoor tennis hall.
Objects and textures
Glass marbles, green bottles, coloured pencils, mugs and cups, blue coat hangers, a key, onions on a string, a watermelon and paving patterns.
About photography
Four Thirds system
The Four Thirds system uses a 4:3 inch-based image ratio, as with other compact digital cameras as opposed to a full-frame digital SLR, which usually uses the 3:2 ratio of the traditional 35 mm format. The actual size of the Four Thirds sensor is however much smaller: 18 mm x 13.5 mm. This is about 40% less than sensors used in most digital SLR, but almost 10 times larger than sensors typically used in compact digital cameras.
A Micro Four Thirds camera is a cross between a standard point-and-shoot camera and a digital SLR. The difference between a point-and-shoot camera and an MTF camera is that MFTs have small interchangeable lenses and good size sensors. The difference between a digital SLR camera and an MFT camera is that MFTs do not have a mirror and viewfinder. A shot is composed only on the LCD screen. This technology provides much smaller cameras than SLRs, while still producing excellent images.
Bridge cameras
Bridge cameras fill the gap between digital compact cameras and digital SLRs by offering the technology found in both. They are more compact than SLRs but certainly not pocket size and also more restricted in terms of lens options and the range of features. Bridge camera lenses are fixed, but usually have a very large zoom range and are also normally able to tackle reasonable macro images. Although they offer the facility of point-and-shoot, they also have a good range of exposure modes, metering options, special programmes, good size LCD screens etc. and offer full manual control. Although megapixels are often in double figures, image quality will not compare to digital SLRs as the image sensors are smaller.
More free photos
- Free photos, set 11
- Free photos, set 13
- Free lake pictures
- Free sky pictures
- Free wood textures
- Free close-up pictures
Questions about set 12
Can I use these photos for free?
Yes, for personal and commercial projects. All we ask is a link back to BigFoto.com; the box at the top of the page has a credit link you can copy.
Why is this a mixed set?
These photos were added to the library in batches of about a hundred and did not fit one theme or place. They are grouped by subject on this page; the sets before and after it hold more of the same kind of everyday pictures.
