“There’s no hard and fast rule to achieve creative photography nor there are guidelines and steps to think out of the box. But one thing’s for sure, for those who create some of the most creative photos in the world, they have great passion for photography and some good few years of practices and experience.

Here is a collection of some really creative photographs that truly inspires.”

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/40-fresh-creative-and-inspiring-photographs/

Here’s a great compilation of stunning images on 11 different themes:

http://digital-photography-school.com/11-inspirational-image-collections

I thought you all might enjoy the Wall Street Journal photo blog, which has daily stunning images related to photojournalism.

http://blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/

The annual Picture of the Year competition is an event where the images that became Featured Pictures during the last year are voted by members from all of the Wikimedia projects, to produce a single Picture of the Year.　The third Picture of the Year competition was voted on:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2008