There are travelers who like to take photos, and then there are travel photographers.
There's a difference between the two, and that becomes especially apparent when browsing travel photos on Instagram.
We rounded up 13 beautiful places around the world and compared a professional's depiction of those places to an amateur's.
Keep scrolling to see the distinction.
The Wave in Arizona looks majestic against a starry evening sky.
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The sand's colors pop a lot less without the starry sky as a backdrop.
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The Norwegian village of Geiranger just begs to be photographed. The umbrella adds a whimsical quality to this shot.
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