You don’t have to photograph people or landscapes or even animals to get your images selected for Editors’ Choice. In fact, the subject of your EC-worthy image might be right in your backyard… you just have to really LOOK for it.

Some of these 25 gorgeous patterns, shapes, and textures could have been photographed in someone’s backyard… others meant a trip into the desert… and some are just gorgeous abstract images of something we can’t quite identify. We’ll never know, but we don’t have to.

As long as you know what to look for—and maybe follow these 7 tips from landscape photographer Sarah Marino—you could be capturing photos like this in no time! Scroll down for some inspiration.

Coral by Marianna Armata on 500px.com

Forest Fire by Marc  Adamus on 500px.com

Tiles at Twilight by Sarah Marino on 500px.com

Spurge by Mike Moats on 500px.com

My Own Art by Hamed Musharbak on 500px.com

Crystals of rain by Silvia Spedicato on 500px.com

travel deep into ices by Lora Arfeeva on 500px.com

Slocan Lake Sunset 2 by Ursula Abresch on 500px.com

Symmetric Chaos (HDR) by Dmitri Sädus on 500px.com

ICE MINT by Jun-ichi Sekimoto on 500px.com

Europa by Alex Noriega on 500px.com

White Pocket Abstract by Justin Reznick on 500px.com

 Autumn Texture by Alessandro Ferretti on 500px.com

GESTREIFT by rolleckphotographie on 500px.com

spoon#8 by Margit Schubert on 500px.com

Inspiration by David Thompson on 500px.com

California | Blue Hour At Zabriskie Point by Hardy Höfer on 500px.com

Mullets migration by Milko Marchetti on 500px.com

Crawling with Decay by Floris van Breugel on 500px.com

Bluebell Wood by Phil Bird LRPS CPAGB on 500px.com

ice by jo stephen on 500px.com

Blue and Gold by Ron Coscorrosa on 500px.com

Evening

Succulent from the Monaco Arboretum by Travis Ball on 500px.com

Plumbago auriculata by Maranatha.it Photography on 500px.com

Have your own pattern, texture, or shape photos you’re particularly proud of? Upload to 500px and drop a link in the comments. And if you’ve never checked out the Editors’ Choice section of 500px, go do that right this second!