It’s time for another edition of This Week in Popular, our weekly countdown of the top 25 most popular photos on 500px. After two weeks of landscape-dominated Top 25s, people struck back this week! Portraits and even a few bird photos help add some much-appreciated diversity to or countdown.

In fact, it’s the bird photos that impressed us most this week. Both the header image above by FuYi Chen and “Kiss of the Vampire” by Marco Redaelli are the kinds of shots bird photographer dream of!

Editor’s Note: There’s also one Not Safe for Work image in the bunch, but it was too beautiful to leave out, hence the NSFW tag. Proceed with caution.

As always, our congratulations go out to the hard-working 500pxers who went out and captured these amazing shots and made it to the top of Popular this week. And if you didn’t make the list this time around, keep on shooting! Each week a score of new photographers break into the Top 25—next week could be your turn.

25. Anna by Ivan Warhammer

Anna by Ivan Warhammer on 500px.com

24. Ice Ages by Ian Plant

Ice Ages by Ian Plant on 500px.com

23. When Time Stands Still by Alexandre Ehrhard

When Time Stands Still by Alexandre Ehrhard on 500px.com

22. Portrait by Maxim Maximov

Portrait by Maxim Maximov on 500px.com

21. New Wave by Timothy Poulton

New Wave by Timothy Poulton on 500px.com

20. Underworld by Jae Youn Ryu

Underworld by jae youn ,Ryu on 500px.com

19. Kiss of the Vampire by Marco Redaelli

Kiss of the vampire by Marco Redaelli on 500px.com

18. Natalya by Ann Nevreva

Natalya by Ann Nevreva on 500px.com

17. Sweet Summer Rain by Jake Olson Studios

Sweet Summer Rain by Jake Olson Studios on 500px.com

16. The Ice Castle by Esmeralda Tunichtgut

The ice castle by EsmeraldaTunichtgut on 500px.com

15. Almost There! by Andreas Agazzi

Almost there! by Andreas Agazzi on 500px.com

14. Disco Ball by Max Conrad

Disco ball by Max Conrad on 500px.com

13. Glory Rise by Eamon Gallagher

Glory Rise by Eamon Gallagher on 500px.com

12. Water Time by Miki Macovei

Water time by Miki Macovei on 500px.com

11. Soar to Great Heights by FuYi Chen

Soar To Great Heights by FuYi Chen on 500px.com

10. Morning Has Broken by Ricardo Mateus

Morning Has Broken by Ricardo Mateus on 500px.com

9. Water Games by Aeterna Photography Studio

Water games by Aeterna Photography Studio  on 500px.com

8. Mini Shoot by Lisa Holloway

Mini Shoot by Lisa Holloway on 500px.com

7. Southwest Supernova by Mark Metternich

Southwest Supernova by Mark Metternich on 500px.com

6. Misty Morning by Jaewoon U

Misty morning by Jaewoon U on 500px.com

5. Svetlana by Sean Archer

Svetlana by Sean Archer on 500px.com

4. Light Feast by Ole Henrik Skjelstad

Light Feast by Ole Henrik Skjelstad on 500px.com

3. Blue Hour Storm by John Harrison

Blue Hour Storm by John Harrison on 500px.com

2. Holuhraun Volcano Eruption by Iurie Belegurschi

Holuhraun volcano eruption... by Iurie  Belegurschi on 500px.com

1. The Lonely Moscow 3 by Georgiy Chernyadyev

The Lonely Moscow 3 by ???????  ????????? (Georgiy Chernyadyev) on 500px.com

Want to browse through even more gorgeous photography before you go out and capture some of your own this weekend? Check out the Popular section of our Discover tab.

Or, if “popular” doesn’t match your definition of “great,” give our Editors’ Choice page a shot. Every month, a cohort of incredibly talented 500px pros comb through the archives to dig up the best photos that aren’t getting their due on 500px naturally.