Every once in a while, it’s good to take stock.

LAST AUGUST, Hal Amen had a brilliant idea for a series. Each Saturday we would post one photo that we felt captured inspiration. Inspiration to shut down the computer, to put down the remote control, to pull on the boots and walk outside the door.

After launching the Matador Flickr Photography group, we started receiving some great submissions from the Matador Community, and most postings as of late have come from this fantastic talent pool.

Naturally we accumulated a lot of inspirational shots. Here are 10 of our favourite:

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Carlo Alcos

Carlo Alcos is the editor of Brave New Traveler and co-founder of Confronting Love. He blogs about his travels and life in general at Vagabonderz.com. You can also find him at the yoga studio and tweeting away as @vagab0nderz.

  • http://arewethereyeti.wordpress.com Ahimsa

    They’re all awesome, but the one of Denali was spectacular. Alaska just moved even further up on the list.

  • http://www.deliciouschaos.com Nick

    These are wonderful, and what a fantastic idea!

    I don’t know why, but the Camino tree one really speaks to me. I’m sure that must be Galicia – it has that enchanted forest look about it…

  • http://www.mikesryukyugallery.com Ruykyu Mike

    Super collection !

  • http://www.candicedoestheworld.com Candice

    Whoa, #10. And I stopped at #9 for a long time. Couldn’t tear my eyes away.

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