500px for Windows 8 is a social network to share and see high quality photographs, a more refined alternative to Instagram without filters.

In 500px for Windows 8, you can browse through hundreds of images and get to know their author, add comments, "like" them and save them on your list of favorite images. The goal of 500px is to let you share photos and see those taken by others.

With 500px for Windows 8 you can search for specific authors or themes, filtering the results by features or popularity.

Instagram for profesionals

Just like Instagram, 500px for Windows 8 lets you follow real users and discover their secrets: which camera they use, which lens they favor and even more technical details like exactly where they took the photo, the aperture, the shutter speed and the focal length of the camera when they shot the images.

Although there are many similarities, 500px for Windows 8 distances itself from Instagram or Flickr by the quality of its images, which have a higher level of craftsmanship than many of the photos you'll find on other photography social networks.

To get the most out of 500px for Windows 8 you need to become part of this network. To do so you'll need to link up through your Twitter or Facebook account or register on the 500px network itself.

Great imagery

500px for Windows 8, as an application, offers its image repertoire in full screen, displaying mosaics with a selection of photographs which you can browse. As well as this, you'll always be able to see who took the image so you can interact with them or add a comment.

The design of 500px for Windows 8 is very similar to the web version, so it won't be difficult for you to swap over to the Windows 8 version, as the touch controls are very intuitive.

In conclusion

If you're looking for quality images, in high resolution and taken by professionals, or of that sort of quality, you'll love 500px for Windows 8. It might not have the most extensive range of images, but it more than makes up for this with spectacular photos to which you can add your own works of art.