Hero Image Examples

Great copy helps, but the hero background makes the first impression. This list curates nature-inspired hero image examples with low horizons and generous sky so headlines stay crisp and scannable.

Steal the look with free images we generated and ready-to-use Midjourney prompts to build high-converting, clutter-free headers.

Saw those crisp landscape headers blowing up on X and want the same vibe for your landing page? Inspired by these posts, we curated ready-to-use examples you can plug into your hero today.

Rice Terraces Morning Hero - Low Horizon, Clean Sky

16:9 autumn valley with orange-red trees held to the lower 25%, a thin river winding to a low horizon, and a bright uncluttered sky with a clear center for overlay copy

Midjourney Prompt

wide hero landscape, autumn valley with orange and red trees clustered only in bottom 25%, thin river winding to low horizon, above a bright clear sky occupying 75%, warm yet uncluttered, modern flat illustration, central area kept empty for H1, no text

Great for: SaaS/product landers (PM/AI/analytics), wellness or mindfulness apps, creative studios and portfolios, eco/climate brands, and minimalist e-commerce—simple backgrounds with ample negative space support readable hero copy and strong CTAs

Tip (readability overlay)

Place the overlay <div> immediately above your background <img> inside a relative hero wrapper. It adds a subtle white→transparent linear gradient that softens the image behind your text while not blocking clicks, and stacks above the image but below your content.

• Keep pointer-events-none so links/CTAs remain clickable.

• Use -z-10 on the overlay and -z-20 on the image so the overlay sits between the image and your content. Negative z-index values render beneath higher layers.

• Tailwind v4 uses bg-linear-to-b; on older builds use bg-gradient-to-b for the same effect.

• object-cover ensures the image fills the section cleanly.

<section class="relative">
  <!-- hero content goes here (z-auto / z-0) -->

  <!-- Add this overlay just above the image -->
  <div class="pointer-events-none absolute inset-0 -z-10 bg-linear-to-b from-white/99 via-white/60 to-transparent"></div>

  <img
    class="absolute inset-0 -z-20 h-full w-full object-cover"
    src="https://cdn.midjourney.com/99b500fb-5942-415c-ac8e-14f30f01beea/0_1.png"
    alt="Background image"
  />
</section>

Rice Terraces Morning Hero

16:9 hero with layered green rice terraces held to the lower 25%, low mist at the horizon, and a soft pastel morning sky with a clear center for UI text.

Midjourney Prompt

wide hero background, rice terraces or layered green fields held in bottom 25%, low mist at horizon, upper 75% soft morning sky, pastel greens and blues, clean vector-inspired style, center intentionally empty for UI text, no text

Great for: SaaS/product landers, analytics/AI tools, eco or climate brands, wellness apps, travel sites, and portfolios. Low horizon and generous negative space keep overlay text readable; add a subtle overlay if needed.

Desert Dunes Hero: Low Horizon, Open Sky

16:9 panoramic desert with smooth orange dunes, a simple road and sparse cacti limited to the lower 25%, leaving a wide pale-blue sky for clean overlay text.

Midjourney Prompt

panoramic hero illustration, smooth orange desert dunes and a simple road only in bottom 25%, a few cacti and rocks, very low horizon, upper 75% open pale blue sky with subtle heat haze, clean and minimal, ideal for SaaS landing overlay, no text

Great for: SaaS/product landers (PM/AI/analytics), productivity or focus apps, creative studios/portfolios, lightweight e-commerce, wellness/meditation sites—minimal scenery + ample negative space keep headlines readable and CTAs clear.

Lighthouse Hills Hero - Calm, Open Sky

6:9 hero with gentle green-yellow rolling hills and rocks held to the lower 25%, a tiny distant lighthouse, and a soft blue sky with clouds and birds, leaving a clean center for overlay text.

Midjourney Prompt

imagine wide hero illustration, gentle green and yellow rolling hills and rocks limited to the bottom 25% of the frame, tiny lighthouse on a distant hill, clear pastel blue sky with soft clouds and birds filling the remaining 75%, calm and bright, vector-style clean lines, big negative space in middle for UI text, no text,

Great for: Hiking/outdoor tour companies, travel SaaS, wellness or mindfulness apps, creative studios, minimalist e-commerce—simple scenes with big negative space keep headlines legible and CTAs clear.

Orange Desert Hero - Low Horizon, Clean Sky

A wide 16:9 landscape of gentle orange dunes with a few cacti kept to the bottom 25%, fading into a warm-to-cool gradient sky with soft haze, leaving generous negative space for a bold title overlay and no baked-in text.

Midjourney Prompt

wide hero landscape, orange desert with gentle dunes and a few cacti restricted to bottom 25%, horizon very low, upper 75% warm-to-cool gradient sky, soft haze, minimal shapes, ideal for bold title overlay, no text

Great for: SaaS/product landers (PM tools, AI/analytics), creator portfolios, studios/consultancies, mindfulness/wellness apps, minimalist e-commerce. Low horizon + negative space keep hero copy legible; add a subtle overlay if needed.