'Eyecatchers' are show-stopping and surprising standalone images from the natural world. This gallery is a great place to look for those special one-off images, suitable for double-page spreads or simply for inspiration and ideas.
Bence Mate / Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) low angle perspective of open bill, Lake Kerkini, Greece, February. Winner, Eric Hosking award, 2011 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition
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Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Doyok' sitting on bench made for tourists - wide angle perspective. Pondok Tanggui, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, In...
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Bence Mate / Green / Double-crested basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) running across water surface, Santa Rita, Costa Rica. Did you know? This amazing lizard is colloquially known as the 'Jesus Christ lizard' for i...
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Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) trying to bite window of a tundra buggy, with paws against the glass, 1002 coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, October 2005
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David Fleetham / Gold-specs jawfish (Opistognathus sp.), male, mouth brooding eggs, Mabul Island, Malaysia.
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Alex Mustard / RF- Domestic pig (Sus domestica) swimming in sea. Exuma Cays, Bahamas. Tropical West Atlantic Ocean. This family of pigs live on this beach in the Bahamas and enjoy swimming in the sea. (This image ma...
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Mark Payne-Gill / African bullfrog / Giant bullfrog /Pixie frog (Pyxicephalus adspersus) male digs canal to rescue tadpoles from drying puddle, South-Africa. Second prize winner in this Wildlife Photographer of the Ye...
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Solvin Zankl / Deepsea marine larva of decapod crustacean {Sergestes sp} Atlantic ocean. Second place in Underwater categroy of the GDT 2011 competition
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Jeff Rotman / Giant Pacific octopus squirting ink at diver, British Columbia Canada
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Andy Rouse / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) chasing Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) during migration crossing, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa
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Ingo Arndt / Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) flying in warmth of midday sun, overwintering colony in Michoacan, Mexico
Markus Varesvuo / White-tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) being attacked by a Common Gull (Larus canus) in flight. Norway, July. Magic Moments book plate, page 51.
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Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls, West Papuan fisherman in boat, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2002.
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Doug Perrine / American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) with mouth open, split level, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida Everglades, USA
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Bence Mate / Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) colony harvesting a banana leaf, Costa Rica. OVERALL WINNER: Wildlife Photoghrapher of the Year 2010 from Eric Hosking Award portfolio image 2/6
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David Fleetham / Blue-spotted Sea Urchin (Astropyga radiata) expelling waste from the sac in the center of it's body. Maui, Hawaii.
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David Fleetham / Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus wollebacki) framed by a school of Black Striped Salema (Xenocys jessiae). Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Equador.
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Kim Taylor / Brown Long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) drinking from a lily pond , Surrey, UK. Overall WINNER of the Audubon Society of Greater Denver ‘Share the View’ competition 2011
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Graham Eaton / Mallard {Anas platyrhynchos} looking down from the water surface, view from underwater, Wales, UK, 2006
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Doug Perrine / Flower hat jelly / jellyfish (Olindias formosa) captive, a rare hydromedusa with fluorescent tentacle tips, found off Brazil, Argentina, and southern Japan
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Andy Rouse / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) with double rainbow in background, Masai Mara GR, Kenya, January
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Bence Mate / Two Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) fighting in flight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary
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Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) running, Kenya (non-ex)
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Erlend Haarberg / Northern lights and the Strokkur Geyser, Iceland, March 2011
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Erlend Haarberg / Person standing silhouetted in lava formation with northern lights above, Dimmuborgir, Myvatn, Iceland, March 2011
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Alex Mustard / RF- Boulder star coral (Montastrea annularis) showing fluorescent green coloration, photographed under blue light at night, to excite fluorescent pigments in the coral, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman...
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Alex Mustard / Coral fluorescence photographed at night under blue light to excite the fluorescence, this image is probably a colony of knobby star coral (Solenastea hyades), Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. British W...
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Solvin Zankl / Close up of ant (Harpegnathos venator) head from Asia. Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking
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Edwin Giesbers / Common european toad {Bufo bufo} two males attempting to mate with one female, the Netherlands
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Ingo Arndt / Sea ice crystals. Fine piece of an ice core collected on an ice floe photographed under polarized light. Crystals grown under turbulent water conditions. Weddell Sea, Antarctica FOR SALE ONLY IN UK
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Ingo Arndt / Sea ice crystals. Fine piece of an ice core collected on an ice floe photographed under polarized light. Crystals grown under calm water conditions. Vertical section. Weddell Sea, Antarctica FOR SALE...
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Yves Lanceau / Cauliflower Fungus (Sparassis crispa) showing pattern of spore dispersal over 42 hour period on black card
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Yves Lanceau / Brown Roll rim fungus (Paxillus involutus) showing spore dispersal pattern over 24 hours on black card
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Andy Sands / Grass snake (Natrix natrix) drawing breath while feigning death, Hertfordshire, England. UK
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Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) investigating with its trunk, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March
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Anup Shah / Common / Plains Zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) adult leaping as herd runs away from the Mara River - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September
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Edwin Giesbers / European polecat (Mustela putorius) hunting rabbit which is jumping to escape, Veluwezoom National Park, Netherlands
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Andy Rouse / Two European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) young playing and jumping. UK, August.
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Andy Rouse / Little Owl (Athene noctua) adult pulling a worm from the ground. Wales, UK, June. (non-ex).
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Juergen Freund / Night shot of Laciola species fireflies in their thousands flying about within a single wild almond or coastal catappa tree ^Talisay^ (Terminalia catappa) Camarines Sur, Luzon, Philippines 2008. Final...
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Doug Perrine / Bioluminescence from glowing plankton in sea tide line on beach, with stars above and ship lights on horizon, Vaadhoo Island, Raa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October 2010
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David Maitland / Close-up view of the upward-looking giant dorsal compound eyes of the St Marks fly (Bibio marci) used to detect female flies flying above. Like many insects the eyes are ^hairy^. Feltwell, Norfolk, UK...
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Alex Hyde / Close-up of compound eyes of unidentified fly {Diptera}. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.
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Ingo Arndt / Mass of Jersey tiger moths (Euplagia quadripunctaria) on tree trunk, Rhodes, Greece
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) large numbers flying to and resting on trunks of Sweetgum trees (Liquidambar orientalis) in the Petaloudes Valley, Rhodes island, Greece, August 2011
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Andrew Parkinson / Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) rear view of bird hanging in air over steep cliffs, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK. ~HIGHLY COMMENDED - Animals in their environment - Wildlife Photographer of the Year co...
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Pete Oxford / Imperial moth (Eacles sp) camouflaged in leaf litter, Mindo Cloud forest. Ecuador
