Eyecatchers are show-stopping and surprising standalone images from the natural world, accompanied by the photographers’ stories from behind the lens. 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.
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Andy Rouse / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) swimming, backlit with morning light forming a bokeh affect on the water, Wales, UK, February. Highly commended in the Habitat Category of the BWPA (British W...
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Terry Whittaker / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) at night with lights from a train. Remote camera image. Kent, UK.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Gannets (Morus bassanus) diving to feed on discarded fish, Shetland, Scotland, UK, April.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) standing under a starry sky, taken with a remote camera. Liuwa Plain National Park, Zambia. May
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Chris & Monique Fallows / Bronze whaler shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus), caught in traditional seine net and released by fisherman, Muizenberg beach, Cape Town, South Africa, January 2014
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Chris & Monique Fallows / Bronze whaler shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus), caught in traditional seine net and released by fisherman, Muizenberg beach, Cape Town, South Africa, January.
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Lucas Bustamante / Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) peacock walking and displaying feathers, Yala National Park, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
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Alex Mustard / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) hunts for a meal in a school of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus), beneath an oil rig. Eureka Rig, Los Angeles, California, United States of Ame...
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Alex Mustard / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) swimming beneath an oil rig. Eureka Rig, Los Angeles, California, United States of America. North East Pacific Ocean.
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Ingo Arndt / American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) split level, Everglades, USA, January.
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Ingo Arndt / American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) split level, Everglades, USA, January.
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Solvin Zankl / Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) males fighting on oak tree branch, Elbe, Germany, June. Highly commended in the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018.
