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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Lucas Bustamante / Treehopper (Alchisme grossa) Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.
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David Fleetham / California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) playing in a kelp forest off Santa Barbara Island, California, USA.
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Wim van den Heever / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at sunrise, Falklands. Highly honoured in the Ocean View Category of the Nature's Best Windland Smith Rice Ocean View Competition 2017
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Alex Mustard / American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) reflected in the surface as it floats, Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba. Caribbean Sea.
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Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick under the wing of protective parent, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June.Finalist in the Portfolio Category...
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Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) feeding three day old chick at breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of t...
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Lucas Bustamante / Juvenile Andean mouse opossum (Marmosops impavidus) eating a moth, El Oro, Ecuador.
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Espen Bergersen / Aerial view of Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) investigating Herring (Clupea harengus) caught in fishing net, with gulls, Norway. December. Second place in the Man and Nature Category of th...
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Eric Medard / Female kestrel (Falco tunniculus) taking lizard prey gift from male, Mayenne, France
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Eric Medard / Female kestrel (Falco tunniculus) taking lizard prey gift from male, Mayenne, France
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Emanuele Biggi / Weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina), two workers holding leaf while another one is weaving them by the use of a larva to glue the leaves using silk. Kota Kinabalu Wetlands, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.
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Emanuele Biggi / Weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina), two workers holding leaf to build the leaf nest typical of this species while another one is weaving them by the use of a larva to glue the leaves using silk. Kota...
