Jurgen Freund / Timelapse of a Cairns birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion) butterfly caterpillar metamorphosing into a chrysalis, Queensland, Australia, April.

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse of a Cairns birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion) butterfly caterpillar emerging from egg on an Dutchman's pipe (Aristolochia) leaf and feeding, Queensland, Australia, April.

Jurgen Freund / Guttering to redirect water at the Daintree Drought Experiment, where rainforest plants grown under cover to see how they respond to drought. Daintree Rainforest Observatory, northern Queensland, Aust...

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse from day to night looking over Tsing Yi container port, with cranes filling container ships, Hong Kong, China, 2017.

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse from day to night looking over Tsing Yi container port, with cranes filling container ships, Hong Kong, China, 2017.

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse of Fireflies (Lampyridae) flying around a tree, Bicol, Philippines.

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse of Fireflies (Lampyridae) flying around a tree, Bicol, Philippines.

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse of Boab trees (Adansonia gregorii) at night, with star trails, Kimberley, Western Australia, 2016.

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse of Boab trees (Adansonia gregorii) at night, with stars and the Milky Way, Kimberley, Western Australia, 2016.

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse of the tide rising at Cape Leveque, with Mangroves (Rhizophora) in the foreground, Kimberley, Western Australia, 2016

Jurgen Freund / Wide-angle timelapse of Sand bubbler crabs (Dotillidae) feeding, filtering detritus and plankton from sand and discarding the processed sand as pellets, which cover the beach, Wet Tropics World Herita...

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse of photographers Stella and Jurgen Freund camping, with campfire, Chillagoe, North Queensland, Australia, 2015.

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse of a Strangler fig (Ficus virens) at night lit by the moon, known as the Curtain Fig Tree, this individual is over 500 years old, Atherton Tablelands, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Queens...

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse from day to night of bioluminescent fungi (Omphalotus nidiformis / Pleurotus nidiformis) on a tree trunk, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Wide angle shot of Barron Falls after a cyclone, showing increased flow of water, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Cape Tribulation, North Queensland, Australia. 2017.

Jurgen Freund / Close-up of Barron Falls after a cyclone, showing increased flow of water, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Cape Tribulation, North Queensland, Australia. 2017.

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse of the tide rising in a Mangrove (Rhizophora) forest, Daintree, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, North Queensland, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse of Periwinkle snails (Littoraria) climbing up Mangrove (Rhizophora) roots at lowtide, Daintree, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, North Queensland, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Sand bubbler crabs (Dotillidae) feeding, filtering detritus and plankton from sand and discarding the processed sand as pellets, which cover the beach, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Cape Tribulatio...

Jurgen Freund / Sand bubbler crab (Dotillidae) feeding, filtering detritus and plankton from sand and discarding the processed sand as pellets, which cover the beach, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Cape Tribulation...

Jurgen Freund / Hand-reared Boongary (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) feeding in a kitchen, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Hand-reared Boongary (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) descending from a tree and climbing onto its carer's back, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Tracking timelapse of stars and the Milky Way seen through the rainforest canopy, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, North Queensland, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Tracking timelapse looking upwards into the hollow left by a Strangler fig (Ficus), Lake Barrine, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, North Queensland, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse of Wallaman Falls at night, lit by the moon, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Ingham, Queensland, Australia. 2017.

Jurgen Freund / Large scale agricultural irrigation of a vegetable farm, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Bleached Staghorn corals (Acropora cervicornis), Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 2017.

Jurgen Freund / Tracking tiimelapse over Nandroya Falls, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, North Queensland, Australia. 2017.

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse from day to night looking over Tsing Yi container port, with cranes filling container ships, Hong Kong, China, 2017.

Jurgen Freund / Male Tooth-billed bowerbird (Scenopoeetes dentirostris) removing yellow leaves from his bower, leaving only green leaves turned over on the ground, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying from roosting tree at dusk, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnsoni) catching a Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) flying to drink from a watering hole, Kimberley, Western Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnsoni) trying to catch Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying to drink from a watering hole, Kimberley, Western Australia

Jurgen Freund / Large group of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying at dusk, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Large group of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying at dusk, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Colony of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) at roost, with several bats flying in, landing on others on a branch, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Colony of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) leaving roost site, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse of Maiden's veil fungi (Phallus indusiatus) emerging, North Queensland, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Wildlife carer wrapping a Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby in blankets, Tolga Bat Hospital, Queensland, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse of Giant sea cucumbers (Thelenota ananas) moving underwater, with a Giant clam (Tridacna gigas) in the background, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, 2015.

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse of a Scolymia coral (Mussidae) feeding, lit with a UV light, Cairns, North Queensland, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Shoal of Sergeant majors (Abudefduf saxatilis) with various Wrasses (Labridae) feeding on the Sergeant major fish eggs, Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

Jurgen Freund / Blue-lined fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) hiding in a plastic container, they usually hide in deserted worm tubes or other small holes, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Jurgen Freund / Globefish (Diodon nicthemerus) swimming past a mass of plastic moving in the current, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Jurgen Freund / Slow motion aerial shot of a Pygmy blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) blowing / breathing at the surface before diving, Banda Sea, Indonesia.

Jurgen Freund / Gorgonian fan coral (Gorgonaceae) in the shallow mangroves, split level. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards Competit...

Jurgen Freund / Schooling silversides (Atheriniformes) split level with karst limestone cliff and West Papuan fishermen in their dugout outrigger canoe. Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of t...

Jurgen Freund / Mud crab (Scylla serrata) in shallow sandy water. Split level with island and thatched house on stilts. Moromahu Island, Wakatobi, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the...