Jack Dykinga / Lightning storm with rainbow over Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) near Redrock, Arizona State Trust, Sonoran Desert, Arizona. September 2015. Long exposure with lightning trigger.

Milan Radisics / Female Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) waiting to be fed at the back entrance of a house, Hungary. January.

Doug Perrine / Schooling female Scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini), Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

Oscar Dewhurst / Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) drake swimming on pond, backlit by rising sun and bokeh effect, Richmond Park, London, UK. February.

David Pattyn / Juvenile Mute swan (Cygnus olor) in early morning light, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, Europe. August.

David Pattyn / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) in early morning light removing its own feathers, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, Europe. August.

David Pattyn / Coots (Fulica Atra) fighting in early morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, Europe. April.

Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) portrait, Moorea, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.

Jack Dykinga / Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona. Sunset light with whispy clouds over Ragged Top Mountain in the Silverbell range.

Doug Gimesy / Greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii) flies over breaking waves on a stormy day, with a rainbow in the background, Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia.

Danny Green / European badger (Meles meles) in woodland in late evening light. Scotland, UK, August.

Danny Green / European badger (Meles meles) in late evening light, Scotland, UK, August.

Danny Green / Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), juvenile, with its prey on fence post in late evening light. Hampshire, UK, June.

David Noton / Rainbow over Mupe Bay on Christmas Eve, Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England, UK. December 2019.

Inaki Relanzon / Aurora borealis, Jokulsarlon glacier lake, Iceland

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young chicks in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands.

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young chick on the back preening in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May. GDT European Wildlife Ph...

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on the back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back, portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. June

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chick on its back and one next to it in the water; portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlan...

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back, portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with young on its back and one chick on the water, portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. M...

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back, portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on the back in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on the back in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May

Alex Hyde / Common Orb Weaver (Metellina sp.) male. With the camera at a very precise angle to the sun, the silk of the web refracted the light into a rainbow of coloured bands.

Milan Radisics / Female Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) walking along tree trunk in heavy fog at night. Light source behind the subject creates dramatic volumetric lighting. Vertes Mountains, Hungary.

Guy Edwardes / Evening sunlight illuminating Wasdale Head and Wast Water from Great Gable, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, UK. December 2020

Theo Bosboom / Long line of walking people with headlights, heading back at night from visiting Fagradalsfjall volcano on Iceland, photographed around half an hour after sunset. The eruption draws large numbers of v...

Theo Bosboom / Long line of people, mainly local, walking with headlights, heading back from a visit to the Fagradalsfjall volcano, Iceland. Long exposure showing direction of movement. 2 April 2021

Guy Edwardes / Bonnet mycena fungus (Mycena galericulata) on deadwood in ancient broadleaved woodland, sun shining through trees. New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, USA.

Jack Dykinga / New snow on Pinyon pines ( Pinus edulis) in morning light. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA