Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) portrait in sea-ice landscape. Wide angle / fish-eye shot. Svalbard, Norway, September.

Cyril Ruoso / Minden / Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) pair grooming, Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand

Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) approaching camera with curiosity, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) feeding on loose soil for its minerals, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Yashpal Rathore / Demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo) low angle fisheye perspective of feeding cranes. Khichan, Western Rajasthan, India. February, 2015

Alex Hyde / View up to Beech (Fagus sylvatica) woodland canopy in winter, photographed with a circular fisheye lens. Derbyshire, UK. December.

Alex Hyde / Canopy of a Beech woodland (Fagus sylvatica) in autumn through a circular fisheye lens. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. November.

Alex Hyde / Raft Spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) female on heathland pool. Note wing of predated damselfly floating on water's surface under the spider. Dorset, UK. August.

Alex Hyde / Alpine meadow, Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July 2014.

Anup Shah / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) approaching with curiosity. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) aged about 2 years watching with curiosity with the rest of the clan in the background. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) drinking at a waterhole. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) wallowing in a waterhole. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) dust bathing. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) at a waterhole. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd in the savanna. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) standing next to a wildebeest carcass. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) pup approaching with curiosity. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) approaching with curiosity. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Lion (Panthera leo) old male with one eye standing next to a kill. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Common or Plains zebra herd crossing the Mara River - wide angle perspective (Equus quagga burchellii). Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd crossing the Mara River watched by tourists. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Edwin Giesbers / Wide angle close-up of two European grey wolves (Canis lupus), captive, Norway, February.

Edwin Giesbers / Wide angle close-up of a European grey wolf (Canis lupus) in landscape, captive, Norway, February.

Andy Rouse / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing against expedition ship, taken with extreme wide angle lens, Svalbard, Arctic September 2011

Andy Rouse / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on pack ice taken with fisheye lens, Svalbard, Arctic September 2011

Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) sleeping on pack ice. Wide angle / fish-eye shot. Svalbard, Norway, September.

Alex Hyde / Alpine moon daisy (Leucanthemopsis alpina) on mountainside, fisheye lens. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, Austria, June.

Lisa Hoffner / A baby orphan Elephant (Loxodonta africana), named Murka, wounded by a poacher's spear is comforted by the touch of another elephant's trunk from outside its pen. David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Eleph...

Anup Shah / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) crossing the Mara River - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August 2009.

Alex Mustard / Female Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) approaching a snorkeller's fins, Lundy Island, Devon, England, UK, North East Altantic Ocean. July 2010. Model released

Mark Carwardine / Hands of a tourist leaning from boat to touch the mouth of a friendly Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) lying on the surface, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgre / Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) surfacing, Fisheye lens. Pico, Azores, Portugal, June 2009

Chris Newbert / Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) and Leather Coral (Sarcophyton sp) on reef, Indonesia

Chris Newbert / Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp) on reef, Indonesia

Chris Newbert / Blue Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) and schooling baitfish, 20 feet deep, Papua New Guinea

Luciano Candisani / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) portrait, Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Sergey Gorshkov / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) on snow, Kamchatka, Russia

Sergey Gorshkov / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) smelling snow, Kamchatka, Russia

Theo Allofs / African Lion (Panthera leo) female portrait in rehabilitation center, Namibia

Theo Allofs / African Lion (Panthera leo) female portrait in rehabilitation center, Namibia

Mark Moffett / Volcan Alcedo Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi) in Alcedo Volcano, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Theo Allofs / Giant River Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) swimming, Pantanal, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) in atlantic Rainforest, Brazil

Christian Ziegler / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in rainforest, Manu National Park, Peru

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) trees, Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California