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Ian McCarthy is an award-winning cameraman as well as stills photographer. His work as a cameraman, mostly for the BBC Natural History Unit, has taken him all over the world and enabled him to document rare species such as Gyrfalcon in remote Ellesmere Island. Recently he has been taking images to produce fine art prints, stitching images together to create high definition panoramics.

He writes, ^One inescapable lesson from my years of travel is that nature is under increasing pressure, everywhere wilderness and wild things are in retreat. My photographs spring from my lifelong relationship with the natural world and from a simple wonder at its incredible beauty and diversity. When I am working I like to immerse myself in my surrounding, letting go as much as possible, responding to the
Red grouse {Lagopus lagopus scoticus} male about to take off from moorland, Abernethy forest, Scotland, UK
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Ian McCarthy / Red grouse {Lagopus lagopus scoticus} male about to take off from moorland, Abernethy forest, Scotland, UK
Atlantic salmon {Salmo salar} leaping up Cassley Falls, Scoltand, UK, composite
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Ian McCarthy / Atlantic salmon {Salmo salar} leaping up Cassley Falls, Scoltand, UK, composite
Wooded landscape with thick mist at dawn, Republic of Ireland
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Ian McCarthy / Wooded landscape with thick mist at dawn, Republic of Ireland
Common raven {Corvus corax} calling, Dead Horse Point SP, Utah, USA
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Ian McCarthy / Common raven {Corvus corax} calling, Dead Horse Point SP, Utah, USA
Waves crashing on coast, Marion Is, Prince Edward Is sub-antarctica
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Ian McCarthy / Waves crashing on coast, Marion Is, Prince Edward Is sub-antarctica
King penguin leaping out of surf {Aptenodytes patagoni} Marion Is, sub-antarctica.  (Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth Shallow Seas 2005).
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Ian McCarthy / King penguin leaping out of surf {Aptenodytes patagoni} Marion Is, sub-antarctica. (Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth Shallow Seas 2005).
King penguin chicks in creche {Aptenodytes patagoni} Marion Island, sub-antarctica (Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth Shallow Seas 2005).
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Ian McCarthy / King penguin chicks in creche {Aptenodytes patagoni} Marion Island, sub-antarctica (Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth Shallow Seas 2005).
King penguin trumpeting {Aptenodytes patagoni} Marion Island, sub-antarctica (Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth Shallow Seas 2005).
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Ian McCarthy / King penguin trumpeting {Aptenodytes patagoni} Marion Island, sub-antarctica (Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth Shallow Seas 2005).
White tailed sea eagle {Haliaeetus albicilla} feeding on deer carcass in water, Scotland, UK
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Ian McCarthy / White tailed sea eagle {Haliaeetus albicilla} feeding on deer carcass in water, Scotland, UK
Wandering albatross chick on nest {Diomedea exulans} Marion Island, sub-antarctica
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Ian McCarthy / Wandering albatross chick on nest {Diomedea exulans} Marion Island, sub-antarctica
Golden eagle {Aquila chrysaetos} perched in pine tree, Scotland, UK, Captive
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Ian McCarthy / Golden eagle {Aquila chrysaetos} perched in pine tree, Scotland, UK, Captive
Coal tit {Periparus ater} flapping wings on lichen covered branch in snow, Abernethy, Scotland, UK
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Ian McCarthy / Coal tit {Periparus ater} flapping wings on lichen covered branch in snow, Abernethy, Scotland, UK