Single Image Stories - Collection 1 (164) More files...
'Eyecatchers' are show-stopping and surprising standalone images from the natural world. 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.

American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) with mouth open, split level, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida Everglades, USA
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Doug Perrine / American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) with mouth open, split level, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida Everglades, USA
Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) colony harvesting a banana leaf, Costa Rica. OVERALL WINNER: Wildlife Photoghrapher of the Year 2010 from Eric Hosking Award portfolio image 2/6
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Bence Mate / Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) colony harvesting a banana leaf, Costa Rica. OVERALL WINNER: Wildlife Photoghrapher of the Year 2010 from Eric Hosking Award portfolio image 2/6
Brown Long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) drinking from a lily pond , Surrey, UK. Overall WINNER of the Audubon Society of Greater Denver  Share the View competition 2011
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Kim Taylor / Brown Long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) drinking from a lily pond , Surrey, UK. Overall WINNER of the Audubon Society of Greater Denver Share the View competition 2011
Mallard {Anas platyrhynchos} looking down from the water surface, view from underwater, Wales, UK, 2006
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Graham Eaton / Mallard {Anas platyrhynchos} looking down from the water surface, view from underwater, Wales, UK, 2006
Flower hat jelly / jellyfish (Olindias formosa) captive, a rare hydromedusa with fluorescent tentacle tips, found off Brazil, Argentina, and southern Japan
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Doug Perrine / Flower hat jelly / jellyfish (Olindias formosa) captive, a rare hydromedusa with fluorescent tentacle tips, found off Brazil, Argentina, and southern Japan
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) with double rainbow in background, Masai Mara GR, Kenya, January
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Andy Rouse / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) with double rainbow in background, Masai Mara GR, Kenya, January
Two Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) fighting in flight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary
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Bence Mate / Two Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) fighting in flight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) running, Kenya (non-ex)
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Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) running, Kenya (non-ex)
Northern lights and the Strokkur Geyser, Iceland, March 2011
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Erlend Haarberg / Northern lights and the Strokkur Geyser, Iceland, March 2011
Person standing silhouetted in lava formation with northern lights above, Dimmuborgir, Myvatn, Iceland, March 2011
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Erlend Haarberg / Person standing silhouetted in lava formation with northern lights above, Dimmuborgir, Myvatn, Iceland, March 2011
RF- Boulder star coral (Montastrea annularis) showing fluorescent green coloration, photographed under blue light at night, to excite fluorescent pigments in the coral, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman...
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Alex Mustard / RF- Boulder star coral (Montastrea annularis) showing fluorescent green coloration, photographed under blue light at night, to excite fluorescent pigments in the coral, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman...
Coral fluorescence photographed at night under blue light to excite the fluorescence, this image is probably a colony of knobby star coral (Solenastea hyades), Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. British W...
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Alex Mustard / Coral fluorescence photographed at night under blue light to excite the fluorescence, this image is probably a colony of knobby star coral (Solenastea hyades), Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. British W...