Pal Hermansen / Birch tree (Betula sp) growing up through old rusting car at night. Bastnas car graveyard, Sweden, July. Winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver with special head hood for cold water diving, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, Northern Russia, April 2009. No release available.

Bert Willaert / Falconer showing his juvenile Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) used to catch birds of prey for domestication, with eye hood, Georgia, September 2011. No release available.

Tui De Roy / Hood island giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra hoodensis) used for breeding program since 1960s, Tortoise Breeding Centre, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Critically endang...

Sandesh Kadur / King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) with hood raised, captive, Agumbe, Karnatka, India

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter travelling by dog sled during the polar night. Northwest Greenland, 1987. 40 BELOW bookplate.

Thomas Rabeil / Malpolon / False Cobra (Malpolon moilensis) expanding its hood in a defensive display. Termit Massif, Niger, Africa.

Axel Gomille / Indian / Asian / Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja) raising its hood in a threat display. Karnataka, India.

Ernie Janes / Domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo) being taken out for a walk in winter, Southrepps, Norfolk, UK, November 2008

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuk with mug of tea during break on hunting trip. Siorapaluk, Northwest Greenland, 1977.

Pete Oxford / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) in flight with storm clouds, Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America

Pete Oxford / Measuring bill size of Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) Punta Suarez, Española / Hood Island, Galapagos Islands