Alex Mustard / Male Bullethead parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) displaying in late afternoon. Ras Katy, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Fergus Gill / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) adult bird in afternoon light. Perthshire, Scotland, March.

Floris van Breugel / Hillside and swirling mists illuminated by the afternoon sun, in North Cascades Mountains, Washington, USA, September 2012.

David Pattyn / Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) close-up of a group in last afternoon light. Lake Kerkini, Greece. February

Matthew Maran / Red Fox (Vulpes Vulpes) outside houses, North London, England UK

David Pattyn / Ring tailed lemur (Lemur catta) backlit in late afternoon light, Berenty Private Reserve, southern Madagascar.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Reed bed in flower with late afternoon light, landscape, Hula Valley, Israel, November.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Reed bed in flower, with late afternoon light, Hula Valley, Israel, November.

Hougaard Malan / Desert landscape in afternoon sunlight below stormy skies. Namib Rand, Namibia. March 2012. Non-ex.

Hougaard Malan / Victoria falls in warm afternoon light. Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Non-ex.

Neil Aldridge / Leopard (Panthera pardus) female lying on a fallen tree in late afternoon light. The animal looks around. Okavango Delta, Botswana.

David Tipling / Barn owl (Tyto alba) in flight over field in late afternoon, Norfolk, UK. March.