Pal Hermansen / Close up of Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) feathers, with one foot held up, Trondelag, Norway. Winner of the Attention to Detail Category of the Bird Photographer Competition 2019.

Pal Hermansen / Avalanche on Gullemot (Uria aalge) nesting cliff on first day birds return to breed. Finnmark, Norway. March.

Pal Hermansen / Golden eagle (Aquila crysaetos) on dead Fox (Vulpes vulpes) carcass. Trondelag, Norway. March. Remote camera shot

Pal Hermansen / Logged forest, aerial view. Akershus, Norway. November 2018.

Pal Hermansen / Cracked frozen lake following the first snow of winter, aerial view. Akershus, Norway. December 2018.

Pal Hermansen / Scattered conifers with long shadows in snow, aerial shot. Golsfjell, Norway. March 2018.

Pal Hermansen / Skating area labyrinth surrounded by snow, aerial view. Akershus, Norway. December 2017.

Pal Hermansen / Brown bear (Ursus arctos), two showing aggression at night. Finland. August.

Pal Hermansen / Bear (Ursus arctos) silhouetted at night under starry sky. Finland. August.

Pal Hermansen / Common brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) flying in summer meadow amongst Knapweed (Centaurea sp). Hvaler, Ostfold, Norway. July.

Pal Hermansen / Aerial shot of a coniferous forest after heavy snowfall, camera ascends into fog, Akershus, Norway, January 2018.

Pal Hermansen / Aerial shot of trees casting long shadows in low winter sunlight, Golsfjell, Buskerund, Norway, January 2018.

Pal Hermansen / Aerial shot of mist over a mountain lake, Golsfjellet, Buskerund, Norway, October 2017.

Pal Hermansen / Aerial shot of patterns in a frozen lake, Lake Langen, Akershus, Norway, December 2017.

Pal Hermansen / Aerial shot of field with tractor tracks, Ski, Akershus, Norway, November 2017.

Pal Hermansen / Aerial shot of an ice skating arena, Lake Langen, Akershus, Norway, December 2017.

Pal Hermansen / Aerial shot of lake covered by the first snow, Bindingsvann, Akershus, November Norway, November 2017.

Pal Hermansen / Aerial shot of mist over a coniferous forest in winter, Langen Lake, Akershus, Norway, January 2018.

Pal Hermansen / Herd of domesticated Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) moving around, Norway, September.

Pal Hermansen / Herd of domesticated Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) moving around, Norway, September.

Pal Hermansen / Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) flying with reflection on sea, Iceland, July.

Pal Hermansen / Brunnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) taking off from water, Alkefjellet. Svalbard, Norway, July.

Pal Hermansen / Artwork 'Give colours to the food-desert' by by Benedicte Lyssand. Purple tansy (Phacelia tanacetifolia) planted in corrected perspective of stripes 2m in foreground 7m in distance. Valer, Ostfold Cou...

Pal Hermansen / Barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) with goslings, swimming past icebergs, Jokulsarlon, Iceland, June.

Pal Hermansen / Garden cross spider (Araneus diadematus) on web, Norway.

Pal Hermansen / Hoverfly in flight, backlight, Norway, September.

Pal Hermansen / Barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) with goslings, Jokulsarlon ice field, Iceland, June.

Pal Hermansen / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) portrait, Iceland, June.

Pal Hermansen / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) close up portrait, Iceland, June.

Pal Hermansen / Domestic reindeer herd (Rangifer tarandus) group close together in enclosure, Oppland, Norway, September 2014.

Pal Hermansen / One-year ice off Ellesmere island, Nunavut, Canada, August.

Pal Hermansen / Eider ducks (Somateria molissima) flock taking off from sea, Trondelag, Norway, January.

Pal Hermansen / Inuit sled dogs resting, near Ittoqortoormiit, Scoresbysund, Greenland. Second Prize in the Nature category of the Spider Black and White Photography Competition 2015.

Pal Hermansen / Blizzard on the coast of Lofoten in black and white, Norway, March. Winner of the Natural Adversities category of the Asferico Competition 2015.

Pal Hermansen / European moose (Alces alces) bulls near houses, Nordland, Norway. July.

Pal Hermansen / Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) breeding on house wall, Norway, March.

Pal Hermansen / Graveyard with white crosses half buried in snow, Svalbard, Norway. March.

Pal Hermansen / Red house surrounded by snow-covered trees in winter, Eastern Finnmark, Norway, November 2006. Photo non disponible actuellepment pour de l'édition, veuillez nous contacter si vous souhaitez l'utili...

Pal Hermansen / Dead, polluted Larch (Larix) forest, with power station behind, Norilsk, Russia.

Pal Hermansen / Yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) on African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Masai Mara, Kenya

Pal Hermansen / Barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) with goslings, Jokulsarlon ice field, Iceland, June.

Pal Hermansen / Composite of flying butterflies (Lepidoptera) on sphere.

Pal Hermansen / Sprouting Soy beans (Glycine max) against white background

Pal Hermansen / Colourful corn (Zea mays) seeds against white background.

Pal Hermansen / Aerial view of river delta and coast, South West Iceland, June 2014.

Pal Hermansen / Aerial view of river delta, South West Iceland, June 2014. Finalist in the Art of Nature Category of the Big Picture Competition 2015.

Pal Hermansen / Aerial view of river delta, South West Iceland, June 2014.

Pal Hermansen / Aerial view of river delta, South West Iceland, June 2014.

Pal Hermansen / Aerial view of river and swans, South West Iceland, June 2014.

Pal Hermansen / Aerial view of crater lake in snowy mountain, near Landmannalaugar, Iceland, June 2014.

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.

Pal Hermansen / Wood ants (Formica rufa) with larvae on rusty car, Bastnas car graveyard, Varmland, Sweden, June.

Pal Hermansen / Snow falling in Bastnas car graveyard Varmland, Sweden, December. Winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Pal Hermansen / Young wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) in an old abandoned car in a 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden

Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) with grub prey on the dashboard of an abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, July

Pal Hermansen / Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) feeding chicks at nest in old abandoned car, in a 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden

Pal Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Blackbird (Turdus merula) nest with eggs in motor of abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, May

Pal Hermansen / Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) feeding young on steering wheel of abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, June

Pal Hermansen / Meadow vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis) and brambles (Rubus) growing on the dashboard of the abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden, July

Pal Hermansen / Old abandoned car in 'car graveyard' surrounded by trees in winter, Bastnas, Sweden, December

Pal Hermansen / Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris) growing in the boot of an old abandoned car in 'car graveyard', Bastnas, Sweden, July. Winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition...

Pal Hermansen / Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) feeding young on steering wheel of abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, June

Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) chasing away and Black tit (Periparus ater) in car graveyard, Varmland, Sweden, December

Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Car covered in a tangle of lichen covered branches in a 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden. March

Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Interior of old abandoned car, with nettles growing inside and a smashed windscreen, Varmland, Sweden

Pal Hermansen / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) attacking Jay (Garrulus glandarius) Telemark, Norway, September

Pal Hermansen / Silhouette of a Blue tit (Cyanistes / Parus caeruleus) seen through the windscreen of an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, December. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of...

Pal Hermansen / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) sitting on an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, January. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Natur...

Pal Hermansen / Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) feeding chicks in a nest in an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, July. Winner of the Urban Wildlife Category at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) 2013. Winner...

Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) with food in its beak at the entrance to its nest in the exhaust pipe of an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, June. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013...

Pal Hermansen / Wood ants (Formica rufa) around the edge of a broken window in an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, July. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of the Portfolio category in...

Pal Hermansen / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) taking off in the snow, with old cars in the background, Bastnas, Sweden, February. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of the Portf...

Pal Hermansen / Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) inside an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, February. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Nature...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) colony, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Common raven (Corvus corax) calling, beak open, The Burren, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Pal Hermansen / Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), two fighting on snow. Finnmark, Norway. March.

Pal Hermansen / Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), group on ledge of old house. Vardo, Finnmark, Norway. March.

Pal Hermansen / Guillemot (Uria aalge) breeding colony on cliff in snow. Finnmark, Norway. March.

Pal Hermansen / Kittwake (Rissa tridactyla), many flying in front of nesting cliff. Finnmark, Norway. March.

Pal Hermansen / King eider duck (Somateria spectabilis), males swimming in same direction. Finnmark, Norway. March.

Pal Hermansen / Eurasian elk (Alces alces) running through snow covered forest. Hedmark, Norway. January 2017.

Pal Hermansen / River with snowy banks and overhanging trees, in morning mist. Akershus, Norway. January.

Pal Hermansen / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi), two standing. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September.

Pal Hermansen / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi), three standing with heads facing in different directions. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September.

Pal Hermansen / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi), three standing with heads facing in different directions. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September.

Pal Hermansen / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi), pair in courtship with male giraffe and Thomsons's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) in distance. Masai Mara, Kenya. September.

Pal Hermansen / Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) flying over sea with snow covered mountains in background. Hornsund, Sor Spitsbergen National Park, Svalbard, Norway. May 2018.

Pal Hermansen / Floating ice on Greenland Sea with snow covered mountains behind. Recherche fjord, Svalbard, Norway. April 2018. Commended in the BioPhotos Competition 2020.

Pal Hermansen / Snow covered mountains of Spitsbergen viewed across Greenland Sea. Recherche fjord, Svalbard, Norway. May 2018.

Pal Hermansen / Pine marten (Martes martes) foraging in snow at night. Norway. February.

Pal Hermansen / Mountain lake, aerial view. Lofoten, Norway. June 2017.

Pal Hermansen / Ski tracks across a field, aerial view. Akershus, Norway. November 2017.

Pal Hermansen / Seimsjoen Lake and surrounding grassland and trees. Odalen, Hedmark, Norway. September 2017.

Pal Hermansen / Snow covered mountain reflected in sea. Lillienhookfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. April 2018.

Pal Hermansen / First snow on winter on frozen lake surrounded by trees, aerial view. Akershus, Norway. December 2018.

Pal Hermansen / Bridge across islands, aerial view. Moskenesoy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 2017.

Norbert Wu / Australian Ghost Shark (Callorhinchus milii) trunk-like snout detects prey in sea bottom, primitive fish relative to sharks, lives in the deep sea, New Zealand

Doug Perrine / Plownose chimaera (Callorhinchus milii) captive, showing eye, head clasper to grasp female when mating and electro-recteptors (ampullae of Lorenzini) Victoria, Australia.

Doug Perrine / Plownose chimaera (Callorhinchus milii) captive, showing head clasper to grasp female when mating and electro-recteptors (ampullae of Lorenzini) Victoria, Australia.

Doug Perrine / Plownose chimaera (Callorhinchus milii) in shallow water to breed, normally inhabiting deep water, Victoria, Australia.

Doug Perrine / Plownose chimaera (Callorhinchus milii) in shallow water to breed, normally inhabiting deep water, Victoria, Australia.