Willem Kolvoort / Water filled ditch with shadow of a tree on water with Fringed waterlily (Nymphoides peltata) Star duckweed (Lemna trisulca) Netherlands. July 2015. Commended in the Underwater World Category of the G...

Nick Garbutt / Sun beam at sun rise over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yelllowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. January 2016

Phil Savoie / Radnor lily (Gagea bohemica) the rarest flower in the UK at sunset, Stanner Rocks National Nature Reserve, Powys, Wales, UK, February. Commended in the BWPA (British Wildlife Photography Awards) Compe...

Niall Benvie / Leaves emerging on European beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) Angus, Scotland, UK. May.

Alex Hyde / Canopy of a Beech woodland (Fagus sylvatica) in autumn through a circular fisheye lens. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. November.

Alex Hyde / View up to Beech (Fagus sylvatica) woodland canopy in winter, photographed with a circular fisheye lens. Derbyshire, UK. December.

Ingo Arndt / Fakahatchee grass (Tripsacum dactyloides), Everglades, Florida, USA. January.

Edwin Giesbers / Agave (Agave felgeri) leaves, close up. Endemic plant to Mexico. Meise National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Belgium, August.

Edwin Giesbers / Orchid (Bulbophyllum sp) on white background, Botanic Garden Leiden, Netherlands, July.

Edwin Giesbers / Close up of bark of Himalayan birch (Betula jacquemontii). Occurs in the Himalayas. TU Delft Botanical Garden, Netherlands, August

Edwin Giesbers / Close up of Calathea bachemiana leaf. Occurs in Brazil. TU Delft Botanical Garden, Netherlands, August.

Edwin Giesbers / Prayer plant (Calathea plowmanii) close up of leaf, TU Delft Botanical Garden, Netherlands, August.