Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of beachgoers on Ipanema Beach, with Dois Irmaos mountain in the background, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 2016. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of beachgoers on Ipanema Beach at sunset, with Dois Irmaos mountain in the background, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 2016. Hellier

Ingo Arndt / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony with adults and chicks. St Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Ingo Arndt / Aerial view of crowd of people at the Rheinkultur Festival, Bochum, Germany.

Andy Rouse / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) with tourists watching from cars, Ranthambore, India

Gavin Hellier / Wide timelapse shot of crowds of people crossing the centre of Shibuya shopping and entertainment district, Tokyo, Japan, 2011.

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of crowds of people crossing the centre of Shibuya shopping and entertainment district, Tokyo, Japan, 2011.

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of crowds of people crossing the centre of Shibuya shopping and entertainment district, Tokyo, Japan, 2011.

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of crowds of people crossing the centre of Shibuya shopping and entertainment district, Tokyo, Japan, 2011.

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) chick in a line of adults. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, August.

Denis-Huot / Grant's zebra (Equus burchelli boehmi) in a migration herd of wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Gavin Hellier / Elevated view over the Djemaa el-Fna at sunset, Marrakech, Morocco, 2011. No release available.