Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) portrait in sea-ice landscape. Wide angle / fish-eye shot. Svalbard, Norway, September.

Sergio Hanquet / Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), two viewed from above. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Danny Green / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) resting on sea ice, view from above. Svalbard, Norway, June 2018.

Marie Read / Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) flying over a pattern of kelp and sea foam, photographed from above, St. Paul, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA. July.

Sven Zacek / Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) feeding chicks at nest in tree trunk viewed from above, Valga County, Estonia. May. Highly commended in the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2...

Ingo Arndt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) rookery crowded with nesting birds incubating eggs or protecting their small chicks, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island, February 2011

Luke Massey / Black kites (Milvus migrans) flying above man as he throws food skyward from a rooftop. Old Delhi, India. February 2016. Finalist in the Urban category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards...

Alex Mustard / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) from above. Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico. East Pacific Ocean

Espen Bergersen / Gulls (Laridae) seaching for food in water containing blood coming from a large fishing boat, Tromvik, Kvaloya, Troms, Norway, November 2014.

Edwin Giesbers / Imbabura treefrog (Hypsiboas picturatus) viewed from above, in Colombia and Ecuador.

Wim van den Heever / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) viewed from above, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Markus Varesvuo / White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in flight with mountains in background, Hokkaido, Japan, February