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

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

Anup Shah / Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd at waterhole with calves seen between adults legs. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Laurent Geslin / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) inquisitive juvenile on Lake Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Andy Rouse / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing against expedition ship, taken with extreme wide angle lens, Svalbard, Arctic September 2011

Andy Rouse / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on pack ice taken with fisheye lens, Svalbard, Arctic September 2011

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Common Toad (Bufo bufo) seen from below against a blue sky. Surrey, England, March. Did you know? It used to be believed that toads had a magical stone in their head; however 'toadstones' which have...

Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) sleeping on pack ice. Wide angle / fish-eye shot. Svalbard, Norway, September.

Graham Eaton / A shoal of Minnows (Phoxinus phoxinus) in a quiet tributary of the River Glaslyn. Porthmadog, Wales, July.

Bence Mate / Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) low angle perspective of open bill, Lake Kerkini, Greece, February. Winner, Eric Hosking award, 2011 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Common Toad (Bufo bufo) in water, seen from a low, wide perspective with trees on the bank visible. River Orchy, Scotland, UK, April. Highly commended in the British Wildlife Photography Awards compet...

Lisa Hoffner / A baby orphan Elephant (Loxodonta africana), named Murka, wounded by a poacher's spear is comforted by the touch of another elephant's trunk from outside its pen. David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Eleph...

Eric Baccega / Melting ice under expansive clouds. Floe Edge, Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, April 2009.

Inaki Relanzon / "The Lovers" Baobabs (Adansonia grandidieri). Near Morondava, Madagascar, Africa, September 2010.

Edwin Giesbers / Three Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) foraging in snow. The Netherlands, January.

Nick Turner / Looking up at autumnal Beech Woodland (Fagus sylvatica), Gloucestershire, UK

Stephane Granzotto / Wide-angle shot of an Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) silhouetted on a mountain, Rhone-Alpes, France, December.

Stephane Granzotto / Wide-angle shot of an Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) walking through snow, stopping to feed, Rhone-Alpes, France, December.

Tony Wu / Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) wide angle view of large colony hauled up on a sandy beach area to rest, Svalbard, Norway, June

Tony Wu / Hard coral (Platygyra) in shallow blue water, Ambon, Indonesia

Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) approaching camera with curiosity, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) feeding on loose soil for its minerals, one walking out of the frame, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Maasai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) herd crossing the Mara River, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Maasai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) herd crossing the Mara River, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Jabruson Motion / THIS VIDEO CLIP WILL BE AVAILABLE TO VIEW ONLINE SOON. TO VIEW NOW, PLEASE CONTACT US. - Wide-angle of African forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) at mineral holes in a forest clearing, Dza...

Jabruson Motion / THIS VIDEO CLIP WILL BE AVAILABLE TO VIEW ONLINE SOON. TO VIEW NOW, PLEASE CONTACT US. - Wide-angle of African forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) at mineral holes in a forest clearing, Dza...

Jabruson Motion / THIS VIDEO CLIP WILL BE AVAILABLE TO VIEW ONLINE SOON. TO VIEW NOW, PLEASE CONTACT US. - Wide-angle of African forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) at mineral holes in a forest clearing, Dza...

Terry Whittaker / Wide-angle shot of Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) and nests on a cliff, with Common guillemots (Uria aalge) in the background, Latrabjarg, Iceland, July.

Alex Hyde / Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) in flower on woodland floor. Wide angle view. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.

Alex Hyde / Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) in flower on woodland floor. Wide angle view. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.

Anup Shah / Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd on the shores of the Mara River. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd heading towards the Mara River. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) approaching, low angle view, remote wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Common or plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) and Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) mixed herd running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera...

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a wildebeest carcass - wide angle perspective Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) and Common or Plains Zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) mixed herd running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camer...

Anup Shah / Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) herd walking alongside the Mara River. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Common or Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) Topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela) and Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) mixed herd crossing Mara River. Masai Mara National Reser...

Anup Shah / Topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela), Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) and Common or Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) mixed herd crossing the Mara River. Masai Mara National...

Anup Shah / Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Common or plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) and Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) mixed herd running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera...

Anup Shah / Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) and Common or Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) mixed herd running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera...

Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) gathering at a waterhole. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Common or plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) and Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) mixed herd running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera...

Andy Rouse / Indri (Indri indri) extending hand to camera. Madagascar.

Gavin Hellier / Wide angle view of ice Skating Rink below the Rockefeller Centre building on Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, USA 2009

Gavin Hellier / Wide angle view of Brooklyn Bridge looking towards downtown Financial district of Manhattan, New York City, USA 2009

Gavin Hellier / Wide angle view of soft leather Moroccan slippers in the Souk, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco, 2011

Gavin Hellier / Soft leather Moroccan slippers in the Souk, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco, 2011

Gavin Hellier / Wide angle panoramic view of city skyline, across pedestrian bridge, Embarcadero, San Francisco, California, USA 2011

Gavin Hellier / Interior of Reichstag Parliament building, Berlin, Germany, 2007

Gavin Hellier / Interior of Reichstag Parliament building, Berlin, Germany, 2007

Gavin Hellier / Painted section of the Berlin Wall left standing in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin. As was the case in much of Berlin, many of the buildings around Potsdamer Platz were turned to rubble by air raids and heav...

Gavin Hellier / Inside Cabot Circus, constructed at a cost of £500 million, is an architectural masterpiece. The shopping centre's glass roof equal in size to one and a half football pitches, Bristol, Avon, UK 2009

Gavin Hellier / Inside Cabot Circus, constructed at a cost of £500 million, is an architectural masterpiece. The shopping centre's glass roof equal in size to one and a half football pitches, Bristol, Avon, UK 2009

Gavin Hellier / Wide angle view of Broadway looking towards Times Square, Manhattan, New York, USA 2011

Gavin Hellier / Wide angle view of skyscrapers in downtown Los Angeles, California, USA, July 2011

Gavin Hellier / Arty view looking up at skyscrapers and trees in downtown Los Angeles, California, USA, July 2011

Gavin Hellier / Wide angle Manhattan view towards Empire State Building at sunset from Top of the Rock, at Rockefeller Plaza, New York, USA 2011

Andrew Walmsley / Wide angle view of coastline, town and mountains. Kaikoura, New Zealand, October.

Nick Garbutt / Male Red Jungle Fowl (Gallus gallus) in forest understorey. Sinharaja National Park, Sri Lanka.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Lobelia (Lobelia deckenii) alpine species that lives on Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Andy Rouse / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on pack ice taken with fisheye lens, Svalbard, Arctic September 2011

Andy Rouse / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on pack ice taken with fisheye lens, Svalbard, Arctic September 2011

Andy Rouse / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on pack ice taken with fisheye lens, Svalbard, Arctic September 2011

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Coniferous forest at Bolderwood taken with fisheye lens. New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, November.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Fisheye view of coniferous forest at Bolderwood. New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, November, looking like a globe.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Fisheye view of coniferous forest at Bolderwood. New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, November, looking like section through tree trunk

Rick Tomlinson / "Ericsson" crew members meet the King of Spain before they leave the Race Village dock in Alicante, Spain, for leg one of the 10th Volvo Ocean Race, October 2008. For EDITORIAL USE only.

Alex Mustard / Grooved brain coral (Diploria labyrinthiformis) close focus wide angle view, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Steven Kazlowski / Fish eye view of a steel hull sailboat from the crow's nest, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, July 2011

Michael Pitts / Dead Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) entangled in rope floating at the sea surface. Near Karan Island, Arabian Gulf.

David Noton / The Cob at Lyme Regis at dawn with the Jurassic Coast beyond. Dorset, England, UK, March 2010.

David Noton / The Cob at Lyme Regis at dawn with the Jurassic Coast beyond. Dorset, England, UK, March 2010.

Bernard Castelein / Chalk cliffs at Ault, Somme, NW France, July 2010.

Bernard Castelein / Rock-pools and chalk cliffs. Ault, Somme, NW France, July 2010.

Mark Taylor / Chocolate Labrador puppy, Inca, looking up, nose close-up

Mark Taylor / Miniature Bull Terrier dog with nose close up to camera.

Inaki Relanzon / Common European Toad (Bufo Bufo) camouflaged on the forest floor. Montseny Nature Reserve, Barcelona province, Spain, May.

Inaki Relanzon / A man looking down a gold exctraction hole. Daraina protected area, North Madagascar, Africa, November 2010.

Matthew Maran / Chanterelle Mushroom (Cantharellus cibarius) growing in their forest habitat. West coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, September.

Mark Taylor / Rough Collie puppy, 14 weeks, looking up.

Mark Taylor / Brindle-and-white Whippet puppy, 9 weeks.

Tony Phelps / De Hoop Vlei wetlands. Western Cape, South Africa, January 2011.

Daniel Heuclin / Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) in wetland habitat. Controlled conditions. French Guyana, August.

Daniel Heuclin / Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) in wetland and forest habitat. Controlled conditions. French Guyana, August.

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Wide-angle view looking up into birch woodland canopy, The National Forest, Central England, UK, November 2010

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Wide-angle view looking up through birch woodland canopy, The National Forest, Central England, UK, November 2010

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Wide-angle view looking up into birch woodland canopy, The National Forest, Central England, UK, November 2010

Staffan Widstrand / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) basking on volcanic rock. Fernandina Island, Punta Espinosa, Galapagos, Ecuador, April.