Nature
Royalty-free nature photography from independent photographers: landscapes, coastlines, forests, mountains, weather and the small details of the natural world. Every image is a real photograph, licensed for commercial and editorial use from 1 credit.
10,229 images
A woman standing at the end of a dock with an orange umbrella on a cloudy, grey day in…
£6.00The lighthouse at dusk at Discovery Park in Seattle, WA.
£6.00Two hikers enjoy a blue bird day in the middle of winter in the snow covered Cascade…
£6.00A man working in the fields at the social care and work project, the Homeless Garden…
£6.00A bright orange tent sits on a snowy ridge overlooking a mountain in the distance.
£6.00A woman wearing all black and holding an orange umbrella stands on the edge of a dock…
£6.00A man standing looking over the crops and fields at the Homeless Garden Project in…
£6.00Two hikers enjoy a blue bird day in the middle of winter in the snow covered Cascade…
£6.00Michael Hanson walks through deep powder to his campsite in the snow covered Cascade…
£6.00Michael Hanson walks through deep powder to his campsite in the snow covered Cascade…
£6.00A row of Emperor penguins walking across the ice and snow, in single file. One lying…
£6.00An Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella, on the seashore, and a group of King…
£6.00A group of king penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus, on South Georgia island.
£6.00A king penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus, on an ice floe on the seas surrounding South…
£6.00An adult Emperor penguin standing on the ice in shadow, with head turned sideways, on…
£6.00An Adelie penguin on top of an iceberg in the Antarctic seas.
£6.00A group of four adult King penguins at the water’s edge walking into the water, at…
£6.00A small group of curious Emperor penguins looking at camera and tripod on the ice on…
£6.00A group of Emperor penguins, one adult animal and a large group of penguin chicks. A…
£6.00A small group of curious Emperor penguins looking at camera and tripod on the ice on…
£6.00An adult Emperor penguin standing on the ice on Snow Hill island. Seen through an ice…
£6.00Polar bears in the wild. A powerful predator and a vulnerable or potentially…
£6.00Polar bears in the wild. A powerful predator and a vulnerable or potentially…
£6.00Three penguin chicks, in a row, heads seen peering over a snowdrift or ridge in the…
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About our nature stock photos
Our nature collection is built from photographers who work outdoors for a living, so you get real light, real weather and real places rather than composited scenes. It ranges from wide landscapes — mountain ranges, valleys, big skies over open country — to intimate details: frost on a leaf, moss on a stone wall, the pattern of ripples on a lake.
Nature imagery works hard across a lot of briefs. Sustainability and environmental reports, tourism and travel marketing, wellbeing and healthcare campaigns, packaging and interiors all lean on it. When you are choosing, look at the quality of the light first: soft morning and evening light photographs well on screen and in print, while harsh midday sun tends to flatten a scene. Landscape-orientation frames suit website heroes and presentation slides; portrait frames suit social stories and print covers, and you can filter for either above.
Every image here is covered by our Standard royalty-free licence — websites, social media, presentations, marketing and print runs up to 500,000 copies, worldwide and without an expiry date. Standard images are 1 credit (£6) and Premium images 3 credits, and the full-resolution file is available to download the moment you check out.