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
Western sword fern, a single leaf with leaves spaced evenly up the stem. Polystichum…
£6.00Western sword fern, a single leaf with leaves spaced evenly up the stem. Polystichum…
£6.00Maple and aspen leaves in autumn. Brown and red leaf colour. Laid out on a frosted ice…
£6.00View from above of the bear berry plant, with small red leaves, and fallen maple…
£6.00A brown maple leaf, frozen and frosted, lying on a sheet of ice, with jagged patterns…
£6.00Autumnal aspen leaves. Brown leaves spread out on black rock, with one vivid red leaf…
£6.00A brown autumn aspen leaf lying on top of an icy frosted surface.
£6.00Autumnal foliage. Three maple leaves in orange and red, laid on a black rock background.
£6.00A red autumnal maple leaf frozen in the ice.
£6.00A rich red autumn maple leaf, laid on a flat rock covered with brown lichen.
£6.00A brown frosted maple leaf, with a frosted edge, with the light shining through it.…
£6.00A frosted red brown maple leaf, autumn foliage with ice crystals around the edge. A…
£6.00Three maple leaves laid on the snow. Red, brown and green leaves. Autumn foliage.
£6.00Part of a brown frosted maple leaf with central ribs and distinctive outline.
£6.00A vivid red leaf lying on the wet grass. Autumn.
£6.00An aspen tree with smooth white bark. The outline shadow of three maple leaves on the…
£6.00An autumnal red maple leaf lying on snow.
£6.00A forest of trees in the Wasatch mountains, with striking yellow autumn foliage. Green…
£6.00An autumnal red maple leaf lying on snow. The shadow of a tree with spreading branches…
£6.00A forest of aspen and maple trees in the Wasatch mountains, with striking yellow and…
£6.00An autumnal red maple leaf lying on snow.
£6.00A forest of aspen trees in the Wasatch mountains, with striking yellow and red autumn…
£6.00Three aspen leaves with the light shining through them. Brown and green autumn colours.
£6.00A forest of aspen trees in the Wasatch mountains, with striking yellow and red autumn…
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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.