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
Night Heron eating a crab.
£6.00Blue Jay bird perching on a branch covered in snow.
£6.00An Atlantic Puffin with his colourful bill.
£6.00Woman picking hazelnuts from a tree with a basket by her feet.
£6.00Selection of garden plants for sale at a flea market.
£6.00A young blond haired girl climbing a tree.
£6.00Asian fishermen fishing in canoes on river
£6.00Scenic view of rural farmland, Mandalay, Myanmar
£6.00Aerial view of Macchu Picchu ruins in remote landscape, Cusco, Peru
£6.00Aerial view of Macchu Picchu ruins in remote landscape, Cusco, Peru
£6.00Aerial view of Macchu Picchu ruins in remote landscape, Cusco, Peru
£6.00Aerial view of Macchu Picchu ruins in remote landscape, Cusco, Peru
£6.00Asian woman scattering flowers from ornate temple window, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
£6.00Asian woman with flower headdress holding parasol
£6.00Aerial view of Manhattan cityscape and river at night, New York, United States
£6.00Aerial view of Manhattan cityscape and river, New York, United States
£6.00Aerial view of Yellowstone hot spring in winter, Wyoming, United States
£6.00Bare trees and shadows in snowy remote field
£6.00Snowy fields and hills near remote stream
£6.00River and snowy hills in remote landscaper
£6.00Dog standing over remote lake reflecting cloudy sky
£6.00Steam rising from Old Faithful geyser, Yellowstone, Wyoming, United States
£6.00High angle view of car driving to rainbow on remote road
£6.00Caucasian man fishing in remote lake
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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.