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.
8,920 images
Elephant, Loxodonta africana, close up of elephant standing in golden light.
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Meerkat, Suricata suricatta, climbing down from its sentry post in a dead tree.…
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Mount Rainier, view through woodland to the mountains, a bright sun in the sky with…
£6.00Opening of a highway tunnel, Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park.
£6.00Metal “No Climbing” sign with red lettering on a post, placed at the base of a rugged…
£6.00Motion blurred beach at sunset, a red glow on the horizon.
£6.00Mature wheat crop in a field, close up of the plants in growth.
£6.00Plastic gallon water jug resting on sunlit sand dune with a vibrant blue sky overhead.…
£6.00Large roadside GAS arrow sign on a weathered wooden billboard stands in a rural…
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White-fronted bee-eaters, Merops bullockoides, building nests in a cliff.
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Meerkat, Suricata suricatta, at a sentry post on a dead tree branch.
£6.00Olympic Mountain view near Hurricane Ridge Visitors Center, Olympic National Park in…
£6.00Jug Handle State Natural Reserve, Mendocino County, an elevated view of the coastline…
£6.00Sun setting over Rosario Strait, San Juan Islands
£6.00Coin operated tourist telescope at a viewing platform in Dry Falls State Park
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Elephant, Loxodonta africana, elephant walking with trunk raised up.
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Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, cheetah climbing on a termite mound.
£6.00Bright red long johns hang from a wire clothesline between fence posts on a wide South…
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Meerkat, Suricata suricatta, foraging for bugs and insects.
£6.00Wooden benches along Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park, WA USA
£6.00Japanese Maple Leaves, on branches, low angle view of the red autumn foliage of the…
£6.00The San Francisco Bay Bridge & Downtown Skyline at Twilight
£6.00Blue and white tsunami evacuation route sign with arrow, photographed against a bright…
£6.00Garbage collected on one day on the beach, from the Elwha River mouth near Port Angeles
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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.