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.
9,288 images
Backpacker’s breakfast, Blake Island, a plastic plate and fork, eggs and blueberries.
£6.00Japanese Maple Leaves, on branches, low angle view of the red autumn foliage of the…
£6.00Star filled sky and the sun emerging on the horizon above Freshwater Bay, Port Angeles
£6.00Ski lift chairs in summer, Snoqualmie Pass.
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Elephant, Loxodonta africana, elephant calf standing in tall grass, direct gaze.
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Meerkat, Suricata suricatta, an alert animal looking around at dawn.
£6.00Bright red long johns hang from a wire clothesline between fence posts on a wide South…
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Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, cheetah resting on a termite mound.
£6.00Aurora Bridge, Seattle, the view of the roadway bridge from underneath.
£6.00Recently cut Noble Fir tree, Abies Grandis, close up of the grain of the wood, Mount…
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Lion, Panthera leo, close up profile of a male lion lying in the grass, roaring, mouth…
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Meerkat, Suricata suricatta, looking over its shoulder at moonrise, at the Kalahari…
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Leopard, Panthera pardus, male leopard sitting in a tree.
£6.00Cattle Pass Road, a curving road along the coast, view over the water.
£6.00Garbage collected on one day on the beach, from the Elwha River mouth near Port Angeles
£6.00Beach fire along Puget Sound at night, glowing embers and flames rising.
£6.00Close-up of a striped fabric-covered canteen tilted to pour out a stream of water,…
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Meerkat, Suricata suricatta, a sentry animal on its back legs.
£6.00A modern center-pivot irrigation system waters a crop under a hazy orange sunset, mist…
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Wildebeest, Connochaetes Taurinus, two wildebeest fighting.
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Fiscal Shrike bird, the southern fiscal, Lanius collaris, West Coast National Park,…
£6.00Detailed view of North Window Arch in Arches National Park, Utah, showcasing its…
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White-fronted bee-eaters, Merops bullockoides, building nests in a cliff.
£6.00A rustic wooden dock extends over Lake Crescent and its vivid blue water, framed by…
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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.