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.
9,565 images
High transmission tower and wires in a rural landscape against a blue sky.
£6.00Closeup of a Cape Gannet in Flight in the air above Lambert’s Bay, Western Cape Province
£6.00Motion blurred water flowing over stones in the Lyre River, Olympic Peninsula, Joyce,…
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Red Panda in a Tree Chengdu, Sichuan, Kham Tibet,
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Elephant, Loxodonta africana, Group. Black and white shot of three elephants swimming…
£6.00Bosque del Apache, San Antonio,
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African Ground Squirrel, Cape ground squirrel, Geosciurus inauris, an animal in a…
£6.00Sun rising behind a leafless decidious tree, Seward Park, Seattle.
£6.00Mani Rocks in a River Tagong, Sichuan Province, Kham Tibet,
£6.00Llyn Cuinwch at Sunset
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Sandhill Crane Taking off from a Roosting Pond, Ladd S Gordon Waterfowl Complex,…
£6.00Decorative arrangements of dried chili peppers, called ristras, hanging for sale in…
£6.00Augrabies Falls at Sunset, elevated view of a deep gorge and the Orange River. Gorge…
£6.00Close-up of red cedar branches with water droplets, Carkeek Park, Seattle
£6.00Cross of St David seen through the window arch of a ruined church, Eglwys Santes…
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Elephant, Loxodonta africana, Group. Three elephants are partially submerged while…
£6.00Newly fallen big leaf maple leaves in the Lyre River, North Olympic Land Trust, Joyce
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Leopard, Panthera pardus, Young Male. Silhouette of a leopard climbing a slanted tree…
£6.00Harris’s hawk, Parabuteo unicinctus, two birds perched side by side on a tree branch.
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Elephant, Loxodonta africana, Male. Large bull walking towards the camera in long…
£6.00Italianate Building and Garden at Portmeirion
£6.00Blue sky reflection on the waters of Puget Sound, in fog.
£6.00Blurred tail lights in urban road scene at night, Seattle
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Vulture, Accipitridae, silhouetted against an orange moonrise sky.
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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.