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.
10,017 images
Wind Blown Oak Tree leaning at an angle, with foliage.
£6.00Painted Mani Stones in Backlight Tagong, Sichuan Province, Kham Tibet,
£6.00Golden-Fronted Woodpecker Foraging in a Tree Trunk
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African sunrise over a river, with a silhouette of a stalk.
£6.00Sunburst through fog and pine tree forest, Washington, USA
£6.00Boat wake behind San Juan Islands ferry on a stormy day with black clouds.
£6.00Fallen yellow autumn leaves on grass in Tokyo, Japan
£6.00Belang mountains, the steep peaks of the mountain range, mist low over the tops.
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Leopard, Panthera pardus, Pair. A young male leopard mid-air during a jump from a…
£6.00View over Zhuqing at Sunset, a colourful rainbow above the mountains.
£6.00Cascade Mountains rising above Leavenworth, low cloud and a blue sky patch.
£6.00Saguaro cactus in silhouette against blue sky with sun burst, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
£6.00Tibetan Plateau Landscape from the Roof of the World Train Amdo County, Autonomous…
£6.00Interstate 90 near Snoqualmie Pass, a single vehicle on the road.
£6.00Leavenworth, a Bavarian themed town in eastern Washington, the main street.
£6.00Dajin Temple and Monks Residences on a hillside in Kagongxiang, Sichuan Province, Kham…
£6.00Headland & nature reserve on Madeira’s eastern tip with a footpath, rich birdlife &…
£6.00St David’s Cross, a historic medieval celtic cross at Newborough.
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Leopard, Panthera pardus, Female. Standing alert on a thick, fallen dead tree log,…
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Saddle-billed Stork, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, Adult. Stork standing tall in a…
£6.00Sandhill Cranes, Antigone canadensis, four birds landing at sunset
£6.00Defocussed dark clouds with sunlight clearing, Seattle, WA USA
£6.00Quiver Tree Forest at Sunset in Namaquland, Kamassies, trees in a sunset glow.
£6.00The Elwha River flowing over rocks between wooded river banks.
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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.