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
Rear view of group of people holding hands, jumping into wave in ocean.
£6.00Snow in the Yellowstone national park, on the banks of the Obsidian Creek, animal tracks.
£6.00High angle view of turquoise Great Barrier Reef in the Pacific ocean, Australia.
£6.00Dead trees and snow at Obsidian Creek, forests of pine trees.
£6.00Lodgepole pine trees, tree trunks close together, snow on the ground.
£6.00An interstate road reaching to the horizon through a flat landscape, rainbow above the…
£6.00Two trumpeter swans floating on the water, Cygnus Buccinator, on the Yellowstone river.
£6.00Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator, on the water paddling
£6.00Peterhof Palace gardens, trees, hedges and paths
£6.00Close up of an antelope skull lying in the desert, mountain range in the distance.
£6.00Prairie in summer, a lake and rolling landscape
£6.00View over flat calm lake water, mountains and woodland, a dog on the shore
£6.00Rainbow over tall Torii gate on rocks in the middle of a lake.
£6.00View over flat calm lake water, mountains and woodland, a boy on the shore.
£6.00A garden with tables laid under the shade of tall trees, set for a wedding
£6.00A garden with tables laid under the shade of tall trees, a floral arch, setting for a…
£6.00Low angle view of bright red flag on flagpoles fluttering in the wind, clear sky.
£6.00Silhouette of man standing outdoors at sunset, arm raised, holding onto gymnastic rings.
£6.00Specialist coffee shop. View from above of a cup of coffee with a complex pretty fern…
£6.002012, antarctic, antarctica
£6.00A stack of antique chairs, with fraying seas for refurbishment.
£6.00Aerial view of the landscape, meandering water channels and the salt pans with white…
£6.00Aerial view of the landscape, meandering water channels and the salt pans with white…
£6.00Low angle view of windswept sea grasses, Long Beach Peninsula
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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.