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An award-winning photographer has battled hail, freezing rain and 60mph winds to scale England’s highest peak six times in 24 hours in a bid to help a seven-month-old baby’s fight against rare genetic disorder. Joe Giddens, 33, decided to attempt the epic challenge on the 3,209ft (978m) Scafell Pike to help seven-month-old Marley Powell, who hasType 1 spinal muscular … Read more
Take RAT! Moment Red Squirrel kills helpless rodent after face-off on tree branch when it dared to intrude on its territory These are the last moments of a rat who died following a fight with a red squirrel in Blairgowrie, Perthshire Amateur wildlife photographer Jock Elliott had planned to spend the day documenting Red Squirrels The … Read more
These incredible images were nominated as finalists for the Nature Photographer of the Year competition for showcasing the beauty of the natural world. Organised by Nature Talks, there are a variety of sections including landscape, underwater, wildlife and storytelling – with 19,547 images entered from 95 different countries. The overall winner was Italian photographer Roberto … Read more
An Irish photographer has launched a search to identify mystery couple after developing snaps from their romantic holiday in 1950s Switzerland and Italy. William Fagan, from Dublin, discovered a roll of undeveloped film when he bought a vintage Leica camera from 1935 in 2015 but set it to one side for five years. This August, he … Read more
The city of Fairbanks in Alaska is deemed the best place to see the stunning Northern Lights, but one photographer took it to the next level by observing the show from space. Nate Luebbe attached a camera to a weather balloon and launched it into the stratosphere, allowing him to snap images of the greenish … Read more
Now THAT’s a Big Gulp! Photographer catches amazing images of the moment a Great Blue Heron devours baby alligator whole Great Blue Heron feasts on adolescent alligator in Florida’s Lake Apopka Incredible images of the bird eating the gator were snapped by Danny Gilliam Photos were posted to Facebook, where they were shared 71,000 times … Read more
Talk about perfect timing! Street photographer captures images at exactly the right moment to create impressive optical illusions Edas Wong is based in Hong Kong and has over 19,000 followers on Instagram Photographer has impressed thousands of fans with his remarkable illusions He has become something of an expert in capturing perfectly-timed snaps By Jessica … Read more
On the whole, the architecture of the former Soviet Union was uniform and dreary – but a recently published photography book reveals that there were some gems, from a ‘flying saucer’ building to an office block that resembles a game of Jenga. Soviet Cities: Labour, Life & Leisure was created by Russian photographer Arseniy Kotov … Read more
These incredible pictures offer a window to history that exists all around. They are the winning and shortlisted images in the Historic Photographer of the Year Awards 2020, which were unveiled today by broadcaster and historian Dan Snow and historic and cultural travel experts Trip Historic. This year’s awards called on photographers to scour their … Read more
SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford has been forced to apologise after he accused an English photographer of breaking coronavirus travel rules to take photos in the Highlands – even though he lives there. Ollie Taylor took to Twitter on November 22 to post a stunning photo of the Aurora Borealis at Caitness, in the north of … Read more