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Penguins, Ice, Light & Wildlife Photos

 

Penguins, ice and light... the beauty of nature captured on camera by the world's greatest wildlife photographers

• Another image shows western lowland gorilla walking through cloud of butterflies she disturbed
• Photographs feature in Natural History Museum book called The Masters of Nature Photography
• It brings together the work of ten of the world�€™s greatest wildlife photographers for the first time
  

By Mark Duell

PUBLISHED: 01:18 GMT, 16 July 2013 | UPDATED: 05:06 GMT, 16 July 2013

 

Stare at the beautiful sight of African elephants at twilight, and witness the split second before a grizzly bear shuts his jaws on a sockeye salmon.

Or study a western lowland gorilla walk through a cloud of butterflies she has disturbed, and see a greater bulldog bat's reflection as it catches a fish.

These extraordinary images feature in a new book bringing together the work of ten of the world�€™s greatest wildlife photographers for the first time.

Underwater: Penguins, Ice and Light by David Doubile is one of the most extraordinary images featuring in a book called The Masters of Nature Photography

Red on white: Ice Formation is by Pal Hermansen, a photographer who is a specialist in the use of light and dark, and featured in the new Natural History Museum book

To the surface: Featured in the book is Antarctica Expedition - Climate Reality by Paul Nicklen, who has become known for his pioneering underwater photography

Mane image: Horse Spirit by Jim Brandenburgh is in a new book book bringing together the work of ten of the world's greatest wildlife photographers for the first time

Birds at play: Dancing Cranes by Vincent Munier. The photographers are all past winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

The Masters of Nature Photography features the artistry of Jim Brandenburg to the underwater images by David Doubilet and Paul Nicklen.

The book also includes Pål Hermansen�€™s use of light and dark, the viewpoints of Frans Lanting and Anup Shah�€™s intimate portraits.

 

In addition there are the visual statements of Michael Nichols, Thomas Mangelsen�€™s landscapes and Christian Ziegler�€™s images of wild behaviour.

Each photographer has a biography along with a portfolio of the ten images that they consider is most representative of their work.

It's lunchtime: Catch of the Day by Thomas Mangelsen shows the split second before a grizzly bear shuts his jaws on a sockeye salmon

Pretty pink: African Elephants at Twilight by Frans Lanting is an astonishing photograph taken at Chobe National Park in northern Botswana

Splash: Perfect Trawl is a beautiful photograph by Chris Ziegler, showing a greater bulldog bat - also known as noctilio leporinus - catching a fish

Flying around: Anup Shah's photograph shows a western lowland gorilla walking through a cloud of butterflies she has disturbed in the Central African Republic

Visual statement: Whiskey by Michael Nichols is one of many photographs featured in The Masters of Nature Photography, which will be published on September 19

For every photographer there is a brief biography defining the essence of their art and what drives and inspires them.

The photographers are all past winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, which is now in its 49th year.

The Masters of Nature Photography will be published by the Natural History Museum of South Kensington, central London, on September 19.

A collection of some of the best pictures from past years of the competition is featured in Wild Planet, also published by the museum.

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Pictures of the week around the world

 

Pictures of the week: From baby twin pandas to a very slimy beauty treatment
Here's our pick of the pictures from around the world this week...

1. Zookeepers were stunned when giant panda Lun Lun gave birth to not one - but two - baby panda's at Zoo Atlanta this week (Reuters)

2. A pink, orange and purple sunset is pictured at Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire.
Britain has been experiencing the longest heatwave since 2006 with temperatures regularly hitting the mid-30s
(Drew Buckley / Rex Features)

3. Brendon Daniels holds up a can of iced tea and a bag of skittles during a protest in support of teenager Trayvon Martin,
who was shot dead by George Zimmerman in 2012. Trayvon had been carrying these two items the evening he was shot.
The neighbourhood watch volunteer was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter - but the verdict has angered
many in the U.S. (Reuters)

4. The jet set: Holidaymakers have been soaring above the waves on jet packs which can thrust you into the air at 30mph. (Rex)

5. Off to Edward Snowden's hiding place? Vladimir Putin rides in a submersible in the Baltic Sea near Gotland Island, Russia.
Putin is regularly pictured demonstrating his "masculine" hobbies, from arm wrestling to riding topless on a horse
(Photo by Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images)

6. A hospital breakfast is seen beside Saurav Kumar, a boy who ate one of the contaminated free meals given to
primary school children in Patna, India. At least 23 children died as a result of eating the lunches funded by the government
(Reuters)

7. A child holds up balloons with images of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Mexico City. Supporters around the world
wished the anti-apartheid leader happy birthday as he celebrated his 95th in a hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, where he is recovering
from a lung infection (Reuters)

8. A teddy bear goes fishing in this pothole artwork. A woman who was sick of the potholes on her road turned them into artwork.
Laura Murphy from Hailsham, East Sussex, was so annoyed by the six-month wait to fix the potholes outside her home that she made
these arty snaps to get the council's attention - and it worked (M & Y News Ltd / Rex Features)

9. Keith Straw, 58, dressed in a pink ballet tutu and pink camouflage leg warmers bows his head under the scorching sun during
the Badwater Ultramarathon in Death Valley National Park, California. The 135-mile race, which bills itself as the world's toughest
foot race, goes from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney, California in temperatures which can reach 55C (Reuters)

10. A DC-10 tanker drops bright orange fire supression retardant on a wildfire near Idyllwild Wild, Palm Springs, California.
Wildfires are a common occurence during this time of year (ZUMA / Rex Features)

11. Rule Britannia: A royal supporter is covered in Union Jacks as he stands outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital,
where Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge is due to give birth (Reuters)

12. Clinical-Salon Ci:z.Labo in Tokyo, Japan, demonstrates a unique facial treatment called "Celeb Escargot Course".
The 10,500 yen (£69) hour-long treatment relies on snail's slime which is believed to make one's skin supple as well as
remove dry and scaly patches (Reuters)