With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining. Just like the bike used by Timmy at The Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick’s cinematic adaption of Stephen King’s novel, the images exudes an unnerving dread. The tenants at the Round Mansion in west Belgium are long gone, but the bedrooms are still occupied by expensive furniture and ornaments. These eerie photographs were captured by London urban explorer Andre Govia, 37, after he decided to start documenting his love of abandoned buildings.
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .