Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths. For Kiwi photographer Chris McLennan, 49,abseiled 300ft off one of the highest cave in the Southern Hemisphere into the unknown depths of a dark cavern and squeezed between limestone columns to capture this breath-taking image. The stunning photograph looks more like a scene from an epic movie than the work of a snapper. Located in beautiful Waitomo, New Zealand, they don’t call it The Lost World for nothing with its waterfalls, ancient whalebones, oyster fossils and magnificent glow-worms.
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .