COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society. Known as sadhus, they shun all home comforts for a life spent inside caves, forests and temples and can be found across India and Nepal. German banker and photographer Mario Gerth decided to find and photograph the sadhu people. The 38-year-old of Erfurt, Germany, says: “I have been obsessed with the sadhus for many years and set off in 2013 to look for them.
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .