A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth. With a wide smile spread across his face, he is more of a friendly chappy than a vicious predator of the ocean. These impressive snaps are the work of 46 year old Todd Mintz, a professional photographer from Saskatchewan, Canada. Todd, who has had a passion for photography since he was a child, captured the amusing images off the coast of the British Virgin Islands, Bahamas.
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .