PATTERNS of colourful swirls and twirls of smoke help to create these imaginative spellbinding photographs. The hypnotic and psychedelic images were created by American psychologist Mark Scalco, 49, who refers to his work as 'smokreations'. 'I've always enjoyed the patterns made by kaleidoscopes or some geometric screen-savers,' says Mark, of Durham, North Carolina. 'I remember as a kid looking for shapes in clouds and smoke.
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
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 .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .