A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside. Freelance photographer Matt Bigwood wanted to convey the movement of stars when he photographed the night sky over Gloucestershire. Using long exposures, Matt shot the same location multiple times, before layering the images on top of each other to create the star trails in the sky. The 46-year-old, of Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, says: “My aim is just to produce eye-catching pictures that convey maybe an hour or more movement into one image.
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .