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 grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
