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.
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 .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .