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 terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .