Meet the world's most lifelike Disney princess - a 21-year-old man from California. Richard Schaefer has transformed himself into an array of Disney princesses, including Snow White, Cinderella and Ariel, thanks to his naturally soft features and clever make-up tricks. The freelance make-up artist from Fullerton, Orange County, spends two hours on each transformation and wears his own home-made costumes. Richard attends comic conventions in character and wows fairytale fans, who are stunned when they discover the picture-perfect real life Disney princess is in fact a man.
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .