Searching for snakes

If you’re planning to enter our Animal Kingdom round, which launches next week, take these tips from three of last year’s top ten photographers

PHOTOGRAPHER SIMON URWIN ON THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF CAPTURING RAJA AMPAT’S CORAL REEFS FOR OUR OCTOBER ISSUE

We get close to woodpeckers, birds of prey and raccoon dogs in Estonia, in the company of wildlife pro Paul Browning

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

How to offset a drab and grey sky, with Kevin Winter

Join Mark Johnson for an evening in nature, as he captures the beauty of foxes bathed in evening sun