At the crack of dawn...
All nature photographers will confirm it: early birds are lucky!
Scouring the countryside at dawn, in any season, gives you the chance to observe shy wildlife before it disappears into its daytime hiding places.
Photographing at first light also means taking advantage of changing light, which stimulates the imagination and encourages you to try new approaches. Every minute counts, every image reflects the uniqueness of the moment. Getting up at the crack of dawn to capture nature is a celebration of the fleeting beauty of the world as it awakens.
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Mute swans (Cygnus olor) swimming on donau river at sunrise, Bavaria, Germany
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Alpine Ibex, animal in nature rock habitat, France. Twilight night in the high mountain. Ibex [...]
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Wild cat hunting in a meadow covered with dew France
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Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), standing on rock in the morning light, in the background mountain [...]
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African wild cat walking at dawn in the desert South Africa
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Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) on a forest path during sunrise in early autumn
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African bush elephant or African Elephant (Loxodonta africana crossing the Mara River. Serengeti [...]
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Red deer (Cervus elaphus) Four hinds in autumn in fog. They are standing in a meadow, trees are [...]
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Lorraine pond in the early morning at the end of winter, Lorraine Regional Nature Park, France
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Common Impala (Aepyceros melampus) group in waterhole scenery with cloudy sky in Kruger National [...]
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Red deer, old, mature stags sometimes lead a solitary life outside the rut (Photo red deer (Cervus [...]
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Misty sunrise over countryside path through swamps, Fochteloerveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
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Common Cranes (Grus grus) foraging on a field in the early morning, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, [...]
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King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), group in the surf on the beach, Volunteer Point, Falkland [...]
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Floating glaciers in the rays of the setting sun at polar night with birds
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Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on drift ice edge with snow and water in Svalbard sea. White big [...]
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Silhouette of a running herd of Wildebeests (Connochaetes sp) throwing up dust at sunrise in Masai [...]
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African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at a waterhole, Nxai Pan National Park, Ngamiland District, [...]
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Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) standing, morning light, Kiskunság National Park, Hungary
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Red deer (Cervus elaphus) males
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Fishing boat with swans in the morning fog, Bodden
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Gemsbok (Oryx gazella gazella) against the sun, Kalahari, Kgalagadi, Botswana
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European Hare or Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus), Offheim, Limburg an der Lahn, Hesse, Germany
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Little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis), Bavaria, Germany
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Roe deer, European roe deer, (Capreolus capreolus), standing in the field in the morning, [...]
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Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in a side branch of the Loire at dawn, Loire Valley, France
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Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in the water, Sologne pond, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France
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Red deer (Cervus elaphus) males, break of dawn
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King eider, (Somateria spectabilis), in the first light of day in a harbor in northern Varanger, [...]
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Dragonfly on rock in middle of water with spark at dawn in Kruger National park, South Africa
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Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), eat fruits of Winter Thorn (Faidherbia albida), at sunrise, Lower [...]
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Red deer (Cervus elaphus) daguet at blue hour against the light, late night, Ardennes, Belgium
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Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) on the edge of a pond at dawn, Loir-et-Cher, Sologne, France
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Group of Japanese cranes (Grus japonensis) on the river frosty morning at sunrise on the background [...]
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Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), taking off from the water in the morning light, Lake Zug, Switzerland, [...]
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Backlit African male lion roaring at dawn in Masai Mara, Kenyta
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Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) pair on the water, love, Alsace, France
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Sunrise with wafts of mist over the mirror-smooth moorland lake Étang de la Gruère in the canton of [...]
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Sycamore maple in front of snow-covered Churfirsten at sunrise in mountain spring near Ennetbühl in [...]
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Southern swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius) resting at sunrise, Luzzara, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Summery mountain meadow with summit cross and small tent, with Appenzeller Land in the background [...]
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Sunrise at Ferpècle, behind it snowy Mont Miné, Val d'Hérens, Canton Valais, Switzerland, Europe
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Lion (Panthera leo), walking in the savannah, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa
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Red deer (Cervus elaphus) walking through pond in morning mood, golden light, rising mist, Lusatia, [...]
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Zurich Oberland with view of Mürtschenstock and Glärnisch, Zurich Oberland, Switzerland, Europe
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View from the Brienzer Rothorn, Switzerland, Europe
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Matterhorn and mountain lake, Valais, Switzerland, Europe
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Morning idyll in the Upper Black Forest, sunrise over the Schildwende, fog in the valley, farm, [...]
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Lion (Panthera leo) at sunrise in the grass savannah, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya, Africa
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Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) on the way to the sea in the morning light, Volunteer [...]