Natural History Photography

Stock Photo Galleries

Natural History Stock Photo Galleries. Phillip Colla Natural History Photography. I am a natural history photographer and writer specializing in wild marine mammals (whales, dolphins, seals), remote islands of the eastern Pacific, the California kelp forest and San Diego. This site displays over 40,000 of my images.
Abstract photos of the ocean, water, weather, animals and scenery. Professional abstract stock pictures and images.
Abstract Photos
Abstract Photographs of the Ocean, Water, Movement and Life
Aerial photography from Mexico, California, Canada and Alaska
Aerial Photography
Aerial photographs
The Gold Coast of La Jolla from Above
Aerial La Jolla
Aerial photographs of beautiful La Jolla, California
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Trees
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Trees
Underwater macro photographs of marine anemones, some of the most beautiful invertebrate creatures in the ocean. Professional stock photography of anemones.
Anemone Photos
Jewels of the Reef, anemones are found worldwide.
Stock photography of Antarctica and the Antarctic Peninsula, including penguins, whales, seabirds, seals, ice and icebergs.
Antarctica and the Antarctic Peninsula
The destination of a lifetime, a place of magical light and surroundings, Antarctica is home to penguins, whales and icebergs.
Antelope Canyon photos. Professional stock photos and fine art prints of Arizona's famous Antelope Canyon Slot Canyon.
Photos of Antelope Canyon, Arizona
Iconic Antelope Canyon Slot Canyon, a gem of the Navajo Tribal Lands.
Photographs of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, including spring wildflowers.
Photos of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Photographs of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, including spring wildflowers.
Stock photography of Arches National Park, Utah. Professional landscape and scenic stock pictures.
Arches National Park Stock Photos
Photos of Arches National Park, including Delicate Arch and Turret.
Arizona Stock Landscape Photography
Arizona: southwestern landscapes and wildlife.
Bald Eagle Photos
Stock photos of Bald Eagles in Alaska.
Birds in Flight, Seabirds, and Professional Stock Avian Photographs by Natural History Photographer Phillip Colla.
Bird Photographs and Avian Photography
Natural history photos of birds in flight and seabirds
Beautiful stock pictures of blue sharks in the open ocean, from San Diego and Baja California.
Blue Shark Photos
Beautiful sleek and elegant, open ocean blue sharks.
Spectacular aerial photographs of blue whales in California. Balaenoptera musculus aerial photos, stock photography and pictures from California.
Blue Whale Aerial Photos
Spectacular aerial photos of the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth: Balaenoptera musculus
Photographs of Blue Whales, Balaenoptera musculus. Aerial and underwater blue whale pictures from California and Mexico. Professional natural history images of blue whales.
Blue Whale Photos
Aerial and underwater images of the largest animal in the world, the blue whale.
Photos of Bodie State Historic Park
Honest to goodness ghost town, in excellent condition.
Photographs of huge gatherings of cranes and geese and Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
Photographs of Bosque del Apache
Bosque del Apache's spectacular displays of wintering birds.
Alaskan Brown Bear Photos
Grizzly bears in Katmai National Park and Lake Clark National Park.
Brown Pelican Photos
The endangered California race of the Brown Peiican, Pelecanus occidentalis
Bryce Canyon National Park
Hoodoos and natural amphitheater, Bryce Canyon, Utah.
Buckskin Gulch
The world's longest accessible slot canyon.
Stock Photos of California
Some of my most prized photographs of wildlife, landscape, lifestyle and life in California, where I have lived my entire life.
California sea lion photos, underwater photographs of sea lions, natural history pictures and images of California sea lions.
California Sea Lion Photos
Underwater and topside natural history photographs of my favorite marine animal, the California sea lion.
Canyonlands National Park
Utah's spectacular Canyonlands, including Mesa Arch.
Carlsbad Photographs
Carlsbad stock photography.
Underwater photographs from Catalina Island, including Farnsworth Banks, giant black sea bass and kelp forests.
Catalina Island Underwater
Underwater photographs from Catalina Island, including Farnsworth Banks, giant black sea bass and kelp forests.
Whale and dolphin photos. Underwater pictures of whales and dolphins. Natural history cetacean photographs.
Cetacean Photos
Natural history photos of whales and dolphins
Photographs of Clipperton Island, Ile de Passion, a Spectacular Coral Atoll in the Eastern Pacific
Underwater and Aerial Photos of Clipperton Island
Photographs of Clipperton Island, Ile de Passion, a Spectacular Coral Atoll in the Eastern Pacific
Coronado Island photography, including aerial photos and pictures of the Hotel Del Coronado
Coronado Stock Photos
Stock photos of Coronado Island, San Diego, California
Crater Lake National Park
Death Valley National Park
Death Valley: the hottest, lowest and most oppressive spot in the country is also one of the most beautiful.
Underwater Photos of Wild Atlantic Spotted Dolphins and Olympic Champion Swimmers
Photos of Dolphins and Swimmers
Underwater Photos of Wild Dolphins and Olympic Swimmers
Egypt
Egypt photos, including Luxor, Karnak, Giza and Cairo. Pyramids, temples and hieroglyphics.
Elephant Seal
Most enormous of pinnipeds, the Elephant Seal is an animal of extremes.
Encinitas
Falkland Islands
Wildlife of the Falkland Islands, including penguins, seals and seabirds.
Fall colors in the American West, including the Eastern Sierra Nevada and Zion National Park
Fall Colors
Fall Colors, Aspens, Autumn
Photographed throughout the Bligh Waters of Fiji, the Soft Coral Capital of the World
Underwater Photos of Colorful Fiji Coral Reefs
Spectacular underwater photographs of Fiji's amazing coral reefs, available as large fine art prints or for natural history publication
Stock photos of the Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus, the second longest animal in the one and one of the great whales. Underwater photos.
Fin Whale Photographs
Underwater photos of the Fin Whale
Florida Manatee
Adorable and enchanting, highly endangered.
The Mandelbrot Fractal. Fractals are complex geometric shapes that exhibit repeating patterns typified by self-similarity, or the tendency for the details of a shape to appear similar to the shape itself.
Fractal Pictures
Fractals, intriguing mathematical forms
Galapagos Fur Seal
Clown jesters of the Galapagos Archipelago
Galapagos Islands Photos
Underwater and topside natural history images of Ecuador's Galapagos Archipelago, a World Heritage Site.
Underwater Photos of Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas, in Catalina
Giant Sea Bass Photos in California
Underwater Photos of Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas, in Catalina
Underwater photos of gorgonians, beautiful marine invertebrates often called sea fans.
Gorgonian Photos
Sea Fans, gracing temperate and tropical reefs around the world.
Grand Canyon National Park
Photographs of Grand Canyon National Park
The spectacular Teton Range rises above Mormon Row, Schwabacher Landing, the Snake River and Jackson Lake in Wyoming's beautiful Grand Teton National Park. Stock Photography and fine art prints.
Grand Teton National Park
Wyoming's magnificent Grand Tetons, including Schwabacher Landing and Oxbow Bend.
Underwater photos of the California gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, in California and Mexico. Stock natural history photography and pictures.
Gray Whale Photos
Underwater photos of California gray whale
Spectacular pictures of great white sharks from Baja California, Mexico, stemming from about 15 trips to remote Guadalupe Island.
Great White Shark Photographs
Carcharodon carcharias: jaws, white death, white pointer, man eater, underwater pictures of the man in the gray suit.
Guadalupe Fur Seal Photos
A species recovering from near extinction, endemic to remote Guadalupe Island.
Guadalupe Island Photos
Landscape, wildlife and underwater photos from Isla Guadalupe, the remote and rugged island far from Baja's Pacific Coast. Arising from 15+ expeditions to Guadalupe Island.
Natural history stock photographs of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in Hawaii, California, Alaska and Antarctica. Humpback whale research and behavior images from Hawaii by permission of NOAA and State of Hawaii scientific research permit.
Humpback Whale Photos
Underwater and topside behavior of humpback whales in Hawaii, California, Alaska and Antarctica
Spectacular stock photography of icebergs, from the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.
Iceberg Photos
Landscapes of Ice
Aerial photos of Icelandic glaciers, Landmannalaugar highlands and braided rivers
Aerial Photos of Iceland
Aerial photographs of Iceland, including glaciers, Landmannalaugar highlands and braided glacial rivers
Stock Photos of iconic landscape, wildlife, travel locations and environments.
Photos of Icons
Stock Photos of iconic landscape, wildlife, travel locations and environments.
Spectacular photos of islands from around the world, underwater, aerial and topside, tropical, temperate and frozen.
Island Photos
Photos of Islands
Stock photos of Islas Coronado, Mexico's Coronado Islands
Stock Photos of Islas Coronado, Mexico
Photos of the Coronado Islands, Islas Coronado, Mexico
Beautiful landscape photography of Joshua Tree National Park in California. Stock photos and Fine Art imagery.
Joshua Tree National Park
Spanning Mojave and Colorado desert ecosystems.
Katmai National Park
Home of famous Brooks Falls and Alaskan brown bears.
Underwater photographs of the California kelp forest, featuring stock pictures of Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant kelp) and associated marine animals. Over 20 years of underwater photography in California's and Mexico's spectacular kelp habitats.
Kelp Forest Photos
Underwater photos of California's beautiful giant kelp forests, Macrocystis pyrifera
Photos of Kenyan Wildlife Safari
Professional stock photos of krill, Thysanoessa spinifera.
Krill Photos
Tiny planktonic creatures, food of the giants, popcorn of the sea.
La Jolla
Jewel of San Diego, La Jolla is home to impressive architecture, beautiful coastline and institutions such as UCSD, Scripps Institute of Oceanography and Torrey Pines State Park.
Lake Clark National Park
One of Alaska's least visited parks, Lake Clark is gorgeous and chock full of grizzlies.
Landscape Photos
Landscapes, Seascapes, Skyscapes, Mountainscapes, Waterscapes, Earthscapes.
Landscape astrophotography by natural history photographer Phillip Colla
Landscape Astrophotography
Astrophotography landscapes, Night photos, Milky Way and Star Trail Photos
Encounters in the Ocean.
Man and Animal
Encounters in the Ocean
Stock photography of the many ways man works and plays in the ocean: underwater, freediving, SCUBA diving, swimming, surfing.
Man and Ocean
A sampling of the many ways mankind works and plays in the Sea.
Astrophotography of the Milky Way Galaxy
Milky Way Galaxy Photos
Landscape Astrophotography of the Milky Way Galaxy
Mount Rainier National Park
The Mountain. Mount Rainier, Washington.
Natural Arches
Amazing natural rock arches in California, Utah and Nevada
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Photos of the Milky Way, star trails and star field photos, and images of the night sky.
The Heavens
Photos of the night sky
Northern Fur Seal Photos
Once hunted for their fur, now found from Alaska to California's Channel Islands.
Underwater stock photos of nudibranchs and opisthobranchs
Nudibranchs and Opisthobranchs
Amazing in their detail and variety, sea slugs and their shell-less relatives.
When water meets light, fascinating scenes are the result. Twenty years of pondering the intersection of light and water with a camera.
Ocean and Light
Beautiful Light On, In and Under the Sea.
Ocean And Motion
Dynamic and Restless, the Sea is Never Still.
Photographs of ocean sunfish (Mola mola), topside and underwater.
Ocean Sunfish Photographs
Underwater photos of the Ocean Sunfish, Mola mola
Wildlife and safari photography from the Olare Orok Conservancy, Greater Maasai Mara, Kenya
Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya
Wildlife and safari photography from the Olare Orok Conservancy, Greater Maasai Mara, Kenya
Olympic National Park
Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest, Underwater Stock Photography
Pacific Northwest Marine Life
Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest, Underwater Stock Photography
Panorama
Stock photographs of Paris, France, including Musee Louvre, Rive Gauche, Notre Dame, Ile de la Cite, Tour Eiffel, Chateau Versailles and Trocadero
Travel Photographs of Paris
Beautiful photographs of the City of Lights: Paris, France
Natural history stock photographs of penguins, including king penguins, Adelie penguins, Galapagos penguins underwater, penguins on icebergs and on South Georgia Island and the Falkland Islands.
Penguin Photos
Penguins from South Georgia Island, Antarctica, the Falklands and Galapagos.
Redwood National Park
Home to the tallest trees in the world, and spectacular remote Pacific coast.
Underwater and aerial photographs from San Clemente Island, California
San Clemente Island, Underwater and Aerial Photos
Underwater and aerial photographs from San Clemente Island, California
San Diego Photos
Professional stock photos of San Diego, America's Finest City.
Spectacular aerial photography of San Diego County, including downtown San Diego, La Jolla, Point Loma, Del Mar, Pacific Beach and Mission Bay.
Aerial Photos of San Diego
Professional aerial stock photos of San Diego, America's Finest City.
Portraits of California sea lions in La Jolla, including bodysurfing sea lions
The Sea Lion Colony of La Jolla
Bodysurfing sea lions of La Jolla, California
Underwater and topside stock photos from Mexico's Sea of Cortez
Sea of Cortez Photos
Photos from Mexico's beautiful Sea of Cortez
Natural History Photographs of Pinnipeds, including Steller sea lions, harbor seals, California sea lions, Guadalupe fur seals, Galapagos sea lions and fur seals, and elephant seals.
Pinniped Photos - Seals and Sea Lions
Natural History Photographs of Pinnipeds, including seals, sea lions and elephant seals.
Underwater Shark Photos
Exciting underwater photos of great white sharks, hammerhead and tiger sharks, whale sharks, blue sharks and many others.
Sierra Nevada stock photos and fine art prints, landscapes of California's Spectacular Sierra Nevada
Sierra Nevada
Stock photos of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range
Photographs of Sky Rock Petroglyphs in the Volcanic Tablelands near Bishop, California
Photographs of Sky Rock Petroglyph
Photographs of Sky Rock Petroglyphs
South Georgia Island Photos
Distant and imposing, South Georgia Island is a wildlife haven and landscape photographer's dream.
Underwater and aerial stock photographs of southern right whales.
Southern Right Whale Underwater Photographs
Underwater photos of southern right whales, Eubalaena Australis
Underwater stock photography of squid.
Squid Photographs
Market squid, images from several of La Jolla's epic squid runs of the 90's.
Underwater Photos of Steller Sea Lions (Northern Sea Lions), Eumetopias jubatus
Steller Sea Lion Photographs
Underwater Photos of Steller Sea Lions (Northern Sea Lions), Eumetopias jubatus
Beautiful images from the American Southwest, including Utah, Arizona, California, Nevada and New Mexico
The American Southwest
Beautiful images from the American Southwest, including Utah, Arizona, California, Nevada and New Mexico
The Wave, North Coyote Buttes
Now iconic, the Wave is the highlight of the North Coyote Buttes in Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona.
Stock photographs of tiger sharks, underwater images, from the Bahamas.
Tiger Shark Photos
Underwater stock photographs of Tiger Sharks
Torrey Pines State Reserve Photos
Torrey Pines State Park photographs, including landscape, aerial and seascape photos.
Travel photography from North American, South America, Europe and Antarctica
Travel Photography
Travel photography from North American, South America, Europe and Antarctica
Utah Landscape Photos
Stock landscape pictures from around Utah.
Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
Stock photographs of Vernal Falls and the Mist Trail in Yosemite National Park, California
Vernal Falls Photos
Stock photos of Vernal Falls and the Mist Trail in Yosemite National Park, California
Stock photography of waterfalls
Beautiful Photographs of Waterfalls
Waterfall Photographs
Photography of Waves and Ocean Swells. Stock Pictures of Surf and the Ocean Surface.
Wave Photographs
Surf photography. Tubular moments. Life is good in the green room.
Wildlife portraits. Beautiful photos of wildlife, portrait style, including whales, dolphins, sharks, bears, seabirds, eagles, penguins and more.
Wildlife Portraits
Portrait photos of many charismatic animals, including whales, sharks, dolphins and penguins.
Yellowstone National Park Photos
Wyoming and Montana's amazing Yellowstone N.P., the greatest national park of them all.
Yosemite National Park
Half Dome, El Capitan, high country, granite, rivers and waterfalls. Jewel of California.
Zion National Park
Red rocks, canyons, autumn trees and awesome hiking.