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THESE incredible images are all winning or shortlisted entries in the professional competition of the , a global contest celebrating contemporary photography.

The above and below photos were taken by . Lombardi used a photography technique to show the fluorescence of flowers under UV light, revealing them as insects might see them.

The below image of a pufferfish was taken by Arun Kuppuswamy Mohanraj as part of his project . Mohanraj dehydrated the pufferfish in ethanol to harden the bone and cartilage, before using coloured stains to make the bones appear red and the cartilage blue. Then he exposed it to the enzyme trypsin, which digested most of the tissues and made them transparent. The image was shortlisted in the Wildlife & Nature category.

In the below photo, captured the colourful mineral deposits of a copper mine’s toxic waste pond, located in Huelva, Spain. It was shortlisted in the Landscape category.

Finally, desert in the Icelandic Highlands celebrates what he calls the “untamed world” of Earth. Poli’s Life on Earth series won in the Landscape category.

All of the winning and shortlisted images are on show at Somerset House in London until 2 May.