The world-renowned Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition opens in Tring this month.

Visitors can be wowed by a selection of spectacular images from the acclaimed exhibition when it arrives at the Natural History Museum, in Akeman Street, Tring, on November 29.

The collection of more than 100 images, taken by talented amateurs and professionals alike, includes the photo that won American photographer Michael ‘Nick’ Nichols the prestigious title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

His peaceful black and white image of lions resting with their cubs in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park was chosen by a panel of international judges. He snapped the photo in infra-red after following the pride of lions for nearly six months.

Eight-year-old Carlos Perez Naval, from Spain, won Young Wildlife Photographer of the year 2014 with his photograph of a scorpion bathing in the sun. The keen photographer captured an impressive image of the scorpion flourishing its sting on a rock near his home in Torralba de los Sisones.

To celebrate the exhibition’s fiftieth anniversary, a brand new category, the People’s Choice Award, was included this year.

The winner, Marsel van Oosten, was chosen by an international public vote after his photo of a Japanese macaque examining his loot after grabbing a tourist’s mobile phone wowed voters.

The winners of this year’s competition, which is co-owned by the Natural History Museum and BBC Worldwide, were announced at a prestigious ceremony at the Natural History Museum in London.

Head of the Natural History Museum at Tring, Paul Kitching said "I'm delighted that we are able to show the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition again here in the Natural History Museum at Tring. This exhibition is a firm favourite with our visitors and staff alike and I'm always amazed by the quality and diversity of images on display."

The exhibition at Tring will mark the beginning of the it's UK and international tour.

The exhibition will be open to visitors Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm and Sunday from 2pm to 5pm until 8 March 2015.