With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet. These mesmorising pictures, however, capture the beautiful variety of fungi here on Earth. The incredible images were taken by Australian photographer Stephen Axford, 62, after he became familiar with the importance of fungi in everyday life, and decided to document it twelve years ago..
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FROM A mini table and chairs to a detailed violin, it’s hard to believe these incredible sculptures are all carved into the nib of PENCILS .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
