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..
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
A unique business in Birkenhead, Merseyside is sure to leave you HALF-CUT with its unusual pub and barbers combination .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .