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..
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 .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .