美轮美奂的蘑菇世界

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澳大利亚蘑菇摄影师史蒂夫·埃克斯福特（Steve Axford）镜头下的魔法世界真可谓让人大开眼界。蘑菇摄影师史蒂夫·埃克斯福特生活在澳大利亚，但是他为能够拍摄到更惊人的多彩多样而美丽的蘑菇照片，游遍了澳大利亚的山山水水，而且去了世界各地去寻找他自己心目中的蘑菇王子,但发现这些蘑菇就在自己的后院里。这正是踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫。

史蒂夫·埃克斯福特在亚热带森林河流北部地区拥有土地,他打算要好好照顾、精耕细作，使其能力恢复到最佳状态。这当然对于本地植物、动物、鸟类和真菌类都是有益益的。虽然史蒂夫·埃克斯福特这样做是处于一种对于生态保护的热情，但是，事物并非是孤立存在于自然界,你越看就会越发现它们之间存在着千丝万缕的联系。史蒂夫·埃克斯福特认为,他发现一些蘑菇在此之前可能就是从未被科学家记录的蘑菇!虽然拍摄蘑菇是他的专长,但是史蒂夫·埃克斯福特也有很多其他世界自然奇观的照片。更多信息请注意浏览相关网站。

下面就是澳大利亚蘑菇摄影师史蒂夫·埃克斯福特（Steve Axford）的蘑菇照片：

More info: SmugMug | Flickr (h/t: colossal)

“I take photos of fungi because I love the forest and it gives me a great excuse to go there as often as I can,” Steve Axford told Bored Panda.

“Mushrooms are amazing. Not because they will save the world, or anything like that, but because they are a huge part of life on this planet”

“Of the multi-celled life forms, there are plants, animals and fungi. There are more species of fungi than there are plants and they are probably just as important, yet we know almost nothing about them”

“It is a whole world waiting to be discovered and it is right under our noses. I’m no mycologist, but at least I can help people to get to know them through my photography”

“It is now estimated that there could be 4 million species of fungus, of which only 1 to 200,000 have been described. Many of the larger species have been described, but almost none of the tiny species”

“I often photograph small species and most of these are not described. Also, many Australian species are assumed to be the same as Northern Hemisphere species, but when checked are found not to be the same at all”

“I have a small shed that I use to grow some of the mushrooms. I set this up mainly to do time lapse and that is still its main use, but it is also good for still photography”

“Some of my best photos have been taken by my back door, which has particularly good natural lighting”

Thank you, Steve Axford, for talking to Bored Panda about your work!