I am really starting to enjoy photographing Gower's woodland and the wildlife they contain. This opens up lots of Gower locations which I would have previously just have waded through on my search for larger, perhaps more grandiose landscapes. I have lost count of how many times I have walked through the woods at Whiteford, for instance, en route to photograph Whiteford Sands or the old lighthouse there, without stopping to fully appreciate the natural beauty within the woods themselves. Scouring the woodland floor for interesting fungi etc. really made me get to know the place well. I remember one of my tutors from my art college days calling these sort of pictures 'Intimate Landscapes.' At the time I thought the term to be quite pretentious, but now I have to agree with the title - you really do get to know a place well - its dips and valleys, mounds and crevices and all its various lifeforms in between - when you take these kinds of photographs.
Lichen and Moss - Whiteford
Lycoperdon perlatum
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Psilocybe caerulea
Fly Agaric
Geoglossum cookeianum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Macrolepiota sp
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