Rainforests

In popular terms, we know them as "jungles" (although, this is a corruption of a Hindi word meaning "waste ground"), more accurately they are tropical rainforests and are the most biodiverse land habitats that exist. They occupy less than 3% of the world’s surface area, but are home to more than 50% of all known animal and plant species.

Drenched by rain, shrouded in mists, uncomfortably humid and home to unfathomable numbers of irritating and unpleasant biting insects etc. rainforests are frustrating but fantastic places to photograph. Heaven according to Nick, not Hell. He has spent more time photographing wildlife in rainforests, than any other habitat. The challenges the environment poses are many, the wildlife often unco-operative, yet the pleasures and rewards are so great that his passion for rainforests grows with every visit.